Hinata's long white ears twitched as, and she stirred in her sleep. Blinking her eyes, she sat up in her large bed and looked at her nightstand. She frowned a bit when she saw a small glass of water sitting there as usual. Nothing was out of place, it was just as every other day

Boring

Hinata's craved to do something different for once, her daily routine had got tiresome, it was nothing new. The maids would dress her, and the chefs would prepare her breakfast, lunches, and dinners. Her father always bought her whatever she wanted, and the maids would always clean up after her. Life was easy for Hinata Hyuga, but it was also boring.

This daily routine of eating, studying, and sleeping became Hinata's life and she despised it. Sighing to herself she sat up on her bed, and lightly took the glass of water in her hands. She lifted the glass to her dried lips, and took small, quick drinks, sighing in pleasure. No sooner had one of the maids come in to help Hinata get changed. That alone deflated Hinata's mood, but she was too kind to tell them just to go away, so she reluctantly took there help.

Hinata wore a long white skirt, with matching shoes. Her top was a long sleeved plain shirt, but it was a light lavender color, and a blue scarf was tied around her neck.

It was winter and Hinata is...delicate, to say the least. She always got fevers, and cold quite easily, but the clan feared if she were to catch some other disease, even a lesser one at that, it would be fatal. However the Hyuga did have some clans men who specialized in nothing else other than medical. After all, only the best would be allowed to treat Hyuga Hinata.

Hinata careful made her way down the spiral stairs, and made her way over to the dinning room. She sat down, and then a waiter came out of the double doors of the kitchen to place her food right in front of her. For breakfast the chefs had prepared a rolled omelet with steamed rice.

After breakfast Hinata brushed her teeth and went to her library. Here she would read about the outside world, different creatures, and places. Often she would end up asleep, and dream of these far away places, only to wake up and find that it was just a dream. Around lunch time her servants would find her in the library. To Hinata this was odd, the Hyugas library is basically a maze, with many twist and turns where one could easily find themselves lost. Even so the servants seemed to find Hinata with minimal difficulty.

During the afternoon Hinata would spend her time training. She'd practice her transformation, and her families style of fighting. She never really was good at fighting, but her father insist that she must be able to defend herself as heir to their demon clan. Soon training would be over and a bath would be prepared for Hinata.

During dinner she would sit with her family. Her younger sister Hanabie would glare at Hinata all throughout dinner. Her father would just stare, a passive look on his face, but in his eyes Hinata saw disappointment. Lastly, her cousin Neji, he was the worst out of the other two. Neji wouldn't even look at Hinata, he kept his eyes on his plate and afterwards quietly excuse himself. After dinner was done, Hinata was to return straight to her room to repeat everything tomorrow.

~The Next Day~

Hinata woke up extra early, last night she set her alarm clock an hour earlier. Hinata wished to speak with her father about her schedule, even if it was just a slight change, she wanted something to change. Hinata dressed herself in a simple blue kimono with small snowflake patterns on the sleeve. After she was finished dressing herself, she quietly left her room to go to her fathers study.

Minutes later Hinata came to a door labeled 'Headmasters Office'. She took a deep breath to calm herself, and gently knocked on the door. She heard a muffled 'come in' and opened the door. Hinata's father, Hiashi, looked up from his paperwork.

"Hinata..."

Hinata inwardly flinched. "I wanted to know if I could go outside."

"What for?" He said as he crossed his arms.

Hinata summoned the rest of her courage. "Lately I feel that my life has become dull...I wish to experience the outside world, if only for just a while."

Hiashi thought about it for a bit and then smirked. "Very well." He said. "Pack all of you belongings."

Hinata was confused, but didn't question her father. She returned to her room, where her maids already awaited her, and began to pack for some unknown reason.

Hours later Hinata finally had all over belongs sealed away in scrolls. It was only around 11:00am and Hinata had been so busy packing she completely forgot about breakfast. Her father must've informed one of the servants, because right after, one of them came in with a tray of snacks and a cup of tea. Hinata happily accepted it, and after she was finished her father summoned her to the compound gates.

"Um father, what are we doing?" Hinata asked.

Hiashi smirked. "You said you wanted to experience the outside world, correct?" Hinata nodded her head. "Well then, for the next year you are going to live by yourself, so you can...experience...the world just like you wanted."

"B-By myself!? B-But father-"

"Do not argue with me! Hurry up if you want to make it to a village by sundown."

Hinata took a step back and began running through the forest that surrounded their land. Tears ran down her face while she ran, it blurred her vision but she didn't stop. For a demon like Hinata, nothing was worse than being caught outside when nightfalls. During the night demons who have lost there sanity come out and hunt, they destroy everything in there path searching for anything edible.

Hinata's top priority? Find a village before nightfalls.

Hinata had been running for seven hours before she collapsed. It started snowing hours ago, and Hinata was soaked to the bone. Her legs were in pain from running so long, and her lungs burned because she was breathing so heavily. It didn't help that it was winter and the icy air stung Hinata's throat even more.

'This is it...' Hinata thought. 'I can feel my body being dragged across the ground, but I-' She thought as she fell into a dreamless sleep.

'Why is it...so warm?" Hinata thought.

The girl was dragged into a small cabin in the edge of a large village. There was a fire going in the chimney across the room, and Hinata was piled in blankets. It was dawn and the sun leaked in from the old windows, causing Hinata to crack one eye open. Her clothes were nearly folded, and placed on the table next to her.

Hinata grabbed her clothes and began dressing herself, when she was finished she began looking around the room for her belongings. The room was pretty bare there was a couch, a table and a long lamp for light. Other than that there were just a few paintings hanging on the wall, and a wooden door to her right.

Her clothes and other things Hinata packed, and bought with her weren't in the room at all. Hinata got up, and walked to the door in the right corner of the room. She twisted the door knob and peeked through the crack. In the next room was a kitchen, and on the stove was a small teapot. The water was boiling, so Hinata walked through the door and placed the teapot on a cool burner.

"You finally woke up! I'm so glad." A fairly young looking woman said.

Hinata was startled, and let out at little 'squeak'. The woman had curly black hair, and red eyes. She wore bandages on both of her arms, and a dress that looked like it was made out of larger bandages. She pulled out a chair and sat down at the table.

"I found you passed out on the forest floor, and it was almost nighttime. You're lucky I came when I did." She said.

"Um y-yeah, thank y-you..."

The woman looked confused for a second. "Oh! I haven't introduced myself yet." She leaned over the table with her hand out. "I'm Kurenia Yuhi."

"I-I'm H-Hinata Hyuga." Hinata hesitantly shook the other woman's hand.

"Would you like some tea?" She asked.

Hinata nodded her head, and Kurenia got up to properly prepare the tea on the stove. After some small talk over tea Kurenia gave Hinata her belongings back. Once it was a little brighter outside Hinata deicide that she would leave the small cabin.

"Th-Thank y-you for saving m-me Yuhi-san."

Kurenia nodded her head and smiled. "Anytime, if you have any trouble finding a place to stay you're welcome to stay here."

Hinata bowed here head and began her travels towards the village once again. She was just outside the village, and it would only take about an hour to get there. Hinata walked at a slow pace, not rushing herself. She didn't want to push herself if she didn't have to especially in this weather. The sun was high in the sky, and the snow that covered the ground sparkled.

The young girl knew that getting to a village was only half the battle, but she had no idea how hard the other half would be.

~To be continued~

The reason Hinata talked to her father without stuttering is because she's used to talking to him. (And I forgot about Gomen!)

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