Sorry about the late update…I've been piled with tests and assignments (sob). Anyway hope you enjoy!! This is the second chapter to Perfect Girl, Hinata.
Blahblah- naruto's thoughts
blahblah- hinata's thoughts
Chapter 2 – Blackmail
Naruto gulped nervously. "Uummm…Sasuke are you sure about this?" Sasuke rolled his eyes, "What are you scared? Scaredy-cat." Naruto twitched. He hated it when Sasuke used that taunt on him. Kiba suppressed his laughter rather unsuccessfully. Ohhh…that's it. "Fine!! We'll do it tonight!!!" snapped Naruto.
Sasuke and Kiba simply smirked. The quicker they got this over with, the better.
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Hinata in fact didn't go up to check on the rooms. No, the head butler could deal with that. Instead she locked herself in her room so that she could hyperventilate. She flopped onto her bed and buried her face into her pillow so that she could stifle her scream of frustration. Stupid Obaa-chan!!! Doesn't she know when to STOP??? No-one could change her. Not her father, not her sister, not Tsunade. NO-ONE. So why did Tsunade-baa-chan have to keep on pressing on this issue??
Hinata groaned and turned onto her back so that she could stare at her black-painted ceiling. Heck, her whole ROOM was black. Black walls, black curtains, desk…Tsunade has been trying to force her to have a 'normal' bedroom for a long time. But Hinata liked it like this. It was dark; no-one would be able to SEE her, to see her face. After all, who would want to look at an ugly girl all the time?
FLASHBACK
Hinata shuffled on her feet nervously, looking down at her spotless school shoes, a pink envelope clutched in her hand. She heard someone coming, looking up, she saw him. She felt her heart swell with joy. He DID come! Maybe he'll accept…
He stared at her with a cool and bored expression. His short black hair was gently ruffling in the breeze. "You told me to come here?" he asked in a lazy voice. "H-Hai." She said, blushing lightly. "Ano, Sai-kun…ano…" her voice trailed off. She had to do this. "What…hurry up with it" he said in a slightly irritated voice. His words stung Hinata a bit but she ignored it. "Gomen but…p-please accept m-my feelings!!" and with that she ducked her head and held out the envelope in front of her.
There came awkward silence and then suddenly Sai's laughter broke it. Hinata looked up, confused and hurt. Sai stopped laughing and snorted,
"Sorry but I don't go out with ugly girls"
And with that he walked away. Hinata stared at his retreating back and she felt tears starting to well up in her eyes. The rejected envelope was still in her hands. Her heart came crashing down onto the floor and below.
Was she really that ugly?
(2 weeks later)…
Hinata let the unending tears fall out of her eyes as she cried. She will never be able to see her mother again, never be able to eat her mum's homemade cinnamon rolls, never be able to hear her voice, to talk to her.
The thoughts made Hinata bawl harder. "Hinata stop it at once. What would other people think when they see you like this? You are going to be the heir to the Hyuuga company when you grow up one day!" her father hissed in a cold voice.
She looked up in shock as she stared at her father. Her vision was slightly blurred through her tears but she could still see that cold mask that her father had on ever since the death of her mother.
"Fix yourself up. And smooth out that dress. How are you going to be the heir when you look like…this? Why can't you look more like your sister, Hanabi? At least she has a decent face"
Hinata felt her heart crack. There it was. That again. Beauty.
'Sorry but I don't go out with ugly girls'
'At least she has a decent face'
Hinata felt this indescribable feeling swell inside her…perhaps it was the sudden feeling of realization. All she could think was…
No-one liked ugly girls and she, Hinata Hyuuga, was ugly.
END FLASHBACK
Hinata sighed as she let the memories replay in her mind. She had been broken after the train of incidents that had happened but then Tsunade her aunt saw the state she was in when she came to visit and immediately asked Hiashi if Hinata could stay at her place.
For that, Hinata was thankful to Tsunade. She needed a change. To get away from her old school, away from her old life. However…her new life wasn't much better. She could feel the stares of others at school; she could hear the whispers and giggling that they were sharing. Perhaps she should try and attempt to fix up her image a bit. She picked up a lock of her rather greasy and long hair. It was dull and was practically screaming for attention.
Suddenly she heard a soft knocking at her door. Sighing she pulled herself off her bed and dragged her way to the door. She opened it to find that it was one of the guys, the blonde-haired one…the one with those beautiful blue eyes…STOP IT. Hinata felt like hiding. She didn't want to be anywhere within in his… 'radiance'. "What?" she said in a irritated voice. She must have had sounded rather scary because she could see the blonde wince. But then again I don't blame him. "Eerrr…Hinata right? Well, we just finished packing and ummm…its dinner time now so errr…yeahi'llmeetyouatthediningroom" and with that he quickly rushed downstairs.
Hinata stared after him, trying to process what he just said. Oh right dinner. What was the rush though? Was her presence really that hard to stand?
Naruto breathed a sigh of relief as he quickly jogged down the marble staircase. Why on earth did Kiba and Sasuke-teme have to force him to get her?? His nerves had been running high as he knocked on her door. When he saw her dishevelled state that she was in his guilty conscience rose even higher as he thought of the…'events' that they would have to put her through tonight and on top of that she seemed to have been giving him death glares underneath her matted fringe. Naruto shuddered involuntarily at the memory.
Naruto sighed…Well…time to start 'mission makeover'. Sasuke-teme had better have the 'drink' ready. And if that doesn't work…well, I still have a back-up plan. Naruto couldn't help but smirk in a Sasuke type of way.
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Dinner was an awkward affair. Hinata was sitting by herself on one side of the table whilst the three boys sat opposite her. A strained tension was present and Naruto's attempt to 'liven' up the atmosphere was not working. Naruto glanced nervously at Hinata. She didn't seem to be suspicious of anything. Good. In fact she was staring rather hard at the plate. Naruto's eyes darted over to Sasuke and Kiba. Kiba gave him a slight nod.
"Errr…I think I'll go and grab some drinks" Naruto said nervously and then he quickly slipped into the kitchen. Ok Sasuke-teme said that her cup would be the purple one, the purple one…Finding the tray of drinks that Sasuke had already prepared he entered the dining room again.
He could see Sasuke and Kiba trying to act as normally as possible. Naruto took a deep breath in just act like all those times you had to cover up for a prank…he quickly handed out the drinks, making sure that Hinata's was the purple cup.
She gave a murmur of thanks and she lifted up the cup. Sasuke, Kiba and Naruto drew in closer as they saw the cup getting closer and closer to her lips. The rim of the cup touched her lips. The boys held their breaths. But then suddenly…
"You guys did something to it didn't you?"
The three stared at her with bug eyes. HOW THE HELL…Hinata sighed as she put her cup back down again. "Isn't it a bit obvious? You guys have been acting all weird…normally if that blonde over there would say something stupid you guys would be smashing him on the head or something."
Sasuke twitched. The girl was smart…after only interacting them for a short while she could already pick up their habits. Great…their plans were in ruins now. Might as well admit what they were going to do and see if she'd go along with…
Naruto pulled out something from his pocket with a grin. It was a photo.
Sasuke and Kiba glanced each other. What on earth…
They inched in closer and...
Kiba and Sasuke tried to stifle their laughter when they saw the photo. It was a picture of a much younger version of Hinata and she was dressed in a ridiculous pink, frilly and lacy dress.
Hinata went bug eyed and tried to grab the photo, however Naruto quickly stuffed the photo back into his pocket again, a grin plastered across his face. Kiba roared with laughter and Sasuke settled in for a smirk.
FLASHBACK
"Oi Naruto!"
"What Obaa-chan?" he spun around looking slightly annoyed. "The bus is gonna be here soon"
Tsunade glared at him, making Naruto shut up. "Look…just in case you can't…persuade Hinata I have one final item that should be able to help you" she said slipping the photo into Naruto's hand.
END FLASHBACK
A blush was starting to spread across Hinata's face. I AM SOOOO GOING TO KILL OBAA-CHAN FOR THIS. She sent killer glares at Naruto.
Naruto couldn't help but shiver slightly at this. God she was freaky.
"Give the photo back" she whispered in a deadly quiet voice.
Sasuke smirked. "Not unless you co-operate with us" Hinata stared at him. Sasuke smirked even more at this, "You wouldn't want that photo to be leaked out on the schools' internet would you?"
Hinata felt herself go pale at the idea…oh god…she will never be able to live it down. Stupid, stupid Obaa-chan. Her life was fine until she had to send these three guys over here. God. But there was no other choice…she couldn't afford to let everyone else see the photo. She sighed.
"Fine, I'll go along with your stupid idea."
The three hi-fived each other. Stage one of mission makeover…complete.
"Naruto, Sasuke!! Hold her down more!!"
"Shut up dog-teme!!! Why don't YOU try doing it??!!"
Kiba growled but let the comment pass. He had to concentrate otherwise he's end up poking her in the eye with the scissors. Ok…let's try trimming this fringe a bit so we can actually see her face.
Hinata felt herself panic. "NOOOO!! ANYTHING BUT THE FRINGE!!" Naruto and Sasuke gritted their teeth and tried to hold her down more. Damn she was strong for someone with such a small build.
Kiba bit his lip and then positioned the scissors and…snip. He started to trim down her wild mass of hair (they had forced her to wash her hair first). Thank god for those designer courses. He started to layer her hair and give her a fringe. Hinata tried to escape but Naruto and Sasuke held her down firmly.
After a few more minutes of cutting, Kiba gave some finishing touches to her hair and stood back to take a look at his end result and…he went bug-eyed.
Instead of the 'thing' that they had seen earlier this morning this girl was…cute. Kiba felt himself slightly drooling. Were they really the same person??
The two bangs that Kiba had cut for her was gently framing her oval face. She had soft pale lavender eyes which were currently glaring at him at the moment. Kiba laughed nervously but he couldn't take his eyes off her creamy pale complexion and her full pouty lips…
"OI KIBA!!!"
Kiba snapped out of his trance. "Yeah what?" he asked, slightly annoyed. Naruto rolled his eyes. "Have you finished yet??? It's getting really hard to hold her down now" Kiba gave a slight nod. Sasuke and Naruto both sighed with relief and released Hinata who tried to rush for the door but Kiba got there first.
"We still haven't finished with you yet" he said smirking. He grabbed her by her shoulders and steered her back to the seat, forcing her to face Naruto and Sasuke.
Hinata lifted her head up hesitantly and saw Sasuke and Naruto staring at her, their eyes bulging. She ducked her head in humility. She felt tears starting to form in her eyes. Great…she had school tomorrow. Everyone would be able to SEE her. They'd all have the same reaction…
"IS THAT REALLY YOU HINATA??"
She looked up at the loud blonde and was about to retort back angrily.
"You look really nice Hinata!!"
She stared at him. Was this another one of their pranks?? But she couldn't see any signs of a sneer on the blonde's face. He was also smiling at her. She found herself smiling back. She couldn't help it. His smile was…infectious.
Naruto felt a bit startled. She had smiled. She looked even prettier when she smiled. Sure it wasn't a huge grin or anything but…he liked it.
Kiba coughed in a slightly annoyed way.
"Ok Hinata, first me and Sasuke is going to tell you about hair maintenance and a bit about make-up…"
Hinata felt her heart drop and she sighed inwardly…this was going to be a long night.
Hinata gulped nervously as she tried to smooth down her now shortened school skirt and tugged at her shirt (her skirt before reached down to her ankles). She took a deep breath in…just think about the photo…the photo…think about what would happen if everyone saw the photo… She glanced at the three guys behind her. Naruto gave her a reassuring grin whilst Kiba and Sasuke gave her a slight nod. She sighed…god…help me…I know I'm going to regret this…
And then she stepped inside the school yard, greeted by the usual screams and shouts and people who were running around wildly. This is going to be fine!!... she took another step in.
Suddenly the noise ceased. People came to a stand still.
For the first time in the school yard of Konoha's School of Arts.
Everything went silent.
By the way, to anyone who was wondering…Hinata isn't emo xDD. Anyways hope you enjoyed the chappie!! xDD s2 everlasting.rainbow