Hinata stared at her feet, her hands folded in frond of her body as she stood before her father. Even though she was looking down, she could feel his heated glare bore into her head. "Hinata." he said sharply, making her snap her head up. "Father.." she said softly, fidgeting under his gaze. "You have failed once again to gain strength over the past year. You're a failure Hinata, a disgrace to the Hyuuga name. You shall not be heiress." he said, disgust lacing his words. Hinata felt her heart drop into her stomach. She could feel the stinging behind her eyes as tears formed, but she knew better than to cry in front of her father. "You're weak Hinata, you have proven to me that there is nothing I can do with you. You're pathetic, and I regret having you as my child." he went on. He always seemed to love to put Hinata down as low as she could go. "It is only the face that I do not wish to face the shame of having to banish my oldest daughter because of her inability to grow stronger that keeps you living here. You should feel lucky." he said before turning and walking away. Once he was out of hearing and seeing range, she collapsed, her weak knees not being able to support her anymore. Tears spilled down her cheeks, and for a few minutes she just sat there until she willed herself onto her feet and ran. Ran from the Hyuuga compound and out into the forest.
Hinata sobbed, feeling the anger and the shame burning through her whole body as he hit the log in front of her repeatedly. She had been training for hours now, and it was well past sunset. She could feel the blood dripping from various cuts on her hand, but she kept on. Exhaustion was creeping up on her but she tried to shake it off. She wouldn't stop. She would show them. "I'm not weak..I'm not weak.." she repeated to herself, glaring at the pole that's wood was getting a bit scraped up from her hits. "I'll show them! I'm not weak! I'll prove it!" she yelled to herself, giving one last hit to the log before collapsing to her knees, out of breath.
~Meanwhile~
Two cloaked figures sat around a small fire, not talking. Just thinking. They're mission was already complete, they just had to wait to head back to the hideout. The shark like man looked at the other, a man with black hair pulled back and piercing red eyes. "Itachi, do you feel that chakra?" the shark asked, and the other simply nodded. The chakra was close by, so Itachi stood. "I'll look." he said, disappearing into the trees. He jumped onto a nearby branch and peered down. It was a girl. And she was training. "I'll show them! I'm not weak! I'll prove it!" she cried out, probably to herself before falling to her knees. 'It looks like she's been at this for a while. Wow, she's….beautiful.' Itachi thought to himself, looking over the girl. Long, bluish black hair to her lower back, creamy white skin, very graceful and fragile body. And her eyes. They were amazing. She was definitely a Hyuuga, but her eyes were different. A lavender color, when most were white. She looked like an Angel. He would have her.
~Normal POV~
Hinata sat there, trying to catch her breath and not fall into a very welcoming state of unconsciousness. She felt a strong wind blow her hair and suddenly, someone was standing right in front of her. She gasped, her cheeks turning red as she fell back and scrambled up to her feet. She looked over the person quickly and took a step back. She immediately knew he was from the Akatsuki, seeing his cloak. "W-Who are y-you?" she asked, cursing her stuttering in her mind. Even though she was now 16, she still couldn't control her stutter problem. "My name is Itachi Uchiha." replied the man. Uchiha, where had she heard that? She gasped. "Y-You're U-Uchiha-san's brother!" she said, her heart speeding up. She had heard of the massacre. She had heard that Itachi Uchiha had ruthlessly killed his entire clan, leaving only Sasuke alive. "Yes I am." he said. His voice was so deep and unemotional, it was intimidating to say the least, especially to a soft hearted person like Hinata. "W-What d-do you w-want?" she asked, taking another step back. She wanted to run so bad, but Itachi was a S-rank criminal, and the Uchiha prodigy, he would surely catch her. "Your training. You'll never improve the way you train." he said, making Hinata confused. Why did he care about her training? "W-What?" she asked. "I can help you. I can give you strength." he said, looking down at her with his sharingon eyes. He could give her strength? That's what she needed. But he was a criminal! She couldn't possibly betray her village! She shook her head, watching him. "N-No.." she said, making him chuckle. It echoed a bit, making it creepy. "Are you sure? I can make you almost as strong as myself. Don't you want to have that strength? Don't you want to prove that you are not weak?" he said, stepping closer. Hinata stared. That's all she wanted. She wanted to prove her strength to her father, to her family, to Naruto-kun. Itachi could make her strong enough? The thought was so tempting, so so tempting. "M-May I think a-about i-it?" she asked quietly, not wanting to just accept right then. "Alright. You have until tomorrow. Come here right after sunset to give me an answer." he said before disappearing. Hinata sighed, leaning on a tree. What should she do?