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In this story, there is a lot of hate toward Hinata and the main branch but don’t get me wrong. I personally have nothing against Hinata; in fact she’s actually my favorite female character. This is just the way the story turned out. When Hotaru speaks telepathy it’s in italics. Also, if Hotaru is ‘speaking’ I might still use verbs like ‘muttered’ or ‘grumbled’ and that is implying that that is the way she sounded in her head and whoever else’s head her voice is in. I hope that isn’t too confusing. (Also, please excuse my crappy spelling)Enjoy!
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The wind whispered softly as I walked to the academy the next morning. All was quiet on the street. I always woke early in the morning, and thus, I always arrived at the academy before call time.
I strolled through the doors and I was not surprised to see that most of the other students had arrived early too, probably because of the growing anticipation.
Haruno Sakura and Yamanaka Ino were fighting as always; I ignored their squeals aimed at Sasuke and walked right past. I sat in the empty seat next to Nara Shikamaru, who was sleeping, as always.
Shikamaru and I were what you might call friends. Sometimes I go to his house and we play shoji. He is far smarter than most people might think. His IQ has got to be at least 200. I am a close match though. My IQ is roughly 197.
Shikamaru is about the only person, other than Neji that treats me like I matter. Most people either avoid me because they see me as a threat or they look down on me because I am in the side branch of the Hyūga family. Shikamaru treats me more like how Neji treats me; like how a brother would treat his younger sister. It’s incredibly hard to explain because I haven’t had much social experience but the best way I can put it is this; Neji and Shikamaru are like gentle and protective teachers. Of course, Shikamaru is lazier about it but you get the point.
I closed my eyes and ignored the commotion in the classroom. I am quite good at drowning out things that I don’t care about or don’t want to hear.
Eventually everything got really quiet and I opened my eyes to find Naruto and Sasuke…kissing? My first thoughts were ‘Heh, sucks for them’.
Why? Well because Naruto, a short time later was being beaten to a pulp by a bunch of angry fan-girls, and Sasuke, well, Sasuke is the most popular guy our age so of course that’s going to ruin his reputation. (Laughs silently)
Finally Iruka-sensei walks in and yells at everyone to shut up, or at least that’s how I take it. Many names are called and I was starting to get bored. Eventually I stopped listening until Shikamaru nudged me.
“What?” I grumbled.
“He just called your team.” Shikamaru mumbled to me.
I sighed, “Would it be too troublesome for you to tell me who’s on my team?” Note the sarcasm.
He rolled his eyes and replied “Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke.”
I groaned silently thinking ‘Great, I’m with a loser, a fan-girl and an arrogant genius.’
Naruto began complaining and then Sakura asked “Why are the both top students on the same team?” I guess you could say that caught my attention.
“Well,” Iruka began, “Not only to balance out the fact that Naruto was the worst, but also your team lacks a sensory type ninja so we placed Hotaru on your team.” That makes sense but they could have put me on Shikamaru’s team too then… but I’m assuming that whoever our Jōnin teacher is, he or she must be more skilled than the others; why else would he be the one with the only four student team?
Later on I went to the meeting room and we waited for our teacher…we waited for like…a long time. I think I fell asleep because the next thing I remember was seeing a man covered in chalk dust and Naruto cracking up.
I yawned as the man said “Hmm, how can I say this? My first impression is… I hate you guys” our faces were something like this: =_=
Then I realized that he was wearing a mask. I sighed and activated my byakugan. I wouldn’t be able to communicate with him unless I knew what his face looked like. His face looked quite normal. I wondered why he needed a mask…
We headed up to the roof and our sensei began, “Well, let’s begin with introducing ourselves.”
“What do you want to know?” asked Naruto.
How about your likes, dislikes, dreams for the future and things like that,” replied sensei.
“Hey, hey,” yelled Naruto, “Why don’t you introduce yourself to us first?!”
Yeah, you look kinda suspicious…” muttered Sakura.
“Oh, me?” he said, “Well, my name is Hatake Kakashi. I have no desire to tell you my likes and dislikes…Dreams for the future, hmm, and I have lots of hobbies.
“So…” grumbled Sakura, “All he told us…is his name…?”
“Now it’s your turn. Let’s start on the right,” announced Kakashi-sensei, pointing to Naruto.
Naruto pretty much just went on and on about ramen and becoming Hokage. Then Sakura squealed a lot…probably about Sasuke. Then it was Sasuke’s turn and I was actually listening, thinking that he might be a little more interesting.
My name is Uchiha Sasuke. There are lots of things I dislike and I don’t really like anything and… I can’t really call it a dream… But I have an ambition; the resurrection of my clan and…to kill a certain man.
Sakura and Naruto looked shocked but I just smirked. Then Kakashi-sensei turned to me, “You’re last.”
I paused for a moment “Why do you wear a mask when your face is completely normal?” He looked rather surprised, probably because I had my byakugan activated. “Whatever, it doesn’t matter” I muttered. Then I began my introduction, “My name is Hyūga Hotaru. I cannot speak verbally and so I use telepathy. Do not ask how that came to be, because I have no intention of telling you. What I dislike is not your business and there aren’t many things that I like… besides apples. My hobbies; I train for a long time every day and…I guess you could say playing the violin is also a hobby. My ‘dreams’; I wish to grow strong to gain the respect of the Hyūga main branch. I also intend to take revenge for what happened 9 years ago.” They stared at me for a moment, the same looks they gave Sasuke. Sasuke looked…was that… understanding? He went back to his cold stare an instant later so I thought nothing of it.
“Tomorrow we’ll start our duties as shinobi,” said Kakashi-sensei.
Naruto leapt up and down asking what kind of duties and Kakashi-sensei replied, “Survival training.” Sakura and Naruto complained loudly and I just sighed. Why is my team full of annoying brats? Kakashi bent down to our level and murmured, “Of the 27 graduates, only 9 will be chosen to become genin. The rest will be sent back to the academy. This training is a very difficult exam with a failure rate of over 66%!!” Of course we were all horrified. Again my ears were filled with obnoxious complaints and eventually Kakashi-sensei told us where to eat and warned us not to eat breakfast.
I walked home after completing some Ninjutsu training. I ignored my mother as I headed to the kitchen. She was cooped up in her room, as always. I don’t know what she was doing but she would often break out in angry fits and destroy her room. It sounded like she was doing that right now. Ever since dad died it’s been like this. At first she just cried but now she’s just insanely pissed.
I washed the disgusting stack of piled up dishes in the sink and I dusted a bit. I had taken the burden upon myself to do all the house work. Neji paid for food, clothes and crap like that with the money he earned from his missions.
Once I was finished, I grabbed a couple apples and headed towards a small hut Neji and I had made in the forest. We never slept at home. Mom would probably kick us out anyways. The only reason we haven’t actually moved out yet is because all the food and toiletries are at home and I guess we also feel the need to look after Mom even though she doesn’t really care about us anymore.
When I got to the ‘hideout’, as I liked to call it, Neji was outside practicing the rotation technique. He nodded to me and I went in and hopped into my sleeping bag. I lay there for a while before falling into yet another night of uneasy sleep.
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In this story, there is a lot of hate toward Hinata and the main branch but don’t get me wrong. I personally have nothing against Hinata; in fact she’s actually my favorite female character. This is just the way the story turned out. When Hotaru speaks telepathy it’s in italics. Also, if Hotaru is ‘speaking’ I might still use verbs like ‘muttered’ or ‘grumbled’ and that is implying that that is the way she sounded in her head and whoever else’s head her voice is in. I hope that isn’t too confusing. (Also, please excuse my crappy spelling)Enjoy!
~~~
The wind whispered softly as I walked to the academy the next morning. All was quiet on the street. I always woke early in the morning, and thus, I always arrived at the academy before call time.
I strolled through the doors and I was not surprised to see that most of the other students had arrived early too, probably because of the growing anticipation.
Haruno Sakura and Yamanaka Ino were fighting as always; I ignored their squeals aimed at Sasuke and walked right past. I sat in the empty seat next to Nara Shikamaru, who was sleeping, as always.
Shikamaru and I were what you might call friends. Sometimes I go to his house and we play shoji. He is far smarter than most people might think. His IQ has got to be at least 200. I am a close match though. My IQ is roughly 197.
Shikamaru is about the only person, other than Neji that treats me like I matter. Most people either avoid me because they see me as a threat or they look down on me because I am in the side branch of the Hyūga family. Shikamaru treats me more like how Neji treats me; like how a brother would treat his younger sister. It’s incredibly hard to explain because I haven’t had much social experience but the best way I can put it is this; Neji and Shikamaru are like gentle and protective teachers. Of course, Shikamaru is lazier about it but you get the point.
I closed my eyes and ignored the commotion in the classroom. I am quite good at drowning out things that I don’t care about or don’t want to hear.
Eventually everything got really quiet and I opened my eyes to find Naruto and Sasuke…kissing? My first thoughts were ‘Heh, sucks for them’.
Why? Well because Naruto, a short time later was being beaten to a pulp by a bunch of angry fan-girls, and Sasuke, well, Sasuke is the most popular guy our age so of course that’s going to ruin his reputation. (Laughs silently)
Finally Iruka-sensei walks in and yells at everyone to shut up, or at least that’s how I take it. Many names are called and I was starting to get bored. Eventually I stopped listening until Shikamaru nudged me.
“What?” I grumbled.
“He just called your team.” Shikamaru mumbled to me.
I sighed, “Would it be too troublesome for you to tell me who’s on my team?” Note the sarcasm.
He rolled his eyes and replied “Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke.”
I groaned silently thinking ‘Great, I’m with a loser, a fan-girl and an arrogant genius.’
Naruto began complaining and then Sakura asked “Why are the both top students on the same team?” I guess you could say that caught my attention.
“Well,” Iruka began, “Not only to balance out the fact that Naruto was the worst, but also your team lacks a sensory type ninja so we placed Hotaru on your team.” That makes sense but they could have put me on Shikamaru’s team too then… but I’m assuming that whoever our Jōnin teacher is, he or she must be more skilled than the others; why else would he be the one with the only four student team?
Later on I went to the meeting room and we waited for our teacher…we waited for like…a long time. I think I fell asleep because the next thing I remember was seeing a man covered in chalk dust and Naruto cracking up.
I yawned as the man said “Hmm, how can I say this? My first impression is… I hate you guys” our faces were something like this: =_=
Then I realized that he was wearing a mask. I sighed and activated my byakugan. I wouldn’t be able to communicate with him unless I knew what his face looked like. His face looked quite normal. I wondered why he needed a mask…
We headed up to the roof and our sensei began, “Well, let’s begin with introducing ourselves.”
“What do you want to know?” asked Naruto.
How about your likes, dislikes, dreams for the future and things like that,” replied sensei.
“Hey, hey,” yelled Naruto, “Why don’t you introduce yourself to us first?!”
Yeah, you look kinda suspicious…” muttered Sakura.
“Oh, me?” he said, “Well, my name is Hatake Kakashi. I have no desire to tell you my likes and dislikes…Dreams for the future, hmm, and I have lots of hobbies.
“So…” grumbled Sakura, “All he told us…is his name…?”
“Now it’s your turn. Let’s start on the right,” announced Kakashi-sensei, pointing to Naruto.
Naruto pretty much just went on and on about ramen and becoming Hokage. Then Sakura squealed a lot…probably about Sasuke. Then it was Sasuke’s turn and I was actually listening, thinking that he might be a little more interesting.
My name is Uchiha Sasuke. There are lots of things I dislike and I don’t really like anything and… I can’t really call it a dream… But I have an ambition; the resurrection of my clan and…to kill a certain man.
Sakura and Naruto looked shocked but I just smirked. Then Kakashi-sensei turned to me, “You’re last.”
I paused for a moment “Why do you wear a mask when your face is completely normal?” He looked rather surprised, probably because I had my byakugan activated. “Whatever, it doesn’t matter” I muttered. Then I began my introduction, “My name is Hyūga Hotaru. I cannot speak verbally and so I use telepathy. Do not ask how that came to be, because I have no intention of telling you. What I dislike is not your business and there aren’t many things that I like… besides apples. My hobbies; I train for a long time every day and…I guess you could say playing the violin is also a hobby. My ‘dreams’; I wish to grow strong to gain the respect of the Hyūga main branch. I also intend to take revenge for what happened 9 years ago.” They stared at me for a moment, the same looks they gave Sasuke. Sasuke looked…was that… understanding? He went back to his cold stare an instant later so I thought nothing of it.
“Tomorrow we’ll start our duties as shinobi,” said Kakashi-sensei.
Naruto leapt up and down asking what kind of duties and Kakashi-sensei replied, “Survival training.” Sakura and Naruto complained loudly and I just sighed. Why is my team full of annoying brats? Kakashi bent down to our level and murmured, “Of the 27 graduates, only 9 will be chosen to become genin. The rest will be sent back to the academy. This training is a very difficult exam with a failure rate of over 66%!!” Of course we were all horrified. Again my ears were filled with obnoxious complaints and eventually Kakashi-sensei told us where to eat and warned us not to eat breakfast.
I walked home after completing some Ninjutsu training. I ignored my mother as I headed to the kitchen. She was cooped up in her room, as always. I don’t know what she was doing but she would often break out in angry fits and destroy her room. It sounded like she was doing that right now. Ever since dad died it’s been like this. At first she just cried but now she’s just insanely pissed.
I washed the disgusting stack of piled up dishes in the sink and I dusted a bit. I had taken the burden upon myself to do all the house work. Neji paid for food, clothes and crap like that with the money he earned from his missions.
Once I was finished, I grabbed a couple apples and headed towards a small hut Neji and I had made in the forest. We never slept at home. Mom would probably kick us out anyways. The only reason we haven’t actually moved out yet is because all the food and toiletries are at home and I guess we also feel the need to look after Mom even though she doesn’t really care about us anymore.
When I got to the ‘hideout’, as I liked to call it, Neji was outside practicing the rotation technique. He nodded to me and I went in and hopped into my sleeping bag. I lay there for a while before falling into yet another night of uneasy sleep.
