Mshinata: This is going to be different than from my other fan fics. This is going to be a NejiHina! Woot! Dedicated to enchantedmarshie18. I love her to death! Also dedicated to DesertRoseTemari (if she ever reads this hehe…). Both awesome people and please keep up the good work! I do not own Naruto or any characters specified in this fan fic.
She was a pianist. Someone who would soon become the piano prodigy…but…there was only one thing that got in her way.
Neji Hyuuga…her cousin.
She loved the man…she truly did. She admired him for his piano playing skills…but he always did come out on top. It made her kind of jealous, so she worked harder. Then, Neji began writing his own songs. So, she decided to write her own songs too. But Neji's songs always had more pages.
The girl was Hinata Hyuuga.
She had always wished for skills like Neji. But whenever he did play, it made her heart skip a beat. She didn't know why. Maybe he just looked so natural and vulnerable.
She was a junior and he was a senior in high school. Neji had many opportunities for colleges and universities. Hinata was grateful for him…really.
Hinata tapped her fingers on her desk impatiently while class was about to be dismissed in ten minutes.
"Hinata-chan, be patient. I sometimes think you get your impatience from your cousin." Ino whispered while taking notes.
"Gomen can't help it." Hinata smiled back nervously.
Then in a matter of minutes, class was dismissed. Hinata practically ran out of the classroom.
"Hey Hinata-chan! Wait up!" Ino said, running after her.
"I have to beat him to the club room!" Hinata yelled back at her.
"Ugh, AGAIN!" Ino sighed and caught up with her. Hinata nodded.
Hinata had to beat him. She couldn't lose to him anymore. She ran so fast that when she arrived at the club room, she ran into the devil himself. Neji.
He gently grabbed her shoulders and stared at her. Ino slowed down behind Hinata.
"Why are you running?" He raised a brow.
"U-um…I thought I was going to be late." Hinata nervously lied. Neji rolled his eyes.
"What a lie." He let go of her shoulders. "Just don't hurt yourself." He said and walked into the club room. Hinata was a bit irritated.
"I can take care of myself, thank you." Hinata said, irritated.
"Hey, hey…Neji-kun was just trying to look out for you." Ino said waving her hands in front of her as the two walked into the classroom.
"He just does that so he can look good." Hinata reasoned. Ino sighed and laughed.
"You are so dense." Ino plainly said. Hinata looked at Ino weirdly. Ino laughed. "It's nothing."
They were all part of the Musical Club. A club where all genres of music and musicians came to play whatever they wanted. They always had at least three concerts each year. Each group/person of the Musical Club had to come up with whatever they had to play. They could be in a group and played with friends or played solo.
"Hinata-chan!" A black-haired guy with onyx eyes came up from behind her and hugged her. "I missed you!" He snuggled comfortably in her neck.
"Sai-kun! Don't be so rude!" Ino shouted, scraping the guy off of Hinata. (Hahaha, you thought it was Sasuke! Think again! –Evil laugh-). Sai pouted and crossed his arms.
"But…I barely got to talk to Hinata-chan during class." He said childishly.
"Grow up, Sai." Neji butted into their conversation and rolled his eyes. "I can't believe someone like you is the president of the Musical Club."
"Exactly." Sai completely changed into a devil. He smirked. "So Neji-kun, you should watch yourself. I could kick you out of this club anytime I want." He stepped up to Neji. Neji glared back at Sai.
"Tch. Just get your dirty and sick hands off of my cousin." Neji said and walked away. Hinata stood there…surprised. She knew that he had always stood up to her…but never protected her like this before. It wasn't like she liked Sai hugging her…it's just that…she didn't mind it.
"Ne Hinata-chan, Neji-kun is so mean." Sai pouted.
"For once I agree with the bastard. You have to be more serious." A guy who looked exactly like Sai but had his hair spiked up. Sai's skin was pale but his skin was fair. (…)
"Sasuke-kun, you're such an ass hole." Sai said. Sasuke rolled his eyes.
"Here are the papers for the concerts. The principal didn't allow me to read them…she said she wanted the president to." Sasuke handed over the papers to Sai.
"You aren't? But you are the vice president." Sai said surprised and scanned over the papers.
"Eh…I think it's just 'cause the principal hates me." Sasuke ran a hand through his hair.
"Where are Naruto-kun and Sakura-san?" Hinata asked suddenly.
"Not here." Sasuke said.
"Don't be so rude to Hinata-sama." Neji said…butting in…AGAIN. Sasuke rolled his eyes.
"You have no right to tell me what to do, Hyuuga." Sasuke said.
"Is that what you say to your mother? Let me knock that punk ass mouth off of your face." Neji said with a glare. Hinata and Ino sighed.
"Guys…at least get through a day without fighting." Ino said, stopping the two from kicking each other's asses.
"P-please…" Hinata clasped her hands in front of herself and looked very worried. Neji and Sasuke noticed her and looked away from each other.
"Whatever." The two guys said. Neji looked down at his feet. His long bangs covered his face. He blushed from the embarrassment of using "foul" language in front of Hinata. Sasuke looked up at the ceiling and pretended that nothing happened.
"Sasuke-kun! Neji-kun!" Sakura ran over to the group with Naruto. "Gomen, we're late."
"Lateness is unexceptional." Sai crossed his arms, being the serious guy again.
"Aww Sai-teme! C'mon!" Naruto cried Anime style. "Give us another chance!" Sai smirked.
"No." He evilly said. "Now for the upcoming concert, you guys have to do solos." He smiled.
"NANI!" Sakura and Naruto both said in unison. Ino laughed while Hinata was worried. Neji and Sasuke both scoffed.
"You…you can't do that!" Sakura said.
"And why not?" Sai raised a brow. "Can you NOT play a solo…Sakura-chan?" Adding the suffix to her name really made her heart skip a beat. Sai was handsome...like Sasuke…but! She shook her head to brush the thought aside.
"It's just that…working alone is…" Sakura gulped. "So…lonely…" Sakura said. Sasuke sighed.
"Just let them off the hook. Let them buy you lunch or something. It's only been the first day of school and you're already harassing people." Sasuke said to Sai.
"Besides Sai…you got a lot of paper work for the new members of the club." Neji said handing over Sai more paper work. Sai cried Anime style.
"Do you HATE me, Neji-kun!" Sai shook Neji.
"Yes." He said bluntly. Sai's crying worsened.
"U-um…I'll h-help you, Sai-kun…" Hinata said. Sai's face brightened.
"Really!" Sai held her hands. She nodded. "Arigato gozaimasu, Hinata-chan! I love you!" He hugged her. Neji had an angry mark on his forehead and punched him.
"Sai-kun!" Ino and Sakura rushed over to his side.
"S-Sai-kun…" Hinata said.
"He'll be fine." Neji said, rubbing his hand that punched Sai.
"Don't you think that was…harsh?" Hinata asked, facing Neji.
"I guess." Neji said.
"Members alert! The other members of the Musical Club are coming!" Naruto said. He was keeping watch of the door from the inside by looking out the window.
"Right!" Sai miraculously recovered and stood up. "Let's show them what we're made of!"
oO0Oo
The top seven members of the Musical Club helped the other members play whatever they wanted to play. They were like…tutors. Hinata and Neji helped with piano, Ino helped with violin and viola, Sai and Sasuke helped with drums, Sakura helped with flute, and Naruto helped with guitar. Of course, Neji knew how to play all sorts of instruments so all the other instruments he helped those people with. Hinata was a little envious at that. He almost knew how to play every instrument.
Neji was helping a freshman play the piano by putting her hands in the right position. She was blushing from the contact but Neji was as expressionless as ever. Hinata saw this and was kind of relieved. Wait…relieved? For what? Neji caught Hinata staring at him and she quickly averted his gaze.
"Is…is this right?" The freshman that Hinata was tutoring asked. She played the C Major scale with both hands. Hinata snapped out of her thoughts and returned to teaching.
"Yes. Now remember, the C Major scale is the scale with no sharps or flats." Hinata said. The girl sighed of relief.
"Good." The girl smiled.
While Hinata wasn't looking, Neji was observing Hinata teach. She was smiling and even laughing. How could this be? All the girls and guys that Neji taught either blushed or didn't feel like playing piano. That's what Neji wanted the most. He wanted to make people smile especially…Hinata. Neji didn't want for her to worry about him.
"L-like this…Neji-kun?" The girl played the C Major scale but had a lot of mistakes and rushed the scale. Neji sighed.
"Not quite…slow down and remember that there are no black keys in this scale. There are only white." Neji said.
"A-ah…of course." The girl said nervously. Neji inwardly scoffed. He did it again. He made another person nervous and blush.
All the others continued teaching everybody as usual…and before you knew it, it was over.
"Yosh!" Naruto yelled and dropped down on a nearby couch. "It's over!"
"Naruto…! That's not a very considerate thing to say…" Sakura scolded him, sitting by him.
"Besides…we have all year to spend time relaxing in the club room." Ino said, sitting in a couch across from Naruto's and Sakura's.
Neji and Hinata sweat dropped.
"Don't tell me we're doing that whole "skip classes" thing again." Neji sighed.
"Neji-kun!" Sai scolded. "You know we do this every year!" He smiled. Neji wanted to punch his punk ass mouth off his face so badly. Hinata laughed nervously.
"B-but…wouldn't the teacher be…angry?" Hinata asked.
"We could care less for the guy." Sasuke said, sitting next to Naruto and putting his feet up on the little table.
"Yeah…but…classes are important, and this is the first day of school." Hinata reasoned.
"The only reason why we went to class was to not get a bad reputation." Sakura said, waving a finger in the air.
"One class is enough if you ask me." Ino said. Everyone, but Neji and Hinata, nodded. "Hinata-chan! Don't tell me you're planning on attending classes!" Ino pouted.
"I…h-have to…" Hinata said.
"Aww Hinata-chan, you're the second smartest student out of all of the juniors! At least take a break…" Sakura said.
"She can do whatever." Sasuke sighed.
"N-Neji-niisan…what are you doing?" Hinata asked, turning to face him. Neji raised a brow.
Why is she asking me? Neji asked himself. "Attending classes of course." Neji replied.
"You're such a bore, Neji!" Naruto pouted.
"Ne…everyone should follow this perfect couple of their example!" Sai sparkled.
"But you just said that we should skip classes!" Ino and Sakura shouted.
"C-couple!" Neji and Hinata both said in unison.
"Yes." Sai said, winking. "You two do make a cute couple…!" Sai smiled.
"S-Sai-kun!" Hinata blushed furiously.
"Sai," Sasuke stood up. Sai looked over at Sasuke with an expressionless face. He always did that to Sasuke. "Let's cut the chit chat. You've already wasted enough of our time. Let's go home." He grabbed his backpack and got ready to leave.
Everyone had forgotten the previous conversation and left. Neji and Hinata walked home as usual. They lived in an apartment by themselves. Yes, themselves. And yes…the school they were going to was a rich school. They took the exams that were needed to enter the school and got high scores. Both Neji and Hinata entered the school, being the top students of their grade.
"So…" Neji started, running a hand through his long chocolate-colored locks. "How was your first day with…the idiots?" Neji asked, referring to Ino, Sakura, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sai. Hinata laughed nervously.
"I got to talk with Ino-chan and Sakura-san a little…Naruto-kun was being…his usual self while Sai tried to talk to me but Ino-chan and Sakura-san pushed him away." Hinata said. Neji chuckled.
"That's good. I don't like seeing him with you. He's a dangerous guy…always having mood swings and all." Neji said, looking the other way. Hinata laughed a little.
"But…in a way…he's very sweet." Hinata said.
"Hn." Neji replied. The rest of the way back to their apartment was quiet. The two decided that they were going to attend classes…unlike some people.
As Neji unlocked the door to the apartment, Hinata entered and Neji followed.
"I'm going to start on dinner if that's okay with you, nii-san." Hinata smiled.
"That's fine." Neji replied. He dropped his backpack near the couch and entered into his room to study…or something. Neji was so mysterious…always keeping the things that he did to himself. Yes, Hinata knew him very well but didn't know some of the things he did. She guessed that he was going to write another piano piece for the upcoming concerts or something.
Hinata sighed as she turned on the stove. You're so…mysterious…
oO0Oo
Kakashi sweat dropped as he entered the room, only finding Hinata in the room.
"What's wrong, Kakashi-sensei?" Hinata tilted her head to the side as she sat in her desk.
"Iie…it's nothing." Kakashi shook his head and started off with the lesson.
After class, Hinata headed straight towards the club room. As she opened the club room door, Sai attacked her with a hug as usual.
"Hinata-chan!" Sai snuggled. Hinata gently pushed off Sai. She looked past him and found that all the important club members are here.
"A-am…am I late?" Hinata sweat dropped.
"Nope." Naruto said with a flashy smile. "It's time...for our annual piano festival!" Hinata's eyes suddenly grew wide and looked determined. She looked over at Neji but he was unfazed.
"Of course," Sakura waved a finger in the air. "The two competitors are Neji-kun and Hinata-chan…BUT…there's a catch this year." Sakura said. Hinata blinked.
"Catch…?" Hinata repeated curiously.
"You have to play a duet with a stranger that you've never met before." Ino said with a smile.
"N-nani!" Hinata squeaked out. Hinata…was not good at playing duets…maybe with Neji but…not with a stranger. They'd probably get tired of her because of her constant stuttering and nervousness.
"What's wrong, Hinata-sama?" Neji asked. Hinata shook her head.
"I-it's nothing. I accept the challenge." Hinata said determinedly. Neji raised a brow and sighed.
"Right." Neji said.
"Loser has to be his or her servant for the day." Sasuke said suddenly.
"Iie!" Hinata exclaimed.
"Oh that's right…Neji's already Hinata's servant." Sasuke smirked gracefully. Neji had an angry mark on his forehead and clenched his fists.
"Yeah! That's a good idea!" Sai exclaimed. "Let's do it!" He smiled.
And that was that.
The next day, Hinata had to search through the other classes to find another student who played piano. Okay…so everyone gasped when they saw Hinata. It was because she was in a special class that was for top students of the grade. Hinata was smart and talented. She couldn't help it.
"Hyuuga-san is coming this way…!" A girl blushed.
"Why is she here? Is it because she has come to visit her admirers!" Another girl squeaked.
"Why is that snobby bitch here?" One girl cursed. Hinata ignored the comment and continued to search through classes and asked each student if they were a pianist. They either said, "no" or "no, but if you want me to." Hinata sighed. She leaned on a set of lockers.
"Haven't found your partner yet?" Neji suddenly appeared and asked. Hinata jumped and clutched her heart. "Gomen for scaring you."
"I-it's okay…" Hinata calmed down.
"Don't strain yourself…alright?" Neji commanded, stuffing his hands into his pockets.
"R-right…" Hinata said. Neji walked away. She kind of felt offended…she didn't know why. What Neji just said made her feel that everything she worked so hard for was in vain…if she didn't win against Neji this time; she knew she'd make a fool out of herself! Hinata clenched her fists and searched through more classrooms for fellow pianists.
"Hinata-chan! Why are you running?" Ino shouted as Hinata passed her.
"I have to-" Hinata ran into a body that she felt a dark aura surrounding it as she fell. "G-gomenasai!" She quickly stood up and bowed.
"Watch where you're going…Hyuuga." Hinata looked up to lock gazes with an aquamarine-eyed muscular guy. He had flaming red hair and a love tattoo over his left eye. Hinata quickly nodded.
"You alright, Hinata-chan?" Ino asked, running over to Hinata. Hinata gave Ino a nervous smile and nodded. "Did you know who that was!"
"U-um…Iie." Hinata answered.
"Of course not…most top students who go to special classes don't get to know all about the average students." Ino rolled her eyes. Hinata sweat dropped.
What is that supposed to mean? Hinata thought to herself.
"Sabaku Gaara…age fifteen…best trait…his muscles…worst trait…his deathly glare." Ino said, taking out a picture of the guy named Gaara. Hinata sweat dropped.
"And you keep this with you…why?" Hinata asked nervously.
"You people need to keep up with these types of people! Even if we are smart, we aren't ALWAYS the center of the attention…and yes…most of the time we are. But that's not the point." Ino cleared her throat. "Actually, Gaara-kun could attend our special classes…but he denied the offer." Hinata blinked.
"Why?" She asked. Ino shrugged.
"Who knows? He's kind of got a weird personality if you ask me." Ino crossed her arms and nodded.
"Do you know if he's a pianist?" Hinata asked. Ino laughed.
"You really want to beat Neji-kun, don't you?" Hinata nodded. "I don't know…ask him." Hinata sighed.
"Fine…I'll do it the hard way." Hinata said.
oO0Oo
Gaara made his way to the front of the school building just as the note said. Ugh…it was probably another love confession. Damn…he hated those. He barely knew half of the girls who sent them to him…and didn't know ANY of the guys who did. He shivered just thinking about all the guys who sent him love letters. He stepped in front of the school building and found the same girl who he bumped into yesterday. The Hyuuga. Neji's cousin…was it? Hinata…Hyuuga? Yeah…she was also in the list of top students. He walked over to where Hinata was.
"What?" He said, irritated. She flinched and cleared her throat.
"I have to ask something." Hinata said, playing with the edge of her shirt.
"No…I won't go out with you." Gaara sighed.
"N-nani! No! It's not that!" Hinata waved her hands in front of her. Gaara raised a brow.
"Then spit it out." Gaara snapped.
"U-um…do you…um…play…piano?" Hinata stammered.
"Piano…" Gaara pondered. "Why?"
"It's for the annual piano…competition…thing…that Neji-niisan and I do every year…but this year…we each need a partner." Hinata stuttered. Gaara sighed.
"Give up. The guy's out of your league." Gaara said. "He's a natural born genius and basically memorizes everything he sees…"
"I can't…!" Hinata shouted. "I…want…to beat him. It's something…I've always wanted. I've given up so much to get this far. I can't turn down the challenge." Hinata said.
"So…you'd do anything to beat him?" Gaara raised a brow. Hinata nodded quickly. "Come to the Musical Club...during class. We'll start right away." He turned his back to her.
"U-um…" Hinata stuttered.
"Don't be late…I don't accept lateness." Gaara started to walk away. "I can skip a few classes…but that's it."
Hinata stood there…confused. But, did that mean she really had a partner for the duet?
oO0Oo
"So Hinata-chan!" Ino sang as she appeared next to Hinata while she was putting books in her locker. "I heard you got a hot partner for the duet!" It was the next day when Ino found out. Wow…news went around fast.
"U-um…" Hinata sweat dropped.
"Gaa-ra-kun." Ino said his name in syllables and smiled. "I wonder if Neji-kun got a partner already."
"Probably…a lot of girls would do anything to spend time with him." Hinata said, heading towards class.
"Hinata-chan, you're such a bore." Ino pouted. "You should come to the club room instead of classes." Hinata sighed.
"I need to keep my place being the top student in our grade…if I don't; I might not even have these privileges anymore." Hinata replied. Ino sighed.
"Fine. See you after school!" And Ino ran off.
Of course…Hinata agreed to practice with Gaara during class. She was confused though…he was a top student but didn't have the privileges that she and the other club members had. You see…there school system was like this. Each grade had a few top students that would be called…"Special" students. They had the ability to skip classes if they thought they already knew what they needed to know. Naruto, Sakura, Sai, Sasuke, Hinata, and Ino were the six top students in their grade that had that ability. Hinata was first, Ino was second, Sasuke was third, Sai was fourth, Sakura was fifth, and Naruto was sixth.
Neji…on the other hand…was first in his grade. Neji and Hinata did decide to attend classes after all…but Hinata guessed it would have been okay to skip a class or two to beat Neji.
She opened the Musical Club's door and peeked inside of it. Hinata scanned the room and found no sign of Gaara. She sighed and dropped her bag near the piano bench. She sat down and stared at the keys. Her fingers acted on their own, and she started to play a song.
It was a song called Unfaithful by Rihanna. Hinata was searching through the Internet for a song that she really liked…and somehow…she was pulled in by this song. She loved the melody and the way her fingers moved. It made her…feel very emotional and free. Hinata didn't think of anything when she played. Sometimes, she would forget she was being watched.
"Unfaithful…right?" Gaara leaned on the door with his arms crossed and interrupted her. Hinata turned around and blushed furiously.
"H-hai. Gomenasai!" She stood up. "Were you waiting long?" He shook his head.
"It's alright. I wanted to see what my partner was capable of anyways…" Gaara replied as he pulled Hinata down onto the bench and sat down next to her. "Let's look through some songs…shall we?" Hinata nodded.
Watch out, Neji-niisan…I might surpass you this time…Hinata thought to herself confidently.
Mshinata: Worst…week…EVER! –Cries- So many things happened to me…I'm just really sad. It was hard for me to finish writing this…-sniff-
Sasuke: Suck it up.
Mshinata: -sniff- S-shut up…Marshie-chan was banned…again on YouTube…that made me sad. Itachi-sama…I can't even say it! It's too sad. –Cries-
Sasuke: Don't…there are people who don't read the Manga.
Mshinata: -sniff- I'll go…update faster! I promise my lovely readers.
Itachi: Please give Mshinata-san lovely reviews. She's in a sad and depressing mood.
Mshinata: This was…also inspired by Special A (Manga). Some of the events will be similar but…I doubt it. –Sniff-