Inner Demons
A/N: New second chapter as of 9/9/11. This was once part of Chapter 1 but, it was actually intended to be it's own chapter.
Disclaimer: I do NOTown Naruto or any of it's characters or ideas.
On with the fic ;)
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Chapter Two- Cliche
Neji lay under his covers staring up at the ceiling. Today was the day he would fight in the last half of the Cuunin exams. As
he lay still he thought back to his fight with his younger cousin and frowned. He had done something he often dreamed
about, humiliating a member of the Main house family. For some reason though he was anything but ecstatic, after all, he
had only defeated Hinata. His frown deepened as he thought about how much he had damaged her, not only physically but,
emotionally as well.
'Why does it even matter? It was her fate to lose to me, for me to show her just how weak she is!'
He tossed around until he faced the window in his room and just stared out at the grass. Was she really that weak? After all,
she had stood up against her fate, to him. That had to be worth something. She wasn't as pathetic as he thought was she.
He sighed then. Why was he even thinking about the girl? He remembered to when they were younger and he first lay his eyes
on her. She was as gentle then as she was now. A sweet person, someone who didn't belong as the heiress to the stoic hyuuga
clan let alone as a member of the ninja world.
'It doesn't matter, it's all just a facade anyway. All Main house members are the same in the end, she's no different.'
He sighed again and frowned even deeper than before. It seemed as though the past hour or so since he woke was filled with
nothing but constant sighs and frowns and he wondered when he had begun to show so much emotion.
Sitting up slowly his hair cascaded around his shoulders and his face. Bringing up his left hand then his right he pushed his hair
behind his shoulders and began to stand. Today was the day he would fight, the day he would become a chuunin.
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*Hinata*
A harsh fit of coughing tore through the hyuuga compound and blood spurt out of her mouth covering every wall in her room.
Her body shook violently and she struggled to sit up in her bed. Gripping at her covers and trying her best to keep the sea of
blood controlled she tried desperately to get control of her body. After a few minutes of excruciating heart pain and choking she
threw her legs over the side of her bed and stumbled weakly over to the personal bathroom that was located in her icy room.
As she walked shakily over to the bathroom door she could feel icicles coming up from the ground, enveloping her feet and
tearing her skin apart.
'I don't know how much more of this I can take.'
Falling to her knees she stared at the ground beneath her. She watched as the ice pierced through the skin in her hands and
shot up into the sky. She felt as the cold air entered her heart and at the moment she knew what she would do.
'I've been trying so hard to fix the problem, to be loved, to prove my worth!'
Tears dripped down her face and froze to her skin and sorrow chipped away at her soul.
'Maybe...maybe the only way to truly make things right is to remove the problem all together?'
'May~be the answer is to get rid of your father. He is the source after all.'
Lost in her deep thoughts she didn't notice the voice in her head was no longer her own. She just sat there contemplating on
how she could possible defeat her father. How she would make him feel her true strength. Finally she would prove her worth.
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It all was so cliche, had anyone been aware of the circumstances they would have thought just that. It seemed like something
straight out of a book drenched in drama and cold blood. She wasn't the type of person to harm anyone, let alone take a life.
She was to be forever doomed to play the damsel in distress, to be protected and sheltered, she was just so weak.
'Can you really say you are being protected with the way they all treat you?'
With each foot fall against the dusty road she could feel herself coming closer to her destination. With each step dust rose off
of the ground and clouded her vision and she had to struggle to find her way to the chuunin exams. She was to be a spectator
today. She would go and watch Naruto and Shino fight, would go to bask in the presence of their radiating strength.
'Neji will be there too. Do I want to see him though?'
A sad smile graced her lips and she knew that she did want to see him. To an ordinary person it might seem that she was just a
masochist. Perhaps she liked the way she felt when others belittled her and looked at her with clear disdain. Maybe she liked
the fact no one loved her.
'I have to stop feeling so sorry for myself! Kiba, Sensei, Shino, maybe even Naruto... They all love and care about me don't
they? Shouldn't that be enough?'
With each step she took it felt as though reality was slowly slipping back into her world. How could she have been so foolish?
With every movement of her body she realised the dirt wasn't rising, her eyes were no longer bleeding, she was no longer
burning, bones were no longer snapping, and the ice that froze her heart was slowly melting away.
'I can't give up! What would Naruto think of me if I did?'
Vivid images of the blond passed through her mind like some heavenly slide show and she felt her self grow hot. A fire engulfed
her body but it wasn't the flames of her fathers hatred, instead it was a bright blush that swept across her face. She felt so weak
just thinking about her crush and she smiled blissfully.
'Do not fool your self, it is very clear that boy has no interest in you.'
Her smile faltered and she made her way through the doors of the stadium. It only took a matter of minutes for sorrow to set in
again. As she walked she held her head a little lower and slouched her shoulders a little more. Everything was always just so cliche.
*****End Chapter Two*****
A/N: I debated wether or not I should merge this with the new chapter 3 and for now I'm not going too.
Luckily for you chapter 3 is already out so hurry up and click the button for the next chapter! Oh and
PLEASE review and TAKE CARE!~ ;3