Always
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto but I wish I did.
Chapter 1: Prologue
A 4-year old blonde haired boy with ocean blue eyes was innocently playing in the sand box. Hoping to see his female best friend soon. Beside him was a 4-year old black haired boy with obsidian eyes. He was also cheerful to be playing with his 'brother'. (A/N: Sasuke's family took Naruto in after his parents died in a car crash when he was 3. You'll know more about it later on in future chapters.)
"Naruto-kun! Sasuke-kun!" A little lavender haired girl with creamy white eyes yelled to her friends. A 5-year old boy with brown hair and creamy white eyes followed close behind her.
"Hey Hinata-chan." A very enthusiastic blonde yelled. "Hey Neji."
"Hey Naruto. Hey Sasuke."
"Hey Neji. Hey Hinata." They began playing in the sand box for about an hour.
"Naru-chan! Sasu-chan! It's time to go!" Mikoto yelled before facing her oldest son Itachi who was 9 and talking with her.
"Hai Okaa-san!" Both yelled in unison.
"Sayonara Neji, Hinata."
"Sayonara Sasuke, Naruto."
"Sayonara Sasuke-kun, Naruto-kun."
"Sayonara Neji! Hinata-chan !Hey Hinata-chan!"
"Hai?"
"When we get older, let's get married." Neji and Sasuke looked at each other. Then at a blushing Hinata.
"Ok Naruto-kun. Let's." Naruto then hugged Hinata to make it 'official'. He then ran to Mikoto and jumped into her arms. Sasuke doing the same with Itachi.
"Guess what Okaa-san? When I get older, I'm going to marry Hinata-chan. We made a promise on that." Naruto said grinning widely. Mikoto and Itachi couldn't help but smile back. Same as Sasuke.
"That's wonderful Naru-chan."
"Way to go bro." Itachi ruffled Naruto's hair. "When is it going to be your turn little brother?" Itachi asked Sasuke. Everyone started laughing at Sasuke's tomato red face. He then saw a cherry blossom tree in full bloom. He gazed at its beauty. "I'm going to marry a girl named Sakura."
"groan." A 17-year old lavender haired said while waking up from her dream/childhood memory. It's her first day of senior year. She looked at the clock. 5:30 am. Seeing as she has 2 hours till she had to go to school and it takes her half-hour to get ready, she decided to lay back in bed. Remembering the good old days. She specifically reminisced about freshman year. That time she lost a precious friend. Her expression began to sadden remembering that year that changed her life. She gained lots of new friends which wasn't the problem but the fact that one of her male best friends/childhood fiancée changed completely. He probably doesn't even remember the promise we made. That year Naruto decided to join the football team instead of the basketball team that he, Sasuke and Neji said they would all join. After Naruto joined the football team he completely changed from his cheerful, caring, goofy self to a heartless, flirty, playboy. Hinata hated him that way. They had a huge argument which their childhood friends and new friends witnessed. That argument turned into a fight. Mostly Naruto slapping Hinata and trying to beat her up but was held back by Neji, Sasuke and Shikamaru, one of their new friends. Sakura, Ino and Tenten tried to get Hinata to stand up and drink some water while Shino, Kiba and Lee went to find the school nurse. She then remembered the words that came out of Naruto's mouth that stabbed her right in the heart that day.
"You're just jealous. You know I never liked you. Never had never will. We were never friends. You're an ugly ass bitch." Neji then punched Naruto in the face. So did Sasuke and Shikamaru. They apologized to Hinata for Naruto's behavior and took him away from her to talk some sense into him. Shino came with the nurse. Kiba and Lee following from behind. The nurse tended to Hinata's wounds. All the friends knew that Hinata was right. Naruto had changed. And for the worse. After that day they were still friends with Naruto. Hinata hoped Naruto didn't mean the words he said (although deep down she knew he did) but when she said "hi" to him, he completely ignored her. Feeling hurt, she went to the bathroom to cry. Sakura, Ino and Tenten joined her shortly trying to comfort her. Hinata started crying in her bed. Remembering that horrible year. She then heard her door opening.
"Hinata? Are you ok?" Neji stepped inside and saw Hinata lying on her bed crying. He knew exactly why. He walked over to the bed, climbed on top and held Hinata close, letting her cry on his shoulder.
End
A/N: So what do you think? I know I made Naruto a bastard but he has to be for this story. Gomen. Also Neji is Hinata's big brother in this story. By blood.