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Chapter 2

Meeting Naruto

Recap

"As Hyuuga Neji is out with his team on a long term A-rank mission, you are to replace him as hinata's bodyguard."

"That sounds fun." Hinata hmm? Isn't she the one… "wait, WHAT!"

End Recap

Oh, that was what Hinata was there for. Was Byakko's only thought as her mind attempted to cope with the thought of having to guard the shyest person in the whole hyuuga house. Oh god, this will not be fun she thought.

Meanwhile, rubbing his ringing ears, Hiashi replied, "Yes, you will be guarding Hinata; do you have any problems with that?" This of course was punctuated by a glare from the hyuuga leader that just screamed, "I dare you to have a problem."

Byakko, somewhat intimidated, replied "N-No, of course not!"

Satisfied, Hiashi sighed, "I trust you have met my daughter before?" Byakko nodded. "Good, then you may go"

Relieved, she stepped outside to see Hinata. "How did it go?" Hinata asked, to be promptly answered with a simple, "alright"

Hinata seemed satisfied by this and motioned for Byakko to follow her. "Come with me. I have some…errands to run." Byakko nodded and followed Hinata outside the compound.

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Dammit, where the hell did that blasted girl go? I've already checked the tower, a few restaurants, the other gear stores, and the whole market! Byakko thought to herself as she walked around town.

Earlier, Hinata had somehow managed to lose her while pretending to go inside a store. This pissed Byakko off extremely as she could not only get in trouble, but also that she would have botched up her first assignment. Seriously, she knew that girl would be trouble the minute she was assigned to bodyguard her.

Flashback

As they walked out of the house, Byakko asked, "So, where are we going?"

"Well, our first stop is the weapons store. I need to get extra kunai and shuriken." Replied Hinata.

"Oh, I see. Let's hurry, then." Byakko said before she started running.

"Huh? Hey…wait!" Hinata shouted, somewhat surprised before she started running after her.

They reached the store reasonably winded, but by no means tired. "Will you wait out here while I get my equipment?" asked Hinata.

Byakko agreed and Hinata went inside. She waited for a few minutes.

Waiting.

Waiting..

Waiting…

Finally, after half and hour, Byakko got tired of waiting. She burst inside with anger marring her features. "HINATAAA! Where in the nine levels of hell are you?" yelled the extremely angry hyuuga attendant.

Cowed, the store clerk was able to utter a strangled, "w-w-what do you want!"

"Where. Is. Hinata?" cracking her knuckles, she was scarier than the hokage herself.

"That short-haired girl? She left out the back a while ago. About twenty five minutes ago, in fact."

"WHAT!" That stupid stupid girl. When I find her, she'll never be able to leave the compound again! Byakko left fuming, leaving the clerk to stew in his own juices, literally.

End Flashback

Having spent an hour or so searching for her, Byakko was ready to give up. I'll check the forest and training grounds before I head home and wait for her And so, she did some hand seals and poofed to the entrance of the forest before walking in.

Byakko activated her Byakugan, searching the forest thoroughly for her charge. She spotted her deep in the forest about 15 meters away. She was running after her teach her a lesson until…

She saw something beautiful.

He had silky sun-blonde hair, the deepest sky-blue eyes, seemingly baby-smooth skin, and small, perfect pink lips.

Needless to say she blushed furiously; she could even give Hinata a run for her money. What's this? I'm blushing? How the h-… never mind that. Whoever he is, he is nothing. Despite that, he obviously meant something to Hinata, who was watching him with all her might. She seemed to be worried at the same time probably because she thinks I'm here to take her away, which I am. Foregoing that, she decided to find out who it was, first, for she would have to report him to Hiashi-sama. Suddenly, it sank in; Hinata has a stalker obsession! I will definitely have to report this to Hiashi-sama. Getting over her shock, she stepped out into the clearing, determined to find out who he was.

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Naruto was having a great week. He had few missions, which gave him time to train, and the ANBU were attempting to recruit him harder that before, which stroked his ego immensely. He would have accepted, but over the years he was able to judge his skills more accurately, and even though he was strong enough to be one, he wanted to wait until he was stronger to be a captain, like Shino (the fact that he had more free time to just lounge around and be lazy and eat ramen had nothing to do with it, of course). He had also noted that ANBU missions seemed to stretch terribly long (as noted by the fact that Shino seemed quieter than usual, though how naruto could tell no one will ever know).

At any rate, Naruto was currently training his taijutsu speed (He wanted to be as fast as Lee, dammit!) when suddenly; a girl seemed to materialize from the trees. A hyuuga? I haven't seen her before, why is she here? Why couldn't I sense her? "Err…who the hell are you?" Naruto, not being the most polite or tactful person in the world, said.

"Humph. How rude." Said the girl in question, she recovered quickly, however, and proceeded with what she had planned to say, "What is your name?"

"Isn't someone supposed to give their name first before asking one of a stranger?" Naruto, annoyed by her coldness almost instantly, was quick to reply.

"Oh, yes. Then you can call me Hyuuga Byakko, of the branch house." Byakko stated. She was standing proudly, expecting to see some kind of recognition or awe from his face, if not from her name (for indeed, she was well known, at least inside the house), then from the fact that she was a Hyuuga. She was utterly disappointed when all she got was a small mocking smirk and a, "I see, my name's Uzumaki Naruto, jounin of the hidden leaf."

His voice sounds so melodic and intoxicating! And the way he said that…no, No, NO! I can't be thinking like that. He is a lowly jounin, he is nothing to me! Shaking off her light blush, she continued to say, "Do you know Hyuuga Hinata?"

"Yeah, she's that shy girl in Shino's team. For some reason, she's always stuttering and fainting. Also, her face seems to always be red." Said Naruto in a skeptical tone.

"I see. What…" Byakko paused, trying to figure out how to voice her next question, "What do you think of her. Hinata, I mean."

"Well, she's pretty nice to talk to, kind of cute too. If she'd stop stuttering…wait, why are you asking" Naruto, finally getting suspicious, stared at Byakko, wanting an explanation.

Lacking one, Byakko could only come up with one course of action, "Good bye." Thus, she cut off her conversation with the blonde jounin as she rushed out of the clearing, leaving Naruto to sputter and wonder what that was all about. As Byakko ran out to grab Hinata, she could hear Naruto's indignant shouts of, "Hey! I wasn't done with you yet! Come back here! Hey!"

Reaching Hinata's tree, she grabbed her, making Hinata squeak, and poofed into the Hyuuga compound. "Hinata-san, I suggest you retire, dinner will be soon. I have to go see Hiashi-sama." Leaving it at that, Hyuuga Byakko turned on her heel and walked towards Hiashi's quarters.

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Byakko knocked on the door. "Hiashi-sama"

"Ah, Byakko. You may enter." Hyuuga Hiashi watched as a seemingly nervous branch-member stepped into his room. "What have you come here for?"

Bowing, Hinata's guardian proceeded with her purpose of visiting. "Do you know of Uzumaki Naruto?"

"The jinchuuriki? What about him?" Hiashi scowled. Contrary to popular belief, Hiashi did not have any prejudice towards Naruto for carrying the demon, as half the population of Konoha does. In fact, he even has a little gratitude for him for helping Neji recover. No, the reason Hiashi scowled at the fact that Naruto could have possible wormed his way into Hyuuga affairs is his inherent reliance on instincts, his disrespect to authority through pranking/acts of a delinquent, and his general aura of overwhelming joy (so much that it was really, really annoying).

Byakko, sensing his disquiet, was hesitant to continue, but persevered. "Yes, apparently Hinata seems somehow, involved with Naruto."

Hiashi became curious, "Oh? How so?"

"Well, frankly, she seems to be…stalking him, sir" Byakko braced for impact.

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"WHAT!" Hiashi was genuinely surprised, due to the fact that Hinata would never speak to him about Naruto and that he generally does not travel outside the compound, he actually did not know much about many of his clan's lives.

"Yes, sir. It seems that Hinata stalks Uzumaki Naruto."

"Well, we have to do something about that. Keep a close eye on her and try to keep her away from Naruto. Also, I want her confined to the compound as much as possible excepting training sessions with her team or missions. In which case you are to follow her outside, although you won't have to worry about missions for a while, seeing as her team has been put into reserve for a while." Hiashi thought about taking more drastic measures, but conlcuded that that would suffice for the moment.

"Yes, Hiashi-sama. I will be taking my leave now." So saying, Byakko left for her room.

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Hinata was worried. To be specific, she was worried about what Byakko was talking about with Hiashi. Oh no, what could she be talking to father about? She saw me watching Naruto, could it be about that? No! If father found out, I don't even want to think about what will happen. No, he just wanted to see if I've changed my attitude or gotten stronger or something, yeah, that's it. Ohhhh, I hope Byakko doesn't tell…

It was time for dinner and Hinata had to go. Sighing, she figured she could only wait and hope

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Dinner was considerably awkward for Hinata. She couldn't help but sneak peeks at her father to see if he was angry, or for any ways to tell if he knew. This led to Hiashi asking her if something was wrong, causing her to stutter. After a few minutes, the process would start all over again.

Needless to say, hinata went to bed early and hungry.

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Byakko lay down in her bed, sleepy and tired. Staring out through her window at the moon, the last thought she had before drifting off into sleep was tch, I knew Hinata would be troublesome to deal with. And it will only get more annoying tomorrow. What's so good about him, anyway? Why does she like him? Oh well, I'll figure out those things as well as how to get her away from Naruto later. For now, I need my sleep…

A/N: well, how do you like it? I'll try to get chapter 3 up in about a week. plz review!