Inspiration came dead in the middle of the night- when I was just doodling some DeiHina crap XD Probably NejiHinaDei… hm…

Oh, just to warn you all… at the point where this gets confusing for you, I strongly recommend that you stop reading… I have no need to know how confused you are and have no intention of making it better…

Otherwise, enjoy!

Chapter 1

She always wondered why her own brother was different from everyone else in the family. He had blonde hair with blue eyes, while everyone else had dark brown or blue hair with clear, lavender tinted ones…

Hinata Hyuga (Age 6) was on her knees in prayer on the side of her bed. It was time for bed, and she only prayed when something that required her to do so came up. This time, she was praying for her brother, Deidara (Age 8). He looked a little sad today, and she wanted him to feel better.

"God… Deidara-nii-san looked sad today… please tell me how to make him feel better… Amen." Hinata whispered. She crawled into bed and turned off the lamp beside her bed.

In the other room, she heard familiar voices talking. Getting out of bed, Hinata tip-toed towards the door to see what was going on. Her parents and Deidara were talking about something, so she watched from the slightly open door.

"Dad… Why am I different from everyone else?" Deidara asked.

He watched Hiashi's expression carefully. Hiashi turned slightly to look at his wife beside him. She nodded.

"Deidara, we have something to tell you."

Hinata couldn't hear the rest, but she could hear some. "Adopted, Not really our child, and don't get upset." She thought that pretty much explained everything. But Deidara spoke up again.

"…Why me?" he asked, a little quieter than before. "…Because… you were special. We love you, honey." Mom said. "… Okay…" Deidara turned around, his eyes fixed on the ground.

Hinata leaned a little too much on the door and accidentally made a creaking sound, making Deidara look up. "D-Deidara-nii-san?" she said nervously. Deidara gave her a sad look but then took her hand in his. "What are you doing up, Hina-chan? It's late." He said, smiling. "Sorry…" Hinata glanced back at Hiashi and her mother. "Good night, kids." She said.

Deidara closed the door behind them when they got to the bedroom. "I know you're awake Neji." He said. Neji (Age 8), who was sleeping in the bed next to Hinata's, sat up in bed. "What was that all about?" he asked Deidara. "… It was nothing." He tucked Hinata into bed and climbed the bunk bed ladder up to his bed. "Night you guys." He said, turning off the lights.

At about midnight, when Neji made sure that Hinata was asleep, Neji climbed up to Deidara's bed and shook him awake. "Hrm… what?" Deidara asked, rubbing his eyes. "Spill it. I wanna know what you guys were talking about out there in the living room." Neji said. He hated not knowing things. "I told you already, right? It's nothing…" Deidara said, about to fall asleep again, but Neji took his pillow.

Deidara glared at him. "Okay, now I'm getting pissed. Give hat back." He said. "Tell me what happened first," Neji somehow made the pillow sound like a machine gun and aimed at Deidara. "Or else." He said.

The two heard someone coming up the ladder of the bunk bed. "…What are you guys doing up here…?" Hinata asked sleepily, rubbing her eyes. "N-Nothing…" Deidara said. "I wanna know what you and daddy was talking about." Hinata rested her head on the bed and smiled, looking incredibly cute.

"…Okay…" Deidara said. He paused for a moment. Then he began to tell them about what happened. When he finished, Hinata crawled over to him and gave him a hug. "That's a very, very bad thing to tell kids like us." She said. Deidara wrapped his arms around her too. "…Yeah… thanks." Neji just sat there silently, almost regretting asking Deidara to tell him about that.

Almost.

"Well, no matter what, you'll always be a brother to me." He said. Deidara looked at him. "We're all best friends here." He added. They sat in silence in the dark for a few minutes.

And in that time, Hinata had fallen asleep in Deidara's arms. He gently laid her down in his own bed. "If they're not my real parents… then who is?" he asked Neji, who was still awake. "You're not thinking about looking for them, are you?" he asked. "… I know I can't tell you, now can I?"

"But come on! You're only 8! You can't just walk outta here and go on living!" Neji started, his voice rising. "Shh…" Deidara brushed away a few strands of hair from Hinata's face. "She's still sleeping. You go to sleep too." He said. Neji plopped down right beside the ladder. "So I'll know if you try to leave." He said. Deidara smiled. "Alright."

"Night."

"Yeah, g'night."

-:-

"Did you guys hear? There's this new threat to society called 'Akatsuki'. They say they're high level criminals at large." A pink haired girl was talking to a group of girls in the classroom today. "I heard that one of them is Sasuke Uchiha's brother." The one with brown hair tied up in two buns said. "Shh! He's right there! He hates it when we talk about it!" The blonde one glanced at Sasuke, who was sitting across the room. He didn't do anything.

Hinata Hyuga (now age 16) glanced back at the girls who suddenly started talking about how hot Sasuke was. She looked around and realized that she was the only girl not in that conversation.

"Oh god, the girls are talking again…" Shikamaru, who was sitting beside her groaned. "What do you think about this Akatsuki stuff, Shikamaru-kun?" Hinata asked. "Me? I'm not worrying about anything. The girls are just overreacting. Speaking of which, why aren't you in that group over there?" he asked. "I'm just… someone here to talk to when they finally snap, that's all." Hinata smiled at him.

"By the way, how are things going with Ino-chan?" she asked. Shikamaru turned pink and avoided eye contact. "I haven't told her anything yet…" he muttered shamefully. "I see… good luck then…" Hinata laughed a little.

As class began, Hinata started to zone out and think about other things. Like how it's been ten years since her adopted brother Deidara was last seen. It was strange, that never used to bother her before. Was it because she kept seeing glimpses of blonde hair in her room? Deidara had blonde hair. Or was it because we still had that picture of him in the living room? Whatever it was, it was just a distraction from her studies.

"Hinata!" The teacher sharply called her name. Hinata snapped out of her thoughts. "Huh?" she squeaked. "Answer this question now or I'll have to send you to the principal's office!" The teacher yelled. "Y-Yes sir, sorry sir…!" The whole school day went downhill from there. It wasn't until she walked home with Neji that things started to brighten up.

"So, how was school today?" Neji asked. "…I've had better…" Hinata said, leaning on Neji for support. "Aw, it couldn't have been that bad. What happened?" he asked, telling her to get off. "Well… I've been a little lost in my own thoughts lately and…" she trailed off. "Hm?" Neji told her to continue.

"Uh… You remember… our adopted brother… Deidara-nii-san? Have you been wondering about him lately? I mean… do you ever wonder what he's doing right now?" Hinata asked. Neji looked like he was about to say something, but paused. "…You should just forget about him. He couldn't take being adopted, so he ran away. As if that's gonna make things better." Neji said. "H-How can you be so cold-hearted! He used to be our brother! I remember that you two were best friends!" Hinata said.

Neji looked at her. "Hinata, that's all in the past now. You shouldn't let Deidara get in the way of school. Now come on, I smell dinner cooking at home already." The two walked faster as their house

They opened the door and realized that no one was home.

Hinata went up the stairs to look for their parents while Neji went to look in the living room and the rest of downstairs.

Hinata looked in each and every room until finally she heard a loud thud come from their parent's room. She opened the door slowly, whispering, "Mom? Dad…?" There was blood on the wall. Opening the door all the way, she gasped at what she saw.

"Deidara…nii…san…" She said softly. The blonde in the room turned around, a caught a little off guard. "Ah…" Hinata didn't dare look at the two bodies on the floor; she knew who they were. "Mom… Dad…" She was about to scream, but Deidara pushed her face to his chest. "Mrfm! WHY THE CHEST!?" She yelled. Deidara held up his hand where a mouth was licking its lips. "Would you rather have this in your mouth?" he asked. Hinata stayed silent, a few tears rolling down her cheeks.

Neji was running up the stairs and towards the room they were in. He caught a glimpse of a black cloak running back into the room. "Hinata!" he yelled.

Deidara realized that someone was coming and threw his cloak over Hinata's shoulders. "Tell him that I did it, and this cloak won't be the only thing I'm coming back for." He growled at her. For the first time in her life, Hinata was afraid of her adopted brother. He let her slide to the floor as he made his escape through the open window from where he came.

Neji stormed in, his expression changing to disgust when he saw the bodies of his parents on the floor. Then he saw Hinata crying in the corner beside him. "Hinata! What happened?" He bent down and gently placed his hands on her shoulders. He decided to ignore the cloak for now.

Hinata hugged him tightly, crying into his chest. "N-Neji-nii-san…" She sobbed. Neji took this time to ask her about the cloak. "Where did you get this?" he asked, taking the cloak off of her. Hinata automatically tried to say Deidara, but his words ran through her mind again. So instead, she answered, "A-An Akatsuki gave it to me… A-And he k-killed Mom and Dad…"

Neji kissed her head. "It's okay now. I'll call the police. Everything will be fine." He said, helping her up. He told her to go wash up; there were a few bloodstains on her pants.

As she made her way to the bathroom, she froze. "I'm scared." She realized. Neji had gone to get a phone, leaving her alone in the bathroom. It was frightening to look in a mirror with all the blood on her clothes.

"Neji-nii-san!" She shrieked, and immediately he was in front of her. "Is something wrong?" he asked. Well, of course something was wrong. Their parents were dead and lying on the floor with blood on everything. The two stayed silent. "I… I-I'm scared. C-Can you call the police from right here, please? I don't want to be alone." She said, grabbing his arm. Neji gave her a small smile. "Hinata, I'm always going to be here. You don't have to worry like this. If that Akatsuki guy comes back, I'll be right there to beat him up." Hinata smiled. "Thank you." She said, resting her head on his shoulder.

Hearing him say that comforted her a little. Neji kissed her head again and told her to get back to cleaning herself up. "We're gonna be okay, I promise." He said, walking to get the phone downstairs.

Hinata chose to just take a relaxing dip in the tub. She looked up at the ceiling and started to think. Deidara-nii-san… What have you been doing these past ten years…? She closed her eyes, tears falling out. I don't like being afraid of you… why did you do this? She sat up and washed the tears away with water. She remembered his scent; it was the smell of blood. His eyes had the look of murder. He looked as if he never smiled for a long time. Deidara-nii-san… what happened to you?

She heard Neji knock on the door. "Hinata, don't put your dirty clothes away. They might have some kind of evidence about Mom and Dad." He said, opening the door slightly. "Neji-nii-san…" she sobbed. He let himself into the room. "Are you done? The police will be here soon. They're going to take care of everything." He told her. Hinata grabbed a towel from the rack and wrapped it around her body. "Alright, I'll go change now." She said. Neji left the bathroom.

The police came, like Neji said. They asked him all the questions. They all left later that night, taking her clothes. Neji decided to keep the Akatsuki cloak. When Hinata closed the door, she asked him why. "Well, simple. If what I hear about the Akatsuki is true, they can't afford new clothes such as their cloaks. The one who left it to you would definatly come back for it. If he finds out that we gave it to the police, he gets mad, we get killed, he kills the police if he's that good, and then we've doomed all of Konoha." Hinata nodded slowly as she registered what he said into her head.

"Hinata." Neji began. "Hm?" Hinata looked at him. "I'd feel… a lot better if…" He turned red. "Nii-san?" Hinata told him to continue. "Well… I… I'd feel a lot better if you slept with me from now on." The two shared an awkward silence. "… I-I-I mean… I know that seeing Mom and Dad… like that… was very… scary. I just thought that… you know, if you wanted to, you could sleep with me in my room… so I could watch over you. Protect you, and whatnot…" By now, Neji was a very dark red.

Hinata walked over and held his hand. "Alright. If it makes you more comfortable, I will." She smiled at him. Neji sighed. "Good."

-:-

"Deidara, where's your cloak?" Pein asked Deidara as he walked through the door. "… I'll get it back later." Deidara answered, walking to his room. "No, you'll get it back tomorrow. First thing in the morning. Even before breakfast, you will get that cloak back." Pein ordered. Deidara sighed. "Yeah, yeah… I gotcha." A few seconds later the leader was out of sight.

Damn, it's late… Deidara thought, changing into a shirt and shorts for sleeping. He crawled into bed and rested his head on the pillow, facing his side table. On the table he saw a picture of Hinata. He remembered her horrified look when she saw him, and he mentally cursed himself. Ugh… honestly…

He thought he'd cut all ties with her when he ran away. He never would've guessed that even a picture of her was one of those strings. I really do miss her though… How could he do that to Hinata? Kill her parents… threaten to kill her if she told anyone… He had the option of choosing a different mission, but he chose that one. He knew it would cause everyone he came to love trouble, but he did it anyway.

I've become such a monster, haven't I? He asked the picture as he made it face down so he couldn't see it. He just didn't care anymore.

-:-

I don't know! Plot Bunnies ambush you at random in the middle of the night while you're sleeping! How shameful!

So here's the lowdown on this story:

Deidara, Hinata, and Neji were very close as brother, sister, and brother (again). One night, Hinata overhears a conversation between Deidara and their parents. It turns out that her brother, Deidara, is adopted! The next few days, Deidara runs away in search of his real parents. But instead of his parents, Deidara found Akatsuki.

Now, after a 10 year separation, Deidara returns to Konoha on a mission from the evil organization: To kill Hiashi Hyuga and his wife. He succeeds in his task, but is seen by his sister Hinata. On reflex, he threatens her so she won't tell the police, and leaves his cloak with her so he has a reason to see her again.

But how will Hinata react when she sees him again after seeing him kill her own parents?

-:-

I cannot think of a better way to explain it… so don't ask, alright?

PS: Any suggestions for a title would be very much appreciated. Thank you.