Me: Sorry for the late update. It's just I wanted to do this differently then my other stories so I wanted to stay a certain chapter ahead of the one I updated. And for good news - other than there being an update - I found out the gender of my imaginary friend.
Imaginary Friend: You should have had to find out my gender. you thought me up.
Me: Who cares.
Imaginary Friend: Obviously you since you wanted to find out so much.
Me: *Shrugs shoulder* anyway I don't own Naruto.
Chapter 6 Tuesday
Hiashi led Hinata into the house and gave her a tour, telling her all about it. He showed her his room and office, her room. He showed her where the bathrooms were and where other people rooms. Once they had finished the tour Hiashi led Hinata into the dining room where two people a boy and a girl sat eating lunch. The boy had long black hair tied in a ponytail just like Hiashi. He had pale skin and white eyes like Hiashi. Yet he looked nothing like him. The girl on the other hand looked more like Hiashi then Hinata herself did. The same skin tone hair color and the way she carried herself. Once they had entered the room the boy and girl turned to look at her.
"Hanabi Neji this is Hinata", Hiashi introduced them, "Hinata this is Hanabi and Neji." They raised a brow at Hinata as they greeted her. Hinata nodded her head in their direction but said nothing.
"Hinata here will be living with us", Hiashi told them. And that's when all hell broke loose. The little girl Hanabi stood up outrage at what she heard. There was no way she was going to let someone mooch off of them.
"Father how can you let some street rat stay here with us what if she deicide to steal form us", Hanabi shouted. Her shouting cause some of the maids and servants to start listening in on the conversation. Hiashi sighed. He knew something like this was going to happen.
"One Hinata is not a street rat. Two, I am letting Hinata stay here because she is as much a part of this family as you two are", Hiashi told them. Neji being the only calm one of the two caught on to what he was saying.
"You mean she has our blood in her", Neji ask. Hiashi nodded his head as Hanabi looked on with confusion.
"Hinata is my daughter from my first wife", he told them, "And I want you guys to treat her with respect." He then turned to face Hinata, "And you will do the same." Hinata rolled her eyes but nodded her head. The other two nodded their heads as well.
"Good", Hiashi said, "I have things to do so I will leave you three to talk." And with that he left them by their selves. Hinata stood standing observing them as they seemed to do the same with her. Only they were sitting down. Hanabi smirked as she opened her mouth to speak.
"Is that the only thing you brought with you", she ask pointing to Hinata book bag. She was trying to get her riled up. Maybe then her father would deem her to troublesome and throw her back where ever he got her.
"Nope the rest of the stuff is still at the house", Hinata told her. Once she finished talking she went to go into her room where she wasn't seen again until the next day.
Hinata woke up early in the morning to someone knocking on her door. She got out of the bed after a while and went over to her door. As she headed over to her door she walked passed her mirror and stopped. Looking at herself in the mirror she frowned. Her eyes swept over her body and her face stayed the same. Hearing the knock on her door again she turned her head away from the mirror and went over to it. Opening it she saw one of the made there.
"You're Akiko right", Hinata ask. Akiko nodded her head and smiled.
"Yeah um I came to tell you that you have school soon and to get dressed", Akiko said while bowing. Hinata stared at her.
"Don't bow to me okay", Hinata said. Akiko looked up only to see Hinata closing the door in her face. Laughing quietly and shaking her head Akiko went to wake the others up. Hinata once she closed the door on the woman face went to wash up in the bathroom that was connected to her room. Once done she went and put on a black hoodie along with black skinny jeans and her black converse. When she finished Hinata exited her room and went down to the dining room where she knew everyone else was at.
"It seems the beauty queen as woken", Hanabi said once she saw Hinata. Hinata naturally ignored her and went to get her something to eat. Mad Hanabi huffed and got up to leave. Neji shot her a look and stood up as well.
"Hiashi wanted me to walk to school with you", he said staring at her. Hinata raised a brow.
"Why I know the way", she said, "And can't you drive." Unaware that the last statement would set him off, she said it. Neji slammed his hands on the table and got up to leave. Confused she turned to look at the only occupant in the room besides her. Akiko who was watching the whole thing went over to talk to Hinata.
"His parents died in a car crash and ever since then he never stepped foot in one", she told Hinata. Hinata made a humming sound and nodded her head. She turned to face Akiko with a sad smile.
"Car crashes do suck." And with that said Hinata left the house leaving a shock and confused Akiko. Once out of the house Hinata made her way to school. As she walked she looked for Neji. No matter how emotionless she may seem she could still feel things. She knows what he was going through what he still is going through, so she will apologies to him. Then again how was she to know that his parents died in a car crash? So she wasn't the only one who had to apologies. Before she knew it Hinata was already at the school. Walking inside she mentally shook her head when everybody moved out of her way. Going to her locker she took out her first period book then headed to class. She let out a sigh when she didn't see Neji. Looks like her plan was on hold.
Lunch Time
Sakura had just got out of class and was making her way to the lunch room when she bumped into somebody throwing all her books to the floor as she and the other person both tumbled down to the ground. Opening her eyes to see it was Hinata who she bumped into she started to get nervous. Now she would be considered a liar if she would of said that she wasn't scared right at that moment. Knowing that Hinata could probably be able to take her in a fight made her scared of what Hinata might do because of her bumping into her. But one look in Hinata eyes all thoughts of Hinata beating (Killing) her were gone. The girl had showed genuine concern for her.
"Hey are you okay", Hinata asks her, holding her hand out to help her up since she was already standing. Blinking twice Sakura grabbed Hinata's hand and Hinata pulled her up before she bent down to pick up Sakura's book. Sakura seeing this bent down as well to get her stuff.
"You don't have to do that Hinata it was my fault I wasn't paying attention when as I walked to the lunchroom by the way my names Sakura", Sakura rambled. Standing up the same time Hinata did, books in both their hands, Hinata handed Sakura her book as she shook her head.
"Actually it's my fault because I was rushing to get somewhere and back before lunch is over so I wouldn't be late." Hinata told her. She then started walking away before she stopped to turn to look at Sakura.
"Hey Sakura can you tell Neji that I'm sorry about what happened earlier today but that it wasn't my entire fault since I didn't know", Hinata said. Sakura nodded her head and watched as Hinata rushed off to go wherever she needed to go. Hearing the warning bell ring Sakura hurried up to her locker to put her books away before rushing to the lunchroom. Once inside she went to get her some food and went over to the table where her friends where sitting at. Giving Sasuke a kiss on the cheek she sat down putting her tray on the table.
"What took you so long", Ino ask as Tenten agreed. Sasuke gave a silent 'Hn' in his own language asking the same thing. Sakura eyes darted towards Neji before quickly turning to look at Ino.
"So Hinata must have said or did something that pissed Neji off. No wonder he was in a bad mood."
"I um bumped into someone and we had a little talk as we got my books together." The pink haired girl told them. She then turned her sights on Neji and openly watched him.
"Yes Sakura", Neji spoke. He had notice that her eyes had darted to him before she answered that question and now with her openly observing him he knew she wanted something.
"I was wondering", Sakura started, "Your hate for Hinata exceed more that then it just being about her being an ex delinquent and living with you guys… why do you really hate her." The others tuned into the conversation as they turned to look at Neji. They all wanted to know what his real problem with Hinata was. Ever since yesterday when they had learned that he knew next to nothing about Hinata their curiosity grew. Neji hates Hinata for other reason that much they gathered, but none of them knew what the reason was. Yet even with all the curiosity they had they respected his privacy. His reason was his own and they respected that. He would tell them when he was ready. But seeing that Hinata could actually show emotion and the way she had carried herself from time to time changed Sakura view of her if just a little. They were making Hinata seem worse than what she was. Neji eyes harden when Sakura asks that questioned.
"My reasons are my own", he told her quickly and in a tone that left no room for argument. Sakura was taken aback a little with the harshness in his voice. "You bumped into Hinata as you made your way here didn't you." He concluded. Sakura nodded her head.
"Yeah and the few words we exchanged with each others made me see her differently than the cold robotic way you make her out to be." Sakura said her voice rising at the end.
"Get real Sakura the girl's bad and no amount of word exchange with her will change that." Ino said as she glared at nothing in particular. Sakura rolled her eyes.
"You're just upset that Hinata indirectly called you a kid." She said.
"I thought Hinata was indirectly saying that Ino had the mindset of a little kid." Naruto piped in. Ino turned to glare at him while Sakura turned to look back at Neji.
"Hinata isn't all that bad." She told him. Neji raised an eye brow.
"Prove it." He said. Sakura frowned and her eyes widen. Not because she didn't have anything that proves that Hinata was better then what he made her out to be. Sakura frowned and widen her eyes because he asks her to prove herself.
"Well for starters she apologized to me when I bumped into her she even said it was her fault. She also helped not only me up but she also helped me picked up my books." She told him.
"And so", Neji said brushing off what she just said like it meant nothing. Seeing this Sakura glared at him as she stood up.
"She told me to tell you sorry for what happened earlier today. But how was she to know what she said would set you off." She yelled at him then stalked off. She dumped her tray then headed out the lunchroom. Since lunch wasn't over yet she headed over to the library to get on the computers.
"Trouble in paradise princess", a girl with red hair and black glasses said as she walked up to Sakura, a smirk on her face
"Screw you Karen." Sakura said as she picked up her pace to get away from the girl. Not because she was scared of her but because she wasn't in the mood to argue with the girl however Karen wasn't having that. She pushed Sakura up against the locker and glared at her.
"Listen here princess." She spat, "Sooner or later Sasuke is going to see you for who you really are and dump you quicker than you can say designer. Then right after he dumps you he's going to get together with me. So why don't you do us all a favor and give up on him or else." Karen said the turned around to leave. Missing Sakura roll her eyes and flip her off. Once Karen rounded the corner Sakura continued her way to the library like nothing happened.
Hinata
Hinata quickly rushed through the streets as she looked for the familiar head of her friend. She had left school little over fifteen minutes ago and lunch only last an hour and twenty minutes. Seeing the long black hair of her friend Hinata raised her hand and called out to her. Kin turned around when she heard someone call her name to see it was Hinata. Smiling she started to walk towards her friend.
"So you can raise your voice." Kin stated as she observed Hinata. "You seem depressed what's wrong." Hinata naturally ignored her friend sarcasm and quickly answered the other questioned she asks.
"What are you talking about I'm fine." Hinata answered as she raised a brow. Kin shook her head.
"I don't know about you Hinata but seeing someone where all black especially someone who doesn't where too much of one color could be a cry for help." She said. Hinata rolled her eyes.
"Look I have to get back to school soon so unless you know how to speed talk while still making your words understandable I advise you to talk now and talk quickly." Kin chuckled while shaking her head. Letting out a silent sigh she stared Hinata in the eyes. All playfulness left her eyes.
"Johnny the killer is looking for Byakugan again." Kin started. Both names made Hinata focus on her words as well. "He's calling Byakugan out for a fight and he's using the immunity as a way to say Byakugan has to fight." Hinata grounded her teeth as she clenched and unclenched her hand. She gave Kin a look before speaking.
"Why is he calling Byakugan out now?" Hinata asks skeptical of the whole things. Kin shrugged her shoulders and closed her eyes.
"He just learned about that Hinata which surprised us since it was in all the newspapers. I bet he's just jealous or something." Kin lied. Hinata groaned.
"Look I have to go now or I'll be late and that will only cause more problems can we finish this talk later or something?" Hinata ask as she stood up. They had moved over to the park that was closed by, taking shelter under a big tree, when they had first started talking.
"Why don't I drive you there we'll talk on the way?" Kin questioned. Hinata nodded her head and followed Kin to her car. They got inside her black car drove all the way to the school. Hinata was looking out the window as Kin told her what was going on with the Byakugan thing and what was happening since she left.
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Naruto along with Sasuke and Tenten watched Sakura leave the table. They were watching the conversation between Neji and her as it escalade into an argument. When she left Naruto questioned if someone should go after her while looking at Sasuke. Sasuke muttered his famous catchphrase but also wondered if someone should go after her. Tenten shook her head and told them that they should let her cool down first before tying to talk with her. They naturally saw this as the best option and nodded their head to it. An angry Sakura was a scary Sakura. Even Sasuke admitted it. When they turned to see the other two they saw Neji get up to leave. Naturally Tenten went after him. That left Naruto and Sasuke with a pissed off Ino. Ino wasn't as bad as Sakura when she was angry but she was directing all her anger at Naruto since he made that comment. In response, Naruto hightailed it out of the lunchroom.
"You're earlier Naruto." Kurenai stated when Naruto entered her room. Yeah the bell was about to ring and he really didn't think of where to go when he pissed someone off. So sue him if you want to for going to his math class. He rubbed the back of his head sheepishly while giving out a nervous laugh.
"Well I left the lunchroom and I didn't want to be stopped for roaming the halls and since the bell was going." Kurenai nodded her head at the answer and went back to work. Naruto went over to his seat and saw a girl with short brown hair and dark brown eyes. She feeling somebody stare at her look up from what she was doing and turned to se Naruto.
"Hey Matsuri." Naruto said. Matsuri nodded her head in his direction.
"Hello Naruto." She greeted him then went back to the work Kurenai gave her. She had just finished when the bell ranged. Giving the papers to Kurenai Matsuri said her goodbyes to them then was swept in the traffic of the hallway as she made her way to her locker. People started to fill the classroom as time went passed. Hinata then stepped into the classroom and went over to Kurenai. She whispered hello to her before going to her seat. It was quiet and boring as Kurenai went over her materials. Everybody was either quiet as they listened to her or talking really quiet as they tried not to get into trouble. Kurenai was friends with Anko the sadist and she would usually be around when they had detention. That was a fate worse than death.
"Pss Hinata." Naruto whispered trying to get her attention. It worked. She turned away from what she was doing to look at him. Looking out her side vision to see Kurenai was writing on the board she spoke to him.
"What do you want?" She whispered.
"I'm bored." He told her. She stared at him. And then she blinked.
"And what am I supposed to do about it?" Hinata asked. Naruto shrugged his shoulders.
"Something." He said. Hinata rolled her eyes and went back to her work. Naruto let out a sigh.
"Guess she isn't in a talkative mood." He thought as he went back to listening to Kurenai talk about quadratic equations. When the bell ranged everybody filed out of the class to go their locker. He went to history to see Sakura and Sasuke already there. He sat in his seat turned to face them.
"So what do you guys want to do after school?" He asked. Sasuke shrugged his shoulders while Sakura put on her thinking face.
"We can all way go to the mall and probably the arcade." Sakura said with a nod of her head. The other two nodded their heads as well as they thought more on what Sakura said.
"Yeah and then we can go to the food court." Naruto added. Sasuke nodded his head agreeing with the two.
"QUIET DOWN." Iruka yelled at them. They all quiet down as Iruka started talking about the French revolution.
after School
Naruto was the last to show up at the mall. His excuse, his parents had to talk to them. Sakura had asked what he meant and he told them that somebody was visiting them sometime this weekend.
"Do you know who it is?" Sakura asked. Naruto shook his head no.
"They didn't tell me who just that they had a kid my age." Naruto answered.
"You want us to be over your house that day?" Tenten asked. He shrugged his shoulders and looked over to Neji.
"So how's everything in the Hyuuga household?" He asked. Neji rolled his eyes but said nothing.
"Why don't we go to the arcade now?" Tenten said. Ino stood up and grabbed Sakura hand.
"Well I and Sakura have some shopping to do." Ino said while running off with Sakura. The other stared after their departure before shaking their heads and heading off to the arcade. They talked about random things on the way. And there conversation went mostly like this.
"Hey what games do you guys want to play first?" Naruto asked
"Hn." Neji grunted.
"Hn." Sasuke repeated. Tenten blinked.
"How about a little DDR", she asked. Neji shrugged his shoulder like he didn't care.
"Whatever." Sasuke replied. Tenten and Naruto shook their heads.
"You guys are so boring." They said at the same time.
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Kurenai had just finished grading her papers and looking after the detention students when the principal had called her to the office. When she got there she learned the principle was in a meeting with Kakashi probably about his tardiness to his class. When Kakashi left the office he was reading his orange book not paying attention to anybody around him. The principle looked out his office and called Kurenai in. when Kurenai entered the office she was told to sit down. She sat down and calmly asked him why she was here.
Me: Well there you go. Who? is Johnny the Killer? Who is this Byakugan person? How does Kin and Hinata know this person? How come Neji and Sasuke are so boring? And what does the principal wants with Kurenai? that and more will be reveled int he next chapter of Where the Heart Is.
Imaginary friend: Aren't you going to tell them now
Me: tell them what?
Imaginary friend: My gender.
Me: They can guess...but to be fair here is a hint. My imaginary Friends looks a little like an older Naruto.
Imaginary friend: No I don't! any way don't forget to review and tell us you like the story. and thanks to all of you who have reviewed already.
Me: Yeah thank you!