fate takes us all in hand
ok, i had the worst case of the lazy bug and can't really bring myself to write anything for the past few months. was so swamped at work, that all i really want to do when i get back is just crash, you know.
anyways, since i'm a facing a long weekend off due to the holidays, i decided to get off my ass and choke something out of my muse. been messing around with this piece for quite a while but can't seem to get it right somehow. oh, well, i tried... *shrug* hope you enjoy anyway.
naruto drabble
neji/hinata
neji comes full circle
note : no real spoilers, some chunnin exam hints, and nooo, i do not own naruto (690 words)
Full Circle
Fate had always played him for a fool. And loved nothing more than to toy with him like a puppet upon its strings.
And Hyuuga Neji seemed bound tight, for it didn't matter how far he ran or hard he fought, everything seemed to bring him back to where he was, and what destiny had always planned for him.
As far back as he could remember, he was constantly reminded about his fate as a branch family member and that was to be a protector to the main house. But he paid little heed to those words then, for as a child, life was pretty simple for Neji.
He worshiped his father, loved his mother and was a little wary of the main family. All but for one. His baby cousin he had yet to see but had heard so much about and the very one that he had been born to protect, and to whom the strings of fate had seen fit to tie to him.
The very first time he saw her though, she had only turned three and she was the cutest thing he had ever seen. With the trademark snow white eyes of the Hyuuga clan and the firstborn of the main branch family, she was also the heir apparent. And that made Neji her cousin and protector.
He was pretty content with his lot in life then, ready to accept the life that fate had planned for him. For he knew that he could not help but love his shy little cousin and it was the simplest thing in the world, as if it was always meant to be.
But all that changed soon enough. Meeting Hinata seemed to push into effect a domino of events that would change his whole world.
For the very next day, he was branded with the cursed seal and he was shown just how much control the Main branch had over them all.
Looking at his father writhing in pain at the mere thought from his uncle, fear had blossomed in his young heart, slowly shadowing the love when he realised that the tiny child beside his uncle had the same power over him.
She had his life, all their lives, in the palm of her little hands, to do with what she saw fit. And suddenly, her shy demeanor was like a cloak that disguised her power and all it can corrupt.
Before he could even come to grips with that revelation, in a political farce between the villages, his father had to be sacrificed in the place of the Hyuuga leader, his own uncle. And suddenly, just like that, he didn't fear the main family. He hated them.
He had years to nurse that hate in his heart before fate had finally seen fit to arrange a confrontation with Hinata, who had become the target of all his wrath, in an official Chunnin match that the Hyuuga clan had no way to interfere with.
But even in his victory against her, he grudgingly felt respect for Hinata, the heir that was weak in body but obviously very strong in spirit. And after all these years, his uncle had handed him the letter from his father that had helped to close the still raw wound in his heart. He finally understood.
Even now, years later, he still held his father in high regard, though not his actions of blind loyalty to his twin brother.
Neji was older and wiser but could not help but be cynically amused about how people always seem bound to repeat their parents' mistakes. For he was now loyal to the Hyuuga heir and he always wondered how far he would go to protect her.
And it was not just because of his duty as a branch member.
From love to fear, that had turned to hate and finally to slowly emerging respect, over the years fate had just been stringing him along, making him blindly turn those curves until he found himself right back where he started.
For here he was, finally having come full circle. In love with his cousin, once again.
~end~
*phew* well, glad i got that done... please do share any thoughts/critiques/typos/any mistake... thanks! (^_^)
anyways, since i'm a facing a long weekend off due to the holidays, i decided to get off my ass and choke something out of my muse. been messing around with this piece for quite a while but can't seem to get it right somehow. oh, well, i tried... *shrug* hope you enjoy anyway.
naruto drabble
neji/hinata
neji comes full circle
note : no real spoilers, some chunnin exam hints, and nooo, i do not own naruto (690 words)
Full Circle
Fate had always played him for a fool. And loved nothing more than to toy with him like a puppet upon its strings.
And Hyuuga Neji seemed bound tight, for it didn't matter how far he ran or hard he fought, everything seemed to bring him back to where he was, and what destiny had always planned for him.
As far back as he could remember, he was constantly reminded about his fate as a branch family member and that was to be a protector to the main house. But he paid little heed to those words then, for as a child, life was pretty simple for Neji.
He worshiped his father, loved his mother and was a little wary of the main family. All but for one. His baby cousin he had yet to see but had heard so much about and the very one that he had been born to protect, and to whom the strings of fate had seen fit to tie to him.
The very first time he saw her though, she had only turned three and she was the cutest thing he had ever seen. With the trademark snow white eyes of the Hyuuga clan and the firstborn of the main branch family, she was also the heir apparent. And that made Neji her cousin and protector.
He was pretty content with his lot in life then, ready to accept the life that fate had planned for him. For he knew that he could not help but love his shy little cousin and it was the simplest thing in the world, as if it was always meant to be.
But all that changed soon enough. Meeting Hinata seemed to push into effect a domino of events that would change his whole world.
For the very next day, he was branded with the cursed seal and he was shown just how much control the Main branch had over them all.
Looking at his father writhing in pain at the mere thought from his uncle, fear had blossomed in his young heart, slowly shadowing the love when he realised that the tiny child beside his uncle had the same power over him.
She had his life, all their lives, in the palm of her little hands, to do with what she saw fit. And suddenly, her shy demeanor was like a cloak that disguised her power and all it can corrupt.
Before he could even come to grips with that revelation, in a political farce between the villages, his father had to be sacrificed in the place of the Hyuuga leader, his own uncle. And suddenly, just like that, he didn't fear the main family. He hated them.
He had years to nurse that hate in his heart before fate had finally seen fit to arrange a confrontation with Hinata, who had become the target of all his wrath, in an official Chunnin match that the Hyuuga clan had no way to interfere with.
But even in his victory against her, he grudgingly felt respect for Hinata, the heir that was weak in body but obviously very strong in spirit. And after all these years, his uncle had handed him the letter from his father that had helped to close the still raw wound in his heart. He finally understood.
Even now, years later, he still held his father in high regard, though not his actions of blind loyalty to his twin brother.
Neji was older and wiser but could not help but be cynically amused about how people always seem bound to repeat their parents' mistakes. For he was now loyal to the Hyuuga heir and he always wondered how far he would go to protect her.
And it was not just because of his duty as a branch member.
From love to fear, that had turned to hate and finally to slowly emerging respect, over the years fate had just been stringing him along, making him blindly turn those curves until he found himself right back where he started.
For here he was, finally having come full circle. In love with his cousin, once again.
~end~
*phew* well, glad i got that done... please do share any thoughts/critiques/typos/any mistake... thanks! (^_^)