A/N: Ups, missed the update day... sorry. Hope you like this chapter and if you do let me know (RR)

Welcome to the dojo

She got up, confused by the sight. Where was she? Hinata jumped out of the bed just to be betrayed by her own legs and fell on the ground. A second later barged in her father with worried look on his face, which was too quickly covered by his usual cold mask.

- How more pitiful can you get, useless daughter? - despite saying that he picked her up and helped her back into the bed.

- Your school uniform is on the chair, hurry up and get ready, I don't want any weird rumors considering the family. Show them you're perfectly fine and do not, I repeat, do not show fear or any kind of weakness to your classmates. Do not talk about the happened with anyone and most importantly- never move alone around campus. Understood?

- Yes, father.

- Now I'm leaving, make sure you're not late! A Hyuuga is...

- … never late, yes, father. Have a save and peaceful day, father.

Without a word, the Hyuuga elder left. Hinata looked sad after him, but hurried to get ready for school. She sighed. No homework, not a single lesson for the day learned, today was gonna be a horror. She took a quick shower and dressed as fast as she could, she was surprised to find new pair of glasses on the clothes. She remembered the day her father had given them to her. "You shouldn't take them off no matter" She still didn't know why her he had made her wear glasses without diopter nor why did he obliges her to wear her hair braided. She perked by the thought of getting late and hurried to school. After some time she was standing in front of the class door. She was scared. She didn't want to go in. What would her classmates do, how will they react? A hand interrupted her thoughts and reached to open the door.

- Aren't you going in? - the cool voice of the Uchiha seemed to calm her and she nodded several times. The boy smiled a little and came in first, followed closely by Hinata. She was thankful by the silence (if the classes' cacophony could be called silence) she was met with and sat as always calmly, without getting noticed by anyone in the furthest seat next to the one near the window, where Naruto was snoozing. She watched him with a smile that suddenly languished by the memory of the passed day. The thought of Naruto looking her for the rest of her live with disgust was more then horror for her. She looked away and started working on her homework. Too deep in her studies she did not notice a pink haired girl closing in. Sakura poked her and screamed, which led Hinata to squeal and fall off her seat. That woke Naruto up and he looked around to see what was going on.

You might not belief this, but Naruto was sort of a gossip girl. So whenever there was a buzz in class, no matter if he was asleep or scatterbrained, his senses would pick the juicy news right away. Or just simple matters like, in this case, someone fell from the chair. Naruto's blue eyes shot open and fell on the tired looking Hinata on the ground and a really worried Sakura fussing around her. The Hyuuga was looking at her with a smile on her face, but noticed someone watching her and turned her head towards Naruto, who was looking at her blank.

- Really, Naruto, are you just gonna stare at her lying there, or are you gonna help her up? Gentlemen! - muttered Sakura and bent to pick Hinata, but a hand pulled the latter's wrist gently and got her easily up. Sakura and Naruto both looked amazed the young Uchiha as he fixed Hinata's chair and glasses, sited her and went as cool as ever to his seat, but not without muttering a quick reply to the Hyuuga's words of gratitude. The pink haired girl and blonde boy narrowed their eyes, determined to see the and of this mysterious case. Of course we all know why: Sakura- out of pure stalker-like curiosity and love feelings and Naruto- well, you know, for the gossip and the chance to tease Sasuke. They were so getting to the bottom of this.

The school bell barely rang and Naruto jumped from his seat grabbing Hinata by the wrist and dragging her to the hall. He stopped with his back facing her. Hinata's heart was bumping loudly against her chest. It didn't matter what had happened yesterday, she was looking at his back tensely, waiting. He must have had a reason to drag her here. Just as she opened her mouth to speak, Naruto turned sharply, bent down to her height and neared his face to hers, making her flushed. He narrowed his eyes and looked at her with suspicion. Hinata was so embarrassed, that she covered herself with the note book she had unconsciously grabbed and had been squeezing.

- What are you doing here, Hinata?

- Eh? - she lowered her imaginable shield and looked at Naruto dumbfounded.

- Don't "eh" me, you are supposed to be resting in the mphmp... - Hinata covered his mouth before he could say more and drew near him.

- P-please, Naruto-kun, do not speak of the... t-thing. - she begged with eyes glued to his. After realizing what she had done she pushed his body away and rushed to the classroom. Naruto still looking at her confused, moved to the window, staring into space, before a strong punch came to him.

- You sly fox, what did you do to Hinata! - he would recognize this punch and that lovely voice everywhere.

- S-sakura-chan, wait, what do you mean, I hadn't done a thing. - clinching to his side Naruto was looking at his crush like a kid.

- Oh, yeah! Then explain to me why did she come running in the classroom, took her jacket and covered herself on her desk not moving an inch.

- I-I, didn't do anything, I-I swear... hiii, don't kill me. - Just as Sakura was about to deliver her final justifying blow the bell rang. She glared at the curled Naruto, silently threatening him and made her way to the classroom. Naruto was enjoying her graceful gait and followed. When they got in he was introduced with a cold look from Sasuke. So what, he always glared at him. Right? Without putting much thought on it, Naruto took his place and glaced quickly at the blushing Hinata, who was just stealing a look on him too. She gasped and turned her attention to the lesson. Naruto looked at the teacher, sighted and went back to sleep. History was definitely the most boring class. With more luck he could sleep through the whole day. With that thought school was quickly over. Naruto jumped from his seat, rushed to the lockers, in the process bumping into some girls, who, indignant, screamed after him, tossed his indoor shoes in and jumping into his old sneakers, Naruto bolted to the dojo not too far from school. He had the intention on being the first one there, so that his last day fiasco could be forgiven. But Kakashi-sensei was already waiting for him and with an evil grin (or at least Naruto thought so, it was hard to guess from the mask) he punched Naruto, who skillfully dodged. Then they started their sparring, no, their live to dead showdown without noticing the quickly filling dojo. The teens were used to the ritual and just seated themselves enjoying the show. Hinata, Ino and Sakura came last followed by a calm Sasuke, heading to the changing rooms. Sakura observed him then her gaze went to the fighting couple. The bloody Naruto was panting and one of his eyes was fully closed, but he still attacked ferociously. Hinata was as always impressed with her crushes' stubbornness and courage. She gasped as Kakashi-sensei grabbed Naruto's arm. She knew what he was intending to do and rushed to stop him. Although she wasn't as good as her family members she still had some pretty impressive skills. She had the possibility to paralyze her opponent or just some basic parts of their bodies. Now she punched the sensei's arm and it fell motionless on his side. Then she pushed him away from her love and caught the latter from stumbling on the floor. Kakashi stared at her in amuse, mostly because he didn't notice her coming and because she could disarm him. He smirked when Sakura came to him and picked him up with the help of the already dressed Sasuke. The crowd made its way to the changing room and soon it was only them in the dojo. Realizing what she had done, Hinata, after putting Naruto's head on her folded vest, neared the sensei, fell on her knees and bowed deeply.

- I humbly beg you, sensei, to forgive my foolish and vast reaction. Please except my deepest apologies and let me make up for my rude interruption.

- For starters I want you to join my dojo, we need talents like yours here. And as a punishment, since you are already a member, you'll have to fight with the best among the girls. Sakura-chan, please, first take her to the changing room and give her clothes.

You'll will think they were wearing kimonos and such. Yeah, that would have been cool, but, no, they had simple dark blue t-shirts with the dojo's logo and grey baggy pants. Only at formal meetings or matches did they wear keikogi (or dogi is a uniform for training, used in martial arts derived from Japan). While changing most of the girls were looking Hinata's chest with envy, some asked for advises, to which Hinata only answered with a blush and mumbling something. The girls took some more time chatting and decided to finally get to practice, or in this case, watching another showdown. Everyone took their positions, Kakashi was standing in front the Hyuuga giving her last instructions and advises. She was nodding already aware of her opponent. Everyone knew about the Leaf dojo and its best students, the thrio Sasuke, Naruto and... Sakura. With regret Hinata knew she had to come face to face with her newly found friend and was bond to lose, because, well, Sakura had fought many strong opponents, among which and boys of respected and strong families. The girl gulped and got into position. Sakura got ready to start. The dojo was silent with suspense, eager to see the end of the battle between the Hyuuga eldest and Sakura. Even Sasuke was tensed and was observing carefully. Finally the sensei gave signal for begin. The pink haired girl jumped first and swung her fist towards the Hyuuga's cheek. Hinata dodged and answered with a kick, which stroke Sakura in the stomach. Then Hinata proceeded to punch the girl in the arm and disable it for a while. She was ready to strike again, but stopped remembering that in front of her was standing a friend.
The fist came too fast for Hinata to dodge, instead she bit her teeth together. It razed her down on the ground, which gave Sakura the opportunity for another hit in the face, then another in the torso. Hinata was contracted on the ground in pathetic attempt to protect herself from further damage. Some of the students were sympathizing with her, some were chuckling quietly, expecting nothing more from the failure of the Hyuuga family. Naruto was watching with pain, not knowing who to cheer for, just observing among the sitting with a heavy heart. Ater an eternity, Kakasi stopped the fight and moved to the curled Hinata.

- Good work, but next time you shouldn't hold back. - he lifted her and patted her back. She just nodded with a blank look and took her broken glasses off.

- Sensei, may I excuse myself, I need to clean the blood.

- You may even go home if you're not feeling well. I will make Naruto send you home.

- NO! - she perked, but then continued more calmly. - No, thank you, I don't want to be a bother.

Guessing why she had refused, Kakasi nodded and moved out of her way. Just as she was about to head to the changing rooms, Sakura rushed after her with a worried look on her face.

- Hinata-chan, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you so bad. - Hinata smiled gently and shook her head.

- I'm not mad at you, Sakura-chan. It's alright, I'm fine. Just a little tired from the day. Thanks for taking care of me today, please do again tomorrow. - she bowed and hid behind the door. Hinata changed as fast as she could and quietly crept out of the dojo while everyone were training.

No one noticed her. No one except Sasuke. He neared Kakashi, whispered something to him and then rushed after the Hyuuga, shooting at Naruto one "take my things" look. That wasn't left unnoticed by Sakura and, of course, Naruto. They both looked with suspicion at the dojo's exit. Soon after the both got a whack on the head for not paying attention and cleaning the dojo after as punishment. The incident with Hinata was too quickly forgotten from Naruto, because now he was having a time alone with his Sakura-chan. After that he even had the chance to walk the pink haired beauty home. On her doorstep he tried to kiss her, winning himself a strong punch on the face and one on the crotch. Ok, that might have hurt, but it still was the best day ever. But the night wasn't so lovely, because he was back in the lonely apartment. He was laying on his bed, reviewing the day, and this time thinking about the Hyuuga. It must have been too much for her. The rape attempt, now this. He hoped she was doing alright. A thought made him perk up. What was usually happening with a girl that was hurt deeply and have had such awful experiences?! Could she be that desperate to take her live! Naruto jumped out of bed and started to dress himself, but then stopped. Yeah, right, Sasuke had run after her. He can fix this. The Great Uchiha can fix anything. For a moment his heart sank and some ugly and hateful feeling made its way to his belly. He quickly shoved it away, because he knew best what it was and why he didn't have the right to feel it.

Hinata was walking too quickly, almost running. "This is the worst! I hate this! This is so embarrassing! Maybe father is right, I am no good and do not deserve to be part of the Hyuugas. Maybe I don't even deserve to live." Swallowed by her thoughts, Hinata didn't notice the light changing red and too late did she saw the nearing car. She froze unable to move, to close her eyes. The horn of the car was heard muted as the Hyuuga was waiting for the pain. But one strong arm pulled her out of the way and the cars rushed past her. She was panting and picked her eyes to her savior. The boy too was panting and was looking at her disbelieving. She smiled weakly and opened her mouth to thank him, but he beat her to it.

- What the fuck are you doing, Hyuuga?! Are you out of your mind, huh!? - the Uchiha was glaring at her angrily and let go of her hand. Hinata was watching him in amusement, mostly because she never saw that kind of look on Sasuke's face. Then she smiled.

- Thank you so much, Uchiha-san, I'm in your debt. - she bowed and smiled again. No matter what they said, Sasuke Uchiha was kind. "Too bad he likes Sakura-chan" almost shameful thought Hinata. Of course she knew the Uchiha had the hots for the pink haired beauty. She was an observer after all. Only that. She was bond to only observe as her love was dreaming for another one, as someone else was comforting him, as someone else was taking him away. "This is too much" she tought barely holding her tears in. Biding her goodbye to the teen she bowed once more thanked deeply and walked away. But the Uchiha stopped her.

- First promise you won't do anything stupid. - she bit her lip. Of course she wouldn't do it. It took courage to kill yourself. And she was too much of a coward.

- I promise Uchiha-san. See you tomorrow! - she bowed once again, smiled and ran. Once in the protection of her room she cried. Cried till her eyes were swollen and she had no more strength.

"Coward, first you have to become stronger, in order to be good enough for Naruto-kun. Be brave and maybe change your personality". She shot up, remembering an article in one girl's magazine. "To start a new live, change your hairstyle, buy a token, medallion or a necklace. Something new, for a new you". That is it. Change! Why not start with that? "Tomorrow for sure I'm going to ask Sakura-chan and Ino-san". Then she remembered "First I have to ask father".