A/N: Few scenes from Icha Icha Distarctions. Don't be fooled, it actually has got EVERYTHING to do with this fic.. -mwahaha-
Chapter 24 – Aliases (rewritten)
Introduction
This book is based on a true story.
The person who told me this trusted me enough to let me use it as a plot in this book. He hopes that his Yuki, wherever she is, forgives him for telling this and, if she ever was to read this, would speak to him again like she used to (described in the last chapter, in a flashback).
Personally I find this plot intriguing, especially when knowing only Hikaru's side of the story. Yuki, if you ever get the chance, fill me in on what really happened and if he was exaggerating anything.
What is more, chapter seven is how I imagined things would go. I couldn't get the description because of alcohol's role in inflicting Hikaru's memory loss. Pre-appoved by him, I sincerely hope Yuki'll accept the described scene as a memory of that night.
Jiraya
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Chapter One: 100 Reasons Why
He lay on his bed, staring at the ceiling, wondering about her.
The woman, the only one for him. The beautiful sunshine in his life, the source of his energy, the deep well he knew he would always drink refreshing water to drown his worries of scorching days. The beauty in the flesh, grace.
She was never to be his for she loved another.
A snort escaped Hikaru's lips at the thought. It wasn't love; it was lust, pure lust. Aoshi could never offer Maaya the love she needed, nor the security. And although his logical side had long ago deducted that she would become his, given enough time, his heart ached. She wouldn't notice him until she was left heartbroken by the ignorant man she called her future husband.
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Hinata blinked in surprise. Although not completely void of 'normal' scenes, Jiraya-sama's books had always started off with smut, not.. reflections. She had hard time taking her eyes away – she was trying to get into the character's head – but finally, after few hours, closed the book with a thud, knowing she would stay up the whole night if she kept reading any longer.
Besides, she heard voices outside the bathroom.
A knock woke Temari up. Silently cursing she stood up, only to see Hinata's empty bed. Before she had time to panic, she noticed the light in the bathroom. The knocking continued, irritating the blonde even more.
"What do you want", she growled after opening the door and seeing who was on the other side.
Ino took a step back in surprise. Sure she had expected a gruff greeting, but she never knew Temari could send those murderous vibes just by looking at her.
"I.. I wanted to speak with – "
"She's sleeping. Come back tomorrow", the older girl muttered and was about to close the door but found something was put in the doorway to stop the action. She looked down, only to see Ino's foot. Growling at the back of her throat, Temari was about to kick it from the door's way.
"Thank you", Ino quickly said, attemping to distract the Sabaku from slamming the door on her face. The strange thing to say caught the sleepy woman's attention, and suddenly she was wide awake. She turned around to see the bathroon light still on, then grabbed her keys from the table next to the door, and stepped out of the room. Ino took few steps back to allow the woman out. Temari closed the door slowly, and only turned to look at the other girl when she heard a click of the door when it was locked up.
"For what?" she asked, indicating to Ino's strange words.
"For finding Sakura a place to stay. I don't know what would have happened –"
"Shouldn't you be mad at us for not telling you?" the older girl interrupted, looking at the Yamanaka suspiciously. So she had met the pinkette? Temari wondered if they had made up like Shikamaru said they would. At the same time she was proud of her fiancé - for helping out his friends no matter how troublesome it was – and little scared by his intelligence. If he had led the two girls to mend their friendship, he most likely wasn't far away from, more or less accidentally, finding out about her past. How far she had gone to protect her brothers..
"I already vented it out on Shikamaru and Sasuke", Ino answered, not noticing how tense Temari was, "and besides.. you'd probably forbid me ever seeing Hinata if I caused any trouble now".
Oh, so the troublemaker had brains? That was a surprise to Temari. Well, not the brain part – she had been able to undermine the rumours Sakura had spread, after all – but the fact how well the blonde actually knew her. Had it been Shikamaru, yet again, to tell her how to act around the eldest Sabaku sibling?
'Ah, so he wants us to get along?' Temari thought, a small smile touching her lips.
"Smart girl. Now scurry along, you can talk to Hinata tomorrow morning, say, nine-ish in there?" she inclined her head to the locked door behind her. Ino was about to thank her again, but was interrupted.
"Skip the whole day if you have to. This matter is more important than any class you'll ever go to."
Tuesday, 08.25 am
Temari had woken her up half an hour ago, telling her she didn't need to go to her classes that day. When Hinata had asked the reason - she was unsure about missing the English quiz they would have that day - the Sabaku had said something about a visitor. Before the Hyuga had had the chance to ask more, Temari was already gone.
Her gaze went to the book.
Last night she had read the five first chapters and was hooked. Maybe the person Temari had told her about wouldn't come too soon?
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Chapter Six: Falling
Soon he found out that not even alcohol could make him forget about the scene. Maaya, his Maaya and Aoshi.. how could they?! There, in front of his eyes, the older boy had kissed her. Hikaru didn't care it was only to shut her up, didn't care that the blond boy had found her too clingy and disgusting..
He had kissed her!
Sighing, he fell on his knees on the ground. The two random boys he was drinking with were clearly in their own worlds: the usually silent one was muttering to himself about butterflies and the loudmouth had already found a girl to flirt with. Someone dropped on the ground beside him, as if to seek company.
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"He was talking to a spider. And the other wasn't flirting with –" Hinata muttered to herself, then realized that the scene had woken some memories in her. Slowly she shook her head, as if trying to get rid of her thoughts.
'It can't be..'
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A comforting hand was placed on his shoulder and he turned to look at the girl. She was gorgeous, he had to admit, with her long, silky black hair and blue eyes.
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Hinata exhaled in relief.
Yuki had blue eyes, so it couldn't be her. Besides, Hikaru had black hair and – 'but everything else matches'.
She almost threw the book across the room, but calmed herself down. It couldn't be, just.. couldn't. Naruto wasn't that close to Jiraya-sensei, right? It could be coincidence. Or imagination.
But with every sentence she read, she sank deeper into her memories.
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"Thanks, Yuki-chan", he said, not really remembering when or where he had learned her name. She seemed to ba taken aback by the familarity he had addressed her, and blushed. Hikaru found her shyness cute, and watched in facination how the red on her cheeks contradicted with her pale skin.
Yuki diverted her eyes, and he turned to look at the same direction.
Her friend, Nana or something, was laughing at a joke his loudmouthed half-acquaintance had just told. The girl beside him visibly stiffened at the sight, and Hikaru could interpret the emotion on her face as the same he felt every time Aoshi went too close to Maaya.
"You like Miku?" he asked, nodding his head towards the flirting couple. Yuki frowned, clearly confused as to why he would even suggest such a thing.
"You looked at them with jealousy. I know that feeling.."
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Not able to take it anymore, Hinata slammed the book shut and threw it under her bed. She knew it was a childish thing to do, but how could she have dealt with it otherwise? The description was scarily accurate to what she remembered.
As her labored breathing slowed down, she couldn't help what wonder about the chapter seven...
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