A/N- Hey so here's chapter three. I wanna thank KlosetAuthor for your constructive criticism and Culundann for pointing out my spelling errors. Also thanks to everyone else that reviewed. Sorry the chapter was late. I had a lot of school work to do. Anyways on to chapter three!
DISCLAIMER- I don't own naruto. I only own my OC, hitome.
Chapter 3- Loves Blind
The sun Rose over the horizon as light blue hair poked out from under the bed sheets. The girl groggily opened her eyes. 'Time to train' she thought. The girl of course was Hyuuga Hinata. She took a quick glance in the mirror. The girl staring back at her wasn't the same girl she would see when she was 12. No, this girl held her head up high and wasn't afraid to show her body. She hurried out the door to her usual training area, determination shining in her eyes.' Naruto-kun….I will become strong for you.'
Some where across town the day had just begun for Uzumaki Naruto. Usually he would stop by Ichiracku's and eat some "breakfast" before hading out to train. Today though was different, today was Hinata's 15 birthday. Even though they've been friends since they were twelve, he had just begun to realize his feelings for her. For a long time he thought he liked Sakura. He saw now that he tried to use Sakura to get the love, that he had never gotten as a child and that kind of love is never healthy. After he retrieved Sasuke from Sound he saw the look Sakura gave to Sasuke. It was that of pure love and admiration. It was then that he realized Sakura would never be his. Days of soul searching had brought him to the conclusion that the relationship between him and Sakura was always friendship. She was his best friend and nothing more.
Around that time he started to really see Hinata. She was really turning into a beautiful girl, inside and out. He realized his feelings for her went beyond friendship. He didn't think he loved her yet but he definitely liked her. Heading out to training area by the east gate, he didn't notice the curious glances or the occasional eye-brow raise launched at him. It wasn't often Konoha's #1 surprising ninja passed Ichiraku Ramen Bar without even a second glance.
"Yo, Naruto" Naruto stopped dead in his tracks to find his constantly late sensei along with team 8 sensei, Kurenai, walking towards him.
"Um, what's up?"
"We could ask you the same thing Naruto"
"Uhh…what do you mean? Naruto asked as he unconsciously started to rub the back of his head and laugh nervously.
"Well it's not everyday my ramen obsessed student passes Ichiracku's without even a glance. You feeling okay?
"Yeah, I'm just not hungry"
"Who's the gift for?" This time it was Kurenai who spoke, finally getting a break into the conversation.
"He, He…." 'She just had to ask.' "It's for Hinata." After earning a confused look from Kurenai, he continued on. "It's her birthday." Naruto watched as her look of confusion turned into a look of horror.
'Oh my god, how could I forget and my own student to' "Sorry Kakashi, Naruto I have to go."
"She forgot Hinata's birthday didn't she" Naruto asked while looking at Kurenai speedily jump from building to building.
"Seems that way"
"Well I got to go Kakashi sensei. Make sure you get Hinata-chan a gift." Naruto yelled as he sped away to the training grounds."
Hitome's POV
Hitome slowly rose off the ground, rubbing her hand on the back of her throbbing head. "Did it work?"
"Did what work?" She spun around only to come face to face with a boy who looked about 15. He had spiky blond hair and whisker marks across his cheeks. She could feel his blue eyes intently watching her, trying to figure out if she was an enemy ninja, so she decided to answer his question.
"Um nothing. My names Hitome by the way."
"I'm Naruto" he announced energetically
Hitome had to fight the urge to jump for joy. Their plan had worked. Though Hitome was ecstatic on the inside, she just smiled slightly. First she would have to get him to take her to the Hokage and go from there.
"I know you don't know me, but would you mind taking me to Hokage tower."
"Uh, sure"
It only took them 2 minutes to get to Hokage tower but he couldn't shake this weird feeling he had. For some reason he felt as if he had met this girl before, their was some kind of weird connection between them but he couldn't place his finger on it. Even her name sounded familiar. Naruto shrugged maybe that bastard fox was playing with his memories again.
"Hey, I heard that"
"Shut up you stupid fox"
"Brat, if I weren't trapped in this cage I would rip off your head and feast on your insides."
"As if I'd let you."
"Let me out of this cage boy, and we'll see!"
"Yeah, Yeah, Yeah….whatever."
"Hey, you okay Naruto." Hitome said waking him from his thoughts. "Yeah, I'm fine." He said as they entered the building. Hitome knew he was talking to Kyuubi. Her father often got this far away look in his eyes when he talked to the nine-tailed beast. To play her part though, she had to act ignorant of the whole situation and that's just what she did.
"You sure, you looked like you were deep in thought."
"Yeah, I'm sure. I get like that some times. Nothing to worry about at all." He said nervously while waving his hands in front of him.
Hitome couldn't hold back a sweat-drop. Was her father always this bad of a liar?
In front of the door, that led to Hokage's room stood two guards. Recognizing Naruto they stepped aside to let him in.
"Hey, Obaachan-
No sooner did he utter those two words did he find himself flattened against the wall.
"I told you not to call me that!" Tsunade yelled with her fist raised. She turned her eyes to Hitome. She had a weird feeling that she had met this girl before. Dismissing her thoughts as the after effects of the sake she drank, she continued to size the girl up.
"Who are you?" she finally asked after several minutes
"My names Hitome and I would like a word with you in private, Hokage-sama."
"Tsunade threw her a questioning look before answering with a simple nod.
By then Naruto had peeled himself off of the wall and was currently shooting glares at Tsunade. "Now that you're here, I have to go meet Hinata-chan." Hitome twitched at the sound of her mother's name which unfortunately didn't go unnoticed by Tsunade. After meeting her father, she couldn't wait to see how different her mother was from the one she knew growing up. She was so lost in her thoughts that she didn't even get to say good-bye to Naruto as he rushed out the door.
Tsunade cleared her throat as she sat at her desk facing Hitome.
"Now, what's so important that you had to come to talk to little o'le me?
Hinata's POV
She yelled a battle cry as she struck her chakra filled hands into the training logs. She stopped abruptly when she heard a rustle coming from the bush behind her. Immediately Hinata started panicking, thinking of all the horrible stuff that might happen to her.' No! That was the old hinata! I am no longer weak. I will prove my worth to Naruto-kun!' Hinata calmly took out a kunai from her pocket. She quickly tuned around and threw it at the bush.
"Ahh! Hinata-chan, you could have killed me."
A look of horror spread across Hinata's face, as her eyes were wide with regret. She ran over to Naruto.
"I'm so sorry Naruto-kun." Hinata said hanging her head down in shame. Oh no old hinata was coming back. She mentally cursed herself for looking so weak in front of him. Naruto, seeing Hinata getting depressed decided to intervene.
"Nah, I was just playing. Besides it was only one kunai and if I couldn't dodge that, then I don't deserve to be a ninja." He said smiling
"Thanks Naruto-kun"she whispered as a small smile tugged at her lips.
Remembering why he had gone to see her in the fist place, he lightly tapped hinata on the shoulder. "Happy birthday Hinata" he said handing her a small box. The box was neatly wrapped with a red bow to top it off.
Hinata opened the box carefully, making sure not to ruin the wrapping paper. When she opened it all she could do was stare in awe. Inside was one of the most beautiful necklace's she had ever seen. It was a silver chain with a blue fox pendent hanging in the middle of the chain. On the body of the fox you could see the Hyuuga and Uzumaki clan symbols. Turning it to the back was a small message that read:
Happy 15 birthday hinata.
May this necklace always
Remind you that no
Matter where you are
You will always have a
Friend in me.
-Uzumaki Naruto
Hinata held back the tears threatening to fall from her eyes. When Naruto saw this his smile turned into a frown. The gift was suppose to make her happy not sad.
"If you don't like it, I could take it back and get you something else."
Hinata shook her head vigorously. "This is one of the best gift I have ever gotten. I love it Naruto-kun, thankyou."She said as she put on one of her best smiles. The thing about it was that is was genuine. Naruto swore he could get lost in that smile and he almost did, before he looked at he caught a glimpse of his watch.
"Oh crap! I'm sorry Hinata I was suppose to meet Iruka sensei 10 minutes ago. Hope that gift brightened you day at least a little bit!" he yelled as he ran off.
Hinata watched his retreating back. 'More than you know Naruto-kun, more than you know.'
A/N- Whoa, 7 pages. Well there was some naruto/hinata fluff as promised. I'm working on making the chapters longer for those of you who thought the chapters were to short. And a cookie for anyone who knows why that necklace is so important. Review soon please!