Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
This chapter is short but I hope you enjoy it.
Almost 9 months ago...
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY HINATA!" Hanabi yelled waking up her sister with a bucket of water, making her shriek. She woke up startled with her Byakugan activated. Hanabi simply stood beside de bed containing her laugh. "I got you big time big sister."
"Please don't do that again Hana." The Hyuga heiress said to her younger sister when she calmed down and deactivated her Byakugan. "Y-y-you scared me. I thought s-someone was going to k-k-kidnap me."
"That was my main objective." Said the youngest sister grinning.
"HINATA-SAMA ARE YOU OKAY?" Neji said breaking his cousin's bedroom Byakugan activated and ready to attack. When the Hyuga siblings watched him agitated, Hinata started giggling and Hanabi looked at him with a funny look. At the sister's reactions, he became embarrassed. "Hanabi-sama you should stop making pranks to Hinata-sama."
"Leave her be Neji-nii." Hinata said still giggling. "It's her way of showing her l-love. Right Hanabi?"
"Hai." Hanabi said with a fake innocent face. Neji simply rolled his eyes. "Don't you have something to say to my sister?"
"No." He said frowning.
"Did you forget what day is it?" Hanabi said walking towards him and leaning to his ear.
"Did I?" He asked whispering to his youngest cousin.
"Baka!" She said whispering to Neji's ear. "Today is Hinata-nee's birthday."
"Oh right!" Neji said remembering and with a stoic face. "Today is December 27." He walked towards Hinata and kissed her on the palm. "Happy birthday Hinata-sama." Then, he left the room.
Afterwards, Hinata prepared herself and went to the dining area alongside Hanabi. Her father Hiashi and the Hyuga elder were already in the dinner table.
"G-g-g-good m-m-morning outo-san." Hinata said looking at the floor.
"Stop stuttering Hinata." He said disappointed. "You're already 17 years old. It's time for you to grow up and stop becoming an embarrassment for the clan."
At that moment, Hinata started to feel her eyes watery. "Gomenasai outo-san." She said still looking at the floor and trying to hold her tears.
"I will take my leave." Hiashi nodded and she left the dining room. Outside, he started wiping her tears. Then, she felt someone touch her shoulder.
"Are you okay Hinata-sama?" She turned around and saw her protector Hyuga Ko with concern in his face.
"Hai." She lied and let out a small smile.
"Want to go out Hinata-sama?" He offered. "Today is your 17 birthday and I wish to treat you to breakfast"
"T-t-thank you for the offer Ko-niisan." She let out a small smile. "But I would like to be left alone for a while please." Ko nodded and respected her wishes.
Hinata left the Hyuga compound alone and went towards a small bakery she loved. "Good morning Hana-chan." She said to a girl around 10 years old.
"HINATA!" Hana cried excitedly and ran towards her, giving the Hyuga heiress a hug that almost knocked her to the floor. "Happy birthday."
"Thank you Hana-chan." She said hugging her back.
"Would you like some tea? And also of course the usual for breakfast." The little girl offered.
"Of c-c-course I would love to." Hinata said patting her head.
"Jasmine or Green tea with Goji?"
"Jasmine please."
"Hai." Hana ran towards the kitchen. "Daddy! Hinata is here, she wants jasmine tea."
Hinata sat on a table and after a while, Hana came with Hinata's breakfast. "Please enjoy your breakfast Hinata-sama." Hana said cutely, making Hinata blush a little.
"Arigatou Hana-chan." Hinata said her prayers and ate.
After eating breakfast, she was going to pay but Hana's father did not let her pay since it was her birthday. Then went towards the shopping center. One hours later, she was at the training ground ready for her usual morning routine.
She started training and flashbacks from last month's new came to her mind.
Flashback
"Ano" Hinata said shyly to the boy in front of her. "Naruto-kun. Why are y-you happy?"
"I asked Sakura-chan out and she said yes." He said giving her a hug. "Thank you for giving me the courage to ask her out."
She nodded. "It was n-n-n-n-nothing." She said teary eyed. "Anything for a friend."
Naruto left and Hinata ran crying towards her training area. Since she couldn't see well, she entered team 7's training ground. When she arrived, she saw the famous copy nin Hatake Kakashi reading his orange book. He glanced at her, closed his book, stored it in his pocket and walked towards the crying Hinata. "Something wrong Hinata-chan?" He asked.
"N-n-n-n-o." She said looking at the floor while hiding her tears. "N-n-n-nothing happened."
Kakashi covered her head with his hand and pressed his forehead against hers. "Your chakra is unstable and you are crying." He said wiping her tears.
She quickly embraced the copy nin and started crying again. He flinched a bit at her bold move but wrapped his arms awkwardly around hers.
"Why is it always her?" She said while sobbing in his chest. "She knew I liked Naruto-kun and now she is dating him." She kept sobbing and Kakashi looked at her with pity. "Nobody prefers me! Not even my father. I am just a weakling. Why I can't be strong like Hanabi or Neji-niisan?" She said agonizing.
"I can help you." He said, taking her by surprise.
She looked up and saw the copy nin's face with an expression that one could assume he was giving his usual smile. "Ano?" She asked confused.
"I can help you become stronger and more secure." He let her go and patted her head. "After all, you are Kure's special student. But is only if you want. Like the idea?" He said cheerfully. She simply nodded looking to the floor. "Great! Here's your first assignment." He handed her a book. With that he disappeared in a poof.
Still confused, she opened the book and started reading it. After the first page, she quickly threw the book blushing and embarrassed.
Back to reality
The Hyuga heiress was grateful to her sensei Kakashi for helping her get stronger and more confident with herself. Still, she felt heartbroken because of Naruto dating Sakura but found comfort with the much older copy nin. She blushed thinking of Kakashi.
Hinata was still training when she heard someone approach. "Kakashi-kun?" She looked behind and saw nobody. She turned her look to the training dummy and someone was standing in front of her. Making her jump in surprise.
"N-n-n-naruto-kun?" She said startled at the blonde boy.
"Hi Hinata-chan." Naruto said whispering to her ear with a seductive tone.
To be continued…
I hope you liked this chapter. (Ps. I can see why authors love leaving chapters with cliffhangers)
From now own it will be harder for me to post chapters because the university has been pretty hard and it takes most of my time. Every time I can, I will be writing the upcoming chapters so you can enjoy them. Also, I am having a little bit of trouble in getting Kakashi into character. If someone is willing to help, please send me a private message (puppy eyes).
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