Authors Note: This is my first story, so I'm sorry if it isn't all that good, haha. There will be more chapters to come so don't worry. I'm usually a very fast writer so they should come up pretty quickly.

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Disclaimer:I do not own Naruto.

Chapter One: A new start.

It was the first day, the first day in a strange new town.

It wasn't something she was too pleased about, but she was grateful for the suggestion. Her cousin had talked her father into letting her spend some time away from the mansion, which she really needed.

As the young heiress walked through the busy street, the sun reflected and shone beautifully over her black hair highlighting the tinges of blue and indigo that washed through the colour.

She walked slowly, chewing the inside of her lips and keeping her pearly white eyes on the ground. Unlike her family, her eyes had a tinge of lavender and showed her insecurity, making her easy to read.

"Lady Hinata!" a voice from behind her screamed, she recognized it immediately and a small smile tugged at her lips, she turned around slowly and looked for her cousin.

"N-Ne-Neji?" She stuttered, cursing herself for doing so. Hinata had always had a problem with her stuttering, her father had frowned upon her for doing so, and would often shout at her 'Speak up!' and, 'Stuttering makes you weak, I will not tolerate weakness in this household!'

Her father, Hiashi believed that she had no potential to be his successor and often threatened her that if she did not discard her many flaws such as her timid personality, lack in self confidence, stuttering, and kind heart that she would be stripped of her title and it would be handed down to her younger sister, Hanabi. What Hiashi didn't realize was that he was the one who made her so insecure, and timid with his strict and stern personality, he was always pushing her and telling her that she was not good enough to be apart of the Hyuga household.

Neji had always been the kind one to her, and he had talked Hiashi into letting Hinata attend the Boarding School alongside him for the year. Her father thought very highly of his nephew and at times wished that he would be the heir to the Hyuga name, but he was of a lesser branch in the family. Neji knew that Hinata could use the time away from the mansion, and that she may even improve greatly in a new town. Hiashi wasn't very hesitant to the situation –in fact, he told Neji that he was unconcerned about his daughters well being and was hoping for the possibility of her failure so Hanabi could step into her place as the heiress. Hanabi was a lot stronger and much more confident; Hiashi didn't consider Hanabi to be a waste of time unlike Hinata.

Neji had finally caught up to Hinata, a smile on his face as he looked at her. Neji had noticeably long, dark brown hair; it reached the middle of his back and was tied up a few inches from the end, allowing some of his hair at the front to be down and to frame his face. Like the rest of the Hyugas, he has fair skin and the renowned pearly white orbs for eyes depicted with a slight hint of lavender, but not as much as Hinata. He wore a white shirt with loose sleeves with a fastening down the right part of his chest and dark brown mid length shorts. He was considered quite the handsome guy, all the girls wanted him, but Neji was rather solemn, and didn't open up much- Which was a real disappointment, Neji was actually quite optimistic and kind. Whereas Hinata let her hair grow to waist length, with shoulder length strands to frame her porcelain face also. She wore navy blue pants and a dark purple tank top. Hinata was very slender, but had a sizeable bust and a curvaceous frame which she always hid by wearing a loose fitting, long sleeved, cream and lavender coloured zip up jacket, with lavender cuffs. Hinata wasn't ashamed of her figure, she liked it very much but she didn't want to show of her much matured figure, she wanted to be respected and not eyed at like a piece of meat. Hinata had always been self conscious.

"Lady Hinata, I'm glad you're here. Let me help you with your things and I'll show you to your assigned room." Neji said kindly to her as he watched her fiddle her fingers at her chest, a nervous habit of hers.

Hinata nodded and gave a small bow. "Y-Yes, Neji." She managed to mutter. "Bu-but please… d-don't address me a-as 'l-la-lady' Hinata..."

Neji just nodded before picking up some of her bags and began to walk towards the old brick building which stood five feet tall. He understood perfectly that she didn't want to be addressed so formally at school, she wouldn't want people to think of her as a rich snob, and Hinata needed as many friends as she could get, but she wasn't so good socially.

Hinata gave out a soft sigh as she started to follow Neji, feeling so small compared to the building as they made their way towards to daunting brick building with glass double doors.

Hinata, not paying much attention managed to push the door that clearly stated 'pull' and whacked her forehead in the process of doing so, gaining herself much unwanted attention already. Her face heated a crimson red and she looked around herself. 'Good first impression' she thought to herself as she placed a hand on her forehead, she heard Neji let out a quiet sigh to himself as he pulled the door open for her.

She followed in after him and kept her head down, eyes on the ground and her fingers in front of her chest, fiddling and pointing her index fingers together as people watched her follow Neji.

Hinata could hear people whispering about her, she had good hearing and magnificent eye sight. The other students she heard scoff, while others whispered "Who's that girl with Neji, is that his girlfriend?"

She heard another girl say "she better not be." in a sharp angered tone followed by what sounded like cracking knuckles.

Hinata gulped hard, but was stopped in her tracks by Neji stopping before they reached the elevator. He held out his hand, wanting something. It only took her a moment to realize that he wanted her schedule to see where she was rooming and then he'd be able to show her where her classes were and introduce her to teachers and his friends.

Hinata pulled a folded piece of paper out from her jacket pocket and passed it to him, watching Neji unfold it, his eyes skimming across the page before he stopped and his eyes widened. "Oh no…" He muttered almost inaudible, but Hinata heard it.

Hinata looked up with curious eyes, wide and frightened. "What?"

Neji turned around to avoid looking at her, and pushed the button to go up, waiting for the elevator to arrive. "You're roommate is Temari." He said coldly as the elevator doors opened.

It was pretty clear to Hinata that he obviously didn't like this girl, Temari.

more to come soon!