AN: Welcome back all to chapter 2 of Extraordinary Girl. Just giving everyone a heads up before the start of this chapter. This story will probably only be 4 or 5 chapters. I'm looking for a beta reader to double check my chapters for grammar errors and too much OOC-ness in the characters. Enough of this AN, on with the story.
Disclaimer: I don't own Green Day, any of their work, or Masashi Kishimoto's work like Naruto.
"Neji's thoughts"
"Hinata's thoughts"
"Regular talking"
She Can't seem to Get Away…
Back in the village, in the newly constructed district of the eldest clans, a faint light and sounds of fighting escapes a dojo on the Hyuga Estate. Sweat covers the floor, only broken up by a few foot prints of the combatants. Two cousins stand opposite the other, each in their clan's famous fighting stance, with bloodline activated; one almost a mirror of the other. But only the younger of the two showed the fatigue from their training.
"I think we'll stop here, Hinata-sama," Neji being the first to drop his stance and walk toward his cousin.
"B-But w-we usually don't stop for another h-hour…" She had to stop before finishing her protest to catch her breath, "I can st-still go on, N-Neji-nii-san."
The look he gave Hinata said it all, "Normally, yes, we would usually go until 11pm but you not only seem winded but also…" Neji paused, raising his eyebrow, "…distracted…"
Like so many times before, she nervously started pushing her index fingers together and looked down, blushing.
"It's about Naruto, isn't it…?"
"…yeah…" her embarrassment changing into sadness as she spoke.
"Hinata-sama, does this have something to do with Pain's attack, when you went to save him?" As Neji spoke, he placed his hand on Hinata's shoulder.
Clearly shocked by this attempt at a comforting gesture from her stoic cousin, Hinata's head shot up to meet Neji's gaze and behind his blank stare was a hint of concern in his eyes.
"N-N-N-Neji-nii-san, I-I-I…t-told him…" she inwardly cursed herself for stuttering.
"It's been two weeks since I said that I loved him. I haven't even been able to see him. By the time I was out of the hospital, he had already left the village again. Maybe he's avoiding me; maybe he was disgusted by my selfishness; maybe I not good enough for him; maybe…"
Hinata turned her head away, shutting her eyes tight and desperately trying to fight her doubts as well as the tears starting to form.
With a light shake, Neji snapped her back from her doubtful thoughts.
"Go to him then."
His words shocked Hinata to her core
"W-W-What?"
Neji sighed and continued, "Go talk to him, Hinata," clearly dropping the 'sama', "he arrived back in the village two days ago. Now is your chance to talk to him about what happened that day. And don't worry about Hiashi-sama, I will…cover…for you."
"He's right…I need to talk to him, or at least see Naruto-kun."
"Ok," she said sheepishly, "thank you Neji-nii-san." She quickly hugged him and left, jumping from roof to roof in search of the boy she loves.
"It never fails. Her greatest strength and weakness is one in the same…" With a small grin, Neji turned back to the dojo to keep up the appearance of his and Hinata's training. "Well Naruto, I'd say we're even…don't screw it up…"
AN:
Well that's chapter 2. Ch. 3 – Pet left in the Rain… is already in progress.
I'm up for reviews and suggestions.
And to my only ch1 reviewer, scratch scratch, hope I didn't disappoint.
And to everyone thanks for reading :)
