Hello people, my beloved readers. If I seem slightly off blame it on my sugar rush.

Now where did I put my butcher knife…I can't seem to find it.

Anyway please enjoy the story and don't hate me if you see any mistakes.

'Thoughts'

"Human talking

"Demon talking"

"Demon talking human language"

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Chapter 5: The heart stops

--Time skip: After preliminaries--

Hinata gave a relived sigh. She had almost lost control of herself during her fight with Neji and she had to let him win just so she didn't kill him. Yuki and the others were asleep when her turn came up, if they had been awake, Hinata would have lost control of herself. During the fight they had almost woke up if it wasn't for the simple fact that Naruto's words had inspired her to fight on her own, Yuki or one of the others would have fought for her.

'If they had woken up than I would've lost it. I still can't believe it. I almost killed him. The opening was right there and I almost took it. I almost killed him' Hinata sobbed to herself and closed her eyes. As Hinata lay in her hospital bed, she didn't notice a pair of worried eyes gazing at her through the open window.

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Later when Hinata woke up, a nurse was checking her IV. Hinata stared at the IV then at the nurse, and then continued staring at the ceiling. She was so lost in her thoughts that she didn't notice when the nurse left and someone else walked in when she started to mumble.

"If you could kill me, would you? Would you be so nice as to rid the village of a worthless shinobi? I'm a weakling." Hinata sobbed, "I am not worthy of being called a ninja. I have no purpose."

Tears streamed out of her eyes and she continued to ramble on about her weakness. She didn't care who was watching or who was listening.

" I should be dead. I'm pathetic and a weak heir. The council won't get rid of me. Father won't get rid of me. Why am I not dead? I'm completely worthless. No one cares about me." She cried, " Please someone kill me. Take the pain away. Make everything go away. No one needs me."

" You're wrong." A voice growled.

Hinata opened her eyes and gasped as she came to meet yellow eyes gazing at her intentionally. They belonged to a figure who was just a foot or so taller than Hinata but his features were hidden by the shadows. He leaned over and wiped away her tears with a gentle finger. He brushed a few strands of hair from her face and whispered things to calm her down.

" You are worth more than you could ever imagine little one. You are far from a weak person and you're very far from worthless. There are those who care for you. They care for you very much. And they need you. You know that don't you." He said to her.

"Wh-who are y-you?" she asked.

"You already know who I am but you have to answer my question. You know exactly who they are. They are the same ones who care for you more than your own flesh and blood, aren't they?"

"I d-don't-" she stopped herself remembering the injured Neko, the observant Koga, Tori and Yuki. The happiness she felt whenever Koga complimented her, the way Yuki would always act like a mother, Neko's childish ways and Tori's freakish ways on being proper.

Hinata stared at the yellow eyes and felt a familiar feeling run through her, a feeling of comfort and protection.

"Who needs You?" he asked again

"My family." She said, "My new family. They need me right here." She placed an open palm on her heart.

" I am right here," she said again as he placed his hand on top of hers.

"That's right. You're right there you're the Heart. But no matter how hard you struggle you must keep going. Without you there is nothing for us."

Hinata nodded in understanding and smiled at him, before taking his hand and giving it a gentle yet innocent kiss. Her eyes slowly began to close as the medicine began to take effect.

" I will be there to protect you when the time comes. We will all protect you, no matter what."

"Thank you" she whispered and fell into a deep slumber. But before her eyes closed, she caught a glimpse of the figure disappear in a whirl of sand.

"Shukahu"

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Okay if someone notices that the raccoons name is spelled wrong let me know because I didn't bother to check it.

Yes I know there was no action but right now is the realization stage or whatever you want to call it. But during the next three chapters everyone starts something that ends up in a disaster.

Just to let you all know there will be some gore in the upcoming chapter so beware I aint a softy and I won't hold anything back.

So that's it…I think-gasp- wait where's my butcher's knife!

Butter knife… pocketknife...butterfly knife…no, No, NO. Where is it?

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