Gemina: I do not own Naruto, but I have been named the goddess of Latin!

Hanabi was an unusual child.

But this was not entirely her fault.

You see, Hanabi never had a mother. Now, there are certainly people who don't have mothers who ended up normal, but this was not the only contributing factor.

She had Hmai-Li.

Early on, she was taken care of random Hyuuga mothers, and maids and such, but in the end, all responsibility for her fell on Hmai-Li.

Hmai-Li was also an unusual child. She had a natural talent when it came to cooking, and had quickly gotten the kitchen mainly to herself.

And so, Hanabi spent most of her young days in the kitchen, on the counter, sticking her hands in the food.

Then, one day, Hiashi found out that all the people he'd assigned to take care of Hanabi had left her with the 10 year old cook. Needless to say, he was not happy.

It played out something like this:

Hiashi stormed into the kitchen.

Hmai-Li, however, took no notice of him, as she busily prepared and assortment of cakes ( the elders hated it when any of their cakes looked alike) for the oven. Hanabi was sitting in one of the cake batter bowls, licking it out happily.

Hiashi took one look at the sticky state of his three year old daughter, and bellowed:

" What is the meaning of this?!"

Hmai-Li ( who had not seen him come in) screamed and threw a cake in the air. Hanabi giggled.

" Maggot."

Hmai-Li caught the cake and looked over at Hiashi in startlement. She quickly set the cake down ( unfotunately, within Hanabi's reach) and bowed hastily.

" What is the matter, Lord Hiashi? What brings you to my kitchen in such a rage, to startle a poor cook as myself?"

Hiashi blinked. Hmai-Li always had been weird. That was probably how the others had managed to force Hanabi on her for so long.

Hanabi giggled again.

"Maggot."

Hiashi frowned.

" What did she say?"

" Oh, she just said maggot. That's all she ever says."

" What?! She's three, and all she can say is maggot?!"

" Maggot."

"Yep. Oh yeah, and she can scream really really high pitched. She's gifted like that."

From any other Hyuuga, Hiashi would have assumed that was sarcasm, but this was Hmai-Li.

" Where are the women who are supposed to be watching her?!"

Hmai-Li looked around, as if she might spot them hiding somewhere in her modest kitchen. She shrugged after finding no one.

" Somewhere else."

Hiashi could almost feel a vein pop in his temple.

" THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE WATCHING HANABI!!"

Hmai-Li shrugged and went back to the cakes.

" Maybe you should tell them that."

Hiashi growled and snatched Hanabi up, who immediately started screaming "Maggot!" as if her life depended on it. He tried to get her to shut up, but to no avail.

No wonder those women had left her.

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