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Disclaimer: Naruto! OMG! I LOVE YOU NEJI-KUN! But you aren't mine…

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I Am

Hinata Style

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Ever since I was young I was told that I would one day be the head of my clan

The Hyuuga Clan

The most prestigious and illustrious clan in Konoha

I was expected to be strong

Bold

Powerful

Outgoing

And to bend to no one else's rules

Problem is...

I'm not

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My whole life has been built around a single goal,

To become stronger.

It may not seem like much, but to me it is everything.

I trained my physical body harder and harder with each passing day.

I'd stand in front of that log for hours,

Punching it,

Kicking it,

Striking it,

Not even caring when my .hands began to bleed and the crimson marks were left on the padding.

I tried harder and harder each day,

Telling myself,

"I can do this!"

But in the end…

I couldn't.

No matter how hard I trained,

I would always falter and fail on my missions.

My self-esteem would be lowered again.

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As I became older,

I had to come home to a father,

Who would only frown in a disgusted manner at the sight of me.

My younger sister,

Who could already best me in battle though she was 5 years my junior,

Didn't know how to act so she mimicked my father.

Or she would look down and ignore me.

I don't really blame Hanabi though.

Although she at times gives me hateful looks,

I think it is her will to not be branded with the curse seal that drives her to be better than I

If she were to surpass me, and I thrown off into the branch family,

I would not be branded due to my age

We would both win in a sense

So I didn't get mad at her

No

That'd be foolish

I am her Nee-san, and I do not want her to feel unloved as I am now

That is why I use some of my spare time to bake her treats

That's why I use some of my spare time to make her ointments for her injuries she receives from the training that my father gives her that he should be giving me

It is my fate it seems

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Neji…

What have you become?

You use to be so kind and open

And now…

So much hate

So much anger

All towards me

I am worried

Not for myself though

But for you

Your misguided hatred will lead to your demise someday

And when that happens

I will still forgive you

And welcome you back with open arms

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I smile now

Why shouldn't I?

I am the leader of the Hyuuga clan

Neji-nii-san and I are on speaking terms

And also…

Naruto-kun,

He proposed to me last night