There was something bright shining down into Hinata's eyes. She couldn't see anything above her, but she did hear someones voice. They were asking something in a worried tone.

"Hinata? Hinata? It's me Ino, are you ok? Say something please Hinata!"

"Ino..."

She felt the warmth of her best friends hand grasp her own.

"Oh Hinata your alright! I thought...I thought..."

She heard the blonde burst out into tears. The wetness soaking through the hospital gown she was dressed in.

She felt contagious. She didn't feel right. She couldn't even remember what had happened to land her in a hospice. What she did understand was that her friend was crying, her body was covered in hickeys, and she was still in love with Sasuke Uchiha. Sasuke Uchiha, he always ended up in her head again. Like some poison, flowing through her veins and into her heart. She wanted to scream, really loud, so he could hear where ever he was.

"Will she be ok?"

A male voice came from her right. Without thinking she turned her head.

"Sasuke?"

The long chestnut hair of her cousin blocked her view of the shorter doctor. It wasn't Sasuke. It never was going to be either.

...

It was raining.

Sasuke hated rain, frankly it had rained on his brothers funeral.

...

The school had burst into a loud frenzy of rumors. It had gone from phone to phone, ear to ear, computer to computer, and it wasn't a surprise that he was getting questioned for it all.

"Naruto! Tell us what Sasuke has to do with Hinata!"

"No Naruto, tell meee"

"I'll do whatever you want if you tell me a little about Sasu-kun's relationship with that Hyuuga!"

The blonde teenager grabbed the back of his head, and backed away from the swarm of girls, all asking him, touching him, and annoying him.

"Li..Listen girl's thanks for all the offers, but..um..I gotta go.."

Quickly slamming the door shut to his dorm, he plopped down onto his bed. Shikamaru, with shaving cream sprawled on his chin gave him a nonchalant look, before locking the bathroom behind him. Turning his blue eyes toward his other roommate, he jumped into an upward position.

"Sasuke."

"Hn."

"Dude you haven't talked in like 3 days. Ever since that thing with the Hyuuga's. Man, tell me what's going on."

The youngest Uchiha didn't answer. Just continued staring out of the window, looking depressed and worn out.

"Sasuke, we've been friends since like what? When we were born? You gotta tell me what's bugging you. You look like a wreck, you need a shower, and all you do is mope, your not Sasuke Uchiha anymore."

This got a small reaction, he saw his friend's gaze shift.

"I love her."

Naruto was confused by his bluntness, but decided it was better then nothing.

"Sakura? Really? It seem's like you kinda hate her."

"No. Not Sakura."

Naruto thought for a moment.

"You talking about Hinata then?"

The boy gave a nod.

"I spent the entire Sophomore year looking at her, I walked her home on the last day, I fell in love with her during the summer, but I can't love her. I'm not allowed, her family hates me. I can't go near her, I go into pain, I can't think about her, my heart explodes, and I can't even tell her I'm sorry. What do I do Naruto? What the fuck do I do."

He gave the Uzumaki a stern look, for once Naruto had nothing. It was a bit hard to understand, and he wanted to ask for the full story, but the face Sasuke was wearing you could tell all he was looking for was an answer. A solution, and Naruto had no idea what to say.

"Dude...I don't know."

He watched Sasuke drop his head into his palms.

"I don't either."

...

Sprawled against the cover of her bed, Hinata stared up at the perfectly blank ceiling. It hadn't been to long since she slept in her actual bed at the Hyuuga estate, but everything she saw, she took into detail. She must have never been a lively person, the only thing that covered her wall was one picture Hanabi had drawn for her when she was small, and the family photo they had taken last year. Other then that her room was spotless, all colors were one tone and matched evenly. All in all, it was a bit creepy, nothing compared to her dorm back at the school.

She heard her phone buzz, signaling she had a new message, but she was to lazy to get up and check it. Flipping herself onto her stomach she buried her head deep inside the fresh pillows, thinking about what would happen now. She had humiliated herself infront of the entire school, had sex with her cousin, and lost the one person she always wanted. The last time she felt so useless was when Itachi had died in her place.

"Hinata?"

She peeked from the side only to see her father's figure standing in the doorway.

"Father."

She sat up straight, as she had been taught to do in the presence of someone with power.

"Hinata, we have decided you will not be attending the Academy anymore."

Her lips tightened.

"We?"

"Neji told me about that menacing Sasuke Uchiha, and all these things he has put you through. I'll make sure Tsunade hears of this, and your belongs are removed from the dorm. For now you'll be home schooled until I can get you transferred into another school."

He didn't wait for any replay, but simply left her there to think over what he had said. She got up, placing a hand on her cellphone, and flipping it open to see who the message was. The number was unknown, but she opened it anyway.

Hinata, hi, this is Naruto. I need to talk to you about something.

Surprised at the fact that Naruto Uzumaki had texted her, she replied back with a question mark. About a minute later she got another message.

It's about Sasuke. Why does your dad hate him so much?

I don't know. I'm sorry.

Well then can you explain to me what a rejection seal is?

She stumbled a bit at the sudden question. How could he have known about it?

Um, Naruto how do you know about it? It's a secret Hyuuga curse.

Well Sasuke has one. That tattoo on his shoulder.

Letting out a gasp, she backed up into her bed, sliding down against the side of it. So it had been a rejection seal that she had seen on Sasuke. Neji had lied to her, it all made sense. But what didn't make any sense was why he had one, and what exactly was the 'rejected' object.

Listen can you ask Sasuke what it rejects?

Um, he's kinda refusing to tell me anything else.

Anything at all?

I was actually hoping you could tell me some stuff about it

Biting her lip she looked up at the clock, it was half past 4, which meant her father had probably already went to his office in the left wing of the home. The library on Hyuuga history was located there also, but she knew it had a lot of knowledge on the secret techniques of the clan.

To be honest, she didn't know much about the way the rejection seal worked, and had always been fascinated by it, even if it was used for cruel intentions, but she did now the basics. She'd been taught, because she was in the main branch how to activate it on the servants.

...

"All you do Hinata, is say 'Reject' and they will listen."

She placed her hands onto the forehead of one of the lower branch members. A tattoo glowing vibrant under her hand.

"Reject"

Her father's voice boomed from behind her, and suddenly the skin she'd been touching was gone, and the servant had grasped onto his skull, squinting his eyes, and murmuring under his breath in pain.

"Daddy! Stop!"

"Honey, don't worry I doesn't hurt much."

"B...b..but he's in pain.."

She watched the young man twitch, and ran over to his side, placing her small fingers onto the drawing.

"I'm sorry."

Suddenly someone took her around the waist, pushing her away from the male, and into their chest. She glanced up, Neji's arm protectively wrapped around her.

"Don't touch them if they are in pain. Only healers can stop it, not a child like you."

'Neji-s..san"

She saw her father step up beside them.

"Hinata, the only way to stop the Rejection seal is if a Hyuuga preforms the Acceptance Jutsu, and that is passed down from the heads of the main branch. Touching them, will only increase the suffering. Now it's time you go back to study, Neji escort her."

The Hyuuga boy took his cousin's hand in his, and began walking her toward her room.

"Neji what did you mean by a healer?"

She watched as he slide the rice doors open, and stepped through the hallway soundlessly.

"A healer is someone with immense chakra that they can control. Someone like that has to havebeen taught some sort of medical jutsu, or charm."

"Can a healer be a normal person?"

He stopped at the entrance to her quarters.

"The only family of which specialize in healers is the Haruno family, but they have yet to master the Acceptance Jutsu, they can take away pain, but only a Hyuuga can erase the curse for good."

"How do you know so much?"

He undid the bow in her hair, and picked out her kimono for the evening events.

"I just read a lot when my father passed."

...

Naruto, I need you to find out what Sasuke's reject object is.

I told you, he won't blab at all. The only thing he said was when he's around you he's in pain.

Hinata gripped the side of her phone. Pain, and Her, that meant...

Naruto, I think it's possible that I am the rejected object.

Huh, why would...oh. Now I get it.

Get what Naruto?

Sasuke said your dad hated him, so maybe he gave him that rejection seal to keep him away from you.Listen the entire reason I decided to text you was because Sasuke isn't the bad guy in this situation. He loves you. He really does.

Naruto, he promised me something he couldn't keep.

And your dad put a curse jutsu on him.

No he didn't, I can't believe my father would do such a thing.

Then why do you think Sasuke doesn't come near you, why do you think he's been locked in his head for days. He's my bestfriend Hinata, I know that he isn't a fucking douche, and he keeps his promise. He has kept his promise to me, to Shikamaru, and to his brother. I know him more then anyone else. Trust me, he's not at fault.

Snapping her phone shut, she threw it hard against the floor.

Her father, her daddy, he'd never do something like that. He'd never put a rejection seal on someone out of the Hyuuga clan. Why would he bother Sasuke, he has nothing against him. There was no way. That rejection seal had to have been the doing of someone else.

"Neji told me about that menacing Sasuke Uchiha"

Her eyes opened wide.

Would Neji have done such a thing? Neji, he knew a lot about the seal, he loved her even when he knew she loved Sasuke, he was the one that lied to her about the seal. It made sense it made perfect sense.

"Neji, what have you done..."

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A/N - So Hinata is blaming Neji for the rejection seal. Let's see what could happen...