[A/N] Well, here's the first chapter! Sorry it took so long, I had lots of homework and projects these last few weeks. I'm glad that some people enjoyed the prologue and I hope you enjoy this first chapter!

Chapter One

It would be four hours until Hinata reached Kusanohamaru, so she spent her time reading and fretting over Hanabi. She was Hanabi's only female role model; their mother had died weeks after giving birth to Hanabi. How will Hanabi learn to grow in to a proper young lady if her family members were mainly men? Hinata tried to convince herself that she would do fine; after all, it would only be three more years until Hanabi could be on her own. Then, she remembered that her father would make Hanabi take over Hyuuga Corp, their family's company. Hinata had a chance at it, but it wasn't what she wanted to do.

The shy girl couldn't run a company, much less, ask the house maids to do her laundry! Hinata wanted to be a writer, writing was her favorite past time. Hiashi, her father, wouldn't allow it. He had tried to teach her about the company and how the system worked, but it wasn't a system she wanted to be a part of. For two years, she tried, just to satisfy her father, but she gave up. Hiashi also gave up on her, and told her that she can do whatever it was that made her happy. He went on to teach Hanabi and started early on her training so she could be business prodigy. Hinata tried to forget about the company, and focused on the matter at hand. She had to get over her nervousness of meeting her roommate.

After she had found out she was accepted into Kusanohamaru University, she tried to find apartments that were available in the area of the school. Sadly enough, they were out of her price range that her father had set and the dorms were also pricey. If only Hiashi hadn't made her budget so low…

As Hinata felt that all her luck had ran out, she was able to find a house with a roommate, whom she would split the rental bill with. Her roommate hadn't sent a picture of herself, she just told Hinata over e-mail to meet her at the gift shop outside of the train station and that she would find her.

"I'm so nervous," Hinata mumbled, "I hope she will be nice."

Growing up, Hinata had problems with getting along with other girls. Though it wasn't her fault, the girls just never seemed to like her. Hinata had always minded her own business, but she was always picked on. When she was in high school, the girls in her classroom, even girls she's never seen before, would dump garbage from their classes' trashcans on her while she was walking in the ground floor. She had to eat in the restroom stall for lunch, because they would stare at her while she ate and called her fat. Even when she was in the stall, they managed to find her and dump water on her. Hinata didn't fight back or tell any of the teachers, she couldn't even tell her father, cousin, or sister. She just accepted it, after all, she must have done something wrong to deserve it.

Then, one day, while walking home from school, a group of girls pushed her in an alleyway. They all wore masks, but from the uniform they were wearing, Hinata could tell that they went to the same school. Hinata started trembling and their shrill laughs rang in her head. One of the girls stepped up and punched her hard in the stomach. Her whole breath went out of her and she collapsed to the cement floor, hugging her stomach. Her eyes, which were tightly shut from taking the blow, opened and looked up at the girl. She could feel the girl sneering through her mask. The group started to close in on her and they kicked and stepped on her from every angle possible. Hinata couldn't fight back, so she rolled herself into a ball for some protection.

"Hey!" called a voice, "Yeah, that's right, I'm talking to you group of fuglies!"

Hinata unrolled herself and opened her eyes to see a blonde haired girl and a brunette. The blonde was Ino Yamanaka from the class next door and the brunette was Tenten, who was in her second year of high school.

The supposed leader turned to the two and shouted, "Who are you calling fugly, bitch?!" The leader's cronies looked down at Hinata as one girl grabbed her by the hair roughly. She yelped in pain. "You must mean little Hinata here," the masked girl said, "'cause she's probably the ugliest girl I've ever seen!" With that last word, she tugged at Hinata's hair even harder.

"No, I mean you and the rest of your group," Ino yelled, "Now, let go of her!

The leader laughed, "And what are you gonna do about it?" Her cronies joined in with her laughter.

As Ino smirked, she punched the leader in the face. The mask cam flying off and the leader fell to the floor. It was the girl who sat next to Hinata in class, Karin. Karin's gang ran to her aid. "Fucking bitch," she mumbled, wiping blood from her jaw, "You won this time, Yamanaka-san." The red haired Karin stood up and walked away with her group following. Tenten ran to Hinata and asked if she was okay.

"I-I'm fine," Hinata replied. Ino walked up to her.

"Hinata-san, am I right?" Ino asked. Hinata answered with a nod. "I'm Yamanaka Ino," she said, while holding out her hand and smiling brightly…

Hinata awoke to a start. She was just remembering her first year of high school and fell asleep.

"We are now arriving at Kusanohamaru," the intercom called, "Please be seated until the train comes to a complete stop. Then can you retrieve your items…" As the intercom went on, Hinata couldn't help but feel excited yet afraid about her new life on her own. She would learn to stand up for herself now that Ino and Tenten weren't here to help her.

I will be strong…I will…I can be!

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[A/N] Well, as you can tell, this chapter was mainly a flashback on Hinata's high school days. I'm thinking of having a beta reader, I'm not sure. If you're interested please send me a message with links to your previous works. I hope you enjoyed it, and, please, review! I need some constructive criticism! XD