I wish I had noticed clue # 4
"Peep peep peep" my alarm goes of.
"Hmm…who set the alarm at 4:00 AM?" I mean I usually set it on 6:00 AM so I still have some time to do my morning exercises but four? That's way too early. Wait what if this is a new kind of training from dad? Ohh, no! What to do? What did he say I should do? I jump out of my bed in panic and look around to see if there are any clues. While looking I hear someone chuckling. I try to look at where the sound is coming from as I trip over my sociology workbook. I fall forward and land flat on my face. "Ouch, that hurts."
I put both my hands on each side of my head and push myself up. As my head is swaying above the ground as I am in a push-up stand I see a letter laying on the floor. I sit up and read it.
Dear parents/guardians,
We as 'Konoha High' are known for guiding our students the art of Mother Nature. In order to do so, we prepared a fieldtrip. Of course this doesn't cost you…
Fieldtrip? Ohh Shit the fieldtrip! I totally forgot. I shouldn't dream so much about Naruto-kun it makes me forget things or image that things already happened. I jump up and dash out of my room, pass Neji who is standing in the doorway.
I run downstairs through the hall way into the kitchen. I have to hurry if I want to make it in time. Hastily I pick the ingredients out of the fridge but in my haste I drop a few things. I will pick them up later. I grab a pan when I trip over an egg which I dropped a few seconds ago. Because the egg is broken and the yolk is slimy and slippery I glide over it towards the rack with spoons, pans and other kitchen utensils. I crash right into it and fall down on my butt. Thanks to my crash all the kitchen utensils fall down upon me. It makes a lot noise and it hurts as all the utensils come crashing down at me. I look up just to see a pan land on my head. It hurts terribly and I can't see a thing.
"What do you think you're doing?" a low manly voice suddenly says, scaring the pan off me. I look up to meet with grey eyes. The eyes belong to a one year older boy with long chocolate brown hair. He is a head taller then me and wears a scowl on his face. I feel very intimidated and ashamed as I see that he is fully dressed and freshen up and I am still in my pyjamas with hair that is standing up like I am a rare sort chicken and being completely buried under the kitchen utensils.
"Ohayo.o Neji," I great waving sheepishly. "I-I am making breakfast and my b-bento for the fieldtrip" I say slightly stuttering while looking at the floor that seems so much friendlier.
"I noticed that you klutz, what are you going to do when everybody wakes up because of you, moron?" Neji says.
"S-sorry, Neji I'll b-be quiet." Why do I always do everything wrong?
"I'll doubt it. I'll make your breakfast and bento. In the meantime you can pack your suitcase, because I saw you haven't packed it yet." Neji growls like it is a bother.
"B-But I want to do it myself and you know you can't cook." I say referring to the time he almost burned the house down.
"I'll make it and don't you dare to disagree! I can cook rice and make sushi." He learned how the rice cooker worked? And he can make sushi? Hanabi needs to know this. But that is not really the problem here.
"N-No I'll do it because…"I say while playing with my index fingers, since it is an embarrassing thing to say it.
"Because…?" he asks cocking one eye brow, which reminds me of Sasuke.
I am nailed to the ground and feel like I will blow up from embarrassment and guilt. What am I supposed to say? He will definitely laugh at me or get mad and tell dad. What should I…
Suddenly I hear the same chuckling sound from before.
"Erm….Neji?" I say as I see him trying to hide his smile.
"I'm teasing you. You want to make a bento for that Uzumaki, right?" He knows that he is right my red face totally gives it all away. "I'll make your breakfast and bento and when you are all packed you can make his. It will buy you some extra time." He says.
"Thank you Neji-nii, I will go pack my stuff then." I say. Then turn around to pack my stuff leaving behind a confused Neji. Not that he really looked confused, but I know he is as I looked at his eyes it said it all. I've haven't called him Neji-nii since he got reprimanded by the elders because I got too comfortable with him. None the less it is really nice of him to do this. It feels like the old Neji is coming back.
I walk up stairs back to my room. As I stand in my room it feels like something is off, literally. My alarm clock! Who put it off? Who was in my room? Hanabi or Neji? Ohh, well today I don't care. I am packing my stuff. A pen, paper my art note-block, the candy I got from Ms. Uchiha, when she heard about the trip she gave me enough for a week. Very striking are all the different kinds of chocolate. Since she knows I love chocolate she bought a lot. She says that the women need chocolate because of their hormones it makes them happy. Actually I read into some medical magazine that you could actually sniff pure cacao instead of drugs. I think they would call that cacaoïne.
While I am trying to cram the empty glass bottles in my bag. I notice that there is something made of purple linen in my bag. I pull it out and look what it is. It's the gorgeous purple dress Hanabi bought for me, sneering that I have the dressing style of a cow. Just looking at it makes me smile. It is so beautiful. Even though Hanabi said such a thing, I know why she bought it. "Thank you Hanabi I won't disappoint you. Yosh! Aja Aja Fighting!" I say full with renewed energy, even though it is just 4:33 AM. Wait! What? Shit!
"Hinata, hurry up! You're going to be late!" Neji yells from downstairs. I push the dress into my bag and zip it shut. I pick up my bag and the candy bag from Ms. Uchiha and run out of my room. I don't come far because I crash into my sweet little baby sister. "Ouch, Hinata watch where you walk, you drumhead." Yeah she is a typical case of a morning-hater.
"Sorry, Hanabi I'm in a hurry." I say and I fly downstairs.
"Gosh, you're kidding me." Hanabi says while rolling her eyes. Yep definitely grumpy. I run into the kitchen shove the 3 toast with egg, cheese and ham in my mouth. Drink a glass of orange juice and a cup of coffee. Stuff myself full with what seems to be a mix of milk, egg and rice, noodles and bacon? Did Neji mix an English breakfast together with something Asian? Aww, well who cares? I probably won't die from it and it doesn't taste so bad. I think we should allow Neji to use the kitchen again.
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Shit! Shit! Shit! I am late. Trying to arrive at school at 6AM is too hectic and nearly impossible. It took too much time to make the perfect bento for Naruto-kun. I pick up my bags run downstairs pick up the 2 bento's. The purple one is labelled 'Hinata' and the orange one with 'Uzumaki'. Neji can be really attentive at times, but I'd rather have it say Naruto-kun. What would Naruto-kun think if he's sees that it says Uzumaki? I bet he will think that I think that we're not that close or he might think I want to break up with him. Ohh no!
"HINATA!" Neji yells. And then he said that I would wake up the neighbourhood? I think he just woke up the entire Village.
"I'm coming!" I say. No time for it now. I will fix it in the car or bus or something. I run outside to meet with a tired looking Neji waiting by his car. I actually feel really guilty for waking Hanabi and him up so early. They are both not morning persons.
"I'll drive you to school" Neji says. He opens the door and I throw my bags on the backseat and jump in the front seat next to Neji with the bento's on my lap. I put on my seatbelt and Neji speeds away.
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We just made it in time it's now exactly 5:59AM. I jump auto of the car. Neji already parked it. I'm not so crazy to jump out of a driving car. I run to the square and see…no one. Did I miss it? But I still have one minute before we are going to assemble. Maybe all the clocks at the Hyuuga mansion are an hour late? What to do? What should I do? Should I ask Neji to bring me to the field? Maybe, I should just wait for the principal to come and ask her what to do. Wait I can call Ino and ask her to ask the bus to wait. Yeah that is a good idea I will just… "AAAAHHHH" I yell because I suddenly feel something on my shoulder.
"Wow, Hinata chill. It's still early and I'm not prepared to hear such loud noises in the morning."
"K-Kiba-san?" I ask and turn around.
"The one and only." He says grinning widely. "Wraf!" huh what's that? I look at Kiba and see that he protectively wraps his arms around his swollen? Stomach. "Erm…that was my…stomach…sort of." He says with a blush on his cheeks. "Wraf!" I hear it again.
"Y-You can tell me a lot but that's not your…s-stomach." I say.
"Okay maybe it isn't. Can you keep a secret?" he whispers in my ear. I nod. "I brought my dog with me." My eyes widen.
"W-Why?" I ask.
"We are going on fieldtrip, ya know? Akamaru loves the woods and nature." He says enthusiastic. If you look at it that way I should have brought Grimmjow with me.
"Erm...Can I see him?" I ask. Kiba looks suspiciously around and is ready to open his jacket when we suddenly hear a voice. "Well, isn't it a bit early to be flashing, Inuzuka?"
We turn around and see Hatake-sensei standing behind us with his nose into one of those 'adult's' books. Which are written by the vice-principal by the way. I look at Kiba and see that he is as red as a tomato. "I-I wasn't! You Hentai-teacher!" he shouts while pointing at Hatake-sensei.
Just after Kiba's shouts we hear someone yawn. We turn around again but see no one. Weird.
"Sigh, what a drag! Kiba you are too loud in the mornings." I turn around again and this time I see him. Nara Shikamaru, a highly intelligent boy but dazzlingly lazy. He has a mix of lazy and irritated expression on his face. He has fairly long jet black hair what is tied in a spiky ponytail –making it look like a pineapple - narrow brown eyes and both his ears are adorned by the same earrings as Ino's. That's odd. I'll ask Ino about it later in the bus. That is if there is actually still a bus.
"Erm…D-Did we a-all miss the b-bus?" I ask.
"Huh? What are you talking about? You were the first one here!" Kiba exclaims. I hear some chuckling from the people who just arrive. "Ohh!" Even when I am almost too late I'm still on time. Thank you Kami-sama for keeping my always-on-time-record.
While waiting I am talking to Kiba. Apparently the dog that he brings with him is a canine named Akamaru. First I thought it was derived from the word Akuma what means devil. Which Kiba replies with a chuckle, saying that Akamaru is indeed a rascal but that it is derived from the kanji Aka which means red. Because if Akamaru plays in the mud and dirt and gets washed he turns red. Somehow this reminds me of the Gremlins.
"MAAHH! When are we going to leave?" I hear a voice I would recognize out of a thousand people exclaim. With a beating heart I turn around. Naruto-kun stands against the bus with a childish pout on his face. He looks so cute, but how did I miss him? When did he arrive? Why hasn't he greeted me yet? He looks at me and grins sheepishly while waving with his hands. How sweet. I feel a blush forming on my cheeks. Then suddenly Sakura whacks him on his head. "Ouch Sakura-chan, where was that for?" he exclaims while rubbing the growing bump on his head.
"Be quiet we are waiting for Sas'ke-kun!" Sakura screeches louder than Naruto-kun exclaimed. I look around and see that everyone of our group is here, except for Sasuke. Isn't he coming?
"But can't we leave without him?" Naruto-kun suggests. I see a few other guys including Kiba-kun nod.
"What an idiot." Shikamaru says. At that moment I feel the heated gazes from the girls. They are all staring at Naruto-kun trying to kill him. Ohh my! Then Naruto-kun speeds off like the devil is after him. Though, it might not be too far from the truth, as Sasuke's fan girls are coming after him. They are running around us in circles trying to catch Naruto-kun and murder him.
"That's it Naruto-kun! That's the power of youth! Nothing does any better than a good morning exercise!" Gai-sensei exclaims while showing him trade mark thumbs up. Poor Naruto-kun. Even the teachers aren't going to help him. Maybe I should…
"Vroom Vroom Vroom!" everybody stand still and look where the sound is coming from. I hear the sound louder and louder. Kiba is looking at me wide eyed and so are some others. Suddenly I hear the sound of braking tyres. I smell the smell of burned rubber. My heart is beating for some unknown reason. The sound is very loud now as if it is coming from behind me…I feel a squall. I shut my eyes and prepare for the worse. I feel a slight bump against my left heel and everything is quiet. Slowly I peek through my eyes and see that everybody is staring at me with wide eyes and open mouths.
I hear some sounds from behind me and I turn around. Behind me is a green with black motor. The front wheel is against my left heel. The rider is wearing a helmet but it feels as if he is looking down on me even though I can't see who it is or what he thinks. He removes his helmet revealing Uchiha Sasuke. I feel my mouth ajar. I know he hates me but trying to murder me while everybody is looking is a bit too much. I always though he would do it when I am sleeping or something. The only reason he stopped is probably because he reminded himself that everybody can see him. Kami-sama what did I do to this guy? He can't even think clearly now. I am shaking on my legs as I look up at him and see him smirking. Uchiha Sasuke is definitely a devil in disguise. "S-Sorry, U-Uchi…"
"Oi, Teme! What do you think your doing?" Naruto-kun exclaims. My hero! I feel the urge to turn around and run into his arms and hug him tightly and never let go. "Everybody is waiting for you!" My mandible falls flat on the floor.
"Naruto! Sasuke almost killed Hinata, and you are worrying about him being late?" Kiba yells at Naruto-kun stomping towards him.
"Chill Kiba, he didn't actually kill her." Ino says while trying to calm him down.
"Chill? You tell me to chill? If that was anyone other than Sasuke you would have screamed blue murder." He exclaims glaring at her. While she glares back at him all the other girls join her. I feel so sorry for him and that all because of me. "I-It's okay Kiba!" I stutter.
"No it is not! He could have killed you! Why aren't you mad? You know you don't have to forgive everyone! It's okay to be mad." But I actually deserve it. Kiba is such a good friend what would he do if he knows what I did to Sasuke?
"He isn't even sorry!"
"Kiba that's enough! Sasuke detention! Everybody in the bus now." Hatake-sensei says.
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Right now we are sitting in the bus. It is so much fun. I was playing with my DS and saw that the guys were playing Mario Kart and putting the game on Wi-Fi so I joined in too. Though I forgot that I lend it to Hanabi 2 weeks ago and she had changed my name in 'yo mama'. So well anyway they let me play without knowing that it was me. But after I won 6 of the 7 games they were all frustrated and demanding to know who 'yo mama' was. I had to laugh so hard and Ino too. Too bad that it made it quiet obvious who 'yo mama' really was. But it was fun as long a sit lasted. After that Ino talked about some things while I was listening and stuffing myself full with candy. Though most of the time she was talking about Sasuke and Kiba. But when I told her that Sakura got mad the other day at Naruto-kun during the lunch break she started to act strange. She became quiet, was fidgeting, absent-minded. As if she was having a problem. So I asked her what was wrong and then she whispers "Hinata, I think you should know something."
"W-What?" The knot in my stomach was forming again. I have a really bad feeling about this.
"You know…erm…how do I say this…?" Yamanaka Ino who do not know how to say something? That is new. "You see Naruto is…"
"What is with me?" Naruto-kun yells through the bus. I feel my cheeks heating up and look at Ino. She seems to be really annoyed. She turns around and yells, just as loud as Naruto-kun did, back. "That you are a moron who doesn't protect his girlfriend."
"WHAT!" Naruto-kun screeches.
"I-Ino-san." I plea. I don't like it if she says such things.
"Shut up, Yamanaka! Like you were anything better!" Kiba intervenes in the argument. If you can still call it an argument. A very loud one then.
"What did you say Bitch?"
"What you Pig-tailed Pig!"
And this goes on until Hatake-sensei thinks that it is enough and threats to throw them out of the driving bus.
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We are walking through the forest towards our meeting point. I bet it must be quite a sight to see for all the forest animals. A procession of kids walking in pairs of two after each other in a line, with up front a too energetic Teacher wearing a too tight green trainings suite and at the end an man in his early twenties with upstanding silver hair.
As we finally arrive at the meeting point what is an open field with no trees. I look at my surroundings and I have to say it is absolutely gorgeous. On my right side there is a lake with a waterfall while the sun is shining just above it and the trees around it makes it stand in a natural spotlight. If you look at my left you can see between the trees a giant flower field. And just right in front of me there lays a path to deep into the forest. It's the part of the forest were all the trees are standing very close together so the sun doesn't have a chance to let his light shine upon the path. Strangely I like that part the most.
"Listen. You have one hour to play forester before we will assemble back here and start the test. The test will start at exactly 9:15 if you are too late it will cost you points. This mark is 20% of your final score. Don't blow it." Hatake-sensei says even duller than the context is.
Just as we all want to go Gai-sensei starts to preach erm...speak. "Listen well, my youthful students! Today we are going to enjoy the youthfulness of Mother Nature. And just to please you, youthful learners, we decided that you make the test in pairs. Of course we decide on the pairs. Isn't that delightful?" Everybody sighs and moans. Completely obvious to the sounds he goes on. "On exactly 9:10 clock we will reveal your partners but to make things easier we already hand you and your partner half of the assignments so you might have a chance to start earlier if you can find your partner. Isn't that youthful? But beware, every pair has another assignment they are all different but all on the same level. So show me the power of youth!" just as he is finished with speaking the last sentence I feel the life energy getting sucked out of me.
I'm standing here like an old nanny when I hear Naruto-kun say "Come on let's go." He holds out his hand and signs me to follow him. Immediately I feel my power of youth coming back to me and I walk after Naruto-kun when suddenly something pink cuts me off. Sakura? She walks up to Naruto-kun and grabs him by his arm and walks away with him. I am standing here nailed on the ground. Looking at their backs. What in the world?
I feel a reassuring hand on my shoulder and I turn around to face the owner. I meet with baby blue eyes, who just like mine lost there youthfulness. "Hinata, I think that Sakura is jealous."
"W-What? B-But you're n-not giving up, a-are you? I m-mean you did l-love Uchiha-san earlier t-than Sakura-san." I say. I feel bad for Ino. Falling in love with the same guy as your childhood friend and if that isn't enough he has thousands of other girls who like him.
"What no! I am not talking about Sasuke-kun! I am talking about Naruto!" she says irritated.
"W-What? S-Sakura-san is j-jealous of N-Naruto-kun?" I don't get it why would she be jealous of Naruto-kun?
"No! She is jealous of you!"
"M-Me?"
"Yeah, you!"
"Why?"
"Because you stole something from her." I stole from Sakura? When? What? I am sure I didn't do that. This must be some kind of misunderstanding. "You don't get it do you? Naruto always liked Sakura and now he likes you."
"I-I don't get it! S-Sakura-san likes Uchiha-san." I feel the knot in my stomach again.
"Yeah, but once you are adored by someone how ugly or stupid that person might be, you love it. Having admires is fun, gives you confidence, makes you feel happy and important. You took Sakura's admire away and now she wants it back. Just for the sake of it because it feels so nice."
"I-I don't get i-it." I feel like I'm suffocating.
"Naruto is probably…"
"Oi Ino, Hatake-sensei wants to speak to you." We turn around and see Shikamaru looking bored.
"Not now Shika I am busy." She sneers at him.
"Well, go tell Hatake-sensei!" He says. She stares at him for a long time and then stomps away.
Out of nothing Kiba grabs my shoulder and turns me around to face him. "Akamaru is gone!"
"W-What?" it seems like today nothing can go right and every single minute of the day something will happen.
"He ran after a haze and now I can't find him. Please, help me look for him." he pleas with how ironic, puppy dog eyes.
"S-Sure!"
"Thanks, you're the best. I'll go that way" he says while pointing towards the dark woods. "And you will go that way." he points at the direction we just came from. "If I find him I'll come to you, okay?" he doesn't wait for my reply and speeds away.
I walk back to were I originally came from and look around. It is actually pretty nice to walk here just alone. You can enjoy it a lot better. But I'm not here for sight seeing. It will be very bad if either Hatake-sensei or Gai-sensei figures out that Kiba brought his dog with him. He might be expelled. "Akamaru!" I shout. "Akamaru, come out! Come out, wherever you are!"
I hear something rustling in the bushes. "Akamaru?" I ask. I tip toe towards the bush. As I stand for it I dive into it and catches something fury in my hands. "Ha gotcha!" I say while triumphantly hold it in the air only to see that it is actually a haze. Great! Just great!
I loosen my grip on the poor thing and it jumps out of my hands, but the sudden movement makes me lose my balance and I fall backwards. Normally I wouldn't mind it if I fell but I am straying from the path and just at a point where the ground is very style because the path is build on a hill. My head lands on the ground and I see my feet coming towards me. I shut my eyes and I roll down the hill like a sort hamster in a ball without the ball. It goes so fast everything is blurry and I can't see a thing. I try to scream for help but I can't make a sound.
"Bam" Everything is spinning round and round and I feel a debilitating pain coming from my back. I feel horrible and throw up. This totally sucks. I slam my head against the thing I am leaning on and where I probably collide into with my back. I close my eyes and wait for the world to stop spinning.
As I am feeling slightly better I carefully try to stand up on my shaking and wobbling legs. I grab the giant tree, the thing I bumped into, for support. Great! I am finally standing. Shaking but standing. I cautiously take my first step and slowly let go of the tree. I take another one and this time I'm completely letting go of the tree.
Since I am already down here I will take a look around. While I am walking I notice that the trees are standing more and more, further away from each other meaning that there is an open field near by. And if there is an open field then there are probably people too.
Suddenly I hear some voices. It is too far away to make out what they are saying so I try to get closer. I am walking faster feeling more confident now I know that there are other people. I am close enough to make out that it is a boys and a girls voice and while I thought they were talking they were actually whispering and whimpering. It's that or I need a hearing aid. "Aaah….Naruto!" I hear a familiar voice say, but for now I could careless. Naruto? I totally ignore my back and go so silently near the open field as an assassin. I hide behind a tree where I have good sight on the field and it is quiet a sight.
With her back against the tree my new friend, Haruno Sakura, who loves Uchiha Sasuke is making out with the boy I have always dreamed of. It makes me want to vomit. His hands disappearing under her shirt. His tongue in her mouth. His tongue out of her mouth licking some other places. His lips or hers. His lips nibbling on her neck. His hands caressing her. She supported me didn't she? We were such a cute couple, weren't we? He likes me doesn't he? He kissed me didn't he? He dated me didn't he? Wrong this is all wrong! I feel the tears dripping on my hands. I didn't even notice I was crying.
I can't handle this. I have to get out of here. I turn around and run up the hill away from here, away from this place. Don't think about it just run. Maybe I won't see where I walk and actually slip so I fall and break my neck. That would be nice. 'I WILL NOT GO SUICIDAL FROM A BREAK-UP!' Who am I kidding?
Then I collide with head into something. "Ooff" Apparently it is someone. I don't care I just need for just one tiny moment to have someone. To caress me. To feel the warmth of the other person. Just one moment. I don't ask more. I wrap my arms around - what I feel now is a guy – him and burry my face into his chest. Please just bare with me for one small moment. And then I cry and I cry hard.
Sorry for being late. The nurse stole my laptop claiming that I needed my sleep and that I will get square eyes. Where in the world do you find a nurse like that? Plus fanfiction was being an ass I have to tried to up-load it for like 11 times before it finally worked.
I do hope to finish the next chapter very soon it will contain a lot of drama. (if you call it that) though I am not entirely sure how this chapter will end myself since Sasuke is a tough guy to figure out. At some point I do want him to forgive Hinata and at some point I don't. I think it is most likely that he won't help her but there are also chances he will. And to add up at that she reminds him of his sister. Aww, well I'll figure it out while writing.
Sorry about making Sakura evil. But honestly I think she might be like that in a none Shinobi world, though probably less extreme.