I DO NOT OWN NARUTO.

-FLASHBACK-

I'm not good enough... I will never be...

These thoughts ran through my head as I slid the kunai down my forearm. Neji had done it again. After becoming angry at me, he beat me, just like always. This made the pain I was inflincting on myself more familiar, so, it didn't hurt. In fact, I liked doing this to myself. It had been a daily routine for quite some time now, and I didn't plan on stopping anytime soon...

-THE NIGHT BEFORE-

"Coming home late again?" Neji said quietly as I met him at the door of the mansion.

My eyes widened as soon as I heard him. I reached for the door so I could run upstairs and avoid Neji in my room with the doors locked, but Neji was too quick.

He grabbed my wrist, and I just lost it from there.

"What do you want?" I screamed, making Neji anger immensely.I noticed, and immediately put my free hand up as I flinched, protecting my face from his fist.

Neji knocked me down with a punch to the nose. I attempted to get up, but it was no use. He hit me with another solid punch to the face, causing me to fall to the ground again, this time even harder.

This time, I didn't even try try to escape the pain. I just laid there, yelling for help. Neji stopped me before I could get a third yell in. This time by hitting me with a blow so powerful my world went black.

...

I awoke in the same spot. It was morning, and I was still in deep pain.

I did not go back inside, instead, I went to my favorite spot in the woods...

-END FLASHBACK-

I stared at the cuts on my arm. I was beginning to develop many scars, which wasn't suprising due to the fact that I harmed myself daily. I was sitting on a bench in the food district, but I wasn't hungry. I was just lonely. As i stared at the scars, I thought about how my life only consists of one thing: pain.

Thats when the tears began to flow down my cheeks. I didn't bother to wipe them. Instead, I decided to make them vanish by visiting my favorite spot in the woods for the day.

During the semi-long walk to my spot, I was stopped by the one I admire. Naruto-kun... I faked a smile as I saw him, wiping away the tears. He was the reason of my absence. He was the reason why I kept coming home late. We usually like to sit and talk for hours every day, and thats the only thing keeping me sane. I felt the heat on my face.

"Yo, Hinata-chan!" He said, waving

"Hello, Naruto-Kun," By then, the smile had become real. I returned a wave, causing my sleeve to come down. I immediately shot my arm back down to my side, praying he hadn't seen, but by the look on his face I could tell that he had. I looked at my feet as he approached.

"Hinata-chan," he said, his face becoming serious, "what happened to your arm?"

My face became bright red, I could feel it. "umm," I couldn't think of any answer besides the truth, and i didn't want to tell him the truth. I would never tell anyone the truth.

"What's wrong?" he said, and I started shaking with fear as I thought about him finding out.

"And your nose!" he yelled, becoming clearly worried.

I began crying again, and I hated letting Naruto-kun see me cry, so...

I RAN. I ran away from Naruto without looking back. I ran to the only place where I truly felt at home: the spot...

CH. 2 COMING SOON...