Diclaimer: casey does not own naruto!
Casey: enjoy the story!!
Chapter two: she's worth something
Hinata sat in the corner whimpering in the dark, cold room. How? How could her father do this to her? Was he just going to leave her in this strange place? Hugging her knees, she cried. She was useless. That's why her father left her. He left her with that scary looking woman.
-flashback-
The woman stared at her intently after her otou-san left. Still teary-eyed, she buried her face in her hands.
"Stop crying you useless girl!" the lady snapped, "I've heard enough of those. And besides, it's not very womanly to cry. Only babies cry."
So it was true…everyone thought she was useless.
The scary blonde woman stood up and motioned Hinata to follow her. She walked out of the room and into the halls as Hinata helplessly followed.
"You shall call me oka-san and I do not respond by any other name" the woman in two long pigtails said, still walking down what seemed like an endless hallway. " You are to be attending a near by hanamachi geisha school from morning 6 am sharp till lunch time at 12 pm exact back at the okiya. You have 30 minutes to eat and right afterwards you will be put to work as…well let the girls decide that for you. After dinner at 6pm sharp, you are to be the maiko geishas' maid and lights are off 10 pm. Don't make it on time, you suffer the consequence." The woman finally stopped talking and stood in front of a room. "any questions?"
Hinata shook her head no, although there were ton of questions bobbing in her head.
"good, now in here you go. You may rest today, but starting tomorrow you are to attend the school and work hard. Seek to your roommates for help…"
The blond woman pushed Hinata inside.
"Hello!" a voice shouted, "you must be another one. Either a sold one, or an abandoned one."
Hinata turned around and saw two bright green eyes staring at her. "My name is Haruno Sakura! How about you?"
"A-ano…h-hyuuga hhinata."
"YOU'RE A HYUUGA!?!?" Sakura exclaimed, "but aren't they all powerful and protective of their clan? Why would they sell their own daughter?"
Hinata burst into tears.
"oh…sorry, I…I didn't mean it that way!"
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Hinata sighed, looking at the pink haired girl sleeping next to her. Tomorrow would be her first day of the horrible school and …well, life as a…geisha trainee. How would she survive?
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Morning rays burst through, and Hinata opened her eyes. She woke up and saw no one in the room, except for sakura, who seemed to be in a panic.
"Hinata-chan! Hurry up!" sakura yelled, running to the slide door, "You DON'T want to be late for class. The teacher is REALLY scary."
Hinata scrambled up and looked at herself in the mirror. She looked like a mess. Her hair was in a messy bun and her blue kimono was a bit wrinkled.
She quickly retied her hair as sakura shouted once more, "HURRY UP!!!!"
Hinata, taking one last glance in the mirror, ran to Sakura, who was accelerating at a high speed out of the okiya and onto the streets.
They ran until they stopped infront of a huge hanamachi house. The two shikomis ran in the house and the whole class which was outside at the moment, stared at them.
"well, well, well…" the teacher said, walking toward Sakura and Hinata. "looks like two little girls lost their way to school. We need a punishment for them, no?"
Hinata stared at the teacher wide-eyed. The teacher was really pretty, but her kimono was a bit intimidating. There was a picture of a python on it with fangs showing, with eyes fierce, just like the teacher's eyes.
"20 laps!" she said, "around this whole school, bending down, and with water jugs on your heads."
20 laps? Bending down? JUSG ON THEIR HEADS!?!?
"oh, wait…" the snake woman looked down at the two girls, "you don't seem so familiar… another new one, eh? What's your name?"
"h-hhyuuga h-hhinata."
"a hyuuga?" the woman said a bit surprised, though her lips curled in amusement, "a hyuuga...first day, and late already? Well, let me tall you this, I am anko-sensei and I do Not like it when students are late, because students who can't get to school on time, won't be able to learn, and those of you who don't learn, CAN'T be a GEISHA. Understood? Now go! Go do your 20 laps"
Hinata just stared at her, tears about to fall down.
"I SAID GO!!" the sensei screamed. Sakura immediately ran to where a whole bunch of jugs were on the side, and Hinata hesitantly followed.
This just had to be a joke.
"w-we, really have t-to do t-this?" hinata asked.
Sakura grunted as she picked up a jug. "yup. When that woman says to do something, she MEANS it. Never kids around."
Bewildered, Hinata picked up a jug, which, not to mention, was REALLY heavy!
And so the two girls started their laps around the huge hanamachi house. After about 4 laps, Hinata felt like she was about to faint. And it was barely the fourth lap! She looked ahead at Sakura who seemed perfectly fine.
How could she handle this?? Was she some unnaturally strong woman?
Hinata, continuing on, felt tears down her face. Not again. What has she done bad to make kami make her suffer like this?
She turned around and saw some other kids behind her. When did they get here? Did the woman make them all do it!?!
How was she going to survive this hell?
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Hinata fell down onto her mat. She actually did the 20 laps, and no one seemed to care. It took the whole time of "learning".
She looked at the pink-haired friend lying next to her.
"s-sakura-chan."
"hmm."
"why…w-why do you w-want to be a geisha?" Hinata asked.
"well," sakura answered, "I want to be acknowledged. I want to be known for something. Geishas are supposed to be beautiful, and i…I want to be beautiful. I want people to look at me and see something."
"b-but" Hinata argued, "H-how can y-you endure this…this pain?"
Sakura closed her eyes and sighed. "It's worth it. If I wait, if I just wait and do my best at everything…then I know it will come. I WILL become a geisha. Just watch."
"How is it worth it!??!" Hinata sat up and yelled back, tears falling from her eyes, "how can you say that it's worth it to become someone that's just beautiful on the outside but inside it being torn apart into pieces?! How can you say that?!?"
"because I am already torn apart on the inside." She let out in a small whisper. "I was already torn the day my dad killed my mom." A tear slid down her cheek. "I have nothing left but to be beautiful…just like my mom. Cause…cause she was a geisha."
Hinata remained silent.
Sakura got up, wiped her tears and said with enthusiasm, "come on Hinata. We can do it. We'll become the greatest geishas and show those people that we are worth something."
Hinata looked at Sakura in awe. If only she was like her. If she was like Sakura, her father wouldn't have sold her in the first place.
Her father always thought of her as a disgrace. And all the time hinata just kept quiet. All those times when her father was drunk and shouted at her about how she was a pain to the hyuugas. All that time, Hinata just kept quiet and looked down.
But, not anymore. Coming to this place made her realize that she couldn't take it anymore. She was going to show them. Hinata was going to show him, her dad, no, that hyuuga that she was NOT a disgrace, she was NOT a useless person, she was NOT a cursed freak.
Because, she is…no, she was a hyuuga. But not anymore. She is just Hinata. And she was no longer going to feel useless.
She was going to show hyuuga hiashi that SHE is WORTH SOMETHING.
Hanamachi: the area where geishas live
Okiya: the house where geishas live
Maiko: stage before becoming a full geisha
Shikomi: the first stage of a becoming a geisha hinata & sakura are in first stage
Kami: God in Japanese
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Casey: yay! I'm done! Ooh, I think I like this story best, so if I don't update my other ones as much as this…well you know why(:
Hinata: I'm not going to be weak anymore!! –evil glare in her eye-
Casey: -pat pat- yes, I have taught you well
Sasuke: hey, when do I get to come in!?!
Casey: umm…sooner or later. Maybe around the 5th chapter? Sorry, because I want to build on hinata's character. And then later will be the romance(;
Hinata: please review!!!
