CHAPTER ONE: Heart Aches and Heart Breaks

Author's note (heartxlemon): Hi! Everyone! This is my first fanfiction so please take it easy on me!!!hahaha…Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy. I know the title may seem cheesy…but I couldn't think of any other title that would be fitting!!!hahaha….laughs…ow well, thanks for reading! Enjoy!!!

Hinata took a deep breath as she walked down the busy streets of Konoha. Today is the day where Hinata would confess her love to Naruto before he leaves to train with Jiraiya. Hinata clutched her letter tightly to her chest. Inhale. Exhale. Inhale. Exhale.

Naruto-kun…

She had finally reached her destination. Her cheeks blushed madly as she saw the boy of her dreams, Naruto. The blonde boy was talking to his pink haired team mate, Sakura.

Hinata overheard their conversation….

"Ne, Sakura, would you promise me one thing before I leave?"

Sakura glanced at Naruto curiously. She put her hands on her hips and demanded, "What is it, baka?"

"When I come back and I'm sure at that time I'll be strong enough, would you consider dating me?"

Hinata's heart shattered into a million pieces. She tried to stop the tears that were rapidly forming….

Naruto-kun…why? Why?

Sakura blushed while Naruto smiled sheepishly and scratched the back of his head, both oblivious of the girl crying hidden in the bushes. Sakura turned to face Naruto and kissed him on the cheek…which made Naruto ecstatic.

"Baka, don't think that that kiss meant something. It was only for good luck. I'll only date you if you truly become strong enough and become a man!!! And in the meantime, I'll train hard so that I'll be able to catch up to you…"

Naruto laughed and gave Sakura a thumbs up.

"I'll definitely become stronger so that I'll be able to bring back Sasuke-teme and win your heart as well!"

After that, Naruto was off….

Sakura stared at the Konoha Gates and said,

"I believe in you,Baka."

Hinata ran as fast as she could. Naruto's words were etched in her mind.

"I'll definitely become stronger so that I'll be able to bring back Sasuke-teme and win your heart as well!"

Tears were streaming down her face. She felt like someone had stabbed her and there's a big hole on her chest where her heart used to be. Her heart was broken into a million pieces. She just wanted to leave and go away where no one could find her.

She went into the woods and leaned on a tree while burying her face on her knees. There…she cried herself to sleep.

Naruto-kun…

I was always watching you from afar…Always. Loving you was the hardest thing for me because I couldn't find the courage to tell you how I feel. I thought loving you from afar was enough for me, but it wasn't …it never was .My feelings for you are so intense..It hurts inside… I wanted to be near you, to laugh with you, to cry with you, to share happiness and pain with you…I wanted to be loved by you. I wanted so much to be acknowledged by you. I wanted you to see me as a strong and worthy person. A PERSON WORHTY TO BE LOVED BY YOU, a person that was worthy of your affection and love, that's why I trained so hard. It was all for you. But I guess, I'll still be the same old weak, pathetic Hinata. I'm envious of you, Sakura-san. You're so beautiful and talented, unlike me. You instantly caught Naruto-kun's heart. Oh! How I wished I could be like you, Sakura-san. And now, I feel like I'm slowly falling into the pit of the darkness. I tried to reach out…hoping that someone would hold my hand and prevent me from falling….there was no hand. I continued to fall into the pit and I never climbed back.

Sayonara, Naruto-kun…I love you…

Arigatou, aishiteru….GoodBye…forever….

Rain was pouring all over Konoha. Gaara grunted. He disliked the rain. He had come to Konoha with his siblings because of the mission that Tsunade-sama will discuss with them tomorrow at lunch. Now, he was in a sour mood because of the rain. Temari and Kankuro's bickering was also getting to his nerves. As much as he disliked it because he'll get soaked if he went out , Gaara went outside and off to the woods to clear his mind and get out off the noisy, meaningless bickering of his siblings. Gaara was running through the woods finding the perfect spot to clear his mind when….

He saw a lifeless girl sprawled on a tree trunk. He went down to take a closer look.

Pale. Midnight blue hair. All in all a very beautiful porcelain skinned girl.

She's Beautiful….

Wait ,Gaara thought, did I just say that??! No…No…Gaara shook his head to get the thought out of his mind….

Suddenly he remembered, she was the girl who got beaten up by her cousin during the Chuunin Exams.

Hinata Hyuuga.

A voice snapped Gaara out of his thoughts.

"Naruto-kun…"

Naruto? Did that Baka do something?

Hinata muttered in her sleep. She was shivering and her cheeks were reddening. Gaara held Hinata to check if she was alright.

Her skin was burning----She had a very high fever.

Gaara didn't know why but he felt an impulse to hug the Hyuuga girl and protect her from the cold.

Gaara took off his coat and draped it around Hinata's shivering, frail body. He then carried Hinata bridal style and was off in an instant.

Hinata shivered because of the strong, cold air that was hitting them as Gaara ran. Gaara felt her shiver and unconsciously pulled the unconscious girl closer to him so that she'll feel warmer.

What the hell am I doing???

END of Chapter ONE

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