Naruko was walking around the village and she saw that everyone was giving her those same glares like they always did. They would even beat her up sometimes. She was able to tough it out. She would often try to hide her true feelings and try to act cold towards others because that's how she's been treated her whole life. But she wasn't capable of being completely heartless because she was capable of feeling love.
Naruko was a young girl with red hair that was tied up in two pigtails with two black ribbons. She also had purple eyes. She also had three whiskers on both of her cheeks.
While she was walking she heard some loud voices nearby. Since Naruko had nothing better to do she decided to go check it out.
Naruko saw that there were a gang of boys bullying a young girl. The young girl had short dark blue hair and white eyes. The young girl was crying and you could tell because she had tears running down her face. Naruko decided to intervene.
"HEY! KNOCK IT OFF!" Naruko yelled
The boys stopped their assault and turned to see that Naruko was glaring at them.
"Are you really ganging up on a little girl? All of you are a bunch of cowards!" Naruko said
One of the boys decided to speak up.
"She did something to us and we were just trying to get her to apologize" One boy said
"So that gives you a right to harass her?" Naruko asked
"Look girly just mind your own business! This has nothing to do with you" Another boy said
"If you expect me to leave and let you continue your bullying then you've got another thing coming" Naruko said
The boys were annoyed and decided to gang up on her instead. She tried to fight them but she didn't stand a chance since she was outnumbered. The girl that was being bullied just watched because she didn't have the courage to step in and help her. The boys were tired and decided to leave. The two girls were now alone. Naruko was trembling from the beating but she managed to stand up. She looked at the girl and saw that she was safe.
Naruko then decided to leave but the young girl called out to her.
"U-um" The girl said
"Hmm?" Naruko said
"T-thank you for saving me" The girl said
Naruko blushed and her face was almost as red as her hair was.
"I-I didn't do it for you or anything! The only reason I helped you in the first place was because I can't stand bullies that's all" Naruko said
"R-really?!" The girl asked
"Of course! Why else would I help you?" Naruko asked
The girl just looked at Naruko with sad eyes. She really thought this girl stepped up for her because she wanted to help her.
"W-what's your name?" Hinata asked
"Naruko Uzumaki, what's yours?" Naruko asked
"Hinata Hyuuga" Hinata said
"Lady Hinata!" A voice shouted
The two girls turned in the direction where the voice was coming from and they saw that it was a woman and Naruko could see that she also a Hyuga.
"There you are Lady Hinata, we need to hurry home" The woman said
"Sorry" Hinata said
The woman saw Naruko and frowned. She grabbed Hinata and pulled her away.
"Lady Hinata, you mustn't go near that child" The woman said
"Why?" Hinata said
"She's dangerous" The woman said
"She doesn't seem dangerous to me" Hinata said
"Looks can be deceiving" The woman said
Hinata stayed silent. She really didn't think that the girl was dangerous. She wanted to be friends with her but she didn't know how to approach her.
Naruko watched as Hinata disappeared with the woman and started to mutter to herself.
"It's not like I wanted her to stay anyway. I'm perfectly fine being alone. I'm not lonely at all" Naruko said
Naruko then felt someone bump into her. She looked at the person who ran into her.
The girl had long blue hair that was in a ponytail. She had a dark blue shirt with a red and white crest on the back of her shirt. She was also wearing a white skirt.
The girl looked at the girl that she ran into and saw that the girl had red hair that was in tow pigtails. She was wearing an orange shirt and an orange skirt. She also had three whisker marks on both of her cheeks.
"Watch where you're going loser" The girl said
Naruko got mad and started to shout back at her.
"ME?! You're the one who ran into me! You're the one who should be watching where you're going!" Naruko shouted
"Quit shouting, you're hurting my ears" The girl said
"Who are you?!" Naruko asked
"I'm Sasuko Uchiha and who are you?" Sasuko asked
"I'm Naruko Uzumaki!" Naruko yelled
"Quit shouting! Dobe!" Sasuko yelled
"Look who's talking! Now you're the one who's shouting, Teme!" Naruko shouted
A few years later Naruko was old enough to enter the academy and her homeroom teacher was Iruka Umino. Iruka was a chunin and decided to become teacher at the academy. Over time she bonded with him and now she viewed him as an older brother. Hinata made several attempts to try to become friends with Naruko but she would often back away at the last minute because she was shy. One day Hinata finally found the courage to talk to Naruko.
"Hi, Naruko" Hinata said
"Hmm? Who are you?" Naruko asked
Hinata was shocked to hear that Naruko just asked her what her name was. But when she really thought about it they haven't seen each other in a while so it was understandable that she would forget her.
"I'm Hinata Hyuuga, you saved me from some bullies a while back" Hinata said
Now that Naruko got a good look at the girl in front of her she realized that the girl was the same one that she defended a while ago.
"Now I remember you. Are you still getting picked on?" Naruko asked
"Not as much" Hinata said
"Well good" Naruko said
Naruko then asked what Hinata was doing here.
"So why are you talking to me? Do you need something?" Naruko asked
"Well you looked lonely so I thought that you would like some company. I thought about becoming your friend since it doesn't look like you have any" Hinata said
Naruko blushed and then denied the fact that she was lonely.
"What do you mean lonely? Who's lonely? If you're thinking that I'm lonely then you're wrong! And you're also assuming that I don't friends is wrong too! I have friends! They're just not always around when you're around that's all" Naruko said
"But you're always by yourself" Hinata said
"That doesn't mean that I feel lonely" Naruko said
"You also said that you have friends but they are never around when I'm around. If that's true then I'm sorry for chasing them away" Hinata said
"Its fine don't worry about it" Naruko said
"Do you think that we can be friends?" Hinata said
"It's not like I want to be you're friend or anything" Naruko said
"So would you like to be my friend?" Hinata
"I guess it's okay if I'm friends with someone like you" Naruko said
"Naruko, you need to be nicer than that" A voice said
Naruko and Hinata turned to the direction that the voice came from. They saw that it was Iruka.
"Hmmph! Whatever!" Naruko said
"I mean it, Naruko you need to be kinder to others if you want to make friends" Iruka said
"Who said that I wanted friends?" Naruko asked
"You're gonna be alone for a long time if you don't change your attitude. You'll be lonely" Iruka said
"I'm not lonely!" Naruko said
Naruko ran away and left Iruka with Hinata. Iruka saw that Hinata was looking worried about her new friend.
"I guess she doesn't need friends after all. She said that she's never lonely" Hinata said
Hinata her some chuckling and turned over to see that her teacher was laughing.
"Why are you laughing, Iruka-sensei?" Hinata asked
"Well, everything that Naruko told you was a lie" Iruka said
"A lie? Why would she do that?" Hinata asked
"Believe it or not she does actually feel lonely. She doesn't have any friends. But she doesn't want people to see her like that so she hides her true feeling from others. There are even times where she hides her feelings from herself" Iruka said
Hinata couldn't believe that Naruko was hiding her real feelings. Hinata couldn't do that herself even if she wanted to.
"Listen just be her friend and be there for her" Iruka said
"Yes, sensei" Hinata said
Hinata went back home and trained with her father until it was time for her to go to bed.
Sasuko overheard the conversation that Hinata had with Iruka and she couldn't believe that someone like her was alone most of the time like she was. Sasuko decided that she's heard enough and went home.