Chiwagenka A Lover's spat

Prologue

Title: Chiwagenka

Genre: Romantic/Comedy

Pairings: Itachi/Hinata, Sasuke/Sakura, Shikamaru/Ino

Salty water splashes on the sandy shore as soaring marine flows its way out to the land leaving the sea with such might, in a jiffy it turns backs leaving the land unable to part from the large natural aquarium. A woman free from the troubles of the world (especially her thoughts)… let her eyes roam eyeing the wonders of the nature around her. She watched the natural phenomenon as the land is washed by the tidal waves of the sea for the umpteenth time… As mighty waves hits the fortress of rocky coastline build naturally around the shore, beads of water floats in the air mirroring diamonds and rubies reflecting the shining refracted light from the setting sun.

'Kaw… Kaw… Kaw… Kaw…'

A rhythmic chorus song of bird chirps resonates through silent space, reaching distance. She narrows her marble white eyes to the far off into the reddish orange painted sky, looking at the silhouettes of a group of birds flying off to their nests… The bright and might star of the blue sky was about set behind the comforts of the mysterious deep blue sea.

A soft nonchalant smile spreads across her pale white face, as the luminescent rays of the sun signs off leaving his signature beams of remnants on the sky, painting it pinkish yellow. The colours of the sky always amaze her, from when she was just a child… to an adult with a huge background. The artist with marvellous talent silently thanks the nature for presenting her this skill of admiring it in such tranquillity. Hinata is a professional artist; thanks to the admiration she had towards colours it had made her note books full of art and colourful streaks of pencils (much to Iruka's surprise) and she had made it huge, winning the state and national awards both for an art on Japanese oldest shrine.

The music of bird chirps died down as they flew off far into the sky, her smile faded as she pouted that she couldn't hear the beautiful song for a while, nevertheless… the blows of cool breeze made her chill, the woman shivers and rubs her palm on her arms, providing little warmth as possible. Who would want to get sick on a vacation anyway, that would be troublesome…

'Tch… I just sounded like Shikamaru-kun just now…' Hinata smiles to herself as she stares off space.

Speak of the devil, the Nara plops right beside his friend who was staring off at space forgetting the whole world around her; she tends to get lost within the nature when it comes to her watching the colours of the sky.

"Hello, my lady… What a coincidence… we just happen to have the same hobby…" Shikamaru nudges his friend with his elbow startling her.

Hinata jumps a little, surprised by the sudden entry of her lazy yet ingenious college-mate, "Shika-kun… don't surprise me like that…" Hinata whines at the Nara.

Witnessing her act like a child who lost her precious Barbie doll made the Nara smirk at her, "Why… you got it bad than I will ever do…"

"I got what?" the Hyuuga asks the man in puzzlement.

"The hobby… you like it more than I do… I wonder why would someone like you loves the yapping sounds of crows like a melody, while the others consider it a pest and an omen, only you can call them beautiful…" Shikamaru shrugs off and eyes the blush that forms across her face.

Hinata parts her lips to say her trademark phrase but the Nara held up his hands in surrender, "Okay, okay… Real beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder, am I right?"

Seeing how familiar he got with her in just few years they've known each other made her giggle as she watched him yawn lazily, their friends and Ino were out there with the others on the beach, she was still playing with water like a little girl full of enthusiasm.

"Not that I mind your company… but why are you here Shika-kun? Ino-chan would be worried sick if she sees that you're gone again…" Hinata said with concern lacing her voice.

The pineapple haired man quickly glances over to his right to see the woman in her early twenties running around with her pink haired bestie in blue black bikini- that shows off more skin than it should, not that he minds it. A blush spreads across his cheeks as he eyed the Yamanaka's bouncing breasts. Quickly looking away the man squirms uneasily on his seat on the grassy cliff nearby the beach, beside the Hyuuga heiress; he coughs awkwardly when Hinata caught him blushing.

Covering his embarrassment, the Nara responds "A… you know the reason, better than I do… what is the point in asking it Hinata?"

Hinata chuckles and nudges the Nara back, making him more embarrassed than he already is, "What? I know you are partially lazy… but that is not the only reason there is, isn't it Shika-kun? Hmm?"

The Nara grumbles as he settles on the grassy bed resting on his wide back, turning to close his eyes, "Hrmmm…. I want to get some quite sleep before someone here makes me think of the things that I don't want to mind right now…"

Hinata laughs softly kicking the Nara at his ankles, "Hey… I know you're embarrassed to see Ino, you are way too timid than I thought you were Shikamaru-kun… But it's cute… really."

"tch… shuuuut uuuupp…. Hinata you're a big bully…." The Nara blushes and grumbles, muttering under his breath as he eyes Hinata over the corner of his eyes.

"Then admit that you like Ino and you are shy. I'll let it slide, I swear I won't tell her, this is our little secret and it's only between us okay? I'll even pinkie swear it…" Hinata smiles brightly at the Nara as she wiggles her pinkie at his face.

Growing agitated, the man sit back up, "What kind of childish request is that Hinata?"

The 'harsh but true' statement made the Hyuuga cringe her face, making a sad scowl, she sniffled "Childish? In what way am I childish, you are a child for stubbornly not admitting to Ino that you li-"

Hinata widened her eyes when the Nara placed his hand over her mouth covering it, the Hyuuga stared at him with a questioning scowl as the man whispered in hushed tone, "sshhhh~ okay, okay… It's true, I like her, happy? Now, keep it down will ya?"

Hinata giggles at the embarrassed Nara as he releases her from his grip, she smiles at the Nara who grumbles as he folds his own pinkie finger around hers sealing a promise to not to reveal the secret that is shared in between them.

"Who's the kid now huh?" The knucklehead blonde made an entrance startling both of them from behind.

"Naruto-kun?" Hinata jolts as she saw the Uzumaki.

"Hmm… hmm… what do we have here?" Gaara pops out behind his best friend.

"What the…" Shikamaru widened his eyes looking at the red haired, and glares at him.

Hinata blushes as she saw Sai popping out of nowhere as he sat beside her, "You'll never get a husband who loves you if you keep rebelling, being childish and troublesome Hinata"

Hinata roused with anger spat back at the black haired guy, "How rude… who said I'm childish… I am a mature woman… Even Jiraiya-sensei said so…"

Sai smirked as he heard spoke of the perverted sensei back in her college, "a… you made a point there, but wasn't it childish for you to skip your family dinner and running off here pulling all of us along with you to get revenge on your father for arranging a suitor for you without your concern? Hm? How childish is that?"

"I-" Hinata tried to retort to the black eyed man but nothing came out, what he was saying was true.

With a smirk Sai continued on, "Hn… I wonder what kind of childish person would ever believe in a promise made 15 years ago… if you are still going to wait for a guy who isn't going to show up you'd only grow old alone…"

"What did you say Sai-kun?" Hinata hissed seething in anger.

As they stared at each other, Naruto pops in between them and explains rather nervously rubbing the back of his head, "a… uhm… the reason Jiraiya said that about you being mature is rather for something perverted Hinata-chan… n-not the way you think it is… I did beat him to a pulp after hearing the reason though…"

Hinata snaps and glares at the Uzumaki making him pace a step backwards, "so you are saying that I am childish too Naruto-kun?"

"A… it's not like that… I…" Naruto tried to think of a better way to clear up the things but he failed making the Hyuuga even angrier.

Sai eyed the saddened Hyuuga, his eyes went soft for second, but when he approaches her to calm the girl down she snap at him, "I don't care if anyone sees me as a child or if I grow old alone, it is my choice and I won't regret it. I wonder who'll fall for a weirdo like you Sai-kun… you are just jealous that I got the first place for the art competition while you're the second…"

She looked at the other apologetically and bows as she whispered softly, tears are now slowly brimming at the corner of her white eyes, "sorry, you guys… I'll join you later… I- I've got something to do…"

The man scowled and later smiled sadly as Hinata walked away leaving a group of her friends and her rival in art, the guys sighed with Shikamaru and Gaara places his arm around the black haired man's shoulders.

"Why don't you just tell her how you feel teme? You're even a bigger child than she is…" Sai smiled as he heard the Sabaku speak.

Naruto walked towards Sai with Shikamaru in tow, "ahh… you shouldn't have brought that matter up, she's upset because of that… Just tell her that you love her, that isn't a big deal, considering she's your best friend Sai…" the Nara said.

"I know… But she was my best friend, she's already is in love with another guy… how can I say something like that when I know how she feels?" Sai mutters softly at them.

Sakura pops and in hand with the Yamanaka who smiles at Shikamaru who ignored her outright, the pinkette smiled at Sai and said, "Hinata can be… too off at times, but she's not someone who ignores other people's feelings, I think you should go for her before someone takes her away from you Sai…"

The Nara coughed awkwardly as the pinkette's words sank in, Naruto smirked at Shikamaru as the man shrugged uneasily under Ino's gaze. Turning the situation around the Uzumaki sneakily places his arms around Sakura's waist, smiling ear to ear at her.

"What, you baka?" Sakura yelled.

The smiling blonde said with expectation in his eyes, "oohh… yeah, then how about you and I go on a date… Don't regret it if someone else snatches me away from you Sakura…"

The Haruno grew flustered in anger she whack the Uzumaki's brain out of his skull, "What the hell you baka-brain! I don't even like you that way!"

They had been too much time outside the mansion where Hinata had brought them. All of them were relaxing, some fighting over the last piece of barbeque that Naruto had cooked with Sai. Neither of them seems to notice the girl's absence. She had been in bad mood because of her father; she only came here to cool off whenever she had a hard time.

'The best way to buzz of the problems in your brain is to spend time with your closest friends…'

Someone said that to her when she was a five year old kid and she hold onto that very principle up until now. Sai remembered it, the every details of the person that Hinata had made when she was in elementary school. Just Sai and Hinata that boy was also an artist.

'Real beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder… It can't be seen it can only be felt…'

It irritates him every time she says her famous quote, it was something that boy said to her too. In his absence, an anonymous boy around his fourth grade had stolen the heart of this maiden, his best friend. She lost her mother due to labour complications when Hanabi was born, and she met the boy while she was crying over her mother's grave in a cemetery.

Hinata was head over heels for that boy that she met, fifteen years ago. And of a recent fight, Sai and the Hyuuga stopped speaking to each other. That was when he went out of his way pissing the Hyuuga off, when he touched a matter about the boy she met.

'He'll never show up Hinata, trust me! You're being too clingy to the past! Why are you being so stuck up and stubborn like this?!'

His own words echoed through his mind as flashes of memories from the time they were graduating came to his mind. He was in the wrong too. He had been all patient up until they graduated to tell his feelings for her, but he made a huge mistake. He couldn't help it.

Sai walked his way towards the mansion that the Hyuuga Corporation owned. It was as huge as a palace build at a very strategic and also beautiful place, near the sea costal area. The house was well lit with electricity; Sai pushed the door open walking into the house. The man stepped up gingerly walking up to the staircase. He was certain where she would be, knocking the door politely. The black haired man opened the door to her room.

He saw her stifling her gasp, with widened eyes she stared at him in surprise. Amused seeing her expression turning cold towards him, the man smirked, "May I come in?"

She glanced at him from the corner of her eyes and gave him a slight nod; she was hugging an old painting close to her chest, must've been that guy's artwork. He noticed her tissues on the flour which she tends to kick them under her bed, avoiding him noticing them and knowing what she had been doing correctly.

'She has been crying the whole time…' Sai sighed inwardly as he walked, crouching before her bed, he pulled the sheets up to see the crumpled tissues under her bed.

He took them all out and dumped them into the dustbin; looking up at her red eyes he whispered softly, "I am sorry… Hinata"

"It's really beautiful…" Fugaku commented on the huge painting that was hung in the large bedroom.

Hiashi smirked proudly at the work of his first born and said, "Indeed… She had been working on this for a whole month…"

Another man out of the three who had been eyeing the room that the Hyuuga girl had used for years that was full of lavender and white colour of stuffed bunnies, book, paintings, brushes, her sketches, a collection of music discs, a piano, guitar, and a flute, he watched the paintings marvelling the artwork.

He said in a monotone with a bored face despite what he really feels, "Hn… this girl is very messy… despite that prodigious artwork, I can't find anything amusing about her."

Smirking back at her son Mikoto said, "You shouldn't decide something like that before you get to know her…"

Itachi walked over to the small photo framed with beautiful work, over at her desk he picked it up he looked flagger basted when he saw her smiling face, she was about 4 in that picture with only a panty and her mother was hugging her. He noticed this girl that he had met her before.

"Real beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder…", tracing his finger over at the picture the twenty-four year old male smirked.

Hello! Hi! This is the first fic from me featuring Itachi and Hinata... It is something I've wrote to see how it goes based on your response... I will further decide whether to continue the story or not. So as i said, this is only a test...

So if you enjoyed it, please review and let me know :)

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