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"It's changing, to the unseen tomorrow
To the point my emotions overflow and spill over"
Hero's Comeback - Naruto Shippuuden
As soon as the shock of laugher left him a slow and creeping feeling of fear rose in him. What power she had over him. He was already unnatural and now she was making the unnatural even stranger. From the fear came anger; who was she to cause him such feelings?
Then she stirred and all his negative feelings were wiped clean, if only for that moment.
He watched her in her sleep until he knew it was time to leave. She may have been dreaming of him but that was the only place where he should belong, in dreams. He was not meant to be in the real world and they could never be together. No not even as friends.
She deserved better and he could not give her better.
He was about to leave when it started to rain. He could not go out in the rain…
Hinata woke up and knew she had been dreaming of Sasuke. How embarrassing. She wondered where he was and how he was doing. She hadn't seen him for a while and worried if their next encounter would be awkward.
She looked around her room and found a shadow staring out the window at the pouring rain. She did not freak out or scream she merely studied him.
It was Sasuke.
What is he doing in my room? Its 4 in the morning! She thought as he continued to gaze out of the window. Had he even noticed she was awake? She was getting ready to talk when she heard him.
"I noticed the clouds and was looking for shelter and jumped in the window without thinking. I don't like the rain very much." He spoke without looking at her.
Hinata contemplated this. It did not seem true but what reason would he have to lie?
The others would not wake up for another two hours and who knew when the rain would settle down.
"Sasuke-san, why do you dislike the rain?" Hinata was carful with her question once she noticed him glaring at the rain.
"Itachi, my brother, he died on a rainy day. Much like today and that has always been present in my mind. Not many people make an impression on me. Because of…the camp I meet a lot of people but I never bother to remember their names.
Once you know someone like Itachi all others dull in comparison and I lose my interest in them." Hinata stared at him.
That was the most he had said since she had first meet him.
Did this mean he found her dull and just another face and name to forget?
She did not like the idea. Sasuke, is that why you are so lonely? Because you won't let anyone enter your heart and won't allow anyone to be part of your life? She could understand his dislike for the rain.
"You know, I rather love the rain. It makes me feel like its washing away everything and cleaning the earth. The rain sounds like the soft lullaby that my mother would sing to me every night so I would be able to sleep.
Sasuke-san, what were your parents like?" She asked as she stared at the darkest corner of her room. She did not notice him go stiff but she felt the slight tension in the air.
"I do not have parents." Before she could say sorry or anything he continued. "Itachi was all the family I had ever needed." It was strange, thinking of Itachi in her presence made him… sad.
"You are lucky in a way Sasuke-san. I wish my mother would have been the only family I had. My family never cared for me and still to this day they do not and I know they never will. They think I am weak, and no matter what they say or do I still love them and that hurts more than anything they could ever do.
It really is a burden to be nice sometimes." She sighed wistfully as she thought about how her niceness had gotten her in the 'just friends' category with Naruto. Naruto? I haven't taught about him since I talked to Sasuke about being sad… how strange.
The longer she contemplated this, the more she realized her thoughts had been consumed by Sasuke.
"You know out of all the people I have meet you are the only one to make me think of Itachi so much. You two are nothing alike but you remind me so much of him." Sasuke said more to himself than to her but she heard him and he knew she heard him but at this moment he did not care.
It was the truth no matter how confusing it was.
"Nothing like him, does that mean I'm dull?" Hinata thought out loud and did not see him turn to look at her as she thought about this revelation.
"No. I find you very interesting and captivating in many ways but Itachi had a cold and distant personality around others while you seem so warm and comforting…but you both think the same way.
I use to believe everything he told me but I began to see the world and he was not there to explain to me how I could possibly turn all the hate and selfishness the world threw at me into something positive.
It was hard enough to know it was happening and it was harder to even consider that it was good." Sasuke resumed to looking out the window as soon as she turned up to look at him.
He was so handsome and in with the darkness around him and the occasional light form the lightning he looked like a dark princes or an angel of death. Hinata blushed as she continued to stare at him. He was so perfect in complexion but she was not that shallow she could see how beautiful his heart was.
She had always been able to look past appearances and be able to love people for who they were. It was hard to find a person she could hate when with her own morals and sense of justice she found good in all.
"Humans are selfish creatures. You must be careful." He cautioned as he turned back to her when he felt uneasy under her intense gaze. Why was she staring? As soon as their eyes meet she looked down flushed while he continued to scrutinize her odd behavior.
"It's unfortunate you have not been the beauty of this world as well. There really is much to see and so much to cherish from the daily life that it might take forever to know everything, but then who would want to know everything?
Knowing everything sounds so boring. It is better when there is some mystery in life.
That, I think, is the reason why horror movies are best and scariest when the evil is never identified or given a strict sense of what it is." He continued to look at her as she rambled while she played with her hands. That was distracting.
Without thinking he reached for her hands to stop them from fidgeting.
Wrong move.
She felt an electric current run through her hand and pass all over her body as he touched her. Out of surprise and embarrassment she pulled her hand away quickly but regretted it as soon as she did it. She missed his cool hand.
She did not see the pained look on his face.
How can this be? I have seen so much and been a part of so much pain yet I had felt nothing during that time yet, this girl, by merely pulling away she causes such an ache in my…no not my heart. I have no heart. I am all metal and machine….then why does it hurt?
When she turned back to look at him with that timid shy expression expressing embarrassment and wonder his pain lessened and he smiled at her unconsciously.
Neither one was sure how long they stared at each other. They were broken from the spell when they both heard movement and as they looked around they noticed the rain had stopped. He went to the window ready to leave when Hinata's voice stopped him in his tracks.
"You want to know something funny, Sasuke-san? You know me better than my family or friends do." She chucked darkly as he turned back to her with a strained smile. He did not find that funny.
"See you later Hinata." He said as he jumped out the window and rain into the forest.
It was strange for both of them how him saying her name caused both faces to lift into huge smiles.
This was not normal.
Hinata was up and ready by the time the others woke up. She was heading to the breakfast room when she noticed Gaara waiting for her by the door.
"Good morning Gaara-san." Hinata said with a smile as she was feeling strangely happy. Gaara lifted an invisible brow at her odd behavior.
"Hmmm so this is what you act like after a boy sneaks out of your room." Hinata blushed and was going to try to stutter out an answer but stopped when she noticed the sly smile on Gaara.
He was teasing her. Gaara had just made a slight joke.
Without thinking she laughed and lightly punched his arm.
Nearby Naruto almost pulled Hinata away when he noticed the exchange. Was the girl suicidal but he was glued to his place when he noticed the amusement in Gaara's eyes. What the hell was going on?
Was Hinata using Gaara as a replacement for the unrequited love between them? No that did not seem like something Hinata would do, but then again he barely knew her.
"Come Hinata-san. We should hurry so we can be ready for the two days of camping that await us." Gaara pulled her away when he noticed Naruto staring at the two. He knew how Hinata was when people were staring.
Once all the students were siting, all the counselors stood at the front of the room awaiting silence.
They waited for a moment when Temary got impatient and yelled: "Hey you BRATS shut up and listen up!"
"Gaara-san, your sister is scary" Hinata whispered to Gaara as they all turned to stare at the adults in the group. Gaara only nodded slightly.
"Now, now, Temary-chan no need to get so angry." Kakashi teased a fuming Temary. "Ok, kids, today we start the two day camping! Take only the necessities for you will be taking your own bag. All of your other things will be taken via bus to the end point.
Depending on the counselor you have, there will be breaks in between the camping. Your counselors have prepared different activities for you to do during these breaks.
We will set up shelter during the night and all counselors will be maintaining communication to make sure everything goes according to the plan. On the second day we will all tight rope our way to the buses and you all will eat before I send you on your way home.
Any questions or comments? No? Ok, good. You will file out once your counselor is called."
Kakashi's group was the last one to leave as their counselor was the one in charge of the place.
"Now you all have 10 minutes to get your things ready and we will be heading out!"
They all ran to their respective rooms.
With Temary's group
Tenten and Ino were the last to arrive to the meeting site. "Can you believe our sweet and innocent Hinata is with that Gaara." Ino shrieked in disbelief.
"Well he can't be that bad if Hinata-chan is so close to him." They continued to gossip as the others in the group were listening in.
"Hinata is too nice for her own good. He might just want to use her or something. I heard he has killed before. Does that sound like someone worthy of Hinata-chan?"
"Can you see Ino-san? This is a miracle! Youthful miracles do exist! This gives me hope that if Gaara can get someone as amazing as Hinata-chan that one day Sakura-chan will be able to love me!" Rock Lee yelled with tears in his eyes.
Everyone knew that for a while he would be in his own little world contemplating the miracle Hinata and Gaara were.
No one was aware of the evil glint present in Sai's eye as the topic of Hinata and Gaara were discussed.
"Hey! As much as I love hearing about my brothers love life or what ever we are almost at our first stop and we need to cross a chocolate lake with marshmallows." They all stopped to stare at Temary as if she had gone crazy. "It's a stupid game that is meant to build trust. Chill will you."
"Your brother?" Ino asked the scary older female.
"Yeah. Kankuro and Gaara are my brothers." They stare at her seeing her in a totally different light.
With Irukas Team
"Man, I can't believe my little brother scored a girl before I did. I always thought Gaara would die alone somewhere in an allie after everyone that hates him ganged up on him and defeated him with their number of people." Kankuro ranted as they continued to walk.
"You still haven't even had a girl friend? And wow your such a nice brother but I can see how you would think that with Gaara as your brother. I mean what did you expect. You've been held back twice now." Kiba laughed as Kankuro glared at him.
He didn't like when people commented on his failing to graduate…twice.
Sakura was also contemplating this... "I can't believe Hinata didn't tell me about this! I mean we are supposed to be BFF's I mean I'm sure she wasn't embarrassed. Gaara is a total hotie!" Sakura yelled to no one in particular.
Neji grited his teeth as they continued to talk about his cousin. He had planned to ignore it as his cousin seemed happy but the things he was hearing about this boy…of course Hinata would befriend the most dangerous boy in the school.
Neji sighed as he considerd having a chat with Gaara or maybe just killing him...
"I heard he defeated an entire gang by himself!" Kiba yelled to Sakura as Kankuro knew all the gossip about his brother.
…hmm maybe just a chat would be fine. Neji resigned to maybe talking to the boy.
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