Nine-tailed Angel Projects
Disclaimer: I possess no right to Naruto. (sighs) It belongs to Kishimoto-sensei.
Note: Just so you people don't mistake me, technically, relations between cousins is not considered incest. Kay? I don't do incest, but technically, cousin/cousin relationship doesn't fall into that category. So there! Plus, please excuse me; I've never read a NejiHina fic before, and this is my first try at it. Hope you like.
Look to Me
Kyuubi Tenshi
I've watched her… for so long.
When we were little, the first time I saw her, I think I had a crush on her. She was small; dainty, lady-like, but cute, rather than elegant. She had such timid eyes; I believe that, at that time, if the seal had not been placed on I or my father, I would've wanted forever to protect her with my life.
And then she grew. As we aged, the bitterness and hatred that festered in my heart against her for the death of my father did not waver, but rather tore me to pieces, because, still, I had that long-ago and long-suppressed desire to protect her. Those fearful, timid eyes, that seemed haunted.
Those eyes… they are the same as mine, aren't they? A white so pure that the sun flashes off it as gold, and a starless night shows them as darkening, dangerous storm-clouds? But ever since the battle we fought in the preliminaries of our first Chuunin exam, those eyes have pained me.
Because I no longer want to protect them. I want them to look at me.
Because now I know; it was Naruto's strength that gave her those eyes, eyes as powerful as mine, and her father's. It was him of all people! Why, when… when…
When it is I who long so badly for her attention?
It's true; would others look down upon it? Call it sin? Blasphemous? Incest? Disgrace? But I feel it there, painfully, ripping at me each time I know that he give her those eyes that are fearfully strong. They are the eyes of one who will persevere; who will conquer all obstacles at any cost.
And when she looks as me, it is not because I am the one who gives her strength; it is because I am her obstacle to be overcome.
I can look at her now as a woman, and I suppose sad acceptance has settled in. Even after two and a half years away from home, she still loves him. He is still her strength and courage, and it is his words that I know resonate in her ears constantly, and that she murmurs to herself when the situations are not in her favor, or despair begins to set in. Why?
WHY?!
Because… of all the people who know her… of all the people she knows… I want… more than anything…
To be her strength…
To be why her eyes are strong.
For her to be strong… for me.
AN: Meh, there you go. First attempt at a NejiHina. I was watching their battle since I downloaded it and this popped in my head when I saw how effected Neji was when he noticed Hinata was strong because of Naruto. Bleh, enjoy, fans. REVIEW.