Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto, I'd own Neji, and if I owned Neji, I would take pictures of him and sell them on ebay, and if I sold them on ebay, I could get enough money to buy FMA, and if I owned FMA, the whole process would start all over again, but with Edward Elric, and if I had a life, I wouldn't have time to think about these things.
A/N: OMGsus, I'm alive, lol. Anyway, I know I haven't been doing much lately, but so much stuff has been going on that I really haven't found the time to do much of anything! But anyway, this one came to me not to long ago, and I figured it would be another one of those cute little stories that make you smile. Anywho, enjoy! oh, btw, this takes place when Kiba and Hinata are in Kindergarten.
And, here we go!
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"Alright everyone, recess!" said Iruka sensei as the bell echoed throughout the halls of the ninja academy. It was only moments before a flood of kindergarteners went rushing by him to the playground for their recess time. He was almost afraid of being trampled to death as the little ones ran by him.
All except for one.
Little Hinata Hyuga stayed behind in the classroom looking down at her desk, trying not to look at Iruka sensei, hoping he wouldn't notice her presence. However, she was blessed with no such luck as her instructor approached her.
"Hinata, what's wrong?" he said, sitting next to her on the bench in the seminar style classroom. She looked away from him.
"I..uh..um..That is..."
"Hinata, this is the third day in a row that you've tried to stay in at recess. If there someone that's causing problems for you?"
"Don't tell Iruka sensei, or we'll tell everyone not to be your friend..."
"No..." Hinata replied slowly. Iruka could see straight through her lie. He really couldn't stand it when kids picked on others, especially girls like Hinata. However, he decided to play along.
"Well that's good, because you know that if there ever was a problem, you could tell me about it, right?" he said, putting his hand on her shoulder.
She still refused to look at him.
"Or, if you couldn't tell me, you could tell one of your friends..."
He felt Hinata's body twitch under his hand.
'What friends?' she thought.
Iruka watched her expression become more solemn than it already was. He understood.
"Look," he said, "Go outside and play with the others. I bet some fresh air will make you feel better, ok?"
Hinata got the feeling that no matter what she did, her sensei was going to make her go outside. She gave in early and nodded slowly. As she made her way to the door, Iruka reminded her of what he said.
"If you can't tell me, tell a friend."
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Outside, all the other kids were playing on the equipment or in the sandbox, but all she wanted to do was sit alone. Maybe if she was alone and didn't draw attention to herself, THEY wouldn't come to bother her...
She looked around and saw an empty spot on one of the old swing sets. No one really used them anymore since two out of the three swings were broken, but the good one was free.
Hinata made her way over to it as quickly as she could, running past everyone else. The set sat in an abandoned corner of the playground that most kids would go near.
Perfect.
She sat down on the swing and kept her eyes to the ground. There was no way that she was going to look up and make eye contact with...them.
Suddenly, she heard footsteps coming toward her. She could hear the rustling in the grass of their footsteps. There was more than one person...maybe four...
Oh no. It was them.
She lowered her gaze even more and crunched her body a little, almost trying to become smaller. She hated them. She was scared of them.
"Hey mouse, why are sitting over here?" said one of them.
"She's probably looking for some cheese to eat!" said another.
"Or maybe she's running from a cat!"
The four boys burst out in laughter. Hinata continued to look at the ground. They always called her things like that. Mouse, rabbit, you name it. They always referred to her as some quiet animal.
"Well mousey, what are you waiting for?" said one.
"Yeah, c'mon, we want you to play with us."
She was still ignoring them. Whenever they said 'play', they meant 'do what we say, or we'll beat you up'. Today however, she was going to stay silent as long as she could.
"Hey mouse, didn't ya hear us?"
"Yeah, we said get up!"
"What the hell are you waiting for?"
One of the boys reached out and grabbed Hinata's arm, pulling her to the ground. She let out a small scream.
"Why're ya screamin'? You're a mouse! You can't scream!"
They started laughing again. Hinata felt a tear run down her cheek. They of course noticed.
"Aww look, the mouse is crying!"
"It must be a baby mouse!"
As they pointed at her and laughed, she began to cry more. She felt so alone, like no one could help her. She cupped her face and cried even harder. There was a sudden yell.
"HEY! LEAVE HER ALONE YOU JERKS!"
Hinata looked up from her hands. There was a boy in front of her, standing with his arms outstretched, trying to protect her. She recognized him as one of the boys from her class, Inuzuka-san!
"What are you doing?" said one of the boys.
"Yeah, we're busy!"
"Leave her alone! She hasn't done anything to you!" said Inuzuka-san, standing his ground.
"We said we're busy!" the boy said again, trying to throw a punch at Inuzuka-san. He quickly caught it in his hand, squeezing the boy's fist mercilessly.
"And I said leave her alone!"
He threw the boy back and he landed on his rear.
"Hey, you can't do that!" said one of the three remaining boys.
"Yeah, we'll tell Iruka-sensei about what you did!" said another.
"Go on, but then I'll tell Iruka-sensei how you've been being mean to her!" said Inuzuka-san, pointing at Hinata.
The four boys, all with terrified looks on their faces, started running away.
"We're not done with you Inuzuka!"
"Yeah, we'll get you!"
"And I'll be waiting!" he screamed back. He finally turned to Hinata.
"Hey, are you alright?" he asked. Hinata, still sniffling, nodded her head.
"Those guys are real jerks. You shouldn't let them be mean to you like that. Why didn't you stand up for yourself?" he said, helping her to her feet.
"I...um...I..." she could barely speak. She was so amazed and so happy that Inuzuka-san had come to the rescue.
"C'mon, let's go to Iruka-sensei. He'll help you." He tried to pull her with him, but she immediately refused.
"NO! If we tell Iruka-sensei, then they'll never leave me alone!" Just the thought of that brought tears to her eyes again. Inuzuka-san sighed. This girl was really not going to move, was she?
"Well, if you can't tell Iruka-sensei...then tell me! Whenever those jerks give you any trouble, you come to me, ok? I'll teach them a lesson or two!"
He made a macho face and tried to do a muscle pose, which just made him look silly, making Hinata laugh.
"Thank you for helping me." She said. Inuzuka-san was really a nice kid.
"No problem. And remember, if you need any help, ever, just find me, ok?" Hinata nodded happily.
"I will, Inuzuka-san." She said, adding a little bow. He laughed a little.
"Did you just call me Inuzuka-san?" he said. A little embarrassed, Hinata gave a small "Yes..."
Inuzuka-san burst out laughing. "Are you serious?" he said, "No one calls me that! You don't have to be so respectful with me."
He put his hand on her head and ruffled her hair a little.
"Just call me Kiba, ok?" he said, "And what should I call you?"
Hinata blushed a little more and said softly "Hinata..."
Kiba gave a triumphant laugh. "Alright! Then from now on, you'll be Hinata and I'll be Kiba! Let's be good friends, ok?"
He stuck out his hand, expecting her to shake it. She did.
The bell for recess rang.
"Oh, we better get back Hinata! Let's go!"
He kept her hand in his as he pulled Hinata toward the school building with him. As they ran back, Hinata couldn't help but smile.
"Yes! Let's go!"
A/N: So that's another story for ya. This was just something that popped into my head while playing video games. First, I was like 'OMG that would make a great NaruHina fic' and then I was like 'oh wait, I like KibaHina better!' Anyway, please review, even if it sucked! I don't care what you say, just please review!