random acts of kindness: Well you will find out in those chapter will Gaara will decide to do. Thanks for your review n.n
ProjX-Psy-Clone: Thanks for the review, I hope you enjoy this chapter just as much as you have enjoyed the other previous chapeters.
ByakuganHyuuga360: xD No it's not GaaHina but the story does have GaaHina in it. I haven't reached the main pairing of the story yet which won't be happening for awhile because currently I am more focused on the pairing between Gaara and Hinata along with Kakashi's feelings for Hinata. I'm also working on repairing SasuxHina pairing to making them closer than what they have been before in the past.
Cloud Envy Shikamaru: I hate cliffhangers as well xD But it makes me even more anxious to read the next chapter xD I'm glad that you are enjoying the story so much, I like to make my readers happy and I hope I'm doing a good job on that so far lol I have trouble keeping characters IN character at times, but for future chapters I know there are some characters that I plan on changing them to how they really act.
Roxas: Thanks! I'm glad that you liked the chapter.
HinaxShika4EvER: Sorry, I'll try to update it faster. I know what you mean by updating faster, I have so many favorite stories that I have been waiting to see updated for months even close to a year now. People on this site don't really update fast like they use to in the past. I guess some people either grew out of writing fanfics or they are just simply too busy to work on any of their stories. I however, and trying to get back into updating faster. I'm on a writers block on and off at times but Im trying my hardest to change that. xD
ImCutePoison: Yes, Shika too xD But his feelings aren't as strong as Kakashi, Gaara or Sasuke's feelings or even Obito's. He feels as if he should keep his feeling intact when it comes to her because he doesn't want to be in a competition over her just for her affection. He feels that it's all to troublesome. I honestly wasn't thinking about having any ShikaxIno in the story, my thoughts were having ChoujixIno because in this story Chouji likes her but I'll keep the ShikaxIno in mind for you. xD
fire19 : A lot of people want to see Gaara with Hinata in the end. It seems like I've gotten so into writing about those two that I have strayed away from the main pairing that this story really is. I'm guessing people don't really want to see Sasuke with Hinata because of how he treated her in the beginning. LOL you reallt squealed out loud? xD That's very funny. I can tell judging by your review that you are really enjoying this story. I haven't had many NejixHina parts in the story. I want to show just how protective he can be over his younger sister so I'm going to start showing that side of him in the next chapters. And it's okay for not reviewing for the previous chapters, I am however that you decided to finally review. I love reading reviews, especially long ones xD
Saki-Hime: Yes, ;maybe not so lucky' is right. It would be hard on a girl who has multiply guys liking her. It would be confusing, especially if you have some sort of feelings for all the guys and don't want to hurt any of them. I hope you enjoy this chapter.
Artic Fox1: Thanks for the review n_n I hope you like this one as well.
Akuma and Tenshi Hana: Cliffhangers can be frustrating xD but that adds onto the suspense as well lol
ppeach2: Hrm, I like that idea. I think I just might do that. When I end the story I'll have multiply endings with other pairings so everyone can see the story end with their favorite pairings xD I may do a SasuxHina one which is the main pairing for this anyways, the GaaxHinata, KakaxHina, ObitoxHina, NaruxHina and so on and so fourth xD Thank you for your suggestion I will use it when I finish this story. Which will be finished sometime within the next ten chapters.
Nya22: Lol, I already have my main pairing xD I know exactly how I'm going to have everything add up to the SasuxHina pairing. But as I've stated in previous chapters it's going to be GaaraxHinata before I actually get to the main pairing xD
Kira Acumichi: LOL, I just noticed that I do end most chapters in cliffhangers. I don't like them myself but I find them easy to write when you want to add in the suspense and leave the reading wanting more xD
cheh : As for Ino, you would have to wait to see. After something I added in this chapter I wasn't thinking about making the prom part but I think I'll still add it in the story, most likely for the next chapter. That's where you will see Ino's reaction xD Sakura is going to change but she still won't be liked by the main characters of this story. No more of her messing with Hinata. But as I've stated in a previous authors note a new bad guy will be arriving to their high school; so watch out for that.
Jay_chAn: Awe, yay I'm glad that you were. And now it's been updated again xD Sorry for the long wait though. Yes, I know I'm sorry for those errors, from now on I'm going to re-read each chapter I type. I tend to be slightly lazy only reading certain parts before uploading it because I'm in a rush to upload a new chapter. So I see what you are sorry and I apologize for those errors. But besides that, I do hope that you enjoy this newly updated chapter n.n
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The grayish haired male couldn't get himself to stop staring at Hinata; she was so beautiful yet felt so far away. So many things he want to say and do, like holding her in his arm, telling her just how much he really cares for her but these are things that he knows he shouldn't allow himself to say. She already had so many admirers…he just couldn't.
The sun was almost completely down but the two haven't left the place yet, to be quite frank either Kakashi or Hinata was ready to leave. Both were enjoying their time there at the beach, slowly others were leaving the place until Kakashi and Hinata were the only ones left.
"It's going to become very lonesome without getting to see your smiling face everyday at school. Although I will have Rin and Obito with me, you're the one who I will miss the most" He smiled softly at her from behind his mask. Watching her blush lightly made him smile even more. Stretching his arms up high towards the sky he yawned, pushing himself off the sand he stood to his feet.
"I know you aren't really ready to go back, are you?"
The look in his eyes told Hinata that he was most likely smirking from behind his mask. He was right though, she wasn't ready to go back yet, and she was having so much fun with the older male. "No I'm not" She giggled.
"Then, let me take you to get some ice cream. Would you like that, little princess?"
"Yes, I would really like that Kakashi-sempai"
He extended his hand out for her to take it, she slowly slipped her hand into his as he pulled her up from the ground but the female slipped on her own foot causing her body to crash into Kakashi's. Time seem to freeze once she fell into his arms, her eyes were widened, with her head pressed against his chest; with his arms wrapped securely around her to keep her from falling.
Looking down at her he could feel his heart pounding furiously in his chest, he wouldn't be surprised if she could feel his heart beating. Slowly lifting her head up; white eyes met with a pair of polar opposites, black eyes. The two just stared at each other, words not escaping either of their lips. "Are you okay?" His voice was hoarse due to how nervous he felt from being so close to her.
Unable to speak, she merely nodded her head. Placing his hand on her shoulders he lifted her up to stand her up straight, he felt so tempted to lean forward and kiss her but he knew that would be a cliché thing to do; girl trips and falls into the male's arms, they look up at each other staring deeply into each other's eyes and kiss. Kakashi sighed and narrowed his eyes off to the side. "So very cliché" He thought to himself in grimace.
Stuffing his hands deep within his pockets, standing a step away from her he motioned with his head to follow him. The walk back to his motorcycle to awkward, very awkward; he attempted to say something but nothing came out. Finally making their way towards the vehicle, picking up the other helmet from the seat he handed it to her. Watching fumbling with the strap on the helmet, chuckling to himself he helped her strap on the helmet to her head. "Your fingers were shaking so much that I could tell that it would have taken you awhile to put it on"
She blushed and nodded her head, "Thank you…" She murmured softly.
"It's no problem" He winked at her, helping her onto the seat of motorcycle, his hand grazing her back as he helped her on. Putting on his helmet he hopped on putting his key into the ignition he paused briefly turning his head. "Little princess, I am not really a love expert but I can tell you are in quite the conundrum. You have two guys who like you very much; one has been your best friend for the longest while the other is basically the new guy who just recently walked into your life almost several months ago"
"Now, I don't know where your heart truly lies and I'm pretty sure whoever you chose in the end someone's heart would be broken. If you need someone to talk to just know that I'm always here for you, little princess" He turned his head back to look ahead as he started up the vehicle. Kakashi's heart was one of the hearts that was currently breaking but she didn't need to know that all she needed to know is that he would always be there for her no matter what.
Not wanting to hear a response from her, he was happy that the sound of his engine was loud enough so he couldn't hear her. Judging by his verbalization when he spoke to her Kakashi was almost positive that he let it known he was hurt by something. Hinata being the oblivious girl that she is of course didn't catch onto his tone.
Pulling out the parking lot he couldn't help but to smirk at how tightly she was holding onto his waist; just like she always does when he is driving. As he was driving he came to a quit halt causing them to skid across the street, luckily no one was currently driving that road. Hinata was holding onto even tighter than before, he pulled it into a stop quickly looking off to the side at a certain spot. "Sorry about that, are you okay?" He asked seriously.
"U-Um, yes but why did you—"
Before she could even finish her sentence Kakashi jumped off the motorcycle yanking Hinata along with him; a loud bang noise was heard, Hinata looked up alarmed at Kakashi who was currently on top of her on the cement ground. "Was that a gun s-shot?"
"Shit…" He glared off in the direction the shot came from. Kakashi didn't know who the person was personally but he had a feeling where he came from. He was standing in the far distance wearing a black mask covering his entire face with the exception of his eyes, his clothing was like he were some sort of spy. He pushed himself off from Hinata helping her to his feet but shielding her behind himself. "Who in the hell are you? You almost got us killed!" He shouted out angrily at the person.
"You are Hatake Kakashi friend Uchiha Obito who just so happens to be the brother of Madara; co-founder of the Akatsuki" He took off his mask revealing his face; he had peach color skin, dark grey eyes with white spiky hair, "I am Gin and I am a member of Roots; best known as the rival gang to the Akatsuki. That was just a little warning that Roots will be taking over, I know how close you two are close with the Akatsuki and if I have to shoot one of you two to prove a point then I gladly would" He smirked darkly.
Kakashi growled lowly, he didn't care as much about his well being like he did about Hinata's. She could have gotten hurt because of this Gin person, anger fueled up within him. "You could have hurt my little princess or even worst, killed her" He snarled enigmatically.
Hinata was so drawn back by his tone she couldn't help but to stiffen at his quick change of aura; it went from worry to very dark within a matter of seconds. She knew that Kakashi had a temper on him that came closely similar to Hidan's temper but it was very rare to see Kakashi get upset, just like it was rare to see Obito become upset as well. Her eyes gazed back over at the other male; who was still staring smugly at them while pointing the gun towards them.
"You think I care about some stupid girl?" The male known as Gin began laughing out loudly while holding onto his sides. "Heh, you're very. I could care less about that girl or you for that matter" His laughing expression then turned serious, raising his gun up more, he smirked deviously at the silver haired male and pointed his gun in their direction, firing his shot.
Kakashi shielded Hinata with his body but unfortunately the bullet didn't hit him like he thought it would; it hit the person who he was trying to shield. His eyes widened exceptionally large, everything seemed to be happening in slow motion; he turned around only to see Hinata's eyes wide shown with pain in the depths of those hues of hers, her mouth slightly parted as she was falling to the ground.
Once she fell to the ground she began screaming while holding onto her side, "Kyaaa!" She yelled in pure pain, it was the worst pain she has ever felt, excruciating pain. Kakashi kneeled down in front of her trying to apply pressure on her wound as the blood continued pouring out of her stomach.
"H-Hinata, it's going to be okay. Please don't move or even try to speak, everything will be okay, I'm going to get you help" He was in panic; he was scared for her life and didn't really know what to do. It didn't help that no one was around to call for help; it appeared as if they were in a deserted place. He didn't even realize the tears that were now streaming down his cheek, his black eyes never looked away from Hinata, he skin was getting colder due to so much blood lost, and her eyes were beginning to look lifeless
"Ka-Kakashi-sem--"
"Shh, don't talk" He turned his head over noticing that Gin was no longer in sight, he frown to himself as he pulled out his phone and called the police. He knew now wasn't the right time to go after the male…he needed to get Hinata to the hospital. "Shit, you better not fucking die on me little princess"
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Gaara stood to the far right of Temari and Kankurou; they weren't his blood siblings like Sasori was but he grew up with them and loved him as if they were his full blood. He knew that he couldn't leave them behind; sure he was pretty upset with his father for not telling him sooner that he knew who his real parents were or the fact that he had a brother but…this is his family and he couldn't just abandon them like this.
His green eyes made contact with Sasori, "I'm sorry but I can't come live with you. I know you are my brother but this is the family that I grew up with. Leaving the very same people that I spent most of my life with to go live with you when I barely just met you…it wouldn't be right. I wouldn't mind coming to visit you every once in awhile but this is my home"
Sasori sort of expected that this would happen but he couldn't help but to feel a slight stab in his heart after hearing those words. The red head is a very strong male and barely shows any sort of emotion but if it's one thing he didn't want to admit it's how lonely he is living alone in his apartment. After finding his lost younger brother; who he had thought was untraceable if not dead, he wanted to make up for lost times and spend every moment he could with the younger teen. So when he thought of the idea of him living with him he couldn't contain his happiness and began showing another side of him that Deidara; his best friend has never seen before.
Smiling sadly he nodded his head, "Heh, don't be sorry. This is the family you know inside and out. I can understand but if you ever change you mind you're more than welcome" He gazed over at Gaara's father noticing how he was smirking at him, most likely feeling happy that Gaara had chose to live with them and not Sasori.
"Well you have heard my son's choice so you may leave now" He said as nicely as he could.
Nodding his head, he could just hear it in his tone that he wasn't welcomed there, getting ready to turn around his phone rang. He pulled out his razor call phone flipping it opened he glanced at the I.D, "What is it Madara?" He asked waving briefly at the Sabaku family getting ready to walk out the door he suddenly stopped. "Are you serious? Alright, what hospital? I'm on my way now" He closed his phone, gazing over at Gaara seriously.
"Hinata was shot, she's in the hospital"
"What?" Gaara's eyes widened as every single emotion were seen flashing in his eyes. His heart had came to a halt as everyone in the room remained silent, no one knew what to say in those first few seconds, although Masahiko never met Hinata before but his heart was going out the young female.
"What hospital was she taken to?" Temari asked in concern.
"The Leaf Hospital, I don't know much of the details Madara just told me to meet him at the hospital and he'll tell me what happened when I get there" He looked back over at Gaara who seemed to be inflicted with a lot of emotions during the moment. "Gaara, I know you care for this girl so come with me to the hospital"
"We're coming too" Kankurou stated looking rather serious but his eyes held concern.
Sasori nodded and motioned with his head for everyone to follow him.
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Neji and Hanabi sat in the waiting room while the older sibling held his crying sister in his arms. Nearly everyone was there, from Naruto and Sasuke to Madara and Itachi and Obito to Rin.
"How in the hell did this happen?" Naruto yelled out while looking harshly at the mask wearing male.
"I told you, we were just driving and some guy from that gang Roots shot at us and shot the little princess! How many times are all you assholes going to question me like it's my fault. I tried protecting her, and furthermore why would some rival gang of yours be after us? We aren't even apart of the stupid Akatsuki!" He yelled out in anger at Madara; who was sitting leaning against the wall with his eyes closed.
"It appears as if Danzo is making his move against us by targeting the people he knows is close with us" His eyes gazed over at Neji noticing how he was glaring harshly at him even his own brother, "Look, it's not like it's my fault she was shot but I do see where you all stand. If it's anyone you should be mad at it's the person who shot Hinata. She's a very important person to all of you some more or less so I can understand"
"Tch, I just want to find this guy so I can kill him" Obito growled lowly while Kakashi nodded his head in agreement. Rin looked at both of her best friends; she was hanging out with Obito when he had gotten the call from Tobi that Hinata was in the hospital. As soon as he received the news he had dropped his phone and once the phone hit the floor Rin had asked him what happened while he proceeded to tell her. Judging by how he was reacting she knew that Obito cared deeply for this girl but what shocked her was Kakashi, she never seen him so riled up before over a girl.
His legs were shaking and so were Obito's; they were worried about her. A sad smile slowly made its way to her face as she placed her hand on top of the goggle wearing male's hand. He turned his head to gazed into her eyes; "She'll be fine" She assured him softly.
Obito just stared at her for a few moments before breaking out into a warm smile himself. "Thank you Rin" His torn his gaze away from her when he noticed Gaara arrived with Sasori along with two other people he did not know.
"I came as fast as I could" Sasori stated.
Madara nodded his head and motioned with his head for all the Akatsuki members to follow him, Obito couldn't believe during a time like this he would have a meeting; at times he questioned his brothers concern for others. Watching them all walk away he looked back noticing out of all the members the only one who hasn't moved yet was Itachi, he smirked to himself. Itachi was very close with Hinata and treated her just like he treated his own brother; like she was his own younger sister.
Temari and Kankurou sat down near Shikamaru while Gaara sat in between Sasuke and Naruto. Silence filled the room until Sasuke spoke, "You know I would have never thought in a million years something like this would happen. It makes you realize that sometimes you may take something for granted and not realize what that something really means to you until something bad happens" He smirked sadly to himself.
"Yeah, that's true. Hinata may be someone special to all of you in one way or another but we know he better than anyone, we were he best friends in the past. We were all she had and we did everything together…she was our ray of sunshine. Heh, I remember how jealous I would be whenever I use to see how close she used to be with Sasuke, it would drive me crazy but then she and I became closer" His azure eyes looked over at Sasuke, "We sure did have some good times back then…I miss it" He smiled sadly.
Everyone in the room looked at the two, they knew that was true. If anyone knew Hinata better it was those two. After hearing those two speak about Hinata everyone began talking about their shared moments they had with Hinata to lighten the mood as they waited for her operation to be done. Kakashi sat in silence, his thoughts were currently on Gin, he knew if he ever saw that man again he would kill him and that is a definite promise.
"Excuse me"
Everyone looked up noticing that it was the same doctor who was doing the surgery on Hinata. "Is she okay?" Kakashi and Gaara asked standing up to their feet looking at the female.
"She's fine, luckily she was brought to us just in time any later and she wouldn't have made it but she is fine now. Currently she is sleeping but I would only like to allow family in" The older female's eyes looked around at everyone in the room until her eyes met with another pair of white eyes similar to that of Hinata's.
"I'm her older brother and this here is my younger sister. I would like to visit her, I have informed my mother of the situation and she will be on her way shortly"
"Ah, well right this way Hyuga-san"
Neji and Hanabi stood up to follow the doctor but Neji stopped when he heard Itachi's voice called out to him. "What about Hiashi? Isn't he coming to see visit Hinata?"
The older Hyuga narrowed his eyes off to the side, biting the inside of his cheek. "He is currently away on business and when I informed him of what happened he merely said he'll deal with it when he returns and for now I should take care of her"
Everyone frowned at hearing that, the people who knew the Hyuga's well knew that Hiashi wasn't the most caring father in the world after his divorce with his ex wife. Itachi could only grimace in annoyance at how he could be with his eldest daughter, luckily his father has always been there for Neji, Hinata and Hanabi whenever Hiashi was on business; which normally last weeks if not months. "And just when if he returning?" Obito asked curiously.
Neji looked down and off to the side shrugging his shoulders. "Not really sure, normally he would say but he didn't this time. Only time would be able to tell this time" With that said he left heading towards Hinata's hospital room.
"Hiashi is such a bastard, if my father were every like him I'll run away" Naruto muttered. Whenever Naruto had come to visit Hinata he noticed their father was never around but the times he was there he'll never forget how badly he treats Hinata and even Neji. The only one he seems to hold respect for out of the siblings is Hanabi.
"None of us likes the guy, the only time I'll even go over there to visit if he isn't around" Shikamaru stated with a small yawn, he couldn't help but to notice how Temari was staring at him with a light blush on her cheeks. He however ignored this and looked away from the female and closed his eyes even though he could still feel her gaze on him. "Tch, annoying" He mumbled as he pulled himself out of the chair mumbling to everyone how he was going to get a drink of water.
"You probably scared him off with your creepy stalker stare" Kankurou snickered causing Temari to glare at him.
Naruto who overheard the conversation couldn't help but to laugh as well which only upset the blonde even more.
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Hidan stood there with his arms folded across his chest as he listened to Madara talking, he was starting to wish he stayed behind like Itachi after all he could care less about hearing Madara talking about Roots, he's more concerned about Hinata. His violet eyes looked over at Deidara who looked more bored than ever. "So let's get this straight this Danzo guy is the leader of this other gang called 'Roots' and he's trying to get his gang to be the top dogs around this part of town. Doesn't he know that Konoha City is our turf?"
Madara nodded his head, "I'm pretty sure he does, you see from what I've been hearing Roots is a gang that's been around for awhile now but they are just starting to make themselves known. Judging by what they did today this is only the beginning" He spoke seriously.
"This is stupid why don't we just go pay these 'Roots' people a little visit and beat the living shit out of them for attempting to hurt Kakashi and shooting Hinata" Deidara barked loudly catching attention from the police standing near the main entrance of the hospital.
Sasori frown and hit the male across the back of his head. "You asshole are you trying to get is in trouble. Lower your voice dummy" Deidara sent Sasori a glare shortly after he pouted childishly from being embarrassed since everyone looked at him when the red head hit him.
"Since these people know who hangs around us, I'm assigning each person to watch over the ones who are close with us. Tobi and I will be watching over Obito, Itachi I'm quite sure will be watching over Sasuke, Hidan I need to you two watch over the Hyuga's all three of them, Sasori I'm pretty sure you already know who you in charge of, and Deidara I need you to watch over Kakashi" He explained to the males.
"Tch, I'm pretty sure Kakashi can watch over himself besides did you see the look in his eyes today I'm almost certain he's in a killing mood right now. Why can't I just find out more information on Roots?" The blonde said while looking at his leader.
Madara shook his head, "No, I'm having Pein and Kohan handling that as we are speaking now. I need you to keep an eye out on Kakashi to make sure he doesn't do anything reckless that would have him laying in the hospital or worst. Do I make myself clear?"
Deidara nodded his head muttering some incoherent words to himself.
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Three days has passed since that day and it was back to school already luckily summer was just right around the corner. Hinata was still in the hospital recovering being visited by everyone every once in awhile but the main people besides Neji and Hanabi who comes to visit her are Sasuke, Gaara, Naruto, Kakashi and Obito. Separately or together the five males made sure they went to go see her everyday.
Sitting in the classroom the raven haired male stared blankly out the window, his mind not on the teacher explaining to the class about their latest assignment but instead on Hyuga Hinata. It wasn't until he felt a tap on his shoulder that brought him back to reality, turning around his black orbs met bright emerald hues. Now ever since the break up he hasn't talked much to Sakura, he actually tries to avoid her as much as he can which proved to be hard seeing how the two practically had every class together and in each of those classes that had assigned seats that were next to each other.
"What do you want?"
The bumble gum haired female shifted awkwardly in her seat, chewing on her bottom lip nervously she parted her neatly glossed lips in an attempt to speak. "I heard about what happened to Hinata, I just wanted to say that I hope she gets better"
With widened eyes he could honestly say that he didn't expect to hear such things like that coming from Sakura; after all this is the same very girl who despised Hinata. Searching her eyes and body language for anything telling him that this was some sort of joke he found nothing, "Thanks…" He countered back to her.
She nodded her head and went back to writing on her paper. The Uchiha turned back around slowly still confused and surprised by her actions but as he really thinks about it shortly after that whole mess that happened back with Aishido and Hinata, when they returned back to school Sakura had lost almost all of her friends. She was being ridiculed and bullied by others; mostly you can say that karma came right back to her after how she treated Hinata. Ever since she has mostly been seen keeping to herself, her once bossy and arrogant attitude is now calmer. Hell she's much nicer than what she use to be, maybe she realized that how she was before wasn't the right path for her.
He thought about it for a few more seconds before erasing it out of his mind, even if she was changing he'll never forgive her for what she did. Blackmailing Naruto and having half of the school bully Hinata and even had Aishido to make an effort to rape Hinata. No, there was no way in hell he'll ever forgive her.
"Alright class that's it for the day, don't forget to turn in your homework tomorrow" Iruka said loudly over the chatter that was erupting throughout the classroom.
Getting up from his seat he pushed his seat under the desk, heading towards the door. "Hey, wait up Sasuke" Naruto yelled loudly while running to catch up to him. The raven haired male ignored him and continued walking despite the blonde's protest to stop. He wanted to go visit Hinata today but without Naruto this time, he hasn't had much alone time with her ever since Hinata has been in the hospital. Each time he mentions going Naruto is quick to say how he wants to tag along as well.
Don't get him wrong, he knows Naruto is a close friend of Hinata's as well but he wants to have a talk with her when it's just the two of them.
"You bastard, didn't you hear me yelling at you to stop?"
Sasuke smirked tilting his side to the side to look at the blonde as they walked side by side down the crowded hallway, "Of course I heard you miso breath, why do you think I ignored you?"
Naruto frowned turning red from anger, "Stupid, and stop calling me miso breath! You've been calling me that ever since we were kids. We're sixteen now don't you think it's getting a little bit old now?" He pouted while stretching his arms up in the air before putting his hands behind his head.
"I'm always going to call you that, so get use to it" Sasuke grinned one of his rare grins which shocked Naruto seeing how he hasn't seen that grin in ages; to be exact he hasn't seen Sasuke grin since they were nine years old.
"Um…are you okay?" He asked, while he stopped walking to point at the black haired male.
"Of course I'm fine, look I'm not going straight home today but I'll catch up with you later okay?"
"Yeah sure, I was planning on visiting Hinata but I can't my father needs me home today" He sighed. "The new signer is coming to our house for dinner and I'm supposed to be there to greet him when he comes. You should see this guy, he's arrogant, thinks he's cooler than everybody, he has a permanent scowl on his face and from I seen he's a ladies man" Naruto paused placing his finger on his chin, "Come to think of it he reminds me a lot of you, Sasuke"
Frowning at his best friend he looked down at him with an annoyed expression. "Oh really, now isn't that something. How nice to know" He said in an uncaring tone.
"Idiot, well I better get going. Later, tell Hinata I said hi" He smirked when he noticed the stunned look from the Uchiha. "I'm not stupid Sasuke, if you wanted to be alone with Hinata all you have to do is tell me" He grinned waving as he walked away.
"Heh, that guy" he muttered to himself with a smirk as he watched him walking off until he could no longer see him anymore.
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Aishido groaned to himself while walking on the sidewalk, he didn't know where he was going but he just wanted to get out of the house. He just recently was released from the hospital he was supposed to be in school today but skipped. His grandmother wasn't home so it wasn't anyone who he could really talk to, if he had more friends it would help at a time like this. The only people he had now were the Akatsuki; who didn't even like him for what he had done to Hinata.
"Huh? Is that you Aishido?"
The black haired male looked up to see the bugged eyed bushy eyebrow male staring at him curiously as if he were wondering if it were him or not. "Your name is Lee, right?"
"Yes, yes you remembered" Although Lee heard what happened and knew how Aishido was in the past he knew that the male also had a troubled past he couldn't hold a grudge against him forever like the others were doing. This guy had no friends and probably deserved it but Lee was going to give him a second chance. "What are you doing walking all by yourself?"
"Just thinking, I could ask you the same thing?"
"I'm on my way to visit Neji, I don't know if you heard but his sister is in the hospital. She was shot a few days ago and nearly escaped death" He explained sadly but of course his tone still held that dramatic tone to it as it always does whenever he talks.
"Hm, I heard about that from Hidan. How is she doing?" He asked, as the two began to talk besides each other while talking.
"She's doing fine now, you know Aishido beneath the exterior that you have I'm pretty sure that you're a very nice guy. You seem to be holding yourself behind a mask afraid to reveal the true you so you hide behind this mask and be someone who you aren't. I can understand your troubled past but you can change that and become a better person, isn't that what you want to be?"
Aishido thought over his words, he almost wanted to lash out at him for saying that to him but he couldn't. Deep down inside he knew that he wasn't being true to himself, he was being who he thought he was. The male who was raped as a child growing up to be this pompous ass to everyone, being devious, picking fights, starting fights and enjoying the feeling of pain and inflicting pain on others. This is someone who he thought he was but he knows he isn't. The person who he truly is just so happens to be a caring gentle guy; who would do anything just for his grandmother; who he loves more than the world.
"I—"he paused briefly and the continued slowly, "I do want to be different, I am the way I am now not only because of my past but because of the people who I am surrounded by. I feel as if I must be this way in order to have people respect me, if I don't stay this way I lose respect from people. But the people who do matter I'm pretty sure my respect from them has vanished awhile ago"
Lee raised his eyebrow up looking at him curiously, "Who are the people who do matter to you?"
"People you would be actually shocked to hear me say," He chuckled to himself, "I may see them as my rivals but Kakashi, Obito, Shikamaru, Sasuke and Naruto are people who I admire but I admire Neji more. I always like messing with them just so they could notice me, but I would do it in the meanest way I could not realizing that I was making enemies in the process" He paused as his eyes widened quickly looking over at Lee. "I'm straight just so you know, I know that it sounds like I'm some fan-boy" He smiled lopsided at him.
Lee grinned and shook his head. "You know you're the second person to tell me you're straight, I wasn't thinking you weren't. I knew exactly what you meant. After what happened they are all mostly still upset with you, I would give it time but people like Sasuke and Kakashi it will take much longer"
"I would have expected you to say Sasuke and Naruto rather than Kakashi seeing how they are closer with Hinata. Or maybe even Neji; seeing how that's her brother"
"I say Kakashi because he worries more about Hinata more than any other person, even more so than Neji. As you may or may not know, when Hinata entered high school she was tormented by a lot of the other students so Neji picked certain people mainly upper classmen that he knew to watch over Hinata. Obito is one; Shikamaru is another while Kakashi is the last person. Now Obito didn't mind watching over Hinata from the start whereas Shikamaru didn't want to be bothered by doing such a troublesome thing. Now Kakashi on the other hand never spoke his thoughts about watching over her but unlike Neji I'm very observant towards people and the actions they make. I have been watching Kakashi for awhile now and if it's one thing I've noticed it is how much he case for Hinata. Out of the three males Neji chosen Obito and Kakashi are black belts, in other words a walking weapon; Kakashi would gladly harm anyone who touches the one he calls little princess"
"I've beginning to think Kakashi may hold an interest for her but does not want to admit and tries very hard to hide it. My sister notices it as well but doesn't bother telling Neji knowing that Neji has the worst case of sister complex you have ever seen. He already has a hard time dealing with the guys who already know her now" He heartedly smiled.
Aishido thought about his words and as he was thinking he realized that it was in fact true, out of all the people who fought him that night Kakashi was the only one who didn't. But when he glanced over at the silver haired male he clearly remembers the deadly intent that he was giving off while he was trying his best to comfort Hinata. He was glaring at him with such animosity the beating that he received from Gaara was nothing compared to that look he got from Kakashi. He could automatically tell that guy is dangerous perhaps as violent as Gaara is if not worst.
"If he likes her why not say anything to her?"
"I'm not really sure but knowing how Kakashi is I'm pretty sure he had valid reasons for not confessing" Lee stopped walking once they reached a street sign. "Well on the other side of this street is Neji's house, I'll catch up with you later. Others may hate you but I can see you and I becoming future friends" He grinned widely giving the male his famous 'good guy' pose.
Aishido watched him crossing the street as a smile graced his features. He had always thought that Lee was a pain but looking at him in a different view he wasn't such a bad guy after all.
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The Uchiha stood at the door taking in a deep breath as he opened the door, smiling warmly he looked at the female who was sitting up on the bed. "Ah, Sasu-chan" She finally started calling him that again, even though he wouldn't admit it out loud but he really missed that nickname.
"Hey, how are you feeling?" He asked walking into the room, closing the door behind him. Listening to her as she told him that she was feeling better just a tad be sire and tired. Sasuke nodded his head, walking up beside her bedside taking a seat next to her bed, in the leather chair.
"Hn, that's good" He stared off to the side as he gently placed his hand on top of hers, "I was really worried about you when Itachi told me what happened. I thought…I lost you" He whispered softly.
"Sasu-chan…"
"I don't want to ever lose you Hinata; you're everything to me and much more. Without you it isn't the same" He's hold on her hand tightened as he lifted his head up to look her in the eyes. "I love you Hinata, and I love you more than what a friend should love his friend. For many years I've felt confused about my feelings towards you, it took one guy to make me finally comprehend my thoughts that I have for you" He stated referring to Gaara.
"If I could go back into the past I would, I would erase every single thing that I have done. I wanted to share our first kiss together, I wanted you to be my first girlfriend and my first…--"He trialed off as a crimson tint covered his cheeks.
Hinata looked at him confusingly as it then dawned on her what he was trying to say, causing her blush deeply and look away from him. "Y-You mean that you and Sakura have went that far with each o-other?" She stuttered out feeling rather embarrassed.
Sasuke awkwardly coughed unable to get himself to look at her, "Um, yeah…we have a few times" He muttered lowly. In the back of his mind he cursed himself for even telling her that in the first place. "How stupid can I be to tell the girl I love that I had sex with another girl…not to mention I was thinking about her while I was with Sakura" His blush darkened, still unable to look at it.
"O-Oh I see…"
Awkward. Very, very awkward.
"So when are you getting out of here?" He asked just to change the subject.
"Um, they said I should be getting out in within the next three days" She stated slowly removing her hand from under his hand. Noticing this he sighed softly to himself, knowing that if he would have never said that she wouldn't have moved her hand. The male Uchiha raised his hand up running his fingers through his hair, his eyes then slowly glanced over at her causing her to blush deeply.
"Heh, you still blush when I look at you intensely I see" He smirked down at the blushing female. "Very cute as always" He dropped his hand from his hair placing it on her cheek caressing it softly. "Hina…" His said her name softly.
Hinata's eyes widened at the tone of his voice, his eyes were hypnotizing her but his voice was so warm when he spoke to her and affectionate. She knew Sasuke in the past could speak with her in a warm caring tone but this…this was different.
Leaning forward his hand slowly went behind her neck pulling her face towards his, pressing his forehand against hers he stared within the depths of her white hues. "I really do love you Hinata" His gaze dropped to her lips as he let his finger trace around her lips. "So tempting…your lips are calling out to me to kiss them. So plush and soft," He continued tracing her lips with his finger.
"Sasuke…"
Words couldn't describe how she was feeling at the moment; she didn't know how to react towards this sort of thing with him. They have almost kissed before but they had been interrupted by Itachi during that time but so far no one was coming in. His eyes were in a daze when she looked at him, but when she really looked she could clearly see love behind those mystery eyes of his.
Sasuke grazed his lips against hers, slowly closing his eyes he pressed his lips on hers, kissing her gently but yet passionately on her lips.
"Hinata I heard that you were in the hospital and I came here as soon as I—"Ino immediately stopped talking after realizing that she walked in on Sasuke kissing Hinata.
Sasuke pulled away from Hinata glaring at the female, "Damn it all, don't you knock?" He hissed loudly at the female, he stood up hastily from his seat, "I'm leaving, I'll come visit you tomorrow" Muttered as her headed towards the door ignoring Ino's suggestive smirk.
Once he left the blonde looked over at Hinata pointing at the door Sasuke just left out of, "Now you must tell me about what just happened" She smiled widely at the blushing female.
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Kakashi hasn't been the same since the day it happened. He couldn't rest until he found that guy again; he has been looking all over the place for the male but couldn't find any leads on him. But as he was walking he just so happened to spot him heading down a darkened ally, a dark looked was seen flashing through his eyes. Walking slowly he made sure that it wasn't noticeable that he was following him; not even realizing himself that he was being followed by Deidara, who was in charge of watching over him.
Reaching the ally Kakashi noticed that Gin was leaning again the wall messing with a phone in hands. "Hey, you're Gin am I right?"
The white haired male turned around arching his eyebrow up in question, "Who the hell are you?" He asked, narrowing his eyes he then smirked, "Ah you're Kakashi and I—"Before he could even finish his sentence the silver haired male was in front of him within a second.
"You almost killed her, you were lucky I didn't hurt you right then and there but you've run out of luck. I'm going to fucking kill you" His voice was dark and his aura held a animosity, raising his fist the other male had barely any time to block the fist that now had connected to his eye. But what he wasn't expecting was to feel brass knuckles hit his eye as well.
Deidara who had just arrived was shocked to see Kakashi punching the male brutally without pausing; the silver haired male was punching like a mad man. Gin was struggling to keep his balance so he wouldn't fall but it wasn't until he felt a sharp pain on his stomach that made him howl out in pain.
"You don't like that do you? The pain, it hurting you with every fiber of your being isn't it? No you know what my little princess went through, how about I end this right now" He stuck the knife deeper into Gin's stomach, his black eyes narrowed in anger but also in pleasure that this guy was feeling pain.
"Stop! Kakashi, you're killing this guy" Deidara then made himself known as he walked closer towards the male, "Look at you, you have blood all on your hands and shirt. You aren't even thinking rationally" Deidara's blue eyes looked over at Gin noticing he was barely breathing. "Damn it Kakashi, if you're caught you're definitely going to jail for this" He pulled out his phone dialing a number.
"Itachi, we have a problem on our hands a big one. Yeah, we need a cover up for this one. It's really serious" He looked back over at Kakashi who was looking down at Gin, his hands were shaking as if it just dawned on him that he almost killed a guy. Wait. He really looked at Gin and noticed he had stopped breathing. He did kill a guy. He looked over at older male in panic.
"Deidara I—"
"Don't worry kid, I'm going to settle this, hurry up and get home. Don't tell a single soul about this. Leave this to the Akatsuki, now get out of here"
Kakashi nodded his head and quickly ran away from the scene. "I can't believe that I just killed someone…I was so upset that I couldn't think straight. I reacted out of emotion. If Hinata knew just what I did she would view me differently. I've committed the worst crime; I murdered someone…what have I become…?"
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"I came here as soon as I could" Itachi's dark haze looked over at the body lying on the ground. "So that's the guy?"
Deidara nodded his head, "Kakashi left before I could even tell him that this guy is still alive. You know this is the very same male who shot Hinata, from what I heard Kakashi saying. Something about 'almost killing the princess' that's when I realized it's the same guy" The blonde smirked deviously. "I was thinking maybe we should hold this guy hostage and gain more information about this Roots gang. What do you say, Itachi?"
The Uchiha nodded his head telling Deidara that he will pull the car near the alley and to put Gin in the backseat. "I'm taking this guy to Kohan; we can't take him to the hospital just yet. Judging how things are now if we hurry she'll be able to help him after all she is a doctor"
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Obito watched the front door opened revealing a flushed Sasuke, curved his eyebrow up he parted his lips. "What are you blushing about?" He almost laughed when Sasuke jumped, apparently he didn't notice Obito coming down the stairs wearing a smirk.
"It's nothing that should concern you"
"Hm, so you say. Well I'm off to visit Hinata, I haven't visited her today yet and I really want to see her" He couldn't help but to notice how Sasuke blushed even more at the mere mention of Hinata's name. Obito frowned to himself walking over towards the younger male, leaving only a few inches between them as he inspected his face closely, "I'm no mind reader but I'm guessing your blush has something to do with Hinata. Is that were you just came from?"
"Like I said, it isn't any of your concern" He pushed Obito to the side walking around him as he heading upstairs. "Why are you here anyways?"
"I'm always welcomed here, I am your cousin" He grinned widely. He didn't want to pressure Sasuke anymore about Hinata but he was curious as to why he was blushing, maybe when he goes to visit her he'll find out what happened from her. But he had a feeling he'll get the same response.
"Well I'm gone, I'll be back later"
Sasuke ignored him and continued walking upstairs, once he made it to his room he closed the door behind him and flopped down on his bed lying down on his back. Looking up to the ceiling he touched his lips with his index and middle finger. "I actually kissed her…" He whispered to himself as a small smile graced his features.
"I, Uchiha Sasuke kissed Hyuga Hinata, the very first girl that I'm actually in love with"
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Well I hoped that you enjoyed this chapter, Gin isn't one of my new main characters, he is basically a side character that will only last for this chapter and the next. After that you will no longer be seeing him. Next chapter will start off their summer vacation, so please leave reviews of your thoughts of the story so far and this chapter n_n