Chapter One: The Other Family

By: AnimeFanfictionDreams

Hinata Hyuga lived a pretty simple life, for a ninja that is. I mean there was times when things didn't go exactly her way, for example her clan. At a young age she was always belittled and labeled as a weakling. She was a heir of her clan, the Hyuga, one of the strongest clans in the leaf village. Since it was a strong clan, she had to be strong. Unfortunately in the eyes of the clan elders and her father she didn't make the cut. Even her cousin, Neji, thought of her as a pathetic excuse of a Hyuga. Her little sister, Hanabi, who she loved dearly, won the title as the clan head. Even when her life had many obstacles she managed to overcome them with her cousin, who later started warming up to her, her family started to see her as a stronger person, and Hinata and her sister never stopped loving each other.

It was all thanks to an orange-backed night, Naruto. He isn't exactly Prince Charming at first glance, but once you get deeper, you can see what an amazing person he is. No one can deny that. His ambition to be something great and to try harder was the thing the struck Hinata's heart. She dealt every Hyuga family problem through his philosophy, even though he never knew at first. Eventually her heart reached his. It took a while for her to finally confess and to actually follow through, and him a while to realize that she liked him and reciprocate those feelings.

It all happened through a mission to save her sister from Toneri Ōtsutsuki. The mission included Hinata, Naruto, and some friends, (Sakura, Shikamaru, and Sai). They saved both Hanabi and Toneri's mentality. They began dating for almost a year, the two where then comfortable with themselves and told each other everything. At least what they thought. Although Hinata had a secret for a while, and would eventually tell her love someday. It never crossed her mind to tell him. She had kept it a secret for so long that she never put thought into it. That she had another family than the Hyuga.

November 15, 11:14 AM, Hidden Leaf Village

Nineteen-year-old Hinata Hyuga sat on her comfy twin bed in her room, relaxing after training. She embraced her new fox stuffed animal as she browsed through her smart phone. It was just a few years ago after the war that the Fire Country started sending electronics to their Hidden Village for better communication. She was browsing for new men's sneakers from the Land Of Earth that someone she knew might like for their birthday. While browsing she remembered how she spent the day with Naruto on his birthday last month. Naruto said he wanted to spend his whole birthday with her, resulting into going to Ichiraku Ramen to celebrate the day. She gifted him a ramen pendent she handmade and a scarf she knitted, since the scarf she knitted before was destroyed at the mission to save her sister a few months ago. Naruto was now 20 years-old, the thought made Hinata blush. He's grown so much it shocks even herself, but she loves the manly Naruto, just as much as she loved the short goof-ball Naruto. As long as he stayed the same heart and mind wise, Naruto never had a problem making Hinata feel butterflies in her stomach.

While browsing she received a text from Naruto.

Text From: NAARRUUTOO-KUUUNN! 11:15-

HEEEYYY! Good Morning! Just finished training, how was yours? Wanna meet at Café Miki I really wanna tell you something! Love you!

Hinata smiled continuously at his "Love You" –

Good Moring! My training went well. I'll see you in 20 minutes, if that's okay. I lov-

Hinata stopped texting to then, squeal in delight. She kicked her bed as she had a girly freak out. She loved the fact that she could say "I Love You" to Naruto, and Naruto could to the same to her. For a relatively shy girl, a person could never imagine Hinata rolling around screaming, because of that. She then laughed crazily, and finished the text with an "I Love You Too" and a smile. Oh, how it felt so good to say that.

Hinata quickly readied herself and dressed up in a simple pink skirt with black leggings underneath, and a purple blouse with a pink cardigan covering her chest, to remain her modest look. Smiling and humming (imagine her humming Spice the ending song to Food Wars the anime.) Hinata exited her room with her hand bag in her hand to face a Branch Hyuga outside her door. The woman was dressed in a maid outfit, she bowed to her. Surprised by the sudden appearance she returned the bow.

"There is a letter from the Matsumoto Family for you Lady Hinata." The woman blankly handed the letter to her.

"The Matsumoto Family?" Hinata thought, "Why would they send me a letter when they could text?" Hinata took the letter and the two bowed, then the Branch Member walked away.

"It couldn't be that important right?" Hinata thought as she started at her phone for the time, it was already 11:25 it took her 10 minutes to walk there and if she read the letter then she would have already lost some time and be late. She didn't want to be late, because she was reading a letter. She stuffed the letter in her bag and headed out. She bowed to the other Branch Hyuga she passed, and bid her sister a good bye, who was reading a book in the Hyuga Garden as she left through there.

At Miki's sat Naruto who already ordered. A cinnamon roll and a really sweet pumpkin spice latte for Hinata and a melon soda for him. He sat there sipping, receiving stares from many people in the Café. Not from being different from others or from hate, but from admiration for being the savior of the village two times. Even though this type of thing has been happening for a while, he never noticed these stares, nor did he think of himself of some type of hero. He just happened to still see himself as a guy wanting to be the Hokage. When he was younger he wanted to be Hokage just for the villagers to stop the hating him so much and start admiring him, but now that he's grown he's working hard to be the Hokage to be a person that could help the people live and thrive, for them to reach their own greatness. Even though he is getting the admiration he wanted when he was little, he never seems to notice it. He still is oblivious like he was when he was younger, which might never change.

He then stops him drinking when he hears the bell of the door chime, and Hinata opens the door. His heart stopped as he saw her, she looked especially cute today which mad Naruto, she always was to him, but today seemed another level of cuteness.

Hinata spotted Naruto and smiled, and sat at the table where he was sitting.

"Sorry was I late?" Hinata blushed slightly as she felt the stares of the people at the café.

Hinata looked so cute blushing to Naruto, he blushed himself and turned away to avoid eye contact awkwardly, "No not at all." He scratched his head.

"That's good," The heiress smiled as she but her hand bag on the chair she was sitting on, "Wow! You ordered already, it's my favorites too. Thank you Naruto." She smiled brightly. Inside she was fan-girling wildly.

"He even ordered for me, that's the cutest thing ever! I never thought he would do something so adorable!" She squealed in her mind.

Naruto blushed again at the comment and then looked at her, she was currently looked like she was zoning out.

"You okay Hinata?" Naruto asked curiously.

"Huh? Oh of course, of course." She laughed awkwardly; she was caught in her own act.

"Go ahead and eat it's my treat!" Naruto smiled at her.

"Oh, okay," She said meekly. "Thank you for the food."

She started with her latte and took a sip. For a normal person, with a normal sugar tolerance, they would say it was a little too sweet, but for Hinata it wasn't enough. She then took some sugar packs from the bowl on the side of the table, and started adding more into the cup.

"Still a sugar freak, huh?" Naruto jokingly said with a smirk.

Hinata looked up from her cup and blushed a bit, "Ha ha, I guess." She smiled back. "So what did you want to talk about?"

"Oh yeah! I wanted to say that earlier today I was summoned by Kakashi-Sensei, to do a mission in the Land Of Rivers with Sakura and Sai, tomorrow, so I'll be gone for a while."

River Country was a very familiar place for Hinata; in fact there was a time that she liked going there instead of being there. Of course life in Konoha is a bit easier now, and some things in River Country are now a bit complicated for her liking.

"Oh that's nice, what type of mission?"

"It's an escort of some sort for a rich family there. We're escorting the youngest son there."

"To another country?" Hinata was just about finishing her latte, as she took some bites of the cinnamon roll. The best feeling was the taste of cinnamon and sugar on her mouth. Well of course Naruto's kisses too, which she happened to think about a lot.

"No I think it's to a family wedding there, I think he's separated from the family or something not sure." Naruto sipped on his melon soda.

"Oh okay, for how long?" She could never imagine Naruto leaving for long. She got used to it when they were not a couple, and he never knew her feelings, but now it was a different story. They both were closer than they ever were, and it hurt a bit for both parties when one of them went on a long mission.

Naruto saw her eyes dim a bit, which made his heart sink a bit. This was the part he didn't want to say to her, "It's for only three months or so, we could always text each other, since River Country is a really into technology, and probably have outlets everywhere to charge my phone."

That was true. The Land Of Rivers is huge industrial and technical place that rich families usually live. Although they are big on the fishing industry, there are tons of businesses that are in the River Country, from phone companies to fashion magazine companies. You may even hear many girls around the village rage about new winter fashion from the River Country.

Hinata looked up from her mug, "I'll miss you."

Naruto's heart broke and melted at the same time. Melted by Hinata's really heartwarming words, words that he always wanted to hear from someone who loved him, and broke, because of the Hyuga's expression. Her big lavender eyes, where filled with hurt. Texting Naruto wasn't the same as talking to him, and seeing him in person.

"Hinata, don't worry I'll be back in no time. Don't worry." Naruto reassured her.

Hinata nodded solemnly, she pushed the plate with the cinnamon roll towards Naruto, signaling him to eat some.

"I can't finish it by myself." She said simply, she didn't want to show off her current sad emotions, and make Naruto worry about her.

Naruto's blue eyes darkened a bit, sad that he would be separated from her. He took her fork and ate some. He then handed the fork back to her, and she ate some to. This continued until they both finished the dessert.

'Let's go, I'll walk you home.' Naruto said after paying the bill.

Hinata nodded with a smile and grabbed her bag, feeling a little better after eating some more of her favorite dessert in the world. They walked outside together very closely. There were several times when their hands would touch each other's by accident. That action made the two, of course, blush, but once fed up with the touching torture Naruto finally decided to hold her hand. Hinata's heart skipped a bit, she couldn't imagine not doing this anymore for three months whole months. She leaned on his shoulders and bit, causing Naruto to feel a little comfort from her warm presence.

They finally made it to the entrance to the Hyuga Garden, which the two regretted. The two wanted to have more time together at least, but Naruto had to get ready for the mission tomorrow.

"Tell you what, why don't you come to the gate before we leave tomorrow." Naruto said, "So we could say good bye together." He scratched his head, something he usually does when he talks awkwardly.

"Sure, that would be nice." Hinata smiled at his awkwardness, it was always cute to her, "I could make you guy's some lunch for later on."

'That would be great Hinata! Thank you!" Naruto smiled, excited to taste her cooking. Her cooking was the best he had ever tasted. It was like a professional chef made it. Every time he ate her cooking, he always asked how she could cook like that. Hinata would usually reply by saying that it was years of experience, but Naruto strangely felt like Hinata was hiding something. Usually when she was hiding something, she would always stutter. She use to when she was little, but now that she's grown out of it, it usually happens when she's either lying or hiding something.

The two then stood in silence, looking at the Hyuga Garden's flowers. Hinata loved then flowers there, since they were nice to flower press, one of her many hobbies.

"Um…Hinata?" Naruto said slowly.

"Ye-"Hinata started to say turning to him, but was then bombarded by a nice long kiss.

Naruto held her waist, and Hinata wrapped her arms around his shoulders. Oh, how both of them will miss that feeling.

They then broke from the kiss, and Hinata buried her face to his chest. Naruto then held her closer, so they could embrace in a hug.

"I love you. Never forget that. I'll see you soon." Hinata whispered in his ears.

Naruto smirked, and kissed the top of her head, "I love you too."

They hugged for a little while until, Hinata pulled back, "Well, I guess I have get started with preparing that lunch for tomorrow. I plan to go all out on the meal." She smiled as a tear escaped from her eye.

Naruto quickly on reflex whipped that tear, tilting her head up to see his smiling face. "Thank you. I'll text you once I get home." He landed a kiss on her forehead and started to head home.

Hinata watched him walk away, and then saw him turn back to wave at her like a goof ball with a smile. "SEE YOU TOMORROWWWW!" He yelled.

Hinata laughed at his actions, and returned the wave, "BYE!"

They continued waving for a while, until Naruto's hand got tired. Hinata then again saw him walk away. She knew it was going to seem like forever once he's gone.

"That was a hot kiss."

Hinata's eyes widened in surprised then turned around to spot a girl about shoulder height to her, with long brown hair, and gray Hyuga eyes.

"Oh, it's just you Hanabi." Hinata sighed and entered the garden ignoring her comment.

"Okay, okay tell me everything. What happened?" Hanabi followed, trying to catch up to Hinata who purposely walked fast to get away from her.

"Just adult stuff, something YOU, wouldn't understand," Hinata said annoyed.

"Aww come on…pleeeaasssee!" The thirteen-year-old pleaded, her hands folded together, as she tried to catch up to her.

"Seriously Hanabi, you should stop eavesdropping it really annoys me." Hinata angrily said, pacing through the Hyuga household.

Every time Naruto decides to walk her home, Hanabi is always there listening in to what they are saying.

"I can't help it, you guys are so cute!" Hanabi squealed imagining Naruto and Hinata kissing replaying in her head.

Hinata abruptly stopped in the hallway causing Hanabi to stop in her tracks. The long raven-haired girl looked side to side to see if anyone was there. She then turned to Hanabi with a solemn look then sighed. Suddenly her expression lit up and she help Hanabi by the shoulders,

"I know right! After kissing me he kissed me on my forehead, and I swear to God I would of melted."

Hanabi a little taken aback at first then suddenly joined into Hinata's mood and then the two squealed together.

"That's even better when he kissed you on your cheek!" Hanabi added the two now jumping up and down.

The two were always like this. When they would watch dramas after training together the two would always fan girl over the kiss scenes, and always talk about how their first kisses would be like, but later since Hinata already had her first kiss with Naruto, they would think of way Naruto and Hinata would kiss.

The two then stopped jumping and screaming to recollect themselves.

"But seriously, it's not cool to eavesdrop. You could get into a lot of trouble."

"Okay, okay, okay got it!" Hanabi sighed in annoyance, Hinata always said that when she eavesdrops on her, "Anyway wanna watch dramas in my room."

"Sorry would love to, but I'm about to go to the kitchen to cook a lunch box for Naruto, Sakura, and Sai."

"Oh cool your cooking! Can you make me something too? I'll bring the laptop to the kitchen to watch while you cook, if that's okay with you?" Hanabi said as they began to walk.

"Yeah sure." Hinata then turned to her, "But I am not! I repeat, am not making you lunch! You should start learning how to make your own food."

"Ie Ie sir." Hanabi saluted to her. Hanabi preferred Hinata's cooking than the Branch Member's cooking, since Hinata's cooking had a sort of heartwarming feeling towards it. It was as if a mother made it.

Hinata rolled her eyes, "You're such a dork."

"An awesome dork." Hanabi inputted.

"Okay, okay." Hinata said rolling her eyes again with a smirk, scuffling her sister's hair, which made Hanabi frown.

The two then made it to the smaller kitchen that Hinata uses for cooking since it was secluded from the kitchen Branch Members would use to prepare meals. The two first took a stop to Hanabi's room to pick up her laptop, and Hinata's room to leave her handbag and pick up a special black case she uses for cooking. Hinata started to prepare onigiri rice balls, and deep fried prawn in the smaller kitchen, as Hanabi sat on a chair that was next to an island watch the drama. Hinata opened the black case to reveal two big very sharp knives. She never cooks without them. Once it was time for Hinata to start cooking, Hanabi pressed pause on her laptop just to see her cook. The way Hinata cooked was amazing. She move swiftly, and fast, which made Hanabi wonder how she could never hurt herself in anyway moving like that.

Has time passed, Hinata later felt bad for not cooking for her sister as she cooked for others, so she succumbed and made her a few onigiri balls. Hanabi thanked her sister thousands of times with a smile, making Hinata laugh.

"I've been wanting for this moment since you made me a sandwich last month." Hanabi joked causing Hinata to laugh, as she held the rice ball.

"Just eat it you weirdo." Hinata laughed.

Hanabi closed her eyes. "Here I go!" she took a bite of the rice ball, and could literally feel herself melt. "Mmm! How can you make something so simple, taste like a 5 course meal?" Hanabi started wolfing down the onigiri one by another.

"Whoa there tiger." Hinata held her hand at her sister's face as if to say stop.

`After she finished packing the lunch for tomorrow and cleaning up, Hinata and Hanabi sat there to watch a few episodes of a drama and then, returned to each other's rooms. Hinata flopped on her bed thinking about something she wish didn't pop up just now, Naruto. How could she deal without him for 3 months? She couldn't imagine it.

Hinata then heard her phone start to play a song from her bag, the special ringtone she set for Naruto. Hinata hurried to grab her bag and place it on her lap, and then fish out her phone. It was so hard to find it through her things, that she started taking out things one by one. Chapstick, a compact, the letter that was given to her this morning, and gum. She then found her phone right underneath a book she put in her bag ages ago.

"Hello?" Hinata answered, and with that Naruto and Hinata engaged into conversation for a while, until Hinata was called for dinner. They bid there sad goodbyes, and then headed out to eat.

After a long day, Hinata took her bath and dressed in her pajamas. As she was about to lie on her bed, she spotted the things that she put on her bed from earlier out of her bag. She then started to return these things, but then stopped when she reached the letter from earlier. She observed the letter. It was a nice beige colored envelope, with red ribbon glued to the sides. The from wrote

From: The Matsumoto and Suzuki Family To: Hinata Miya Hyuga-Matsumoto

Hinata always hated how every time the Matsumoto Family would add her middle name to letters. They never called her Hinata when she was over, but rather Miya or Hinaya as a nickname. Hinata opened the letter to find it being handwritten and sloppy, unlike the envelope. The letter read.

Dear Miya,

Long time no talk! I haven't talked to you in a while sweetheart. Anyway you might be thinking, why this crazy lady writing me a letter instead of calling. WEELLL you never pick up your phone when I call! It's not fair that you only keep in touch with your sibling and step-father! I mean I love you too! FOR CHRISTS SAKE I GAVE BIRTH TO YOU! Anyway I came to write to express how much I misssss yooouuu! You haven't visited since after that terrible shinobi war, when you check on us to see if we were okay. Anyway I have bigger news to tell you, your older sister, Ai, is getting married and It would be wonderful if you attend! Did Ai message you about that? Anyway sweetheart before and after the wedding, it would be nice if you help me with my fashion line here, I need your God sent talent! Also it would be nice to attend school with your twin brother for a few weeks at your stay here, you know how his dad goes on and on, about cooking and blah blah blah. Anyway Arata is all away in that school that your step-dad sent you to when you were fourteen for a few months. So he's coming back down for the wedding, I'm sure you'll love messing with your little brother once he comes back. Before you veto the idea of you coming, you step-dad and I have to talk to you about somethings. IMPORTANT THINGS!

See You Soon,

Your Lovely Mother

P.s. If you don't come I'll disown you as my child! Haha Jk Jk! LOOVEE YOOOUUU