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Love's Misconstruities	By : Idleflame Category: Naruto > Het - Male/Female Views: 1431 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Love�s Misconstruities

Chapter 14

�� After her match with
Hanabi, her father had yelled at her.� He
had been quite displeased when his daughters returned home, both wearing bandages.� He�d promptly inquired as to what had happened
and they mistakenly gave a truthful response, sending him into a rage.� At first they thought that he was concerned
for their well-being, and maybe he was, but he had a strange way of showing
it.�

�� While he was disappointed
in both of them for receiving injuries, Hinata received the brunt of his wrath
since she was his heir and had managed to take a beating from her little
sister.� He didn�t seem to care that
Hinata had escaped with far fewer injuries than Hanabi.� Even one scratch seemed to be too many for
him.� Hinata apologized profusely, but to
no avail.� Hanabi even tried to stand up
for her older sister a few times but Hiashi wouldn�t have it.� It only caused him to start in on her for her
failings.� Finally, he turned back to
Hinata to lecture her on never sparring with any of the other Hyuuga members
without his direct approval again, save for Neji whom
he already allowed.�

�� Neither of them
understood why he was so particular about with whom they practiced, but perhaps
it was his own strange way of seeing that they did not get hurt.� Either that, or he
was trying his best to hide his daughters� weaknesses from the rest of the
clan.� Hinata even wondered if perhaps
the reason her father was so strict about their sparring, especially in cases
like this where his two daughters fought each other, was because he feared that
they would get it in their heads to fight to the death so that they could
eliminate the other as a rival for the successor�s seat.� Such an idea was preposterous to her, but she
knew that to her father, it may not be.�

�� It was public
knowledge that Hiashi hadn�t placed the restraints on his second-born, Hanabi,
like he was supposed to.� If he had, she
would have become a branch family member and any chance she would have had at becoming
the next successor would have been eliminated.�
Hiashi�s justification was that, should something happen to Hinata, she
would be needed to assume her older sibling�s place.� ...Not that he helped to keep Hinata safe
either though, allowing her to join Team 8 and embark on some very dangerous
missions over the years.� Still, given
this, it made Hinata wonder why it was that he seemed to care about her safety
now.� Perhaps he did have some faith in
his eldest daughter.� Though he was also
concerned with Hanabi�s condition, he seemed more upset with the fact that Hinata
had been hurt, or �allowed herself to become injured at the hands of someone
younger and less experienced that herself,� as her father had put it.�

�� Truth be told, Hanabi
was indeed stronger than Hinata had anticipated and she�d had to resort to
attacking her kentetsu.� Her younger
sister would be fine in a few days, but their father was not appeased by the
facts.� Still, after he�d finished his
tirade and sent them away, they�d shared a small grin behind his back.�

�� Hanabi felt she�d
finally grown closer to her sister.� They
were in the same boat now, and she was grateful that she was no longer
alone.� She knew that their father was
fickle at times; one day he would give her praise saying how he wished she could
succeed him...the next he would talk about how well Hinata had done on a
mission, how she was bringing honor to the Hyuuga clan with her efforts, and
that he would be proud when she assumed her rightful place.� Then there were days when he was pleased with
neither one of them and longed for a way to make Neji his heir.� Those days were more frequent as of
late.� But after her match against Hinata
she felt more at ease.� She wasn�t sure
why, but she could feel that her older sister was not only testing her, but
also trying to prove something to herself.�
Was she trying to prove that she was more deserving
to be the heiress than her younger sister?�
...Somehow, it just didn�t seem that way.� Her eyes were more desperate than that.� Either way though, Hanabi was able to feel
her determination and knew that, no matter how badly she disappointed their
father, that Hinata was the rightful heiress and would do her best not to let
the family down.� She was determined to
become stronger yet, and it inspired Hanabi to try her best, too...not because
she necessarily wanted to impress their father, but because she wanted to
become more like her older sister.

�� Shortly into the
battle it was clear to Hinata that she had the upper hand, but her sister was
growing much more rapidly than she had at that age.� Hanabi was also very persistent and so,
without wanting to hurt her too badly, she had decided to disable her.� Still, though she was proud of her sister�s
accomplishments, she was resolute in what she needed to do.� �I must work harder.� I have to.�
I don�t want to be useless�not to Father, not to the clan, not to the
village�not to Gaara�� Maybe when
Neji-nii-san returns from his mission I can ask him to spar with me if he has
time.� Until then�yes, until then I must
keep busy.� I have to�� Otherwise, I�ll just freeze up and cry.� I refuse to do that.� I don�t want to be that weak anymore��

* * *

�� It was two days later
when Neji came back.� Hinata had been
told by one of the servants of his return and headed straight to his room.�

�� While usually calm, collected,
and neat, Neji�s door was wide open as he quickly dumped the contents of his
bag onto his futon and began repacking it.

�� Neji-nii-san,� Hinata
called.

�� What is it,
Hinata-sama?� I�m in a hurry.�

�� What�s�what�s going
on?� she asked, the question of sparring now far gone
from her mind.� She had never seen her
cousin quite so rushed.

�� A
new mission.�

�� But�but you just got
back!�

�� Hokage-sama�s
orders.� Team Gai is leaving for
Suna immediately.�

�� Suna?!� Then, you�re going to be reinforcing Team
Kakashi?�

�� You already know
about the situation, then?� he asked, slinging the bag onto his shoulder and
turning to face his cousin.

�� Hai�� Neji-nii-san, please.� Please, you have to save him.�

�� Him?
�You mean Gaara?� he clarified, carefully
watching the young woman before him ball her fists as she tried to keep her
composure.� She had tried to keep herself
from thinking of the situation and had been okay enough until now, but being
confronted with it again caused her to struggle with her emotions.� ��You still care for him.� After all this time,� he stated.� She simply nodded.� �Even though he and Sakura-�

�� No, that was�� We must have misunderstood!� Sakura-chan said there was never anything
between them.�

�� What?� But-�

�� Please, Neji-nii-san,
please�� Save him.� You have to.�
I�� Hokage-sama wouldn�t let me
go, so�� I�m sorry�� I�m sorry to ask this of you.�

�� The taller boy stared
at her a moment, dumbfounded.� It had
been a long time since she�d allowed herself to be seen in such a weakened
state in front of him.� For her to be
reduced to this, he knew how much this meant to her.� �I will do what I can,� he replied, darting
off before his younger cousin finally broke into tears.

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