"The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do." - John Holt

"N-Neji-nii-san! W-Wait up p-please!" A 6-year-old Hinata cried out to her cousin who was running up ahead of her. He stopped and glanced back at her, giving her a cold glare, causing Hinata to wince.

"Please hurry up, Hinata-sama." He spat with venom in his voice. "If you are to fall behind, you might get lost…" He taunted her. He saw some fear in her eyes, and gave a small smirk.

"H-hai…" she mumbled lightly, running to catch up with him. Her father had earlier asked her to fetch Neji for training. She had followed him into their large garden and had gotten herself lost. That's when he was sent to retrieve her. She kept her eyes glued to the ground, noticing some flowers that had started to overgrow into the path.

"…ow"

Hinata looked up from the path and saw she had come to an intersection. 'W-where's neji-nii-san? What was that noise?' She started to shake a little, out of fear, and turned to follow the noise. That's when she came along to a small black cat tangled up in some vines. She noticed the cat had slightly longer-pointed-ears, and its canines were sticking out from its mouth. 'Oh…poor kitty! It must be stuck.' She thought, walking up to it. She leaned down and watched it for a minute.

Hinata reached down to move a vine wrapped around its paw, but as soon as she grabbed it she snatched her hand back out of reflexes. 'Wha-?' She looked at her finger and saw that there was a small cut, and looked to the vine. 'Well it's thorns of course, stupid!' She thought as she started to un-tangle the kitten.

'Where is she?' Hiashi thought as he watched Neji parade out of the garden. He walked over to Neji and looked down at him with blank eyes. "Where is Hinata?" He asked to Neji, who just looked up at him.

"I do not know, sir. She was right behind me. She could have gotten lost." Neji replied, a smirk crossing his face. Hiashi glared down at him, then turned and started to walk back towards the house.

"If she is not back by nightfall, then you will go search for her, understood?" Neji nodded and started to walk back into the house with him. "So, until then, go find someone and train with them, alright?" Understanding all his orders, Neji ran off to go find someone who wouldn't mind training with him. Preferably someone from the branch house, not the main……

'There you go…' Hinata thought as she finally freed the small kitten. The kitten gave a small meow, which she took to be thanks. Hinata smiled and bent down to pet the kitten, which started to purr. Hinata started to stoke the kitten on its back, feeling its unusually large shoulder bones.

"Would you like to come home with me, kitty?" Hinata whispered to the kitten, which looked up at her, in what seemed to be surprise. Hinata scooped up the small kitten in her arms and cuddled it like a baby. The kitten instantly got over its shock, and started to purr again.

"I hope my father lets me keep you…" She mumbled more to herself than the kitten, which just looked up at her with one of confusion, which made Hinata smile. "You know…you really need a name! Lets see…." Hinata started to think of a name that suited the kitten nicely. It was a black girl cat, with longer ears and longer canines than usual. She was mysterious and playful, and seemed to be very smart.

"Hmmm…what about Hakaku? It means special, and that's exactly what you are!" The newly named Hakaku gave a loud meow, and started to rub up against Hinata. She let out a small giggle, and looked straight ahead. She looked around and started to panic. 'W-which way was out again?'

Hiashi watched as Hinata tumbled from out of the garden, seemingly holding something in her hand. 'Well, I guess I won't need to be sending Neji to get her now.' He walked over to her and glanced down at her. 'Weak' He shook her lightly, which caused her to groan and look up at him. As soon as she did, her eyes grew wide. She got up as fast as she could and bowed. "S-sorry T-tou-san." She whispered just loud enough for him to hear it. He looked at her expectantly, but then sighed.

"What is that in your arms?" Hinata looked down to see Hakaku curled up in a ball, still scared from the fall. "I-it's a k-kitten…" She mumbled out again.

"And what are you going to do with it?" He asked her, his eyes never leaving her gaze.

"U-uh…I-I was wondering if w-we could keep h-her?" She asked timidly, looking down to Hakaku who just kept staring at her. Hiashi kept his cold glaze on her, making her shake and fear what he was going to say.

"Where did you find it?"

"I-in the g-garden."

"Why did you keep it?"

"…."

"I see…well, go give it to the shelter, or throw it on the street." Hinata's eyes went wide as she looked at her father. She knew he was mean…but

"B-but father…"

"I said no! You have no time to take care of a kitten, understand? Now give it to me." He said harshly. Hinata's lavender eyes begged him to reconsider, but she knew she had lost. She stared down at Hakaku, tears in the corners of her eyes, and slowly gave Hakaku to him.

"I…I'm sorry….Hakaku….." She said as she passed the small mass of fur to her father. He held the tiny feline by its neck, staring it straight in the eye. Before anyone knew what happened, her father's hand suddenly had no kitten, but was replaced by 4 huge gashes. "Ah! Hakaku!" She cried as the small kitten ran into the garden again. 'Stupid cat…' Hiashi though, inspecting his wound. It wasn't very long, but pretty deep. The crimson blood from it started to drop off his hand. 'I'm going to need at least a couple of stitches…' Hinata was already on her way back to the garden to find Hakaku, but her father interrupted her.

"Hinata! If you go and bring that kitten back here again, I'll make sure to dispose of it myself…" Hinata froze, and turned around, looking at her father. She could tell that he was serious, and decided to give in. "Come. You have useful training you could be doing." She nodded, and walked back with him to the house.

They didn't seem to notice a pair of slit eyes on them as they walked away.

'Hmmmm…..very interesting….very interesting indeed…..'

Hey guys, this is my fist fanfic, and its a chapter story. Maybe I shoulda started out with a one-shot .. oh well...XD I'm unsure about age for Hinata, but 6 seems like a good one. Does anyone know when she joins the academy? I'm to lazy to go look it up.

Anyway, thanks for reading :3 I dont like flamers (who does?) so constructive criticism is always welcomed. Any questions, suggestions, advice, or whatever else is welcome too. X3

I know I probably had a lot of spelling mistakes and grammer mistakes, so you dont have to point those out. This is most likely going to be a NarutoxHinata story, so if you dont like that couple then I would stop reading soon.

I might take this down to edit it at some time, but I had to post something before our school year ended!! As said, this is my first fanfic that I actually have posted! I probably set everything up wrong, just watch! X3 As for genre types...I might change them (if thats possible) its at least going to be drama or angst, but there might end up being romance.

I think thats all...well, thanks for reading! A review would be nice, but I'm not to intent with getting a lot of them. I find my stories to be...mediocre, compared to others. -free adverstisement- Like my friends, so go check out thier fanfics!

ok, well, I'll update within a week hopefully. (that was a long authors note XD)

Later:D