Hello my fellow FF fans! This is my first attempt at writing a fan fiction, more like my first attempt at writing a story. So please forgive me for my mistakes and I know I'm going to make a lot of it too. I'm open for advices and suggestions. I got admit that this writing stuff is really harder than it seems. Well this is a NaruHina story, Since I'm a fan of Hinata and that she likes Naruto.
Ok, I'm not boring you. On with the story then,
The Konoha ninja academy has just let out for the day. A petite girl with short dark indigo hair nearly black in a hime cut looked around. She was fidgeting in her oversized beige hoody. Her lavender tinted pupil less eyes searching the academy ground. Finally she spotted the person she was searching for, a boy with bright spiky blonde hair and wore an even brighter orange jumpsuit.
'OK! I can do it. I have practiced three days for this; no I can't back down now. Ok….. I can do this….. Oh kami! May be …NO! She can't back out, not now.' Thought the shy girl as she reached him. The indigo haired girl gathered all her courage.
''Ano.. N-n-naruto-kun….!''She called out softly, just above a whisper. Naruto turned around, good thing he had sharp ears. ''Oh! Hello… um.., Hinata!' He had the most beautiful blue eyes she had ever seen.
'He knows my name! Yes'. Hinata cheered internally. ''A-Are y-you busy N-Naruto-Kun?''
Naruto was surprised more than a little; none of his classmates had tried to interact with him outside of class. 'Wonder what she wants'. ''Not at all . I was just heading to ichiraku ramen stand. Why? Do you need anything?''He doesn't know he well. At least he got her name right, no embarrassment there.
"M-may I join y-y-you N-Naruto-kun?" 'Ah.. I asked him', thought a very nervous Hinata, fighting back the blackness in her vision to stay conscious.
"Wha?"Eyes wide open, Naruto was flabbergasted. 'She wants to join me?' The boy was stunned, as nobody except Iruka sensei or jiji ever cared to join him for ramen.
"I-if that i-is o-o-ok with y-y-you…That is if y-you d-doesn't w-want.." Hinata was cut off by an enthusiastic "Okay" from Naruto. Which nearly had Hinata faint , though all the training she had for the past five months helped her stay conscious? 'He accepted . Naruto-kun didn't reject me .Ah… I can't wait to tell him .Oh…and I have to thank him for helping me' thought the timid girl happily.
"Hey, Hinata! Are you in there? Hello?" Hinata was brought out of her musings by a happy but slightly worried Naruto. 'Her face is getting really red. I hope she is okay.'
"Oh …um, uh, y-yes N-n-naruto-kun"
"You just spaced out there .So aren't you coming? I didn't know you went to Ichiraku? I have never seen you there.'' Naruto fired away his questions with huge grin on his face. He may not know her ,but he would do anything to make her happy if she would become his friend. His friend…he will finally have someone to call his friend. He can't screw up now .Sure he has kiba and Ren to 'accompany' him while skipping class ,but they just go their own way once out of the academy .He wouldn't call them friends .But Hinata , she approached him and not the other way around .Which means she wants to be friends right? From what little he has seen of her ,she doesn't talk much and she didn't seem to have many friends either .Though she is one of the top students in his class. She just joined last year and she has those eyes ,the eyes of those creepy guys .He had seen them around the village, Hyuga, they are a very prestigious clan in the whole elemental nations and known for their taijutsu and the weird eyes, dou-jutsu, jiji had told him once. Based this he didn't dare approach her, for fear that she would hate him too, just like everyone else. It seems he was wrong .She doesn't talk much and she does stutter a lot. But that is not a problem, for she will be his friend. Naruto's grin became even wider, if that was possible. The two academy students started walking towards ichiraku's ramen stand.
"I've g-gone there o-once." 'And countless times while stalkin..um, following you too' added the timid Hyuuga heiress in her mind.
While walking to Ichiraku's ramen stand they talked about random things, well Naruto did all the talking and Hinata just listened with occasional nodes here and there. Naruto talked boisterously about the pranks he had pulled on the various instructors and other random chuunin he come across. And Hinata giggled behind her hand, which encouraged Naruto even more.
Hinata was in cloud nine. More than once She had to remind herself that this is all real and not a dream. She is actually talking to Naruto, the boy she admires a lot. Naruto was talking about his pranks and she had to admit that they are amusing. She had to stifle her giggle a little. She just hoped he would agree to train with her. When sensei told her she need partner of her own age. Naruto was the first that came to her mind. She had watched him train while she followed him. So she knew how hard he trained and how alone he seemed. She can only hope that she could help him.
The two children finally reached the ramen bar. "Hey-ya old man!" Naruto called out. "Oh! Hey Naruto-kun, you are early today." Greeted Ayame, the daughter of Ichiracku teuchi, the ramen bar owner." Did you skip your class today?" She scolded. "Hey Ayame-nee, the academy let out early today." "Hello Naruto! Oh, who's your friend?"Asked teuchi who came out from the back of the stand. "Is she your girlfriend?"The elder man asked with a wink and small smirk. The reaction he got was instantaneous, as the children became rigid with bright red blushes and started protesting. Thank fully Ayame came to their aid, with spatula to the head of her father. "Tou-san, stop embarrassing them. They are just children" The 14 year old girl admonished her father. "Don't mind him you two. Now please sit down. And Naruto you didn't introduce her".
"Thank you Ayame-nee". Said Naruto, still with an evident blush .Um… this is Hinata. Hinata, this is Ayame-nee and the old meanie is her father Teuchi. Introduced naruto while talking a seat."Now can I get some ramen? I'm starving." Hinata smiled at the blonde boy's antics. She was really gold she hadn't fainted yet, that would have been really embarrassing. "Hello! It is pleasure to meeting you". She bowed to two before taking her seat near Naruto. The two at the ramen bar returned her bow with a smile. "The pleasure is all ours, Hyuuga-sama." Replied Teuchi, The indigo mired girl blushed at the honorific, "J-Just Hinata is fine." Making Ayame smile "Well Hinata-chan, any friend of Naruto is a friend of yours. So what would you like to eat?"
"I w-would like a m-miso ramen please", replied the Hyuuga girl. "In that case I want 3 miso ramen", quipped an enthusiastic Naruto, Hinata really is a nice girl.' "Here you go Hinata-chan", Ayame put a bowl of miso ramen in front of the said person."Your miso Naruto", then she whispered in the blondes ears, "behave yourself kid, you don't want to scare her away with your eating habits don't you?" Her ominous tone scared the boy but also made him control himself from gobbling down the ramen. He would endure the torture for his new friend.
The two were now walking to the hyuga-district, was very happy. Naruto had paid for her ramen too, even though he protested that she could pay for the ramen. Does that mean this is a date? "Well it may not be an actual date. But this would be as close to a date that I can get." She knew her clan couldn't let her date Naruto. Stupid politics and clan traditions, she hated the accursed caged bird seal. She will liberate her clan, she will lead it to a brighter future.
Back to the present, now she has to ask him if he would like to train with her, ok, she can do this. "Ano, um, N-Naruto-kun?" She mumbled nervously. "Yes Hinata-chan?" Came the blondes reply. He was thinking too, about his new friend. She is really nice, she listens to me, and she is really cute too. Maybe we can hang out more, would that be bad to ask? Ah, maybe she would train with me. 'Maybe I should ask him tomorrow. Yes that would be better'. "Nothing N-Naruto-kun! J-just c-can w-w-we ha-hangout tomo-or-ow too?". 'Oh kami, what would he think now? He will…..'
Hinata was once again cut off from her thoughts by an enthusiastic Naruto. "Of course Hinata-chan. M-maybe we could, well, train together sometime. That is if you are ok with it". "Y-yes!" came the cheer full, reply from the young Hyuga. She blushed, heavily too ,at her own characteristic reply. "I-I mean..of course n- naruto-kun, I – I would love to train w –with you" 'Yes! He really wants to train with me. Oh thank kami!' She thought giddily. "Yes! So after the academy tomorrow" "O-Okay N-Naruto-kun, I'll see you tomorrow, bye" Hinata said cheerfully. "I've training session with my clan. Bye naruto-kun". Though she wished she had more time with naruto. Now, she had to attended to her duties as the clan hair with include a lot of training.
"Bye Hinata-chan, see you tomorrow." Naruto replied watching her walk away. Though he wished he could spend more time with her too he knew he couldn't in public at least. He could already feel the hateful eyes turning to hinata too. He didn't know why but almost all of konoha seems to hate him. Jiji doesn't tell him or avoid the subject whenever he asks, but knew that the hokage knew the reason. He trusts the hokage, so he doesn't press the issue.
Both children went home very happy that day. They finally have a friend to call their own. The two couldn't wait it to be the next day.
Alright that's chapter one. Wasn't much of a disappointment I think. By the looks of it this is going to be a slow one. I would like to know what you people think about it. So please review.
Until next time , ja ne!