Even as a little girl Hinata was always shy.
Even as a little boy Naruto was always mischievous.
She comes from a very privileged family.
He comes from a family...well...he was an orphan. He came from a privileged family too, he just didn't know it. Yet.
I do own Naruto. -Poof- Darn my wish didn't come true. Well I don't own Naruto so don't sue.
Chapter 1:
It was the first day of kindergarten. In the Hyuga household there were two parents in distress. Well mostly just one, the father. Hiashi was trying to get the young heiress ready for her first day. He was frustrated that his wife couldn't help him, but she was too preoccupied with caring for the new baby girl to really help much with her eldest daughter's preparations.
After he was able to finish dressing her, he got busy trying to do her hair, (something fathers should never do -.-; Poor Hinata.) when his twin brother, Hizashi, came in through the door with his son, Neji. Since Neji was a year older than Hinata, Hizashi already knew what to do to ready a child for his first day.(Plus his wife didn't have another kid to tend to).
"Good morning, Lady Hinata." Hizashi said, addressing the little girl.
"Hello, Uncle Hizashi." Hinata replied in a little voice.
"Are you ready for your first day of school?"
"Uh-huh"
"That's good. Neji, aren't you going to greet your little cousin this morning?" Hizashi then addressed his son while noticing he was practically falling asleep where he was standing.
"Hello Lady Hinata." Neji said stifling a yawn while trying not to sound tired.
"Hello Neji-niisan." Hinata replied trying not to sound nervous in front of her cousin and uncle.
"Hiashi, you should try to hurry up big brother, unless you want Lady Hinata to be late for her very first day of school." Hizashi said teasingly.
"Don't start. Her mother wants her hair to look nice too, for her first day. And besides it's easier for you since you have a son and don't have to deal with sort of thing."
"That's true, I don't have to give my son an elaborate hair-do like you would for a girl. But if her hair is the case why don't you just have your wife take care of Hinata's hair, while you watch Hanabi."
" I wish she could, but she really doesn't trust me too much with Hanabi right now to do it." Hiashi replied with an embarrassed tone.
"Yes, but still her hair isn't that long that it should take you this long to try to put it up. I mean, Neji's hair is longer, and it doesn't take us this long to get ready. That means it shouldn't take you this long. Right Hinata?"
"Well then if you think it's so easy why don't you try?" retorted Hiashi.
"You're the one trying to get her ready. Not me!" Hizashi responded with an you're-not-dumping-your-responsibility-on-me tone.
"Look, please do this for me. I'm already falling behind and she hasn't even eaten breakfast yet. Besides I have to get other things done before this morning is over." pleaded Hiashi.
"Shees, Hiashi. You should have given her breakfast first, if you knew it was going to take you this long. Look I would like to help you, big brother, but like you said I have a son. I don't have to deal with this sort of thing. But how about you finish up whatever you have left to finish, feed her breakfast and I'll have my wife finish her hair." Hizashi offered while taking pity on his poor whipped older brother. (Yes Hiashi is whipped, if his wife has him doing all the hard work with Hinata.) :3
"Arigato gozai mashita. (Thank you very much). I owe you big time." Hiashi said in alleviation and gratitude.
"You know for being the head of this family, you really are irresponsible with time. What kind of an example is that for the future clan leader?" Hizashi said in mock accusation.
"I know. I don't really have an excuse for this tardiness. I should be ––"
"I was just kidding Hiashi." Hizashi cut in before his brother could finish his guilt trip. "I know that you're busy with a newborn child. Don't worry Father and the Elders don't have to hear about this. Now hurry up or else we really will be late."
"Right. Thanks Hizashi. Come on Hinata, lets get you some breakfast so your aunt can comb your hair."
"Yes Father."
"Neji, are you hungry? Go ahead and eat something while you're waiting."
"No thank you Uncle Hiashi I already ate breakfast."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
"Well at least a small snack, so that way Hinata will have some company while eating her breakfast."
"Umm–—"
"Neji, keep Lady Hinata company while I help your uncle with his morning responsibilities, before we got to get the two of you to school."
"Yes Father. Thank-you Uncle Hiashi."
"You're welcome. Now make sure Hinata finishes her breakfast before we go with your mother. And thank you for the help Hizashi."
"No problem. I'm sure that whatever it is, sooner or later I'm going to have to deal with it as well." Hizashi answered after the two children departed for the kitchen for their breakfast.
Having made sure that the two children were far enough away to overhear anything, and that no one else was around, the two brothers began talking about their clan's concerns.
"Yes you're right, Father and the council are having me look over some files over the Namikaze clan and the 'incident' that happened five years ago." Hiashi informed his twin once he was positive no one else was around his study.
"You don't mean that they've found out already do you?" Hizashi asked in vexation.
"No, don't worry not yet. But they might be starting to suspect something."
"Damn it!" Hizashi banged his fist down on the desk in anger. "We promised him that we wouldn't let his secret get out until it was the right time. What now?"
"Calm down Hizashi. We'll keep our promise to our good friend. But right now, we'll have to do what they say so we don't evoke any more suspicions. If things get worse I'll ask Lord Hokage for help in this matter."
"Hiashi, don't wait until things get worse to tell Lord Hokage about this. He needs to know now not until things get worse."
"Very well, I'll inform the Third about this right after we drop Neji and Hinata off at school."
"Yes that would be a better idea. By the way the boy should be starting this year as well. Do you really intend to keep both of your promises to him?" Hizashi asked while calming down and changing the mood of their conversation.
"Of course I do. I just have to make sure that Hinata falls for him. Did you keep your promise to him yet?"
"Of course. Neji has already completed his part. Maybe that will make it easier for Lady Hinata or it will horribly back fire on us and Neji won't want to share." Hizashi said chortlingly.
"Lets just hope it doesn't." chuckled Hiashi.
"You know once the council and Father find out about this, they won't be too happy." Hizashi said grimly.
"It doesn't matter. By the time they find out, I'm sure the boy would have proven himself and both he and Hinata will be old enough to make their own decisions with or without the council's approval. And even if they don't, I can always just claim the fact that she is my daughter and I will decide what is best for her and for the clan. That way they won't have any choice but to accept this decision." Hiashi responded with dominance.
"Well they shouldn't of chosen you to be the clan leader if they didn't want this. Still I'm glad it was you and not me who became clan leader or else I don't think I could have made that decision so valid. Or even enforced it with such assertiveness. Seeing as she's your daughter and not mine, they would have done anything to marry her off to some other man or even Neji, before they would even let you consider him."
"Yes they probably would try to marry Neji and Hinata."
"Yet neither one of us would have any say in the matter, seeing as Neji is a boy and I wouldn't have much control over his wife. Or even you by that matter, with Hinata being a girl you wouldn't be able to do much to stop that betrothal either. Than the fact that you would belong to the branch house, they would have more control over Hinata's fate than you or I would."
"The disturbing truth." and with that both brothers were left to finish their preparations. Both of their thoughts lingering on their conversation and its possibilities. They were both grateful that things managed to turn out the way they did.
Well there's the first chapter of my first story. I know it probably isn't so good. But yeah. n. in my story Hizashi is still alive okay. I just didn't want to kill him off. And besides I kinda need Neji to not be so pissed at the head family. I'm gonna try to keep my chapters short so I can translate them into Spanish. (My Spanish kinda really sux, even though I'm Mexican)T_T;
So um, please comment bcuz I need an idea for the next chapters bcuz I don't really have them planned out.
10-31-08
Yeah so I decided to edit this chapter because I wasn't really happy with it b4. I hope you like it this way too. Remember this is my first fanfic so ah yeah.
N. E. Ways review damn it. Or else terrible things will befall on you next Halloween. jk