Author's Note: Thanks for the person who Favorited (is that even a word?) I'm thankful someone thinks this is any good.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
It was the day of the Chuunin exams. And when you saw that your last name was flashed two times, you smirked at the irony. Hinata-sama was your first opponent. Your two vows clashed together: keeping your family safe and being the best. Surely the Hyuugas won't punish you for doing your duty as a ninja. It was part of your destiny. If you had to fight your cousin to gain your strength, you could. It wasn't a crime, was it?
Hyuuga versus Hyuuga, Byakuugan against Byakuugan, your own flesh and blood fighting against its twin.
Blow by blow, you feel your anger swelling until your careful control was broken. You show no mercy, hitting her in all the right places, making sure you did it right. You look at her, she's bruised and battered, and it was all your doing. But you didn't care. Not now, when you can feel as if all the burdens on your shoulders were lifted. Ah, the satisfaction. It was overwhelming.
You were about to give the final blow, the blow that would most likely kill her. You were bloodthirsty, power-hungry. So close, so close to victory. But an orange-haired kid stops you.
He yells at you, saying that you were heartless. Maybe it was true. You had lost yourself. You remembered how your father died, how hopeless, how useless you were. And the monster you had so carefully trained became wild again.
You can hear them murmur, some of them outraged, some just sad. The boy – Uzamaki – told you he'd revenge Hinata, that he would beat you. You remember that this was the boy who wanted to be Hokage when he could barely control himself. You laugh. He walked away with your cousin and the medics.
As you go up the stands, people looked at you with stricken eyes and scoot away. Your teammate – Tenten – looked up at you as if she were horrified of what you had done, too. She says, "Congratulations," and doesn't talk to you the rest of the day. You could hardly care.
They didn't understand. No one did.
End notes: I've just watched Inception yesterday. I had my mouth open and I looked like an idiot because I was sooooo impressed. It was the best movie of my life
Did I mention Joseph Gordon-Levitt is hot?
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