Author's Note: Just a little drabble I wrote while trying to do English Homework. Enjoy. No pairings (yet).
Hyuuga Neji would never be described as a happy child. Then again, he had perfect reason not to be. Most people would lead bitter lives if their fathers had been killed when they were young. Look at Uchiha Sasuke. He wasn't a happy child either and was probably one of the more bitter and angry of Konoha's youth. But none could match the rabid hatred of Hyuuga Neji.
Just compare him to his cousin, Hyuuga Hinata. There was never a nicer girl then Hinata, but Neji couldn't help but hate her. She with her superior position in the clan. Currently, she was the focus of his anger. He was stronger then her, a better shinobi and more likely to become the first chuunin of the candidates for this year's Chuunin Exam. How he had let that lazy oaf Shikamaru become a chuunin last time, he didn't know. But that wouldn't happen again this time.
Neji walked down the alleyway behind the academy, looking firmly ahead, pupil-less white eyes fixed in an angry glare as usual. He had left the Hyuuga complex in a rage earlier that morning and had avoided human contact for over six hours. He had seen Lee and Tenten trying to hunt him down with Gai-sensei, but they could not match the stealth skills of their teammate. Hopefully by now, they had gotten distracted by something else and wouldn't be tracking him too closely. Perhaps if he could somehow find a way for Sakura to cross Lee's path without having to actually speak with her…
Sighing grouchily, Neji sat down on a bench, looking up at the bright blue sky. A bird flew overhead, leaving the village and for the tenth time that week thought about how much he would like to do the same. To be free like that… The birds didn't realize how good they had it.
He felt himself starting to relax, his mind wandering back to the white hot rage bubbling right beneath the surface of his mind. He had to find some kind of constructive outlet before he started taking it out on innocent creatures or some idiot ninja like Naruto…
Suddenly remembering he had work to do, Neji pulled out a scroll from his pocket and began to write a report for the Hokage about a mission he and his squad had completed a few days ago. They had been meaning to do it for a while, but they had forgotten nit because of Gai's newest training idea: Dance while trying to steal Kunai attached to their arms.
Neji opened the scrolls and began to fill out the report. Why did he have to be the only responsible member of his team? He wondered to himself, ignoring the fact that his teammates would probably love to give him a hand on filling out the report. They were always so damn eager to act like they were his best friends…
After writing the first sentence, he got frustrated and scribbled in large letters: I hate the Main House!
He crushed the scroll and threw it aside, getting to his feet and storming away. A quiet ruffled the scroll and blew it gently down to the alley's entrance where someone picked it up. After looking around, they carefully picked it up and began to read.
Neji stormed back behind the academy, his temper just about to go. DAMN THE MAIN HOUSE!He thought before sitting down on the same bench he had sat on the day before. Silently fuming, he looked back up at the sky. It was cloudless and the blue sky seemed to smile over Konoha. A bird chirped overhead and again, Neji let himself long to be free.
A sudden wind picked up and something nudged against his side. He looked down and saw the scroll he had nearly destroyed lying next to him, bumping against him in the slight breeze. It was still slightly crumpled from its abuse the previous day, but someone had lovingly flattened it out and rolled it up neatly, carefully tying it with a lavender ribbon. He looked at it and let curiosity take over. He picked it up and pulled off the ribbon, unrolling it carefully.
Under his jagged, angry writing of the day before was much neater, flowing script. It read:
Don't worry. I hate the Main House too.
Neji blinked. Of all the things the scroll could have said, he never expected that. Who else could possibly hate the Main House? Was there someone in Konoha with a vendetta against the Hyuuga clan? But no, that wasn't possible. They were looked at with honor and respect, not with hatred and loathing. But then again, there was always…
Neji smiled to himself, taking the scroll and tucking it in his pocket, slowly leaving the alleyway.
Yes, there was always her.
Author's Note: So, who is this mysterious girl? Find out in the next chapter when I write it from her perspective...