Hinata sharply turned to see where the voice had come from , stray tears flinging off her red face in the process.
"Uh ... Hinata-chan ?"
Hinata sat there and blankly stared at the calm looking blonde with wide whisker looking birthmarks running down the sides of his cheeks.
" ... Naruto-kun ..."
They stayed almost frozen in place while Hinata was wondering her poor head over what to say, at the same time Naruto was wondering when her poor head would stop wondering and eventually make a decision on what to say. Then for what seemed like forever he sat down on the cold, hard ground right beside the swing.
"I figured you'd be with your team on a mission or something."
Naruto looked up to the Hyuga who sat there looking as if her chin had been glued to her chest.
" ... No not today." She stated bluntly with no emotion or care as to how she worded her speech.
"Oh well ..."
Naruto stood up causing Hinata to anticipate him leaving with heavy breathing.
"Umm ... Naruto-kun ?"
Naruto who was standing with baby-blue eyes closed blinked and stared with interest as she slowly spoke.
"Yeah , Hinata-chan ?"
"Can I ... umm , can I stay with you tonight ?"
Hinata choked back after realizing what she had just said. Was she crazy ? You don't just out of the blue ask a guy if you can stay the night with them especially one like Naruto. She immediately blushed and stood up getting ready to leave.
"What ... what did you say ?" Naruto asked in confusion while stepping closer to her.
" ... no nothing it's nothing Naruto-kun ... I uh ummm I got to go. Goodbye umm... bye."
Hinata got up and ran as fast as she could, not oblivious to the quickening footsteps following her trail. She didn't want to turn around and have to look at him but she wanted to see him. Then as she was running down the streets of Konaha she slipped on a rock. She did a staggering spin and fell on her side and rolled around a bit before coming to a complete stop.
"Hinata-sama."
Hinata lifted her head up to see Neji. Then a new wave of exhaustion took over her body as she let her head fall back down.
"I have orders from your father to take you back to the Hyuga compound."
Hinata flinched at the thought of it. With her eyes closed and a single tear of frustration running down the side of her cheek she calmly spoke.
"Just leave me here ... Neji-kun."
Neji smirked as he looked down at his cousin. The future leader of the clan laying with dirt on her face and no confidence to even try to stand up against him.
"As appealing as that sounds to me ..."
Neji pulled her up by her Indigo locks. He smiled a grin of satisfaction as she winced in pain and muttered a silent but loud enough ouch.
"Orders are orders."
"Please Neji-kun I just don't care anymore ... YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT, RULE THE CLAN, KILL MY FATHER OR ... EVEN KILL ME !"
"Don't flatter yourself I wouldn't waste time killing you. Now come on."
Neji pulled her towards him while releasing the strands of hair he still had in his grasp. Hinata decided to follow him, not that she had a choice to do anything but resisting seemed vain at the moment.
"Hinata, let's talk this over."
Hinata glared at her father while sitting on the opposite side of the kitchen table. She didn't want to talk to him, she didn't want him to talk to her. So why was she still sitting here ?
"Yes father ?"
"Everything I said I meant it."
"You bastard, you're a lying prick !"
"HINATA !"
"What ? Were you planning on making Hanabi the leader of the clan or something ? Oh wait, did you stopping fucking around with me because I started to fight back. Did you decide to go after fresh meat ? Fresh meat to young and small to fight back against a monster like you ? You had it all planned out didn't you, sex toy at night leader of clan at day. But then did she refuse to do anything after you treated her like a sex toy ? And then did the great Hiashi come to his weaker of the two daughters certain that the dumbass child would do anything for you, did you think she would belive what you said and actually think you loved her. Yeah it had it all planned out. Fuck with the younger sister and make the older one the leader. Well guess what father ?"
"HINATA, WATCH YOUR MOUTH !"
Hinata smiled and watched as her disgrace of a father fell to pieces in front of her.
"Your plan worked."
Hinata got up from the table in a fast and savage manner causing the chair to tip over. She ran to her room and locked herself in the bathroom.
"Why ? Why do I have to go through this ?"
Hinata looked around the cold and lonely bathroom. She turned the bathwater on but didn't bother setting it on warm. As the tub filled up she let her fingers float across the cold as ice water. When the tub filled up she sat herself in, not bothering to take her clothes off she sat alone in the quiet.
"Why ?"
Hinata layed back and felt something uncomfortable from underneath her. She pulled up the object and realized it was her razor. She took her jacket off and pushed the razor against the skin surrounding her wrist but didn't make any effort to slice skin.
"I'm not going to cry anymore because of him. I'm a waste of his time and he's a waste of my energy."
Hinata slowly moved the razor to the side of her wrist pushing deeper down on the way. Then she took the razor away and watched as blood dripped into the once so clean and pure water.
"I give up."
Hinata let her head fall back and and closed her eyes. Nothing was going to change, Nobody in this world was going to change. So why should she ?
Okay so that was chapter 9 and for all you boneheads out there -ahem- Hinata is not dead. Sorry this chapter took so long and it was kinda short too.