Mistakes by blackdragonflower

Chapter One: A Broken Ending

"I hate you father! I hate you!" A loud smack filled the room. Hinata fell to the ground; her dark locks covered her now watering eyes. Her chin was bleeding, but compared to other bruises and cuts this was merely a simple scratch. Her father stood over her glaring down at her with hatred and a disappointment that no words could ever describe.

"You are a pathetic child. You are a mistake. You should have never been." Hiashi kicked the girl sending her flying into the wall of the dojo. He was through with her. "Get out. Get out and never come back. You are no longer a part of this clan…"

"F-father!"

"No, you will not change my mind. Get your things and get out. Never again will you step foot in this house." Hinata wearily stood and went to her room her father's last words burning in her head, "You have 20 minutes. If you are in the house at the end of that time, I will kill you."

She picked up her nearest bag and stuffed it with everything she held near and dear. Her favorite stuffed animals, clothes, books, everything. 'Five minutes left…' Hinata hurried her pace; she hoisted her bag onto her shoulders when she let out a gasp. She turned around and quickly dug through her dresser drawer. She pulled out a miniature mirror. It was decorated with onyx inlay; it had been her mother's before she had died. She ran out the door, at the home stretch was Hiashi waiting. He pulled on her forearm roughly.

"Come with me… there is one more thing before you leave." Hiashi threw Hinata down on the couch and lifted up the back of her shirt. Hinata gritted her teeth at the pain that entered her body at her lower back. Minutes later Hiashi took his hand away and yanked her back out. "Go."

Hinata didn't need to be told twice. She picked her bag up and ran. Her lower back ached sending sharp jolts of pain throughout her body. She stumbled and fell to her face on the ground. The dirt tasted bitter and gritty between her cracked lips. Lavender eyes were becoming stained once again with tears. Hinata crawled under a tree in the park and did what she always did when she was upset. She curled into a ball and closed her eyes.

"Hinata? Hinata wake up…"

"M-mother?" Hinata's vision was a blur as she began to open her eyes. She was aware of nothing, only the pain in her back and aching limbs.

"Hinata… wake up…" A sharp stinging caused Hinata to sit up quickly. A soft hand was laid upon her shoulder. "Hinata, take it easy…" Hinata's vision cleared and she saw beautiful scarlet eyes.

"K-Kurenai S-sensei?" The kind-hearted woman smiled.

"Hinata what happened?"

The seventeen year old went silent. A little girl with auburn hair ran into the room. "Mom-" She stared at Hinata with childlike eyes, they matched the Jonin's. "Mommy? Who's this?" Kurenai picked up the small child and plopped her down on her knee.

"Kira, this is Hinata Hyuga."

"Mommy? Why she hurt?"

"She got into an accident sweetie…"

"Oh…" Kira looked at Hinata with piercing scarlet eyes and smiled, "Will you play with me when you get better?" Hinata weakly smiled and nodded. Kira squealed in joy and ran off screaming, "Shika! Shika where are you?!"

"Shika?" Hinata questioned tired.

"Shikamaru… he comes over and helps me with Kira every now and then. He's suppose to be playing hide and seek with her…"

"H-How l-long have I-I been out?"

"A few hours… I found you underneath a tree with all that stuff." Kurenai pointed to the bag. "Where were you off too? Why do you have all these bruises?"

Hinata gasped as pain overtook her lower back once more. Tears leaked from her eyes and Kurenai immediately turned the girl over to see what was wrong. On Hinata's lower back was the mark the main branch gives to members of the lower branch. A green X was tattooed deep onto her skin. "Oh…my…"

"K-Kurenai? W-What I-I-is it?" Kurenai ran off and returned with two mirrors in hand. She positioned them so Hinata could see her new burden. Hinata closed her eyes and finally after all the weeks and months of holding in tears, she cried. She wanted to tell somebody, Kurenai was always the closest thing the girl could remember a mother being like. Her own had died shortly after Hanabi's birth.

"M-my fa-father t-threw me o-out of the c-clan… He said.. If I ever r-return… H-he'd kill m-m-me…T-the b-bruises a-are because I failed h-him…and the f-f-family…" Hinata cried. Kurenai wiped the teenager's tears and placed a band-aid on her chin.

'Hmm… in this way Hiashi gives her freedom yet ties her down like a animal on a leash…' "Do you have anywhere to go?" Hinata shook her head no. A new determination came into the Jonin's gentle eyes. "Would you like to live with me and Kira? I have a spare bedroom…"

"I-I d-don't know…"

"Hinata, you don't have to worry. It's no trouble. I won't see you wandering the streets without a home. Now, why don't you get some sleep and I'll heal you the rest of the way up. Don't worry about your training tomorrow. I'll tell the boys you need a vacation."

Hinata smiled wearily as her eyelids began to close. "T-thank you K-Kurenai s-sensei."

Kurenai cleaned up the rest of the girl's wounds then took another look at her tattooed back. She let out a soft sigh. Hiashi had gone too far. Kurenai was just glad she had found her old student and not some other who may have used her, or abused her more than she was now. She pulled the blanket over Hinata's shoulders and began to leave. Motherly instincts kicked in and Kurenai kissed Hinata's forehead as a mother would to her child. "Good night Hinata. Tomorrow is another day…"