Chapter Seven – Getting to know you/ And the beginning of Team 8 and Team 7
A week has passed so far and the dark haired girl was now in the training grounds when the red haired approached her. She didn't seem to notice his presence, due to her single-minded focus, but Gaara's voice effectively broke it.
"Hinata…" He didn't seem to take notice of his less-than happy tone. She jumped and turned around to look at him. "O-Oh…h-hello G-Gaara-san…I-I didn't see you there," she smiled weakly. He said nothing and looked at her. She was started to get nervous since he wasn't saying or doing anything else in the period of five minutes, or it felt that way. She remembered him killing the three men, back in the Forest of Death. She looked to the ground, "What if he kills me? No one would even know. I mean they would know something but…that day…right now, no one is around to see anything…" She shook of her thoughts, but her body stayed rigid.
He noticed her fear but said nothing about it. "Ano…" He looked at her waiting for her to finish- or rather start- her sentence.
"Baka, you can't defeat me so you might as well give up." The boy with the scowl on his face stated. Naruto frowned. "Shut-up Sasuke you talk like you know everything but you don't. I can defeat you and I will prove to you and make you acknowledge me!" Naruto shouted with clenched teeth. Sasuke merely ignored him as the two of them walked towards the training grounds. Sasuke's eyes started twitching with Naruto's excessive talking.
"Does he ever shut-up? He goes on and on…it's annoying…" He thought to himself as he looked up as they got nearer to the training ground. He noticed that Hinata was there but she wasn't alone. His eyes widened in shock and fear as he looked at the person infront of her. He stopped dead in his tracks causing Naruto to turn around and look at him.
"What is it? Why'd you stop like that? Oh, I get it you're just afraid that I might kick your-"Sasuke pulled Naruto into the nearby bush.
"What the hell Sasuke!" He hissed as he looked at him. Naruto looked closely at his tem mate and noticed that fear in corner of his eyes. "What's up with you? And why did you pull my in here with you?" He asked, softer, this time. Sasuke pointed to Gaara and Hinata. Naruto looked at Hinata and then Gaara as fear started coming to him as well.
"T-That's him…t-the one that fought…Bushy Brows" Naruto uttered and looked at the scene before them.
Both thought back to the fight of Gaara and Lee. They had never seen someone like him before: Gaara. The way he killed that team back in The Forest of Death... He's killed before... Many times...
"What's Hinata doing alone with that guy?" Naruto asked as he looked at the two while trying to make out their conversation. "You don't think that he'll kill her do you?" The blonde asked.
"I'm not sure…the guy is crazy. If he tries anything funny we'll protect her." He stated causing Naruto to look at him in a surprise way, but understood.
"Yeah…She's our teammate and we'll protect her from that creep," Naruto grinned as he continued watching the two.
"Ano…G-Gaara-san…I'm sorry if I o-offended you in any way that…time when I said-"
"Don't talk about it. Just drop it." He stated, but there seemed to be no harsh tone about them. She looked up at him and smiled causing Gaara to look away from her.
"I don't get you."
"Ano…I don't know what you mean?" She said in confusion.
"First, you're afraid of me and then next you act as if you feel comfortable around me like we're friends. Do you fear me or not?" He asked with a glare.
"Ano…s-sometimes…there is a certain aura about you. At times you seem sad and at times you seem angry but…my mother always told me that you can tell a lot about a person by looking into their eyes. And when I really look at you…I feel like we are the same…" She stated. He peered at her with suspicion.
"What? How can Hinata be the same as that killer?" Naruto almost shouted. Sasuke was confused himself but didn't have an outburst like Naruto he just remain quiet.
"We are nothing alike. How can you compare yourself to me? Do you have a monster inside of you? Do you have an insatiable need to kill? Has your father ever tried to have you killed? Are you alone?" He asked in a bone chilling tone. But Hinata was not afraid, even as he inched himself closer towards her, until he was nearly inches away from her face.
"How can you compare yourself to me?" He asked.
"I may not have a monster inside of me, nor do I kill people. But I too have an uncaring father who doesn't care about me. He hates me and …he even kick me out the house and told my Sensei to take care of me. He said I was a lost cause. I am alone. Again, just like you…" He looked at her with a wider gaze. He couldn't deny the fact that this girl was almost similar to him. He looked at her and noticed that she wasn't looking at him.
He lifted her chin up with his finger causing her to blush and making her two teammates frown.
"What he thinks he's doing touching her like that!" Sasuke thought as he frowned.
"That baka who does he thinks he is touching on Hinata like that? I ought to kick his ass for touching her like that" Naruto thought trying to control himself.
He looked into her pearl white eyes as she looked into his sea green ones. As soon as he took his hand down, Sasuke and Naruto came into view.
"What do you think you're doing to our teammate, black eyes?" Naruto pointed his finger angrily at the red head. Sasuke just glared at him. Gaara said nothing as he looked Naruto.
"N-Naruto-kun…w-were you two spying on me?" She asked as she looked at the two in shock. They both turned they're heads. "NO…I mean well we were coming here to spar but then baka, over here, pulled me into the bushes and started spying on you two…So it was all his idea!" Naruto said as he closed his eyes in a pout.
"B-But you still spied on me too Naruto-kun," She stated. Naruto laughed nervously. Sasuke looked at Gaara. Gaara frowned at the ninja and then smirked.
"S-Sorry about that Gaara-kun," she stated causing the three boys to look at her in shock.
"She's defending him? When did they turn into friends?" Naruto thought as he glared at Gaara, who seemed like he was about to say something, but he didn't want to ask her about it in front of her teammates.
"Whatever..." He turned around, but then he stopped and looked back at Hinata. "Don;t loose the fight." He stated before walking off.
When he was finally gone, both Naruto and Sasuke looked at Hinata. "Who is he talking about? Why can't you loose?" Sasuke asked as he looked at his female teammate.
She looked down at the ground. "Right after you left from the hospital… Sasuke-kun when you came back to get your Kunai…Gaara-kun came in…"
"WHAT? WHAT FOR" Naruto yelled. "I don't like the idea that his getting close with you Hinata…" He pouted. Hinata blushed as she looked at him. "He's worried for me?" She blushed.
"And what happened? Why did he come to your room?" Sasuke asked.
Flashback
Hinata sat in the bed for awhile thinking about certain things and just as she was about to lay down he came in. She looked up at him in shock.
"G-Gaara-san…w-what are you doing here?" She asked. He said nothing until he came closer towards her looking down at her.
"I'm pretty sure you teammates didn't tell you who you are fighting in the third exams. They left to see you before they announced the pairings." He asked but sounded more like a fact.
"He came here to see me to tell me who I'm fighting? Why would he do that?" She thought to herself.
"W-Who will I be fighting?" She asked nervously hoping that it wouldn't be him.
"Hyuuga Neji" He stated. Hinata froze when she heard that name. Gaara could see the look of fear written all over her face and he smirked. "Are you…afraid of him?" He asked. Hinata did not answer as she looked down at the sheets on her bed.
He frowned since she didn't answer him. "He's part of the Hyuuga clan ne?" He asked. She nodded her head. "I see…" He walked towards the door and touched the doorknob, but before leaving he turned back to looked at her.
"I'll be fighting one of your teammates…" She looked up at him in shock.
"W-Who?" She asked weakly. He smirked as he looked at her.
"That Uchiha…" Hinata eyes widened. "He's the one that I want to fight the most…I might kill him in front of all those people…" He grinned in a deviously way. Hinata was speechless. She didn't want Gaara to kill Sasuke, she didn't even want either one of her teammates to fight Gaara.
"You look worried…Hi-na-ta…" The way he said her name made her shiver by not a good shiver and scary shiver. She looked away from him.
"I'll be seeing you around…" He said as he walked out of her room.
End Flashback
"What! You're fighting Neji?" Naruto asked in shock. She nodded her head. She then looked at Sasuke. "S-Sasuke-kun…" He looked at her.
"He also told me who you are fighting" He looked at her as his eyes widened.
"Please tell me that I'm fighting him." He thought.
"Sasuke-kun…you're fighting Gaara-kun" She stated. Sasuke smirked. Naruto looked at Sasuke and then Hinata. "Who I'm I fighting Hinata? Did he tell you?" He asked. Hinata thought back to what Gaara had said about Naruto.
"That idiot that's on your team he's fighting some girl name TenTen from your cousins team." She recalled him saying.
"You're fighting TenTen," she stated. Naruto mouth dropped. "I'M FIGHTING A GIRL?" He yelled. Sasuke smirked while Hinata winced at the sound of his voice.
"This isn't fair! I don't want to fight a girl I want to fight a guy!" He pouted. Hinata giggled as she watched him act like a child.
"Tomorrow is the day that we train with Team 8" Hinata looked at Naruto and knew that he was going to be happy since he would be able to see Sakura. She like that Naruto noticed her, but she doesn't him to always focus on her.
Hinata looked away from Naruto towards Sasuke. She knew that she wouldn't be spending any alone time with him. He made her way too nervous and she didn't like being around him when she was alone. She knows that Naruto would leave to go walk with Sakura and that will leave her alone with Sasuke, but then Kiba was on that team meaning she'll have someone to talk to. Not like she doesn't talk to Sasuke- he does talk- but he's quiet, much like her, and it would be an awkward silence for her. Being around Kiba was like being around Naruto. He was loud and goofy, a bit temperamental, kind and caring, but the only thing that sets Naruto apart from Kiba is that Kiba likes her and notices her every day.
She looks away from the both of them. "Well… I'll let you two spar…I think I'm going to go for a walk. I'm done training for the day…" She stated as she started to walk away from them but Naruto stopped her by pulling her arm.
"Hinata, is it alright if I come walking with you?" He asked. Hinata blushed as she nodded her head. Sasuke frowned as he looked at Naruto and Hinata. "I think the only reason you want to hang with her is because you know that if you stay and fight me you'll just lose…like always" He smirked. Naruto turned back and looked at the dark haired ninja.
"That's not true…and I can defeat you!"
"You mean you can't defeat me…your weak…just like her." He said as he looked at Hinata with a smirk. Hinata frowned as did Naruto. "You don't know what you're talking about Sasuke!" Naruto yelled as he looked at Sasuke.
"I do…and what I say will remain you-are-weak…" He looked at Hinata and closed his eyes. "Especially you…you annoying, useless idiot…" Hinata frowned as tears started forming in her eyes. Naruto looked at Hinata and noticed the tears. "H-Hinata…" He said in concern. "Looked what you did you baka! You made her cry!" He shouted. Sasuke opened his eyes to find a very pissed off Hyuuga looking at him. His eyes widened. He never had seen Hinata this angry before.
"You're such a liar…you baka… I hate you" She then ran off leaving a confused Naruto and a shock Uchiha. "Man, I never heard a girl say that they hated you." He laughed. "This is a first," Naruto grinned. Sasuke glared at the hyperactive ninja making Naruto frown at him.
"Don't get mad at me because she got mad at you. You shouldn't have called her that, if I were you I'll go apologize to her. She looked pretty upset…" He stated as he walked off. Sasuke couldn't get Hinata's eyes out of his head.
"She called me a baka and a liar… She said that she hated me. Well I guess I did break that promise…" He thought to himself. He knew that he should go and say sorry to her but her couldn't get himself to do it.
The Hyuuga girl ran until her legs gave out and she found herself standing near The Forest of Death. "I can't believe him…I wasn't going to let it get to me at first when he broke the promise but this time I just had it…how can he be so careless and cold towards me all the time and not just me but other people also. He doesn't realize what he says to other people can hurt them. But it's not like he cares in the least bit all he cares about is himself! He always hurts me with his words…I know he also hurts Naruto-kun but Naruto-kun isn't sensitive like me so it might not hurt him to hear words like that. As for me growing up with a father who brings you down all that time you can get depressed quickly and Sasuke-kun isn't making it any better by calling me weak, useless, and annoying. Sometimes I almost wish that I was just on Kiba-kun's team so I can get away from certain things…" She sighed as the tears continued flowing down her cheeks. When she looked up she sees Gaara.
"He just comes up out of nowhere." She looked at him.
He notes her tears, he didn't like seeing them for some reason. He walked towards her and kneeled down to her level. He put his hand up and wiped her tears away. She looked at his finger and noticed that his finger was wet from her tears.
"I don't like seeing this." He said quietly. She looked at him in a puzzled way. Seeing that she didn't get what he was saying he came out and told her.
"I don't like seeing you cry like this…" She looked at him in shock as she blushed. "Could Temari been right? Could Gaara-kun like me?" She thought as she continued blushing.
"Who made you cry like this?" He asked. She wiped her tears from her cheeks as she shook her head. "It doesn't matter now…" She stated as she looked away from him.
"But…t-thank you for caring…" She said as she blushed even harder. He looked away from her, a frown settled on his face. "Don't do that," he stated with a glare away from her.
"Do what?" She asked.
He grabbed her hands. "Fiddling with your fingers…it's annoying…" He looked at her once more. She nodded. He noted how soft her hands felt as they looked at one another.
"What's this feeling? Why do I feel like this every time I'm around her?" He thought as he looked into her eyes. She blushed as she looked away. "Can I have m-my hand back?" She asked as she smiled at him. Gaara quickly removed his hand away from her and stood up frowning at her.
"Do me a favor… Hinata…" He turned his back on her. "I don't want to ever see you cry again…I don't like it." He stated as he stood there waiting for her to answer him back.
"H-Hai…" She saidwith only slight hesitation. He slightly turned his head to glance at her from the corner of his eye as he smirked at her.
"G-Gaara-kun…a-are you leaving?" She asked shyly. He corked his invisible eyebrow up. "Do you not want me to leave?" He asked as he turned fully back around to face her. She stood up and shook her head which surprised him.
"I want…to become your friend, G-Gaara-kun… And…I-I want to get to know you a little better and…I would like it if you would stay here… with me…?" She said but sounded more like a question. He looked shock as he looked at her. Most girls were afraid of him, but not Hinata…At times she was scared, but she was different and he liked that. He nodded and sat down besides her.
"I'm not much of a talker…so don't ask me a lot of questions…" He looked at her. She nodded, "I don't talk too much either."
"Well… what is it that you want to know?" He asked.
"Ano…what was your…c-childhood like?" She asked. He frowned but then his frown was replaced by a looked she couldn't comprehend.
"Kids were afraid of me and the adults feared me. There was only one person that cared about me…he was my uncle." Hinata listened to his story.
"But he deceived me…Tried to kill me and I didn't know…so I killed him…" Hinata gasped. "I was six…when I did it…I kill my uncle because he tried to kill me. I love no one but myself…I care only for myself…" He looked at her and noticed her shocked expression.
"I stole my mother's life at birth and as Kazekage's son I was overprotected, spoiled and left alone. I thought that was love…Until that accident happened… In past six years, my father has tried several assassination attempts. 'So why do I exist and live?' I asked myself that question but I could not find an answer. I need those reasons while I am still alive, or it would be the same thing as being dead. And this is what I concluded: I exist to kill everyone other than me, I fight only for myself, and love myself. And as long as there are people to kill in this world…to make me experience the joy of living…my existence will remain…" He looked at the shocked Hyuuga girls face as he turned his head away from her.
"Do you still wish to be my friend after I told you that?" He asked. She nodded her head. "Why wouldn't I want to be your friend?" She asked him. He looked shocked by her answer. "The fact that I'm a monster and a killer," he stated. She shook her head. "Other people may see you as a monster G-Gaara-kun but I don't…I see you as you- Gaara- not a monster. And I would like to become your friend…Gaara-kun" She said as she smiled at him. He looked away from her as held his head down casting a shadow so you couldn't see his eyes.
"She still wishes to be my friend…even after I told her…" He still had his head held down. Hinata looked up into the sky as the rain started pouring down, hard, on the both of them. Withing seconds they were soaked.
"I didn't think that today would be raining…it was such a nice day to-"A loud thunder strike was heard, causing Hinata made a 'yelp' and close her eyes. She grabbed onto Gaara, burying her head on his chest to muffle her fears. She hated the lightning and thunder. Gaara eyes widened in shock when he felt her hold onto him like that. He wasn't use to being touched and he wanted to push her away but he didn't…he like the way it held having her in his arms. He slowly wrapped his arms around her. She didn't seem to notice.
"It's just lighting and thunder…Why are you so scared?" She looked up at him and blushed. "Ano…Gomen nasai G-Gaara-kun…I didn't mean to…" She let go of him and she stood up.
"I should get going…it's raining really hard and I should get home…" She stated. He stood up as well while looking at her flushed face. "You shouldn't be walking in this weather… just… stay here with me…" He looked over at the stands near The Forest of Death.
"We'll go in there," he grabbed her hand and he pulled her towards the stand. As the two walked inside they both sat down on the floor.
Gaara looked at her and then up at the sky. "We'll stay here until it stops raining…okay?" He said. She nodded. "Hai…" She responded. She looked at him from the corner of her eyes and blushed.
"Why is he being so nice to me all of the sudden?" She continued blushing.
"Why are you looking at me like that...while blushing?" He asked her. She looked away. "No reason…" She stated as she blushed even more causing Gaara just to look away from her. It continued thundering and each time it thundered she made her way closer and closer towards him until she was sitting right next to him…shoulder to shoulder. He noticed it but didn't make a comment about it.
"Ano…G-Gaara-kun…"
"Hmm?"
"Is it o-okay if I rest my head on your shoulder?" She asked.
He gave her an odd look, "I don't care." She slowly laid her head on his shoulder.
"Arigatou, Gaara-kun…for opening up to me and being my friend," she said with a smile. Gaara said nothing as looked up in the sky and noticed that it was now calming down outside. It stopped raining.
"It stopped raining now…we can go…" He told her but got no respond. "Hinata?" He called out to her. He could hear her breathing softly and knew that she was sleeping. And first the first time in a long time when he looked at her sleeping face…he smiled.
He picked her up and put her on his back. As he stood up and walked down the stairs with the Hyuuga girl on his back. As he walked away from the forest of death and started walking towards the streets of Konoha he saw Sasuke. He didn't look at happy when he saw his teammate on the red head's back, but Gaara didn't give a care what he thought.
"What do you think you're doing?" He asked Gaara.
"Carrying her…what does it look like?" He frowned.
"What were you doing with her?"
"What are you, her father? What's with all the questions?" He glared, causing Sasuke to frown.
"If you must know, I saw her crying earlier and to make a long story short, she wanted me to stay with her and that's what I did…I stayed with her until the storm was over and then she fell asleep," Gaara then paused for awhile and looked at the Uchiha. "She fell asleep on me," he looked to see what the Uchiha would say or do. He didn't say anything but the look in his eyes said it all.
"I know where she lives so I'll take her back home." Gaara gave the sleeping Hyuuga to Sasuke. Hinata was now being carried bridal style by the Uchiha. Gaara looked at Hinata and turned his back on Sasuke.
"Oi…" Gaara stopped and waited for Sasuke to finish.
"What?" He said in a cold tone.
"Don't make her cry again…"
"It's nothing of your concern…" And with that he left. Sasuke frowned as he looked at the red head walk away.
When Sasuke finally arrived, Kakashi wasn't even at home. He was lucky that he remembered Kakashi saying that he keeps a spare key under the mat, just in case. Sasuke lifted up the mat and saw the key as he knelt down and picked up the key and unlocked the door trying to still hold Hinata in his arms.
When he opened the door he quickly closed it with his foot. He then walked around and placed Hinata in her room on her bed. As soon as he laid her down she opened her eyes slowly.
"G-Gaara-kun…?" She whispered. Hearing this made Sasuke frown.
"I'm not that baka so don't call me that" He hissed. Her eyes shot open as she looked at Sasuke. "G-Gomen Sasuke-kun...I didn't mean to call you that…it's just that I thought that Gaara-kun took me home…" She trailed off feeling embarrassed and awkward.
Sasuke rolled his eyes as he looked at her. "What were you doing with him anyway?"
"Why do you care? I was with him because I wanted to be because he's my friend." She stated firmly. He looked at her in shock. "Hn…whatever, look Kakashi isn't here, but I'm leaving." He walked towards the door but then he stopped.
"Look about earlier… I'm sorry…" He said quietly.
"Sasuke-kun you promised me that you wouldn't call me that anymore but you still do and today I just had it… I'm sorry that I called you a baka and told you that I hated you…I was very angry with you," she confessed while looking at him. He turned around and just smirked at her.
"It's okay." He said. "She's always so forgiving…" He smiled as he looked at her.
"Well I'm off." He said as he walked out of the room. As soon as he left Hinata started thinking about Gaara and how gentle and caring he can be. She blushed when she realized that she fell asleep on shoulder. "…Gaara-kun…" "I'm glad that his letting me become his friend…I just hope that he could change his killing habits." She thought as she turned to her side.
It was now the next morning the day where her team was getting put up with Team 8. As she got up she looked at her clock. It was 4:30 am and she could hear Naruto's voice coming from the front of the room. "If he's here that means Sasuke-kun is here. They must have come at 4:00…man what time are our teams suppose to meet? I better get ready…" She got out of bed and slowly opened the door trying not to make a lot of noise so that all the attention would be on her with her night clothes on. But the door made aloud creek noise as she opened it causing both Sasuke and Naruto to look in the direction where the noise came from while Kakashi kept his head in his book.
Hinata quickly ran to the bathroom and shut the door. "Man I could have sworn I just seen Hinata…didn't you?" He looked at Sasuke but he just glared at him.
"Man what's wrong with you?"
"You."
"Me? What did I do?"
"You're talking a mile per minute non-stop and it's annoying. How can you have so much energy in the morning?" He asked as he frowned at him.
Naruto just grinned causing Sasuke to frown at him. "Sounds like someone isn't a morning person." Kakashi stated as he peered up from his book to glance at Sasuke. Sasuke just grunted. "Well you're not the only person…Hinata is pretty grumpy herself," Kakashi said as he looked back at his book. Sasuke was shocked but didn't really show it.
"Hinata? Grumpy? I can't picture it. Can you Sasuke? Can you? Huh can you? Can you?" Naruto asked the raven haired ninja.
"Will you SHUT UP!" Sasuke yelled the last part. Naruto looked at Sasuke and gulped as he then shut his mouth. Kakashi just chuckled as the two quarreled with each other.
Hinata finally came out the bathroom fully clothed but she still looked really tired. "Good morning Hinata," Naruto said rather loudly.
"Hn…" Is all the Hyuuga said as she looked at him. Naruto gave her a certain look as he watched her walk towards the front door.
"Are we leaving now?" She asked Kakashi.
"Hai…let's go." He stated as they all walked out the house. As they were walking Naruto continued glancing at both Hinata and Sasuke and noticed they both had that same expression on their face: tired and annoyed. Naruto was shocked because he never seen this Hinata before, they had never got up this early before on a mission and had no idea that Hinata wasn't a morning person. Kakashi on the other hand, knew this and never said anything until today.
"Oi Hinata…um…you left without eating and…" He noticed the annoyed look on her face as she waited for him to finish talking. He gulped. "Man this grumpy Hinata is really scary…scarier than Sakura-chan when she's mad…" He thought as he gulped. "Ano…here it's for you." He handed her a cinnamon roll knowing that she liked them. Hinata looked at the cinnamon roll and then back at the blonde. He thought that she wasn't going to take it at first but then he noticed that her eyes all of a sudden lightened up.
"T-Thank you N-Naruto-kun." She took the roll and blushed when they're hands brushed together. He looked at her and noticed her faint blush. And right then and there it hit him like a ton of bricks.
"All those times that I saw Hinata blush at me…and…I…how can I be so slow. She looks at me the same way Sakura-chan always looks at Sasuke… Hinata likes me!" He thought to himself as he stared at her with wide eyes.
"Ano…N-Naruto-kun are you okay?" She asked while blushing since he was staring at her which was making her nervous. "Yeah…I'm fine I just realized something that's all…" He grinned. He watched as Hinata give him a small smile as she started to leave his side to walk beside they're sensei.
"Man, I can't believe Hinata likes me. But why me? I'm not going to lie, Hinata is a very nice and sweet girl but I have no feelings for her in that way, I only like Sakura-chan…man how can I tell Hinata this. I know if Hinata ever confesses to me that she likes me I'll let her down easily by telling her I only see her as a friend and nothing else." He thought to himself but then he could see Hinata's hurt expression. He sighed to himself as he glanced up at her. Sasuke noticed that Naruto was looking at Hinata but said nothing.
As they finally made it to where they were suppose to meet Team 8, they could see Kiba, Shino and Sakura along with their sensei all waiting for them.
"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura ran towards Sasuke and hugged him. "I'm so happy to see you!" She smiled as she continued hugging him. "What about me Sakura-chan? Are you happy to see me?" He pointed to himself while smiling.
"Iie!" She said with a frown. Naruto then looked away from Sakura with a sad expression.
"…Naruto-kun…" Hinata whispered as she looked at his sad expression. Unfortunately Naruto heard her and slightly turned his head to see Hinata looking at him with a sad expression on her face. But when he looked at her she immediately blushed and turned her head away from him.
"Why was she looking at me like that?" He gave her an odd look. "Hinata why were you just looking at me like-"
"Oi, Hinata!" The Inuzuka made his way towards Hinata, blocking Naruto's view of her. "K-Kiba-kun…"
"Woof!" Hinata giggled as she patted Akamaru. "Hello Akamaru." She smiled at the dog. Kiba grinned as he looked at Hinata, before looking back at Naruto and smirking.
"What was with that look? That's not the first time I've seen him look at me like that." He thought but he shrugged it off and walked towards Sakura and Sasuke.
"Alright teams, listen up! The reason why that you are here is to see how well you can work with others. The others teams are doing this as well," Kurenai stated.
"Kurenai and I will leave everything to you but we will be watching you from afar," Kakashi stated. Everyone looked around each other and then back at the teachers.
"So, we're going to be all by ourselves?" Sakura asked. Kakashi nodded his head. "Well, we're off," Kakashi said as he and Kurenai left the six ninjas.
They all just looked at each but said nothing that is until Kiba broke the silence. "Well I think we ought to get going, ne Hinata?" Hinata nodded. They all started walking Naruto talking with Sakura while Sasuke walked in front of Shino with neither of them saying anything. Kiba and Hinata were in front of everyone.
"Hinata I want you to stay near me at all times, okay?" Kiba told her. Hinata just nodded as she looked at him with a smile. The brown haired kid grinned as he put his arm around Hinata, as soon as he did that, he noticed that Naruto stopped talking as did Sakura. When he turned around everyone was looking at him.
"Tch…What are you all staring at?" He growled at everyone behind him. Sakura stared at Kiba in shock while Shino seemed to not care what Kiba was doing while Naruto and Sasuke seemed very pissed that Kiba was so close to Hinata.
"Quit staring at us like that baka!" He yelled and since his face was so close to Hinata's he was practically yelling in her ear.
"K-Kiba-kun…not so loud" She winced as she looked at him. He then looked at her and blushed. "Sorry about that Hinata…Come on let's get away from these nosy teme's" He stated as he grabbed her hand and speeded up his pace. Naruto frowned when he watched Hinata and Kiba together.
"Baka..." Naruto mumbled causing Sakura to look at him. Sakura then looked behind her to see Sasuke. "Sasuke-kun…" She then left Naruto's side to go walk next to him. He gave her and annoyed look as she looped her arm in with his.
"Sasuke-kun…this is going to be a wonderful week because I get to spend it with you." She smiled as she blushed. "W-Week?" He had no idea that this whole thing was going to be a week. A week with her around was going to be a nightmare, a living hell, there was no way he could deal with her for a week.
"Oh Sasuke-kun..." She snuggled her head on his shoulder. He quickly yanked his arm away from her grasp. "You're annoying…Why don't you go mess with Naruto or your other teammate just leave me alone." He stated as he walked away from her. Sakura looked down at the ground and stopped walking as she watched the group get ahead of her. "How can I get Sasuke-kun to like me? Hinata is so lucky to have him on her team…I knows she doesn't like him because Kiba once said someone else liked her," she thought to herself.
"So have you told that baka that you liked him?" Kiba asked the dark haired girl. She blushed but shook head. "Why not?" He asked. She remained quiet for awhile then she started talking.
"I'm not sure…probably because I know that he doesn't like me… Sakura-san is the only girl that he sees. I mean who wouldn't like her? She's pretty, smart…while I'm not smart and I'm not pretty like her…" Kiba frowned as he listened her to bring herself down like that.
"Don't say things like that…You are smart and strong…and beautiful. If Naruto can't see that then the hell with him he's missing out on one hot Hyuuga girl." He grinned at her. She blushed at his confession. "…Kiba-kun…"
"What? It's the truth" He grinned. "Hinata, I thought that maybe, you know…you'll maybe-"
"Kiba-kun…I know what you're getting at…and I told you once before that I only see you as a friend and nothing more." Kiba looked away from Hinata with a sad expression.
"But that doesn't mean that I'm going to give up on you." He looked back at her and blushed. She just shook her head and smiled.
They continued walking for about four hours until they finally had enough walking and decided to stop and take a rest.
"Man I'm so hungry…I would love a taste of some ramen right about now!" Naruto yelled as his stomach growled.
"Too bad there aren't any ramen places near," Sasuke smirked at the hyperactive ninja knowing that he'll make him mad.
"Ano…I-I brought some cup ramen. So all we need to do is boil it." Hinata stated while blushing since everyone turned to look at her.
"YEAH LET'S DO THAT!" Naruto shouted.
"Shut up baka." Sakura hit him on the head.
Hinata giggled as she looked at the two. "Ano…all we need is fire." She shyly looked up at Sasuke who sighed. "Fine…go get some firewood baka" He stated as he looked at Naruto.
"ME? Why don't you go get it?" He yelled.
"I'm the one making the fire and if you don't get the firewood…I guess there will be no ramen." He stated with his eyes closed.
"Fine," he pouted as he walked away from the group. Hinata walked towards Shino and smiled. "You have been awfully quiet Shino-san…are you okay?" She asked.
He nodded his head. "I'm fine…"
"Oh don't worry about him he's always quiet" Sakura stated as she walked towards Sasuke with a blush. Sasuke just sighed as he rolled his eyes. "So, Sasuke-kun, Hinata isn't trying to get close to you is she?" She whispered to him while looking at Hinata, who was talking with Shino. Sasuke looked at Sakura and corked up an eyebrow.
"Why do you want to know?" He asked.
"So she is, is she? I knew I shouldn't have trusted her. She seems all innocent and-"
"Shut-up, you don't know what you're talking about…so don't jump to any conclusions."
"So she doesn't like you right?"
"I don't know and don't care who she likes…She's annoying, just like you…Well, not annoying like you, but she is annoying," he stated while looking at Hinata smile at Kiba and Shino. Sakura looked at Sasuke and noticed something in his eyes that seemed different. She looked at who he was looking at and wondered what he was thinking about.
"…Sasuke-kun…"
"I'm back with the firewood!" Naruto stated causing everyone to look at him. Hinata smiled as she walked towards him. "Thank y-you for getting the firewood N-Naruto-kun." She smiled at him.
"Oh, it's nothing Hinata," he grinned.
They all watched as the raven haired ninja did his fire jutsu on the wood. They then waited for the three minutes until the ramen was done. Until then, it was very quiet and awkward. Naruto looked around at everyone. Sakura sitting next to Sasuke, while Shino sat off to himself, Kiba was pretty close to Hinata while Akamaru was in Hinata's lap and appeared to be sleeping.
"Sooo…um…" Naruto started trying to start a conversation. It was a very awkward silence for all of them; with the exception of Shino, who couldn't be happier with the silence.
"So, Sakura-chan…maybe after this we could go on a little date." He grinned but instead of receiving an answer he got a hit on the head by the pink haired girl.
"Never in a million years baka!" She sneered. Naruto pouted as he rubbed his head and he then looked at Hinata who once again had that sad look on her face. He knew it was because of what he just asked Sakura, but he wasn't going to not ask her just because Hinata would get sad, he likes Sakura and would always try to get her attention.
Kiba looked at Hinata and put his hand on her shoulder. "It's okay Hinata…you still got me by your side." He smiled at the girl. Hinata looked up at him and smiled.
"Arigatou Kiba-kun," she whispered knowing that he was just trying to cheer her up. He smiled, he knew what he said and said it loud enough for the blonde to hear him. He knew that he was glaring at him but didn't look at see if he was right; but he was right, Naruto was glaring at him.
"What you say that for Kiba!" He asked in an angry tone. Kiba looked at him and frowned.
"What are you talking about baka?"
"You know what I'm talking about"
"Geez you're a pain in the neck. Why don't you mind your own business and leave what I say to Hinata between her and I," he hissed. Sasuke and Sakura looked up at Kiba, while Shino just ignored them all. Sasuke glared at Kiba when he noticed that he was so close to Hinata.
"Kiba-kun that wasn't very nice," Hinata said as she looked at Kiba. Naruto looked at Hinata in shock as did Sasuke.
Kiba remained silent.
"I'm sorry N-Naruto-kun…I apologize on Kiba-kun's behalf…he didn't mean it," she stated. Naruto looked away from Hinata and Kiba. "Whatever…it doesn't matter anymore." Hinata caught the tone of his voice and he sounded mad but didn't say anything.
"It should be ready by now," Shino stated as he looked at the ramen boiling. Hinata put down Akamaru as she got up, walked towards the ramen and poured everyone a bowl for everyone.
"Here, Shino-kun," she handed him the bowl and he nodded as thank you. She then handed Sakura and Kiba their own before slowly handing Naruto his. "A-Ano here you are Naruto-kun," she watched him take the bowl from her hand.
"Thanks..." He said in a low tone. She stared at him for awhile that is until Sasuke cleared his throat. "Forgetting someone?" He asked in annoyance.
"AH! I'm sorry Sasuke-kun." She quickly walked towards him with the bowl in her hand but as she was walking towards him she tripped on a rock and landed right on top of him with the boiling hot ramen spilled, not only on him, but on her as well.
"Gomen…S-Sasuke-kun…" She whispered as her face turned a bright red due to embarrassment. She just tripped, not only in front of her crush, but on Sasuke and in front of everyone.
Sasuke growled in frustration as he looked at Hinata who was currently still sitting between his legs in front of him with her head buried on his chest. Sasuke blushed a little since she was so close to him but the blush quickly went away. Sakura of course was very angry seeing this and stood up to say something.
"Okay Hinata, I think you can stand up now…and get off of my Sasuke-kun!" She yelled as she looked at Hinata who still hadn't moved. Kiba looked at Hinata, but wasn't jealous because he knew Hinata didn't like Sasuke and she was just embarrassed. Shino continued to watch the commotion in silence; and as for Naruto, well, let's just say he wasn't so happy about what he was seeing.
Sasuke looked at Sakura and then at Hinata as he rubbed her back which shocked Sakura. "He's rubbing Hinata's back…MY SASUKE-KUN TOUCHED HINATA…WHY COULDN'T THAT ME THAT TRIPPED ON HIM!" Sakura thought as she glared at Hinata. "Hinata…it's okay you can get up now…" Hinata slowly removed herself from him as she blushed daring not to look at anyone.
"G-Gomen…Sasuke-kun you can have mine." She then handed her his bowl. He looked at it and shook his head. "No…this is yours…I don't want it…"
"Please take it…it's the least I can do since I spilled yours." He then took it and watched her sit off to herself away from everyone. She watched as everyone ate they're food. Her stomach was growling very loud but everyone seemed to ignore it except for Shino who still hasn't eaten his yet. He walked towards her and shoved the bowl in her face. She looked up at him in shock.
"S-Shino-san?"
"Here…you're hungry. I know you are, so just take it." He stated as he looked at her through his glasses. She shook her head. "Iie, I can't take that it's-"
"No…take it." She then took the bowl and smiled at him. "Thank you Shino-san"
"Your welcome…Kiba has often told me that you always think of others before yourself…which I can see…" He stated. She smiled. She was quite shocked that no one else offered their ramen to her; not even her own teammates or Kiba, who was always very generous to her.
"I knew I should have offered mine to her…but I didn't. I hope she isn't mad at me…" Kiba thought as he looked at her.
Sasuke glance up from the corner of his eyes to look at Hinata. "My shirt and pants are wet all thanks to her being such a klutz. I look like I peed on myself…" He looked down at his pants and back up to Hinata who only got her jacket wet as he frowned. "Why won't she take that thing off it's hot out here and here she is wearing a jacket in the summer time…I'm going to say something."
"Oi, Hinata." Hinata perked her ears up when she heard her name.
"H-Hai…?"
"Take off your jacket." He demanded causing everyone to give him an odd look.
"Sasuke-kun…" The pink haired girl said as she looked at him.
"Why, that teme!" Kiba hissed under his breath as he looked at Sasuke. Shino just corked as eyebrow up at his demand.
"I KNEW IT. YOU ARE A PERVERT… CLOSET PERVERT!" Naruto yelled.
"Shut-up, dobe…it's not like that." He looked at Hinata and noticed her expression was the same as everyone else's.
"Look I only said that because your jacket is all wet…and your making me hot seeing you in that jacket. Its summer time…why wear a jacket in this kind of weather?" He asked.
"G-Gomen…I'll take it off..." She said while unzipping her jacket. Kiba looked at Hinata and frowned. "Hinata why are you saying sorry to this jerk? Don't give into his demands like that!" Kiba sneered as he looked at Sasuke, but Sasuke ignored him.
Hinata finally took of her jacket and since it was so hot outside her shirt underneath was sticking to her skin. Sasuke, Naruto and Kiba all stared at her while blushing as for Shino he remains to act if nothing was wrong.
"I never knew…Hinata was so much developed…" Kiba thought as he looked at her chest.
"Wow," Naruto said out loud as he looked at Hinata.
Sasuke cleared his throat as he looked at her. Sakura frowned as she looked at all the boys. "Look at her…here I am flat as a board and she has big breast." She frowned. She looked at Sasuke whose full attention was on Hinata.
Hinata was started to get nervous since all the boys were looking at her. "Why are they all looking at me like that?" She thought as she watched Sakura walk towards her.
"I think that you should put back on your jacket." She stated while looking back at the boys. Hinata looked at her and then each one of the boys and saw that each one had a faint blush across their face, except for Shino. She then got what Sakura was trying to say and grabbed her jacket to put it back on.
"Aww Hinata…aren't you hot? I think you should leave it off," Naruto whined. Hinata blushed as she shook her head and zipped her jacket back up.
Sakura looked at Naruto and narrowed her eyes. "It isn't Sasuke-kun that's the pervert, it's you…pervert!" Sakura stated as she looked at the blonde.
"Ano…I think I'll leave it on" She looked at Sakura. "Thank you…for telling me," she whispered. Sakura smiled and she nodded at the Hyuuga girl.
Sasuke looked away from everyone and sighed. "Well that sure was a site to see…least I can say I'm no longer curious to what's really under there." The raven haired ninja smirked. "Ano…I-I think that we should get going," HJinata stated as she stood up.
Kiba quickly walked towards Hinata; seeing this Sasuke just frowned at the Inuzuka. Kiba noticed that not only Sasuke was now walking near Hinata, so was Naruto.
"What's with them all of a sudden?" He thought and as if they were reading his mind Sasuke looked at Kiba.
"Is there a problem Kiba?" He asked.
"Yeah…Why are you two all of sudden trying to stay close to Hinata?" He asked.
"She's our teammate…why wouldn't we be close to her?" Naruto asked.
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Okay sorry I ended this one like this and sorry that is was supper long. I'm going to continued chapter 8 from where I left off on this one. Oh and please leave reviews. Thanks. Ja ne.