Okay, to start off, hi! This is my second fanfiction, and my first one in first person. This is my back-up work so when I don't have any ideas for my other one, I work on this. My friends liked this one, so I decided to post it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. Only the ideas. Those are kept locked away in my head, on a piece of paper, or on the computer.

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Today was a normal day. Get up, shower, get dressed, have a boring day at school, get home, do homework, eat, then go to bed. It was no different than any other Thursday.

The alarm clock started playing the song on the radio though I was already awake. It was my favorite song, "I hate everything about you," by Three Days Grace. It had just started, so naturally I sang along to the lyrics. Or, at least I would have if I'd had a better singing voice.

So, I just listened to the song, mouthing out the words. But the song shortly ended, so I forced myself out of bed and sleepily walked to the bathroom for my shower. As I undressed, I caught sight of something. Something sharp, something pointy. In front of me was my brother's razor he had used for shaving. I wondered…

Time skip: Lunchtime at School

"Hinata, over here!" I heard. I spun around to the direction of the voice. It was Kiba. He was waving at me, a big smile on his face. I carefully walked over to him. Around him were our friends: Shino, Temari, Shikamaru, and Gaara.

Every time I saw them, I always thought of how we were outcasts. Gaara and I were cutters, Temari was Goth, Shino didn't talk much, and Kiba was half-dog. The only one of us that would be considered "normal" would be Shikamaru, but he was an outcast for dating Temari.

Everyone in the clan of outcasts was like relatives. And we had one rule: mess with one of us; you mess with all of us. We each look out for each other and help each other. Plus, each of us shares classes with another. Shikamaru with Temari, Kiba with Shino, and myself with Gaara. We were almost a second family.

I had almost reached the rest of the clan when Ino bumped into me. "Whoops. Sorry cutter." She sneered. I fell to the ground, dropping my books and binders. I quickly started picking them up, not wanting to cause any trouble. One of my books was farther than expected, so I stretched out to get it, but my hoodie sleeve got caught on something. That caused up to my wrists to be exposed. I quickly pulled back, but it was too late. Ino saw my new cuts.

"What was it with this time, freak?" Ino snapped, stepping on my arm. I winced in pain because she was digging her heel and toe of her shoe into my arm. For a second, everything seemed to get quiet. Then, there was a snap.

Ino suddenly removed her foot from where it had been just a few seconds before. Next to me came Gaara's voice, "Hinata, its okay. Onee-chan is dealing with Ino, and Kiba, Shino, and Shikamaru are getting the nurse."

I looked up to see Temari holding Ino up by the scruff of her Hollister shirt, her feet a few inches off the ground. Temari was pissed at the look of it. "Damn it, prep! I've been holding back, not punishing you, but this is too far. Now, you have to deal with me!" Temari threatened, grinning at the last sentence. She continued, "So, what's wrong with what Hinata does? You're harassing her everyday about it. You had this coming," she demanded, grinning again at the last sentence.

Temari shoved Ino against a nearby wall. Holding her up with one hand, she stuck her free hand down her own shirt, pulling out a knife. Ino started hyperventilating and squirming around, but Temari had a firm grip on her.

With the hand with the knife, she lifted Ino's arm so the under side was facing Temari. With her hand that was holding up Ino, she grabbed Ino's hand by the wrist.

Temari pressed the knife against Ino's skin and punctured it. Then, she slowly slid the knife down Ino's arm, almost like she was a professional at this. Ino almost screamed.

"Temari, you will drop both Ino and the knife this second or I'll expel you," thundered Tsunade, who had just emerged from a classroom. Kiba, Shino, and Shikamaru were beside her, and Kiba looked apologetic. Shino was expressionless, and Shikamaru was concerned.

Tsunade glanced over at me. "I want Temari, Ino, and Hinata to come with me."

I nodded. Temari dropped both Ino and the knife while rolling her eyes. I started up, but Gaara stopped me. "I can get up on my own, Gaara," I smiled, trying to reassure him. I started to get up again, but this time, a hand was extended out to me. I looked up and grabbed the offered hand.

"Wow Hinata, you're so skinny," replied Temari as she pulled me up.

I would have thanked her if I was normal, but I didn't. "No I'm not," I whispered, so Temari couldn't hear me. Many people had problems with my low self-esteem, especially Temari.

She let go of my hand the minute I was standing. We started walking towards Tsunade. Surprisingly, the once full courtyard was almost empty. Temari saw me looking around.

"They're in the lunchroom, waiting for the bell," she said, her face still sour and glaring at Ino, who was already waiting beside Tsunade. As we came closer, Tsunade turned around and started walking to the office. When her back was turned, Kiba was at my side. "Hinata, are you okay?" he asked. I nodded. Then, he turned towards Temari. "Sorry I couldn't buy you much time."

"It's okay. I think she got the point," said Temari, forgiving Kiba. We continued walking towards the office where Tsunade and Ino were headed in silence. Temari held the door open as I walked into the plain white office.

Every time I walked in, I wanted to decorate it. It was too plain, too boring. Maybe something along the line of dark greens, reds, and blacks. Upgrade the secretary's stupid Macintosh to a Windows XP with faster internet connection that didn't block all our favorite websites.

The secretary interrupted my designing thoughts. "Tsunade is waiting in her office," she said, a fake smile on her face. I could tell she liked us the same amount that Ino did. She stood up and led us down a hallway to the principal's office. She opened the door at the end of the hall for us.

I had never been in the principal's office before. The walls were a dark blue and the furniture was mostly green. On a green cabinet was a pet cage. If I was "normal", I would have thought the creatures in the glass box were disgusting. But they were actually kinda cute. Several slugs were in the box, squirming around.

I seated myself in the chair closest to the slugs. Temari sat next to me, not taking her eyes off Ino. Ino was glaring at me, so I concentrated on Tsunade's slugs. The silence wouldn't let up.

Tsunade finally spoke. "So, let me get this straight. Temari, you were cutting Ino because of something she did to Hinata, am I right?" We all nodded in unison, so Tsunade continued, "So, I want to hear everybody's side of the story. And no butting in another person's story. Hinata, you go first."

I nodded once, and then started. "Well, I was walking over to Temari and the others, but Ino bumped into me and knocked me down. I tried picking up my books and binders that were knocked out of my arms, but Ino made fun of me for cutting myself as she saw my scars. Then Temari picked her up and cut her. That's when you came in." Subconsciously, I had looked down and started fiddling my thumbs. Temari stared at me, confused, while Ino smirked.

"Ino, your turn," Tsunade said, turning to Ino.

"Thank you, sensei," Ino smiled. Then, she started her story. "Well, I was pushed by Sakura-chan into Hinata-chan," Ino started. Temari clenched her teeth, her fists balled up. She took it offensively when Ino ended my name with "-chan". "Anyways, and accidentally knocked her over, making her drop everything. So, Temari-san thought it would be nice to assault me," Ino sneered, showing her arm. A few drops of blood streamed down it.

"Okay, Temari?" Tsunade said, moving on.

"Okay, Hinata was walking towards us, but Sakura pushed Miss Piggy into her, knocking her over. As Hinata was gathering her stuff, Miss Piggy saw one of her scars and stepped on her arm, breaking it. So, I grabbed the farm animal and slit her own wrist open with this," Temari said, showing her knife. I couldn't help but giggle when Temari called Ino "Miss Piggy." "Then, you came in, sensei."

Tsunade nodded. "Okay, so Sakura pushed Ino into Hinata. Now, Temari, you said Ino broke Hinata's arm" – Temari nodded – "And Ino, you said it was accidental." – Ino nodded – "Okay, so Hinata, which one was it?" Tsunade asked, turning to me. I felt three pairs of eyes on me. I looked down, rubbing my cuts for comfort. I whispered, "Temari."

Tsunade nodded, and then continued the story. "So, Ino stepped on Hinata's arm and broke it. Then, Temari attacked Ino for breaking Hinata's arm by slitting Ino's wrists. Is that right?"

Temari nodded, followed by my own head nodding. Ino was about to speak up, but closed her mouth and just nodded instead. Tsunade sighed. "Ino, you are to stay after school for detention every day for two weeks to make the school nicer. Now, go see Ms. Anko for a note to class." Ino got up and left.

The principal turned to Temari as Ino left the room. "Temari, you will have an in-house suspension starting Monday for three weeks, plus a meeting with your father. Now, go see Ms. Anko for a note to class." Temari left the room, trying to calm herself from punching a hole in the wall. Then, Tsunade turned to me.

"Let's get your arm fixed up," was all she said. She opened the drawer to her desk and pulled out bandage wraps. Naturally, I rolled up my sleeve. She walked back over to me and wrapped around my left arm. "So, did you do that?"

I nodded. She was talking about the scars on my arm. She wrapped the bandage to my elbow, and then back to my wrist. Tsunade wrapped it between my between my thumb and index finger, and then told me to hold it. I did. She walked to her desk a pulled out a safety pin from her drawer. She walked back over and pinned the bandage together.

"Hinata, do not use this safety pin for any reason other than holding the bandage," she warned me. I nodded. I wasn't planning on it. She turned to the cabinets that the slug cage was on and pulled out a sling. She put it around my neck and placed my arm in the dark blue part. "All done," she said, smiling at me.

"Thank you, sensei," I bowed. Then, I turned to look at the slugs. "These guys are cute," I smiled.

"Oh, thanks. No else thinks so…" Tsunade said. I nodded, understanding. Then, I changed the subject. "Sensei, am I in trouble?" I asked. Tsunade shook her head. "No, you're not. So go see Ms. Anko for a note to class," she said. I nodded, bowed good-bye, and left.

I was surprised to see Temari waiting for me outside the office. "So, what class are you going to?" she asked. "It's fifth period now."

"P.E. It's Gai's class verses Kakashi's class in kickball," I replied.

Temari nodded. "I have chemistry A.P." she said. I looked at her confused. "You have Orochimaru's class?"

Temari sighed. "Yes, the Goth is in an advanced class. So exciting," she sarcastically said, rolling her eyes. Then she changed the subject, "So, you thought the "Miss Piggy" thing was funny?" I nodded.

We started walking towards our classes. I was glad the locker room was on the way to Orochimaru's classroom. I had a question I wanted to ask. "Temari, how many knives do you have?"

She was amused by this question. "How many? Well, today I have five, but I usually have three," she smirked. "I don't' know why I have so many, I just do. They make me feel… Safe."

I nodded. The rest of the short walk was in silence. As the door to the locker room came up, I bid Temari farewell. "See you after school, Hinata, Temari said, waving. I slid through the locker room door. Everyone was dressed and talking about the game.

I walked to my locker and quickly but carefully dressed into my P.E. uniform. I was tying my shoe as Gai-sensei called in, "Girls, time to play some kickball!"

I hurried with my shoe and stood up. I was the last one out of the locker room, but I didn't care. I filed out behind the other girls who had started merging with the boys.

Gaara walked over to me as I walked out of the locker room. He looked at my arm, and then poked it. "Does it hurt?" he asked.

I shook my head no, smiling. At least he cared. I watched his expression as he examined my arm. He had a curious look on flicker in his eyes. Curious myself, I followed his eyes to what he was staring at: the safety pin. "Gaara," I said, "that's not to be removed."

Gaara looked at me strangely. "So, how are you…?" he paused, and then asked a different question. "So, are you going to stop?"

Now I was the one with a strange look on my face. "What do you me-"I stopped. I knew exactly what he meant. I looked at my feet. "I don't know yet."

"So, Gaara, is Hinata the young maiden to aid you in the match? Remember, we are playing against Kakashi's team, and we will not lose. So, let's do it!" Gai exclaimed from behind us, his hands on our shoulders.

Under our breaths, we both said, "let's not,' at the same time. I giggled. Gaara stared at me in amusement. Gai, who didn't catch what we said, started pushing us to the kickball field.

"Umm, Gai-sensei, you know we can walk, right?" I asked, embarrassed that we were being pushed by the teacher, who apparently didn't care that I had a broken arm. "I mean, beating Kakashi is important to you, so why don't you save your energy and let us walk," I suggested.

Gai grinned. "That's an excellent idea, Hinata. I'll leave you kids to walk by yourselves, but don't be late. Extra credit if we win!" Gai exclaimed. I rolled my eyes, trying to hide the blush that was spreading across my face.

Gaara noticed. "Hinata, why do you blush so much?" he asked.

I shrugged. "Natural reaction, I guess. I've done it all my life," I replied. Gaara just nodded, looking at the kickball field. His eyes narrowed, he was staring at something. "What's wrong?" I asked.

"Neji." Was all he said. Hearing Nii-san's name, I followed his eyes. I stopped. Neji was walking towards us. Gaara stopped a few steps in front of me. Neji's current girlfriend, Tenten, was following him. She stopped just inches from Gaara. Neji walked up to me. He was staring at my arm.

"I saw the fight at lunch. So, what did you use?" he asked coolly.

I sighed. I couldn't hide anything from Neji. "Your razor," I whispered, looking at my feet. I pulled my head up and met his eyes. He was staring blankly at me, but his expression hardened.

"Why do you do that to yourself?" he asked, folding his arms across his chest.

I was puzzled. "I… I don't know," I admitted. But that wasn't the answer he wanted. He kept staring at me. "I… Don't… Know," I repeated. He probably missed what I had said. Or, at least that's what I thought. His expression didn't change. "Nii-san, I really don't know, okay!" I said. I was getting fed-up with Neji.

"Neji, maybe she does it because she can't keep any secrets, and they comfort her," flatly said Gaara. Neji turned to look at Gaara. They coldly stared at each other for a few seconds, but Neji broke the silence. "Come on, Tenten. Let's leave."

Neji and Tenten turned towards the kickball field and walked away. I stepped up to Gaara. "I owe you one," I said. All he did was nod.

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Tell me how Chapter one was. I know, the characters might be a little Out Of Character, but it's a fanfiction. It's not like this is going to be apart of the manga. So, thanks for reading Accepted. Help, ideas, and flames are welcome!