Chapter 4: When will I Break?

Hinata's POV

"Hey, Hinata-chan! Come over here," I hear Naruto's loud voice yell for me from a nearby restaurant. I was currently hanging out with Bara-sensei after our training session. Even though I was still a bit disappointed in my father's reaction to my training, I had kept to my word and now fought for my loved ones, my sensei and myself.

We run down inside of the restaurant and see that Naruto is with Sakura-chan, Shikamaru, Rock Lee, Ino, Ten-ten, Shino, Kiba and Choji. Following the Shinobi War, Naruto and Sakura decided to become a couple. I remember how devastated I was after hearing the news, but I eventually realized that while I admired Naruto for his strength, I did not love him. It was nothing more then an infatuation, a childhood crush.

"Oh, you must be Hina-chan's new sensei. It's nice to meet you. I'm Naruto Uzamaki, the future Hokage. And this beautiful lady is my girlfriend, Sakura!" He then proceeded to put his arm around Sakura, which caused Sakura to punch him in the head and yell him for being so loud.

"Haha, you friend's have got some spunk, Princess. You can all just call me Bara-I always wanted to meet Princess' friends, but she's afraid that I'll embarrass her." I then blushed at the comment and continued to talk to my group of friends.

The whole night was spent talking about missions and irrelevant subjects. Choji kept teasing Shikamaru about his upcoming date with Temari, while Ino tried miserably to hide her boiling jealousy. Rock Lee kept on talking about how youthful our energy one, while Tenten kept looking at my sword, admiring her father's craftsmanship. Kiba was complaining about how the restaurant wouldn't allow Akamaru to come in, however, he kept on staring at me. In the corner, Naruto and Sakura kept on cuddling. How cute I thought to myself.

"Hey Princess, I think Dog-boy has a little crush on you. He keeps looking over here like you're a new chew toy or something," Bara-sensei whispered in my ear. I immediately blushed; even though in the last six months I had been sent on numerous seduction missions which required me to flirt with, and even at times touch men for information, I still was uncomfortable with relationships.

"Alright kids, as much as I enjoy hanging around a bunch of underage children who spend all day talking about irrelevant things, I have to go to the bar and tell embarrassing stories about Princess over hear to Kurenai and Anko. See ya'll later; and don't be late for training tomorrow Hinata," Bara-sensei said this and quickly scurried out of the room before I could react. Oh my Kami, Bara-sensei, it's like you live to embarrass me.

"Oh, look at the time. If I don't rush home, Otousan will kill me. I should go," I started to get up when Kiba grabbed my arm.

"Can I, you know, walk you home Hina-chan?" Kiba asked me in the sweetest way I had ever heard. Choji started a howling laugh that was silenced by a death stare by Kiba. I smile and answer back "Of course, Kiba. That would be very sweet."

During the walk, we just talked about…well, life. Kiba was astounded when I told him how I beat Neji in the sparring match. I remember he said that must have taken the smirk off his face. Kiba has always been such a funny guy.

"Well this is my stop. Thank you, Kiba-kun for walking me home. I had a lot of fun tonight." I was about to leave when Kiba grabbed my hand.

"Um, Hina-chan, I just wanted to say that you look very pretty tonight." When he said that, I blushed incredibly hard. "I also wanted to say, since your over Naruto and stuff, maybe we could…" A worried looking Neji interrupted Kiba mid-sentence.

"Hinata-chan, your back, I have to tell you…. sorry, am I interrupting something?" I am so happy that Neji nii-san came just in time. Its not that I don't like Kiba-kun or anything, its just, I don't have those feelings for him.

"Oh no, Kiba-kun just walked me home. Thank you again, Kiba-kun!" I then proceeded to grab Neji's hand and run into the complex, leaving a confused Kiba outside.

Neji stared at me with a weird look in his eyes, and I just told him I was not in the mood to talk about it. When I entered the room, I was surprised by a group of main branch members, my father and elders all waiting and talking amongst themselves. That is when I caught my father's angry glance:

"Hinata, do you even know what time it is! You are more then half an hour late from your curfew. Who were you with?" He had looked down at me in a very menacing manner. I could feel my body shaking.

"Well, um Otousan…I was," I hated this, only he could make me go back to stuttering. "I was with the other ninja and Bara-sensei. You know…Ino, Ten-ten, Kiba and them."

"Oh, so the reason that you are coming in late is because you were with those pathetic excuses of ninja and that woman you call a sensei. I can't even look at you right now, just go to your room. I will deal with you later." He then proceeded to walk back to the elders, who looked proud at his so-called discipline. I couldn't take it.

"Otousan, why do you hate me so much?" I mumble. This causes everyone to look at me. "You know, that restaurant that I my friends and I ate at is a place we used to go to. Do you remember that, dad? Do you remember when we used to go out as a family, Hanabi and I dreaming about being powerful kunoichi. Do you know what else I remember; it was someone's favorite place to eat. The woman that you love, the woman that gave birth to me, the woman who died." Once I say that, he runs at me and grabs my collar.

"You are completely out of line!" He screams to my face.

"NO, YOU'RE OUT OF LINE! Can you not remember mom—the woman who loved and cared for you. You know what, maybe if she were still around, you wouldn't be as pissed off as you are all of the time." This was the last strike for him. I felt the slap in my face, and how it burnt like fire. All I did was laugh—all I could do was laugh.

"You're getting a little weak there, Hiashi. You didn't even break a bone this time. Come on, bring it on, or are you afraid that if you kill me, you won't have anyone to remind you of your dead wife." Following that, it took a group of branch members to stop my father. I could feel his killing intent- he really wanted me dead. Following this, Neji nii-san and Hanabi ran towards and walked me to the infirmary.

How much more of this can I take?