Burning Star
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Summary: Hinata is tired of being the disgrace of the clan so she sets out to change herself, to get stronger and become the top ANBU member in Konoha, losing her love for Naruto, who when he comes back realizes it's going to take some work to win her back.
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Prologue:
Hinata sighed as she dragged her tired, weary body into her cold, desolate room. She gently removed her dirty, blood stained clothing, placing them neatly in the laundry basket and changed into her white nightgown. Training with her father and sister had been brutal, leaving her sore and bruised all over.
Her father's cold words still reverberated inside her head, "You are a disgrace to the Hyuga clan! Not even being able to put up a decent fight against your younger sister of five years! No wonder you're not the heiress anymore, you're weak, and completely incompetent!"
Her fists clenched her night gown before she let out a deep breath, relaxing herself, willing the tears not to fall as they had done for so many nights before.
She knew she wasn't as good as her sister, that she wasn't the best fighter compared to her classmates; she didn't need her father to point that out.
It was like that every day though, being insulted and considered worthless all her life, more so when Hanabi had been born. The only thing that had kept her going for so long was Naruto.
Naruto Uzumaki, the spiky blonde-headed, cerulean eyed boy who was the world in her eyes, the bright sun that made her warm to the core.
Naruto…Hinata sighed; Naruto was gone now, on his 3 year training trip with Jiraiya-sama. Everything she had ever done, and thought of was him, Naruto-kun, a guy who barely even knew she existed even though to her he was the centre of her universe.
The most contact she had ever done with him was a short mission, and in the Chunin exams, and even then the most he had wanted to do was see her beat Neji-nii-san.
Her heart ached as she thought of her crush, her love, who only had eyes for Sakura-san, the girl of his dreams, her being that miniscule bug in the clear window of his life, not noticing her at all.
Not that anyone noticed her though; she was just the little, weak, invisible Hyuga ex-heiress; the wall flower, the not-that-special girl.
Hinata's fists clenched, why did her thoughts always end up like this? Always self-pitying herself, her life, and finding faults with herself. She was so tired of that, of all of this! Of putting herself down, crying, and giving up!
She wanted to be stronger on her own accord, to become confident, and get over Naruto so she didn't have to put up with all the heart-ache because, she was realizing, it just wasn't worth it anymore, not ever.
She wanted to change, to not be so crippling shy anymore, and to be someone that was noticed, looked up to.
Hinata gazed up at the full, clear moon, radiating its light all over the compound, and as she gazed up at it, she realized that she wanted to become heiress again, that she wanted to prove her worth and show them what she could do. She wanted to change the clan, make it better and more like a family, so no one would ever have to go through the pain that so many Hyuga's before them had gone through.
Also, she didn't want to prove to Hanabi, to her father, not even to Naruto, that she was strong…she wanted to prove it to herself. She wanted to do things for herself, only herself, not for anybody else because it wasn't worth the pain, or at least prove it to someone who deserved it, like Neji-nii-san, Shino-kun, Kiba-kun and Kurenai-sensei.
As Hinata was staring outside, she saw a glimpse of a hooded figure beyond her compound, walking through the streets. Curious, she activated her blood-line limit, Byakugan, and stared as she saw that there were actually two hooded figures, and judging by their animal masks, they were ANBU.
Hinata gasped, she had never seen an ANBU member before! Of course she had heard about them, who hadn't?
ANBU stood for Ansatsu Senjutsu Tokushu Butai, literally meaning "Special Assassination and Tactical Squad".
Specially chosen by the Hokage of the village, ANBU were the highest-ranking ninja, chosen for their individual capabilities and special jutsus, sent on extremely important missions that only they could accomplish.
They were two groups of ANBU in Konoha, Konoha ANBU and the "ROOT" ANBU who only acted under Danzo's orders.
Hinata's eyes sparkled as she watched them disappear; they were the epitome of everything she wanted to be. They were smart, strong, fast, someone incredible, inspiring…magnificent.They were people who everyone admired, looked up to, and was inspired by.
Hinata's eyes widened as she her thoughts led her to a sudden conclusion; I want to be the top ANBU member in Konoha.
Her eyes still wide, Hinata's heartbeat sped up, but she knew it was true, it was all she could think of now, consuming her thoughts. She had never realized one could wish for something so hard, especially something they had just thought of.
But, Hinata's eyes lowered, will I able to do it? Can little, shy Hinata Hyuga, the disgrace of the Hyuga clan actually become the top ANBU member in Konoha?
Her heart became heavy, before a deep frown fell upon her face. What am I doing? Putting myself down before I've even started! I'm so tired of doing that! I will prove to myself that I can do this, and I will become the top ANBU member in Konoha, I will!
Full of hope, courage, and determination, knowing that the path wouldn't be easy but determined to walk it anyway, Hinata lay down in her bed and, for once, ever since she had met Naruto her dreams were not of a certain spiky-haired boy, but of an indigo-haired girl becoming the top ANBU member of Konoha.
She would show them just what a disgrace could do.
From that day on people saw a change in Hinata Hyuga, no, she did not wake up that next morning and miraculously become stronger and faster to epic proportions, for that would be impossible.
What they saw instead was how she didn't stutter anymore, how she would look you in the eye, becoming generally more confident in everything she did.
They could see the drive, the determination and passion in her eyes as she trained her hardest, pushing herself and working on her ninja abilities that were steadfastly improving.
The Hyuga clan was extremely surprised with the new Hinata, how confident she was, how her abilities were better and better (they had never believed such a thing was possible, after all she was the disgrace of the Hyuga clan) but Hinata didn't care about what they thought anymore. She had something to prove to herself, not them, or anyone else.
She was getting increasingly strong, surpassing her sister, and eventually even Neji, the greatest surprise to her father and the clan.
He gave Hinata her heiress title back, perfectly deserved long before, but that didn't matter to Hinata, she had something much bigger to achieve.
Hinata Hyuga was no longer that shy, weak little girl that she used to be, she was confident, and increasingly strong, developing her own styles and jutsus that suited her.
Her kind, nurturing and caring demeanor did not change however, that remained the same and would always. She was always seen playing with the kids in the village, helping them with whatever they needed, treating them, and being the older sister that everyone dreamed of.
Her smile and laugh were heard and seen throughout the village, and it filled the people with a calm, contented joy, as she waved to the people in the streets, giving out gifts, and striking up a conversation with anyone.
Perhaps even more than her improving abilities, the greatest surprise was that even her long-time infatuation with Naruto Uzumaki was done, over with. She had gotten over him, and wasn't interesting in anyone at the moment.
Physically, she had gotten taller, with a lean, graceful, curvy figure and her indigo hair, or midnight-blue as the kids liked to say, reached her mid-back with straight bangs covering her forehead.
With fair, flawless skin, beautiful lavender eyes adorned with long and thick black lashes, and naturally rosy cheeks and pink lips, she was considered beautiful throughout the entire village.
Strong, kind, and beautiful Hinata Hyuga was a name throughout the village.
It had been almost 3 years since Hinata had seen the two ANBU from her bedroom window, and, currently at 15, she had achieved Chunin-level ninja rank, well on her way to becoming a Jonin, and then, hopefully, ANBU level.
All of this did not go unnoticed by the Hokage, who even herself was surprised at the change of Hinata Hyuga, but very much pleased.
Hinata Hyuga was currently the best Chunin-level rank ninja in Konoha, and Tsunade had a feeling that she would become one of the best Jonin as well.
Even the Hokage's own pupil's brute strength could not match Hinata's.
The Hokage didn't know what had caused the change in the Hyuga heiress but she was grateful that it had happened.
The Hyuga heiress was becoming known throughout the village, and in other village's as well (her missions sometimes went to other village's or to different ninjas), who were surprised at the rise of who was the primarily known as The Hyuga Disgrace.
Tsunade smirked at that before a thought entered her head now what would happen if the Hyuga heiress becomes an ANBU?
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A/N: Hope you enjoyed! ^_^
Got tired of Hinata being shy and everything, still pining after Naruto. Don't worry though, it's still going to be a NaruHina :D
...Thoughts?
