Disclaimer- I still don't own Naruto…That'd be great though wouldn't it????
Neji lifted her up and put her back in the bed and left the room…
He stood by the door and looked at it. He didn't know what to say he wasn't used to this. He never saw Hinata in so much pain. Even when he had beaten her half to death in the chuunin Exams she still did her best and though she didn't have the strength to muster up a smile at that time you could still see the smile in her eyes. This was a bitter sweet moment, he'd wanted Hinata to be comfortable around him of course, but he didn't want her to be in pain while doing so. He wanted to wring Naruto's neck, but couldn't really be mad at the man for being in love with someone else. In the back of his mind, though he would never admit to it, he was actually happy that Naruto loved someone else. Not that he wanted his cousin to be unhappy but he just didn't think Hinata fit well with Naruto, or maybe there were other reasons that Neji wouldn't admit to. He looked at the clock and it was about 10 o'clock he still had time to train before 12 so he left for the training ground.
When he got there he trained for about an hour when he heard a soft voice behind him
"Neji-nii-san..."
Neji turned around to see Hinata standing there. He bowed slightly to show respect, walked to her, and said
"Hinata-sama what are you doing out so late"
Laughing lightly Hinata said
"Nii-san I always train this late I usually get to the training grounds earlier though and train until 12… I don't usually come to this one though"
Neji looked at her; he almost unconsciously asked the question
"Why did you come to this one, this time?" Hinata blushed slightly
"Well I knew you w-would be at this one."
Neji looked at her but didn't say anything, Hinata suddenly felt smaller under his gaze and she started picking at her fingers. Then she said
"I wanted to thank you… for earlier I-I feel a lot better now, sorry for the inconvenience."
Neji grew slightly irritated with her hand gestures so he gently pulled her hands apart and let them go, and then he took his index finger to her chin and smoothly lifted so that her eyes were looking into his. Then he dropped his hands to his side.
"I don't mind Hinata- Sama, really."
Hinata couldn't understand why her heart was beating this fast, the only person that this happened around was Naruto.
"Must be because he was here in my time of need, don't think about it"
"Hinata –sama…" she heard Neji say,
"Y-yes Neji-nii san"
"Are you okay?"
"I-I'm fine, sorry"
"Shall we go, it's getting late"
Hinata looked up at the sky
"Actually, I've been in my room for two days I don't really feel like being in there anymore…"
Then she realized her "selfishness"
"But please Nii-san if you are tired you should rest, I will be home soon"
Neji would never leave her alone if he could help it, and today was no different
"Do you mind if I join you Hinata-sama?"
"Are you sure it's getting late"
"Hai"
"Then please, stay with me"
The way she said them made her words sound like they had a deeper meaning than what she intended them to have. She blushed a little from her words. Neji thought
"Whatever you want Hinata- Sama"
Hinata sat on the ground and Neji joined her. There was comfortable silence between them, nothing was said and nothing was needed to be said Hinata laid back and looked at the star filled sky. Habitually she started humming softly. Neji closed his eyes, happy to hear the sadness gone from her voice. Then she stopped and popped back up beside him,
"Sorry Neji-nii san! I didn't even realize what I was doing"
Neji looked at her,
"Why do you apologize? You have a nice voice."
He thought so much more of her voice than just "nice", words couldn't even describe what he thought of her voice but "nice" was all his pride allowed him to say.
She looked at him happiness in her eyes
"Really? I've been told countless times that I was disturbing others when I sang, so I've stopped singing around people, that really means a lot to me! Thank you, so much Neji-nii-san!"
She was about to hug him but stopped herself, she thought
"Don't get carried away Hinata! Just because he's a little nice to you, doesn't mean he doesn't still hate you"
Hinata thought back to the time when she poured out her pathetic story and tears into Neji's shirt, then blushed so hard she would put a tomato to shame. Neji watched her go from normal, to happy, to sad, to embarrassed in all under about 3 seconds and knew exactly what was on her mind. So he decided it was best not say anything about it. This was a delicate situation for Hinata after all. Hinata said
"N-Neji-nii san, I-I t-think w-we s-should g-get back n-now."
He listened to the stutter that had been gone all night come back with full force and this time instead of getting irritated he was slightly amused
"Whatever you say Hinata-sama"
They got up and walked back to the Hyuuga compound. When they got there Hinata said
"Umm Neji-nii-san… I just want to apologize one more time for putting you in that situation; I should have kept it to myself. Thank you again for being there… it helped a lot"
"It was no problem at all Hinata-sama"
He bowed and said
"Be careful getting to your room, sweet dreams Hinata-sama"
"you too Neji-nii-san" she bowed, turned and walked away while thinking
"I'm really going to have sweet dreams now"
Then she blushed from her thoughts. What in the world was she thinking like that for? She had just been crushed by her crushed no more than a week ago for Christ's sake! She wasn't being logical at all. She didn't even understand herself.
Neji stood there and watched her walk away until he could no longer see Hinata and then turned to walk to his own room.
When Hinata got to her room she laid in the bed and thought about the day's events Neji had been so nice to her, she tried to figure out why. He had hated her for most of his life why was he suddenly so nice? Then she thought to herself
"Probably because even my hard stoic cousin can't bear to see weakness in the flesh"
The next morning things were going as usual, Hinata got up, made breakfast, trained for a while, and then she went home to tend her garden. Neji walked up and bowed politely, and said
"Hinata-sama your father would like to speak with you immediately."
"H-Hai N-Neji Nii-san. I'll be right there."
Hinata got up and ran to her room there was no way she could visit the head of the family with her dirty gardening clothes on. so she got dressed fixed her hair and when she looked at the mirror she decided she was fit to speak with the family head. She knocked on the door and she heard her father's rough voice saying come in, she could almost hear the frown on his face. She opened the door immediately feeling the need to apologize to the head for keeping him waiting for the 5 minutes that she did.
"Sorry, to keep you waiting Odou-san"
She said bowing respectfully to him and Neji who had already been there she gave Neji a slight smile and said
"Sorry to k-keep you w-waiting as well n-Neji n-nii san".
Neji raised his eyebrow because there were two things weird about her words, 1) a head family member was bowing and a apologizing to a branch family member. 2) She stuttered when talking to him and not when talking to her father. The latter making him a little (though he didn't show it) upset.
"It's fine Hinata" Hiashi said with a wave of his hand, talking for Neji as well like he was sitting there. Hinata sat on the floor next to Neji. Neji gave her a bow to show respect and a small smile just because for some reason he felt like it. Hinata smiled back and then gave her father her attention so she could listen to what her father had to say. Hiashi started
"It is close to the time that I am to retire".
They listened intently to what he had to say, they realized that it had a lot to do with Hinata's future.
"As you know you were my first born daughter, so that means you by right, are to inherit the name of family head"
He looked at Hinata with the serious face that she had grown accustomed to seeing throughout her life.
"However, Hinata, though you are a strong warrior and have all the skills that a head should have, you still lack one major, important factor that I cannot, and will not over look. Your kindness is too plentiful for you to become the head of the family. You lack the drive to assert yourself in situations that require assertiveness. So in order for you to become head of the family you will marry a person that is strong in all of your weak areas Hinata, the choice of whom you marry is up to you so long as the person chosen has the Hyuuga Blood."
Hinata looked at her father intently holding back tears that, at this point, she was sick of crying. How was she to choose a husband? She barely even knew anyone with the Hyuuga blood that was right for her to marry. Though she had become quite close to the people of the branch family she knew her father wanted her to marry someone of the head family.
"Neji, the reason I have called you to this meeting is because I entrusted you with the task of protecting Hinata and overall you have a done a good job, so because of this I want to ask you, will you please supervise Hinata in choosing the man that she is to marry. She will choose the man However, he will not be allowed to Marry Hinata unless you give your consent, that is of course, if you choose to accept this task."
Neji looked at Hiashi with his same nonchalant expression and said
"I will be honored to accept this task Hiashi-sama"
Hiashi gave him a slight bow and said
"thank you very much Neji, the deadline is in 6 months if you do not choose a man by then, Hinata, one will be chosen for you, or, in the worse case scenario your sister will become Head of the family"…
A/N well not only did I take a long time to write it but its super short and no action at all. In the next chapter I will have a lot more action so please keep reading also as far as the story goes I will probably have about 4 or 5 chapters you guys will defiantly know for sure soon please keep reading. And review with your honest opinions.
A/N part 2: I changed quite a few points so the people who are really reading my story (I humbly thank you) it would be in your best interest to go back through and read it. I had so much that I wanted to change…. Thanx for reading and remember to review! It makes me so happy when you do and I really appreciate the people who tell me my mistakes I actually do try to correct them so please keep doing that as well! Love you guys talk to you in chapter 3