Hinata woke to the soothing sound of a guitar. As she listened to the familiar melody, her heart filled with warmth and the longing she had buried deep within herself returned.
"He couldn't be" she thought as she jumped from her bed, stopping in front of her dresser mirror to straighten her hair before running out the door. Her heart beat wildly as she followed the sounds of the guitar down the hallway and the great staircase. Hinata hesitated at the bottom of the stairs, listening to find the room he had to be in. It didn't take her long before she made her way to the left, running down the expansive arched hallway toward the Hyuga sitting area. When Hinata reached the door, she could hear the music even clearer than before. Her breath caught in her throat as she listened to the song she had heard many times before. Then, she heard what she was waiting for, the sound of his beautiful voice, singing to her through the dividing wall.
Why did I
Why did I
Why did I ever let you go
How could I
How could I
How could I ever let you go
So beautiful
Hinata scrunched her face in concentration as she listened to the man singing. Something seemed different to her, but her heart didn't care. She had to see him, she couldn't hold in her anticipation any longer. She eagerly placed her hand on the doorknob and chewed on the inside of her mouth as her heart pounded inside her chest. Suddenly, she felt the great urge to run back to her room and hide. Her fear of his feelings paralyzing her and exciting her at the same time. Perhaps he still loved her, but maybe he had found someone else. could she stand the pain if he had? she could hear his voice coming through the door even clearer now.
That's where my heart lies
waiting for you, waiting for you
Why did I
Why did I
Why did I ever let you go
Hinata bravely swallowed her fears, her heart beating out of control as she swung the door open. Her mind reeled as she stared at the person inside. Instantly, she could feel a small prick in her heart, as all the air slowly escaped from her hopeful bubble and understanding took its place. Instead of the wild black haired boy, with black eyes and tan skin, she was staring into a pair of shocked blue eyes.
"W-who are you?" Hinata stammered in frustration as her eyes wandered over the blonde haired man sitting in front of her.
The boy looked at Hinata and smirked as he laughed to himself. "I'm Naruto." He said as he continued strumming his guitar. "And you are?" He left the question hanging as he picked at the tiny strings.
Hinata furrowed her brow in irritation as she watched the stranger continue to play.
"I'm Hinata." She said, trying to hold back the disappointment and frustration in her voice.
The man nodded his head in response as he continued playing.
Hinata stood in the doorway, waiting for him to acknowledge her presence, but he continued to play in silence. Hinata rolled her eyes as she listened to him strum the familiar song over and over again, each chord ripping at her lonely heart.
"What are you doing here?" She inquired, hoping she could stop him from playing, at least for the moment.
Naruto shrugged his shoulders and continued on as he pushed his back farther into the overly sized couch he was sitting on.
Hinata grated her teeth together as her disappointment turned to anger.
"Could you at least play something else?" She asked, her voice shriller than she intended.
Naruto looked up at her without stopping and gave her the same sly smirk he had when she first entered the room.
"I'm sorry Hinata." A distant voice said behind her. "He's with me, I'm suppose to train him today, the Hokage has ordered me to. She thinks he has...talent." Hinata stared at her cousin in disbelief as the man's hateful playing ravaged her ears.
"Oh, I see." Hinata said. "Well I would greatly appreciate it Neji, if you could run him out of here as soon possible." She whispered to her cousin. Neji allowed a faint smile to move across his lips, but then quickly pulled them back.
"I will try to help you out cousin." He said, offereing his cousin a great bow. "Of course, I don't understand why his playing would annoy you so? Kiba's playing never bothered you once when he would visit here." Neji said with a knowing smile. He quickly jumped out of Hinata's reach and made his way inside the room. Hinata watched as her cousin settled himself in next to his new friend for the next few months. Hinata turned around and sadly made her way back up the stairs, silently cursing the blonde man under her breath. She could still hear his playing as she opened the door to her room and made her way inside. She threw herself onto her large canopied bed, the wispy red curtains tied to the posts. She tried to distract herself from the playing coming downstairs, but every note that played reminded her of Kiba and it killed her to hear that song again, after he had been away for so long.
Still, she could not keep herself from listening, as much as she wished she wouldn't. It was as though, with every note the blonde man played, with every word that escaped his lips, Kiba was with her. He was sitting next to her on the cherry red sofa once more, enchanting her with his instrument and serenading her heart. She could see the warm glint in his dark chocolate eyes and the seductive smile painted on his dangerous face, as he whimsically strummed his guitar and playfully sang her sweet nonsensical songs, but this song was different. He always played this song with a straight face and a serious air, almost as though the words held some secret only he knew. It was the last song he had played for her before he left, and it was the one he played for her every night in her mind before she fell asleep. This was their song, and it bothered her deep inside to hear another man playing it.
Wishing to drowned out the noise, Hinata pushed herself from her bed and grabbed the novel off her dresser. Once again she opened the book, desperate to lose herself inside its pages once more.
"I don't understand." Hinata thought to herself. "I thought that Neji was suppose to be trainng him, why is he still playing? Should they be outside working on their hand to hand combat skills, or their genjutsu? Why is he still in here?"
Hinata stared blankly at the books pages, as her mind ran wild. When she finally realized she had read the same sentence four times, she bit her lip in frustration. Normally she would have been lost inside her story by now, but for some reason, she just couldn't ignore the racket. Flustered, Hinata rolle onto her stomach as she lay the book out in front of her. And again, she could not lose herself inside her story.
Hinata made her way back downstairs, all the while thinking of what nasy thing she would say to the smug blonde haired man. When she reached the bottom of the staircase, Hinata turned to make her way back toward the sitting area, when the playing suddenly stopped. She froze where she was, as the two men rustled around the furniture inside the room and made their way down the hall, laughing together at some joke one of them had made. Hinata continued to watch until the two figures walked out the front door and their footsteps disappeared down the path leading to the back of the compound.
Furious, Hinata stomped back up the stairs, determined to read her book more then ever. Hinata threw herself onto her bed once more and opened her book to the marked page.
"Chief, I am in love with your daughter. Please grant me your blessing so that I may have her hand in marriage."
The Chief stared at the wind, his face full of venom and hate as memories of his childhood flashed through his mind.
"Do you think I would allow you to marry my daughter, after the way you have spited me Wind? For years you have blown out my fires, overturned my tipi's with your strong gusts, and ruined my crops with your angry storms. I would never grant one such as you my daughter's hand in marriage." The chief declared.
"But Sir." The Wind pleaded. "She is my soul mate, my one true half, living without her would be like walking the earth a thousand years with no light, please do not deny me...no your daughter the happiness of being with her one true love." The Wind begged.
"I've already told you, no daughter of mine shall marry the likes of you." The Chief cried. "I would rather she die an old maid, then the wife of such a selfish and childish person." The Wind writhed in pain at the Chief's words and blew angrily inside the unsteady tipi, causing it to shake unsteadily on the ground.
"We shall be together, whether you consent to it or not, for no man can deny true love." The Wind cried as he turned invisible and blew out the door, causing the whole tipi to tilt to one side and fall back to the center.
Hinata sighed as the thougth of Kiba ran through her mind, the deafening silence that now filled her room distracting her more than the music from the guitar. Hinata closed her book in defeat and looked around her room. From outside she could hear the sounds of Kunai clanging together and the loud grunts two men fighting.
Curious, Hinata stood up from her bed and wandered over to her large window. From her room, she could see the entire backyard to the large Hyuga estate, including the expansive training field that took up a little less then half the space. From her window, she could make out the tiny figure of her cousin, his white sparring uniform covered in dirt spots. She watched as he crouched down into the Hyuga fighting stance. Hinata scanned the field for the irritating blonde haired man from the sitting room. It took her a little longer to find him, but she finally spotted him hiding within the tall grass of the training field. He wasn't wearing a shirt, and Hinata could see his well sculptured back and toned arms from where she was. She quietly smiled to herself as she watched the the man stalk her cousin from within his hiding place, like a lion waiting for its prey. Hinata watched as Neji turned his back to his opponent, his byakugan activated. The blonde haired man leapt from the bushes, unleashing a plethora of kunai on his unsuspecting target.
Hinata watched Neji expectantly, as he blocked every Kunai that had been thrown at him, after throwing his own. The blonde haired man writhed in pain as Neji made his way over to pull the Kunai in the man's leg out. Then she watched as her cousin slowly healed the wound. A satisfied smile spread across Hinata's face. "That's what he gets for underestimating the Hyuga clan, and for being such a jerk." She thought to herself as she continued watch the two men from the window, unable to pull away as their interaction captivated her. Hinata continued to watch the two men until the sun went down and they were forced to retire for the day. Then she forced herself back to her bed, where her book lay forgotten. Silently she crawled into bed and picked up her book. Her head running wild with thoughts. Silently she stared at the dark pages of her novel, unseeing and unmoving as her mind sorted out the days events and Kiba's face lingered in her heart.
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A/N: Sorry if it's boring right now, hopefully it will get better. Please review.
