Peripheral Vision
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Terms Used:
Gakidou – Japanese, literally meaning 'hungry ghost'.
Reikai – It is another plane of existence that connects with our physical world; could be considered a fourth dimension wherein the Shikigamis dwell.
Shinigami – Like the ANBU of Konoha but instead of hunting Missing-nin, they hunt those who try to break the Law of Life and Death. Those people who try to attain Immortality or those who have already died but do not want to go to Meifu which is the place all the dead go to be judged.
Shikigami – Mythical and spiritual deities who can be summoned by those they have agreed to serve. Most Shinigamis have a Shikigami to aid them in battle.
Shiryoku – she is a small fairy and serves as one of Shida's Shikigami. Her name literally means Eyes or Sight and she is most often used for spying or reconnaissance. She is able to track and read spiritual energies but only up to a point.
Chapter Two:
Hinata woke up three days later. She felt light and heavy at the same time, as if she was under water and something was dragging her down. She forced her eyes open and quickly closed them again, blinded by the harsh fluorescent lighting in the room. After taking a few seconds to reorient herself, Hinata cautiously opened her eyes again and blinked a few times to clear her vision. She yelped in surprise when a brown blur appeared in front of her before her vision cleared and she realized it was only Kiba peering down at her with a happy smile on his face. "Hinata-chan! You're awake!" he said enthusiastically.
Only through sheer force of will did Hinata keep herself from wincing as Kiba's loud voice made her ears ring and her head spin. She smiled at him and tried to sit up.
Kiba reached down to help her.
Akamaru yipped happily from his perch on Kiba's head.
"We were so worried, did you know you've been out for three days?"
Shino grabbed a handful of Kiba's jacket and dragged him back. "Give her room to breathe."
Kiba shrugged Shino's hand off. "Alright, alright." He gave Hinata a sheepish smile. "I'm just really glad you're okay. We found out two days ago and we came here as soon as we heard."
"How are you feeling?" Shino asked.
Hinata could feel his eyes studying her from behind his tinted glasses. She looked down at her hands, "I-I'm sorry for worrying you," she said in a small voice. "I-I'm feeling fine now Shino-kun, Kiba-kun, Akamaru. I guess I just overdid it at the dojo…" she said looking back down at her hands. A brief image of the man she'd seen at the dojo fleeted through her mind and chilled her blood.
Had it been real…?
"Hey yeah, what did happen? No one was saying anything about what happened to you and we got really worried! Kurenai-sensei's going to be happy when she hears you're awake, I'll go get her. She's just outside talking to the Hokage about something," Kiba said as he bounded out the room, full of bursting energy and excitement, not unlike a happy puppy dog.
Shino picked up a glass and filled it with water before handing it to Hinata. "I will go ask someone to get you something to eat."
Hinata hadn't even realized how hungry and thirsty she was until Shino mentioned it. She smiled shyly at him. "T-Thank you…"
Shino gave her a nod of acknowledgement before he quietly left the room.
OOO
Throughout the day, people kept stopping by to see how she was doing. Apparently, Kiba had announced to the entire population of Konoha that she was awake again. Ino dropped by with Shikamaru and a bouquet of flowers and well wishes. Hinata asked about Chouji and the blonde genin said that he was recovering well. Sakura dropped by to check on her and even Gai-sensei, Ten-Ten and Lee peeked in on her to say hello.
The sky was already darkening when Kurenai-sensei came in with Kakashi-san in tow. She apologized for not having arrived sooner and explained that she'd been assigned a mission with Kakashi. Kakashi-sensei greeted Hinata and asked how she was doing. They talked for a bit, with Kakashi casually mentioning Naruto's progress in his training and that in one of his letters, he'd asked how Hinata was.
Hinata blushed, a smile of happiness touching her lips briefly at that thought of Naruto remembering to ask after her.
Shizune came in to give Hinata medicine and she shooed both Jounins away and told them that visiting hours were over and that they should just return the next day because Hinata needed to rest up.
Even Tsunade-sama, the Hokage herself, had dropped by to check in on Hinata and see how she was recovering. It had taken a while for Hinata to get over her embarrassment at being in alone with the Leaf's highest ranking official and stop stuttering to the point that she could actually get intelligible words out. Tsunade ordered Hinata to take it easy for a while.
"I will drop by everyday to check on how you're doing, I want you to follow the instructions Shizune sets out for you. When you are discharged from the hospital, I will come by your house now and again to check on your condition. I expect you to recover fully Hinata," Tsunade said.
Hinata blushed and nodded. "H-Hai Hokage-sama…"
Tsunade smiled and patted her hand in a surprising show of motherly affection. She'd heard about Hinata and how the girl had a crush on Naruto. Tsunade had seen the tape of Hinata's fight with her cousin and she felt a spark of admiration for the girl everyone regarded as weak. Hinata's physical condition perplexed the medic-nin. She'd never seen someone with such a slow metabolic rate and weak immune system. Each jutsu she applied seemed to just be assimilated into the girl's body without ever having an effect. Right now, Hinata hovered in the brink. She was very sick but not sick enough to be in danger of dying. Judging from the records, she had probably been in this condition since the Chuunin exams and that had been some months ago.
This was the Hyuuga first born, the supposed heir whose father sent her away in favor of the younger daughter. Kurenai had expressed her concern for the girl and Tsunade had asked the red-eyed kunoichi some questions regarding Hinata's past. Each factor, even the smallest detail, might be instrumental in figuring out what was going wrong with Hinata's health.
The mind was very powerful and there were times when a person's mental state, the psyche, was able to affect his or her physiological state. Hinata was shy, it was glaringly obvious from the first moment Tsunade had caught a glimpse of the girl. She also seemed to have very low esteem. However, despite those things…Tsunade saw a glimmer of determination, a desire to change her self. From all accounts, very few people believed in the girl. Most thought she was weak and would amount to nothing.
"You will prove them wrong one day."
"Hokage-sama?" Hinata asked, not understanding the meaning behind Tsunade's words.
The blonde Hokage smiled. "I'm sure Naruto expects you to be much stronger when he returns. For that you need to be able to train and to train, you must recover first, alright?"
Hinata nodded, blushing and feeling faint at the mention of Naruto's name.
Tsunade smiled to herself and ordered the girl to rest and go to sleep before leaving the room.
Hinata sat up in bed for a long time, staring at her hands and remembering each and every person who had stopped by to wish her well. Not a single one of them possessed white eyes.
Her father did not come.
Her sister did not come.
Her cousin did not come.
No one from her family came.
Hinata settled herself down in bed and stared at the ceiling for a long time before she finally closed her eyes and fell asleep.
A little later, the door opened and Neji came inside to sit by the chair beside Hinata's bed like he'd been doing since that first night she was hospitalized. He would come really late and stay with her through the night until early the next morning.
When Hinata woke up the next day, Neji was already gone.
She never knew he was even there in the first place.
OOO
Neji had just gotten back from training and was going up to his room when the door that led outside to the gardens opened to reveal a slightly mussed Hinata with a smudge of dirt on her cheek. She was carrying a bouquet of flowers she must've cut herself and the moment she saw him, her relaxed stance stiffened and her steps faltered, her eyes dropping to the floor as if all the life had been sucked out of her.
"Hinata-sama," Neji forced himself to say as he bowed to her.
"N-Neji-nis….Neji-san…" Hinata whispered back in acknowledgement of his greeting.
Hinata had stopped calling him Neji-niisan since she got back from the hospital after her collapse at the training hall. Actually, Neji thought maybe she'd stopped calling him niisan before then, but he couldn't remember. He hadn't really seen much of her since the Chuunin Exams so he couldn't be sure. He didn't know how he felt about that though. It was just weird hearing her call him Neji-san instead of the customary Neji-niisan he'd heard from her ever since he can remember.
In a way, it felt sort of like a wall had been erected between them.
This time, he hadn't been the one to build it.
She had.
Neji could remember countless of times in the past when Hinata would approach him and call him niisan and he would rebuff her and say that he wasn't her brother and that she should stop calling him that. Hinata never stopped though…not until she almost died, by his hand.
Neji wanted to apologize to her. In fact, he'd wanted to do it from the time she'd collapsed in the arena, but his anger had held him back. Now, after learning the truth about his father's death, Neji was no longer blinded by his anger and he saw clearly how unfair he had been to his younger cousin who had wanted nothing more than for someone to acknowledge her as family.
He wanted to say sorry, but he couldn't force his tongue to form the words.
Neji wasn't much of a talker.
It was probably because he'd spent so much of his formative years so intent on becoming stronger and proving that he was better than the Main House that what little interpersonal skills he'd been born with had atrophied from lack of use. He had no idea how to go about approaching someone and actually initiating a comfortable, non-hostile or challenging conversation…especially with someone he'd beat up so badly in the past
He ended up just staring at her instead.
Hinata shifted under Neji's scrutiny. His face was completely expressionless and it unnerved her. She knew he was the one who had seen her collapse. She vaguely remembered hearing his voice before she blacked out and her father had told her that it was Neji who had taken her to the hospital.
Hinata had tried to talk to him to thank him, but she never had the opportunity until a chance encounter in the hallway. When she saw him, she'd blurted out her gratitude with a stammered, "T-Thank you…."
Neji had replied with an emotionless, "Don't mention it."
Hinata took his words to heart and never mentioned it again. She'd tried to avoid him as best she could…since from previous experience it seemed the mere sight of her angered him.
She really should've checked first if someone was in the hallway before she entered.
Her eyes landed everywhere except on his face.
He hates you…everyone in your family hates you…Hinata winced at the foreign voice she heard in her head. It had been happening rather frequently lately, the whispers skittering through her subconscious and causing her steps to falter in the most inopportune moments. She was scared…was she going insane? Her eyes focused on Neji and she saw his cut and raw knuckles. A small furrow appeared between her brows. "You're bleeding…"
"Training."
"O-Oh…"
He was merciful when he bowed and turned to leave. It was obvious she was not at ease with his presence. In fact, she'd never been at ease with him before…but Hinata had never been afraid of him as she was now. If he apologized to her right at that moment, she would either faint from disbelief or be forced to give her forgiveness even though she did not want to.
He wanted sincerity…and for that, he needed to bide his time.
Her needed her not to be afraid of him anymore.
OOO
Hinata barely made it to her room before she collapsed and started to tremble. She covered her mouth to stifle the cough and felt warm sticky blood coat her palm and fingers.
Why do you persist on being with them!"Please…please stop…" Hinata wheezed as she struggled to sit up and lean against the door. She let out another cough and wiped the dribble of blood from the corner of her mouth with the back of her hand. "Please, I didn't mean to…"
You don't need them, you only need me…I was always there by your side, I never left you, I always stayed by you…
"I don't understand you, why do you do this to me?" she rasped out. Ever since her collapse, she'd been hearing his voice in her head and she'd been seeing him appear at the corner of her eyes. When she turned to look, he would be gone.
I've always been with you, even when you were still a child. You've always felt me with you…"Stop lying, I don't know who you are!"
Yes you do. I'm your friend Hinata, the only one who ever believed in you. Now you can see me! You can see me!Laughter, deep and melodious sounded inside her mind. Hinata felt ghost fingers touch her hair and trace the curve of her cheeks.
You're growing up into a lovely lady Hinata…"Please…please go away…" Hinata stammered as she huddled against the door, scared. She activated her Byakugan to see where the intruder was coming from but there wasn't any other chakra signature in the room except her own.
I will always be beside you. Remember, you need no one else but me. It's always been the two of us, only the two of us my bright angel, my sunshine.
Hinata huddled against the door and covered her face with her hands, trying to block out the voice and the feeling of another presence in the room with her. What was happening to her? She was getting really scared. She felt warm fingers pry her hand away from her face.
Open your eyes Hinata…
Slowly, ever so slowly, she did.
He was kneeling in front of her, that young man she saw earlier. His smile was just as beatific and his blue eyes shown with tenderness as he gazed at her. Blonde hair shone like gold threads as he leaned forward and cupped her face. She heard his voice in her head even though he did not open his mouth to speak.
Do not be afraid of me. I have watched you grow since you were young. I have always been by your side.
"Don't l-lie…I've never seen you before in my life."
Just because you've never seen me doesn't mean I was never there. I am always with you Hinata. When you were four and fell into the pond and Neji saved your life…do you remember?
Hinata stared at the stranger in front of her. "H-How do you k-know that?"
He almost didn't make it. Remember what he said?"S-Someone told him t-to go to the pond…"
That was me Hinata. I was the one who told him. I will take care of you. You don't need anyone else but me.
OOO
"Hey Hinata!"
"K-Kiba-kun! What are you d-doing here?" Hinata asked as she opened the front door to see Kiba standing there with Shino and Akamaru in tow.
Kiba shifted excitedly, "There's this new restaurant opening in town and I thought all of us could go. Since you still can't do very many missions with us, this way we could all spend time together and you don't have to exert yourself!"
Hinata smiled, touched by the gesture.
"Shino will even pay for your share!" Kiba volunteered, magnanimously.
At this, the Aburame heir shifted a bit but he didn't say anything. Apparently, Kiba's suggestion was new to him as well.
Hinata blushed. "Y-You don't have to Shino-kun, I-I can pay…"
"Don't worry about it," Shino told her with a nod. "I'll pay for you."
Hinata's blush intensified, "T-Thank you…let me just get my jacket, okay?"
Both boys stepped inside the Hyuuga house and Hinata showed them into the living room where they could wait for her while she fetched her things. On her way up the stairs to the second level, Hinata felt something cool brush up against her cheek.
Don't go with them.
She faltered midway up the stairs but shook her head and kept on going. She pushed open the door to her room and grabbed her jacket from the closet before going to the nightstand to pick up her wallet. It's been so long since she'd gone out, maybe she and the others could go watch a movie or something. She could even pay for them, to thank them for being so nice to her.
Don't go with them!By now, Hinata was used to his voice. At first she'd thought he was just a dream or a figment of her imagination but now she was starting to believe that he was her guardian. In the past few weeks since he'd first shown himself to her, he began recounting tales of her youth and watching as she grew up. She had asked him why she could see he him only now and he said that it was because their bond was strengthening.
Hinata kind of liked the sound of it, being bonded with someone.
Along with her teammates and Kurenai-sensei, she had him as a friend too.
It was nice.
"They're my friends," Hinata answered in a whisper. "I want to go with them and they won't hurt me. You can come if you want."
I don't want to leave this house. Don't go with them Hinata.
"But…Hokage-sama said I'm starting to recover well and that I can do more things now. I'll be okay…" Hinata cried out when she was slammed against the wall by an invisible force. She coughed up blood as her chest tightened painfully, making her cry out in pain.
Don't disobey me Hinata!
Hinata slid to the floor coughing.
The only reason you've been getting well is because of me! I can easily reverse the process. Don't try my patience!
"I…I-'m sorry…" Hinata said, pressing her palm to her chest as to try and alleviate the tightness there. It was the same feeling as when Neji-niisan had hit her in the fight. She fought hard to breath, tears springing from her eyes.
The young man appeared before her and touched her hair. His form wasn't as solid as usual, he looked more like an ephemeral spirit and Hinata could see through him to the bed and the dresser located behind him.
I'm sorry Hinata…I don't want to hurt you, don't ever disobey me again.
Hinata nodded and turned her face away, feeling fear skitter up and down her spine.
Go down and tell your friends you can't go with them.
"H-Hai…" Hinata stammered with a nod, trying to keep herself from sobbing.
He smiled.
Good girl.
OOO
Kurenai watched from her perch as her team trained. Shino was sparring with Kiba and she could see how painstakingly careful the boy was to keep from hitting Hinata too hard. The Hokage had deemed the Hyuuga heiress well enough to start training with her team again only two weeks ago.
"She needs to start boosting up her system again. Just as long as she doesn't do anything too hectic, everything should be just fine."
Kurenai hoped the Hokage was right. Of course she respected and trusted Tsunade's medical prowess but Kurenai couldn't help but worry for her student. Since Hinata's return, the girl seemed even more anxious than usual. The first time Team 8 had been assembled, Kurenai had worried that they wouldn't be able to function well as a group. She was a newly appointed Jounin and this was the first team of genin she was going to handling. How was she going to get them all to work together?
Kiba was too loud.
Shino was too silent.
Hinata was too shy.
Kurenai was pleasantly surprised when she realized that these three kids balanced each other well in their own, unique way. She was actually pretty impressed with how protective both Shino and Kiba was towards Hinata and how caring and solicitous Hinata was towards her teammates. Shino and Kiba tried to keep her from getting hurt. When Shino and Kiba got hurt, Hinata was the one who treated their wounds, blending special medicines and ointments specifically for her team.
As the months passed, Kurenai had seen an improvement in the three's attitude. Kiba was no longer as boisterously loud as before, Shino was still silent but he talked once in a while and Hinata wasn't so shy anymore when around her teammates.
Now however, as Kurenai watched team, she noticed the marked regression Hinata's attitude had gone under. She was shy again; shyer than even the first time she'd met her teammates. She didn't speak that much and she usually kept to herself.
Kiba and Shino had both approached Kurenai with concern with regards to Hinata's welfare. She didn't go out with them after practice anymore when before, they usually ate dinner at least twice a week together. Was everything at the Hyuuga House okay? Were they treating Hinata unfairly again?
Kiba swore he'd behead the lot of them, starting with Neji.
Shino had kept silent but Kurenai sensed that the Aburame boy agreed wholeheartedly with his teammate.
Kurenai really didn't like the Hyuugas. She hated their traditions, their airs and the way they treated Hinata.
She had thought that after proving her determination to succeed in the Chuunin exams, the Hyuugas would at least have given Hinata some respect and acknowledgement, but no. It seemed that things were the same as ever.
It seemed that in the Hyuuga House, nothing has changed.
And she was so close too…Hinata was so close to finally proving how strong she was.
From her perch in one of the branches atop a tree near the training grounds her team used, Kurenai was able to see a figure walking towards them even before her students did. One dark eyebrow shot up in surprise when she realized who it was that was walking towards her team.
Neji.
Hyuuga Neji.
Was he going to confront Hinata?
Attack her?
Apologize?
Kurenai had no idea.
She decided to wait it out and let her students handle it. "That's enough training for today. You can all rest up and go home now," Kurenai called from her branch.
OOO
Neji could feel their eye bore into his back as he walked away with Hinata following behind him. Inuzuka Kiba and Aburame Shino, both of whom were Hinata's teammates. He could feel their anger towards him and their concern for Hinata's welfare. It was clear that the two boys did not trust him to be alone with Hinata.
He didn't really blame them.
Not after what he'd done.
Not that he cared what those two thought of him. He didn't. The only thing that mattered was setting things right and he needed to speak with Hinata-sama for that. He wanted to make up for the years of cruelty and callousness he'd shown her. He had promised his father he would take care of her and protect Hinata-sama with his life.
It was time he lived up to it.
He stopped walking when they were inside the woods and could talk in private. He had activated his Byakugan to see if there was anyone within hearing distance before he chose this particular spot. He turned towards Hinata, his Byakugan deactivated and watched as she kept her eyes trained on the ground as if dirt was the most fascinating thing she'd ever seen before in her life.
He frowned as she stiffened as if someone had given her a blow and shifted her feet, her eyes turning to the side and watching the empty space beside her.
She really was pathetic and he wondered how in the world someone had managed to grow up in the Hyuuga House and end up like her. "Hinata-sama," Neji said to call her attention to him.
Hinata jerked in surprise, her startled gaze quickly swinging over to him. "H-Hai! Nani yo, Neji-san?" she asked nervously. He was glaring at her again and she wondered if it was just her or if he always had that expression on his face. The only times she'd seen him he'd worn that look of slight displeasure and disinterest in his face.
"You've been training on your own for a while now."
"Y-Yes."
"It's not working."
Hinata hung her head down in shame.
"I can help you."
It took a while for his words to penetrate Hinata's brain. When it did, she didn't quite believe she'd heard him correctly. She looked up and blinked at him. "N-Neji-ni…Neji-san?"
"I can help you improve."
Hinata gaped at him.
Neji got irritated and he frowned at her.
"Uh…o-okay…t-thank you…" Hinata said reluctantly, looking anything but thankful for his offer. In all actuality, she looked nervous and apprehensive.
As an apology…this really wasn't going very well.
"Hinata-sama…"
"H-Hai…"
Neji made sure that his glare was stern and that he was frowning. "You can call me niisan again, if you want."
A small smile lit up Hinata's face. "H-Hai. Arigato niisan."
He had to protect her and in order to do that; he had to help her change herself.
He had to teach her how to protect herself.
He had to teach her how to be strong.
"You're training is over, correct?"
"Hai."
"Lets go home."
OOO
Konoha was a rather large and prosperous town. As all large and prosperous town, it's commerce was thriving and people were milling around and going in and out of shops buying food, clothes, shoes and other items. Atop one of the buildings beside the quadrangle were two black clad figures, looking over the crowd of people walking around.
"We've been here forever, how in the world are we supposed to find one gakidou in the midst of all these people?"
"Instead of complaining, why don't you think up a solution Akari?" Shida complained. "Arasoi is a gakidou and is very dangerous to these people." Her partner had been whining about their assignment ever since they arrived in Konoha and it was getting on her nerves.
"I told you, just let Shiryoku scour the area until she finds the vessel the gakidou is using to remain in this plane. Once we find the vessel, we can exorcise the gakidou and we can get out of here."
A small sprite-like being about five inches in height with silvery wings attached to it's back appeared in front of Akari.
"Hello there Shiryoku," the dark haired Shinigami greeted with a lazy smile.
Shiryoku frowned and kicked Akari's nose, the small bells attacked to her shoes tinkling melodically upon impact.
Akari cried out and raised a hand to his nose. "Hey! What did you do that for?"
"I'm a Shikigami, a divine spirit! I chose whose summoning I answer to, Akari. I am not a slave and you're not supposed to expect me to do all the work for you, you lazy Shinigami!"
Akari growled, "You just don't like anyone prettier than you, conceited fairy!"
Shida sighed and pulled the bristling fairy away from her partner. "Maa, maa Shiryoku-chan, daijoubu. You can go back to Reikai now, I will summon you when we need you."
Shiryoku flipped her long, light blue tresses. "You are NOT PRETTIER than I am!" with that, she stuck out her tongue at Akari before disappearing.
"You know, you really should stop picking on her," Shida commented.
Akari smiled as he studied the people down below. He stiffened and leaned forward. "I need to check something…" he said before he jumped over the railing and disappeared.
"Akari!" Shida yelled after him in annoyance. "Damn it, he's left me to do all the work again!"
OOO
There were too many people out. He really hated crowded places and the noise was annoying him. He kept a careful eye on Hinata in case the crowd jostled her. He frowned when he saw her stop to stare across the street at a building and followed her gaze. It was a normal building. Judging from the blush on her cheeks he had half expected to see Naruto standing there without a stitch of clothing on but other than the building itself, Neji saw nothing.
"What's wrong?" Neji asked.
"N-Nothing…niisan," Hinata said as she rubbed her eyes. She could have sworn she saw someone up there at the building at the corner of her eye. Two of them actually, one of which was a very beautiful girl with long dark hair but when she turned they was nothing there.
OOO
To Be Continued…OOO
A/N: Sorry for torturing Hinata like that! Damn that Arasoi hurting her! Go Hinata, you can do it, be strong and stand up for yourself! So did you like it? Hate it? Please, please review if you want to read more of the story or if you think it totally sucks and I should stop writing it. Thank you! QUESTION, DOES HAKU HAVE A LAST NAME?
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