A Love before Time
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HI everyone! This is my very first Neji x Hina fanfic and so I hope you all enjoy this. Also, I'm taking a break on my Bleach Hitsu x Karin fanfictions. My last one was 'Catch Me I'm Fallin' if you haven't read that please check it out. Well wish me luck on this cuz I've never done a Neji x Hina.
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Just letting you know italics – thoughts
69 – means a time gap or warning to let you know that setting, characters, and situations change just so that you won't get lost if I go from like night to day in less than a second.
Hinata – 16 yrs old
Neji – 17
Hanabi - 11
Okay sorry, I will stop babbling now.
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It was white and small, beautiful in structure, and gorgeous in color. How can such a pure thing exist in this world of ours? Pale eyes stared deeply at the lotus lying on her hands. A smile appeared on her face as she stared at the beautiful, weightless object.
"Hinata-sama?"
She jolted at the sound of her name and in the process she dropped the white lotus.
"N nii-san," she dusted her knees and stood up the face 'him'.
"Hinata-sama, what are you doing?"
Hinata blushed, "I I Iwas jjust um uh,"
"Enough," he said gently. The same pale eyes stared back at her. Those pale eyes that look so much like hers yet, so different.
"Tsunade-sama has requested for us to go on a mission."
Hinata nodded, "Hai. Let's go." They both made their way through Konoha in silence. Hinata's heart sped quickly. Hoping to get there without a problem, she was so absorbed in the silence of her cousin she didn't realize she was walking into something.
"Hinata-sama look out," before she could react, Hinata's face slammed into a pole.
"Ugh," she moaned.
"Hinata-sama, are you alright?" he asked passively.
"Hai, Neji-nii."
Neji watched her get up effortlessly, bright red in the face as a tomato. She just wanted to get to the hokage's office in one peace and get this over with.
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"So will you accept the mission?" Tsunade asked the two pale eyed Hyuugas.
Just as Neji answered, Hinata nodded, "Hai we accept," she said cutting him off. He only stared at his innocent cousin, "Hinata-sama,"
Tsunade smiled knowingly a Hinata, "Just remember, there is not turning back."
"I know."
"Well then, you should start packing and rest up. You both have to leave before dawn," Tsunade folded her arms. Hinata bowed and said goodbye. She turned around and called to Neji to leave.
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Neji walked Hinata to the main branch house. He silently stared at his cousin thinking to himself.
Why did she say yes to that mission? She's not ready to take on a mission of that rank. Is she still trying to prove that she isn't weak?
Neji asked himself many questions. He didn't realize that Hinata was calling him, "Nii-san, Nii-san," Hinata placed her warm hand on his shoulder. This brought him back to reality. He saw the worried expression on her face, "Gomen, what were you saying?"
"I said thank you for walking me here aa and please, rest well," she blushed as her voice soften saying the last two words.
"Oh," an unintelligent thing to say, but it was all he could say. Hinata gave him a shy and tiny smile before walking to her room. Neji watched her retreating form disappear into the vast corridors of the main house.
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"So what did she say?" The youngest Hyuuga asked. Neji looked up at the sky, "She accepted the mission," he said flatly.
Hanabi, Hinata's younger sister gave him a sad glance. Hanabi had the same pale eyes as Hinata and Neji. Her long black hair swayed as the cool wind gently blew by them.
"You're worried that she isn't ready for this mission," she said wisely.
Neji only stared at the cup he was holding.
"Don't worry too much, through the years she has gotten unbelievably stronger. Besides, you'll be there."
Hanabi reassured the silent Hyuuga prodigy. "Nii-san, this maybe a chance for you to truly get to know Hinata-nee."
"You know, you're pretty wise for your age Hanabi-sama."
"Of course I am. I am going to be the next leader of the clan," she said boastfully. Neji smirked, "Not unless you somehow get rid of Hinata-sama."
Hanabi smiled, "Of course, but that doesn't mean I don't have a chance."
"True," Neji replied.
"Well, Neji-nii, I should leave you to get packing. Oh and don't stress out on this mission, Hinata-nee is a tough girl, she'll make it through with this mission. Just wait and see."
Hanabi bid farewell and good luck to Neji as they both went their separate ways.
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Somewhere else in the Hyuuga compound, the beautiful and gentle heiress stood on the balcony of her room. The gentle breeze flowed all around her. Did she make the right decision in accepting the mission?