Chapter 1: The first time I met you.
I remember the first time I met Naruto. Back then, I was only 10 years old. My sister Hanabi, at only 5 years, was already excelling in shinobi skills-doing much better than me at my current age. Many times, Father would lecture me about how I should be stronger and strive to be more like my sister. He told me that I was a worthless heir to the Hyuga clan, and that I should train more. Because of that, every morning at 6:00 A.M, he would wake me up, and make me go to the Academy to train. He said I could go to the training fields and work on my ninjutsu. He nearly kicked me out of the house, and made me walk up there, alone. The first couple days, I trained hard for 3 hours, until class started, but by then, I was too tired to pay attention to Iruka-sensei, and I wasn`t getting any better at my skills. "What`s the point," I thought to myself, "I`m a failure. I`m not going to get any better." So, on that August morning, I walked alone to the Academy, and sat down on the steps. I buried my head in my knees and started to cry. I don`t know how long I sat there, shaking and weeping, but after what seemed like an hour, I heard footsteps. I looked up to see who it was, tears still streaming down my face. It was Naruto. At the time, though, I didn`t know his name, or anything about him, really, except that nearly everyone shunned him. He walked up to me. "Oh…you`re that…mute girl." Yes, nearly everyone except my teachers thought I was mute. I was uncomfortable at school, since everyone did better than I did, and I rarely spoke. Because of that, everyone thought I couldn`t talk. Naruto smiled. "What`s the matter? Don`t cry." "I-I" I tried to talk, but I was crying too hard. Naruto waited for me to calm down. "What`s the matter?" He asked me again. "I…I`m a failure." I said. "No, you`re not! No one`s a failure!" I looked up at him. He smiled, and he seemed happy and truthful. I blushed. "Th-Thank you." I said. It eased my heart to know that someone didn`t think I was terrible. "I`m Naruto," the boy said, "What`s your name?" "Hinata," I said, quietly. "Nice to meet ya, Hinata!" Naruto said. "Hey, so, why are you here so early?" Naruto asked me. "I..um…came to train. My Father wanted me to come train." Naruto looked puzzled. "It didn`t look like you were training to me!" I blushed, deeper. "…No, I guess I wasn`t. I just…don`t see how I can get any better." Naruto winked at me. "Sure you can! You just gotta believe in yourself. I do!" I smiled at Naruto. He was so…happy. So strong. "Um…what about you, Naruto? Why are you here?" I asked. Naruto`s look suddenly changed to something sad. "Oh. Uh…I…just wanted to go ahead and come over here. There`s not really any point of staying in an empty house," he said, quietly. And that`s when I remembered what everyone said. There were rumors that Naruto had no parents. I guessed that they were true. "Oh…Naruto..I..I`m sorry I brought it up." Naruto smiled at me, again. "That`s okay. Oh, Hinata?" I looked at him. "Hm?" "You`re the first person to really talk and listen to me. Why`s that?" I blushed. "Um, well, you`re just really nice," I said, quietly. "Hinata, you talk so quiet, I can barely hear you. But thanks for talkin' to me, anyway. You really think I`m nice?" I nodded my head. "Thanks." Suddenly, I heard voices. "Hey, it must be time for class to start, since people are coming. Oh, look, Hinata, Sakura`s here! She`s so pretty!" Naruto stood up. "I`m gonna go say hi to her. Bye." "Bye." I said, quietly.
That was how we met. That conversation meant so much to me. It was when I started to learn the process of accepting myself. It was also when I fell in love with Naruto.
End Note: Thank you for reading. That was my first chapter. I hope it was okay.
I just thought that I should include how I thought they met. The next chapters will actually be from the manga, though.
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