Chapter 1.
Throughout the last ten years, the orphanage that Hinata was left at had crumbled due to lack of maintenance. So many orphans left because they saw it was easier to live on the street, Hinata was no exception. When Hinata was growing up she was a little shy but she was a tough one, the other orphans bullied her from time to time but had no success.
Now on the street Hinata had found ways to feed and clothe herself through helping others and scrounging around. The day was a special yet sad day for Hinata since it was her twelfth birthday, but she found a bright side to it because a local baker gave her a cinnamon roll as a birthday present.
All was going ok for her until she crossed paths with a guard. "Move you peasant!" The guard shouted and he swiftly pushed Hinata aside. Usually the guards were mean but not this mean.
"What have I told you about mistreatment of our people?" Asked a voice behind the guards. The voice sounded young so Hinata wondered who it was.
"Prince Naruto, we must put the lower class in their place or they will never learn whose in charge." Said the guard.
'Prince Naruto? That's who it is?' Hinata thought and she bowed down in respect to the young prince.
Naruto looked at his guards in disappointment for what they just said. "If it wasn't for our lower class then our village wouldn't exist! Hasn't lord Jiraya taught you nothing?!" He snapped then extended a hand to the now bowing Hinata. "Please arise young lady."
Hinata obliged to his request his voice was so gentle and kind, she wondered what he would look like except a villager of her status wasn't permitted to look him in the eyes. "Thank you my lord, you are so kind to me." Said Hinata, as she kept her eyes low.
"You can look at me you know, I don't bite like my dogs do." Said Naruto with a tone of humor in his voice. Hinata knew he meant the guards so she chuckled at the remark. A guard thinking that it was disrespectful tried to punish her only to be stopped by Naruto. "I meant you idiot!" Snapped Naruto.
"My lord it is not proper for me to look you in the eyes." Said Hinata.
"Oh? And why is that?" Asked Naruto.
"It's because you are a prince, Naruto." Said a deeper voice from behind Naruto. "This young lady has been taught the old way to show respect to her leaders."
Hinata heard that voice before. "Lord Jiraya!" She squeaked and bowed.
Jiraya laughed at her reaction and asked her to stand up. "What is your name young lady?" Naruto also wanted to know her name.
"My name is Hinata, my lord." Said Hinata with her eyes fixated on the stone walkway.
"Hinata you can look at us." Said Jiraya humbly to Hinata.
Hinata gathered up the courage to lift her head up and look upon the leader and heir of the Fire Nation. When she fully lifted her head, her eyes immediately locked onto the one set of ocean blue eyes that were staring at her.
Naruto saw Hinata and all he could think was 'beautiful.' He then saw her lavender eyes and he couldn't stop looking into them.
The two of them kept looking at each other without even blinking and Jiraya couldn't help but laugh. Hinata blushed at the laughter but she knew it was ok.
Naruto blushed a little when he saw Hinata smile. Then Jiraya piped up asking a question, "Hinata where are your parents?"
Hinata hung her head slightly and answered, "I'm an orphan my lord, have been since I was born."
Jiraya thought about it for a second. "Then why don't you come stay with us?" Naruto blushed harder at Jiraya's question.
"My lord you wish for me to return to the castle with you?" Hinata asked thinking that she misheard him.
"I wish for her to come back too pops!" Naruto said excitedly to which Jiraya started laughing.
"I know you want her to come back because you've been as red as a beet since you saw her." He said in a teasing voice. "And to answer your question Hinata, yes I would like for you to come live in the castle."
Hinata couldn't believe it. "My lord do you wish for me to work in the castle?" She asked because it made sense, taking a person off the streets and giving them food and a place to sleep while they work to keep the castle looking good.
"No Hinata, I actually have a much better plan for you." Said Jiraya with a warm smile.
A little while later Hinata was walking to the gates of the castle with Naruto, Jiraya, and the guards. As the gates opened Hinata stood and watched as the castle appeared as the gates opened.
"Never seen the castle before Hinata?" Asked Jiraya.
"No my lord, only what I could see above the walls." She said. They then started to walk through the gates and into the castle courtyard. Hinata looked around to see a beautiful garden with koi ponds and rock fountains that fed water from the river. She gazed around wide eyed and thought to herself, 'is this a dream?'
"Naruto, please take Hinata inside and have Kyoko get her set with clothes and a room to sleep in. Also let the cooks know to start dinner it's about that time." Naruto bowed and asked Hinata to follow him. As they entered the castle Hinata was looking everywhere taking in the architecture of the exterior and the design of the interior.
Naruto led Hinata to a corridor with one door and gave it a knock, from the other side she heard footsteps. The door slid open to reveal a short lady who appeared to be in her forties. "Prince Naruto who is this young lady that's with you?" She asked. Her voice was kind and sweet.
"Kyoko this is Hinata, Hinata this is Kyoko, she's been my nanny since I was born. Kyoko I was asked by pops to have you get Hinata some clothes and have her geyser up with a bedroom." Said Naruto. Hinata would've guessed that Naruto had a nanny since he was royalty but she always heard that nannies of royal children were very strict. And just as she thought that.
"Prince Naruto how can you be so filthy! Look at you there's dirt all over you! Go clean up for dinner!" Snapped Kyoko but she gave Hinata a wink showing that she was kidding. As Naruto ran off Kyoko asked Hinata to join her. "Now miss Hinata what is your favorite color?" She asked as she was waving a hand toward a selection of kimonos. Hinata started looking through colors and she saw her favorite color of lavender.
Meanwhile in the dining room, "Naruto why are you so properly dressed?" Asked Jiraya with a menacing tone. "Could it be because of Hinata?" Naruto glared at Jiraya.
Hinata had just finished taking her bath and Kyoko had just finished adjusting the sleeves on her kimono. Hinata never had a real bath before today because the orphanage didn't have a proper bathing facility so all the soaps and hair cleaners were new and strange to her. After Kyoko helped Hinata with her bath Hinata got out and dried off then she was shown her new kimono.
At first glance Hinata was breathless, "it's so beautiful Kyoko-san." She said before walking up to the finished product and started running the soft silk upon her skin. Kyoko then noticed something about Hinata's appearance.
"Miss Hinata, your hair is really knotted and tangled. Please allow me to trim it." Kyoko asked. Hinata being a orphaned child never had a haircut before so she had long hair about mid back length. Also it looked like it had never been brushed, she saw that she could do something with her hair to were it'd be short and look much healthier. Hinata accepted Kyoko's request to fix her hair.
Back in the dining room Naruto and Jiraya were waiting for the food to be brought in when Kyoko entered the room and was soon followed by Hinata who now revealed that she had pale skin with rouge colored cheeks. She also now had short hair that they could tell was a dark blue color, Kyoko had cut her hair to where it came down to just below her earlobes but when she cut the back her hair stood straight out for some reason but Naruto thought it was cute. To finish it Kyoko left two long tassels of hair that were at her temples. Naruto didn't blink once he saw her and neither did she. Naruto was wearing a male kimono shirt that was orange with a red swirl on the back. Hinata thought he looked good in orange.
Once Hinata sat at the table the house workers brought the dinner in she didn't know what to expect with the quality of the food. The trays were all laid out and had covers on them, Hinata started guessing if it was like bowls of noodles or sushi. The covers were lifted to reveal plates of the finest cuts of beef, pork, chicken, and many seafood selections. Along with any vegetable you could want.
"Dig in Hinata, I can tell that you haven't had any good food for a while." Said Jiraya. Hinata reached forward to grab a pork cutlet and some noodles that were next to them. Just then Naruto pushed a bowl of broth toward Hinata.
"Try the noodles and pork in the broth, it's the best!" Said Naruto as he started slurping the noodles and soup. Hinata looked at the three ingredients and decided to try it. She placed the noodles in her broth along with the pork and started to slurp the noodles. Her eyes grew wide as she had her first taste and then proceeded to out eat Naruto.
Naruto and Jiraya sat with their mouths agape in shock. "Hahaha seems like someone likes my ramen more than you Naruto!" Said a voice from the back of the room, Hinata looked and saw a older man maybe in his mid-forties.
"Teuchi I'd like for you to meet our new guest, her name is Hinata. Hinata Teuchi is our cook." Said Jiraya. Hinata bowed her head to show formality. "He's been cooking meals for us since about a year before Naruto was born."
"The food is delicious Teuchi-san." Said Hinata as she continued to slurp the noodles down. Pretty soon she finished the bowl before Naruto could finish his. Shortly after dinner ended Kyoko came to get Hinata and took her upstairs to her new bedroom. When Kyoko opened the door she saw Hinata's face light up with a smile.
"What's with the big smile Hinata?" Asked Kyoko who was curious.
"I've lived in an orphanage all my live so this feels a little surreal." Hinata explained and then she felt a sharp pain in her arm, "ow! Kyoko-san what was that for?" She asked realizing that Kyoko gave her a sharp pinch.
"Now you know it's real." Kyoko chuckled as she spoke. Hinata couldn't argue with that, she walked into her bedroom and looked around. She had a bed in the far corner of the room, a sliding door that revealed a beautiful view of the village and forest, a closet that had a few items of clothing and a pair of blue sandals. "I will get you more clothes soon, but for now I hope that these will be to your liking. Forgive us but the only child we've had to clothe was Naruto."
"These are perfect for now Kyoko-san, that little bit of clothing that I had a few hours ago was the only thing that I had for a few years so I grew into it but my body soon started to out grow it in the chest region." Kyoko laughed at Hinata for what she said but she knew it was true because trying to help Hinata change out of her old clothes was difficult due to them being so small on her.
"Well miss Hinata our house is your house now, as of this moment you are a ward of the noble family." Said Jiraya who came up behind them.
"What does that mean pops? What's a 'ward'?" Asked Naruto who was just behind Jiraya.
Jiraya placed a hand on Naruto's head and said, "That means that Hinata is our responsibility and in our care." This news made Naruto smile a little to where it was like a small grin. "So don't worry your girlfriend isn't going anywhere." Jiraya added with a teasing tone which made the two kids blush furiously. At this point Kyoko and Jiraya are laughing uncontrollably at the reaction from both kids.
'I guess I really can't hide the fact that I like her.' Naruto thought as he saw Hinata turn red in the face. 'I assume that she feels the same.' Naruto watched Hinata walk to her bed and touch it, the feeling of the soft silk sheets ran over her fingers and made her want to climb in. She slowly crawled into the bed and the softness of the mattress caused her to fall asleep almost immediately. Kyoko made Naruto and Jiraya leave so she could make Hinata change into sleep clothes.
After Kyoko made sure that Hinata was comfortable she joined Jiraya in the main hall. Naruto was practicing martial arts with the castle instructor. She sat next to Jiraya and said, "What are your plans for Hinata?" Jiraya smirked at the question.
"I see nothing gets past you Kyoko, how'd you know I had a plan?" He asked not breaking eye contact on Naruto as he fought the instructor.
"I've cared for Naruto for twelve years, he's been mischievous since he was one. And you two have always had plans to torment me for years. But I can tell that you have a different plan that isn't the norm." Jiraya listened to Kyoko and realized that she is sharper than he expected. "So what is it?"
Jiraya continued to watch Naruto as he gained the upper hand in the sparring match. A look of pride appeared on his face as his godson began to beat the pulp out of his opponent. "I plan to have Hinata and Naruto marry, so that way we can break tradition and show that no matter your status in the village hierarchy you can love whoever you want."
Now that is the end of the chapter of my new fic! To all my readers of lifetime of happiness and blood on the moon, I'm sorry for the delay. I had a writers block a mile long and I should have an update soon. Now for this fic, I hope you guys enjoyed:) I'm interested to hear what you all think about it, so please review:) also I got one more new fic in the works that I should have up in the next few weeks.