Sorry, I haven't updated. I just had to make sure that I made this all believable. Gaara and Hinata talk in this one, but not much. The Hyugas will be in this chapter and some of Gaara's family. Again, I don't know if this is the best thing that I've written. I hope you guys like this. I don't own Naruto or any characters that go with the show.
Important Notes
* Hinata calls Kurenai: Mom
*Hinata call Kurenai's brother Xavier: Uncle Xavier
* Kurenai nicknames: Hinata (Hina) Haveah (Veah) Havana (Vana) Hayden (Hady) Jacob (Jake) Gabriella (Gabby)
- Kurenai Cakes
Chapter 11: Recollection, Both of Hinata's Families, and Are They Mine?
At the Konoha Hospital: Pediatrics Wing, Room 319
Hinata woke up groggily. She just felt so spent. The problem is that she didn't know why. She kept her eyes closed, but heard a door open and the footsteps of what she assumed to be multiple people. There were light and heavy footsteps. Although she was curious about where she was and who just walked in she couldn't force her eyes to open at all. "Where am I? Where are the girls? Why am I so tired? What the hell happened?"
"So she is going to be alright?" a croaky voice asked. Even though the voice sounded rough, she'd know that voice anywhere. It was her Mom. She'd been crying. Her voice was still thick sobs. Hinata's mind was swirling with nothing but a dazed sense that something bad had happened. Hinata really couldn't remember anything. Like why her mom had been crying, who she was talking to, and where they were at that moment. Then jumbled memories started coming back to her.
Flashback (Multiple Flashbacks in one)
That's why right now we're at Konoha's wonderful beach. But I am not enjoying the beach. I'm sitting on my beach towel under an umbrella writing in you and watching the girls play in the water and sand with Hayden, Kurenai and Catalina. My clothes are so horrible that I haven't moved since I sat down. We've been here since 10:30. Now it's like noon. My ass is hurting, but I REGFUSE TO SUBJECT MYSELF TO THE PERVERTED STARES OF THE MEN OF THIS BEACH. I WILL NOT!
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Now back to the present. Okay I'm getting this really weird vibe. I feel like someone is watching me. I'm turning around to see. Oh want to know something else. A red headed guy (I wonder if it's natural. Nope. Probably not. In retrospect, I've only ever known one natural red head. And that was Gaara. No need to bring up old memories by talking about the he who should not be named. Onward with my thoughts, Diary.) has been watching me since he came here. He came here like thirty minutes ago. But he has this girl with him. Douche. It's kind of creepy to have someone ogle me like that.
TTYL Diary,
Hinata, the mother of two angelz.
P.S I'm so weirded out right now.
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"HAYDEN!" Hinata screamed as sprinted into the water as fast as she could. When she was knee deep in the water, her speed started to decrease because of the water's weight, but she kept moving quickly. Waves constantly rolled over him pushing him under. The current had pulled him into the water that was too high for someone his age that couldn't swim in to be in. Hinata had trouble herself managing to swim against the current. She fought as hard as she could until she was close to him. His arms weren't flailing anymore. Though her vision was blurred from the contacts constantly being irritated by the ocean water, which was because waves pushed her under the surface constantly, she could see that his bright green eyes weren't open and shining at her. They were closed. He looked unusually peaceful; he looked like he was asleep. That was NEVER a good sign.
…
She laid him down and put her ear to his little chest. Nothing. No heartbeat.
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The last time they did chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth, a miracle happened. Hayden sucked in air, sat up, and coughed up the water that had infiltrated his lungs. His eyes opened and he smiled. Tears fell from Hinata's eyes as she smiled back at him. When he jumped into her arms and cried she held him stroking his back. Then Ryan and Avery rushed up and were followed by the paramedics.
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The wind blew the redhead's hair. There was a red tattoo of the word love in kanji. There was only person… redheaded person that she knew with that distinctive tattoo on the left side of their forehead.
"Gaara? NO. it can't be. I… I no. We were careful. This has to be a dream. I… no… no one should recognize me. We had a disguise." she blinked her eyes trying to feel the surface of her contacts against her eyelids. There was nothing. "Oh, no! My contacts… they're gone" She'd been spotted
End of Flashback
Everything came rushing back with those memories. From going to the beach in sluttish clothing with her family to the strange redhead starring at her to the near drowning that almost occurred to the people calling her name, one of which she believes to be Gaara. She could remember how the adrenaline pumped through her veins as she tried to swim against the strong current to get to Hayden and how scared she'd been when she saw Gaara. She'd somehow awakened herself from her sleep induced stupor. She raised the upper part of her body, with a start. Her eyes popped open too. What she saw confused her. There was a man in a white doctor's coat talking to her mom. "Why am I in a hospital?"
"Mom?" Hinata called out.
"Hinata, oh my gosh. You're awake. I thought that you really got hurt this time." Kurenai ran up and embraced her in super strong, desperate motherly hug. "Geez kid you have to stop forgetting your inhaler. Do you know how bad that this asthma attack was? Stop scaring the hell out of me. I don't want to die yet. I'm not even thirty yet." Kurenai half yelled/ half joked. Hinata could tell that she was holding back tears.
"So that answers why I am in the hospital. I had an asthma attack and totally passed out." " Mom, I'm fine. But, where are Hayden and the girls? Are they okay? " Hinata asked as her mom backed away to give her some space.
Kurenai didn't answer because the doctor beat her to it. "Ms. Inoue, I am Dr. Johnson. I am your pediatrician and Hayden's pediatrician is one of my colleagues. I've looked over the case with her. Thanks to you and your friend, Hayden is fine. He actually had minimal injuries and no brain damage. Of course, we know that you had an asthma attack. You are fine also, but if I were you, I take it down a notch. No more leaving your inhaler. Asthma attacks can happen all the time, anytime." she laughed at his corny saying.
"Alright, Ms. Inoue. I'm gonna do a check up on you. If everything checks out, you'll be free to leave." Dr. Johnson gave checked her breathing and her heart rate. After giving her a clean bill of health. He left so Kurenai and Hinata could talk.
Hinata opened her mouth to ask the questions that the doctor left, probably because he didn't know who she was talking about, unanswered. However the "mother/daughter telepathy" that she and Kurenai had allowed Hinata to not even state her questions because her mom was already answering them. "The girls went home last night, but Jake and Gabby brought them in bright and early this morning. Apparently, they missed their mother." Kurenai smiled at her daughter. "Right now Veah and Vana are at the cafeteria with Gabby and Jake. Catalina took Victoria back to Xavier's house last night. Vicky didn't want to go, but it was in the baby's best interest. They'll be up here in about 10 minutes to bring you fresh clothes. Danny, Avery, and Ryan are with Hady." Kurenai's raspy voice spoke.
Silence enveloped them. A thick, heavy silence. Hinata wanted to explain about the incident on the beach with 'Gaara' and the girl. She just couldn't fully grasp the concept herself. She'd been spotted. This may have just been an unfortunate coincidence, but she couldn't take any chances. Not when this situation could possibly hurt her daughters as it simultaneously bit her in back in her ass. She had to tell her mother. So she cleared her throat, breaking the weird silence. She had to tell her mom everything. She was so nervous that her normally light stutter increased tenfold. "M-m-m-mom, wh-when we- we w-w-were at the b-b-beach … H-H-Hayden… my-my con-tacts" Hinata was rambling, trying to vocalize her the train wreck that she called her mind. "Th-th-there w-w-was th-this g-g-guy and th-this g-g-girl. Th-they kn-knew my-my n-n-name."
"I know. Jacob told me." was Kurenai's reply. Hinata looked into her crimson eyes. She'd known and she chose not to address this, meaning one thing. Kurenai Yuhi, Hinata's out spoken mother, was officially at a loss for words.
Hinata couldn't believe it. She wanted too be shocked for words, but at the same time she really needed her mother's help. She had to try. "M-m-mom, wh-what are-are we-we gonna do?"
Kurenai's answer shocked Hinata more than her silence. "Hina, I don't know.I just.. I just don't know." Something was really wrong with this scenario. Where was the Kurenai who had an answer for everything and a solution to every problem? Where was Hinata's mother?
At the Hospital: Just Entering the Pediatrics Wing
After going to the third floor of the pediatrics wing of the hospital, Catalina, Xavier, Victoria finally were at the desk. They asked the nurse where Hinata and Hayden's rooms were. Hayden was in room 318 and Hinata was in room 319. Xavier and Victoria went to Hayden's room. Catalina went to Hinata's room with her clothes.
Room 319
Catalina walked into the room only to be instantly sucked in by the palpable silence that had taken over. Before making it into the room all the way, she asked "What the hell is wrong?"
Kurenai explained the situation as Hinata curled herself up into a ball in the bed. Silent tears ran down the duo's faces. Catalina knew that this was a seriously fucked up situation. She also realized that both Kurenai and Hinata were stumped on what to do. She'd have to point out the obvious answer. They had to leave Konoha and cut their family vacation short. After explaining this to them the intensity of their gloomy mood lessened a little.
"Hinata go in the bathroom and change into your clothes that I brought. I put in your shampoo and body wash. " Catalina instructed as she handed Hinata a small backpack with her clothes in it. Hinata looked a bit skeptical. She was still scared.
"Yeah, we'll be back in about ten minutes. I want to go check up on Hayden. And hey you are in hospital room with a full bathroom. You can finally shower off the salt. I mean your hair is almost white. Then we'll leave first thing." Kurenai added trying to joke away the heavy stress that still was in the room. Hinata nodded, slowly. Her mom got up from the chair that she was sitting in and left with Catalina to go to Hayden's room.
Now Hinata was alone. She went into the bathroom and looked in the mirror. Her hair was white with the salt left over from the water evaporating under the hash summer sun, the salt water which soaked Hinata when she was trying to save Hayden. Her eyes were still kind of red, but she didn't know if it was because of all the crying she did yesterday or from the salty water that she also encountered yesterday. She lifted under her arm to smell her arm pit and smelled salt and sweat. "Man, I really need to take a shower." Hinata thought aloud, grimacing. She went into the bag and got out her shampoo and body wash. She grabbed a face and big towel, which were on the bathroom sink. Then she turned on the shower, shed her clothes and got in.
10 Min Later
The shower was supposed to clear her mind as well as cleanse her body; it only served half of its purpose. Her mind was clouded with worry and panic before the shower, and now after the shower seemed only to muddle her thoughts more. She was so distracted in her worried thoughts that she didn't even mentally or physically complain about her clothes which consisted of a form fitting cotton and spandex blend tank top in turquoise and black tie die design that stopped just above her bellybutton showing off her piercing and a pair of black cargo shorts that stopped a good two inches above her knees that had front slant pockets, side cargo pockets and back patch pockets. She even had to put on a pair of black wedged heel sandals that buckled around her ankle and showed off her dark purple swirled blue nail polish, which her mom had forced her to paint her toenails. She looked a little better on the skanky clothing o meter than what she had on previously, but she didn't even notice. Her mind was just swimming with thoughts of uncertainty as she put her long, damp, dark blue curls into a messy bun.
"What if we don't make it out? What will happen to the girls? My family? Will anyone pay for my decision to leave? Will I lose everything? Can someone take my girls? What if my family get's in trouble." she thought frantically. Hinata shook her head from left to right to try to alleviate some of her stress, but to no avail. However she forced herself to focus. She needed to leave and if she didn't know how to think clearly, she'd just wing it when the time came for action. With a new resolve, she went back into her room to find Ryan and Danny.
Instantly, she was wrapped up in a strong embrace. The strong embrace of Ryan. Though she couldn't see him, she could hear his distinct voice whispering against her hair. "Thank you Hinata. Thank you so much. You saved my son, but don't you gotta stop scaring me like this. I was so worried." His voice sounded so loving that it brought tears to her eyes as she nodded her head in understanding. He let her go after a few minutes.
Then Danny grabbed her in a fierce, brotherly hug, picking her up off her feet. He didn't say much. All he said was "Please don't do that again." she could hear his voice faltering slightly, like he was on the verge of tears. Again tears overflowed from her light lavender eyes. He let her go and wiped her tears away. She looked up at both of her brothers. She opened her mouth to say something, and then closed it abruptly. She needed to tell them the information that could tear them apart, but she couldn't find the words. Her eyes fell to the floor away from their gaze.
"We know" Danny's voice range out.
"And we are gonna get you and the girls out of here. Hayden already checked out. Kurenai already checked you out too. Everyone else is at the cafeteria. And Xavier left on some business call." Ryan added as he handed her a pair of black shades. She grabbed the glasses and put them on. "Now you totally look like a tall new person. Nice outfit by the way." Ryan laughed ruffling her damp hair a little. Danny joined in on the joke and laughed.
Having a enough of their mocking laughter, Hinata smacked Ryan's hand away and lightly punched Danny in his stomach. "Ha ha ha." she imitated their deep voices poorly. "That is not funny. Mom picked out these clothes."
"It is very funny. Aunt Kurenai isn't a normal mother. Instead of trying to keep you out of embarrassingly immodest clothes, she buys them for you. You are a total tomboy, dude." Danny replied.
She looked over to Ryan who only nodded his head in agreement. "C'mon, we need to meet everybody else at the cafeteria." Hinata rolled her eyes at them, stomped passed them, and walked over to the door. When she opened the door, she walked into someone. Whoever it was had great reflexes because they caught her instantly. Her shades fell to the ground. On instinct, she looked up. (Who wouldn't want to thank the person who saved them from landing on their face.)? A pair of turquoise- sea foam green eyes looked down at her.
Hinata knew those eyes anywhere. She'd woken up to see those eyes every morning for the past two years in the form of a small little girl. But at this moment Havana Marie Inoue, her second born daughter, was nowhere near. And if she was she wouldn't be a tall red headed guy with a kanji love tattoo on the left side of his forehead. This could only be one person Gaara Sabaku, the 'sperm donor' of her children. "Oh Shit." The way he looked at her, showed that he knew who she was too. She was struck immobile.
With Gaara
Gaara had been wandering around the pediatrics side of the hospital because he had to do community service before school started again. He had to find a janitor's closet and clean it out. How this was community service, he did not know. He had to do it anyway. As he walked around, he couldn't get his mind off of the girl that had had Hinata's eyes. "Maybe they were contacts? Contacts can be any color nowadays. From red to white tinged lavender". His brain was in over think mode. He was so wrapped up in his thoughts that he wasn't paying any attention to where he was going and someone crashed into his chest. Whoever it was he caught them and unintentionally held them close. It turns it was a girl, but not just any girl. It was the girl from the beach.
"Those eyes. Hinata." "Hinata?" Gaara his voice asked, shakily. The girl was staring up at him, seeming to be paralyzed in fear. But those beautiful eyes made his heart fill with an old feeling, like a euphoric remembrance that only occurred at the beach when this girl unknowingly gazed into his eyes.
When she spoke up she stuttered, "I'm- I'm s-s-sorry s-sir. Um I don't know who you are talking about." she looked down at the floor as she stepped back from him (she didn't pick up her shades). She now stood in front of two guys. "Maybe I'm imagining it? Maybe Hinata wasn't here." Gaara thought.
"Is there a problem here? Are you okay sis?" A guy in a white t-shirt and black pants (Ryan) spoke up. He had spiky brown hair and green eyes. The other guy had short black hair and grey eyes (Danny); he had on a white muscle shirt and a pair of blue jean shorts.
"No there is no problem," Gaara answered the first question. 'Hinata' nodded as response to the second question and proceeded to walk past Gaara with the two guys behind her. He watched as they disappeared around a corner. "No that is Hinata. She was lying. That is Hinata. My Hinata. I can feel it." For some reason he followed her until they came to the elevators. The way his heart started to beat rapidly against his chest when she looked at him told him that she was lying. And he was going to find out the truth whether she wanted to tell him or not.
With Hinata
Hinata, Ryan and Danny walked as fast as they could away from Gaara. When the got far away from him Hinata said softly. "That was Gaara". By the way their steps increased rhythm she could tell that they remembered who she told them he was. Now they were at the elevators.
An elevator opened and her family walked out. "M-m-mommy!" Haveah's small voice stuttered as she and her sister ran up to their mother. For Hinata the current situation was forgotten as her little girls ran over to her with teary smiles on their faces. She kneeled beside them and wrapped them in a hug.
"Hey, my little angels." Hinata greeted them softly. Hinata was surprised when Havana cupped her face in her little hands. Hinata looked into her daughter's turquoise- sea foam green eyes; they held tears and sadness.
"M-m-mommy" Havana said in a serious tone, the one she used when she was angry or trying to be as serious as her tiny voice would let her. "I ... ple-please do-don't…" Tears made the little girl stop speaking. Hinata couldn't do anything but wrap her arms around Havana again.
Haveah was in tears as well. She too was wrapped up in her mother's warm, loving embrace again. "D-d-do-don't l-leave us m-m-mommy. Don't leave us forever." she murmured against her mother's hair. Hinata almost burst into tears again because she'd explained death as a form of leaving and never coming back. Her daughters thought that she was gonna die and leave alone in the world.
"I'm not leaving. I promise." Hinata retorted. "I'm not going anywhere." she kissed their cheeks and stood taking one of their hands in each of hers. "Let's go you guys." Hinata spoke with a renewed determination.
Suddenly the other elevator opened and Hinata saw older looking versions of Kankuro, Temari, Neji, Hanabi, and her father. She could never forget those faces. All their eyes widened in shock. "Dammit. I forgot my shades on the floor! HOW FUCKING STUPID COULD I BE? DAMMIT!" she mentally screamed at her momentary stupidity.
Hinata looked over to Kurenai. Her eyes were pleading "MOM HELP. TELL ME WHAT TO DO!" the look that her mother gave her in return was one that replied pitifully "IDK"
"Hinata." Hanabi inquired. "Hinata is that you?" Hanabi was taking steps toward her. Hinata started to back away, unconsciously bringing the girls back with her. She felt like she was being backed into an imaginary corner that had magically materialized in the middle of the hallway. How could this be happening? They were almost out of Konoha? They were almost free? What god had they angered to be forced into this position?
"Mama, how does that girl know my sister? Why do they have eyes like Hinata and Haveah?" Hayden asked Avery, his voice breaking the silence. "Dammit. Why did he have to say my name?" Hinata mentally cried out in frustration. From the corner of her eyes she could see that Avery never answered her son's question. She too was trying to look for any kind of escape route of this hospital. The place that she was certain with every fiber of her being, a strong gut feeling that it would be the place that her family would cease to be together, whole. A place where normal would cease to be a part of everyday life. The place where her family would be torn and their heart be removed. Avery knew that this hospital was the place that Hinata, Haveah, and Havana would be taken away from them.
"Hinata, it's really you. OH MY GOSH!" Hanabi squealed. No one else who had stepped out of that elevator spoke, only her. They were struck silent by the Hinata being back and having two little girls right beside her, one with red hair and light lavender eyes and the other with dark blue hair with a funny color of greenish blue like a cross between turquoise and sea foam green. Both looked exactly like Hinata but they had some of Gaara in them too. Hanabi must have not had noticed the little girls because her eyes were focused on her sister.
"Are… They…?" Temari croaked out, but paused, unable to speak what her heart was telling her. Hinata's eyes snapped to the speaking woman. The expression on Temari's face was of complete bewilderment. She was staring between Hinata, Haveah, and Havana and behind them in the 'empty' hallway. Temari's gaze stayed behind Hinata the longest. Hinata was puzzled. "Why is she staring at the empty hallway?" Hinata turned around and saw … Gaara, who was looking directly at Haveah and Havana. "Gaara. Oh no. He sees the girls! "
With Gaara
"Those little girls. They are beautiful. They look like just Hinata. But one has brick-red hair and turquoise- sea foam green eyes. They have 'my' hair and eyes. Are those my little girls?" thoughts ran rapidly through his mind. "Are these little girls ours? Did those beautiful little girls… come from the night that I made lo … we had sex?"
After a good thirty seconds, Gaara finished the question that Temari started to phrase. Looking between Hinata and the little girls, he voiced with much hesitation, "Are those little girls… " He paused and swallowed the lump that had begun to build in his throat. "Are...are they mine?"
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