Ok so I know the ages might be off but I tried to get them right anywho my fanfic so my ages ^_^ That being said.... This story is told in third person point of view for the most part but I might do a chapter or two in first person. It's Five years after Sasuke left and Naruto and Sakura are together. Hinata is still infatuated with Naruto and can't take the the sight of them together and decides to leave and come back as someone Naruto would want to love... What happens? I wonder....... ^_^ DM
In Your Eyes
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Chapter One
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Leaving
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I stood there looking back at the place I had called home for the last eighteen yeas as a final tear fell down my cheek. It's time I left. Good bye everyone. I thought as I stepped away from the city. It was dark and the moon shone with a foreignness I would never had thought it would have. The moon had been my companion throughout the years but tonight it seemed to forget me as everyone in my past tended to do. This was why I needed to leave this is why I needed to go. To grow and come back as someone he would want. I need to be strong like Sakura.
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"I come all this way and you leave?" a familiar voice filled her ears as she was trying to make her feat move.
"I didn't know you we're in town." she lied turning to look into aqua eyes that always made her want to confess everything. When she did very well know he was there. She'd known it and she'd been hiding from him.
"You never did know how to lie." he said. The Kazekage had been in town for a meeting with the Hokage, Tsunade-sama and looking forward to seeing the girl he loved like a little sister. He'd wanted to know why she had been avoiding him. Then when he'd seen her standing there he knew why. She was leaving and it hurt to know that he couldn't make her stay. She needed to do this. To do it for herself. Even if she told herself it was for Naruto. "Finally leaving Hinata-chan?"
"Please don't try to stop me Gaara-kun." You're the only one who could. she added silently.
"Why would I? You must do what you must do." his voice was filled with questions that hung in the air and words that weren't said but known. "I am not your father or a hired hand paid to bring you back in chains if I must. I am your friend who knows in order to find your place you need to take the path laid before you."
She smiled slightly and looked down. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you. I should have known you of all people would understand and not try to stop me. I should have seen that no matter what my brother Gaara was there for me and never made my problems seem small. Even though your burdens were far greater then mine." Bringing her hands to her chest she fought as tears began to fall once again.
Gaara walked over to her and placed his arms around her bringing her into a tight hug. It still amazed him how easy it was to hug her. To freely and outwardly show care to her. Even with the way his life had so drastically changed he was still hesitant to hug Temari his true sister in view of people. There was only one other person he was able to so freely show his emotions with and that was his lovely wife Matsuri. As Hinata's tears fell onto his shoulder he thought back to the first time he'd really talked to the raven haired girl.
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The day was warm and Konoha was in a relaxed state as Gaara the soon to be Kazekage was walking in the training fields on such a calm day. Even with the fields empty the trees and surrounding area showed the image of years of training that had taken place. Gashes scarred the rocks, holes were scattered along the ground, trees could be seen knocked fully out of the ground their roots pulled up and exposed to the air, and burn marks on the earth. Yet in the stillness it was peaceful scene one could feel the dedication and effort and determination it took to get the land into the shape it was was presently in. The redhead was pulled from his thoughts at the sound metal hitting metal heard not far away.
As he moved closer the all to familiar smell of blood filled his head freezing him in his steps. Deciding he could deal with an enemy if it presented it's self he slowly and carefully made his way closer to the ever growing sounds of battle. He was nearly to it when the sound just stopped. He was shocked to when he found a only one person standing in the middle of a small clearing. Staring from his hiding place he took in the scene.
Kunai were scattered around many bent and broken a few covered in blood. Dust that had not quite settled still filled the air. A raven haired girl stood in the center of the mess breathing heavily and bleeding from cuts along her body. Gaara stared as she began setting up what looked to be a set of wires. After a few minutes the kunai that remained unbroken were placed in several areas and aimed perfectly to where the girl stood. She formed a hand sign and in a moment of silence the weapons hurtled toward their target.
As the dust settled Gaara walked out amazed that the girl would do a thing like that without a friend to help her if she messed up. "Hello" he said startling her. She threw the weapon that had been in her hand it's aim perfect. Gaara's sand blocked it without a problem as he stood there waiting for her to say something.
"G-Gaara-sama f-forgive me. I-I did not know it was you." Hinata said feeling the ever present anger at herself for not being able to say a full sentence.
"Why are you out here alone. You could get injured." he said ignoring her apology.
"I w-was t-training"
"Well I can see that what I want to know is why. Everyone is off for the day."
"I have to train to get better" she said defensively. She was so shocked at the firmness of her voice that she felt she had to keep trying. See how far she could go. "I'm not going to stop just because I'm told I can. If that were the case I wouldn't be where I am now." A smile touched Gaara's lips. Yes a full smile. At the words she had said they were full with such determination and a hint of anger.
"What is your name?"
"My name is Hyuga Hinata."
"Well Hinata-chan would you be my friend?" he said amazed at the words he found himself saying
"Really Gaara-sama?"
"Please never call me sama and yes I would like to be your friend."
"Okay then we are friends Gaara-kun" she said smiling.
From that day they were always close. She never stuttered around him and he always showed emotion around her. They were friends.
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"Naruto is my friend but the guy can truly be and idiot at times." Gaara said to Hinata as her tears continued to fall. "Promise me this." He lifted her chin and looked into her lavender eyes. "That you leave for you and not my knucklehead friendNaruto. Then when you come back do it not to win him from Sakura but for wanting to come home. Also that while you are gone do it to better yourself not to impress him."
Lavender eyes met with aqua in a battle of wills. He knew why she was leaving and he wanted to change it. Not make her stay but to make her go for reasons other then she was wanting to go. "Promise." he said the word as if a command of an older brother telling his sister not to break curfew again.
"Ok I promise I will go for me... and only me." She said.
"Good" he said placing a kiss on her forehead and spinning her around. Placing necklace around her neck he whispered in her ear. "Now get out of here and don't look back. The next time you look at this place I want it to be you walking back in." he gave her a nudge her toward the gate and for the first time since she made her choice to leave she didn't feel like turning back.
Gaara watched as she left even when he could no longer see her shadow in the moon lit darkness he watched. When he was sure she would not return he turned around only to find his wife standing there looking at him. His heart ached and as a single tear fell down his face Matsuri's arms found their way around him. "She will come back my love. She will be ok." she softly spoke.
"I do hope so." and he began to weep. There his wife holding him close as he feared for his sister. She still stuttered when not around him. Let her be safe. He prayed.
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End Chapter one
Ok this is only the first chapter and I hope you liked it. The thing is I know this story in my mind how it goes but when I begin to type it out it grows and changes. Honestly I can't wait to see how it flows... hee-hee other writers might understand this feeling. You know how the story is and what's going to happen but at the same time you don't know how it all happens quite yet. Anywho please comment ^_^ DM