I finished my journey to the Uchiha compound and right at I stepped in the front door, I was whisked inside and thrown on the couch...

I blinked and tried to stand back up from the sudden assault, but I was held down. I looked at my captor and saw the unusually serious face of Shisui. I looked back in front of me and Mikoto, Itachi, and Fugaku were giving me the same serious (even more so than usual for Fugaku) expression. Sasuke was out training alone and I knew this would be coming when he was out of the house. I was just hoping they wouldn't have truly found out so soon.

I knew Mikoto would know right away, she was one of the strongest Jounin kunoichi for a reason and a mother, but I was hoping everyone else would just think it was from training. Shisui's training left me battered too, but maybe because I never covered those, they suspected something.

I squirmed around to get out of Shisui's grip and away from prying eyes, but he just tightened his hold to the point, I knew I can't get out. Surprisingly, it was Fugaku who spoke up first.

"Who?" I looked at him and feigned confusion.

"Who what Fugaku-sama?"

"Who did this to you?" He spoke in a low tone that was so cold and filled with so much anger, I shivered.

"I don't know what you are talking about?" I said, my voice cracking. It was then, Shisui spoke up, his tone was sad and slow, trying to not provoke me but emphasizing his seriousness. When he is that serious, I know there isn't much I can do to get out of it, i can sure try though.

"Dammit Hina, who is giving you all of those bruises," I opened my mouth to speak, but Shisui continued speaking, "and don't you dare say they are from training, I'm not stupid." I sighed at how he could read me so well. I looked down, away from everyones eyes and spoke mainly to myself in a hushed whisper.

"I can't. No, it's not his fault." Mikoto grabbed my hands with one of her own in a warm yet firm grip, using the other hand, she made me look her in the eyes. I could feel the tears falling from my eyes, and the ones glistening in hers.

"Hinata-chan, I know the signs of abuse, and from what I have gathered, your father is the one doing this isn't he? I know you don't blame him, but you need to think about your own safety and do something."

She pulled me out of Shisui's lap and into her own, sitting us on the floor. I held on to her tightly and cried, finally letting out the truth I have been dealing with for the past 6 months alone.

"I can't, I have to protect my Hanabi. Papa is so sad without mom, Hanabi looks just like her, he blames her. If I don't distract him and make him put his sadness on me, what if he hurts her. She's a baby, I can't do that." I heard a sharp intake of breath from where Fugaku and Itachi were. I looked up, and both of their Sharingans were flaring dangerously, I looked back and Shisui's was the same. Itachi let out a low growl.

"I'm going to kill him." I jumped out of Mikoto's lap and grabbed Itachi's hand tightly, when he looked at me, I flinched from the intensity of his Sharingan, I understand now why people are so afraid of it.

"No, you can't! He's my dad and I love him. He will come around sometime, please. I will do anything, just don't hurt him." I pleaded, my voice shaking in fear for my father. When they all finally realized that I was just a scared little girl, their Sharingans faded.

"You will bring Hanabi and you will both be staying here until there is no threat to you. You are my future daughter and so I will be taking this into my own hands, along with the Hokage. It will be kept discreet and Sasuke will not know, but this has to be solved and for a clan head to be in this situation, other clan heads have to be involved. I will not harm your father, on that you have my word."

Fugaku spoke with finality and all I could do was nod in acceptance. This will be good I hope, I can finally escape with Hanabi until father is relieved of his grief and can think straight again, then we can be a real family.

After a few minutes sitting in silence, Itachi held me to his chest and walked out the front door, Shisui in tow. We made it to my clan's compound and Itachi and I quickly made our way into my room while Shisui went to get Hanabi from Uncle Hizashi's and gave Neji a note on what is going on. I packed some of my books and a few other necessities in a bag. I also packed all of what I could for Hanabi.

We left as quick as we could, to not meet my father, I don't think I could face him right now. I know what he's doing is wrong, but he is just sad and us leaving will make him more alone. But, for the sake of Hanabi and my fathers life, I will let everyone else talk sense into him.

As much as I want to fix things, I'm still a kid and can't fix something like this when I have no clue where to even start. Having the head of them police force and the parents of my friends will hopefully be the solution I need.

On the way back to the Uchiha compound, the tension was thick in the air. It was uncomfortable for all of us until, Shisui being the awesome person he is, grabbed Itachi's small ponytail and yanked it back. Itachi put on his infamous glare.

"I am going to kill you Shisui." He grit out. Shisui responded with a cheeky shit-eating grin and began to mercilessly tease Itachi. I couldn't hold it in anymore and began to laugh, clutching at my tummy.

I only laughed harder when Hanabi was giggling along with me. I still will never understand how Shisui gets the quiet and wordless Itachi to speak so much. they both turned to me and smiled, happy to see me laughing again. I saw the glint in Shisui's eyes.

"Fuck you Shisui-nii, you totally played me to get me to laugh, and you 'tachi, you went along with it. I thought you loved me." I fake accused, trying and failing to hide my smile. My smile vanished when Shisui smacked my head, hard, and Itachi poked my forehead.

"language, it's not appropriate for a kid. What kind of brother would I be if I let you continue your foul mouth?" Shisui stated with pride. I rubbed my head from the pain.

"The best kind" I mumbled out.

"Hinata-hime, we did it to make you smile. I don't like when you frown." Itachi stated in the kind yet semi-monotone voice of his. I gave up my pouting and smiled up at them.

"I know. Thanks guys I really appreciate it." We finally made it back to the compound and when we made it inside, Sasuke was standing at the door waiting. He rushed to his brother, trying to remain calm but failing, and gave him a hug.

"Big Brother, Shisui! Today was AWESOME!" He proceeded to tell Itachi and Shisui all about his entire day. Itachi had a small smile and listened happily while Shisui gibbered along with Sasuke. After 10 minutes of talking to his 'big brother', Sasuke finally realized he had company. He turned to me with confusion in his eyes.

"Why's the freak here with Hanabi?"

"I'm going to be staying here for a while!" I said waiting to see his reaction. Instead of an insult or groan like I was expecting, he smiled and ran up to me, taking Hanabi out of my arms and cooing at her.

"Thats so cool, we can spar all of the time, and I get to play with Hanabi again, and we can go to school together and show everyone whose boss, and we can play house because Big brother never wants to, and you can share a room with me!." He was so excited to hang out with me. I smiled brightly and fist pumped, shouting a "yeah!"

After dinner, it was late and Sasuke and I were both fading, our eyes droopy. Mikoto scooped us both up and brought us to the bathroom. She let each of us shower quickly and brush our teeth. Putting on our night clothes, she led us both to Itachi's room. There were three futons rolled out on the floor since Sasuke wanted us all to have a sleepover. Hanabi was sleeping with Mikoto and Fugaku, so I finally laid down to go to bed.

I crawled into the middle futon and began to fall asleep. Sasuke whispered a goodnight and fell asleep with me. I was sleep too deep to notice Itachi come in an hour later. He smiled a warm yet sad smile at both of us, Sasuke who slid over and was not holding me close. He kissed our foreheads and slid into the futon next to me, holding Sasuke and I like he was afraid he would lose us, and drifted off to sleep.

The few months or so went similar, except, now that I don't have to worry about my sis and father as much, I spent more time on my planning for the future, specifically the Uchiha Massacre. Making sure I have every detail I can remember, and to make sure I couldn't be caught, I wrote in English instead of Japanese.

Every night when Itachi and Sasuke would fall asleep, I would slide out of their grasps and work on my planning. I would go to bed right before they would wake up. Getting little to no sleep sucks, but it will hopefully be worth it in the long run. Even after a year of trying to figure things out, I was till unsure if the direction to take.

***

The Academy was also interesting. I got to be around my friends every day and that was fun, Naruto and I have a stronger bond now, even though we have a one sided rivalry, the most surprising thing was Kunoichi classes.

After about a month of regular schooling, mainly learning basics of reading, writing, history, and math, we finally began to get into the good ninja stuff. During the last quarter of the day, Iruka-sensei had the boys and girls split up. Us girls were sent to a field. When we got there, there was an old lady standing straight as a board.

She was slightly plush, wearing a heavily decorated kimono, her hair was grey and pulled into a super tight bun, and she had a wrinkly and stern yet extremely beautiful face. The aura around her was regal and full of power. We all stopped befrore her, watching as she assessed us with her brown eyes.

"I am Sieko Oda, you will call me Lady Sieko. I am going to be this academy generations instructor on the feminine side of being a Kunoichi. First we will go over what it means to be a Kunoichi, then what it means to be a lady, and on your last year on the art of seduction. You will learn how to be the perfect woman and the perfect Kunoichi, many of you have been taught about being a lady from one of the best, Mikoto Uchiha, but here, we will be going more indepth. I will teach you how to be graceful yet deadly. I will not be treating you like children so do not act like children. If you cannot handle what I throw at you, you must quit. I do not want anything less than perfection, yet many of you will fail. You will speak when spoken to and I do not want whining or complaining, am I clear."

"Yes Lady Sieko" We all replied. Damn, this is Kunoichi class, this lady is hardcore. I don't know whether I should like her, or fear her. Probably both. This will definitely be my most difficult class. It could be fun though.

"For the beginning of every class, you will sit properly and meditate until you can find your chakra. Once everyone has completed this task, you will learn how to control your chakra. Sit and I will assess your posture. You fix what I say and do not speak back to me." She said in a demanding and fierce tone. Yep, I am officially scared shitless of this woman who seems to be perfect.

Following her orders, I sat down in the way Mikoto and my mother trained me. Back uncomfortably straight, sitting on my heels, my head held level, and my hands in my lap. The only thing different is that I have my hands palm up and fingers laced together in my meditating pose. Sitting this way for the first two years was killer, but after a while, it feels normal.

I still like my slouch better, but this still works for meditation. I watched other the other girls watch me sit and did their best to follow suit. I could tell who had been trained and who hadn't. Sadly Ami was sitting like a perfect lady, her's was as good as mine, Ino's, and Sakura's. From what I could tell, we were the best at this of the other 10 girls here.

Lady Sieko came around and harshly fixed all of the postures, I could hear some of the girls cry out from the pain that comes from sitting like this. When she walked by me, she gave me a pleased nod. When she stopped by Ami, she stopped.

"Everyone stop and look over here. Ami is a perfect example of how you should look, this is a proper lady. Your goal will be to sit like her. Go back to your sitting." Ami had the most smug smirk on and shot it towards us. Sakura and Ino glared back while I ignored her completely. After 20 minuted of boring sitting, Seiko finally let us meditate.

She described the feeling of chakra, how to get to it, and how to hold it. Since our chakra coils are more developed now, it will be easier for them to find and fully unlock their chakra than it was for me. I closed my eyes to meditate and instantly felt the buzz of my chakra flowing inside and around me.

with my Hyuuga bloodline and sensitivity to chakra, I could feel the chakra of the others around me. Each had their won characteristics that matched the person, and I could feel the amount of chakra. I can only really do this when meditating or I can see it with my Byakugan.

Ino had the most chakra of the other girls our age. Most of the other girls had small amounts like Sakura, probably because they were civilian born or had no important clans. Lady Seiko's chakra was impressive, that of a high Chunin like my own. I opened my eyes and looked at Lady Seiko, she basically floated over to me.

"You are Hinata Hyuuga, the supposed prodigy, yes." I nodded a yes, no way am I talking out of turn, she scares me. "It took you longer than I thought for you to find your chakra, why is that. I know you can use it already."

"I can access my chakra, I was assessing the other girls chakras."

"What did you find?"

"I know Ino can use her chakra, it takes her a bit to find it but hers is stronger than the others from her clan training she is starting. The other girls either come from minor clans or are civilian born from their small amounts of chakra. Sakura, the pink haired girl, seems to have chakra control and has just unlocked her chakra."

She stared down at me, then looked to the other girls, and back. She gave me another nod in approval. Only Ino, Sakura, and I had access to our chakra by the end of class.

The next two weeks of class went similar. Finally, all of the girls unlocked their Chakra. Lady Seiko then explained about how important it is for females to control our Chakra.

To learn control, we had to place leaves on our foreheads and hold it there for an hour before we could move on to the next step in Kunoichi classes. Sakura and I got it immediately, Ino, Ami, and Rika were next. After 1 month of this we finally got to move on.

Timeskip (They are all 7 now, some of them truning 8 soon)

Sakura and Ino

At the end of class one day, Sakura came running up to Ino and I.

"Guess what, I'm officially in love." Sakura hummed blushing. No way this can't be happening right now. I've noticed how much more intense everyone's obsession for Sasuke has become. Ino and Sakura don't fangirl, but I can see the jealousy they harbor for me since they know about the partial engagement and how I live with him.

I always tell them that they can have him, but the just give me annoyed glances at that. I was hoping that since I was here, they wouldn't fight, but I guess I'm going to be wrong about that.

"Who is it Sakura-chan?" Ino asked. Sakura glanced at me, the back to Ino.

"Sasuke-kun, eep, he helped me answer a question today when I asked." She squealed. Damn it, this is when the become rivals and the worst type of fangirl. Ino shot up.

"No way, Sasuke-kun is mine." Ino shouted to Sakura. Done with this, I stood between them.

"What the hell is going on with you two. Sasuke is just a boy no need to fight."

"Thats because you want him for yourself. From now on, we are not friends, we are rivals." They said at the same time. I huffed

"I'm not apart of this." I said full of annoyance.

"Of course you're not, as Rivals, forehead and I have to take Sasuke-kun from you, you don't deserve him, you don't even work for his love like we have to." Ino said snootily.

"Yeah, Ino-pig is right, Sasuke-kun won't love a loser like you, he wants a lady that he can protect like me. You guys will never get married." Sakura said to me, her eyes glaring daggers at me.

"Is this really how our friendship is going to end? Because you both want the same boy as everyone else."

"Yes, we don't like you, I just wanted to get to Sasuke-kun but that didn't work, so I will finally do what you can't, show him love from a real girl."

"Yeah, loser!" Ino and Sakura said to me. Those words hurt my chest, I could feel the burn in my eyes from trying to hold back tears. There is no way, we were friends, they are really willing to throw all of that away for their growing desire of a boy.

"If thats how you really feel, I'll leave." I said, I got no response just some glares with a hint of regret in them. I jumped in the nearest tree and sped off, the tears freely falling down.

I can't believe my only girl friends would be so jealous of my friendship with Sasuke, that they were willing to hurt me so bad with their words. I try to not let stuff like that get to me, I know I'm not a great girl and wont be the perfect lady, but for them to say it, really hurts. I jumped down from the trees into a clearing right on the outskirts of the village and began to cry.

After a few minutes of crying, my sadness turned into anger and I couldn't hold it in anymore. I began running to train more reckless than usual. I took my gloves off and hit the largest tree I could find over and over, not adding chakra.

I could feel the blood dripping down my hands, and the splinters of wood pushing deeper and deeper into my knuckles. Ignoring the stinging, I continued to punch and kick, screaming out in anguish.

First I die, then my dies mom, then dad becomes so hurt, and now my only female friends are gone. For each thing I was hurting about, I added more force into my attacks. I hit everything in my sight for hours, my mind was so clouded with emotions I didn't notice the figure entering the clearing until they were right behind me. I turned around to hit them, when a wall of bugs protected the figure from my wild attack. Glad i didn't accidentally hurt the person, I finally let my self slump to the ground exhausted.

Shino

"Hinata-san." A monotone boy voice stated.

"S-Shino-san?" I breathed out confused at his appearance. This will finally be my chance to befriend him. I looked into his glasses and he nodded.

"I am surprised you know who I am. Why, nobody knows who I am even when we are classmates." He said in his weird but adorkable speech pattern.

"I know who you are, I've always known. I'm sorry for not speaking to you sooner."

"You never have time. Why, I've noticed your friends always steal your attention."

"Yeah, so uh, why are you here?" I asked, trying to figure out what the hell he's doing. I still couldn't see his face with his large coat and glasses, so I couldn't gage what he's thinking.

"I was searching for new bugs. Why, I am interested in a rare species of beetle and they are normally being born at this time but instead of bugs, I heard you yelling and I came over to you. You took your gloves for reasons I am not sure. The result is your hands are now mangled and bleeding. Follow me and we will clean your hands." I stood up and wobbled a bit from exhaustion. Steading myself, I followed Shino to the nearby stream.

I kneeled and placed my hand in the water, hissing from the stinging of the water against my bloody knuckles. We watched in silence as the blood from my hands stained the water red as it flowed down.

After all of the blood was off, silently, Shino took my hands and a few bugs crawled out taking all of the splinters out of my hands. I looked away, I don't hate bugs, but I don't want them in my cuts. In a few minutes, I felt Shino taking something soft and gauzy and wrapping it around my hands.

I watched as he meticulously wrapped my hands in white medical gauze. He tied the wrappings off and stood up, walking away without saying anything. Right before he disappeared, I yelled out a thank you.

Without even really knowing me and making me talking about my issues, Shino was kind enough to just help me. He made me feel better and I don't know if he was even trying to. I still felt my heart aching for my lost friends, but I also felt a bit better because I gained a new one even if he doesn't know it yet.