It was five days after Kiba's funeral, eight after the incident. Everyone who knew Kiba was deeply sad. Hinata and Ino were hurt the most.

Eight days had passed, but Hinata still had a heavy feeling in her heart. The late summer breeze couldn't even soothe the pain in her. Every afternoon, Hinata would take a long stroll outside, visiting the same place: the park where the mural was created.

She would sit on the bench in silence, mentally punishing herself. Her eyes would land on the spot in which the mural was created. It was all blurred out now but the original piece of work stuck to her vision.

"I'm sorry Kiba. It was all my fault," were the words that continuously ran through her mind.

"Hinata." She quickly turned to her side. It was Temari. The blonde-haired friend took a seat next to her. She looked up in the sky and scoffed, "That stupid boy."

"Huh?" Hinata questioned.

"Kiba. The stupid boy. He always couldn't help letting others have a better life. He always cared about others more than himself. Kind of like a dog, wouldn't you say so?"

"I guess," the Hyuuga replied softly.

"Although his actions were stupid, at the same time, they were heroic. I know Kiba since grade school. He wouldn't help others because he needed to. It was because he wanted to."

"Temari, it was my fault. If I had paid attention to the car, he wouldn't have had to push me out of the way."

"Shut up, Hinata. Remember that girl who would be confident in class all the time?" Hinata looked at Temari and nodded.

"Where is that girl now, Hinata? Right now, I see the old you. The confident Hinata would have realized by now that it wasn't your fault. The confident you would realize that Kiba had no regrets when he died. The only regret he would have had was not saving you and letting you die."

Hinata looked at Temari with realization and now understood. Slowly, for the first time in eight days, she smiled.

(The Next Day: School)

Ino and Sakura, for the first time in a while, made eye contact with each other.

"I know what really happened about Kiba's incident, Ino," Sakura said venomously to Ino. Ino's eyes widened.

"You sent Kabuto to crash his car and injure, or kill, Hinata. Didn't you?" Ino did not answer, but glared at Sakura. Surprisingly, Hinata passed by and heard every word.

"Didn't you?!" Sakura shouted.

"What I do or didn't do does not concern you, Sakura," Ino replied with arrogance and started to walk away. Sakura immediately grabbed her shoulders and forced Ino to look at her.

"Don't you get it?! It was because of you Kiba died! It was because of your arrogance all of this happened! I know you did it!"

Ino kept a straight face at Sakura and was silent.

"Ino, stop this. Stop being like this!"

The blonde girl pushed her away and walked off. Sakura sighed and looked forward and saw that Hinata was standing there.

(Night: Ino's Room)

She sat in her room, alone, reminiscing the happy times she had with Kiba. A single tear streamed down her cheek.

"It's not my fault. It's not my fault! It's Hinata's fault. Yeah, that's right, it's Hinata's fault!"

"Yeah, it's all Hinata's fault! That's right! You didn't do anything!" she spoke to herself.

"I'll get revenge on you Kiba. Hinata will suffer the same pain you did! Kiba, this is for you."

Intermission:

As you can see, Ino is cuckoo right now. And, I'm sure you all have guessed, this is the last chapter. :(

Back to the story xD.

(Next Day)

Ino was walking through the front doors of the school with her head down. She paused. All of a sudden, Ino lifted up her face revealing a tired and angry face. There were barely visible bags under her eyes. Her eyebrows were furrowed. Ino started to walk again.

Hinata was walking alone in the hallways, ignoring the students who passed by. She looked content today. Then, all of a sudden she was pinned against the wall by someone. Hinata felt a sharp pain against her spine. Her pale eyes opened rapidly to meet blue eyes. She saw an enraged dragon in those eyes just ready to blow its great breath of fire.

"You! It's your entire fault! Kiba died because of you, not me! I didn't do anything!" she shouted and an object glistened at the corner of Hinata's eye. It was a sharp knife. Hinata was now frozen with fear. Nothing in her body wanted to move. The sight of the sharp blade which would eventually pierce into her body scared her too much.

Then, Temari's word replayed in her mind.

"The confident you would realize that Kiba had no regrets when he died. The only regret he would have had was not saving you and letting you die."

Once the blade was about 2 inches away from her, Hinata finally had the courage to move her body. She grabbed a hold of Ino's hand and pushed Ino to the wall on the other side. The knife dropped onto the ground. The students just stood there, scared.

"Ino! I don't care if I killed him. I don't care if you killed him. I don't even care if God killed him! It already happened! Ino, you should move on! It hurts. It really hurts and I know that!"

Ino glared at her, "You don't know anything!"

Hinata walked up to her and slapped the girl's cheek.

"What gives you the right to say I don't know anything when I honestly do?!" Ino stared at the ground in shock as Hinata continued, "The pain of losing an important person in your life, the pain of feeling left behind by them, the pain of not understanding why they died and not someone else, I know how it all feels like!"

Ino kept silent.

"No one ever slapped me. I've never been slapped." she thought.

Silence clung in the air and Hinata left the shocked blonde girl. The students still crowded around the blonde student. A few minutes later, Ino regained consciousness and madly stared at the students.

"What are you all looking at?! Get the hell away from me!" she screamed but the students remained.

"Go away!" she screamed violently and piercingly and the students decided to rush away from her and she fell to the ground. So much anger and confusion bottled up inside, she screamed and punched the wall. In result, Ino ended up in tears.

(The next day)

"Ino Yamanaka!" Kurenai called out. No answer. Kurenai looked up and scanned the students to see if there was a blonde haired girl, however, there was not. A secretary from the school office walked in with a note. She handed it to Kurenai and left the class room.

After her red eyes scanned the paper, she looked up and faced the class.

"Ino has dropped out of school," she Kurenai casually stated then turned around and wrote on the board. As she made some announcements and all the students paid attention, Hinata did not and was deep in thought.

"Why did she dropped out?"

(Ino's room)

The blonde girl lies in bed, intensely gazing at the ceiling.

"Ino! Why did you drop out? You have to go to school!" her mom called out from outside the bedroom door.

"Just leave me alone mom!" she shouted back and got up. Ino opened her desk drawer and held up the class picture. On the end of one of the rows, Hinata was seen smiling. After glaring at it, her fingers went to the top of the picture, attempting to tear that portion from the photo. When she was about to tear it, however, she stopped. The picture remained a whole piece. Biting her lip, Ino threw the picture on the desk.

"I hate you Hinata," a soft whisper escaped from her lips.

(After school)

Kabuto was walking out of the gates of the school when all of a sudden, two police cars surrounded him.

"Put your hands up!" Kabuto did as he was told, confused.

"You have the right to remain silent."

"Why am I being arrested?" he asks.

"You were said to have killed Kiba Inuzuka."

Kabuto's eyes widened. "Ino, that bitch." The scene of him being arrested caused many students to crowd around. However, none of them knew why.

A slight tap on the shoulder was felt. She turned to find that it was Sasuke Uchiha. He stared straight into her eyes and coldly said, "Let's go," and she followed him. They ended up at the park and Sasuke unzipped his backpack to reveal tubs of chalk.

Hinata was speechless. This is what Kiba had done with her.

"Who do you think gave Kiba this idea? When we were seven, he would always get picked on and I would take him to the park to do this to cheer him up a bit," Sasuke blunlty said. Hinata smiled and hugged him.

"Ey, go grab a piece of chalk and we'll get started here," Sasuke said in an annoyed tone and Hinata obeyed.

As they drew, it started to rain and the two ran to look for shelter. When Hinata ran through the grass, she slipped and got mud all over her bottom and some on her arms. Sasuke quickly helped her up and ran towards the slide and sat under it.

The Uchiha boy grabbed a handkerchief from his pocket. Softly, he took Hinata's pale hand and gently wiped the mud off. He stared at her hand.

"Wh-what?" Hinata asked nervously. Then, he straightened his palm and held it up with Hinata's palm touching his and her fingers touching his fingers. She blushed a bit.

"You have tiny hands," he said. Hinata replied, "Well you have large hands," and giggled.

All of a sudden, it stopped raining. The Hyuuga girl stood up and walked forward. She looked up at the sky.

"That's strange, it pours for five minutes and then the sun comes out," she states with confusion. "Hey Sasuke, let's continue with the drawing!" she cheers and runs towards the old sidewalk, causing the stoic Uchiha boy to coolly follow her.

Okay, i rewrote this because some of you did not like the last ending because it wasn't too real and not enough romance so...
the ending is a bit different but it was kinda hard to fit the whole storyline. I made the ending a bit like "missing" to make you think xD. Like when Ino was in her room, why didn't she rip Hinata's portion of the picture, but said "I hate you Hinata?" :o And and how the rain stopped right after their hands touched. :o see? xDD i admit, not too real. i really enjoyed writing this and daydreaming about the events that should happen in the story. xDD ahaha. so any ideas for a next one?? and i like doing original ideas. not the "it's her first day at school and she meets sasuke uchiha" thing or the "she gets stuck being his roommate". i dont' mean to offend anyone but i just like writing different things. :)

You guys can come up with your own ending :D. If you'd like to, you can write your own ending and send it to me and i'll post it on here as a chapter. :D but that's just a thought. i just wanna see how different you guys would make the ending and such. i'm a very curious being. XD ahaha.