My Trainer is a Player
(Hinata's POV for the whole story)
In my house, the school or the park is where we could spar. I would always lose to Naruto Uzumaki. He was pretty good, too good. He beats me in every match. He would always say "Try harder, you'll get it." I wonder how I could achieve to a boy like him...
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Today was New Years and Japan wanted to have a celebration. So, we had to dress formal, which wasn't my thing, but my trainer wanted me to go. So, I grabbed my dress and went straight to the bathroom to change, I walked to the party after I was done.
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The lights of the party were splendid, there were more than a thousand people in there. The food they had was tasty and the sparkling drinks glittered in my eyes. Most of my friends greeted me and were glad that I was at the party. All except for one friend, Neji.
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When I finally saw him, he hugged me, feeling happy as he saw my face. He asked me a couple of questions that made me unconfortable. But I wanted him to speak to me. "Is everything okay? You look so disoriented... Are you tired?" Neji looked at my sleepy face. 'I guess all the glitter is getting to me.' I shook my head, "I'm so sorry for making you worry, Neji." I looked down at the floor in shame, staring at my white heels. "Oh, I don't mind." He suddenly said. I looked at him again, smiling at him. "Maybe I wore you out by making you walk around to find me, since I'm leaving soon." Neji closed his eyes in sadness. Yes, he was leaving soon. His last day in Japan. He was planning on going to UK, where half of his family was waiting for him. "I-I've always wanted to come to parties like this.." He stuttered shyly. I giggled, "Normally you don't come to parties at all." Neji laughed with me. "Well, this is New Years after all. I wanted to check it out." He looked around the fancy venue and slowly walked away. At the front of the venue hung a drop curtain with words "Happy New Year!" on it. I looked at people reading magazines, laughing and chatting, hugging or holding hands. "Hey, wait!" I tried to run after Neji, passing through a whole crowd of people, saying excuse me or sorry. Then, I bumped into somebody. "Aargh!" I screamed, almost losing my balance. "Uhh, excuse me..." "What do you think you're doing?!" I shouted, regaining my balance quickly. I looked up trying to complain... A boy looked into me expressionless. I know this face...from somewhere...the admirable... 'No! Uzumaki!? Here of all places?'
"Shh!" He pushed a finger against my lips. "Huh?" I was confused, why is he here? "Can you just... stay like this a bit more?" Saying so, something fell over me. 'No! He's holding me in his arms? We've only met...' "N-No...don't!" I resisted. "You gotta help me." He pulled my chin up with his thin, yet strong fingertips. My eyes met Uzumaki's, as he held me. A blank expression under these circumstances? 'What do you mean, "help"?' "You're my grasshopper, right?" My eyes widen, "How do you know?" "You were with that one guy named Neji a while ago." "Well, yes but-" "Besides-" As Uzumaki tried to go on...we heard the noise coming closer. He looked in that direction and clicked his tongue. "Just listen to me." I sighed and finally answered, "Only if you really need help." He squeezed me even tighter. 'What am I going to do? I can't run away...' I could tell the boy who held me was very strong. I could feel his heart pounding against my body. His right arm slipped around my waist. My trainer, Uzumaki...holding me in his arms under these circumstances? I was so nervous I didn't know what to do. 'Hurry... Let's get this over with!' Pleading, I held Uzumaki with my trembling hands. I thought I heard a chuckle in my ear. 'He's laughing?' "Sorry it won't be long." His whisper at my ear had a gentle ring to it. Without a word, I gripped the hem of his jacket. That was when...
A teenaged girl approached clicking her heels. She was breathing hard...and stopped right in front of me and Uzumaki.
"Found you!" Staring at him with bloodshot eyes...the ghastly expression spoiled her beautiful features. I'm not the one she's glaring at, but she scares me still. Wait a minute, is this the model Sakura Haruno!? The charismatic model had a huge following among other models...even appearing in various TV programs recently. She's always smiling on TV, but Sakura can look this scary in real life. I found myself clinging to Uzumaki...and felt him chuckle. The words he spat out right after, however...
Were extremely low-toned and chilly.
"You're in my way. This is how it is, so leave." Sakura gasped at those words. "So, you're into girls like that now. A bootlicking piece of scum!" M-Me?! I felt so insulted, I even felt pathetic by being insulted from a model. "No matter what you do..." Sakura paused, "I'm the only girl for Naruto. Enjoy your moment while it lasts!" Barely giving us time to respond, she left clicking her heels. "Hah, she's gone?" Uzumaki stepped away. Our bodies moved as if a spell was broken. "U-Um..." "Huh?" "What just happened?!" Without moving an inch and running his hands through his hair, Uzumaki said...
"Hey...getting mad would spoil your dress." "N-None of your business!" I shouted, blushing furiously. "You want something in return? I'll send you something in your room later." Uzumaki said in a low voice. "I don't need anything!" I hid my eyes with my bare hands. "Hey, what's you're name?" I uncovered my eye with one hand slowly. Despite his annoying arrogance, I found myself blurting out my name. "Hyuga... Hyuga Hinata is my name." "Huh, that's a nice name." He smiled. That's when we heard someone calling his name. "Anyways, you were a great help." After a few moments of silence between us he mumbled, "Well then, Hyuga." With those words, Uzumaki returned to the venue as if nothing happened, expressionless again.
"W-What was that?" I asked myself. I was totally wrong about Uzumaki! Stunned, the words that left my mouth rang hollow and disappeared into thin air. So Uzumaki is going out with Haruno. Wow, guess that's the fashion industry.
As I was thinking such things...
Someone called my name.