Story : The Same Pain
Author : Your's truely, hehehe...Hinata and Kiba 4ever!
Genere : Romance/General
Rating : K+ (For now!)
Disclaimer : I don't own Naruto. If I did, Cell 8 would be the main team, making an appearence in every episode! Because we all love them!
Summary : All I'm saying for now, is this is a Sasuke/Hinata fic! And I would just like to tell Kiba if he's reading this, that I'm sorry he doesn't get Hinata in this story! Sorry! Don't send Akamaru after me...
Chapter : 1, Night Gazers

Chapter 1 : Night Gazers

A soft thud could be heard as a door was closed. The enterer, Uchiha Sasuke, hung his dark blue jacket on the nearby coat rack, before entering the kitchen to find something to eat. He scanned the fridge for a while before finding a package of sushi. He took it to his living room, and sat down on the couch inside to eat.

It had been a long, hard day of training, leaving much of his chakra spent. Even after Naruto and Sakura had called it a day, Sasuke refused to stop, pushing himself further. Of course, Sakura had tried to get him to leave, but by now Sasuke was familiar with her whining, and merely ignored her.

After he finished eating, he clumsily dragged himself up the stairs, and to his room. Once he reached his destination, he sat up on the windowsill, and looked out into the night sky. His cold, vapid eyes matched the color of the darkness outside.

As he sat there, not a single sound could be heard throughout the house. Not that that was unusual of anything in Sasuke's place of residence. He had no family to greet him at the door, or to talk about his day with during dinner. There was no one in Konoha who cared about him…

Sure, he had hundreds of fan girls, all of whom stated they loved him, but he knew those were just silly, childish crushes. Those affections would disappear as soon as they met the real Sasuke. But none of them ever got past his looks and cool exterior.

Well…except for one. The one girl who saw him for something other than his looks. The one person who saw his pain, and understood it, feeling it herself. The one person…he could never have, her affections belonging to someone else.

But what could he expect? It's not like he ever made any contact, or tried to socialize with her. When she had been in the hospital, recovering from her fight with Neji, he had been nowhere in sight. He had not even sent her a get well card!

Sasuke sighed as he got off the sill, realizing it was his fault that he could never have her to himself. At least Naruto had the guts to talk to her! Sasuke's eyes slowly closed as he drifted off the sleep, the girl of his dreams still fresh in his mind.

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Hinata was slowly making her way through the Hyuga compound, back from a difficult B-rank mission with her team. Unfortunately, they had not retrieved the scroll they were meant to get. Their opponent had used a summoning jutsu, and had the newly arrived snake attack Hinata. Kiba and Shino had protected her, and defeated the snake, but took too long in doing so, giving the thief time to run far away by the time they finished.

Of course, Hinata had been required to report the mission results to her father. Hiashi had not taken this news well, disgraced that his daughter had caused yet another failed mission. Hiashi than decided to personally train Hinata from now on, assuming it was Kurenai's fault she was still so far behind. Sadness and fear dawned on Hinata's face as this was announced, realizing how little she would probably see of Kiba and Shino if this plan was accepted by the Hokage.

Hinata collapsed on her bed as soon as she entered her room, her body still aching and tired. To her right, on her night stand, stood three pictures. One showed all of team eight. Kiba stood in the middle, one thumb up, and a casual wink on his face. Shino stood on Kiba's right, looking as mysterious as ever, showing no expression (though maybe he was, how can you tell with the glasses and collar?). Hinata stood to the left, a shy smile gracing her lips, and her trademark blush upon her cheeks. She was holding little Akamaru in her arms. Kurenai stood behind the three, looking down upon her pupils with pride and joy.

The second showed a picture of a day at the park with Kiba, Neji, and Tenten. Tenten and Kiba had been teasing poor Hinata about her obvious crush on Naruto. Neji began to explain to them that Hinata was far to shy to actually do anything about it, while an idea began forming in Kiba's head. He walked up to Hinata, and kissed her on the cheek. Luckily, Tenten had brought her camera, having planned on taking pictures of the lake, and quickly snapped the scene with it. Hinata's body was completely stiff in the picture, something in which Kiba had not stopped laughing about for weeks. Neji had also been caught in the picture, showing his eyes twitching, as apparently Kiba's sudden kiss had brought him into protective cousin mode.

The final picture was taken during Hinata's 14 birthday party. In it, Hinata could be seen unwrapping her presents, some of her friends watching from behind her. The thing Hinata liked most about the picture, is that Naruto was sitting right next to her on the couch. Even if he hadn't been in the picture, you would have been able to tell this from how red Hinata's face was.

Even at age 15, Hinata could just not bring herself to admit her love to Naruto. She still had a hard time being close to him, or talking with him. And she never gave up the opportunity to watch him from afar, regardless of what he was doing. Yep…things certainly had not changed much when it came to him for her, and in all honesty, she didn't believe they ever would. But she still didn't have the courage to try and change it. She would not be able to take it if her crush rejected her, so she kept quiet, and tried to be satisfied with what little contact they did have.

Hinata's eyes were glued to the sky, though her mind was still thinking of the new change her father was attempting to make. She could spot a few stars in the vast darkness, stars of the same milky color of her eyes. The soft breeze blowing in from her window caused a slight shiver to run up her body, before she curled up under her covers, her jacket now strewn on the floor. A small tear ran down her face, hating how her father could be so unfair to her.

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The night slowly dragged on for both of these victims of depression, both falling into a troubled sleep. Though they came from different causes, they were both suffering the same pain. Family, love, strength, all reasons for their pain, none of which they had control over. Ultimatly, they each wanted the same thing…someone to love, and to love them in return.


4ever : NOOO! Don't hurt me!
Kiba : Grrr! Piercing Fang!
4ever : Ahhhh!
Kurenai : Kiba certainly doesn't want to share Hinata.
Hinata : He's...just protective of me...I think...
Shino : But he's already kissed you in the story. Sounds like a Kiba/Hinata fic to me...
Kiba : Huh? Yay!
4ever : But he was just messing with her in that scene. In this fic, Hinata sees him as an older brother. ...Uh-oh... Ahh!
Kiba : Get back here!
Shino : Well...I tried to save 4ever...
Hinata : Well...um...if our readers don't mind, please review. If you don't, Akamaru will be really sad.