The crowd is looking on at the performance underway two female shinobi fighting one on one. The dark haired kunoichi with lavender eyes runs towards the brown haired kunoichi. Both already tired from the fight.
"Yeah you show her Hinata" shouts a familiar voice
The dark haired kunoichi smiles at the support from her team mate. With her byakugan already activated she can see the chakra points she needs to hit a couple of feet away however the brown haired opponent pulls out a kunai and thrusts it forward causing Hinata to dodge. She jumps in the air flinging a couple f kunai of her own lands and continues the running. A roundhouse kick is sent Hinata's which she ducks under she thrust her hand up towards the brown kunoichi's jaw. The brown haired kunoichi back flips catching Hinata's with her on foot send Hinata into the air. The brown haired kunoichi launches herself towards Hinata while in midair and grabs her foot she swings Hinata vertically towards the ground.
"Winner Zara Yoshino from the hidden village of grass" The judge announces.
Hinata is carried away on a stretcher to exit the stadium her team mates join her by her side Aburame Shino and Inuzuka Kiba. While the grass genins team mates appear next to her.
"You'll get them next time wont you Hinata" says Kiba.
"Today was unfortunate" states Shino.
"Yeah we'll see you in the hospital later we have to wait for the decisions of the kage's".
"O-ok arigato Kiba-kun, Shino-kun" her world fades to black as they wave goodbye.
The broken kunoichi wakes up an hour later in a hospital bed with a window to her right where she can see the sun setting and a bird's nest in a tree. She calmly watches the birds wishing she was as free as them as one of them flies away towards the sun. She can't help thinking 'a sunny place toward the sun indeed.' At that moment her tem mates and friends walk through the door no-one else her age is in the hospital injured as everyone except Sakura and herself has passed the chunin exam, and Sakura doesn't take the exam due to training with Tsunade-sama. So se is the only on ho hasn't passed the exam for three years making her a failure six times in her family's eyes.
"Hey Hinata you did well you made it to the finals" said her brown haired team mate trying to cheer her up.
"The groups of genin this year were extremely strong" the bug user says in that monotone voice of his.
Both of the know Hinata needed to pass this year to prove something to a certain someone before he returned in a few months. They both knew that she was disappointed in herself and that nothing they could say would help her but; they are her team mates and friends. This would push them to try and be the best friends that they could be. She would just put on a smile and that would be enough for tem to know that they had tried. And as if on cue she gave them a smile even if forced it was a smile none the less.
At this moment a Sakura walks into the room
"hello Kiba-kun, Shino-kun" Sakura smiles at the patients friends "Hinata will be able to leave straight away she just needs to lie down there are no serious injuries just chakra depletion and some bumps and scratches we healed up".
"So we can see her walking around tomorrow"?
"Yes she just has to go home and relax for the night".
"S-so I-I can L-leave tonight S-Sakura-san" Hinata stuttered.
"Hai if all is fine you have someone outside to escort you to your house".
Kiba and Shino left waving goodbye as a boy with dark hair and lavender eyes matching Hinata's except colder. By this time Hinata was standing up and ready to leave.
"N-Neji-niisan" Hinata walked up and hugged him.
Neji hugged Hinata back briefly after the chunin exam with Naruto he seemed to get along with people more of course he is still the same old Neji just a bit more accepting of people and he sees Hinata as a sister.
"Come on Hinata we have to get back it is past supper".
They left the hospital and didn't say anything to each other both knowing what is going to happen once they get back to the mansion. When they go to the gates Hinata was reluctant to go into the place she called home fearing what her father is going to say. Well not him personally but the elders. Her father had changed over time after Neji's defeat to 'him', Hiashi seemed to open up a bit and accepted Hinata as his daughter he still didn't train her like he has been with Neji for the past few years but she is a daughter e still showed no emotion and not a bit of caring came from him. He doesn't smile or show any emotions but he isn't as judgmental as before. And doesn't have a go at Hinata for messing up but, the elders look down on her it is because of them she is no longer the heir to the Hyuga home and Hanabi is not that she actually minds sounded like too much trouble for one person.
They entered the mansion however and it was almost dark out Neji left for his room leaving Hinata in the main room the meetings room. She was just about to leave when her father came in from behind.
"Hinata" this of course made her jump and made her father shake his head. "Hinata we need to talk" no emotion in his voice as he sad this and nothing on his face meaning it was something important.
He motioned for her to move outside and she did.
"W-what is it y-you wish to t-talk about f-father" she cursed herself for showing weakness in front of the man that showed no emotions to her even though he accepted her as a daughter it doesn't mean he cares he wouldn't care if she died maybe shed one tear out o respect of losing his wife's child but only for his wife.
"Hinata it deeply troubles the elders that you have not been able to pass the chunin exam six times and even more that you are the only one not to pass the exam, showing weakness in the clan." She knew she was the last and this affected her as well but before she could think about it anymore her father words that would haunt her for the rest of her life the one thing she never wanted to hear forcing her into tears and to run away to that place where she could relax to that place where she could cry her eyes out and no-one would find her because everyone believed it was empty. 'his' place. The first time she managed to get in she laughed the 'baka' as Sakura would say really does not think about a lot other than ramen, he leaves a key under the door mat he goes away for no-one knows how long and leaves a key under his door mat.As she made her way into the apartment her home from home she remembers this she was now at 'his' place.
No-one talked about 'him' for almost three years his name replaced with 'him'. She stopped thinking about what just happened to her and thought about the boy she had fallen in love with oh so long ago. Making her relax a bit more she thought about him as she slowly drifted into sleep where she could escape the troubles of her life. She thought about the mission him Shino and Kiba went on with her to find the bug Shino mentioned she forgot what I was called but remembered the mission exactly. But one day he just up and left his home, his friends but, more importantly her. She thought about it more and more she found herself drifting off more and more to sleep just before she falls into her escape she mutters the name she stopped saying so long ago …
"Naruto"