Hello guyz! Thanks for the reviews! I was so motivated that I got reviews in less than 24 hours that I decided to post this next chappie already! I hope it's not that bad. Anyways, onwards for Chappie 2!
INTERVIEW
Hinata was confused, very confused. It was only a few hours since her disownment and now she is taking up a new path. School.
Before her mother's death, her mother gave her a letter, and big brown envelope, which she suspected, had lots of important files in it. She was not to open the letter until she turned sixteen…which she currently is. So rereading the note once again…
To my sweetest Hinata,
If you are reading this note, then you must be at the right age of sixteen by now. The right age to go to a special boarding school for our kind. If you are still imprisoned in the damn Hyuuga Compound, then you must find a way out immediately or all hope is lost.
If you are now free, and no longer bound to the Hyuuga clan, follow the directions that I have written below and I promise you that you will never regret being as you are.
First of all, I would like you to prepare a piece of paper. Afterwards, a telephone, then dial this telephone number.
356-8994
As soon as someone answers it, you must reply with the following statement, no more no less:
I request an interview from Senju Tsunade.
The person on the other line will tell you the time and address of the interview and you must therefore write it on the piece of paper.
As soon as you arrive in the interview, politely interrupt her from asking questions and hand her the big brown envelope with files in it.
From there, the rest will all be easy, I trust you to be able to do it as soon as you get the chance. A surprise will be waiting for you in return of your success.
I love you Hinata and please take care.
From your loving mother,
Hitomi Hikari
She prepared what was written and did the first step.
Beep………Beep………Beep…
Someone picks up the phone and says, "Hello, good morning. This is Senju-sama's secretary, how may I help you?"
Hinata clears her throat and says clearly, "I request an interview from Senju Tsunade."
The phone line went silent for a while until the secretary spoke.
"Hai, the interview with Tsunade-sama will be held at Café Katsu at 1 pm flat. Look for the one with the kanji 'kake' or gambling on the back of her green robe. Tardiness will not be tolerated. Any questions?" the speaker asked.
"No, thank you," Hinata ended and put the phone down.
Hinata sighed and looked at her watch. It was 12:15 pm and she was hungry.
She looked around to find a decent place to eat at and found a nice ramen stand with a lantern hanging outside with the kanji 'Ichiraku' on it.
Hinata smiled to herself and made her way to the stand.
As she saw that it was not crowded inside, she sat on a stool and looked at the big menu poster. She looked through all the available dishes and finally she decided on one.
"What will it be, Miss?" a girl older than her asked, and it startled her.
"O-oh! Sorry! U-um, I'll have the beef ramen please, and for the drinks, just water," she said.
The person spoken to just smiled warmly before writing what she ordered and move on to the next customer.
She sighed inwardly and lowered her head on the table when suddenly, a bowl was placed in front of her with a glass of water at the side.
"Here's your order!" the person who took her order announced.
"Wow. That was fast. Th-Thank You," she replied back.
"Of course it's fast! This place sells the best ramen ever!" another person announced. She quickly looked towards the direction of the voice and saw a teenage boy, roughly the same age as her.
She just smiled and nodded.
"Hello there. My name is Uzumaki Naruto. The restaurant's best and number one customer!" he announced with a thumbs up.
Hinata just giggled at his energy and hyperactivity, but inside she was blushing furiously. She learnt how to hide her emotions and control her blushes. Who wouldn't if you were trapped in your own house with a secret not even your family must know?
"H-Hi. I'm Hinata," she answered. She didn't include the Hyuuga, since she is no longer one anyway.
Naruto just smiled at her before he continued on eating his own meal…10 big empty bowls were piled up at his side of the table.
She smiled once again then went to finish her food.
As soon as she finished her food, she paid for it with her own money then left for Café Katsu.
Café Katsu was just a around the corner. She looked at her watch, she had 10 minutes left. So she walked faster to the café.
As she arrived she looked for the person described to her, her duffel bag at her right hand and big brown envelope in her left hand which was brought to her chest.
She couldn't find her so instead, she just sat down in one of the empty for-one-person chairs and placed her envelope on the table.
She looked at her watch once again and realized that there was still three minutes left before one o' clock, so she waited. 1 minute and 25 seconds were left when the door of the café opened and in came the person she was looking for.
She was a tall blonde wearing a green robe. And at the back of the robe was the kanji 'kake' or gambling. The blonde took a seat in a table meant for two and sat patiently while looking at her watch.
Hinata stood up, gathered her things and quickly, yet hesitantly went over to the table she was in and politely called for her attention.
"U-umm, I-I am here for m-my interview," she stammered under the blonde's gaze.
"Hmm, right on time…very good first impression," the blonde lady said, nodding her head.
"Now, for the questions, first…wha—," the lady or rather Tsunade said but was cut off.
"Um! I…!" Hinata tried to fumble the words out but gave up in defeat. She instead gave Tsunade the big brown envelope, sat down in the chair and twiddled her fingers.
Tsunade was surprised, though still looked as if she was expecting this but nonetheless, she accepted the envelope and looked at it before gasping. The envelope was wax-sealed. And the only people who use the seal were from a single clan…
She looked at Hinata once again and suddenly just realized that her eyes were pale with no pupils.
She quickly yet carefully opened the envelope and the first thing she saw and took out was a letter that was sealed with the same wax seal. She opened the letter and read its contents that said:
To my best sensei Tsunade-sama,
If you are reading this letter, then my daughter, Hinata was successful in her mission to escape from the wretched Hyuuga Compound.
In this letter, I ask you to allow her to enroll in Konoha Academy Boarding School. I also ask you to help her and take care of her since I am no longer by her side now.
All the requirements for her to enroll are in the envelope. So I hope I haven't missed anything.
She is no longer a Hyuuga. I hope you understand by now, why. But now she is a Hitomi.
All I ask now is for you to tell her about her heritage and to take care of her too.
From your loving student,
Hitomi Hikari
Tsunade blinked a couple of times before looking once again inside the envelope to find all her necessary files are there. Even without them she would still let her enroll, since Hikari was…more than just a student. Hikari had helped her plenty of times before.
Hinata sat idly while nervously looking at Tsunade. Not knowing what would happen next.
Then, Tsunade folded the letter, placed it back inside the envelope and then once again looked towards Hinata.
Hinata swallowed a large gulp of air and then looked down on her lap.
"Hitomi Hinata…" Tsunade said slowly.
"H-How did you—?" Hinata was just about to ask how Tsunade knew her name but was cut off when Tsunade said something important.
"You are hereby enrolled to Konoha Academy Boarding School," she said calmly while Hinata's face just broke into a smile.
"I trust that you have your things with you?" Tsunade asked and Hinata nodded.
"Then let's go," Tsunade stood up, motioning Hinata to follow her.
Outside the café was a car. It was just a simple car, not too expensive not too cheap, simple.
Tsunade got inside and sat at the driver's seat while motioning Hinata to come in as well in the front seat and Hinata did as she was told.
"Hinata," Tsunade called her, while Hinata just looked back at her.
"Do you know what clan you belong?" Hinata just stared back at her, not knowing how to respond.
"You belong to the Hitomi clan," Hinata was dumbfounded. She thought she misheard Tsunade when she said 'Hitomi Hinata'.
"It's because your mother was a Hitomi, and you possess the same qualities as her," Tsunade continued.
"The Hyuuga clan was made from the Hitomi clan. That is why all Hyuuga's have the same eyes as you do," Tsunade further explained.
"But I think it is not supposed to be me who should explain everything to you. " Tsunade told her as she stopped the car in front of a huge gate with a mini-gate beside it.
"This is the Hitomi compound. Looks far better than the Hyuuga compound doesn't it?" Tsunade said.
"Anyway, go on in. The gate is not locked, and remember be careful. I'll come around at five to pick you up," Tsunade told her as Hinata got off the vehicle and nod her head to what Tsunade said.
Hinata strode over to the gate and with one push it was open.
She looked around her surroundings and was surprised yet happy that behind the wall and the big gate was paradise.
Green grass, flowers blooming unattended, and butterflies fluttering about. If this is what the front yard looks like she wondered what the back yard—if there was any—looks like.
She walked on the paved walk towards the house, coughmansioncough…er…building, and slowly opened the door which was unlocked to her surprise.
When she peered inside, it was empty, almost abandoned. Yet it was clean, practically untouched. She wanted to explore the place, but a certain place draws her towards it…the back yard.
She kept walking until she found a wooden door with see-through glass embedded on it. She opened the door and her jaw nearly hit the floor.
The back yard was far from a yard. It was paradise!
It was complete, there were groves of trees, most were bearing fruits, and there was even a river that ended in a huge lake!
She entered the paradise and absorbed her surroundings. She moved closer to the lake and looked at her reflection.
She was so happy when suddenly she heard a growl. She whipped her head around and saw a black wolf baring its teeth at her.
Hinata was terrified as she stood up and backed away. But the wolf was getting closer, and its pack was growling at her as well.
And then without notice, the black wolf lunged at her ready to bite her.
Hinata side jumped so the wolf got its fangs on her left sleeve and scratched her arm …but she just dove into the lake.
The lake was no pond. It was deep…VERY DEEP. It was like bottomless.
She tried morphing but can't. The water somewhat prevents her from doing so. And since she didn't know how to swim, she struggled against the water.
She was almost out of breath and her arm was terribly bleeding as she sunk to the bottom, and the last thing she saw was a dark figure and she felt as if she was being pushed upwards.
DUNDUNDUUUUUN! CLIFFHANGER!
By the way just for a clarification of information. The reason why I chose 'Hikari' as Hinata's mother's first name was because it meant 'light' and that is exactly how she is to Hinata and the Hitomi clan. And the reason why I chose 'Hitomi' as a surname and clan name, was because it meant 'pupil of the eye' considering that in some part of the story in later chapters it will be explained.
That's it for the chappie! Again, please review! I want to know if it's good, bad, horrible, awesome, terrible, great, horrible, fantastic, or MONSTROUS! Okay? Ja ne!