Sorry it took so long for me to update the story but some other stuff came up. Ok well this chapter five years later. Hinata and Gaara are both ten years old. While Kankuro is eleven and Temari is twelve. This chapter is mainly just to show what daily life is like in their family.
Enjoy the chapter and like always reviews are welcomed! :)
Ch. 4 Family life
POV: Hinata
Five years later-
"Hinata! Come on! It's time to get up!" Yelled Temari through my bed room door. I pulled the covers over my head and sighed. I heard my door open and footsteps on my floor. I tightened my grip on the sheets covering my head.
I could see a shadow cast over me. I could tell it was Temari, I could see her four short ponytails. She grabbed the sheets and pulled them off. I turned onto my stomach and put my pillow over my head.
"Come on Temari! It's to early!" I whined through the pillow. I heard her sigh and walk out of the room. I peeked out of underneath my pillow. I didn't see Temari in my room so I closed my eyes and tried to get some more sleep.
POV: Gaara
I was walking to the kitchen when I pasted Hinata's room. The door was wide open so I looked in. Hinata's room like always was a bright purple color. I saw her sleeping form in bed with a pillow over her head. I chuckled a little when I saw that her pajamas matched her room.
Her pajama bottoms were quite revealing but she wore a big purple t-shirt. I could feel a slight blush come to my cheeks. I walked over to her and sat beside her. I pulled the pillow off her head to see her peaceful sleeping face. Her long dark hair was all messy and so were her short bangs. I let a smile come to my face.
"M-mommy…," Hinata whispered in her sleep. I saw one single tear fall from her eyes. I wiped it away and gently pushed her shoulder.
"Hinata…Hinata it's time to get up," I whispered. She slowly opened hers eyes, revealing her beautiful moon like eyes. She turned on her back and sat up. Hinata looked at me and smiled.
"Good morning Gaara," she smiled. I smiled back at her and nodded. When she looked down and saw she was wearing her pajamas she covered herself and hit me with the pillow. I got off the bed and grabbed the nearest pillow on the floor.
POV: Temari
I was tugging half awake Kankuro to the kitchen to get something to eat when I pasted by Hinata's room. I pressed myself against the wall and Kankuro followed suit. I looked over at his makeup free face, messy hair and shushed him.
We both peeked into Hinata's room. On one side Hinata stood with a serious look and Gaara stood on the other with an even fiercer look.
"So we meet again, mysterious stranger," Hinata told Gaara in a low voice. She took a small step forward.
"Yes. But this is my town Wild Jane," he told her in a low tone. He took a big step forward. I could feel myself about to laugh but thankfully Kankuro put his hand over my mouth. I looked at him and saw he was also trying not to laugh.
"Draw!" We heard them both yell. I looked up and saw that they were running at each other with the pillows. They hit each other at the same time and feathers flew every from the pillow cases.
'Well that explains why they're both covered in feathers every morning.' I smiled. I saw through the feathers that the pillow fight was getting funny. Hinata jumped on her bed and threw her pillow at Gaara.
"Yes! Wild Jane is the winner!" Hinata cheered. Hinata did a pose where she was using her hand as a gun and shot Gaara, he dramatically fell to the floor, pretending he was shot.
"NOOOOO!" He yelled. He leaned up and looked at her. After about three seconds of silence they broke down laughing. I pulled Kankuro away from the room and down the stairs, making a clean escape. After we were out of ear shot of the room I started laughing, Kankuro did as well.
"Oh my gosh! Did you see that?" Kankuro laughed. I nodded my head I couldn't speak I was laughing to hard. I leaned against the wall to catch my breath. After we were both done laughing we stood up and faced each other.
"Kankuro lets never talk about that," I told him. He nodded his head in agreement. We both went to the kitchen to make some breakfast.
POV: Gaara
After our pillow fight to the death Hinata and I tried to pick up all the feathers and put them back in the pillow cases. We got most of them and Hinata turned to me. I saw a feather was still stuck in her hair so I reached and got it.
"Gaara will you please leave so I can get dress?" She smiled cutely at me. I nodded my head and left. Hinata closed the door behind me. I leaned against the wall facing her room, waiting patiently for her to come out. I sighed and ran a hand through my messy dark red hair.
'When did I start to think she was cute? She's Hinata! Not a girl! Girls are gross!...right?' I was brought out of my thoughts by Hinata's door opening. Hinata stepped out of her room and closed the door behind her.
She was wearing shorts up to her knees, a white shirt with short sleeves and a hood, her long dark hair was pulled back in a low pony tail and our mother's head band was tied loosely around her neck. I could feel another blush come to my face. I looked to the floor trying to hide it.
'Stop blushing! You have no reason to blush!' I screamed in my head. I looked up at Hinata and saw a worried look on her face. She walked over to me and touched my forehead.
"Gaara are you sick? Your face is all red," she told me softly. I lightly grabbed her wrist and started pulling her towards the stairs.
"Y-yes I'm fine Hinata," I told her. I couldn't look back at her because I could feel my blush become worse. As I pulled her down the stairs I glanced back to see her pale cheeks were red as well as mine. When I pushed the door open to the kitchen, Temari looked up from what she cooking and smiled at us.
"Hey guys. Breakfast is almost ready, go on in the dining room and it will be out there in a moment," Temari winked at us. I nodded and pulled Hinata to the door on the other side of the kitchen. I pushed the door open and saw Kankuro sleeping on the long table.
His arms were limp by his sides; his head was the only thing that kept him from falling on the floor.
"Um…Gaara," I turned back to Hinata to see she was looking down and had her free hand in front of her face. She was biting on her index finger and her face was as red as a cheery. I followed her gaze to see I was holding her hand. I dropped her and looked away from her with a blush.
POV: Hinata
I brought up the hand Gaara was holding to close to my face.
'Gaara was just holding my hand!' I screamed excitedly in my head. I was brought out of my thoughts by Gaara gently poking me in my shoulder. I looked up at him with a bad blush across my face to see his cheeks had a light pink tint to them.
He put his finger to his lips telling me to be quiet. I smiled and nodded at him. He tip toed over to the sleeping Kankuro. Gaara used the sand to silently move the chair away from the table. Every slowly Kankuro's head got closer and closer to the edge, until finally it was off and his head headed directly to the floor.
"Ouch!" Kankuro screamed. He jumped up and turned to Gaara, who was smiling innocently up at him. Kankuro cracked his knuckles and gave Gaara a death glare.
"I will give you to the count of three," Kankuro mumbled. Gaara looked up at him and ran under the table. Kankuro didn't bother counting he dove right after Gaara. They ran around the table a few times until Kankuro tackled Gaara.
"HA! Got you, you little runt!" Kankuro cheered. Kankuro had Gaara trapped; he was holding him down by both his arms and sat down on his legs. Kankuro cleared his throat and dangled a snot ball right over Gaara's face.
"Don't do it Kankuro! That's just sick!" Gaara screamed. I rushed to his help. I jumped on Kankuro's back and sent him falling over sideways. I tightened my legs around his waist and tried to hold on. I saw Gaara stand up and tackle Kankuro too.
"OH NO! The squirts got me! Help Temari! Help!" He faked cried with a smile on his face. We heard the door open, we all looked up from our horsing around to see Temari roll her and smile. She walked over to us and patted Gaara on the head.
"What am I going to do with you three," she smiled. We all stood up and sat down at the table. I sat down by Gaara. He sat across from Kankuro and Temari sat at the front of the table. I went into the kitchen to help Temari on the table.
"Thanks for the help Hinata," she smiled down at me. I smiled back at her and took Gaara's out first, Temari took out mine, and then I carried Kankuro's while she carried her own.
We ate in silence until Temari spoke.
"After breakfast lets train for a little bit then we can go shopping. OK?" She asked. I nodded. I looked over at Kankuro to see he stopped shoving food into his mouth long enough to say yes. I looked at Gaara to see him nod.
We took are dirty dishes to the kitchen and sat them down in the sink. Before we could go to the training grounds we had to get are battle equipment. I didn't have anything to get so I just walked with Gaara.
We walked to his room in a comfortable silence. Gaara's room was right beside mine so it take long to get there. I looked to my room and remembered something that I needed to get.
"Hey Gaara I need to get something. I'll meet you at the training grounds," I told him. He smiled and nodded at me. I ran to my room and opened my closet doors. Inside I headed straight to the back of the closet where a lone shoe box lied. In it was the one single thing I had left from my mother, well except for her head band which I wear every day.
I gently lifted the small gold bracelet out of the shoe box and put it in my pocket. I only get it out once a year. It's was way for me to remember my mom on the anniversary of her death. Nobody really likes to talk about it so every year we just take a big shopping trip on the day she died.
As I closed my bedroom door behind me I felt someone grab my shoulder. I turned to see no one was behind me. I shrugged my shoulders and started walking to Gaara's room. Again I felt someone grab my shoulder; I turned around real quick but saw no one. I was about to knock on Gaara's door when yet again I felt someone grab my shoulder. I was prepared this time and grabbed the hand before turning around.
I turned around and threw whoever it was over my shoulder with all my strength. I looked down to see Kankuro, who was knocked down on the floor. I let go of his limp arm and felt my whole face go red from embarrassment. I knelt down beside him and lightly slapped his now makeup covered face.
When that didn't work I grabbed him by the collar of his black shirt and starting to shake him.
POV: Gaara
I left my room with my gourd on my back and closed the door behind me. When I looked up I saw Hinata violently shaking a knocked out Kankuro. I cleared my throat and Hinata looked up at me with tears in her eyes.
"Hinata what happened?" I asked her. She let go off Kankuro and dried her tears.
"He kept touching my shoulder so I finally just flipped him over but I didn't know it was him!" She screamed. I smiled gently at her and walked over to her. I placed my hand on her shoulder.
"Hinata go on ahead I'll take care of him," I told her. She stood up and hugged me, and ran down the hall.
"Thank you Gaara!" She yelled cheerfully. I watched her leave with a smile on my face. I turned to Kankuro who was now a wake and rubbing his head. I stood beside him and gave him a cocky smile. He looked up at me with annoyance.
"Wow. You got beat up by a girl," I told him. He jumped up from the floor and gave me a glare.
"Shut up Gaara!" He yelled. I started to walk away from him in a safe distance.
"Yeah I'm so scared sissy boy," I called. I looked back and saw he was running after me. I started to run down the hall with a big smile on my face.
POV: Temari
Hinata was kind enough to help me carry some training equipment to the training field. The field was right behind our big house and had a lot of shade thanks to the trees that bloomed there. Thanks to Gaara's sand for some reason things like trees and flowers could bloom better.
As we sat down the equipment I heard the back down slam open. Hinata and I turned around to see Gaara being chased by one ticked off Kankuro. The race pasted us and around the trees. I heard Hinata giggle; I looked down at her and saw her giggling into her small hand.
I whistled to get their attention. Thankfully Gaara ran behind me and Kankuro stopped right before he ran into me.
"Ok since you're so full of energy lets fight Kankuro! Gaara and Hinata you two practice fighting together," I told them. Hinata nodded as well as Gaara.
Two hours of later-
POV: Hinata
I could feel sweat drop from my face onto the ground. I looked over at Gaara who was sitting by me in the shade. He didn't look tired at all, but his sand does all his fighting for him. Temari and Kankuro were both sitting down too.
Temari had her giant fan leaned against a tree, And Kankuro was fixing up his puppet. I wiped the sweat off my forehead and wiped it on Gaara.
"What did you just wipe on me?" He asked. I stuck my tongue out at him and smiled.
"You weren't sweating so I gave you some of mine," I giggled. He gave me a grossed out look. He wiped his arm wear I wiped it on him and put it back on me.
"There. Now were even," he smiled shyly at me. Temari stood up and grabbed her fan.
"Okay guys. Take a shower and then we'll all go shopping!" She cheered. Temari raced off to the house and I was right behind her. I ran to my room, jumped into my private bathroom and took a quick shower.
I got dressed in a cute white sun dress and raced to Temari's room. When I got there she was just coming out of her room with shorts and a t-shirt on.
"Temari!" I called. She looked up at me and smiled. I ran over to her.
"Wow Hinata. That sun dress looks so cute on you," she smiled. I could feel a blush come to my face.
"Thank you," I mumbled. Temari grabbed my hand and pulled me down the hallway. Kankuro and Gaara were already waiting at the front door. Temari ran down the stairs pulling me along with her.
"Sorry were a little late," Temari smiled.
We all left the house and went to go shopping. As we made it down one of the streets, a sign caught my eye.
Torhu's Jewelry and toys
I grabbed Gaara's t-shirt sleeve and pulled him down to the shop. In the window it had stuffed animals and beautiful dolls. I looked around and saw that Gaara and I were the only ones looking in. I shrugged my shoulders.
"Hey Gaara. Let's go in," I told him. He nodded. He walked over to the door and opened it for me. I smiled at him and walked on in.
The inside of the shop was just beautiful looking. There was two glass counters lined along the left wall, they were both filled with all kinds of jewelry. The rest of the shop was filled with toys and books were everywhere.
"Wow Gaara. Look at all the toys," I cheered.
POV: Gaara
I watched with happiness as Hinata looked at all the toys with a big smile. While she was busy looking at all the toys I went over to the glass counters.
"Hello young man. Can I help you today?" I looked up and saw a kind looking old woman. I shook my head no.
"No not right now. But I'll ask if I need any," I smiled bashfully at her. The woman smiled down at me and nodded. I looked at all the different necklaces when I saw the prefect one for Hinata.
'That's ones just perfect for her!'
POV: Hinata
I looked over at Gaara to make sure he wasn't looking. I saw that he was talking to a kind looking woman. I turned back to what I was looking at and hugged it to my chest so he won't see.
"Hinata are you ready to leave?" I heard him ask. I didn't turn to him. I didn't want him to see what I had.
"No. Just go on out and I'll meet you out there," I told him.
"Okay," he said. I waited for the door to open and close. I sighed in relief and took my purchase up to the nice lady.
POV: Gaara
I sighed in relief as soon as I made it outside. I put my little present to Hinata in my pocket and smiled. Soon enough Hinata came out with a small bag in her hand. She smiled at me and I returned it.
"Ok. Let's go find Temari and Kankuro," I smiled. She nodded. We walked back up the street we came from. As we rounded the next corner we found Kankuro trying to look cool in front of two pretty girls. They were laughing at him.
"So would you pretty ladies like to go some place with me," he smiled. They both looked at him then to each other.
"No. It's ok," one said.
"As if," said the other one and flipped her blonde hair at him. After that they walked away from him. He sighed and ran a hand through this hair.
"Poor Kankuro," Hinata said. I looked over and saw she had tears in her eyes. She walked over to Kankuro, he looked down at her and gave her 'don't you worry smile.' Hinata waved her hand so that he would come closer. He knelt down in front of her.
"What's wrong Hinata?" He asked. I could see a deep blush come across her face. She leaned forward and gave him a kiss on the cheek. I could feel my heart skip a beat. Kankuro touched his cheek where she kissed it.
"Those to girls don't deserve my big brother," she smiled at him. Kankuro smiled at her and hugged her. He picked her up and hugged her more tightly.
"Thanks Hinata. That makes me feel better," I could see his smile. I walked over to them a poked Kankuro hard in the stomach. They both looked down at me.
"Put Hinata down," I told him. He smiled down at me.
"No can do squirt," he smiled. He ran off in the other direction. I ran after him, I looked up at Hinata and saw her face was as red a tomato. Finally Kankuro stopped running. Instead he hid behind Temari who by the looks of it was looking at some clothes. She looked at him then at me. I could see that was already two different bags on her arms.
'Probably filled with clothes.'
Temari looked back at Kankuro with a questioning look.
"Kankuro what are you doing?" She asked.
"I'm trying to run away from the boy who's trying to steal princess Hinata away from me," he told us. I rolled my eyes at him. Temari put her hands on her hips and sighed.
"Well Hinata is indeed a princess but she isn't just yours. She's all of ours," Temari joked. Temari took red faced Hinata away from Kankuro and put her on the ground.
"Okay. So did everyone get what they need?" Temari asked. I felt my pocket for Hinata's gift and nodded. Hinata looked her bag and smiled.
"Yes. I'm ready," she told Temari. Kankuro just nodded his head. As we walked to home I looked over at Hinata who was hugging whatever she got from that shop close to her chest. The sun was setting when we got home so we all just went to our rooms, except for Hinata and me.
"Gaara meet me in my room in ten minutes," she whispered. I nodded my head. I got to my room and got into my pajamas then went to Hinata's room. I knocked her door lightly. She peeked out her door and pulled me by my arm. The light over her room gave room a warm look to it.
She stood in front of me with her pajamas on. She was hiding something behind her back and saw smiling at me. I was doing to the same thing to her. The velvet box in hands that I held behind my back held something that I knew Hinata would love.
"On the count of three let's bring out our presents," Hinata smiled. I nodded.
"One….two….three!" At that moment Hinata brought out a stuffed pure white rabbit with bright blue eyes that reminded me of Hinata's. Hinata put the rabbit in my arms and gently took the box from my hand.
POV: Hinata
I opened up the velvet purple box to find a beautiful necklace in it. I could feel tears come to my eyes. It had a pure gold chain and there was a little firefly hanging from it. I gently took it from the box and put it on. I walked over to Gaara and hugged him tightly.
"Thank you Gaara," I smiled. He hugged me back. After that we crawled into my bed. I leaned close to and put my forehead against his but he was the one who put his arm over me. I could feel my eyes drift shut.
"Good night Gaara," I mumbled.
POV: Gaara
Once again I couldn't go to sleep myself but I got to watch an angel sleep. And that has always and always will be enough for me.
I leaned over and kissed her forehead.
"Good night Hinata," I smiled.
I know this chapter had no real reason except I wanted to put a funny chapter into the story and I also wanted to show how different the characters are in my story. I hope it doesn't suck. Lol.
