Chapter 62: Secrets Unraveling
Hana stared at her food, irritation on her face, while she listened to her little brother brag about what he learned at the Academy. Truth be told, she didn't want to be here. If she had her way, she would be living in her own place trying to piece together this strange, yet maddening mystery surrounding her origin and the reasons she was created.
"But I tell you, I saw the strangest thing today. Sasuke and Naruto...were actually talking to each other! It freaked out everyone, even the teachers!" Kiba said.
Hana's frown deepened. She had already been told of the plan regarding anything happening with Naruto and Sasuke. The Uchiha was currently perhaps miles away from any Konoha-sanctioned facility. Given her nose, Hana could still smell the slight stings of blood surrounding Kiba. No doubt that was from his interactions with the clones Naruto had prepared.
Hana did not say it at the time, but she wished she would have been able to leave the village as well. Of course, she understood the reasons of why she couldn't. It had quickly come to her attention that throughout her genin and chunin career, the maximum she had ever been away from the village was...at most two week. No doubt it was to protect their little...experimental investment. Hana did not like being here. Seeing the person she had once viewed as her mother, laughing at her son's story, all while simultaneously mocking and taunting Hana. This...perceived notion of family, of loyalty, of respect for each other was like hot coals on the buds of Hana's tongue. They did nothing, but cause her pain and increase her anger.
Even more than this, when she looked down at the food on her plate, the only thing she could assume was that it would put her to sleep thus allowing gods know what to do anything with her body. She was not some toy for other people's amusement!
"Nee-chan, you alright? You're not eating," her brother replied which, of course, shifted all of the attention onto her. No she hadn't eaten. The very thought of eating anything else that this damn family cooked for her was enough to make her gag. It was only due to her own awareness of her situation that she did not try and claw Tsume where she stood. She simply wasn't strong enough. That caretaker had praised her body as being the next generation of shinobi...or Dog Soldiers as he claimed. One day she would be strong enough! One day she would show Tsume the end result of her efforts in toying with the life Hana had been given!
"I'm fine. I'm not hungry," Hana said, her hate seeping into her voice. Of course with the negative thoughts she had been having...it was rather difficult to get it to leave so fast. Naturally, the one person who noticed it almost immediately...was her mother.
"Hard day with your vet duties?" Tsume asked.
Ah yes, and there came the fishing for information. If Hana had to be thankful for anything out of this situation, then it was that Naruto had effectively opened her eyes to the lies that had been circulating around her. The most chilling thought was that...if she was ever deemed disposable then they might have killed her...and she would have never known it. Yet now, she knew, and she would not play this game anymore.
"Something like that. I'm going to bed," Hana said. She pushed herself up from her seat and made to walk away.
"Well, it's just as good if you're not hungry now! Hope you've got your appetite next week! I'm gonna cook our favorite family meal! We're gonna have a big one next week!" Tsume said. Naturally, Kiba knew what this meant as he started jumping up and down at the very idea of the meal coming to them. Hana...was a different story.
Next week...was a full moon. Hana hadn't admitted it, but even after the test results, she had doubted Naruto's word on her origins until recently. Yet, she could feel it now. She could feel her blood rushing and her body tightening each day. Every day her senses grew stronger than they ever had before. Like Naruto claimed, during the times near a full moon...her body would get ready to release the other half that Konoha had tried so hard to keep suppressed. Now, they were trying to again! No! Hana would rather rip off her own tongue than taste that food again.
"I'll be out on a mission next week. So you can eat my share," Hana replied, a frown on her face. However, Tsume's next words sent a chill down her spine and further seeded the growing hatred in Hana's heart.
"Haha, well you're in luck, Hana! It's an Inuzuka event so the Hokage's already given us the week off! Nothing's gonna stop dinner!" Tsume said, a hearty laugh from the bellow of her stomach.
Crack!
Hana bit her lip hard enough to make it bleed, while her nails punctured the wooden walls of the hallway she had been standing in. "Tch, right...the Hokage's a part of this...project too!" Hana replied to herself. She had to leave. She was only getting angrier.
"Whatever," she replied and walked down the hall. She didn't wait for a reply. She only stopped once she was in her room, and her door was closed and locked. Only when she closed the door did she notice her canine companions, the Haimaru Brothers, sleeping on her bed.
Her rage softened. As much as she came to hate this clan and all it had done to her...she could not hate her boys. It was unlikely that they knew anything about this, and...even if they did...it would pain her heart greatly to deliberately harm them. They were the only reason she found herself keeping calm with this den of wolves. Yet she wondered...if she turned against the Inuzuka clan...would they as well? If they did not…
The Inuzuka chunin shook her head from such thoughts. They wouldn't serve her any good at the moment. Besides, she had assignments to work on with Izumi that would require her attention. Yet, even as Hana dressed for bed, and turned out her lights to go to sleep...she could hear and smell Tsume as the woman walked up to her door. She must have stayed there for about two minutes, because she suddenly walked off later.
Hana closed her eyes all the while imagining the...wonderful things she would do to the Inuzuka clan once this was over.
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