A/N: Yo! This is my first time writing fan fiction and I would love to know what you guys think about my story. I would love to hear comments and feedback.

I hope you enjoy.

Midnight Curls. :)

"Pssh! Such a weakling!" a boy with long dark hair and violet eyes snorted.

"Yeah! The main house being undefeatable! What a joke!" , said the girl with similar features and equally long dark hair, who was standing next to him and was seemingly his twin.

Both teenagers were looming over a small, whimpering girl, barely seven years of age who was trying desperately to get away from them and was wholly unsuccessful. The girl had shoulder length indigo colored hair, and pupil less violet eyes, along with loose clothes that hung around her with spiral looking crest on the front of her shirt which identified her as a Hyuuga.

Stammering she asked,"A-ano aniki, wh-what're you doing?"

The bullies, branch members of the Hyuuga clan, the renowned Dojutsu using clan of Konoha, one of the five great ninja villages, smirked evilly. "Just teaching you a lesson, snotty little princess! You stuck up main branch members are weak!", replied the girl, raising her hands into an attack position and activating their clans bloodline – the Byakugan.

'What have I done to them? It's not my fault that my father is the clan head and I am clan heir! I feel sorry for the branch members who are treated as servants! But I treat them as family! And yet...' Were the thoughts that ran through the seven year-old's head, and with tears streaming down her face, she squeezed her eyes shut and prepared herself for the pain that was bound to come...

It was a bright day in Konoha, the village hidden in the leaves, situated in fire country, and considered to be one of the five great ninja villages. The sun was shining, the sky was blue, and the weather was just perfect. The greenery was in full bloom, and everything seemed to be happy and full of life. Someone however, was not having a great day.

It was in a dead end of some old alley in the poorer part of Konoha. Underneath all the garbage and the filth a small, frail and injured body could be seen.

A groan was heard and the small body suddenly rolled over, wincing in pain. The body belonged to a small boy with blonde hair that looked brown from all the filth, three whisker marks on either cheek and cerulean blue eyes that sometimes outshine the sky. Wincing in pain, once again, he tried to recall how he ended up here.

The events of last night flashed in his head, 'oh yeah, that's right! I ran out of food so i tried to make my way to Ichiraku Ramen, when some drunken shinobi started chasing me, and they were soon joined by some villagers, and they kept hitting me and throwing kunai at me, and then when i was finally able to escape, i ended up here, bleeding and hurt... i must have passed out...' he remembered, his eyes glistening at the thought of the entire village, save a few people, hating him with all their might.

He often wondered why they hated him, he had never hurt them, and he had just pulled a few harmless pranks that didn't hurt anyone, yet the majority of the populace if Konoha despised him. He shook his head, brushing it off, knowing that pondering about it wouldn't give him an answer.

Instead, he gingerly moved his scrawny legs, that looked like they belonged to a five year old, instead of a boy of seven, testing how sore and injured his legs were. He didn't know why but for some reason he always healed at a miraculous rate and that was the only reason why he was alive now, or he would have died years ago from the frequent beatings.

Deciding that he was ready to try to start moving, he shakily got to his feet and ignoring the pain that was coursing through his body at the action, he began to start moving toward the rat infested dump of an apartment he called home.

"SMACK!" was the sound that Hinata Hyuuga heard. She was surprised to feel no pain. No, she realised, she wasn't the one that had got hit. Quickly, she opened her eyes to see who it was that had taken a hit for her. When she did, she was surprised to find a small scrawny looking boy, who looked no older than her, standing in front of her, trembling with pain where he had gotten hit.

'Who is he? Why did he protect me? Is he okay?' were the thoughts that were running through Hinata's mind. She looked up at the bullies and they too looked surprised at the sudden appearance of this blonde blue-eyed boy. They quickly recovered however.

"Well well, if it isn't the demon brat! It looks like it's our lucky day, doesn't it Shinju" sneered the boy.

"Yes, it sure does, Sato" replied Shinju, "it looks like we get to teach both the demon and the snotty little princess a lesson today. Yes, fate is being kind to us today..."

They both smirked evilly and just then, the blond haired boy shouted " I am not the demon brat! My name is Uzumaki Naruto, you get that? And you better remember it too, because I'm gonna be Hokage one day! And go pick on someone your own size, would you!"

"Hahaha! What a joke!" laughed Shinji.

"You -Hokage! That'll be the day!" agreed Sato.

Naruto just glared at them and was about to say something when Sato raised his fist, and smirked evilly and said, "Now, where were we, hmmm"

Shinji got into attack position and activated her Byakugan, smirked and said, "I think just about here"

They were just about to attack when a voice was heard, "Sato, Shinji where are you? Sensei is calling us and we have to get to training ground 7 before seven or we're dead meat!"

"Saved today it seems demon, princess. Next time, though, we'll have a good time" said Sato and both of them turned to leave.

As soon as they left , Naruto turned away and started walking away.

"Wh-where are you going" stuttered Hinata. Naruto turned around, looking surprised that she had bothered to talk to him. He turned to look at her and she stammered out, "Tha-thank you for standing up for me"

Still looking mildly surprised , he replied "You're welcome, 'ttebayo!"

Hinata held out her shaking hand and said, "My name is Hi-hinata, What's yours?"

"Its Naruto" he replied, with a genuine smile on his face, due to the fact that she had bothered to ask him what his name was.

"D-do you want to be friends?" asked Hinata.

Little did they know, those six fated words would change both their lives irrevocably. Those six words were destined to change not only their own future but also that of Konoha and possibly, the entire world.

Looking surprised and shocked, yet ecstatic, Naruto looked at Hinata with the beginnings of a true smile- one that reached his eyes- not the fake one he put on for the world, but the one he gave to the people that made him truly happy- the one only few people in Konoha had the privilege of seeing.

In a behavior very unlike him, he softly replied, almost like he was unsure of the reality of the moment and speaking loudly would break the moment, he whispered, "I-I would like that... a lot..."

Hinata answered with a shy smile, hesitantly but surely, they walked out of the alley, side by side, in an almost comfortable silence, in the direction of the main city, with the sun shining above their heads and hope welling in their hearts. Deep down, they both knew, this was the start of something new and wonderful...

A/N: Please Review. *Puppy Dog eyes*

Next time: "Promise to be my friend forever?"