The Occultist

"Hinata, come here." her mother, Hanna said. Five-year old Hinata walked up to her mother's bed. Her mother stroked her cheek, as Hinata cried silent tears. Her mother then, traced her palm.

"I'm going to tell you one last story." Hanna said, as she closed her eyes. Hinata whimpered. Her mother held her hand.

"Once upon a time, there was a woman. She was beautiful. She had long purple hair, up to her knees. She was as white as snow, and her voice could either sing someone to sleep, or to life. The only flaw she had was that she couldn't see. She lived in a King's castle. Her father was one of the leading generals of his army. He never let her go out of their home. She was trapped. The girl was disliked by someone she loved, as well. This person plotted a plan to make the King's castle theirs, not caring if they destroyed the girl as well. One day the girl was free, and met someone. Then something happened." Hanna's voice faltered.

"What happened mom?" Hinata whispered. Suddenly, Hanna's slipped out of Hinata's. That moment, Hinata started screaming. Not because of her mother. Because she couldn't see.

2 Years Later

"This is my home." Hiashi Hyuuga told, his new wife Mai. She looked around on disgust.

"Does anyone ever clean?" she asked. He shook his head.

"I'm usually training or tired." Hiashi answered, chuckling.

"What about that daughter of yours?" Mai asked, in a scornful voice. Hiashi stopped chuckling.

"You know why. She's blind." Hiashi said. Mai snorted. Hiashi led her towards their room.

"With me here, she'll clean everything." Mai said. Hiashi blinked, not knowing what to say to this.

"Hiashi, promise me something." She demanded. He nodded.

"When we have our child, it'll take her room." Mai said. Hiashi' s eyes flickered.

"Why?" he asked. Mai smiled, and put down her suitcase full of clothes, and sat on his lap.

"Because, you said so yourself. She can't do anything. Why need all that space? After all, it's the biggest room, besides yours. The girl barely has anything in there. Please?" she asked, as she kissed him.

"Ok…." Hiashi said, as he stood up, and pulled in his room door. Little did they know 7 year old Hinata, had heard everything.

1 Year Later

"You understand, right Hinata?" Hiashi asked. Hinata nodded. Her father held her hand, and led her towards the guest room. Hinata could hear her step-mother's high pitched voice, in her old room, telling her friends where she was going to put the baby's things.

"It's just that the baby is going to need a lot of things. And you're already a big girl, so you don't the big stuff, like the cradle." Her father continued saying. Hinata felt herself being lifted up and she was put on a bed.

"If you get scared, you can come with me." her father said. Hinata nodded. She heard her father sigh, and pull in the door. How can I get scared, when I can't even see, she thought. A few weeks after she had gotten the feel of her new room, Mai had to the baby. When they came home, and Hinata had wanted to hold the baby, Mai said,

"NO!!!!!!! You might drop her!!!!!". Hinata at least knew she had a sister now. That night her father had come into her room. Mai was taking care of the crying baby. As soon as he came in, Hinata asked,

"What did you name her?" Her father picked her up, and set her in his lap.

"We named her Hanabi." her father said.

"That's nice." she said, in her quiet voice. She felt him nod. He tucked her in, and kissed her good night. That night Hinata had dream that lots of people were running away from something. There were lots of the things too. They had claws. The clawed people to death. They ate them. At the end of the dream Hinata saw someone in gold armor. He had a sword, with a gold hilt. He killed the things with the sword,. He killed all of the things with the sword. Every single one. But all of the people had already died, except him. That night, while Hinata was having this dream, the Hidden Leaf's Grand General, Jiraiya, had gotten all of his generals for an emergency meeting, including Hinata's dad. When she woke up the next morning, she felt her way into the living room. She heard her step-mother cooing at the baby in her old room. She sat down at the table. She heard Mai come in, and she heard her footsteps falter.

"What are you doing here.? Go into your room this instant!!!! I don't want you to make any noise to wake up my baby." Mai whispered, angrily. Hinata nodded, and went back into her room. She stayed in there without any food, or water, until nighttime. Her dad came home. She heard him talking to Mai. Hinata waited until he came to check on her. He did, an hour later.

"Hinata…I have to tell you something. Important." he said. She nodded.

"This morning…..there was an attack." he said. Hinata frowned.

"Was there anything with claws?" she asked. Her father gave her a curious look, even though she couldn't see it.

"Tigers and lions. How did you know that?" he asked. Hinata told him about her dream.

"And then, a man in gold armor defeated them all." she finished. Her father didn't say anything.

"Your mother….."he finally said. Hinata wondered what this had to do with her mother. They hadn't talked about her since she died.

"Your mother could see these things too." he said. How. Hinata wondered, but wanted to know the important thing he was going to tell her.

"Promise me Hinata, you'll never tell anyone about this, or any other time it happens." her father begged. Hinata nodded her head.

"Well never speak of this again. Now to what I have to tell you,. Hinata that attack killed everyone living in the outskirts of the Hidden Leaf Village. Our Grand General Jiraiya, told us that he wants half of us generals to move into the palace, to protect the king." As soon as he said this, Hinata heard someone say,

'She lived in a king's castle'. Her father apparently didn't notice, and continued.

"I'm one of that half. We are going to move into King Fugaku's palace" Hiashi said. Hinata took a moment to take this in. As she was she heard the same voice say, 'father was one of the leading generals of his army'.

"When are we going to leave?" Hinata asked. Her father, tucked her in, and said,

"Tomorrow morning. At night, we have to meet the King." her father said, as he kissed her forehead. As he was pulling in her door, she remembered something.

"Father, who was the man in the golden armor?" she asked. Hiashi hesitated, and replied,

"It was the King's eldest son, Prince Itachi." and with that he closed the door.