Chapter 1: Punishment

Hinata shook all over. Leaning up against a tree she threw up her lunch. Gasping for air, she slid to the ground. Blood was spattered across her top. Her face had a bruise in the shape of a handprint. She clutched her kunai to her chest and tried not to hyperventilate.

'I killed him,' she thought. 'Oh my god, I killed him!'

Flashback

"You worthless bitch!" a slap echoed throughout the training room. Hinata was flung into the back wall. "How dare you oppose me!" her father screamed. As he stalked towards her, Hinata realized that he was going to beat her again. He grabbed her around the neck and hauled her off the ground. Hinata sputtered and gasped. Hiashi laughed sadistically. Desperate for air, Hinata grabbed her kunai from her jacket pocket and stabbed him through the throat. He gasped, blood spurting from the wound. Hinata scampered away once out of his grip and took several deep breaths. She stared as her father took his last breath. She felt nothing for this man. Standing on wobbly legs, she walked over and took the kunai from his neck.

"Thank you," she murmured, gazing at the piece of metal that ended one of her biggest problems in life. In a trance, she walked out of the house, unnoticed, and into the woods behind her house.

End Flashback

"I'm a murderer," Hinata whispered, walking slowly through the forest, eyes closed. Untying her headband, she let it drop from around her neck. She took a deep breath and kept walking, in yet another trance. She unzipped her bulky jacket and let that drop as she walked on. Finally she stopped. Hinata opened her eyes. In front of her was an ancient-looking wooden well. She didn't know why, but she felt drawn to it. She carefully sat on the edge, running her hand along the surface of the sealed well. She tried to read the writing but it was faded and in a different language.

"Ouch!" she winced as the ancient wood gave her a splinter. As she removed the tiny sliver of wood, a drop of blood dripped onto the seal. Hinata gasped as the well began to glow. She got up and tried to run away, but something burst through the well and grabbed her. She screamed as she was dragged towards the well. She looked over her shoulder, only to see that the thing that was pulling her was a bunch of tentacles. Feeling faint, Hinata closed her eyes.

'Is this my punishment?' was her last thought before she was pulled into the well. Then it all went black.

TBC

Yuki: Hehehe, this story has been rotting in Microsoft Works for a while. I decided I'd put it up and see how the creative juices flowed :) Tell me what you think ^^