She hated that look. She hated the fact that he felt he needed to give that look, even with what always happened to him. He would simply ignore whatever pain he had been through and put on that look. That small tug of his lips, his eyes closing almost unnaturally tight as he looked at whoever had hurt him.

"I-I'm sorry Sakura-chan" he said enthusiastically, or at least as best as he could fake; his large smile covering his face as he turned on his heel, leaving the flowers on table in front of his pink haired classmate.

"I will never, ever go on a date with you. Not even if you were the last man on earth" She snapped at him, her own face in an ugly scowl as she glared at his retreating form. Snatching the flowers from her desk, she slammed the window beside her open; throwing them down the two story fall to the dirt below.

"That's too much" she thought, watching Sakura mutter loser as Naruto walked back to his seat, smile still present.

She watched him, eyes boring into him as he laid his head down on his desk; giving the appearance that he was about to fall asleep. "He's not a bad actor" she thought as she watched his body shake slightly as he tried his best to still himself.

He may have had everyone else fooled, but she'd seen through him. After following him for so long, listening to him talk to himself, watching him struggle, and noticing how he was treated; she'd figured him out.

"He just wants someone…" she thought sadly as finally stopped shaking, she heard a small sniffle come from him as he seemed to rub his eyes. She had thought about approaching him many times, but everyone time she had wanted to, her own lack of confidence had gotten in the way.

"NARUTO" their sensei snapped, his scarred face growing in size as he yelled, "If you're not gonna pay attention then you can leave!"

Naruto slowly stood from his seat; the entire class now watching him as he struggled to keep himself together.

"W-Why can't you see?" She questioned to herself as Iruka frowned at the boy who stood, "Why can't you tell he's in pain?"

"Sorry Iruka-sensei" Naruto's voice broke her from her train of thought, "I'll take my leave then".

She could feel herself unconsciously twitch, a small frown appearing on her pretty face as she saw that look appear. He strained himself to hold the look as he walked down the aisle of the class, ignoring the smug looks his classmates were giving him.

She couldn't help but squeeze the table as hard as she could, the wood creaking from her tight hold as Naruto seemed to trip.

"Gezz loser" the boy laughed as his classmates soon joined, "You can't even walk?"

She watched as Kiba retracted his leg back under his desk, apparently pleased that he had tripped the blond. Everyone watched happily as Naruto lay on the ground for a moment. "Why?" she whispered as she released the desk under her hold, watching as he slowly strained himself to get up.

"Naruto" Iruka reached out, surprised when the orange clad boy put his head down and ran from the room. She wasn't sure whether Iruka had seen it or not, but she had. Naruto was crying. Iruka shook his head as he looked at the ground for a moment, a look of sadness appearing on his features.

She wished she could leave to follow him, to make sure he was okay. Iruka shook the sadness from his face, anger taking over as he looked at the boy who had tripped the blond, "Kiba! Detention for the rest of the week!"

"Aw man" Kiba groaned as his smile disappeared. Only seconds before, for no reason he had tripped the already upset Naruto, and was now upset that he was upset. The rest of the class seemed to chuckle at the now upset Kiba who seemed to grumble to himself.

Class went on normally for the next thirty minutes before Iruka called for lunch. Everyone quickly rose from their seats, ignoring their sensei as he told them not to run.

She waited calmly as she watched everyone file out. She couldn't help but frown deeply at their smiling faces.

"Why do they deserve to be happy when he's not?" she asked herself as the last of the student filed out.

"Hinata" Iruka's voice called, startling her from her thoughts, "You can eat lunch in her if you'd like, but you can leave like everyone else".

Nodding, Hinata slowly stood from her seat. She grabbed her small bag, pulling one of the small loops around her shoulder as she made her way to the exit of the classroom.

"Hey" a voice called to her as she made her way out, a frown appearing as she recognized immediately who it was, "Hinata?"

Turning her pale eyes on the pink haired girl; Hinata gave her a questioning look, "Y-Yes?"

"Do you wanna eat with us? Ino and me were gonna go talk about the exams!" Sakura chirped, now sounding completely different from what she did earlier when chastising Naruto.

"Th-Thank you…but no thanks…I-I have to study" she quickly lied as she made her way towards the exit of the academy. Sakura shrugged as she turned around, walking back towards her blond friend.

"I hate you…" Hinata muttered as she threw the door to the academy open, her eyes shut in what looked like pain, "I hate you so much…"

Hinata disliked very little, always trying her best to find the good of a bad situation, but nothing good could be said about Sakura Haruno. Personally, the pink haired girl had never done anything to Hinata, but she didn't need to, to earn the blue haired girl's hate.

She quickly made her way away from the academy, jumping the fences leading towards the training grounds. She ran as fast as her legs could take her, speeding towards the woods.

The people would never let him use their training grounds, not without mentally or even physically attacking him. She never understood why he didn't fight back like he'd done against countless others. Instead Naruto had decided to avoid conflict all together, and found an older; less stable training spot deep in the woods, away from anyone else.

She slowed down as she approached, stealthily making her way through the thick foliage, hiding behind trees. She stopped once she spotted him. She gripped the side of the tree, keeping her breath as calm as she could as she watched.

He charged at the dummy as quickly as he could, punching it hard enough to crack the wood. He brought another hit to the wood; this time making it explode.

Her eyes widened as his hand began to ooze blood, dripping into the dirt as he dropped onto the ground. "I-Is he hurt?" she questioned in her head as laid on the ground.

She then saw his face, but quickly wished she hadn't.

"Why…" she asked as her own tears began to slowly fall from her large lavender eyes, "Why do you have to go through so much".

His usually bright blue eyes seemed dim, almost completely colorless as he lay on the ground. She didn't know what to do as he seemed to ignore his hand, which was still bleed profusely. "Naruto-kun" she whispered as she watched tears slowly travel down his face.

He slowly stood up, wiping his blood onto his jacket before making another fist. He ran at a tree, bringing his arms up in a fighting stance she'd never seen.

"Stop" she muttered as he brought his fist into the tree, blood exploding from his knuckles, leaving both of his hands not injured. "Stop" she wanted to cry louder as he then cried, twisting his hand away from the bark, grunting as he flicked blood across the ground.

"I FUCKING HATE YOU!" he screamed as he grabbed the trunk, squeezing tight as he brought his head back, eyes closed, "WHY CAN'T YOU JUST LET ME DIE!"

Her eyes widened as he brought his head against the tree, leaving a tent in the trunk. His forehead burst as he let go of the tree, stumbling as he fell onto his bottom.

She debated running into the clearing, going to his side as he cried; and trying her best to comfort him. She finally built up the courage to do so, when suddenly she heard laughter.

She peeked her head out slowly, watching as Naruto fell on his back, sprawling his body against the ground.

"I deserve it" Naruto muttered as his laughter died down. His eyes were now closed, trying his best to keep his blood from them. She could still see tears seeping from him as he grinned up.

"I deserve everything they do…" he said once again, scarring the blue haired girl who began to shake with worry.

"W-Who knows…maybe I'll get lucky" he chuckled as he wiped some blood from his forehead, the wound was slowly starting to close, "M-Maybe if I pass…maybe I'll get killed on the first mission".

She saw him once again sit up, a defeated smile present on his face as he removed his jacket. She'd usually blush, but couldn't help but gulp when he removed his black shirt, bring it to his face to wipe away some of the blood.

She bit her lip as she examined his chest. "Burns…cuts…and I think I see a few stabbings…" she thought as he cleaned his body.

"Can't even let me bleed out eh?" Naruto said touching his forehead, feeling the spot where his wound had previously been. He examined his knuckles, giving a disappointed look when he noticed they too had healed.

He stumbled to his feet, wiping his pants while he threw his shirt over his neck. "I wonder if she'd even realize if I was gone" he uttered, zipping his jacket back up as he shook his head, a small smile dancing across his lips, "Of course she wouldn't…nobody would".

"I would" Hinata wanted to cry, only to silence herself as she felt more tears fall.

Naruto swayed as his stomach suddenly rumbled.

"Shut up" he said as he patted his abdomen, "I know it's been a while…but I don't have any money".

"Alright" she thought as she slowly took her back off her shoulders, "If I can't help him…the least I can do it something small".

Pulling her lunch box from her back, she watched Naruto begin to make his way towards the exit of the training grounds.

"N-Naruto-kun" she muttered as she removed herself from the behind of the tree. Her face was red and she felt her body heat rise as he turned around, grin dropping as he noticed he wasn't alone.

"H-Hinata…" he breathed quietly as he stared at her, clearly scarred, "W-What're you doing here?"

She opened her mouth, trying her best to give a response as he began to look around, the same way he did when he was scared in class.

"I…" she muttered, slowly holding up her bento box towards him, her blush intensifying as he raised an eyebrow.

Naruto waited as she walked forwards, ready to run at any moment in case she had something planned.

"I h-heard you stomach….you must be hungry after training so hard…" Hinata whispered as she neared the blond, trying her best to stay standing.

Naruto could fell his throat tighten at the girl's quiet words, "Did she listen to all that?" he wondered nervously.

He watched her small hands fumbled around with the small box, opening it towards him.

"W-What?" He once again asked as she held the box towards him.

"I'm not all that hungry" she said, avoiding his stare, "I want you to have my lunch…"

He was shocked, and she knew it. She'd tried before, but could never approach him. She wondered if this was the first act of kindness someone had shown him besides the Hokage and very select few others.

"But…why?" he questioned as he looked around, expecting someone else to coming running towards him to do something, using Hinata as a distraction.

"I can eat later Naruto-kun…Y-You sounded really h-hungry" she tried her best to work through her stuttering, but was finding it harder as Naruto examined her.

"Are you sure?" Naruto questioned, off put by the girl in front of him. He'd seen her in class, but he couldn't remember any personal interactions with her.

He got his answer when Hinata shakily pushed the box towards him, lightly pushing against his chest.

"I…I gotta go" Hinata cried as she felt him take the box, "P-Please enjoy it!"

He watched her run, her legs taking her quickly away from him.

"Hinata…" he mouthed quietly as she disappeared. He looked down at the food, his stomach quickly rumbling again as the smell hit his nose.

"D-Damn it" he tried his best to hid the fact that once again tears were slowly moving down his whiskered cheeks. Never in his life had someone done something like this. He could honestly count the people that had ever done anything for him on one hand.

He looked back up to where Hinata had been, eyes now wet, "T-Thanks…"He took one last look at the food before he started to make his way out of the training grounds.

She held her heart, its quick thumping making her breath uneasy. She heard the blond call out to her sadly, and fought to try to go back out to him.

"T-Thanks…" he called, this time his voice sounding a bit more cheerful as he left.

"Naruto-kun" she cried as she buried her eyes in her hands, "I'm so sorry!"

Alright guys, so that's the first chapter of the new story. Honestly, this is only gonna be a few chapters long, and will get pretty dark.

Note that there will be character death, and I won't lie; it will fall into some pretty sad situations.

This is a NaruxHina fic, just not in the way you would initially think.

Anyway, until next time!
Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed so far. Leave a review and tell me what you thought.