Naruto Primer Lost Chapter: Lil Hinata
Rapist Ninjas
This chapter was, honestly, never written. We went through so many different ideas and brainstormed forever but there were way too many curves to Hinata's childhood that made it difficult to think of a humorous way to depict it. But that was then. This is now.
Hinata is very dependent on people. This all roots back to her academy days when she always had her father to protect her. However, she is also very timid because when it was time for her to leave the nest, she wasn't ready. We'll show you what we mean with the Magic Crystal Ball of the Past.
It was the start of a brand new school year in the ninja academy. Hinata was nine years old and ready to go, having made all her pledges to become a fantastic ninja this year. She already had her backpack on as she ate her morning bowl of Hyuuga Flakes and waited for her father to come downstairs and tell her that they only had five more minutes.
She finished eating and waited by the door. When her father did not come down the stairs, she finally decided to go and investigate.
"Dad, if we don't leave now then I'm going to be late." Hinata said, poking her head in the room she knew her father AKA Neji's evil uncle was in reading the newspaper.
"Hinata, I believe you're old enough to walk yourself to school now." Hiashi replied.
"What?" said Hinata, sounding and looking ever so shocked.
"You better hurry along." Hiashi said.
"But…" Hinata wanted to argue but she couldn't defy her father. All she could think about was the evil jounin rapist ninjas that every small child concocts in their brains.
Hiashi could see that Hinata was distressed. So he sighed and looked at his watch. "Your cousin Neji should be walking to school now." He said. "Why don't you ask you walk with him?"
Hinata was more afraid of Neji than of evil jounin rapist ninjas. "I guess I'll just walk alone…" she said finally.
She went down the stairs and opened the door. She went outside and started walking, trying to think of something else to keep her mind busy so she wouldn't be afraid. Of course, she did feel rather silly that she was nine years old yet still needed to be walked to school by her father because she was afraid of people who would… well, I guess she was just afraid of people altogether.
As she exited the Hyuuga villa area, she automatically became more horrified. Not only were there opportunities for people to hide in bushes, but way up ahead she could see Neji walking by himself. What if he turned around at any moment and just took all of his rage and anger out on her just as people jumped out of the bush and attacked her?
Hinata shook her head and tried not to think of those things. She wanted to walk more quickly so she'd get to the academy faster, but she didn't want to walk more quickly because then she'd end up having to get closer to Neji and eventually pass him. She didn't want to pass him because it was always so unpredictable what would offend him on which days. So she just kept going at her constant pace while trying to keep her breathing steady.
She was more relieved than humanly possible when she saw the academy up ahead of her in the distance. She felt the urge to run towards it so she'd be safe, but she'd never be safe with Neji obstructing her path.
The walk was slow but she finally made it in one piece. Neji went to his classroom, not even acknowledging her but she knew he knew she was there, and Hinata went to her class where all of her classmates were already hanging around, waiting for Iruka to start the class.