Chapter 1:
Another day, the same as all before. Except for one difference; a new school... and a completely new town. Hinata sat down onto one of many unpacked boxes in her new room. She sighed as she looked around at all of the unpacking she'd be doing that day.
"Knock Knock, Hinata." she looked up only to see her cousin Neji (who was basically her brother) standing in the door way, holding a box bursting with pillows and animal Plushies.
"Yes?" she said in a tired quiet tone.
"Here, this was the last box left in the moving van." He said as he set down the box on the floor next her.
Before she could say thank you, he had left the room. She stared blankly at all of the boxes.
"I guess I should start unpacking…" After she tied her long black hair into a ponytail, she opened box after box, placing stuffed animals on shelves and a rug on the floor. She had to wait until her father and Neji could set up her bed. She started filling her closet and dresser with her all of her clothing, and then she noticed her new school uniform sitting at the bottom of one of her suitcases. She picked up the Uniform, layed it out on the floor, and stared at it for a while.
It was cute; another one of those "sailor-style" uniforms. There were two white shirts both with a green collar, one was short sleeved for late spring through summer, and the other was long sleeve for late fall through early spring. There was also a dark gray cardigan, which she would be needing, seeing as it was early spring. It had a green pleated skirt, which she would be wearing with the thigh-high socks she had purchased for school. She folded up the uniform and stuffed it into her dresser, then was interrupted by a knock on her door.
"Hinata, we're going to set up your bed now." She looked over at her father and Neji with a bunch of wooden slats and poles. "And I also need you to go to the store down the street to get groceries for the week." Neji added with a strained look on his face.
"Alright. And thank you for my bed." She said as she got up and swiftly escaped from the humid room.
The neighborhood was very quiet. There were probably a lot of people her age, since the school was so close.
Maybe even a close elementary school for Hanabi.
It was a very pretty neighborhood, also. There were a lot of cherry blossoms and lots of plant life everywhere, but as soon as she reached the main road, the streets and sidewalk were overly crowded with people and cars, and it was very loud and noisy.
"Oh….."She sighed and continued walking.
Normally, she walked looking at the ground. It was a bad habit she developed at her old school. People pushing, shoving, and giving evil glares. No choice, but to just look at the ground.
Deep in thought she didn't realize what street she was supposed to go down. Before she could grasp reality again, suddenly, she crashed into some person walking in the opposite direction, sending her stumbling backwards, and landing flatly on her bottom. Extremely embarrassed, she looked up to see a blonde-haired, blue-eyed boy.
Who, was so amazingly cute, she couldn't help but stare, that is, until reality came back.
"Hey! Are you alright?" the boy said holding his hand out for the dark-haired girl to grab.
"u-um… yes I'm fine…" she said still staring at the blonde while grabbing his hand.
The blonde pulled her up, his face looking quite relieved. "Good. Well, I'm sorry for crashing into you like that." He scratched the back of his head nervously.
"Oh, no, it's a-alright." She looked down, trying not to stare at him.
"Well, I'm Uzumaki Naruto." He gave a thumbs up, and smiled stupidly.
"Oh um, I'm Hyuuga Hinata… I just moved here." She looked up at him and couldn't help but stare again.
The blonde scratched his chin and pondered what she had said. As he seemed to have come to an answer he responded, "Oh! That's why I haven't seen you around. You're going to Konoha High, right?"
Hinata looked around, and then looked back at the floor. "Yes. Um… do you know where that is?
"Chyea! Of course. I'll walk you there tomorrow morning if you want me to."
She wanted to just scream yes and leap into his arms, but instead she just smiled and nodded.
"Cool… where do you live?"
"I… um…. I live down the street that way…. It's a big grey house at the end of the street. The street has umm…a lot of cherry blossoms…and uhm…uhmm…Oh yeah!" She pulled a folded slip of paper out of her pocket and gave it to the blonde. "um… that's my address… it's supposed to be for me so I know where I live and stuff, but I don't need it anymore." why am I giving this guy my address? For all I know he could be a serial killer or something… oh, I wish I would have thought that one through… but he's so cute! She thought to herself.
"Alright then. I'll see you tomorrow morning then… Hinata-Chan." The blonde waved as he continued down the street.
Hinata was about to continue also, then she remembered something.
"Um Uzumaki-kun! Wait, please!" she called out to the blonde boy, who turned around in confusion.
"Huh?" what could she want? Hehe… maybe…
He watched as the beautiful dark-haired girl ran towards him.
"Oh, um could you please… uh tell me where the Market is? It's uh… kind of the reason I was out…" she blushed as she tried to catch her breath and prevent herself from staring at the ultra-cute blonde-haired boy.
"Oh, uh sure, of course." He smiled widely and begun to guide the dark-haired girl to the closest market.
….
"Here we are! Konoha Marketplace." He grinned and pointed to the big building across the street bursting with people.
"Oh um thank you Uzumaki-kun." She looked down and blushed. She wanted to ask him to help her, but, she didn't want to bother him anymore.
"Is there anything else you would like my assistance?" he grinned as if he had read her mind.
She wanted to say yes, but instead she simply smiled.
"It's ok. I think I can do it on my own." She thanked him again, and they went their separate ways.
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When she finally arrived home, she placed the groceries on the kitchen counter, then ran straight into her room, closed her door and leaped straight onto her new bed.
It was a wonderful day.