Split in two

Chapter 16

This past week had come and gone and through out the week I held different emotions towards my family.
I realized I was mad at myself more than them.
I was mad because I was holding onto a grudge with my sister that needed to be let go. My sister never did anything to hurt me she has always been there for me when I needed her and just because she wasn't as open with me as I was with her didn't mean I had to shut her out completely. Raiden was next he was my favorite sibling by far when ever I needed a good laugh he was there and I really fucked up this time because I left during his free day of rehab that I made him go to. Raiden wasn't a very open person to start with but I held a grudge against myself because I let it get to the point where he had to suffer alone. With kurama, Nagato and menma I was angry at myself because I didn't know what they were going through because like me they were very distant and I didn't want it to get too serious like raidens before I noticed. With my mom I was mad because she wanted what I didn't want to offer. She wanted a bunch of grand babies I wanted no kids. She always had high hopes that I would become more than what the company could offer me but I was content with what I could find in the company I had never gotten my hopes high with ever establishing a love like my parents I was content with just having some one who loved me. Then my father, I was mad because it seemed I would never be able to fill those big shoes of his. I had taken a week away from my family to punish them but really it punished me. I was left alone with my thoughts. Growing up my grandma had said one thing in particular that stuck... she said your silence may kill but it's your thoughts that are truly deadly.
I never really thought on it much before but now I realize what she means.
Everybody dreads silence because they don't know what's going on but it's not the silence you should necessarily worry about. When a person is silent they spend less time talking and more time thinking... and as much as I would hate to admit I didn't just think about my family... I thought about Hinata, tenten, sasuke, and Itachi.
Hinata I didn't really know that well but she seemed perfect for Mina. Tenten is my bestfriend I can say that without a second thought. When I hired tenten it was because I wanted someone to keep me company during my fathers boring lectures. But like I told itachi she really is a great worker. The other day she was being super secretive and I wondered why. Turns out she was really getting supplies together because she wanted to donate bags of clothing and food to charities. It makes me feel like I'm using someone when they could be doing so much better ya know. I asked tenten earlier today if she wanted to actually get serious about working and she told me she was already serious. So we're gonna take this seriously. I'm the heiress to a multi billion dollar company and I need to act like it. Sasuke is a bitch who is using my sister. And my sister doesn't notice that his stupidity is rubbing off on her and I hope my sister isn't pregnant with his child because that ties them together for life and if she is I hope itachi can talk some sense into his idiotic, demeaning, childish ass little brother. Then itachi my first love, one of the greatest things to ever happen to me. He was over working and stressing himself too much and I could tell. He had bags under his eyes, he was constantly in and out and before I never noticed because I wasn't around him as much. But when I was at school he was at school and as soon as I got to his house he would leave right out to go to work and while he was at work he would do his business work and his school work then come back change his clothes go see his family as I had asked of him and then come back spend time with me and then stay up late in the day handling more paper work before finally going to bed at three in the morning only to wake up at seven and repeat. I was worried that if he continued on this path he would over exhaust himself.
"I think I should break up with him." I said aloud only to realize I said it out loud as tenten looked at me confused. We were on her bed looking through files when I said that.
"What did you say" she asked again sitting down a file as she turned to face me. I took a deep breath as I looked at her again.
"I don't want to but I feel like he is over working himself and it's not good" I said as she frowned.
"You can't make decisions for him" she said as I looked at her.
"Did he tell you he was being over worked" she asked me as I shook my head.
"Then don't make decisions like that for him. Don't assume it will help him out more because he loves you if you just suddenly break up with him it's going to hurt him more and nine times out of ten he will overwork himself even more to not have to think about his heart ache" she said pausing as I looked up tears coming to my eyes.
"Just think about it you are one of the only people he actually talks to don't just break up with him." She said as a tear fell down my cheek.
"I can't say I understand how it feels since neji doesn't have as much on his plate but don't break itachi's heart with an assumption" she said. Before I could say anything my phone rang with a call from My sister.
I took a deep breath answering it.
"Mama said you need to be at the house like now" she said before hanging up. tenten looked at the phone before looking at me.
"She is pissed" she said as I nodded.
"I overreacted" I said shrugging as she looked at me.
"So are they all mad at you" she asked me as I shrugged.
"I told them not to call or text me" I said as she nodded.
"Well Im going to see what they want and then I'm heading down to the office to finish papers" I said as she nodded.
"I'll take these to the office and ask my mom to help me get them ready for you" Tenten said picking up the papers as I nodded. I gave her a hug before leaving. When I arrived at the house I sat in my car for a minute getting my thoughts together before I walked into the house. I put my phone in my back pocket fiddling with my keys before I looked up to see my mom, dad and Mina sitting on one couch with sakura, ino, Kimberly, Sasha and what I'm assuming is their parents on one side. I walked over and saw camera people also. Oh the whole wedding and baby series right. My mother smiled hugging me as I hugged her back before my dad pulled me into a hug as well.
"You good" he asked as I nodded smiling.
I turned facing Mina as she sent me a short smile before turning back to the mean girl squad.
"Mom why are they here" she asked as my mom looked at them.
"Sakura" a woman barked out as Sakura flinched.
"I'm sorry" she squealed in fear as I sat down on the couch crossing my legs.
"Yeah I'm sorry too" ino said as I looked at them.
"We're truly sorry for how we treated you all we were jealous and it got the best of us. We know we could have killed you two and words can never change that. Mina I'm sorry for tormenting you all of those times and I just want you to know it was never my intention to harm you it's just people continuously said I should get you back for taking sasuke from me and I didn't want to seem weak so I listened to the instigators. And even if you never forgive me for my actions and transgressions against you and your family more so Naru,  I'm truly sorry and I'll never speak to you or bother you again" Sakura said as ino and the other girls nodded.
"We're so sorry for our children's actions the way they broke into your home, stole all of your valuables, damaged your car Naru and so much more" a blonde haired man said placing a hand on ino's shoulder so I assume it is her father.
"Yeah and Im sure you want to be compensated for our children's actions and I don't know if we will ever get out of debt with yo-" my father cut her off.
"The things we valued most have been returned no charges will be pressed as long as your daughters stick to their words" he said as ino's mom burst with tears.
"Yeah and I can't speak for my daughters but i can tell your apology is sincere and genuine but girls what do you say" my mother asked us as everyone turned to us. Mina smiled
"Sure I forgive you and I apologize for letting my anger get the best of me" she said as they nodded smiling. Everyone looked at me as I studied the girls before standing and walking away. I'm not the type of person to forgive someone who brought harm to my family, minas tears were more genuine than that apology. Mina cried at night because she loved that neck lace so much they didn't apologize until the necklace was found they should have been apologized. They should have never done it in the first place. I walked into my room taking off my shoes and sitting on my bed. I crossed my legs sitting in Indian position connecting my thumb and middle fingers from both hands as I meditated trying to calm down.
My door opened and I looked to see my father walked in. He sat on the edge of my bed.
"Dad I don't forgive them and you can't make me" I said as he looked at me before chuckling.
"Neither do I that's why your my daughter you never have to forgive someone for the pain or problems they have caused you. Hell I don't forgive them. you just have to move on and don't let it hold you back" he said as I smiled sadly.
"Now seeing as people just started calling you minato jr because I have done that thousands of times you have to go back down there and tell them not to get their hopes up on your forgiveness" he said as I took in a deep breath before nodding getting up. I walked down my father behind me I stopped seeing everyone looking at me.
I looked down at my feet moving a strand of hair behind my ears before looking at the girls and their families.
"Look I'm not gonna lie and say I forgive you any of you because I don't. I'm not the person to forgive when you intentionally harm my family and don't say you didn't because you did. If your were truly sorry for your actions it wouldn't have taken you weeks to apologize. You knew you were wrong for what you did and we never broke into your house, or purposefully gotten beat up so the paparazzi can have more reasons to down your family, we didn't break into your homes and get you out of a place of comfort we didn't steal what was your last gift from your deceased loved ones and wreck them. We didn't blast personal information about you all over the internet. We just didn't and no I don't feel as though mina had to return your apology with an apology because when she kicked you in your face she was acting in retaliation to you outing our brothers overdose and when she beat you up the first time at school it was in retaliation to your taunting and when she beat you up the third time it was because you tried to stab her but she forgave you and I won't bother you anymore but I don't forgive you and I will never forget it. That is all I have to say" I said as Sakura and her friends looked down.
"What about us" Kimberly and Sasha asked
"I don't forgive you either because real friends tell other friends about they shit. You tormented kids in the hall ways too. So don't ask what about us because that's fake and at least Sakura owned her shit your acting innocent and that's something I hate more" I said as they shut their mouths at that.
"And Kimberly it's even worse how can you stand to call yourself sakuras cousin but you don't act like it" I said before realizing I was going to far so I took a deep breath calming down.
"Don't say anything after that it will make her madder and I know that because this is just like minato. Second I just want to say normally we don't get involved in our kids messes unless they ask us to and the girls handled this as maturely as they should have like minato said if the girls do as they say no action will befall any of you but if they have lied today about their apology me and minato have agreed that we will get involved and I promise you won't like us then"  my mother said as my father nodded a dangerous glint appearing in his eyes.
"Your all free to go" he said leaving no room for comments as everyone left the room. We sat on the couches as everyone looked at me. 
"I took it too far" I started as mina and my mother nodded.
"What did we do to make you so mad at us" my father asked as I shook my head.
"Over the week I had time to think and I realized I wasn't mad at you guys I was mad at myself.  Yes I felt like you guys over stepped when you followed me but my... boyfriend, we talked and he said that I had to understand from you guys point of view I have always been an open person and when I keep something so big to myself you don't know how to feel and then to top it off he is a stranger that I disappeared for a week with well a stranger to you all" I said as they nodded listening intently.
"So while I was on my um hiatus I had time to think and Mina I promise you would have been the first person I told but when I found out you kept one of the biggest secrets from me and acted like it was nothing I retaliated badly and when I think about it I could have acted differently because you don't have to tell me everything and also I don't have to tell you everything" I said as she nodded sadly.
"We will y'all later" she told me as I nodded.
"And mom and dad while I was gone I realized I was frustrated trying to be so perfect. When I'm with my boyfriend I don't have to be perfect because he has told me he loves me flaws and all and he continues to prove it. All I ask is that you guys respect my decision and wait until I'm ready to say who my boyfriend is" I said as they nodded.
"And I ask that you three forgive me for how I have acted recently" I said as they all smiled my mom and Mina pulling me into a hug. I hugged them back.
"I'm sorry for how I acted no more" my mom said smiling as I nodded.
"I forgive you and I'm sorry I acted so childish" mina said as I smiled. I wiped my eyes not knowing tears had fallen as I looked at my dad.
"There is nothing to forgive" he said as I hugged him.
"Well now one final thing." Mom said as I smiled
"What" I asked her
"Mina will fix dinner we have news so we are having a family dinner with the uchihas" she said as I looked at her.
"The boys will be here" I asked as she looked at me smiling as she nodded. I smiled I could apologize to them as well.
"Wait mina is cooking?!!!" Mina said talking in third person.
"Shit I mean Naru" Mom said as I giggled.
"Well it'll have to be quick I'm meeting tenten at the office to finish work" I said as everyone nodded. I washed my hands walking into the kitchen I looked at my watch.
"What can I cook in an hour" I silently questioned.
I fried some chicken wings, baked Mac and cheese, fried rice, mashed potatoes and home made dinner rolls and for desert I made brownies, cupcakes for my father and cookies. I ran upstairs once everything was finished taking a shower. I put on a purple blouse, with black dress pants and a blazer. I put on some black flats before grabbing my phone and car keys and running out of the house. I drove to the office running to my office which was next to my fathers. Everyone greeted me along the way when I walked inside I saw tenten and her mother discussing some files as tenten took notes.
I smiled walking over as I sat down.
"So we found something" tenten said feeling accomplished as I looked at her.
"So apparently the company your father was supposed to have the merger with they always get their partner companies to make some large investment in a no named company and then when the money is made the product would fail and that company two weeks later suddenly has a lot of money put into their account" tenten said
"And when I was younger I used to have this pen wear it wrote invisible ink on a paper that you can only see in the light so anytime I'm reading something important I point the paper or documents up at the light making sure their is no message and look" tenten said as I picked up the paper pointing it towards the light. I read the message only to find out they were going to do the same thing they did to other companies with us.
"I'll send this to jiraiya" I said as she looked at me confused.
"My grandfather owns the law firm" I said as she still looked confused
"When my father formed his company he merged companies with my grandfathers law firm and my grandmothers hospital my grandma tsunade owned a hospital that's why we have those companies their my grandparents pride and joy" I said as they nodded.
"Well I'll leave you two to it I'll forward a picture of it to your father and jiraiya" mrs. Miller said as I nodded smiling.
We continued to work in silence until all the work was done before we sat down.
"Well my mom isn't finished with her work yet and she brought me here" tenten said frowning.
"I'll drop you off" I said as she smiled. We walked out of the building to my car. When we got in she started a live on Instagram being bored as she talked before looking at the comments.
"They said we should do a prank on neji and your boy toy" she said as I looked at her smirking.
"What type of prank" I asked
"Cheating I text your boyfriend and you text mine" she said as I laughed
"Ok give me nejis number" I said handing her my phone as I put itachis number in.
"Ok well we should say hey it's such and such and I just think that um" tenten stopped as I looked at her.
"I just wanted you to know that I haven't been able to stop thinking about you" I said as she smirked typing that.
"And I feel like me and you could really work out forget such and such" tenten said as I nodded typing everything we said
"And I just thought you should know I'm better for you" I finished as she nodded we both sent the text messages before I continued driving.
"He read it" tenten said looking at both phones.
"Who" I asked.
"Well neji is typing and your boy toy left it on read" she said as I freaked out.
"Ok if I die your dying to" I told her as she laughed nodding. Suddenly my phone started ringing with a call from itachi.
"Ignore it" I said.
"But he doesn't know you know" she said as I picked up my phone answering it putting it on speaker.
"Babe your friend just sent me a paragraph" he said
"Who and why are you telling me it's just a text message" I said.
"No it's not just a text it's from tenten and it's a very weird text message talking about how she can't stop thinking about me and she thinks she is better for me and how I need to forget about you" he said.
"Well she wouldn't just send that out of no where why were you leading her on? What did you reply" I asked him.
"Babe you know I would never do that right" he said
"No I don't because you avoided the question don't talk to me because that's very fake" I said hanging up. Tenten laughed as I smirked he kept calling my phone i looked to see neji was blowing her phone up as itachi continuously called me I ignored eight phone calls and two face time calls before I forced out tears accepting a face time call as I turned the phone solely on me.
"Can you leave me alone you claim you love me but your sending text messages to my bestfriend that just makes me wonder how many girls you have been talking to other than me." I said as he looked at me.
"See exactly you haven't even denied it" I said
"You have to be pranking me" he said as I looked at him.
"No don't pin this on me since you want to talk to my bestfriend Ill just text the boys who keep sliding in my DM's" I lied putting him on pause.
"Fine next time I see you I'll slide right into" I hung up before he could continue blushing as tenten laughed.
"Did he just say that" I asked as she nodded.
"Wow" I said putting my phone down.
"Meanwhile neji is spamming my phone" she said as we pulled up at her house.
"Ha let me know what happens" I said as she nodded taking her phone ending the live.
"Are you going to see him" she asked me as I shook my head .
"We're having dinner with his family and mines" I said as she shook her head laughing at me before she left.