A Forbidden Love

Chapter 25

Hinatas POV
As I sat there holding my moms hand as she was dying. My mind was flashing through all the times we had. Me and her. And Jasmine too. She was almost always with me and my mom. I couldn't help but feel mixed emotions over the fact that they would have kept something like this from me a secret. For eighteen years and nineteen in jaz's case. I'm happy that she is my sister yes. That's amazing. I'm super excited. But I at least would like to have known the truth early on. I could have processed all of this. I mean Jasmine has always felt like a big sister to me. And I have loved that sense of bond. But what I hate is that more secrets and more lies just keep coming my way. I mean how much have my parents kept from me. Does Jasmine even know that she is my sister and that our mom is dying before us right now. Just then Jasmine walked in in goyos arms. Aww they look so cute. Goyo set Jasmine in a chair on the other side of moms cot. He stood behind Jasmine and I could tell his eyes were locked on Jasmine. How sweeeeeet. Maybe he will fall for Jasmine finally. And Jasmine will finally get to be with him like she has always dreamed of... Now isn't the time for thoughts like this... I should be ashamed. I looked over at Jasmine and saw she too was holding moms other hand as well. One look at her face showing how broken hearted she was told me she knew she was my sister and that our mom was dying. Mom looked at each of us and said with a smile and tears in her eyes,"my baby girls... Finally together at last... I'm so happy..." She said tiredly. She yawned as if she were going to sleep. Her eyes closed slowly and once they did close they didn't open again. I turned to the heart monitor and saw it had flatlined. My heart shattered in that moment. "Mom... I love you..." I said in a choked whisper. My throat didn't hurt that much anymore. And I haven't talked in the last few hours or so. 4 hours possibly.. Screw the doctors opinions. I turned to see Jasmine start crying and Goyo pull her into his chest. She seemed to slump against him and he picked her up into his arms and carried her out of our mothers room. I smiled but my smile quickly faded when I looked back to see my mothers lifeless face. She was gone. Truly gone now. She was my best friend. My mom. Gone. A little voice inside my head started chanting she's gone... Over and over again. I ignored the little voice and was about to start running from the room when a small hand squeeze from the person holding my hand brought me back. Yoshitsune. I smiled at him weakly and felt a couple traitor tears slide down my cheeks. Yoshitsune's smile fades and turned into a pained look. He looked sad to see me sad. He brought his hand up to my cheek and wiped away the tears from my cheeks. He pressed his forehead against mine and said,"you will never be alone... You have me... And Jasmine... And Maria ... And Goyo... And your father..."
Speaking of where the hell is my father. Shouldn't he be here? His wife just died and he isn't even here. I was so filled with rage and hurt that I got out of the chair wincing at the pain from it and ignored it. I needed to find him. He needed to hear what I had to say. Yoshitsune was running after me with a fearful look on his face. "Hinata what are you doing???... You need to rest... You need to not be moving around so much... Please don't do something stupid... Remember what the doctors said??!... No stress.. You are in a really fragile state... You just lost your mother and you are injured... Please rest baby..." He said pleadingly trying to sway me. I smiled at his concern and said,"baby it's very sweet that you are worried about me... But I have to do this.." I said determinedly. He nodded and said,"then at least let me carry you so your body can at least rest... And plus I'd feel better if I could have you in my arms...." He said pitifully at the end and stuck his lips out pouting. I chuckled and walked up to him and stood on my tippy toes and kissed his adorable pouty lips. I smiled at him and said,"fine... Carry me ..." It was the only way he would give in. He smiled and scooped me up gently in his arms and was careful to not touch my ribs. I smiled at his gentleness. I was happy and proud to call him mine. He carried me around until I spotted what I was looking for. More like who. Who I was looking for. I pointed towards him and said,"take me to him please..." Yoshitsune nodded and carried me over to him and I tapped on his shoulder... "Hinata.. Hello." He said cheerfully. I looked at him quizzically. What in the hell is he so happy about. His wife just died. Or is he even aware of that major factor. My disgust and anger grew for my father by about 5 notches. "Do you even know... Do you even know about mom?? That she died.. That your long lost daughter Jasmine has been at your fingertips!!! That you didn't even bother to tell me about her... About the fact that I had a sister... You had EIGHTEEN YEARS!!! Eighteen years!! To tell me and you don't bother to tell me till a couple hours ago!!!?! You have done nothing but lie to me and have secrets... That you keep so secluded that only you know and the occasional few know... You don't even tell your own daughter... Why??" By the end I was near tears. Father had an emotionless face. "So she died.. It's a part of life.. I was unable to be there.. I was helping my people.. They needed their emperor..." I began writhing with rage in Yoshitsune's arms. "You were busy... What about your family?! Do we even matter to you?! .. Or is your precious crown your life.. You are just a cold hearted monster.. You cold hearted son of a-" my father smacked me plain across the face. It was the first time he had ever hit me. EVER. He never even spanked me. Yoshitsune then set me down and shoved me behind him protectively. I didn't even have to know that his face was livid. He was very protective of me. Especially after now that we were getting closer and after the fire. I held my heated cheek in my hand.. Tears were already streaming down my face. I could feel the bruise already forming from his hit. It was most definitely going to bruise. I couldn't stand to be near him any longer. "You monster!!" I screamed as I turned and ran away from him. I ran down corner after corner until I finally came across the exit from the makeshift hospital. After the first few steps of running I was already clutching my side. It hurt so bad. Tears continued streaming down my cheeks. I stumbled to a tree somewhere in the castle courtyard and just sank to my knees and curled up against the tree. I banged my head against the tree and cried my eyes out. Yoshitsune had followed me because minutes later he ran to me and fell to his knees and crawled to me. He pulled me up against him and in his lap and wrapped his strong comforting Arms around me. He rubbed small circles on my back and began to hum my lullaby he created just for me. He kissed my hair and stared out into the distance as we watched the sun come up. My mother had died today at the first lights of dawn. My father showed me more of his bad side. Or in other words his emotionless side. And I found my sister. My long lost sister I had no idea about. The day had only just begun... What other secrets were being kept from me. Unfortunately even the people we hold most dear to our hearts have secrets that they keep. That's something I am now learning. And so far it's turning out to be true. I sighed and snuggles closer to Yoshitsune. At least I have him. My anchor. My Yoshitsune. My companion. My lover and friend. My partner in crime. The one who will be there for me whenever I need him. My shoulder to cry On. My friend. The one who is always by my side. And I couldn't be happier than to have him.