Misery here. Okay just read, don't feel like talking too much today.
Hinata ran hard, pushing her legs to the limit. Her lungs raged with fire and irregular pants escaped her mouth. Her shaking feet barely touched the ground, beads of sweat cloaking her forehead. She tried hard to hold in her tears, she was just so tired of crying. She felt so helpless and it sickened her. She slowed down, her breath coming out in shudders, the sick feeling returned and she felt her lunch- that she had eaten so gluttonously- spewing from her mouth. Her already tired body couldn't take the force of the lurches surging through her stomach and she fell to her knees as another revolting shock of vomit burst from her mouth. Her eyes rolled to the back of her head from the forced expulsion. She gasped in between the swaying, her arms the only thing keeping her up.
She looked around her and found that she was lost somewhere on the large school grounds. All she could see was a vast flat grassland most of her view was obscured by large trees that littered the school, for all she knew the school building could be right in front of her but the trees made it impossible to find out, she stepped away from her repulsive 'lunch' and accepted her situation. She was definitely lost. She couldn't help but give in to her usual pathetic habit of sobbing uncontrollably.
She crawled into a grove of bushes and rested her weary haggard body against a shady tree. She gagged at the taste of vomit that still lingered in her mouth and spit out as much of the foul taste as she could.
Everything was just so confusing. Sleek humble tears raced down her face as if comforting their battered master, hushed stirs of wind whispered their sorrow as they rushed past the rattling leaves. Hinata couldn't help but release the suppressed anger that dwelled in her, a silent creature that has kept itself dormant, its snarl that had grown more menacing with each thrash harshly given to its master's timid flesh.
"I hate you!!" she screamed to no one and yet everyone at the same time. There were so many things that have made her life miserable. This city, the women that dwelled in it, her mother, and mostly her father, he was the most hated and grotesque thing that inhabited her mind. But this thing, this creature that thrived on her hatred also frightened her and as soon as the hatred had come it left just as fast, and was quickly replaced with sorrow and yet again a horrible sob escaped her mournful soul. It shook her body until she left her lungs rattling, her face becoming flushed. Her body ached terribly and her feet felt like lead, her muscles burned and seared with every twitch and spasm.
She slowly stopped crying, her eyes were already beginning to burn and she could already tell that they were red and agitated.
In that moment she decided, through a small splurge of cynicism that still ran through her veins, if she were to ever meet her father she'd do one thing and one thing only. She'd punch him in the face. She'd never tell him how she suffered, or how much she cried, or how crestfallen she had been, or even how much she wished to die. No a punch would suffice. It was all she needed, and all she wished for.
"Hinata!"
Hinata stirred slightly, her ears pricked at the sound of her name, yet her eyes were glazed and dishearten. She turned her head, wincing in frustration at the mechanic-ism of her movements. The leaves rustled in the small grove and the spiky head of Sasuke pushed its way in.
"Hinata! Are you okay? Are you hurt?" he spewed, his words came out flustered and in ragged pants. His face was littered with cuts and she could see him flinch and cringe with every breath he took, obviously caused by the several large bruises that penetrated his smooth ivory flesh .He crawled into the grove on all fours panicking when he saw her distant glazed creamy eyes not responding. He took her shoulders and gently shook her until her dreamy stare drifted to him.
"Sasuke, do you think that I'll ever get to meet him?" she whispered softly, her eyes looked away from him and shifted to a leaf twirling on a thread from a branch.
"Meet who?" he questioned thankful that she had no psychical injuries.
"… my father" she echoed, her voice floating like a sigh to the wind's tender blow.
"When I meet him I want him to be punished…" small tears flowed from her milky eyes "is it too much to ask for just a small amount of pain, am I a bad person to ask for that much?" her body quivered as her innocent face formed a small twisted smile.
"Sasuke I'm so tired of crying" she choked, slowly wiping the falling tears off her cheeks, but gave up after more still continued to drip. "I don't want to live with this fear in me, why can't I become strong like you? Do you think if I were born a boy then I wouldn't have to suffer like this?" Hinata's eyes widened as a thought slithered into her mind. "Do you think the reason my father left me was because I was born a girl!?" She looked at Sasuke with crestfallen eyes.
"That's not true Hinata, don't think about your father or your family anymore, it's all because 'that' guy came that you're thinking like this right?" he accused, blaming Neji for all of these thoughts, he wrapped his warm arms around her shaking body.
"Enough of this self-hating bullshit…" Sasuke murmured softly. "Hinata, don't listen to anyone but me. I will never hurt you. I will never leave you to suffer. So don't run away like that… ever" he growled the word hotly in her ear.
"Sasuke… I …" but she was quickly cut off by Sasuke's bruised lips. He kissed her gently so that his lips wouldn't ache more than they already did. He knew what Hinata was going to say, she was going to say something insecure and timid, and he has heard enough of that from her. She tried speaking but Sasuke pressed his fierce lips deeper against hers.
He finally broke off taking a moment's breath and hotly whispered. "Don't speak… you'll only say something stupid". Hinata looked up against his unfathomable ebony eyes and smiled.
Sasuke will protect me.
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The fight between Sasuke, Konoha's god of sex, and the other three boys had spread like the plague the next day. Everyone, even school faculty, knew about it.
"I heard that she cheated on Gaara by seducing Sasuke, and that the new foreign student was tricked by her" whispered gossiping students.
"They said that she had gotten pregnant by Gaara and then slept with the new foreign model to get back at him for knocking her up" growled another set of students.
"You bitches don't know anything" Kin stepped into her posse creating a small circle around herself so that she could be heard clearly. "That girl has been seducing all of those men. She's a fuckin slut that should learn her place." Several more female students gathered and began listening to what Kin was saying. "That girl is a crack whore just like her mom, don't you all read the fucking paper. Have you guys heard of that woman that was murdered by that crazy drug dealer? That was her mother! That girl, Hinata, is a drug-dealing hooker who's playing with Sasuke! I'm not going to take her shit any longer!"
"She uses drugs!" gasped a bystander.
"But she looks very nice, and the poor girl, her mom was murdered she must be so sad"
"Are you sympathizing with her?! Perhaps you did not witness the fight yesterday; she doesn't deserve sympathy, the bitch! Sasuke still hasn't come out of the nurse's office yet and it's all her fault!" snarled Kin.
"We should beat the shit out of her" cried a girl.
At this time however a certain biology teacher was walking by the hallway and happened to overhear the vicious mob's conversation. My, it looks like they really want to hurt her, ku ku ku ku. This is perfect, framing Gaara would have made Sasuke suspicious of me, but if these girls kill her for me then there would be absolutely no ties to me. All I need to do is add fuel to the fire. Ku Ku Ku Ku!
"Ladies what are you doing loitering in the hallways" said Orochimaru, a small hint of cynicism in his voice. "I suppose you're talking about the nasty incident that happened yesterday, it's a shame, Uchiha will be serving detention under Mr. Hatake, and to think this whole incident could have been avoided if Ms. Hinata wouldn't have cheated on Mr. Shubaku" Orochimaru sighed and looked into the distance, secretly laughing inside his head at the lie he had just said.
"Although I suppose it wasn't entirely her fault, after all Mr.Uchiha is 'forced'…" He added some emphasis on the word. "…to escort Ms. Hinata during the school year, it's not like he enjoys being with her. It's simply his duty as a student."
Orochimaru couldn't hold in his amusement when he saw all the savage female faces glaring at each other. Oh, he knew exactly when they were thinking, each of them wanted to hurt Hinata very, very badly. But the most priceless look was of Kin, she looked like a mean old bulldog ready to start rolling heads on the bloody floor. Ku Ku Ku WAHAHAHA!! Orochimaru left shaking his head, as if he pitied Sasuke, but in reality his head was shaking from holding in all his laughter. He dismissed himself from the group of girls and slithered on back to his classroom where he locked the door and set out a howl of mad laughter.
"Did you guys hear what he said?! Even the teachers hate her, I say we get rid of her once and for all" dictated Kin, her long hair looked wild and crazy. "We'll make that bitch sorry for ever stepping foot into this school"
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It has been about a week since the entire ordeal with the fight between Sasuke, Gaara, Neji, and Naruto. All four men were sent to a special detention that was supervised by none other than Mr.Hatake.
"All right boys, seeing as how most of the damage was done to yourselves and not school property, your punishment for the fight will be to clean the entire cafeteria for a month" spoke Kakashi, who was rather annoyed to have to watch these kids, but Principle Tsunade had forced him to since they were all in his dorm.
"That's it!" exclaimed Naruto, jumping with his fist held high in the air. Ha ha ha ha the school is getting soft, I was expecting a much worse punishment.
"Actually that's not it Naruto, I was saving the best for last, you will not only clean this cafeteria top to bottom but you will have to do it with one hand tied behind your back, if you need help with something you will just have to ask a friend, one of the other three men here." Kakashi chuckled, clearly enjoying the look on their faces.
"You're joking right? Tying our hands isn't that illegal, wont it break some child abuse law?" countered Sasuke, who had partially healed from most of his bruises.
"My, my you seem to know a lot about child abuse laws Uchiha, it's a shame you abandoned that knowledge instead of putting it to good use" drawled Neji, glaring poisoned tipped daggers at Sasuke.
Sasuke tensed up and gave Neji cold stoic eyes. "Is the pot calling the kettle black? Perhaps you should keep your mouth shut about 'abandoning' things, your family seems to do enough of that from what I can tell" sneered Sasuke, hitting Neji exactly where it hurts.
Neji flinched at the comeback, but bristled like a rabid pit dog. He was ready to land a nice solid punch on Sasuke when a cold voice lashed out.
"I don't want you near Hinata again Uchiha, she's my girlfriend. I thought I made that perfectly clear last time" snarled Gaara. Who by order of Principle Tsunade was forced to wear handcuffs around his wrists, since he resisted Gai in the hallway and gave him a rather purple-ish, large bruise on his side. Gaara would have to wipe down tables since he wouldn't be able to do much with his hands, and he was asked to be kept under special watch by the assistant principle Shizune.
"Okay guy's that's enough I was just kidding about the hand tying thing… well except for Mr. Shubaku of course…." Kakashi chuckled even louder at his joke, but cleared his throat and became serious. "Shubaku start over there and wipe off all the food from the tables" Kakashi pointed to the opposite corner of the cafeteria.
"Naruto" Kakashi looked at Naruto lazily, "I want you to start sweeping"
"Sasuke, you gather up all the trays, clean them, dry them, and then stack them" Sasuke grunted in annoyance from having to listen to orders but began picking up the trays, all the while sending silent challenges to Gaara, who was simply throwing all the food from the tables onto the floor and spraying the tables clean. His cuffs jingling with every movement he made.
"And as for you Mr.Hyuuga, you will start scrubbing the walls and make sure every stain is off," Kakashi gave him a wiry sponge and a bucket with soapy water.
"I want this entire room clean by the time I finish reading!" shouted Kakashi, while taking out a rather vulgar looking book that Neji recognized as the same porn book he was reading when they first met.
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After hours of vigorous work they had finally managed to clean the cafeteria and only three fights had broken out, the first between Gaara and Sasuke in which the tension between them had gotten so high that they both lunged at each other like pit dogs, the second was between Sasuke and Neji, where Sasuke had 'accidentally' dropped a tray on Neji's stomach and Neji had gone berserk and flung the same tray to Sasuke's head, tackling him afterwards, which then led to the third fight where Gaara decided that that was his chance to kill Sasuke and hurled his lean body in the fight, wrapping his handcuff's around Sasuke's neck in an attempt to strangle him. That is until Kakashi stepped in and threw all three boys across the cafeteria with a force so terrible and brutish that it took all three several minutes to regain balance.
"Okay guys if I hear about any of you fighting during school I'll made your detentions a cold hell full of torment and misery!" barked Kakashi, "This whole fighting thing is getting really old, real fast… starting Monday I want all of these issues settled or you're going to regret it when you come back to detention… now get out of here!"
The boys put all of the supplies away and walked to their dorms sweaty and tired. Even though Kakashi was one hell of a lazy teacher he didn't cut any of them some slack, he had made Neji re-clean one spot on the wall that just wouldn't come off, Neji kept complaining that the spot was there before the fight but Kakashi wouldn't stop pestering him until the spot disappeared. Also Kakashi would trot on the floor leaving his dirty foot prints on them making Naruto's blood boil, he had to mop the entire cafeteria about three times before Kakashi was satisfied, Sasuke had perhaps received the worst treatment from Kakashi, he had to pick up all the trays again after Kakashi had accidentally knocked over the clean and dry stack, and since they all fell on the floor Kakashi insisted that he wipe all of the again since they got dirty from falling on the floor –the same floor that had already been mopped three times by Naruto-.
When they got into the dorm hall Naruto stepped in front of them with his arms stretched out on either side of him, clearly he was angry that if they didn't solved out their problems- ones in which Naruto had nothing to do with- he'd be punished for their stubbornness.
"Naruto move out of the way I'm tired and I don't want to be near these guys" growled a sweat drenched Sasuke, too tired to even walk around him.
"Hell no, you heard what Kakashi said, I'm not going to get punished even more just because you guys are all psychotic" snapped Naruto.
"I'm only going to say this once" spoke Neji, his milky eyes looking into each of their eyes. "I'm taking her back with me, I can take care of her in Kumo, she doesn't need to live in this pathetic city anymore"
"Hinata doesn't even know who you are, you expect me to hand her over to some guy she doesn't even know! You abandoned her, do you know what kind of life you left her with" snarled Sasuke, his eyes ruby with the Sharingan.
"She doesn't need either of you, I've known her since I was a child, she needs me, both of you are only threatening her existence", growled Gaara. They are both wolves, I've been with Hinata since we were kids she would be dead now if I hadn't intervened. She exists because I said so, it was my choice, and it's my choice on who she talks to. She's mine.
"You've known her since she was a child and you didn't do anything to help!!" Neji couldn't believe what he just heard, his stoic face smothered itself into one of complete shock. His eyes shot lethal venom as he lunged towards Gaara but was tackled back by Naruto.
"Hey don't start fighting I don't want my ass in detention again" barked Naruto.
"Well it's not like he's even human anyways" interjected Sasuke glaring harshly at Gaara, "Shubaku has a sense if monstrosity beyond human comprehension. Tell me Shubaku did you enjoy hearing Hinata cry while her mom beat her?" accused Sasuke, clearly putting all his hatred and blame on Gaara.
"Shut the hell up Uchiha, you don't understand anything. Don't you think I tried telling someone?! Who would listen to me? Who gives a fuck if I was telling the truth or not!? To everyone I'm a monster!" choked Gaara, the guilt of his situation cracked through his voice like broken glass.
"I figured that if I couldn't help her get out I could at least be there for her when she needs me, I could help her live… With out me she would be dead, so don't preach to me about this bullshit!"
"You think just because you fed her and talked to her that she automatically belongs to you!" retorted Sasuke.
"And you think that just because you spent some time with her that she belongs to you?" cut in Neji, his cold milky spilling resent and anger towards Sasuke.
All of their screaming brought groggy and angry dorm mates out of their doors.
"What the hell is with all the screaming?" grunted Shino, who didn't like being disturbed when he was studying.
All four men looked at him with indifferent faces and separated their own ways. That is until a buoyant Kiba came busting out of his room with a crackled smile across his red tinted cheeks.
"…and then Akamaru got so excited that he tangled himself on my legs and I fell face first into the stuff, ha ha ha ha ha!" Kiba had a friendly arm slung over Hinata as they came out of his room turning the corner to where all four men simply gaped at him.
"Kiba what the hell was Hinata doing in your room!?" grunted Sasuke. Neji and Gaara gazed at them both their brows lifted in surprise. Kiba hearing his name turned around and waved happily at the sweaty and tired fighters.
"Hey guy's how was detention? You guys look like shit" barked Kiba, oblivious to all the heated eyes penetrating him when he didn't answer Sasuke's question.
"Kiba was showing me a trick that Akamaru had learned" smiled Hinata innocent as a new born Jay. Her smile faded though when she saw how tired and fatigued they looked and set her eyes down in guilt. It was after all because of her that they had gotten into a fight in the first place.
"Don't even ask Kiba, Kakashi is a slave driver, I feel bad for Gaara though he has to stay in cuff's during detention cuz of what he did to Gai" exasperated Naruto, smacking Gaara on the back in sympathy. Gaara growled and stared long and hard at Hinata before he decided to take his leave, he glanced at her when he passed to enter his room, and quietly closed the door behind him.
Neji also decided to head to his dorm; he wished for a hot shower badly, this kind of work isn't suited for someone like him and what would his manager say if he heard that Neji had actually done manual labor? However, much to the anger of Sasuke, Neji went up to Hinata and put his hand gently on her shoulder; he then leaned in close to her ear and whispered softly.
"Hinata meet me behind the large oak tree on the east side of school 30 minutes before curfew, I need to speak with you" Neji took a quick glance at Sasuke and narrowed his eyes; he wistfully strode to his dorm with out another word.
Tonight I'll convince her to leave with me, if she agrees I'll have us out of here by the morning.
"What was that all about?" asked Sasuke stoically, looking at Hinata with hard eyes, yet still trying to look as if he cared.
Hinata stared back at Sasuke blankly and remembered the conversation they had the previous week. Sasuke didn't want her to get hurt; he wanted her near him at all times. But Hinata found that impossible, she realized that she could use Neji to get close to her father and finally get her revenge, Sasuke wouldn't approve so she didn't tell him.
"He just told me 'hi'" she lied, "Oh Sasuke you have to see Akamaru's trick, it's so amazing" she giggled, obviously trying to change the subject. "Kiba can you show Sasuke Akamaru's trick?"
Sasuke felt uneasy though, he felt like she was hiding something and he didn't like it. It was a feeling that gnawed like a starving beast carving its message deeply into Sasuke's soul. It was warning him with a sick Cheshire Cat smile.
Something bad is going to happen to her.
Special thanks to the reviewers. There are so many pet lovers out there, there are many dog lovers and I even had a review who seemed to have a very lovable hamster (I think they are so adorable the way they stuff their cheeks and their tiny itsy bitsy paws X3)
Also I don't think anyone caught on to this but I think I'll just say it. In chapter 1 Hinata mentioned having a favorite book called Byaku Kiba which roughly translates to White Fang in English. White Fang is a novel written by Jack London, it's probably my most favorite book in the entire world. I know that dog lovers would certainly enjoy this book. I re-read it when I was cleaning my room and had remembered that I had written about it in my story. Well anyways enough of my rambling [I'm sounding like my grandma, she never stops talking about 'back in the day on the ranch in México we had to dig a hole to go to the bathroom…. Blah blah blah.' LOL
On the next Oh How the Silent Tremble:
Orochimaru's plan of having Hinata eliminated seems to be running smoothly, but there's more in store for Orochimaru than he wants.
It seems like Hinata is in a nasty predicament, both Neji and Sasuke have told her they'd protect her but how can they keep their promises when they don't even know she's in danger? Who will save our lovely Hinata? But wait, it seems Hinata might not need a savior perhaps years of abuse will teach Hinata that she and her mother are more a like than she wishes to be. Will Hinata's will to survive conquer her fear, or will she retreat to her shell and give in to the pain?
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