This is my first fanfiction i've submitted, so please don't kill me if you hate it. But if you like it, then please review! I cannot stress this enough!

This is not a HinataxNeji, so don't think that it is! It's mostly a HinataxKankuro, but it's a mixture of more pairings as you'll read later on...

It was an ordinary day in the life of Hyuuga Hinata. She had to: wake up, brush her hair and teeth, get dressed, make breakfast, train in the forest, and watch Naruto if he was outside, or just sit around and read a book or something. But in between all of that Hinata would find time to slip in a conversation or two with her best friend: Temari.

It had been three years since the chuunin exam, and Hinata and Temari had became good friends since then, although Temari was now 17 and Hinata was only 16. The two had also changed in appearance.

Hinata still wore the same overly baggy jacket and overly baggy sweat pants, but her hair had grown. She still had the same bowl cut, but the two strands of purple hair that come out of the bowl grew to her shoulders. While Temari wore a blue dress with a small metal plate covering her chest.

The two had, as you can imagine, very busy schedules. But Hinata and Temari would find time in their lives to text message each other and inform the other about what happened that day. They would sometimes talk about their siblings and how annoying they are. And make jokes about their fellow ninjas and sometimes each other.

But today, when Hinata turned on her cell phone, there was something different than usual conversations.

Hinata looked down on her cell phone screen and saw the message Temari had sent her. "Hey Hinata, I was wondering wht you think of Kankuro?"

Hinata quickly typed: "I think he's funny, but nothing else."

A new message appeared on the screen. "Want to trade 4 Neji?"

Hinata laughed a little and typed: "Lol. Sure if I could."

"But u can."

"Wtf? How?"

"Hm I don't know."

"Think we could?"

"Let's make it happen!"

Temari closed her cell phone and smiled deviously. She was sick and tired of Kankuro making a mess with Karasu and getting wood and metal pieces that she didn't recognize all over the floor. And whenever Temari would mention fried rice Kankuro would look down and walk away from wherever they were. This was something to definitely look forward too!

And Hinata was tired of Neji thinking he was so cool, and she was sick with Hanabi being such a brat. So the two decided to meet each other at the gates of the Fire Village.

The Fire Village wasn't a very popular place; it was a ways a way from the other villages. The Fire Village didn't really have any enemies or allies. So it was just a good spot. Now the only problem in this plan was to get the family to agree. First, they had to capture Neji and Kankuro, which isn't an easy task. Second, they Hinata had to find a place to stay. Hiashi wouldn't allow another man in the house, and he wouldn't allow Neji to stay at another girl's house for a month. So Hinata had to think of a plan.

The next day she went with Kiba and Shino on a mission. All they had to do was help an elderly lady plant flowers in her garden. While they were leaving the woman hollered for Hinata to come over.

"Oh young girl over there, would you sit with me for a while?" Hinata put on a confused look but started towards her anyway. "Um sure." The lady sat down on her porch and began to pat a spot on the porch where Hinata could sit.

The lady wore huge black sunglasses that covered her eyes on all sides. She had a white robe on that reached to her ankles. And her hair was a strange shade of powdery white. She was dressed oddly, but she was as sweet and adorable as a grandma. At least that's what Hinata thought.

"Hello dear. It's a beautiful day out isn't it?" The lady whistled and lisped while she talked so it was hard for Hinata to fully understand.

"Yes it is. It was a perfect day to work on your garden." She said while looking up at the sky.

"Oh but you and your little friends did all the work, my dear. And while I'm on that subject I'd like to thank you for all your hard work today."

Hinata smiled weakly. This lady obviously didn't know much if she thought that Kiba and Shino were "little". "Thanks. But it was only gardening. Anybody could do it."

"Oh but I couldn't. Not with these bones I couldn't. But that's beside the point. I wanted to ask you about your eyes." She said as if Hinata were a freak at the spring carnival.

"I was born with them this way. I know they're a little freakish, but they help me when I'm fighting." Soon after she explained about her eyes she looked down a little.

"Oh not about that!" Hinata looked up almost instantly with a surprised look on her face. "I know all about the Byakugan and the Hyuuga clan! I was talking about the color of your eyes." "The c-color?" Suddenly she put her hands over her eyes as if trying to hide them. Then two of her fingers split apart and one of those lavender eyes peeked out. "What's so special about them?" She said defensively "And how do you know about my clan?"

The lady smiled. "I noticed that they're lavender. Back in my day lavender was the sign of hopeless love. Whenever a person got dumped or rejected, they would wear lavender to show their sorrow." Hinata began to blush and removed her hands from her face. "How did she know about Naruto?"

Then, the lady took Hinata's left hand and placed something that felt like metal in it. She then shut Hinata's hand and smiled at her. Hinata took back her hand and saw that there was a lavender bird made out of metal resting in her palm. She then started to blush and stuttered. "I-I can't take this! I-It's got to be about a thousand bucks! Besides we only just met!" The lady then smacked Hinata's head, which brought Hinata back into reality.

"Silence. God, you're acting I'm a man proposing to you with a gold ring." Then she sighed and looked at Hinata. "Take it. Whenever you're feeling sad or heartbroken, just kiss the bird and something good will happen to make your heart soar in love once again." Hinata was looking down at the bird and smiled. "Thank you. I'll make sure to pay you back one day."

She then stood up and walked towards her house. She turned around and began walking backwards and waving. "Goodbye! And thanks again!" The lady smiled and waved back. "Goodbye! And watch out for that tree!" "Huh?" She then turned around and hit the tree face forward. She could hear the lady laughing and suddenly felt like George of the Jungle.

Hinata began walking through the forest separating her clan house from the rest of the village. While she was walking she thought about things. She thought about how she was going to get her family to agree to the switch. And she was thinking about the bird the lady gave her. "What should I do with it? Should I kiss it and hope Naruto hangs out with me? What would happen if I did kiss it and somebody walked in on me when I did?" Then she came up with a plan. "THAT'S IT!" Then after a while of standing there she realized she said "that's it" aloud and started to blush.

That night Hinata told Temari her plan and the new place to meet and after explaining how this place was a good spot Temari finally agreed.

Next morning Hinata woke up early so she could speak with her father about Neji. Meanwhile in Neji's room, his birds were chirping like hell (which woke Neji up). And while Neji was walking down the hall to grab a class of milk he happened to over hear Hinata and his Father talking.

"Well, Father, I know how much you want me to get married to a member of the Hyuuga clan. So, branch house or not, I've decided to marry……."

There was a long pause and as Hinata was trying to make a fake blush, but could not. Then she began to twiddle her fingers, which was a gesture she used a lot when she was nervous.

"..N-Neji!" The blush slowly appeared for a reason Hinata just did not know.

Hiashi was both devastated and overwhelmed when he heard the news. He was so startled he even started to fall back but caught himself half way. He began to shake and smile sharply, which scared Hinata and caused her to move back a little. "My daughter was going to be a wife, and to a very strong husband!"

He suddenly stood up and put a grim expression on his face. Hinata looked up and made a confused face. "F-father?" His face moved at the speed of light when it rested on his daughter. Then his smiled his big goofy grin he only used once every five years.

While Hiashi was overly happy by the news, Neji was devastated.

He turned his back towards the window he was peeking through, hung his head, crouched down, and began to breathe heavily. "Marriage? Hinata? Hiashi actually smiled?" He was confused, scared, and a cluster of a lot of other different emotions. Neji put his head up, his eyes filled with determination. He stood up and held his arm in front of his chest, clenching his fist. "I'm going to go talk to her!" He stood there for a couple of seconds and then Hiashi opened the window.

Neji feel backward and blushed madly. "BASTARD!" Hiashi grinned devilishly. "Be good to Hinata."

Hiashi walked down the hall to the main house, leaving Neji there clueless.

"Ohhhh Kankurooooo!" Temari hollered with her hands cupped over her mouth. "Get your lazy ass over to the table it's lunch time!"

Kankuro was outside in the training area of the household when he heard Temari's scream. "Comiiiing!" He grabbed Karasu and ran toward the dining area.

Kankuro entered the room where he sat down with his two siblings. "Hey you got here in.." Gaara glanced at the clock on the wall. "Oh I'd say about an hour. Hey wow that's a new record I'd suggest joining the track team with that speed." Gaara said sarcastically. "Suck my-"Temari had hit him from across the table with her giant fan before he could finish.

"Hey Kankuro. I was wondering, what do you think of Hinata?"

Kankuro gagged a couple of times from choking on his food. "You bitch, THERE ARE OTHER WAYS OF GETTING MY ATTENTION!"

Temari hit him again. "Answer me you fag." She said between closed eyes and gritted teeth.

Kankuro scowled. "The shy Hyuuga that you talk to all the time?" Temari nodded. "Hmmm. I dunno. I never really got to know her."

Temari smiled deviously and squinted her eyes a bit. "How would you like to spend a week or two with her?" Kankuro was, of course, confused.

"Uh I'm sorry, but what kind of question is that?"

"A question. I'm not very good with grammar so I don't know the details but..."

"Oh shut up, I get it." Then he slid his chair away from the table and started towards the training grounds. "Sayonara."

Temari stomped her left foot on the ground and clenched her fists at her side. "Damn!" Gaara looked sheepishly at Temari and began to suspect something.

Hinata was still on the porch holding one of her birds and staring into the horizon. She was thinking of a way to convince Neji to go with her to the Yoshino River. The Yoshino River is located in the deepest part of the forest, and is one of the hardest rivers to get to. Most ninja's used the river to train, but it was fall and usually people train in the summer. There was a small cabin built for a small family but the family died and now it's abandoned.

While she was thinking little did she know that Neji was watching her. He finally summed up the courage to ask her about the whole marriage thing.

"Err Hinata-sama?"

"Neji? What do you want? "

Neji was appalled at his cousin's remark. It wasn't something one would say to the person they wanted to marry.

"I heard you uhh talking to Father about something about a uhh marriage, and uhh what the hell is up with that."

Hinata could see that Neji was blushing, even though he was turned the other way with his arms behind his back. Then she grabbed his collar and pushed his ear by her face and whispered: "Fathers coming, I'll be in my room and tell you all about it."

Hinata hopped down from the patio and started towards the front door. Neji looked towards her with a confused look on his face and heard the crackling of the leaves she was crumbling. Then the confused Hyuuga felt his Fathers hand on his shoulder and looked up to see tears of happiness roll down his face.

Meanwhile, in Sunagakure, Temari was having just as much trouble getting Kankuro to agree to the bet the two kunoichis bet. First she tried to tie one of her famous home-made pork roasts on a string, and placed it in a cage to see if he would fall for it. But Kankuro was tired of eating pork roasts all the time, so Temari tried another tactic. She was thinking hard when Gaara walked by.

"Wow your actually thinking for once!"

"Bite me."

"Tch, why don't you make yourself useful and make me a sandwich.'

That's when Temari thought of an idea.

"Gaara-sama?"

Gaara looked at his sister like she was some sort of psycho.

"S-sama?"

"Help me capture Kankuro. PLEEEEEEEASE?"

Gaara looked at his elder sister awkwardly. "Is your brain working properly today? Why would you want to capture Kankuro? Do you need him for chores? Do you want a slave? Does he have rabies or something? Or do you….."

Gaara was instantly pummeled, bitch slapped, and nagged to death for about an hour. Gaara was nearly dead when finally the furious Temari stopped.

"Piss off. I..."

There was a long pause and Temari was deciding in her head that she couldn't keep this away from her brother anymore, and decided to tell Gaara what was going on. And eventually, Gaara agreed to help Temari capture Kankuro.

Kankuro was in his room building a new puppet when the two came in. Temari had a sparkle in her eye, and Gaara…..was just being Gaara.

"EYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"

Back in Konoha, Hinata was holding Nova, her favorite bird. Nova had feathers the color of pearls that shined in the light, and her claws were neatly trimmed so they were sharp yet dull at the same time. Her beak was long and pointy, while her singing sounded like a flute. Hinata had Nova since she was a little kid. And would always try to hum the tune of the birds' song, but usually messed it up and caused the bird to stop.

"You wanted to talk to me?"

Hinata fell off her chair in fright. She started to scream and blush in embarrassment while Nova flew off her hand and perched on the wooden frame surrounding Hinata's bed.

"YOU BASTARD WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?"

"YOU SAID TO COME IN HERE!"

"I DIDN'T SAY TO SCARE ME!"

"I ONLY ASKED IF YOU WANTED TO TALK TO ME YOU BITCH!"

"OH FIRST YOU SCARE ME AND NOW YOU INSULT ME!"

"I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING I JUST WALKED INTO YOUR ROOM!"

"YOU WALKED INTO MY ROOM WITHOUT PERMISSION!"

"WOULD YOU GUYS JUST SHUT UP!" Hanabi screeched. Then Hinata heard a thump on her wall. "That little whiney bitch must've thrown something. I f only Temari was as fond of Hanabi as she is of Neji…"

'She must've thrown something. Tch, the little whiney bitch." Neji said. Hinata looked up at him. "Is he reading my mind?"

"Don't get off topic here you walked in and I didn't give permission." Hinata said while pointing a finger at Neji.

Neji sighed and sat down next to her. He knew she hadn't proved any point, but he also knew there was no way she would let him win.

"It's about the marriage thing." He said. He looked very serious.

Hinata looked at him strangely. Then she placed her fist in the other hand, motioning that she remembered.

"AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHAHHAHA" Hinata laughed while holding the wooden frame so she wouldn't fall of the bed.

"What?" He said startled. This was not the reaction he expected.

"AHAHA OH MY GOD!"

"TELL ME WHATS GOING ON DAMMIT!" He cried, blushing furiously.

"Oh my side." She said still laughing a little and clenching the side of her baggy jacket. "I just want to go to the river. Father would never let me go alone with you, so I had to make up this whole big story."

"What river?" He said suspiciously.

"Umm the uhh Yoshino River?"

Hinata smiled weakly, bringing her head closer to her shoulders like a turtle.

Nejis eyes widened in surprise. "THE YOSHINO RIVER!" He was standing up now with his fists at his sides.

"Err….yeah?" She stuttered with a slight sign of fright in her voice.

He pulled his fists to his chest and began to shake. "HELL YEAH! I'VE WANTED TO GO TO THAT RIVER EVER SINCE I WAS FOUR!"

Hinata's eyes widened in surprise. "You have? S-so you'll go with me?"

Neji started walking towards the door and stopped in next to her and placed his hand on her shoulder. "Heh I wouldn't let my little sister down now would I?"

It's true that Neji is only her cousin, but hearing him relate her to a sister made her feel special. It was also a weird feeling. Hinata began to feel warmth in his words, and began to blush at this thought.

Hinata watched him walk out the door leading to the hall. "I just hope Temari's having as much trouble as I am." She thought to herself.

She stared at her door, adventuring through her thoughts to find out what was wrong with her. "Chirp!" Hinata soon returned to the real world and saw Novas tilted head. She smiled and took her off of the wooden frame. She held those small feet in her hand and gently let Nova perch on her arm. She heard the bird begin her song and started to hum along with her. This time, she finally got the tune right.

Ok that's it for chapter 1. Review if you like it, don't bug me if you hate it. Tell me what I need to improve, compliment, encourage, if not then just keep it to yourself and shut the hell up.