Uh, you guys are kindamaybeactually AMAZING! 25 reviews already? I seriously love you guys. So, so much XD

So, I was going to update tomorrow, but 2 reasons says why I didn't: 1) You guys are amazing, and 2) I have band camp starting Wednesday. I figure I'll post up this one now, chapter 5 Wednesday, then (assuming I've written it) chapter 6 Sunday. How's that sound?

And once she starts playing the piano in this, could you please go to http:/www (dot) youtube (dot) com/watch?v=MYFL8e0RiDw
Just remove the spaces and replace (dot) with . I feel that the music sets the mood and adds to the story :) The song is called Dancing Dirt into the Snow by Missy Higgins.

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You question what I do,

As I dig my own deep grave.

You wonder why I bother,

When there's nothing left to save.

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I don't think I'd ever been more afraid than I was at that school. My family – my blood related family – was well off, so I'd been in a private school my whole life. The teachers didn't yell, the children were respectful… It was so very different.

The Blood of Ivory

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Chapter 2

My first class was Ancient History, and I shared that class with Sakura and Tenten. All around me, people were flirting, talking, laughing, as if it was the most natural thing in the world. Boys shot me lewd looks that left me quivering where I stood. They weren't going to hurt me, were they?

When the two girls and I sat down at a desk, a boy with messy brown hair strode up to us and sat down on my table. I was frozen in shock.

"So, Sakura, who's your friend?"

He turned to me and winked, and I felt my face heat up in terror.

"Kiba, this is Hinata. Hinata, Kiba," Sakura introduced us.

I could feel his eyes on me, and I was mortified. What was he doing? Why was he staring at me so openly? Did he want to use me? Did he want to fuck me?

"Hey, Hinata, you wanna go out some time?"

I squeaked in fear. What could I do? No, I did not want to go out with him some time, but a male's words were law, or so my uncle had taught me. To disobey, to make him displeased, would tarnish my honour.

"Inuzuka Kiba, sit down this instant!"

They're yelling at you they're yelling at you they're yelling at you…

You made him angry, now you're going to pay…

How dare you reject him?

They're yelling at you they're yelling at you they're yelling at you…

For being such a slut.

Ancient History passed by in a blur of fear. I kept my head down and did what I was told, not saying anything.

There were too many people. I couldn't think. I felt like I was drowning under their expectations. I could feel their eyes on me, could hear the whispers that they tried so desperately to mask in the haze of general hubbub. But I could still hear their whispers.

The bell rang, and I almost screamed as the sound sliced the air, before following Sakura to my next class. I kept my head down, my eyes averted, trying to look invisible.

Of course, that's impossible for the new girl.

Second period: English literature.

Recess.

Third period: Mathematics.

Fourth period: Chemistry.

Lunch.

Fifth period: Free.

Sixth period: Music.

As I stepped into the music rooms, I very nearly smiled. It appeared that the class had no more than ten or so pupils in it. I recognised Sasuke, Sakura's boyfriend, and I recognised Gaara, the boy who had been through hell. The teacher was already in the room, and she had a kind face.

"Hello, dear. You must be Hinata. I'm Kurenai. Tell me, what instrument do you play?"

She smiled at me, and I felt myself relax slightly for the first time that day. "I play the piano and flute, and I sing, Miss."

Back with my family, it had been necessary to know how to play at least one instrument. I had taken to music like a fish to water. It was a way for me to express my soul, to lay bare my inner turmoil, to just be.

"Oh really? Lovely. Well, at the moment, the class is practising for their end of term performance, which you'll be graded on. I can get you a room with a piano and you can practise, or would you rather think about what you're going to do?"

I shook my head. I knew exactly what I wanted to do. "May I have a room, please?"

"Of course."

She led me to a small room that was barely big enough for the piano it held, before she left me to my own devices.

I sat down before the piano, letting my fingers thrum aimlessly over the ebony and ivory keys. The piano was pretty well in tune for a school piano. I found my place and started to sing, playing the repetitive counter melody on the piano, singing the soft and angry tune over the top of it. Laying bare my soul for the world to see.

The song was one of my favourites, and always had been. The first time I'd listened to it, I'd started to cry, as it had unleashed an emotion within me so powerful I couldn't stand it. I felt that it was relaying my life for everybody else to know. That I could identify with every single word within that song.

I could feel their eyes on me, but it didn't register in my mind. There was just me and the music. Nothing else. Separated in our own little world, where pain could be released through something as simple as a note.

And there was silence.

I swear to Bajeebies, please don't hate me. The next chapter is all Gaara, I promise!

The song that is used in the end is called Dancing Dirt into the Snow, and is sung by Missy Higgins. Seriously, go check it and her out. She/it is amazing XD

Feed the starving author and/or plot bunnies! Review! It's only through that that gives me inspiration enough to write this out and give you such fast updates when I should really be working on I'll Never Say. To those of you who are reading I'll Never Say as well, I've encountered my 'lazy period'. Basically, I know what to write, it's just the whole writing it part which has me sighing. Don't worry, it'll still be updated next Monday, (and consequently, that chapter is called Dancing Dirt into the Snow as well), I'm just having trouble finishing Chapter 11 :P

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Edited 10.3.12

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