Summary: The Hyugas go off to one of their many estates, however, Neji does not want to go. Will a few slight accidents change his mind?
Disclaimer: I do own Naruto or these characters. This story is mine though.
This is the original story of Estate, before I completely edited it and shortened it to be a oneshot. This, however, is not so I hope you enjoy this. Oh and please review. I'd like to know your opinion on how the story is. It'll really help me a lot.
During the late days of August the Hyuga family would go to one of their many estates, to supposedly relax. This year Hiashi, the head of the family, decided to have their August trip to one of their newly bought vacation spots.
It was on one of the tallest cliffs. It was a lighthouse really, positioned next to the large, but otherwise comfortable large rectangular house. It had a perfect view; the cliff was facing the ocean and it was well known for dolphins springing up in the moonlight, creating an aura of beauty. You could say this is one of the reasons the Hyugas bought this.
It would be the first time the Hyugas would ever go here too, considering that it was newly bought last year and they were looking forward to this event the whole year. However, the Hyugas were not yet focused on this event as they were busily packing things in their already stuffed bags. There was, however, one person in the family that clearly did not want to go. This person was Neji Hyuga.
Neji, was not yet packed. He considered the trip boring and by all means his standard a complete waste of his time. He would rather much train then be stuffed in some estate, relaxing and getting lazy. One reason main reason would possibly be about a year ago.
The whole reason they were lost was because they were investigating, whether someone had stolen, an animal from their property. Neji and Hinata had followed some footsteps leading to the forests, but before they were knew it they were lost. They didn't know how to get back, considering that the house they were staying in was about one mile away. Plus they were new here, only going to this place in the daylight once a summer and never at night. So before they knew the sky slowly turned black and the night finally settled in.
While Neji tried to remain calm and relax, his younger cousin, Hinata did the complete opposite. Hinata panicked whenever she heard animal sounds, like hoots of an owl or howls of a wolf. And if this wasn't already irritatingly enough, Hinata would cling on to Neji's arm and mumble Naruto's name.
"Naruto!" she squeaked.
Apparently Hinata had forgotten that Naruto was not there and perhaps had somehow mistaken Neji for him. Neji could not stand this. It was bad enough that he had a slight crush on Hinata, but to mistake him for Naruto? Neji could not take it any longer.
"Urg. Let go, you're killing my arm." He yelled.
Hinata instantly backed away before mumbling a quiet sorry.
They never did get back to the house that night, but they sure did in the morning. One of the huntsmen was about to kill some wild animal, when he spotted the two of them, under one of the tallest oak trees, sleeping awfully close for supposedly good nature cousins.
"Yo kid," the man asked, lightly kicking Neji at his sides, "wake up!"
Neji slowly opened his eyes, rubbing his eyelids, before looking up at the face looming down at him. Instantly he sat up accidentally knocking Hinata's head to the ground. This made Hinata wake up, as she too sat up, rubbing her slightly sore head.
"Ow...nii-san, what was that for? I was--" she started.
Neji had motioned for her to look up and she too was utterly surprised when she saw the face looking at them. Hinata recognized him as one of the hunters, of the Hyuga compound, but can't seem to remember his name.
"Did you two get lost in here?" the man asked.
The two could only nod.
"Well then I'll take you home." the man said.
When they got back to the house, they were greeted by an angry Hiashi. The two of them were severely punished for wandering off, an embarrassment that Neji could not live down so easily. He did not want to repeat it again.
Neji snapped out of his thoughts when he heard shuffling of feet outside his door. He heard a man yelling orders, immediately recognizing the voice as his uncle's. Then after about three seconds the door opened, revealing Hiashi Hyuga.
Hiashi looked around the room in disgust and then turned to face Neji, who was casually lying down on his bed.
"Why aren't you packed?" he asked.
It was a simple question, but Neji ignored it, focusing his attention on his book. Hiashi seeing this, grabbed the book from his hands and threw it across the room. This earned him a slight glare from Neji, an act that could make Hiashi activate the seal and bring him utter pain. But Hiashi ignored this, focusing his vision on Neji.
"Well?" he asked again.
"I consider the trip boring." was all that Neji answered.
"Neji," said a slightly irritated Hiashi, "you do know why we are doing this right? You know it's for the good of the family. The one thing that will not tear us apart right?"
Neji knew what he was referring to, of course he did. He had overheard a couple of the branch members talking about it just about a week before.
"So you're going right?" a branched member asked.
He was talking to woman in the hallway. Neji was on his way to the training room when he suddenly heard their conversation and stopped curiously, hiding behind the corner of the wall.
The woman hesitated at first, making sure that no one was around before answering the man sitting next to her.
"Of course I will," she answered, "You can't expect me to ignore this right? If Hiashi would have somehow got into his head that one of us is not going he'd throw a fit. You do know the reason for this right?"
"Course I do," the man replied, "the whole reason for this is so that the branch family will not cause an uproar and rebel against the main family."
The man took a sip of his beer and got up from his seat and before turning around one last time.
"I guess I'll be seeing you then." The man said.
"Alright, I'll go." said Neji.
"Good." Hiashi replied.
Hiashi then left the room and shut the door close on his way out. Neji was now left alone in his room, but he didn't bother to pack.
'I'll do it the day before.' He thought.