It was cold outside, in fact it was so cold and wet that ice was starting to form on everything not moving, including the young Hyuuga heiress who happened to be sitting under her favorite now frozen cherry tree. She didn't really mind, or notice, the cold even though she wasn't wearing her normal thick tan jacket. She was too busy thinking of the last couple of hours.
FLASHBACK
Hinata tried to hold back her yell of pain as she hit the wall, but to no avail. Her scream filled the training room and her father quickly put his hand over her throat.
"Pathetic," Hiashi's words were filled with venom. "You lose to your cousin Neji and you can't even defend yourself from me." Lifting her by the throat he slammed her into the wall, making her cough up blood. He tightened his grip and his eyes narrowed."It's been a week since the Chunin Exams and you're still coughing up blood! ...Pathetic!" He spat the last word with hate. Hinata opened her mouth to say something but he tightened his grip.
"Don't even give me that pathetic excuse of how you're suppose to be in the hospital!" With each word his grip got tighter. "Hyuugas are suppose to endure and you can't even do that right!" He dropped his daughter and she fell with a small thump, her blood coming up by handfuls. She could feel she had a broken arm and even a couple ribs. The sound of an opening door caught her attention. She looked up to see her father halfway out the door.
"You were never meant to be a Hyuuga." His voice was barely a whisper but she heard him clearly before the door shut.
END OF FLASHBACK
That's why, at 4 in the morning, Hinata was sitting with her back against a tree watching the bruises on her slowly grow. The grass next to her was stained red from all the blood she'd coughed up, though most of it was ice now. She was starting to feel the cold a bit more and flicked a piece of ice off her shoeless feet. She knew she should have grabbed her sweater before she left but didn't have time.
FLASHBACK
Hinata was heading back to her room, staring at the ground, while she ran right into someone. Of course this someone just had to be Neji. His eyes lit up when he saw his already bruised and battered cousin on the ground, trying to pick herself up.
"Hello, Hinata-sama…" He was practically purring. "What happened to you?" He smiled because he already knew. "I found your sweater in the garden and based on how mad Hiashi-sama was, I thought you would need it." She stood, leaning against a wall, and nervously started to reach for it. Hs grin widened and he grabbed her arm. "Now now, Hinata, you think you'll get this back so easily…" His grip on her arm was tightening. Hinata knew this wasn't going to end well, she yanked her arm away from Neji, twisting her wrist in the process, and attempted to dash past him. He was shocked at first, but got over it fairly quickly and grabbed her, pinning her against a wall. "I wouldn't do that again if I were you." His fingers were digging into her arms and all humor was gone from his face.
"You know, I don't think I want to give you your sweater back." He closed his eyes and grinned, with his eyes still closed Hinata kicked him sharply in the gut. It wasn't enough to hurt him but it was enough to knock him back a couple of feet and give her time to escape into the nearest room, the library. She locked the doors and quickly ran toward the closed window. After fumbling with the lock for a moment she wrenched open the window. A blast of cold air hit her making her gasp. She was starting to reconsider leaving but she heard the wood of the door splintering under Neji's pounding palms. Frozen in fear she stood watching and waiting, the door flew off its frame with one last chakra burst from Neji, and he looked furious. She thought of trying to dart past him and grab her sweater, but knew it would be near impossible.
"Hinata… Get over here… NOW!" His voice was low and threatening, and chakra was already visible in his palms. Hinata didn't have time to think anymore, it was do or die (well, almost die). Quickly she sprang from the window and ran. She could hear Neji yelling but didn't stop to listen, she kept running until finally she came to team eight training gorunds.
END OF FLASHBACK
Hinata was starting to shiver now and her loss of blood wasn't helping much. She was starting to get tired too since it was so late. She had just gotten up to leave when she heard footsteps approaching. She stiffened, fearing Neji might have found her.
"Hinata?" A warm soft voice called.
The author had a note, I just don't understand any of it but this face. "^-^" Please review, is what I think it means.
Kudos to minimoosethesecond for typing this up for you. :P Oh, and neither me nor hinata-sama own naruto in any way.