A Daughter's Love
By: Zuki Uchiha
A/N: I'm so glad u guys like the story so far! I made Hiro OOC, and I liked it! Well this chapter is gonna be dedicated to him and maybe he'll finally get a girlfreind of his own...Hope u enjoy it!
Hiro walked out of the Hospital and went to the Hokage monument. From there he could see almost everything in the village. He looked at the Hokage's faces and saw his father's face at the far end.
"Oto-san...I'm gonna be just like you and become Hokage, and when I do, I'll make sure no scum with ever hurt a leaf shinobi again." Hiro said to himself.
"That's a great dedication Honorable Hiro-kun."
Hiro turned around and saw a girl with sparkling green eyes, and very long and radiant chesnut red hair.
"Hi, who are you?" Hiro managed to babble out.
"My name is Ai, I'm the daughter of the Kazekage, Garra." she said.
"My name is Hiro, I'm the son of the Hokage, Naruto." Hiro said.
"I know, my father sent my aunt and uncle to retrieve a scroll from this village. I heard what happened to the ANBU captain, is she okay?" Ai asked.
"Yes, she and I are on the same squad. I didn't know Garra-sama had a daughter." Hiro said.
"I get that alot. My father fell in love with a woman who came to our village. She was rejected from the Waterfall Village and sent away. My father took her in, and they fell in love and had me. But, my mother died when I was really little, she got really sick. That's what my father told me at least, and now I'm all he's got." Ai said.
"Oh, I'm sorry for your lost. I can't imagine my life without my mother. She means a lot to my father, and to the village too." Hiro said.
"Your a sweet boy Hiro. I've heard about you a lot from my father. It seems my father and your father go way back to thier genin days, and it seems they're good friends now, am I right?" Ai asked.
"Yea, I've seen Temari-san and Konkuro-sama come here alot." Hiro said.
"I've come here a couple times with my father before."
"You have?" Hiro asked.
"Yes, I don't think you remember do you?" Ai asked.
"I guess not cause I don't know what your talking about." Hiro said.
(Begin Flashback)
"Ai-chan why don't you go and play with my son Hiro, he's about your age too. What do you think Garra?" Naruto asked.
"Sure why not, well Ai?" Garra asked.
"Ummm okay." the little five year old Ai said.
A five year old boy with spikey raven hair and white eyes walked in with two other children his age.
"Hi, my name's Uzumaki Hiro." Hiro said playfully.
"Hi...my name's Ai of the sand." Ai said shyly.
"These are my best freinds." Hiro pointed out.
"My name is Uchiha Suzuki, it's nice to meet you Ai-chan" Suzuki said.
"My name is Hyuga Kenji." Kenji said and smiled at Ai.
"It's nice to meet all three of you." Ai said.
"Now that you've all met, why don't you go play?" Garra said.
"Okay Oto-san." Ai said.
The four small children played th entire day and had fun, Hiro, Suzuki, and Kenji were sad when Ai had to leave. Especially Hiro.
"I'll visit again, I promise Hiro." Ai said.
"I know, but until then I want you to have this." Hiro said and gave her a small frog plush toy, it was so small it fit in the palm of her tiny hand.
"Thank you Hiro, it's so cute." Ai said.
"Keep it, and everytime you come back to my village show it to me, promise?" Hiro asked.
Ai nodded, "I promise."
(End Flashback)
"I remember now! That was you?" Hiro asked.
Ai nodded, "I still have the little frog, see?" Ai said and showed the frog to Hiro.
Hiro grinned from ear to ear, "I can't believe it's you, you look so much...prettier." Hiro said with a blush.
Ai giggled and walked over to Hiro and placed a kiss on his cheek. "That's what I did the last time we met. Remember?" Ai said.
"Yea, I remember." Hiro said with a bigger blush.
"Why don't you show me around, like old times." Ai said.
"Sure, why not." Hiro said.
Hiro and Ai walked to the IchuRaku Ramen shop. "Do you mind if we eat here? I get a discount because of my dad." Hiro said.
"Sure, I like ramen, my dad tasted it once because you dad sent him some, now he likes it alot and so do I." Ai said with a giggle.
Hiro smiled, he found himself smiling everytime she giggled. Ai was a very pretty girl, her emerald orbs always glowed and her chesnut red hair was long and silky, she had milky pale skin and a petite body, similar to Suzuki's. Hiro couldn't help but find her attractive, she was a pure beauty alright, and somewhere deep inside him, Hiro felt a connection with her. Her father was Kazekage, and his father was Hokage. Their father's were very good friends, and they meet along time ago too. Hiro never had this feeling of connection with someone before. But he liked it.
"So Ai, how long are you staying here for?" Hiro asked.
"Well my aunt Temari and uncle Konkuro came here to retrieve the scroll, and my aunt is going to stay here for the Chunin exams. My uncle Konkuro is going back to Suna, and my father said I have a choice, if I want to stay here with Temari-san, or go back home with Konkuro-sama, but I think I'm gonna stay here with my aunt." Ai said, then took a sip of her ramen.
"Won't you miss home?" Hiro asked.
"Nah, if I stay here I'll have you to keep me from getting homesick." Ai said.
"Oh, okay. It is your choice." Hiro said.
Ai giggled and Hiro smiled again. Ai looked at Hiro with a smile. He was very handsome, he was slightly taller than her, and he was thin and a bit muscular from his training. He had tan colored skin and raven hair, his white eyes seemed to have a gleam everytime he smiled or laughed. Ai liked him, she couldn't help but feel the same connection with Hiro, that Hiro had the same connection as her.
Ai and Hiro laughed and sighed when they came to a stop in front of the apartment Ai was staying at with her aunt and uncle.
"I'll see you tomorrow Hiro?" Ai asked.
"Yea, tomorrow, let's meet at the Hokage monument, maybe I'll bring Kenji and Suzuki. You still remember them right?" Hiro asked.
"Yes I do. I can't wait to see them after all these years. Suzuki and I were good freinds back then." Ai said.
"Okay, I'll bring them then, Ja ne Ai-chan." Hiro said. Then he gave her a kiss on the cheek, and ran towards his home with a wave goodbye to Ai.
Ai blushed and held her cheek, 'Did he just give me a kiss on the cheek?' she asked herslef.
"Who was that Ai?"Temari asked.
"It was Hiro, Naruto's son, remember him?" Ai asked.
"Oh yea I remember him, the little knucklehead you had a crush on when you were little." Temari said.
"I did not have a crush on him when I was little!" Ai defeneded.
"If I know you Ai, you pretty much did." Temari said with a smirk.
"Hmph, I'm going to my room" Ai said and pretended to storm off into another room.
Hiro ran into the Hyuga mansion and ran over to his house, when he stepped inside he saw Kenji sitting in the room by the door, reading a book.
"Hey cousin. How's Suzuki?" Hiro asked.
"Sakura came by and told us that Suzuki's fine, her abdomen is just sore. She'll be okay and she'll be realised tomorrow afternoon." Kenji answered.
"Oh that's good. Guess who I ran into today?" Hiro asked.
"I was just about to ask where you were all day, who?" Kenji said.
"Ai, remember her? That little girl we met along time ago when Garra came to our village." Hiro asked.
"Red hair and green eyes? Yea I remember her, why you met her again?" Kenji asked.
"Yup and dude she's gotten so pretty. She's so...so..." Hiro couldn't even describe her.
"Aa, you really like her don't you Hiro?" Kenji asked.
"Well sorta." Hiro said with a blush.
"I'm happy for you cuz, I know what it's like to describe the person you know is the one for you." Kenji said.
"Yea? Well I feel something strange, it's like I can't stop thinking of her." Hiro said.
"You've got it good then Hiro. You must really like Ai."Kenji said.
"I do, I really do." Hiro said.
"Well tomorrow, once Suzuki get's out of the hospital why don't all four of us hang out?" Kenji asked.
"Yea! I might ask her to be my girlfreind." Hiro said.
"Well how long is she gonna stay in the Village for?" Kenji asked.
"Well she's gonna stay here with Temari-san, and the Chunin exams are coming up in about a month. Since Temari and Shikamaru help out with the preparations, she'll be here for a long time." Hiro said.
"Okay, but you shouldn't rush things Hiro, wait a couple days. Catch up on a few things first, one day isn't enough." Kenji said.
"How long do you want me to wait for?" Hiro asked.
"I'd say maybe about a week. It could be longer, but since your so impatient, a week is fine." Kenji said.
"A week? I can do that." Hiro said.
"Okay." Kenji said.
(A/N: For those of you who are confused, this is happening after Hiro leaves the hospital in the last chapter. He leaves the hospital, runs into Ai, goes back home. Next day he hangs out with Suzuki and Kenji, they leave, and then that whole kiss thing between Kenji and Suzuki happens. You'll understand it more when you read it more, so just wait.)
:Next Day:
Hiro, Kenji, and Suzuki walked over to the Hokage monument.
"So this is the girl we met a long time ago? Ai of the sand, I still remember her, and I still remember the huge crush Hiro had on her when we were little." Suzuki said when they were walking to meet Ai.
"Shut up Suzuki, you've always had a monster crush on Kenji when we were little." Hiro said.
Because of that, both Kenji and Suzuki punched him on the back of the head.
"Hey! Ow!" Hiro cried.
When they sighted Ai, she was sitting on the ground and was looking over the village.
"Hey! Ai! Over here!" Hiro called.
Ai looked over at Hiro with a smile, she sat up and walked towards the three ANBU.
"Kenji and Suzuki, it's been so long since we last met up with each other." Ai said.
"About nine years to be exact, it's nice to see you again Ai." Suzuki said.
"Likwise Suzuki, so, are you and Kenji together now?" Ai asked.
Suzuki blushed, "Actually we are Ai, after so long." Kenji answered for Suzuki.
Suzuki giggled when Kenji grabbed her hand and pulled her toward him, he put his arm over her shoulder with a smirk.
"That's cute, I'm happy for you two, I always knew you two would end up together." Ai said with a smile.
Suzuki and Kenji smiled. "Well let's not just stand here and talk about my teammates all day, let's have some fun!" Hiro said with a smile.
Ai giggled as Hiro pulled her by the hand and started running. Suzuki and Kenji noticed this and raised an eyebrow, they shook it off and ran after Hiro and Ai.
The four fourteen-year-olds laughed and layed in the field. It was already night and they layed underneath the stars.
"It's such a beautiful night, isn't it?" Ai asked.
"It is very nice. It's peaceful and even the fireflies are out, making it a shining night." Hiro said.
Suzuki yawned, "It's getting late, and my parents might start to worry if I'm not home soon. I'll see you guys tomorrow?" She said.
"Yea, let's meet again tomorrow." Ai said.
"I'll walk you home Suzuki. See you later Hiro, Ai." Kenji said and stood up with Suzuki.
"Ja." Hiro and Ai said at the same time.
Once they were alone, Hiro looked at Ai.
"Ai, I'm really glad you came to the village, meeting you again after all these years was nice." Hiro said.
"Likewise Hiro. I'm very happy in this village, here I have you guys, back at home I really don't have any friends. Except for my dad." Ai said.
"What? What do you mean you don't have any friends? You're the nicest person I know." Hiro asked surprised.
"Well you know about the what the shokaku sand spirit is right? Well because of it, my dad as been rejected by the village, since they see him as a monster, they see me just as evil as my father. What they don't understand is that my father isn't like that anymore, yet they still see him as that, and me as well." Ai explained.
"I know what you mean. My father has the nine tailed fox demon sealed within him, and he was rejected by my village too. Some people still see my father as the nine tailed fox himself, but he's not. So that's why some people don't like me or my little sister Yuriko. They believe that since we are his children, that we share the same curse, but we don't. I know what you feel like Ai, and my enitire life I've ignored what they've said about me and my sister, when they glare at me, I just smile and wave, that's how it should be." Hiro said.
"Your a marvelous guy Hiro, and I think I'm starting to really like you." Ai said and got closer to Hiro.
"Really?" Hiro asked nervously, he looked into Ai's emerald orbs and got lost in them.
He leaned in a little closer to Ai, thier faces were inches apart. Ai closed her eyes and Hiro did the same, he leaned in more and finally thier lips met.
A rush of excitement went through Hiro, he was experiencing his first kiss, and so was Ai. Ai deepened the kiss by putting her arms over Hiro's shoulders. Hiro put his arms around her slender waist and leaned in more. When they seperated for air, they both blushed twenty shades of red.
"I'm sorry, I..." Ai started but Hiro silenced her with a kiss.
"Don't be sorry Ai, we should be getting home, do you want me to walk you?" Hiro asked.
"Yes please." Ai said.
Hiro stood up and reached out his hand for Ai to take, they walked together, hand in hand.
Hiro walked in his house with a grin from ear to ear. When he walked to the kitchen he saw his father.
"Hey Hiro, where have you been?" Naruto asked.
"Out...with the most amazing girl in the universe." Hiro said, then realized what he said.
"Oh really? And who is that?" Naruto asked with an interested grin.
"Ai, Garra's daughter. She came to the village with Temari and Konkuro, and she's going to be staying with Temari as she works on the Chunin exams." Hiro explained.
"So what happened?" Naruto asked his son.
Hiro told him about his day and told him about his first kiss.
"I'm proud of you son, you got yourself a girlfriend." Naruto said and put Hiro in a headlock and tousled his hair.
"Oto-san let me go!" Hiro laughed.
Naruto realised his grip and Hiro ran off into his room.
"I guess our plan worked Hinata-chan." Naruto said to his wife as she walked in.
"I can't believe you and Garra actually pulled it off. "
"Yup." Naruto said with a smile.
"And explain to me what your plan was again for our son" Hinata asked.
"Well Garra has noticed how lonely Ai's been, and he wants her to be happy. I doubt that's gonna happen in that village, not one boy will even look at Ai, they're too afraid. So I told Garra that he could send Ai over here for a while and get to know Hiro more, that way they could fall for each other and Ai can be happy, and Hiro will be happy too." Naruto explained with a smile.
"I can't believe you Naruto, playing matchmaker with our son." Hinata said jokingly.
"Well at least it worked." Naruto said. "I guess I'm not that bad at playing matchmaker."
Hinata laughed and kissed her husband on the cheek. "I'm glad Naruto-kun, I really am"
"Me too."
A/N: Awwwwww! My little Hiro is growing up! (sniff) I remember like it was yesterday when he was still five years old and I was writing about him, Suzuki and Kenji. I love this chapter! And I'm sure you will all love it too!
Mata ne!
Zuki Uchiha