Chapter 1: Dishonour

"But father!..." Hinata looked down at her shoes in sorrow, trying to hide her face from her father in front of her. How could her father do such a thing! She didn't even do anything that bad...not by moral standards at least.

"No buts, Hinata. You have brought shame to this clan! We as Hyuuga's have a good reputation, and I will not allow you to ruin it!" Hiashi Hyuuga replied. "You are disowned from the clan. Please pack up your belongings and go!"

Hinata couldn't believe her ears. How could her own father put the clan before his own family? And how could he disown his daughter no less? All Hinata could do was force herself not to cry in front of her father.

"Very well..." Hinata stood up and left the room. Where would she go?What would she do now that she has no where to live? She slowly walked back up to her room and packed her belongings into her bag.

"Hinata-chan." A bold voice surprised her as she turned around to face the branch family member of the Hyuuga Clan. "I heard what happened." Neji said in his expressionless voice.

"Oh..Neji-san... You surprised me..." All Hinata could do was look down at her shoes and twiddle her thumbs like she always does. "I..I don't know how to explain it..."

"It's fine, I'm on your side, not Hiashi's. What he's doing is wrong but he is in charge of the clan. I cannot object to him directly." Neji felt sympathy for the Hyuuga girl as she was standing there with her head down.

"I...I don't know where to go..." Was all Hinata could muster before her lips started to quiver. She was not going to cry, not now.

"I'll be here if you need anything, Hinata-chan. Just find me." Neji was sincere with his words, he only wanted the best for his cousin.

"I..I better get going now...thank you Neji-san." Hinata finished packing up her belongings and slipped past Neji. For once in her life Hinata could actually see a sorrowful expression on Neji's face.

It was night time, and the stars in the sky were already twinkling. With her bags in hand, Hinata left the Hyuuga compound knowing nothing of where to go or what to do.

"What's with the bags?" A female voice came from the trees beside her. Hinata looked up on a branch only to see Kurenai standing on top, her red eyes looking down at her.

"Kurenai sensei!" Hinata could not help but feel ashamed that her own sensei is here, only to see her being forced to leave her family and her clan. Hinata glanced off to the side to try to avoid direct eye contact with Kurenai.

"What's with the bags Hinata?" Kurenai asked once again, but this time in a slightly more worried tone than before.

"It's a long story..." Hinata replied softly. "I... I got disowned by my father..." Hinata felt tears in her eyes as she said this to her own sensei.

Kurenai could not believe her ears. "What did you just say?! Disowned?" She could not help but feel disappointed in her student, but still doesn't know fully what had happened.

"Yes..." Hinata now felt like she had failed as a member of her clan, and also as a student. "I'm sorry Kurenai sensei I don't feel like talking about it now..."

"That's okay Hinata. Do you have anywhere to stay or any idea of what you'll do?" Kurenai sensei already knew the answer, but still wanted to talk to the girl.

"No...I have no idea.." Hinata just looked down at her shoes again hoping things will just go away and everyone would leave her alone.

"Well, you can come stay with me if you like. At least until you find somewhere to stay permanently." Hinata now felt a bit better, not having to worry about finding a place to stay. "It's getting dark, let's go back to my place and you can get some rest. I'm sure you have a million thoughts racing through your head."

Hinata just followed Kurenai in silence and waited until she got to her apartment. Entering the apartment, there was a couch and tv directly to the right, and a doorframe to the kitchen on the left. Past the kitchen was a bedroom, with a bathroom directly across from it. It was a cozy apartment.

"Make yourself at home. There's some leftover food in the fridge if your hungry and you can use my bed if you like. I'll sleep on the couch." Kurenai said. Hinata couldn't help but feel guilty for taking her bed.

"It..it's okay Kurenai sensei..I can use the couch..I don't want to intrude really..." Hinata said in an unsteady tone.

"Nonsense! Your my student and my guest. Just feel as if your right at home." Kurenai smiled at the purple haired girl. Hinata couldn't help but smile back.

Hinata went to the bedroom and plopped her bag on the floor, and rested on the bed. She was tired from all the drama that has happened today, and just needed sleep. She didn't even bother to get changed and just drifted off to sleep.

Hinata woke up feeling refreshed and slightly happier than she was yesterday. As she rolled over in her bed she smelled the breakfast Kurenai was cooking up in the other room. She rolled over and got up, walking into the bathroom across the hall.

With her still tired lavender eyes, she looked into the mirror noticing her messy hair and wrinkled clothing. She quickly got changed and brushed her hair, and walked into the kitchen.

"Good morning sleepy-head." Kurenai teased as she turned to smile at Hinata. She noticed it was already 11 AM. "I'm cooking a couple omelettes so sit down and have one."

"Thank you sensei." Hinata was still half asleep, but a nice omelette would be great to start off the day. Turning around, Kurenai served Hinata an omelette and also one for herself. Both sat down and started eating.

"Feeling better from last night?" Kurenai said while eating a piece of her breakfast.

"A little..I'm still worried about what I'm going to do. Like, what will I tell my friends...?" She had one specific person in mind, and that was Naruto. There was also Kiba and Shino, her teammates, and many other ninja like Ino, Sakura, Shikamaru, Lee, and so on.

"Well Hinata." Kurenai shoved another piece of omelette in her mouth before continuing. "That's up to you. You can either tell them what happened and let them help you, or maybe hold off for a while so you don't worry them."

Hinata continued to eat her omelette as Kurenai started cleaning up the table. "Kiba and Shino will be waiting at the training grounds for us at twelve. We should finish up." Kurenai looked at the lavender eyed girl.

"Okay sensei." Was all Hinata said before finishing her omelette and started helping to clean up. After they finished cleaning they left the apartment to go to the training grounds as usual. Hinata still didn't know how to tell them what had happened.

"Hinata-chan! Kurenai sensei!" Kiba called out. Akamaru was right along side him as he ran towards her and Kurenai sensei. Shino was just following at a slow pace.

"Good afternoon Kiba-kun." Hinata said as cheerful as possible. "Hello Shino-kun. How are both of you?"

"We're doing awesome! I'm excited for training today, I want to try out something new with Akamaru!" Kiba was energetic as usual.

"Speak for yourself Kiba." Shino said in his usual voice. "But as Kiba already said were doing pretty well. How about you Hinata?" Shino looked at Hinata's pale eyes.

"Umm.. I'm okay." Hinata replied. "Things could be better." Hinata still was hesitant to break the news.

"What's wrong?" Kiba asked. Hinata just bit her lip and looked down, not knowing what to say.

"I..um..I sort of got disowned by my father..and he said I couldn't come back to the Hyuuga Clan..." Hinata didn't think it was such a good idea telling them now, but better now than later right?

"What!" Kiba exclaimed loudly. Even Shino raised his voice, which was very rare. "How could he do such a thing! What did you even do to deserve it?"

Hinata bit her lip. How could she tell them what had happened?