A/N I'm sorry this took so long to come out! I spent a lot of time on this chapter hoping to make it perfect so I hope you all like it! .
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Hilary Duff's Come Clean
Chapter 4
Let's Go Back
Hinata's POV
I pushed the swinging door of the women's washroom open and headed for the sinks on the far wall. I splashed some cold water on my face, careful to avoid my mascara. Raising my head I looked up at my reflection in the mirror before me. A girl with short ebony hair and pale lavender, almost white, eyes stared back at me, a grin on her lips. I grinned wider realizing this girl, that was actually not so bad looking, was me. Turning off the water I shook my hands to rid them of any clinging water droplets. Before I could exit the washroom though, the door was pushed open and five girls walked in.
"Hey" the one with short brown hair and green eyes greeted me. She seemed to be their 'leader'.
"H-Hello"
"I just wanted to say you were really awesome tonight" she said smiling.
I felt my face light up. Yey! Someone else noticed me! I guess I'm not just backup. "T-Thank y-"
"Not!" the girls face slid into a frown. "Look just because you're in Sasuke and Naruto's band doesn't mean you should go and get a big head!"
"I never-"I began but she cut me off again. It was then I noticed her friends had positioned themselves so that they formed a circle around me, blocking all escape.
"You are worthless! Nothing but back up. You aren't important so just quit. it would be easy to replace you" she drawled, " Quit and leave!" she said more sharply. Pulling her hand back, I watched, as if in slow motion, her hand connected with the side of my face. "You aren't needed!"
Her words echoed and imprinted themselves in my mind as her friends closed in and started kicking and slapping me. My knees buckled and I fell to the floor covering my head with my hands. I could feel the steady flow of tear burning the cuts their rings left after slapping me. My heartbeat raced and I felt my mind cloud over, the words 'Not Needed' and 'Worthless' running through my head like a siren that refused to stop.
You are worthless. Not needed…
"Hinata!" someone screamed from somewhere in the distance.
At once the beating ceased and I looked up warily to see Sakura with worry and anger etched into her face.
The Jade Fan girls fled the bathroom as Sakura walked over to me.
"Hinata-Chan" she whispered kneeling over me.
Normal POV
Sakura looked down at the crumpled form of her band mate. Hinata looked terrible. There were bruises on her arms and a few cuts on her face including one big scrape directly beneath her eye. But worst of all where her eyes. They were so empty, like white voids that never ended. Any or all life had left them.
"Hinata-Chan" Sakura whispered shaking the younger girls shoulder to get her attention.
Hinata turned her empty gaze to Sakura, who flinched and looked away for a moment.
"Worthless" she mumbled and Sakura looked at her again, "Just back up."
"No" Sakura said shaking her head, "You're no-"
But she didn't get to finish because Hinata pushed herself off the floor and ran out of the bathroom.
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Naruto, Shikamaru, and Sasuke stood impatiently, waiting for Sakura and Hinata to come out of the bathroom. They had all seen the fan girls exit and slink off to another part of the club earlier.
"What's taking them so long!" Naruto yelled clenching and unclenching his fists.
As if answering his question, Hinata ran out of the bathroom. Sasuke grabbed her arm before she could getaway from them. She put up a struggle trying to break free from his tight grasp on her wrist.
"Hinata-Chan!" Sasuke shouted, letting her know it was only him.
The tiny girl stopped struggling and turned her gaze towards the group of boys. They all flinched at her appearance and she looked away.
"Hinata-Chan are you okay?" Sasuke asked quietly as if talking loudly might shatter her in her fragile state.
She turned her empty gaze to him and looked deep into his eyes. "Worthless" she muttered so that he barley heard her.
The dark haired teen was so shocked at her words he momentarily let go of her arm and she used this chance to escape. Running into the crowd she disappeared from their view.
Let's go back
Back to the beginning
"Hinata" Naruto muttered and started to go after her but was stopped when Shikamaru grabbed his shoulder spinning him around.
"No Naruto. You cannot follow" he said darkly.
"Bastard let go of me! You might not care but I-"
"Don't you dare say that I don't care!" Shikamaru hissed sharply his eyes glaring poisonously into Naruto's own blue. "Hinata cannot hear those words of comfort from us right now! It will mean nothing coming from another person! She must find out herself…she must look within herself and see for herself that she is not worthless. For someone to tell her would mean nothing. It wouldn't help her"
Back to when the earth
The sun the stars all aligned
Naruto's face calmed a bit but he shrugged out of Shikamaru's grasp. "I won't talk to her but I can at least follow her and make sure she's safe" without waiting for an answer he ran off into the crowd after the ebony haired girl.
'Cause perfect
Didn't feel so perfect
Hinata ran blindly bumping into a few people in her haste to get out of the club. She felt herself bump into a muscular chest and she looked up into the bright black eyes of Haru the man she had been complimented by earlier.
"Hey baby what's the rush?" he asked, his speech slurred and his breath smelt heavily of alcohol.
"P-please let me go" she whispered trying to get out of his hold. This however only seemed to make him tighten his grip on her.
Trying to fit a square into a circle
Was no life
I defy
She was acutely aware of his hands which were sliding dangerously up her waist and nearing her chest. "Come on lets have some fun" his whispered in her ear and she flinched at the feel of his breath on her face.
"Please" she murmured starting to feel dizzy.
"Hinata!" came a shout from somewhere in the crowd. She lifted her head groggily looking for the source of the voice. A blond haired boy fought through the crowd desperately trying to reach her.
"N-Naruto-Kun?"
With one swing Naruto had the guy squirming on the floor in pain clutching his now heavily bleeding nose.
"Hinata are you all right?" he asked panting.
Hinata stared at him then noticed the brunette girl from the bathroom walk up behind Naruto and turn him around.
"Naruto-Kun that was so brave!" she said clinging to his arm, "he was harassing me earlier and you came to my rescue!" she smiled and hugged him. Looking over his shoulder at me she glared then pulled away from the stunned blond. "How can I ever repay you?" she asked and then to Hinata's horror her lips crashed onto Naruto's. She closed her eyes and held Naruto's head so he couldn't pull away.
Let the rain fall down
And wake my dreams
Let it wash away
My sanity
Hinata felt her world crumbling and tears start to well up in her eyes. Turning away from the couple she ran threw the crowd and out the door into the rain.
'Cause I wanna feel the thunder
I wanna scream
Naruto managed to push off the crazy fan girl and she fell to the floor grinning like mad at Hinata's reaction to the kiss.
"Hinata!" he called after her, but it was too late. She was already gone. Shit I can't go to her know. She'd only run away…
Let the rain fall down
I'm coming clean, I'm coming clean
Hinata's POV
I kept running. Away from the club. Away from Jade. And away from Naruto. I didn't know where my feet where taking me but when I finally tiered and looked around at where I was I saw they had taken me to the park only two blocks away from my apartment. I made my way over to the swing set and sat down. By now I was soaked and my hair was sticking to my face.
I'm shedding
Shedding every colour
Maybe I'll just stay here. I'm not needed so no one will miss me.
Trying to fit a pigment
Of truth beneath my skin
I closed my eyes and shut out the noises of the park. The cars whizzing by. The creaking of the swing set. I shut out everything and listened to the rain falling.
"Hinata-Chan!"
I looked up startled. "W-Who said that?"
"Hinata-Chan your smile is so pretty, why aren't you smiling?"
This voice is coming from my head but "who is it?"
"Hinata-Chan I need you to smile for me. Because when you smile you light up my life"
I closed my eyes and everything went black.
Naruto was bending over my form. We were much younger and he had found me crying in the park when my pet rabbit had died. "Please Hinata-Chan if you don't smile I will never be happy again"
Never be happy again? But that's not fair.
"Hinata-Chan I need you"
If Naruto won't be happy, I'll smile for him so he can.
I looked up at him and smiled. "Thank you Naruto-Kun"
'Cause different
Doesn't feel so different
And going out is better
Than always staying in
Feel the wind
"Sasuke-Kun are you in here?" I called into the darkness of his house. I walked up the dark steps and down the hall to his room. Pushing the door open I almost screamed at what I saw. Sasuke sat in the middle of the bedroom floor blood pouring from his wrists and onto the carpet. A razor was in his hands. "Sasuke-Kun what are you doing to yourself? This must stop if you continue you could d-" I couldn't finish. Instead I walked over to him and took away the razor flinging it across the room.
"Hinata…" he mumbled as I helped him up and lead him to the bathroom.
"Come on. I'm going to save you" I whispered in his ear.
His dark eyes widened at the words, then softened and a ghost of a smile appeared on his lips. "Thank you Hinata-Chan"
Let the rain fall down
And wake my dreams
Let it was away
My sanity
The faces of Naruto, Sakura, Shikamaru, and Sasuke where all swarming through my mead all whispering "Thank you" and "We needed you", "We still do", "Come back to us"
'Cause I wanna feel the thunder
I wanna scream
Let the rain fall down
I'm coming clean, I'm coming clean
I opened my eyes slowly and looked around. I was still sitting on the swings, still soaked to the bone, but something was different. I was different. A warmth filled my chest and I knew I was needed. And I needed to go home. Opening my mouth I began to sing words spoken right from my heart.
"I'm coming clean
Let the rain fall
Let the rain fall
I'm coming…
Let's go back
Back to the beginning…"
I got up and stretched. I don't feel lie being alone right now, maybe I should visit Sasuke…wait no he and Sakura had I date tonight, and going to Naruto right now is out of the question. So the only place left is…
And that's where I ended up. Standing outside of his doorway in the rain. I rang the doorbell and heard footsteps come to the door. It swung open and light poured out into the night illuminating me I a soft orange glow.
"Hinata" he muttered when I he saw my soggy state.
"Please" I whispered looking up at Shikamaru's face "I wrote a song. Will you listen?"
His eyes softened and he held the door open for me, inviting me into the warm glow of his house. I gladly accepted and stepped into the future.
