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Secrecy

Hinata had no more tears. She had cried for Gaara; she had cried for herself; she had cried for what could've been. She was done crying. Although the knowledge that nothing could be done to bend the will of her father did anything but comfort her, she had to find something. She just had to. Crawling into bed numbly, Hinata paid no mind to the fact that she would be in big trouble if her father got wind of her last meeting. Sleep came hard and fast like a gunshot.

0oOo0

"Who are you?" she asked the man.

"I'm… I'm not sure… Do you know who I am?"

"I don't even know myself right now, but I wish I could help you, sir."

"Do you have a name, girl?"

"Hinata. Do you have a name?"

"I think it's… Gaara. Yes, Gaara."

"Pleased to meet you, Gaara."

"Pleased to meet you, Hinata."

The red haired boy named Gaara smiled sweetly at her. Hinata's heart melted.

"I… I feel like I know you… Gaara…"

0oOo0

An intrusive ray of sunshine awakened Hinata. Nearly swearing aloud at the fact that her dream was disturbed, she sat up in bed. Who was this boy?

"S-something with a g… Ga… Gato? Iie… Ga… shoot. I can't remember…"

Realizing that she had fallen asleep in her clothes from yesterday, she hauled herself out of her warmer-than-usual bed.

0oOo0

"Hinata-chan? It's not like you to be late for training…"

"Sumimasen Kiba-kun…"

She blushed at her former teammate. Kiba couldn't help but notice that she seemed a bit off today.

"Oi, Hinata, Daijobu?"

"H-hai, Kiba-kun.

Suddenly, Shino morphed in from nowhere in particular.

"Hinata. Kiba."
Not another word was spoken throughout the entire training session. Team 8 has always kept a comfortable silence when training.

0oOo0

The rest of Hinata's day went slowly and painfully, each second only adding to her anxiety. She found that the most remedial of tasks became exceedingly difficult. For some reason, an unshakable sense of impending doom hung over her. Hinata's trip home was like a suspense film. It seemed as though every corner held a new, unspeakable evil. She had become anxious beyond words. The Hyuuga manor loomed before her. Gulping, she took the ten steps to the beginning of the cement stairs. Closing her eyes tightly, she counted each of the steps to the front door.

One…

Two…

Three…

Four…

Five…

Six…

Seven…

Eight…

The door to her own house suddenly seemed very uninviting. Something was up. There was an aura. A bad aura. She yanked open the large double doors; her petite figure seemed ridiculously small compared to them. The cold, open corridor that split off into the main and branch houses made her every sound crescendo. She ran to her room, hoping that it would be somewhat more inviting.

"Hinata."

Her eyes closed tightly. That was her father's voice.

0oOo0

"Hinata, I hope you know why you're here."

She only nodded, though Hinata was sure that Hiashi could hear the quickened pounding of her heart from across the hall.

"You shouldn't have even been involved with that boy in the first place. I have suspicions that you're still seeing him. I checked your room last night. I haven't seen you since yesterday night. I don't know what time you got home last night, but I do know that you were not in your bed at 3 A.M."

'Three? But… I remember that my alarm clock said 12 when I got in last night…'

Her fathers face was stern and reprimanding. The cold, empty air and the gray décor did nothing to help the tense atmosphere.

"Because I have no evidence to back this up, you're free to go. You've never disobeyed me before, so I'll also drop the issue for now. But, if he does anything to you, or if it gets in the way of your training, I shall have no mercy on either of you. Even if he is the Kazekage…"

He waved her out with a nonchalant flick of the hand. Hinata wasted no time.

0oOo0

oooh I know I haven't put in hoe they met in waterfall yet, but that comes in chap. 2, kay? I've planned this out. P.S. Gaara is OOC in the dreams.