Fourteenth Sunshine [Video Post]

[hyuugahime]

[Hinata is back at Unohana's Clinic. She's been seen to and bandaged and patched up, but from where she is lying on her stomach on the bed, one can see that the beautiful, purple butterfly wings that took up most of her back at the beginning of the week have been torrn to shreds.

The damage was heavy, and obviously, Unohana wasn't able to repair it all. There is still some dried blood flaking on the wings where minute tears are mending, and Hinata's face constrict with pain every time they flutter.

The kunoichi is gritting her teeth, apparently fighting back tears and failing when a sob finally escapes her.]

N-Naruto-kun ... W-Why can't I ... ever help anyone ?

[The feed switches off.]

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[lastdragonlord.livejournal.com]

You can help, Hinata, but right now you need to get better, alright?

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[hyuugahime]

I ... I-I always end up ... having s-someone protecting me !

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[lastdragonlord.livejournal.com]

[Soothingly.] There's no shame in that, Hinata. The shame would be in not letting people do this for you.

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[hyuugahime]

I-I'm a kuno...ichi ... I sh-should be protecting p-people, not ... the other w-way around !

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[lastdragonlord.livejournal.com]

[He has no idea what a kunoichi is, Hinata, but okay.] Sometimes you protect others, and something, other protect you. Don't you think it's fair to give them the same chance to protect someone that they care about?

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[innerfirewithin.livejournal.com]

... Hinata? Are you okay?

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[hyuugahime]

[Hinata looks at the feed, big tears rolling down her cheeks, and shakes her head.]

[Video/Private because Zuko can't have people thinking he's nice]

[innerfirewithin.livejournal.com]

[Mm. He supposes he wouldn't be, either.]

...you help plenty of people here. You help me all the time.

She's a psychopath, Hinata. Don't let her get inside your head and let you think any different.

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[hyuugahime]

I-It's just ... like b-back home ... w-when ...

[She can't bring herself to say it, to spil the way her family treated her for so many years, even to Zuko. This hurts still, in a bad way, and the way she got her own ass handed to her only brings back the hurt.]

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[flameandpassion]

[Horrified priestess, go!]

Hinata! She did this to you?

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[hyuugahime]

I h-had to go ! She h-hurt ... Mitarashi-sensei ...

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[flameandpassion]

... oh, the woman -- Hinata...

... I'd do the same thing.

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[hyuugahime]

... Th-thank you ... for understanding.

Hey, somebody in the doorway

[not-a-damn-dog.livejournal.com]

It ain't about just bein' weak, Hinata. As far as humans go, you're very powerful.

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[hyuugahime]

[She would stand up and hug him if 1) she could, and 2) she wasn't painfully shy to begin with. As it is, she huddles some more on the bed, her slender frame wracked by sobs.]

I-I ... always have to b-be protected ! I a-always get hurt ! Why c-can't I be s-stronger ?

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[not-a-damn-dog.livejournal.com]

Even if you were stronger, you're still mortal Hinata. She'd just keep healing, no matter what you did to her. She'd outlast you or just about any other ninja. No human would have an easy time with that.

[Akira walks to her, slowly putting his arms around her.]

Your worth isn't in how much you can handle inhuman monsters, Hinata. [He buries his face in her hair.] I was so worried about you.

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[hyuugahime]

[The pain and the mental anguish thankfully mean that the time for embarrassment is passed. Hinata minds her still tender wings, but sort of snuggled into the embrace, her hands catching Akira's shirt and clinging to it as she cries more freely.]

S-Sorry ... I-I'm sorry ...

B-but ... when it happens ... l-like that, it m-makes me think ... otou-sama was r-right all along !

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[heavenly-earth.livejournal.com]

[She's upset, so he doesn't say anything, understanding that the seething anger he felt for her carelessness would do little to aid her. So he waits with a forced sense of calm, putting together a light lunch for her just to distract himself before heading out.

By the time Neji enters the clinic, the previous rage tempers into quiet disapproval, making certain no one else is in the room with Hinata before he slips in, closing the door silently.

On the outside, he looks as serene as he ever does, but the tightness of his jaw and slight crease of his brows gives way a lurking irritation, and his voice is just as tense as he sets the small box on the stand next to her bed.

Terse and borderline unforgiving, he still manages to sound casually conversational.]

That was very careless of you, Hinata-sama.

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[hyuugahime]

[She knows the subtle signs, and cringes slightly when he speaks.]

I-I'm sorry ... I c-caused a lot of trouble ...

[Something in the fight has obviously shaken her rather deeply. She isn't back to her former shy, indecisive attitude, but she's still rather listless.]


((OOC : To be honest, I don't think we had any plans .... ^^; we should have linked you to the thread to allow you to jump in earlier, I ... kind of forgot to do that, and then things progressed rather quickly for some reason.

I'll make sure to plan things out more in the future.))

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[heavenly-earth.livejournal.com]

[The guilt associated with Hinata's timid reactions is minimal, but his eyes sweep over her condition anyway]

Why did you choose to act so recklessly?

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[hyuugahime]

[Some of her newfound determination comes back to her eyes.]

A Konoha shinobi was in danger.

[... And then it's gone again.]

Otou-sama ... is right, isn't he ? I-I'm ... useless. I only create trouble for N-Neji-niisan and others ...

[She's too tired to sob again like before, but some tears start rolling down her cheeks, slowly and silently.

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[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

[Break has been helping out in the clinic in his oh-so-limited capacity... and here, a young woman in tears, this is something he knows what to do with. Better than bandages or surgeries, anyways.

He knocks on the door frame, bearing a nice cup of hot tea.]

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[hyuugahime]

[The sobs have muffled somewhat, and Hinata is wiping tears off her face as well as she can while lying on her stomach as she speaks out.

Doesn't prevent more tears from coming, though.]

C-Come in.

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[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

Tea time!

[He trills, entering with his tray.]

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[hyuugahime]

[Hinata blinks, a bit unsure. She doesn't know this person, but they look friendly, and even through her tears, she shyly holds out her hands to catch the cup.]

... Thank you.