Kairo Chapter 3
Hinata finally reached her Apartment building after dashing home from the Hokage Tower. She felt different because now she actually felt that she was 'somebody'. She wasn't just a Hyuuga, not just a comrade, not just a Medical Nin. No, she was much more than she could ever want to be. Hinata skipped along the hallway of the apartment building and stopped at her door. She was just about to open it when she sensed a disturbance in the background. She turned around and surely enough, Sasuke Uchiha was leaning against the door in front of her own. He was looking at her like her head was on fire. Hinata shuffled her feet nervously, and tried to shield her eyes from view with her arms.
"What's the matter Hinata-chan?" he smirked as he emphasized the suffix.
Hinata tried her best to make her eyes invisible. From far away, if you looked at the way she was standing, you'd think she was being abused.
"I… Have to go!" Hinata shouted while turning around and opening the door rapidly. Sasuke stood in he same position, though he was shocked he didn't show it. 'What was that all about?' he thought still wondering why she seemed like she was hiding something. He turned to his door, and went inside to pack his stuff.
Meanwhile, Hinata was at in her room, packing the things she would need for the trip. 'I hope he didn't see my eyes! I want them to be a surprise… wait, WHAT?!' and here she was fussing over her new eyes, what a joke. 'They probably won't even care, so what's the point…' she moped to herself. She frowned as she brushed back a few indigo tresses. She walked over to her bedroom to gather her belongings. She grabbed her baby blue shoulder bag and paced over to her walk in closet. She gathered a few new outfits. 'I need to buy some more biker gloves to go with these too…' she thought. Indeed, Hinata was obsessed with punk styled clothing, even if she wasn't a Rider, or a Goth. When she was satisfied with the amount of clothing, she made her way over to the washroom to get her tooth brush and hair supplies. She grabbed her purple hair brush and a handful of colored ribbons. She frowned slightly when she remembered Sasuke's expression when he was staring at her in the hallway. 'I wonder what his problem…is' she wondered. But she shrugged it off after a moment and chucked her bag over her shoulder, and headed to her office. She walked in and looked over at her desk. The mission fact file was still there. She wrinkled her nose at the offending piece of paper and grabbed a handful of kunai and shuriken from a case she kept spare weapons in. She packed those as well. She was ready. This was going to be one tough mission. Hinata sighed and shifted her chestnut eyes to the clock on the wall. '12:08… better get moving.' She slung the bag around her shoulders and ran to the door. This was it, the one chance she would get to show everyone that she was more than just a Hyuuga. Hinata smiled, and this time, her smile was for real. 'Time to change, for good!' was her last thought as she jumped into her purple sandals and sprinted out to the sun-baked sidewalk.
End chapter 3… For some reason I felt like making Hinata having an encounter with Sasuke before the real mission. Consider this chapter the 'get-ready' part of a story where the main character gets all geared up for the big event, in this case the big event is the mission. The gang will be meeting up and heading out to Suna to pick up the 'Sand-Gang' in the net chapter. Oh and don't worry, from here on, I'll make longer chapters.
Ja Ne!
-Suzume-kage