Yo! And now I shall accept the vegetables and fruits you will throw at me, because I definitely deserve them. Just no tomatoes, I hate tomatoes…
Oh, I was also thinking that maybe… I'll finish this fic before I consider continuing with my others. It's been really hectic with school and everything. And I just don't know how I'll balance all three stories without getting mixed up in the least. So I've decided I'll devote my attention to this fic first. THAT'S IT. X) Besides, I love this one the most. .
Spoiler Alert! Well, sort of spoiler alert.
I'm really pissed right now. Yeah, you heard me. You want to know why? Naruto's why. UGH. SO PISSED! Why can't he talk to Hina? WHY? While I was watching the episode where they we're rebuilding konoha and everything I was so mad, because Naruto was there. You know what that means? That means he had time to freaking talk to Hinata! D: But no, he goes and flirts with Sakura.
That's all. I need some outlet for my cooped up anger and I think typing is as far as I can go. I can't scream because I'm in an apartment. Then I'd get kicked out and wouldn't be able to write my story. Terrible huh? I know.
Disclaimer: NO. I don't own Naruto. Though I really want to own Gaara and Kiba… Please? ;S
Naruhina-namikaze: Thanks! I was thinking about using Hinata's voice actor somewhere for a long time now. It's just so cool knowing she's a singer. Hinata's voice actor…is a SINGER. :D Which means…Hinata= Voice actor, Voice actor= singer, Hinata= singer. Oh, and no worries! NaruHina always prevails. :DDD
Odinson83: lol! Even I laughed at my own joke there. Yeah, I know, Lame. Haha. Wow, great suggestion. Maybe I'll do something like that. I don't know, we'll see X)))
.XD: Yup! To tell the truth, I am really pissed at Naruto right now. He didn't even talk to Hinata yet. It's such a piss off you know? But even though Naruto may be a douche right now, I still love Naruhina :D
Annasuki: Thanks a bunch! Lol. Glad you're enjoying the "drama."
LizaKon: NOOO! Not the rockets! LOL. Crap, I'm guessing you're heading to your fridge right now to throw some more at me, huh? XD SO SORRY! School… yeah, enough said. Lol. I'm so happy you loved everything! *Sigh* If only my teachers were more like you guys. :S Well, thanks for once again reviewing! You are awesome! :D
XD: Omg. I'm going to tell the truth here. See, even I forgot what the hell is happening with my story. Yes, Shameful on my part. TOTALLY. :P Anyways, Here I am, and I think it's probably been like a month since I last updated. OK, just this once, I'll let u throw a tomato at me. D: Oh yeah, I know what you mean by Gaara being a total prince. He's too good to be true in this story! Now I Gotta bring up Naruto's charm tenfold now. Lol. Well, sorry again for the wait. I really don't know what to do! I'm so awful. :(
Michiko-naoki: Lol. Thanks a bunch! Hmm, not so sure if I'll add her seeing as there are other pairings like nejiten and shikatem that I have already added. But I'll consider it in the future! Thanks for kind of suggesting? Haha.
Azn-tin-shuffle-pro349, Rose Tiger, Kingkakashi, Hyuga09: Thnx so much for reviewing even after the long wait. And then I just had to go and add another overly long wait, huh? *facepalm* Sorry… Well, I'm still really happy you guys reviewed and I hope you keep reading! Oh, I guess I agree on Kingkakashi's part with the Hinata and Naruto committing part. Except, you know, they haven't "officially" confessed to eachother. They will though, SOON. X)
Mi3star: LOL! Thanks for the review! Totally made my day. XD haha, I thought of putting some more interaction in the last chapter. I'm guessing it worked out fine? :D Well, you know Neji, he's so damn possessive in this fic. LOL. Just the way I like my Neji. XD lmao. I'll be sure to add more interaction between characters, and maybe, just maybe, get some relationships together! YAY!
K.999999999: Roger that. XD lmao, that was lame. . But thanks for reviewing! :D Just as you guys, I prefer the main pairing getting together as soon as possible. It's actually kind of ironic how I end up dragging the "get together" part myself. O.O
Helga4ever: ehehehe. *scratches head* I'm guessing this doesn't count as soon enough?
FlockFighter101: Oh NOES! I feel so bad. I'm so soorrrrrryyyyyyy. Here I am again. Yes, I shall permit you to throw tomatoes at me. I deserve them. Ok, so now that after next week is my Christmas break, you can be sure that I'll update more! SORRY again! Please enjoy this chapter? * insert puppy dog eyes*
DayDreaming0fy0u: LOL. I know. Gaara is like the total drama instigator. XD lmao. But gotta love him though, he makes this fic all the more fun to write. X) Oh, love the suggestion. I wonder when Naruto will think that enough is enough?
Cool hina-chan1: Yay! Thanks for reviewing. Lol, even I want to know what's going to happen. Actually I'm not sure myself. I'll just see where my writing takes me now. X)
Mannie258: THANK U! omg, you probably don't know how many times I thought my story was too "fluffy" or "corny". Thanks for the reassurance! And I hope you'll enjoy this next chap. X)
Towards the sun: LOL. Two sided GaaHina is like. GaaHina itself! Lmao. Of course that won't happen! :D Though, I do love my GaaHina ;) So, I'll just leave that to GaaHina writers. Lol. :D
It Started With Fan Fiction
Chapter 10
Recap: "G-Gaara kun?" she whispered with eyes still widened.
"What? You don't like surprises?" He replied casually as he placed his hands behind his head.
"N-no! That's not it. I-I'm just surprised i-is all." She explained as she offered a small smile to her friend.
"Kill me now." Naruto added, still hitting his head on his desk.
Naruto could definitely admit now, that he was pissed.It was already lunchtime and it was proving to be such an inflexible task just getting Hinata's attention.
Gaara had asked her to show him around. She had somewhat hesitated remembering the fact that Naruto wanted to talk to her, but what was a girl to do? The red haired teen had stated that she was his only companion at the moment. He also added that the fan girls at Konoha High were just as persistent as the ones in Suna.
Hinata felt pity for her fellow band member, and so taking the bait, she agreed to spend Gaara's first day with him.
As Hinata and Gaara were just about to leave to eat their lunch, they were abruptly halted.
"Yo Gaara! So how's your first day?" Naruto asked casually, blocking the doorway of the classroom.
"It was fine, before you decided to ruin it." Gaara replied nonchalantly, slightly glaring at the grinning imbecile that was currently his obstacle with practically everything. This included Hinata… and now, the doorway.
Blushing slightly, Hinata automatically felt butterflies fluttering in her stomach. She swallowed the lump in her throat as she smiled sincerely at the blonde and mumbled a quick 'hello.'
Naruto quickly acted on the opportunity to talk with his so called 'new found love' as he continued to compliment her in every way possible.
"You look great today Hina chan! Did your hair grow? I like it." He complimented, unaware of the result it was having on the Hyuga.
Hinata subconsciously curled some strands of hair on her finger as she looked down, still immensely blushing.
The new transfer student rolled his eyes at the exchange as he took Hinata's hand in his and continued to push his way through the doorway, a stuttering girl in tow.
"Oh Gaara, you don't have to eat lunch with Hina chan today. You want to know why?" Naruto hastily asked, already waiting for the red head's reply.
And just as expected, the blonde simply received a raise of an eyebrow from Gaara before he decided to go on.
"Thank you for asking. Well, it's because I'm going to spend the rest of the day with you!" Naruto said triumphantly, pointing to himself proudly with his thumb. 'Ha! If I can't talk to Hina chan, or spend the day with her, than neither can you' Naruto mused inwardly. Naruto felt utter satisfaction as he watched Gaara's left eye twitch considerably. 'Yeah, that's right. Karma is a bitch I tell you.' The whiskered teen once again thought inwardly as his smile grew with every twitch of Gaara's eye.
"Well? Are you just going to stand there? Or are you coming with me?" Naruto asked with a sly grin.
'Freaking bastard.'
"I'll see you later, Hinata chan." Gaara said apologetically, pushing through Naruto as he was already making his way to the back of the school. If he couldn't at least choosewho he was going to eat with, he might as well decide where. And Gaara definitely made sure to glower at Naruto before leaving the classroom.
Now, it would have been easy to just refuse Naruto, right? But refusing would only confuse the Hyuga more. She knew Naruto and Gaara were already acquainted, and as to her knowledge, she figured they were friends too. Turning down Naruto's offer to eat with and show him around would just seem weird. It would obviously show that Gaara wanted nothing and no one other than Hinata to show him around.
He didn't want that; At least not…yet.
Leaving a perplexed Hinata behind, she merely shrugged it off after a moment's thought. She then smiled thinking Gaara was really doing okay for his first day. And to top it off, he was beginning to be great friends with Naruto! Her crush and her friend… are starting to become friends? Maybe they could form a wonderful group of friends including Shino and Kiba!
With that fantastic thought in mind, she happily walked over to Shino and Kiba so they could eat lunch together. After explaining her thoughts, and the event that happened with Naruto and Gaara, Hinata continued to grin at the opportunity of having a big group of friends.
Shino and Kiba shared a look, knowing Hinata was getting everything wrong. But they left it at that and simply nodded and smiled as she rambled on about her "wondrous" discovery.
"Did you just see that?" Sakura asked incredulously, still looking at the direction of the classroom doorway.
"Yeah, Hina chan's soooo lucky. She's got two hot guys falling all over for her! And she doesn't even realize it! Talk about a perfect love triangle story." Ino sighed dreamily.
"Wait, are we talking about the same people here? I mean, Naruto Uzumaki and Sabaku no Gaara?"
"Of course! Who else would I be referring to?" Ino replied irritatingly.
"Well, you just called Naruto…"hot." Sakura said disbelievingly, surely it was just Ino being Ino, calling every guy she sees 'hot.'
"Uh, Duh? Have you actually stopped and looked at Naruto? You see, he may not be the smartest or the most charming, but you can't deny that he's got something going for him." The blonde replied as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
The pink haired teen only returned this statement with a look of disgust.
Ino sighed in exasperation. "Look Sakura, just because he was hovering around you like some moth to a flame before, doesn't mean he isn't worth any good. He's got silky blonde hair, nice piercing cerulean eyes and well; he's got a fine tanned up and formed body, plus those cute whiskers on his face."
Sakura's eyes only widened slightly before she settled her gaze on the floor. Ino was right, and, well… the truth kind of hurt. Naruto really isn't just some loser guy chasing her. Not anymore at least. He has actually moved on, which Sakura always thought was impossible. And now that Naruto wasn't chasing after her anymore… she felt kind of unwanted. Even the incident with Lee caused the male to avoid her. Lee would normally jump at the chance to plainly pick up a book for her.
Heck, even a punch to their faces would've caused them both to beam like idiots! And her constant fawning over the Uchiha was also proving to be fruitless. What a waste of time.
Sakura ignored Ino calls after her as she continued to space out.
Walking away wordlessly, Sakura decided she'd get some fresh air. Maybe she'd actually think about her love life for once. It's not that she didn't think about it all the time while ogling Sasuke, but she wanted to REALLY think about it this time. In fact, reading into the situation she came to realize that… Naruto and she were actually one in the same. Well, not anymore. But they were, once upon a time.
"I chased after Sasuke, while Naruto chased after me." She said to no one in particular, letting the breeze take away her now empty words. They held no meaning now, now that Naruto loves Hinata.
"I said I want to…*cough* go on a date…with you." Tsunade once again explained irritatingly, cheeks flaming at the mere thought of asking the brainless pervert out.
And still no reaction from Jiraiya.
Veins practically bulging out of her head, she punched Jiraiya roughly in his face. This sent him back a few feet as he finally came to his senses.
"O-ow! Come on Tsunade, couldn't you have left me to my thoughts a little bit longer?" Jiraiya whined, rubbing his face where it hurt; which was everywhere.
"You know better than anyone that I-DON'T-WAIT. Now, it's either you take me up on my once in a life time offer, or I beat you senseless for even making me repeat myself to begin with. Oh, and by the way, I didn't plan on leaving you to your perverted thoughts for even a minute. So what'll it be?" Tsunade explained, crossing her arms sternly. Though she may have seemed mad, Jiraiya couldn't help but grin like an idiot as he spotted a slight smirk on her face.
Shikamaru yawned for probably the twentieth time as he watched the clouds idly drift by. You may be guessing that he's thinking about the clouds, but surprisingly, he wasn't. Just as the clouds drifted by, his thoughts followed this sequence as they drifted to…Temari.
Yes, the troublesome woman who had embarrassed him, and made him look like a total jerk at the resort. No, not that he blamed her though. Temari, after all, had every right to be mad at him. She could hate him forever if that's what she wanted. He could lie, and say that he couldn't care less, but Shikamaru Nara just… isn't like that.
They were childhood friends once. Well, before his parents decided to move all of a sudden. He could vaguely remember a chubby little girl with two pigtails attached to her sandy colored hair. Yup, she definitely belonged in Suna. He'd always tease her about this too. That maybe, she was born from sand and should live in a sand castle.
And yet, he could also vaguely remember that he had said he would be her prince. Yeah, a sand castle building prince.
How charming.
Whenever the water would wash away her castle, and bring her tears, he would be the one to build a new one. It would be super duper awesome; one with elevators, big windows and maybe even washrooms if he was lucky.
But it never came to that. He had left her without a word, and he felt extremely at fault. Still looking at the clouds, he realized he wasn't so different from them. Clouds drifted by, slowly, gently, and soothingly so. But they did not last forever because they would soon dissipate into the sky, leaving its admirers and watchers searching and searching over and over again. He was the clouds, and she was the admirer from afar.
And he had come back, except all he brought… was a storm, and a massive amount of rain that drenched her soul and flooded her heart; flooded her heart with false hopes and anger. Yup, anger was definitely the write word Shikamaru thought, subconsciously crossing his legs remembering the pain she had caused him… in his lower region…
Closing his eyes he let the darkness take away what was left of his thoughts. His blissful sleep did not go any further than 2 seconds seeing as a book landed flat on his face. A heavy, fat ass book that HURT LIKE HELL as it landed on his face with a loud thud.
"OWWW!" he yelled, eyes still wincing in obvious pain.
Immediately pushing the book off and rubbing his nose vigorously (as if that would ease the pain) he hissed and looked up at the culprit.
"How was your sleep, my prince?" A very sarcastic voice drawled before dark eyes glared down at him.
"T-T-Temari?" Shikamaru stuttered with wide eyes as if he was a criminal caught in an act. Closing his eyes again he really hoped that he was just imagining things. After all, he did think about things a little too much…
Another hit to the head, and he was sure that she was the real deal.
'Fuck my life' Shikamaru groaned inwardly; face palming himself over and over and over again… He really didn't want to deal with all the drama right now. Ugh, and just when he was thinking about the good times. Obviously, the sand princess was not so pleasant; just as he was not so charming.
Awkward silence.
Two words that described Naruto and Gaara's lunch together.
Gaara merely did not wish to speak to Naruto.
Naruto, on the other hand, just wanted to finish his ramen first. Then he'd talk to Gaara. After all, the blonde isn't known as the noisiest and most havoc wreaking teen around for nothing.
"Ne, Gaara. Can I ask you something?" Naruto asked, looking at the redhead. He was definitely oblivious and numb when it came to Gaara's painfully obvious killing intent.
"You already asked me a question." He answered a matter of fact.
Naruto only pouted at the smartass remark. "Then, can I ask you another question?" Naruto asked impatiently.
"In that case, you already have." Gaara once again said.
"Damn it Gaara! Just answer me properly you smart ass teme! I swear you're just like Sasuke sometimes!" The blonde roared in frustration. This time, Naruto was the one glaring.
Slightly frowning at the recent comparison of the Uchiha and himself he simply looked at Naruto, indicating he was listening this time.
Eyebrows slightly raised at the sudden change in attitude, Naruto began to think about what he was going to say.
"Do you… like Hina chan?" Naruto finally asked; seriousness found in every tone of voice he had used. Naruto knows the redhead has feelings for Hinata, but he just has to hear it himself. It would atleast prove that Gaara is indeed a threat in his goals to getting Hinata to be his girlfriend.
"Yes." He said bluntly. Gaara was never the kind of person to beat in the bush.
"Why?" Naruto inquired out of curiousity.
"Same reason you do."
Naruto blushed at the remark. "Guess you're not backing down then?" he half questioned and half stated. Though the blonde really wished he was wrong.
"No."
"If you really know how I feel about her Gaara, then you'd know that I… love her." He finished, looking at the ground in embarrassment. Naruto clearly predicted that Sasuke was to be the first person he'd tell about his new found feelings. But saying it to Gaara right now, felt right.
"Heh, I am aware of that Naruto. And may I say, I am jealous to know that you're feelings have long since then been returned. You are lucky you know… And yet you were dim-witted and sightless to begin with. Hinata deserves better, and yet, even better would not satisfy the thirst for love in the girl's heart."
"What are you trying to say?" Naruto asked, slightly confused. If what he had translated from Gaara's words were right…then…
"She loves you. I could tell the moment I met her too. The way she looked at you when you had appeared at the gazebo, to the time we were in the cabin. She looks at you as if you were the last man on earth, and even so she looks at you as if you are the best as well." Gaara had no trouble at all stating the obvious. And even as he spoke with truth flooding through his mouth, he still would love Hinata. Love is not so easy to erase, to ignore as if it's just a mosquito sucking the blood out of you.
No, Hinata was more than that. Gaara figured Naruto would never appreciate that. That what Naruto thought, and what he thought were entirely different things. But the redhead was never always right, and Naruto was simply an unpredictable idiot. Oh how Gaara despised unpredictable idiots.
"I have a proposal Naruto, are you willing to accept?" The black eyed rimmed teen questioned with slight excitement lacing his voice.
"Huh?" Naruto dumbly returned, still lost in his thoughts.
"I challenge you to a contest." Gaara stated, ignoring the blonde's low attention span. Although it did serve its purpose as Naruto quickly turned his attention back to his "rival." Naruto never turned down a challenge. And hearing someone like Gaara offer one sent an exhilarating feeling to his veins.
"Bring it on." The whiskered teen confidently prodded, not wasting a minute to show Gaara he never hesitated when it came to challenges.
"The first man to make Hinata faint gets to go on the first date with her."
"NANI?" Naruto yelled loudly, obviously confused and surprised by the random confront. 'Make her faint? How?'
A/N: Now, just to clarify, Naruto is in fact the same oblivious and dense guy as in the anime. And right now he still is not aware of how or why Hinata faints, which somehow gives him a slight disadvantage.
The day came to an end without any incidents, excluding Temari's little reunion with Shikamaru that is. Hinata, after coming back from gym class, had a slight skip in every one of her steps. Today was certainly a great day. And tomorrow would probably be even better!
Gathering her things quickly, she heard a rather loud honk come from the parking lot. Peeking through the window of their classroom Hinata immediately recognized Neji's car. The Hyuuga girl could faintly feel her once happy and carefree day slip away. Once again, Neji was there… and early at that.
Hinata pushed the urge to groan as Neji impatiently honked again signaling he was expecting her to come right away. The lavender eyed girl was never one to disregard her Nii san as she quickly picked her school bag up and ran out the classroom door, heading to the school's exit and to Neji's car.
Hinata had whizzed past Naruto after swiveling gracefully to avoid a rough collision. Though she was in a rush, she did not forget to yell a quick goodbye before running once again. A light blush tinted her cheeks as she remembered the surprised but then painfully warm and wonderful expression Naruto sent her before she had hastily left.
Naruto continued to watch Hinata's retreating back as he was now the one entering the classroom. Looking around, his bag was nowhere to be found. Continuously searching he ended up with only Chouji's leftover bag of chips, Sakura's crumpled up love letters and Ino's finished lip gloss.
Everytime he picked up someone else's trash, his face always scrunched up into a look of disgust as he childishly stuck his tongue out. But finally getting to the back of the class, Naruto realized there was in fact one bag left. Although it looked like his, it wasn't. Picking it up with only innocent curiosity crossing his features he went to looking for some kind of identification as to who it might belong to. Yet the only thing he saw that even remotely looked school related was a notebook.
The back of the book was facing him and Naruto definitely did not want to pry into someone's business. But just as he was going to put in back to its rightful place, he caught sight of the letter H, and then an I.
"Hinata?" Naruto whispered with disbelief. Hinata never, and I mean never leaves her things behind. Naruto roughly stuffed the notebook back into the bag with his eyes tightly shut.
'No! I can't possibly read Hinata's notebook. What would she think of me then? But… it's not like she'll ever find out, right?'
Slowly opening one of his eyes, he then took the notebook out again.
"One peek couldn't hurt." Naruto said reassuringly to himself. Prying the book open, Naruto was met with…
Fan Fiction Notes by Hinata Hyuuga
OMG. What an awful cliffhanger! OMG, I'm so awful. LOL. I know this one is shorter than my other recent ones, but you know. I'm never one to stick to things for long, and getting to chapter 10 says a lot for me. I'm finally learning to actually commit to something in my life. Lmao. :P OK, so thank you again to those who have reviewed and who will. Thank you as well for the wonderful suggestions! It really got my imagination running again. You guys are like the gas to my engine. Um, that sounded… weird. :S Please ignore that. XD