Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. Like I said in the Prologue, if I did it would be very different! Orochimaru or Itachi would be Hokage, Sasuke would be with Hinata and Narutos favorite food wouldn't be ramen. Wow, Orochimaru as Hokage…creepy. Very very creepy. Kind of sends shiver down my back just thinking about it.
Chapter 1
Alone with Realizations
Hinata walked down the crowded street, her eyes not staring at the scenery ahead of her, but where staring intently at the ground, as if her mission in life was to study the gravel ground.
It was a perfect day like yesterday; once again the sun's luminescent rays shone above everyone, spreading a blanket of warm air over everybody.
She had heard of the rumors, that the youngest of the surviving Uchihas was back within the city borders. She had made an effort to see out this rumor yesterday, but was, unfortunately caught up in another matter.
Today though, today she would visit the Uchiha in the hospital, of course she could not go alone. Practically all of Rookie Nine was going to accompany her.
She continued walking, weaving in and out of tired looking people as though it was a daily routine. She didn't know the Uchiha well, in fact, she wasn't sure if she had ever said a single 'hello' to him. But all that was soon to change, even though she knew she had a lack of self confidence, she knew that she must make an effort to somehow over come that lack of self confidence.
She took an abrupt stop, feeling something or someone collide with her body. This would have been embarrassing for most people, but to a Hyuuga, this was most embarrassing.
She looked up, wanting to see who she bumped into and of course apologize for this, but seeing who it was, she unfortunately came at a lost of words. She opened her mouth to apologize for not paying attention, but closed her mouth as soon as she opened it.
"S-Sasuke-san?" Was all that she managed to say. Her voice cracked mid-way while she was speaking his name, causing a pink pigment appear on Hinatas face.
She waited for a reply from the Uchiha, but none came. Instead, he just stood there, her eyes bearing down at her somewhat shaky body. This lasted for a good minute or two before Sasuke shifted his gaze from her and walked passed her as though she didn't even exist.
Hinata just stood there, her hands still somewhat shaking at the small encounter. She didn't realize why she felt a shiver crawl up her spine, she had been in the company of the Uchiha before, just never a social company, so why was she shaken up by this small encounter with the Uchiha?
While she was having this mental debate with herself, she did not notice that a certain blond was heading towards Hinata. Only when he called out her name she snapped back into reality.
"Hinata-chan!" Naruto yelled.
Hinata blushed at Narutos sudden appearance a small smile appearing on her face.
"N-naruto-kun? What a-are you d-doing here?" She asked. Unconsciously her fingers began to fiddle with one another, a sign of her lack of self confidence creeping upon her.
"I was wondering if you saw Sasuke! He wasn't in the hospital today!" The loud blond spoke in his usual hyper tone even though there was no use in doing so since both Hinata and Naruto where less than a foot apart from each other.
"I-I…no. I haven't seen Sasuke-san." She had no idea why she had just lied to Naruto-her crush. She had meant to say that Sasuke had just wandered towards the forest but of course she did not say that.
"Ahh man! Well, Hinata-chan! Imma go look for that dobe! I'll see you around!" And in a flash the blond was out of sight.
Hinata continued walking to now, an unknown destination, debating with herself as to why she lied to Naruto. Her thoughts where once again interrupted by a gruff voice from behind.
"Thanks."
Hinata turned around to see who the 'thanks' belonged to and for the second time today she was staring at the youngest Uchiha. Once again, like there first encounter she was at a lost of words along with a heavy blush appearing on her face.
"Ano…" As Hinata mumbled those words, the Uchiha once again passed by Hinata, but this time, instead of standing and wondering about their encounter, Hinata made an effort to turn towards the walking Uchiha and fell into step with him.
"Ano…w-why do you 'thank' me Uchiha-san?" Hinata said in a soft voice, almost a whisper.
The answer did not come immediately after Hinata asked Sasuke this question but some time later.
"For not telling Naruto-san where I was." His low almost gruff voice echoed through Hinatas ears realizing for the reason why she had lied to Naruto.
"You w-want t-to be alone…d-don't you." Hinata said quietly, not knowing whether she should continue to walk with Sasuke or not.
"Hhn."
Hinata then stopped mid in her tracks, realizing that she was probably being a burden on Sasuke for following him to where ever his destination was.
"G-gomen." She said quietly as she stood there pathetically.
Sasuke turned around at her apology, a small smirk appeared on his face. But that was all he did, just smirk at her, and then he turned away to walk to the unknown destination, leaving the poor Hyuuga alone in the middle of the road.
"Gomen." Hinata repeated without a stutter. She watched Sasuke walk out of sight, blending in with the various towns people.
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I was half asleep writing this. Anyways, I made Sasuke seem like a jerk…but you know what, he kind of is a jerk, well in my opinion. But to leave a poor Hinata in the middle of the road confused?! That's mean!
Hope you liked it….R&R!
wombat.
