Disclaimer: Once again I don't own Naruto!

It was now morning at the campsite. Daichi was still unconcious and tied to a tree while Anko was sleeping in her tent. Ryuu and Hinata after shifting around in their sleep now had their legs tangled and were pressed against eachother. This was the scene Hinata woke up to.

'Nani? Why is Ryuu-kun so close to me. It must be a dream.' She thought until Ryuu groaned and sleepily opened his eyes.

'Such pretty eyes...wait what! Crap! I forgot what happened last night! She's going to freak out! Nooooooooooo' While Ryuu was panicking Hinata slowly realized that this wasn't a dream, causing her to yelp and scramble away from him.

"Ryuu-kun, w-why are you in here?"

"Well...it's kind of a long story, but after that bastard Daichi tried to hurt you and I beat him to a bloody pulp you passed out and wouldn't let go of me. So, I kind of had to lay next to you. Gomenasai!" Hinata saw the geniune expression on his face and suddenly recalled last nights events.

"Oh! I remember, it's fine. A-arigatou, for saving me." She thanked him in a timid voice.

"That was nothing don't worry Hinata-chan, Anko-sensei will make sure that Daichi pays the price." Ryuu smiled brightly and Hinata blushed heavily.

They walked out of the tent together and slowly started packing up their stuff.

"Alright minna, it's time to head out. Since our client is still unconcious I'll carry him to Suna." Anko proceeded to heave the limp body of Daichi onto her back making the position as uncomfortable as possible for him.

They started walking and soon neared the end of the forest. It was when they were in the desert that Anko started to get bored.

'Teasing time!'

"So, did you to have a good time last night." She said with a knowing smirk.

"S-sensei!" The two students blushed scarlet.

"Aw, you were so kawaii! I'm glad I got a picture before you two woke up!"

Ryuu exploded, "NANI?!?!?! Sensei I'm going to kill you!" He started chasing Anko around. Anko was much faster and simply laughed which only frustrated Ryuu more. They ran to Suna and Hinata found that she had to follow them. Though she went at a much slower pace. You'd be suprised how much anger can increase your speed and strength.

After a short amount of time running, the team, along with their client who had by now woken up and was scared out of his mind at the speed Anko was running, arrived at the village gates.

They passed through without trouble though the guards through some questioning glances at Daichi. Anko simply smirked at them and they immediatley looked the other way secretly freaked out of their minds. They mentally told themselves not to get in the way of a Konoha kunoichi.

When they arrived at the Kazekage tower, they dropped Daichi off and collected their money. Daichi was to scared to complain about their 'service' and simply scampered back to his home.

The journey home was uneventful and they arrived back at Konoha without a hitch. Since they didn't have a client to worry about they were able to go full speed and make it back in around five hours.

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Daichi's Home

'Those brats, how dare they do that to me. Well I'll just have to file some complaints and get them in to trouble. Haha, they can't harm me here!' (what a wuss)

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Back in Konoha

By the time the team had arrived at the Hokage tower to file their mission report, Tsunade had already gotten the complaints.

Once she heard the mission report and what Daichi had done she knew they had a good reason, but couldn't ignore the complaints.

"I'm afraid I have some bad news. Due to the injuries that your client received despite the fact that he deserved it, I'm going to have to take your payment back and file this mission as failed.

Anko and Ryuu looked pissed, but otherwise not really sad, since it was only one mission. However, Hinata looked extremely worried.

'If otou-sama finds out I failed a mission who knows what will happen...'

Ryuu noticed her distress, but decided to leave her alone for now. 'If she wants to talk to me about it, i'll be there for her, but I think she just needs some time to think right now.'

They exited the tower. Anko used shunshin to disappear, most likely for dango or to find Ibiki and torture someone with him. Ryuu walked in a random direction hoping to find Katsu somewhere. Hinata walked over to her favorite training ground.

It was a beautiful place with a field, lake, and waterfall. It was surrounded by trees and secluded. Almost no one ever came here so she loved coming here either to train or simply relax.

'I'll just train. Hopefully this will help take my mind off of what otou-sama might do.' She trained until nightfall and though she denied it since she had such low self confidence, Hinata was the best kunoichi in the rookie nine. She was already at chuunin level because she took training more seriously instead of focusing on looks and boys. Hinata didn't think she was strong but she could really give some of the boys in the rookie nine a hard time.

Knowing that she had to go to avoid getting yelled at, Hinata left for the Hyuuga Clan compound.

When she got inside she was stopped from going to her room by Hanabi.

"Otou-sama wishes to see you in his office.' Though her voice was montone she was smirking knowing that Hinata was going to get in trouble after seeing her father's expression.

"Hai, arigatou." Hinata refused to let her sister know how nervous she actually was and calmly walked into her father's office.

"Hinata, I heard you failed your mission. This is unexceptable! You are trash not worthy of the Hyuuga name. I gave you one more chance, but I refuse to take pity on you any more! You are no longer a part of the Hyuuga Clan! I am disowning you."

Hinata had silent tears falling down her face. "Please! I didn't mean to mess up, but that man tried to rape me!"

"I don't care! If it means pleasing the client then you should have let him!"

Something inside Hinata snapped at that moment.

"You know what..." She said in a calm yet cold voice that unnerved Hiashi.

"I don't care, you've never been a father to me anyway and now I get to leave this terrible place. Since I'm no longer a Hyuuga and don't have to worry about disgracing you then I'll say something I've always wanted to say to you. Besides my mother who has already passed away, all Hyuugas are nothing, but stuck-up bastards who have to much pride for their own good. I hate all of you! Good bye." She then turned around and left, leaving Hiashi gaping like a fish.

After gathering her things, Hinata left and started wandering around the village. She didn't have a place to stay and since she didn't have any close friends decided to sleep outside for a while until she gathered enough money to rent an apartment.

'I can't believe I told him that, but strangley I feel good, like a burden was just lifted off my shoulders. I feel as though I am no longer shy or timid. Maybe my father, no that man was the one causing me to be so shy. Well, from now on I'm going to get stronger, strong enough to defeat even Hiashi himself. And i'll no longer use the byakugan! I am no longer going to use anything that connects me to the Hyuuga Clan.' With her new resolve Hinata walked on only to see her crush Naruto hugging the Sasuke fangirl Sakura. They walked off hand in hand.

'Naruto-kun is with Sakura. I can't believe he still likes her after all the terrible things she's done to him.' (in this fic Sakura was a total bitch to Naruto and said some real mean stuff to him. She only likes him now because she thinks of him as a replacement for Sasuke. I'm only having them together for the sake of the story. In reality I think Naruto deserves better, but I need to do this pairing for the story.)

Seeing the one who gave her the determination to go on and get stronger, the only one she ever liked with another girl broke her heart. The pressure of nearly getting raped, being disowned, and now a broken heart was just too much for Hinata and before she knew what she was doing, she had arrived at her training ground once again.

'Why, why do these things happen to me! Have I done something wrong? I can't take it anymore!' She curled up against a tree and broke down sobbing.

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With Ryuu

Ryuu had found Katsu. Apparently he had been flirting with a girl who worked in a ramen stand. He recalled that her name was Ayame and Katsu really seemed to like her. After eating he had decided to leave them alone and went for a walk. It was a beautiful night. There was a full moon and you could see all the stars in the sky. Still, he couldn't help but wonder about his teammate.

'I can't stop thinking about her. I wonder what she looked so worried about, I mean it was only one failed mission. Oh well, maybe I can ask her later.'

As he was walking he found that he was now standing in a training area. It was a beautiful place and he decided to stay there for a while.

Suddenly he heard a sound coming from over by a tree.

'That sounds like crying. Wait, is that a person?'

He walked over to the bundle leaning against the tree and put his hand on their shoulder.

"Ano, excuse me, but is there something wrong?" He asked in a gentle voice.

The person lifted their head up in suprise.

"Hinata-chan! What's wrong? Are you hurt?" He asked franticially.

"It's nothing." Ryuu didn't believe her for a second and slowly sat down next to her.

"You know, you can tell me. Maybe it will help to get it out of your system."

Something inside Hinata told her to trust him and suddenly she just started spilling everything about her life out. She told him of her mother and her death, her father and sister's crultey, her crush on Naruto and seeing him with Sakura, a girl who had always hated him, being disowned, and everything else in her life that was terrible. When she finally finished talking Ryuu felt sorry for everything that had happened to her.

"I can't imagine all of those things happening to someone as nice and wonderful as you. I know how it feels though, to have a broken heart."

Hinata looked up at him in both understanding and curiousity.

"Her name was Nori. She was a civilian and when I had first became a genin, I found myself having a crush on her. I had never talked to her, but she always seemed kind. One day I finally gathered enough courage to talk to her, but when I said hello she simply looked at me strangley and said hi. The next thing I knew my long time rival walked up to her kissed her on the cheek and led her away. It broke my heart, but somehow I got over it thinking of how it was foolish of me to base my opinions of people on looks instead of personality. Now i've decided to get to know a person before I open my heart to them. It's what I'm doing for you now. Hinata-chan, your beautiful, strong, smart, and have one of the kindest souls i've ever seen. I really, really like you and admire you. Even though all these things have happened to you, your still moving on. Your so selfless, that it's the least I can do to listen to you now and comfort you."

Hinata was shocked and touched by what he said.

"Ryuu-kun...arigatou, for everything." Then leaned in and lightly kissed his cheek. Ryuu blushed, but smiled at the gesture. They hugged for a few seconds before Ryuu broke apart to tell her,"If you need a place to stay, you can live with me for a while."

Hinata smiled brightly. "Arigatou!."

They walked off hand in hand. And deep within their hearts they both knew that life would be much better for both of them from hear on. For the first time in a long while Hinata was looking forward to what the next day would bring.

Yes!!! That's the longest chapter I've written so far! Over 2,000 words! The story isn't over quite yet we still have a few more chapters to go. I want this story to be at least 10,000 words. Please review! Ja ne!