Ambitions.
14th May 2008.
Mysticwish123.
Revised: 6th July 2011.
"Okaasan, who is that?" The little girl stretched her arm towards the two males not so far from them. Her small finger pointing at the occurring scene.
The lady promptly placed a hand on the offending arm and placed it downwards. "Hinata, it's rude to point" she explained as she averted her eyes from her daughter towards the river. "Ah, why are you interested?" She smiled at the curious face Hinata was pulling.
"B-because, he is number one at the academy, h-he's really amazing Okaasan" Hinata tugged at her mothers sleeve ducking behind it while carefully watching her amazing number one classmate at the academy. She had always wondered who he was, and had to admit, was slightly jealous that he was so talented. His shuriken techniques were good, he was fast and smart. She had hoped one day that she would be informed of his name, but there was no such luck.
"Katon, Goukakyuu no Jutsu!"
With a squeak and instant pulling motion, the now scared girl was fully covered by her mother, crouching behind her tall figure as the atmosphere burned slightly. Trees were alight with a beautiful orange shade as the jutsu escaped the man's mouth. "Okaasan, w-what is that! The girl pointed once more only for it to be retreated back towards her side.
"Hinata, it's rude to point" Her mother repeated, and smiled as the jutsu was over. "That, Hinata, is Uchiha Fugaku, representative of one of the oldest Noble clans in Konoha, The Uchiha Clan" She shifted the small girls body in front of her, alerting that there was nothing to be afraid of. Small hands still grasped the dark sleeve as pale eyes looked up towards her mother. "He is also one of your father's friends" She continued as she squeezed her daughter's shoulders slightly. "The Uchiha clan holds very talented-" She paused and ruffled her daughter's hair.
Confused, the shy girl looked up again. "Okaasan?" Only receiving a smile as her mothers face directed itself to the small boy. "That is Uchiha Sasuke, his son." Hinata's eyes averted from Uchiha Fugaku to Uchiha Sasuke. I finally know his name! She thought as she stared at him intensively. Uchiha Sasuke.
"Ah, he's going to attempt to do the Katon Jutsu, at such a young age, my, he must be like Itachi, the pride of the Uchiha clan" Hinata was certain her mother was talking to herself so she quickly turned her head to see pale hands performing seals.
"Katon, Goukakyuu no Jutsu!"
She watched in awe as a flame was released from Uchiha Sasuke's mouth. Albeit smaller, much smaller than the previous Katon Jutsu performed by his father, but it was still pretty impressive to her eyes.
She couldn't say the same about Uchiha Fugaku and her mother however.
"As expected, even if I taught you for a week, you still wouldn't be able to perfect that technique" Hinata winced at this comment, reminding her of similar statements made by her father. She shifted her eyes downwards feeling sorry for Uchiha Sasuke.
A hand was placed on the top of her head, signalling comfort. "Hinata, I'm going to visit Mikoto again, would you like to come with me?"
The little girl beamed at her mother "N-No thank you! I'm going to train more to make otousama happy!" Hinata had never accompanied these frequent visits her mother made to a lady named "Mikoto". So she waved a goodbye and kissed her mother on her powdered cheek. She returned the gesture while giving her daughter a final pat on her shoulder.
"Alright, make sure you're not too late"
xoxoxoxo
A small boy aged seven switched his gaze from his father to the wooden dock which hovered upon the already tired looking lake. The only sounds that could be heard were the shifting of his fathers' feet as he walked away without a second glance towards his son, the tension wasn't oblivious to a girl hiding behind a tree not to far from the scene.
The atmosphere was full of disappointment and his father's eyes hinted failure, failure that his son was unable to complete the jutsu that Itachi did at the age of only 5.
The boy turned to face that same lake, and performed a couple of hand seals before a small flicker of light shot its way from his mouth, although this immediately disappeared with only smoke to remember it's presence.
The young boy's face fell immediately as he lowered his head, legs and arms and soon he crouched onto the ground with his hands delicately touching the pale waters, gently caressing the ripples while he looked absolutely crestfallen.
The girl who was watching from afar concentrated at the scene before her as her gaze locked onto the boys' doings. Uchiha Sasuke.
Soon after more training the boy became tired; it seemed as if he wasn't progressing any further. The ball of fire still remained as a small rendition of the Katon technique. That didn't matter to Hinata, however; someone had to commend him for his continuous practice. She quietly clasped her hands together in a silent prayer and began to slowly turn in the direction of her home.
"I won't lose to you nii-san!"
She became startled as she immediately looked to where that shout came from, she saw the Uchiha boy with a stance reflecting his determination. He wasn't going to give up, not yet, not until that Jutsu was complete.
It's about 6:00. It's getting late, isn't he going to stop…?
He began performing the technique again as the flicker of light soon became a brightly coloured ball of fire, small but something.
The boy sighed he had a long way to go before he could even think about surpassing his beloved nii-san.
"Ganbatte Uchiha-san." A soft whisper came from the trees as she swiftly made her way back home.
"Huh?" Sasuke directed his head towards the sound; absolutely certain he heard his name from that direction.
Probably one of those 'girls' nii-san warned me about…
(AN): I have made a lot of edits here and there, hopefully the original readers won't mind. Eh, this fanfiction is 3 years old; I don't think anyone will notice or remember how it was like before. XD (very bad) I wonder if I've improved or not. I'm glad I've gotten back into Naruto again; I kind of missed it, ha. XD In the process of re-doing Chapter two! Thank you in advance to all those who review.