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XXX Hyuuga Hinata was so miserable.
Tears ran down her cheeks, past her neck, staining her thick hoodie's neckline. They pushed her down further into the dust, and now her crystal tears turned muddy.
"J-j-just l-leave me a-alone!" She stuttered, hoping she sounded tougher and more confident than she felt. The bigger kids just smirked.
"Pfft. How dare you talk at me like that, you little bitch!" Cried one of the bully-girls. Hinata felt a glancing blow to her left cheek. The other girls started cheering on the bully-girl.
"Yeah!"
"Teach her a lesson she'll never forget!"
"Make that little bitch wish she was never born!"
Some of the girls joined in with the original bully, other sat back and looked on, sneering at her, and still others had taken to throwing bits of gravel, pebbles, and small rocks at her from a distance. Hinata felt the small stings of the pebbles and rocks, punches laced with silver rings, powerful kicks, and stinging slaps of the students who preyed on her every weakness. Before long, it hurt just to breathe - perhaps a rib was bruised or broken - and every part of her small, frail body seemed swollen, bloody, and bruised. However, the bigger girls didn't relent their brutal attack.
"Hey! What are you doing?! HEY!! LEAVE HER ALONE!!!" A voice pierced through the jeers and yells of Hinata's fellow students. She felt her attackers slow and then stop, and Hinata struggled to stay conscious. She felt a strong pair of arms lift her from the gravelly ground, and although the gesture was kind, she couldn't help but let a moan of pain escape her lips. "It's okay, don't worry! I'll take you to the infirmary! Just hold on!" She fought valiantly to stay awake, but found herself slipping into the dark void that struggled to claim her, despite her best efforts.
XXX Uzumaki Naruto walked across the grounds of his new coed boarding school, attempting to memorize everything so he wouldn't get lost. So far, things hadn't been going well… His roomies, Hyuuga Neji and Uchiha Sasuke, were both stoic, silent, and to be frank, extremely boring. Although for some reason the girls were crazy over them, especially for Sasuke…
He was contemplating why it was that Sasuke got all the girls, when all he ever was to them was mean, bratty, snobby, and would point out any and all of their faults in a heartbeat. You would think that girls would HATE being constantly rejected, but they kept coming back for more! Speaking of girls….
There seemed to be a large cluster of them up ahead on the gravel walking path, all at least a year older than him and most of them were beautiful. Naruto approached the group with the initial idea of asking one out on a date, when he realized what they were doing.
They surrounded a thin, frail girl, some throwing rocks and gravel at her, the jagged edges cutting and bruising her fair skin, other kicking, punching, or slapping her relentlessly.
"Hey! What are you doing?! HEY!! LEAVE HER ALONE!!!" He yelled at the group. Some of them stopped and glared at him. He pushed his way through the group. They leered at him unpleasantly and threatened him under his breath, but none of them actually stopped him. He picked up the pail, delicate girl, and she moaned in pain, barely awake.
"It's okay, don't worry! I'll take you to the infirmary! Just hold on!" He said softly, pushing their way through the savage girls. She tensed up a bit, then went limp as she passed out. Naruto cursed under his breathe as she ran to the infirmary, a girl he'd never met pressed tightly to his chest.
XXX End of Chapter One XXX