Chapter 3.
Of Hyuuga jerks and Things that always go wrong.
They came to a stop at a small town after a few hours of constant horse riding. Naruto would never admit it, but she was glad for a stop. Especially in a town, where there was food!
Her stomach made himself known. And Naruto went red with embarrassment when the Hyuuga girl turned around, with a raised eyebrow.
"What!.." , the blonde huffed.
The taller brunette just started at her. Those cold eyes were piercing her. A shiver escaped the small girl.
Why is she staring like that….ttebayo?
Naruto watched as the girl closed her eyes and turned away, eyes focused on the road again.
"We shall stop here, to eat"
The blonde nearly hugged her in joy.
Yes food! I'm so hungry I could eat a sandal!
She jumped off the horse and ran to the nearest ramen stand, drooling.
Ramen, ramen, ramen! Sure, it won't be as good as kaa-chan's, or Teuchi-jiji's but still, RAMEN! Finally I can eat you, ttebayo!
She turned around, intending to tell Neji to get ramen.
But of course, when as Uzumaki plans, it always goes wrong.
The tall girl was standing by her horse, patting it with one hand and slowly chewing on a meat bun.
Whaaa...
She marched up to him, hands on her waist and an angry scowl plastered on her face.
"What about me, you jerk!"
She didn't think that 'jerk' wasn't the best way to insult a girl, but she could care less. She WAS hungry! And this jerk here was eating right in front of her!
Another raised eyebrow greeted her fuming face.
"And I thought you had some manners and knew of proper etiquette. Seems I was gravely mistaken, and the introduction we had was just a merely a way to show me how a total failure behaves."
Naruto was getting redder and redder in face, eyes narrowed. But before she could open her mouth t argue more, the brunette continued.
"..besides, I am not obliged to feed you. It seems that you do not have money. And I had already payed for you. Or have you forgotten the incident in the market already? You really are an idiot."
He went back to eating the bun.
Naruto lowered her eyes. She was humiliating her. Damn her! Damn all those Hyuugas!
She willed the tears to go away. One thing that her mother taught her, was to never show weakness in front of others. Especially bastards…no wait, she is a girl, she cant be a bastard, right? Aaaaaaa…I'm confused, ttebayo!
She turned around and kicked a rock. Hard.
Itaiiiiii! This is all her fault!
She turned to glare at the Hyuuga, rubbing her foot with her right hand. Said Hyuuga was watching her amusedly.
Wait…she is laughing? No, I just imagined it. All the Hyuuga are stoic, cold and have no feelings at all! How would she know how to laugh! Pfff….
She looked down and spotted a penny on the ground. She lifted it up.
"Sugoi! I found money! This will even be enough for a meat bun!" She paused, thinking of her beloved ramen, but then let it go. She couldn't eat ramen all the time.
Thus, she ran straight to the bakery, leaving a very curious and amused Neji behind.
This boy is strange, reminds me of Lee…but…something is not quite right. He sure has some guts to stand up to me like that..
He laughed, then stopped abruptly, a hand over his mouth and his eyes wide.
What..is happening to me? Why does this boy have such a strong effect on me? Get a grip Hyuuga Neji! Why am I losing all the control of my emotions since I met this boy…
Nande…
He watched as the little blonde boy skipped back, hugging a meat bun to his chest, smiling like a little boy who fond treasure.
I guess that is treasure for him…
He rubbed his temples. He knew one thing. Headache was on tonight.
He silently observed the Uzumaki boy, as he sat cross legged on the grass and prepared to eat.
Naruto was bursting in joy. She found some money and now she was going to satisfy her stomach. She opened her mouth to take a bite, when a small whine caught her eyes. She looked down.
It was a small, red fox, staring up at the bun in her hands with wide crimson eyes.
Wait..red eyes? Weird…but so kawaiii!
"Are you hungry too? Here, let me give you half, ttebayo!"
Smiling, she broke the meat bun into two parts, and stretched her hand to the fox, willing it to take the food.
But the little fox had other plans, as it jumped on the surprised girl and in one quick motion both halves of the meat bun were in its mouth.
Naruto glared at the fox, who chewed happily, gave a small 'mew' and ran off.
"Oy! Matte…stupid furball!"
But she didn't run after the creature. She just slumped on the ground again, disbelief flooding her.
Then her nose smelled something..something incredibly yummy! She turned her head to find a bowl of ramen in the outstretched hand of one Neji Hyuuga, who was staring into the space behind her with serious eyes.
"Whaaa…", came an unintelligent and very unladylike gasp from the Uzumaki.
Neji just rolled his eyes.
"Take it, I won't let you starve. When a Hyuuga travels, their companions do not die of starvation. It is bad for our image".
He knew he was bullshitting now. But he would never admit that he felt a pang of guilt when he saw the boy's hungry face, plus he had witnessed the scene with the fox.
He is very kind and generous…reminds me of kaa-sama…
Hyuuga Neji was no idiot. He had noticed how the blonde ran to the ramen stand.
Seriously? Ramen? Its very unhealthy..but surprisingly the boy isn't fat at all. In fact…
His eyes rested on the thin waist of said blonde.
Neji had to slap himself to reality.
Great what is wrong with me? I was NOT staring at the waist of a BOY! I was not, of course not. I was merely concerned for his health, yes, that's it, nothing more…
After that he had decided to get that ramen. Plus he really didn't want to hear that growling stomach of the Uzumaki heir.
After Naruto happily slurped the noodles, much to the disgust of the Hyuuga, they were back on the horse again.
Neji was intending to get rid of the annoying blonde fast, for the little boy was a chatterbox.
Why the hell did I give him ramen? Does he get hyper from it?
"Oy, Neji baka…stop the horse!"
Annoyed he whirled around. The boy was staring at the ground a few feet from them. There was a small bird there, obviously fallen from the nest. The blonde was looking at it with a hurt expression, which changed to determination n a span of few seconds.
"I will get him up there, ttebayo!"
Neji grabbed his wrist.
"Don't be foolish. The mother will recognize the smell of a human if you touch it! She will leave the nestling to die!"
Neji glared at the boy.
The blonde glared right back.
"I have to try! I can't leave it alone like this! And on a road too!"
With that, she jumped off the horse and ran to the fallen bird. Neji signed, and feeling the headache increase, followed suit.
Naruto held the small nestling in her palm.
"There, I will get you to your home in a few minutes, don't be afraid," she cooed.
Neji raised an eyebrow.
Why is he action so…girlish? Sure I have heard from tou-sama that even Namikaze Minato acted AND looked like a girl when he was young, but this was too much….
Damn the blonde…damn him for giving me headaches.
He gripped Uzumaki's wrist, stopping him from grabbing a branch.
Said Uzumaki turned to stare at him, confused.
He had to admit that look was simply adorable.
Focus Neji….
"Let me do it", demanded the Hyuuga girl in a rough voice.
Naruto shook her head.
"You are a girl, a lady. And ladies do not climb trees.." , she sweatdropped a bit, being a hypocrite herself, and could almost hear Iruka's voice echo in her mind, "..isn't that correct, Hyuuga-sama?"
She noticed Neji flinch at being addressed as 'Hyuuga-sama', and chose this as a distraction. Before the brunette girl realized, she was already on her way to the nest.
Now, we all know, that when an Uzumaki plans, things never go right.
How did it end like this?
She groaned and sat up. Something on her head throbbed. The brought a hand there, but before she could touch it, someone else's, much bigger…and warm and stopped hers. She cautiously opened her eyes and stared at the captor of her hand.
What…the hell! Dattebayo!
Right. chap 3, done. The main things here are like in the manga, but since its still ongoing, and i haven't read a new chap after that one, i will continue this story in the way i thought it. so after this it basically has nothing to do with the manga i guess. oh well. hope you guys enjoyed this!