OTOGAKURE NINJA ACADEMY

Lightning speed updating? I think yes.

Sorry for the shorter chapter. It just kind of ended at a good place.

And it's like two in the morning. :D

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Chapter Six

'That was stupid. That was stupid. That was stupid.' Hinata repeated in her head as she continued running. Her feet quickly paced through the wet grass beneath the soles of her shoes. 'What came over me just then? It must be this stupid place'

She was being followed by someone…no, two people who were in obvious quick pursuit after the runaway Hyuuga. She never once took a single glance back. Her small feet took her as far as she could, but it wasn't enough. The friction between her shoes and the ground became less as she the ground became wetter. The ground eventually gave out from underneath her and she slipped and met her face with the cold ground. Defeated, she refused to get up from her kneeled position as her followers approached her.

The most noticeable appearance was awarded to Kin, who was yet again yelling at Hinata. "Who do you think you are hitting me like that? Did you think you would get away with it? Now you're running away once again like the cheap little bitch that you are" Kin stated boldly. Hinata weakly stood to her feet. She had already won in a sense. Even though Hinata already showed her off, Kin had hurt Hinata, not just physically, but mentally, and she drove her to take such aggression back to her. Of course Kin chose at the point to take her frustration out at the Hyuuga, but was stopped by the second follower Hinata had sensed.

Once again Hinata was saved by the silver-haired boy Kimimaro. He forcefully stopped Kin's fist in mid air. "When are you going to give this up?" Kimimaro asked calmly. Kin was beginning to feel flustered and released her arm from Kimimaro's grip. "When you decide to stop interfering. That girl would be nothing if you wouldn't come save her every time" she remarked. "That's not what I recall" Kimimaro added noting the moment Hinata had hit her across the face. Kin pouted angrily. It was normally a bad sign if someone was insulted by Kimimaro, being that he had such a high status in the school. "This is a waste of my time anyways. I've already ruined my hair in this weather" she said and soon after vanished quickly with a puff of smoke.

Kimimaro stood in an odd slouched position with his hands placed relaxed at his sides. Hinata didn't even bear to look at him, but decided to say something before it got to awkward. "Does she always act that uncivilized?" she asked. Kimimaro glanced in her direction and paused silently for a while. "Of course. It's Kin, this is most certainly not the first time I have witnessed events similar to this" he explained. Hinata kept her head low and continued to stare at the blades of grass that she sat close to.

"I need to be even stronger" she whispered to herself. She found herself already constantly reminding herself of why she came here. She felt that she was already being played off as the weak one once again. That wouldn't last long she would tell herself. Kin was a mental bully because she was weak herself. She wouldn't let that girl get to her like that.

Kimimaro on the other hand didn't once look at her as weak. "You're a very promising shinobi" he proclaimed watching Hinata's head prop up from her sulked position. She was shocked and completely thrown off by his remark. She blushed slightly and looked up to the pale smooth hand that belonged to her silver-haired companion. His hand trailed from his side to in front of Hinata and shook it slightly to signal that he was trying to help her up. Hinata accepted his offer to help and took a tight hold on his hand. His hand was extremely cold and it was slippery and rough enough to be mistaken as a snake instead of a hand. He eased her up to standing position and slowly released his hand. She couldn't help but give a small sweet smile, something that warmed Kimimaro inside.

With a quick turning motion he slightly slipped down his white shirt to reveal a bare shoulder. Hinata was starring in an intrigued matter as she watched a large bone pop out of his shoulder. Her white eyes widened as he quickly pulled his own narrow bone right out of his body. If that wasn't enough, his whole set of ribs tore apart his shirt and gashed out through his stomach. "What are you d-doing?" Hinata asked curiously as he placed each rib bone in a rounded fashion. He made a large circular object and placed the long shoulder bone vertically in the center.

He turned to face Hinata. He looked straight at her eyes that wondered to his ripped shirt instead. He picked up the object and held it high above himself along with Hinata. She finally understood what he was doing. "An umbrella?" she asked while letting out a small giggle. "This is my Kekkei Genkai" he spoke quietly. They walked slowly back towards the school building as the rain continued to splash across the cold surface of the earth.