Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ My Life as Hinata Hyuga ❯ Chapter 4

[ P - Pre-Teen ]














Mayu smiled a little as she took out a kunai knife. That smile only mad Sasuke angry. "Who does she think she is?" he thought moving backwards slightly, he was preparing to charge. "I'm still the best damn genin in the Konoha!"


"Come on, Sasuke! The sooner you pass me, the sooner you can advance and train with Kakashi-san!" Mayu said. "We've been at this for days now and you haven't improved at all! Stop going easy on me and show me what you can really do!"


"You asked for it," Sasuke muttered and then charge. "I'm faster than her so I'll just go right past her," he thought smirking, but what Sasuke wasn't expecting was Mayu swiftly moving her arm... he ran right into it and fell to the ground coughing.


"Sasuke, don't underestimate Mayu," Kakashi said. "She's much stronger than she looks."


"Yeah, that's how you get hurt!" Mayu taunted. "Now get up and do it again!" Sasuke glared at Mayu and stood. "Don't try that again, though! Fine a weakness in Kakashi's defense, trymy weakness and you will advance." Sasuke backed up a little, but he was still glaring.


"Find her weakness...?How can I do that when she's the one that's been going easy on me?" Sasuke thought. "Let's try something else!" This time he ran around and was about to get Kakashi from behind, but multiple shuriken were throw at him making Sasuke stop.


"Sasuke, be smarter than that!" Mayu said walking in front of Sasuke.


"Fine!" Sasuke said, he then jumped high in the air and threw three shuriken at Kakashi's head! Mayu jumped also, she deflected Sasuke's attack with her kunai and then she dropped kicked Sasuke sending him to the ground.


"Stop doing that! You will never become stronger if you keep underestimating your teacher!" Mayu said. "Now... On your feet and try again!" Suddenly Sasuke dropped his kunai and sat down. "You... you're giving up?"


"No... I'm starving," he answered causing a sweat drop to form on Kakashi's head.


"Ooh! Me too! Me too!" Mayu turned her back to Sasuke. "What's for lunch?"


Sasuke chose this time to throw a kunai at Kakashi. It also went past Mayu, but she threw a shuriken at Sasuke's weapon. The two weapons clashed before dropping to the ground. "I see... you're starting to think! Distracting me like that for a chance to get at Kakashi-san. That's good... but you might want to think of something else. I pretty sure Gaara won't be distracted by food," Mayu said. "Though, I have heard rumors of him liking chocolate chip cookies...." she finished in thought.


"Whatever... I'm still hungry," Sasuke said making Mayu nod her in agreement; the two looked at Kakashi expectly.


"What? You don't expect me to--" Kakashi began taking his eye off his book. "But we just got started! ........ I'll be back," he sighed putting his book away and performing hand signs. And poof, he was gone.


Sasuke laid back the rest of his body and stared at the sky. "How can I get past her?" he thought. "She's a lot faster now than when she was in Sakura's body... just how fast is she?"


"Hey, Sasuke!" Mayu's voice got his attention. "Did you think of something yet?" Sasuke didn't say anything so Mayu thought he was ignoring her again. "Oh well, I really do hope you come up with something, training with Kakashi is going to be pretty tough!" Mayu continued making Sasuke look at her in confusion.


"Oh yeah, Kakashi-san said that he should train you after today. I agree! You would better a lot stronger if you were trained by him," Mayu said sitting down next to Sasuke. "I was lying when I said you have not improved... your speed has increase... just not enough, so Kakashi's going to start training you soon. When you finally manage to touch Kakashi, that's when I have to go."


"But what about you?" Sasuke asked.


"Me...? I don't have to train!" Mayu gave him a thumbs up. "I've got lots of people that want to protect! Well, maybe not Neji... he don't want to, but he has too!" Sasuke sat up and patted Mayu's head.


"Yeah, lots of people," he said; Mayu smacked his hand away.


"Hey! That doesn't mean I won't get stronger!" she said. "Just you wait! Eight years from now... I'll be one of the strongest girls the world has ever know! HAHAHAHAH-cough, cough- hahahahaha!"


"You moron... you're starting to sound like Naruto," Sasuke said.


"Hehe! I know, isn't it great!" Mayu said making Sasuke sigh. "Anyway... Sasuke...."


"What is it?" he asked.


"Just try not to over do it, 'kay!" Mayu said smiling a little.


Sasuke just gave her a cofused look. "I mean when it comes down to your... revenge," Mayu explained.


"My what...?" Sasuke sounded surprised.


"Don't tell me you forgot that you told me!" Mayu laughed a little. "You are a bird brain."


"Of course I remember! And I'll do whatever it takes to get my revenge... you know that," Sasuke said.


"But what about the second part of your goal... to restore your clan?" Mayu said.


Sasuke stayed silent as he looked at the ground. "Look, I know that you want this, but if you become as strong as him, chances are... you both will die. And if that happens... the Uchiha clan will never be restored. Your brother is--"


"You know that it was my brother?" Sasuke interrupted. "How did you know?"


"Uh... you told... me... Sasuke....." Mayu said with shifty eyes.


"Oh..." Sasuke said. "I don't remember that...." he thought.


"Um well.... anyway... I believe your brother isn't going to start the Uchiha clan," Mayu said.


"Yeah because he destroyed it!" Sasuke responded.


"No... no, that's not the reason," Mayu said shaking her head and grinning. "Ya see... your brother is gay."


"W-What?" Sasuke asked giving her a 'WTF' look.


"Dude... the guy wears fingernail polish... on his toes!" Mayu explained. "Now, he's either gay or secretly wants to be a girl. Personally I prefer a gay Itachi over a secretly wants to be a girl Itachi. Most girls do anyway....."


"My brother can't be gay!" Sasuke laughed it off. Mayu shook her head and sighed.


"Poor Sasuke, he's in denial!" she thought. "Maybe I should just put his mind at ease...."


"That can't be... I mean he--"


"I was just joking!" Mayu said. "Your brother isn't gay! Haha it was just a joke!"


"Yeah, yeah a joke," Sasuke said glaring at Mayu.


"He will find out sooner or later...." Mayu thought.


POOF!


And there was Kakashi with boxed lunches in his arms. "Yo!" he said.


"Yay! Food!" Mayu jumped up and ran over to Kakashi, she was bouncing. "Food! Food! Food! Food!" Sasuke looked on with a sweat drop going down his head.


"How can she change her moods like that?" he thought.
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Mayu's POV
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I stood in front of Kakashi, Sasuke stood a few feet from me. We had already ate and now Sasuke had this determined look on his face. "I wonder if he has thought of a plan, yet..." I thought watching Sasuke. It has been days since I explained the training to him and he still doesn't get it.


Hinata: Maybe he's distracted....


"By what...?" I asked confused. I didn't see anything that could distract.


I mean, I didn't see Itachi anywhere. I looked around just to make sure, but still I saw nothing. "Hinata, what do you mean?"


Hinata: Oh nothing...!


"You're getting a little too sneaky, Hinata! .... Me likes!" I thought grinning.


"Hey! Are you even listening!?" Sasuke voice got my attention.


"Um... not really," I said rubbing the back of my head. "Were you saying something just now?"


"Just forget it!" Sasuke yelled as he charged at me. Uh-oh, he's mad now! Sasuke jumped into the air towards Kakashi.


"Don't tell me he's trying the same trick!" I thought also jumping up to block him. I tried kicking him, but he just blocked it. I tried kicking him with my right leg, but he grabbed my leg with his hand. "What...?"


Sasuke lifted me up slightly, I saw him smirk. He was going to throw me to the ground! I felt myself falling so I grabbed on to Sasuke's hair! I closed my eyes as I felt myself hit the ground. I felt extra weight on me so I opened my eyes to see Sasuke looking directly into my eyes. I had a handful of Sasuke's hair in my hand... it was still attached though....


"M-Mayu...?" Sasuke said and then he smiled. "I'm going to marry you someday."


"AAAAHH!!" I screamed throwing Sasuke off of me. "Wh-What the heck did you just tell me?" I could feel my face getting hot and I know someone noticed the redness on Hinata's pale cheeks.


"I said is anything broken and if you needed to be carried today?" Sasuke glared at me. "Why the heck did you... what's wrong?" I stood up and shook my head, I can't do this anymore. Something is happening and I don't know what it is! It's freaking me out!


"K-Kakashi-san... I-I think I'm sick! I need to lay down!" I said looking at Kakashi. "Good day, I hope the training goes okay!" I said waving as I began to walk away.


"But Mayu--" Kakashi began.


"I SAID GOOD DAY!" I yelled running.
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I' ve been walking around for some time now. It was actually dark now, hours had passed. "Hinata... you heard him right?" I asked, Hinata had been quiet too.


Hinata: I'm sorry Mayu-san... I heard carry... not marry. Perhaps it's possible that you like Sasuke-san?


"Hell no!" I thought. "There is no way I like bird brain! I like guys like Kiba or... or Naruto! Ya know, funny people! And I'm too young to be liking people in the first place! I mean the only boys on my mind right now is Gaara and Lee! That's because I admire them!" Suddenly, I saw movement in the corner of my eye. I turned around to see a mummy guy. "Why would someone be out this late? Wait a minute! That's that Dosu guy!"


I saw him jump on to a building. Where's he going... Gaara! OMG!! GAARA!


Hinata: Mayu-san...?


I started to perform the hands signs for the clone jutsu. "Clone Jutsu!" I whispered closing my eyes. I opened my eyes to see Hinata in front of me. "Hinata, go home!" I said to her.


"But what about you?" she asked looking concerned.


"I have some... business to attend to," I said.


"Can you be away from me seeing as how you're technically a clone," Hinata said.


"I'm not sure yet, but it doesn't hurt to try!" I said grinning; Hinata shook her head and sighed softly.


"Okay," she began to walk away. After I was sure she was gone, I focused my attention back to the building I saw that Dosu guy hop on. If I was right then tonight is the night he... dies.


I quickly made my way over to the building and jumped on. I had to jump again because the building was taller than expected. When I finally got to the top I saw... Dosu's body; blood was coming from him. I saw Gaara on his knees as he panted lightly, the roof of the building was a little damaged... I bit my lip. It was the first time I saw a dead body up close like this. "Well he was pretty stupid, don't you think?" I asked making myself known. Gaara looked at me, blinked and then summoned his sand!


"Wait! I mean no harm!" I said/exclaimed/shouted. To my surprise, the sand dropped. I blinked in confusion and then sighed with relief. I didn't want to die by my fav character's hand-- er sand.


"What do you want?" Gaara asked; I took a step forward, when Gaara just stared I continued to walk forward. "I'll ask again before I kill you," the sand started to come again. Making me stop; I was a few feet away from him, only the hole on the roof separated us.


"I just want to talk," I said smiling. I noticed that Gaara was looking at me in confusion.


"About?" he asked.


"I want to be your friend!" I said grinning.


"Friend...?" Gaara said, it was as if he had never heard of the word! That is just wrong!


"You know... kinda like an ally," I explained.


"Well sorta like an ally." Gaara gave me a confused look that look oh so cute! "I mean, a friend is someone you gave depend on, a person that you can talk to about anything. A friend will make you smile when you're feeling sad! And as of now... that's what I am! Gaara's friend!" I jumped over the hole and in front of Gaara. " Name's Mayu! Put 'er there, pal!" I said holding out my hand so he could shake it. He just looked at it with more confusion. "You're susppose to shake it," I said smiling. "Like this...." I grabbed my own hand and shook it. "Now you try!"


Gaara looked at his hand and then grabbed his other hand and shook it. It took all my will power not to squeal at how cute that was! I took his hand and he looked at me as if I were crazy. "You shake my hand, silly!" I said making him shake my hand. I let go and smiled. I can't believe how cute Gaara was in person. "Now, we're officially friends!"


"Why?" Gaara asked.


"Why....?" I repeated. "Well, why not?"


"Answer!" Gaara glared. "Or you die."


"Oh Gaara-kun, you're not suppose to kill your friends!" I said smiling nervously. "To answer your question, you looked as if you needed a friend."


"Needed a friend...?" he repeated.


"Yeah, not another ally," I explained. "Sure, allies are good, but friends are better!"


"You're different...." he stared up at me because he was still on his knees. I got on my knees also so that now I was at his eye level.


"Yeah... sometimes different is good," I said smiling. "That's why I... like you. You're different than the others who always try to be like someone else." Gaara didn't say anything after that, we just stared at each other for what seemed like hours. Hinata is probably getting worried by now.... "Gaara-kun... I have to leave now, but I'll see you again at the third part of the chunin exams, kay?" He slowly nodded his head, that made me smile widely. "I think he's already starting to accept me as his friend!" I thought waving goodbye to him. "How Out Of Character is that?"

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A few days later
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"I-It's Naruto-kun!" Hinata thought almost dropping the bag filled with fruit. Naruto was on the ground and Sakura was walking away from him; she looked kinda mad. Hinata quickly hid behind the fence as Sakura walked by. After she was sure that the pink haired girl was gone, Hinata quietly walked over to Naruto. "N-Naruto-kun... are you okay?" she asked shyly. Naruto groaned as he sat up and looked at the timid girl; he rubbed his cheek.


"Hinata...?" he said.


"Naruto-kun...." this time she tried not to studder.


"Oh, I'm fine!" Naruto said rubbing the back of his head. "Sakura-chan was just a little angry."


"A-A little, Naruto-kun?" Hinata said as she touched his cheek softly. "It looks like it hurts." Hinata blushed and quickly took her hand away when she realized what she had just done. "S-S-Sorry, Naruto-kun!"


"Hmm... Hinata's a girl and she's pretty strong too!" Naruto thought staring at the blushing girl, he looked as she stood up. "She's kinda cute... maybe I could hug her for the training. But she might hit me just like Sakura-chan!"


"Ano... Naruto-kun... since y-you're okay, I'll leave now," Hinata said smiling slightly. She began to walk away. "N-Naruto-kun, I wish you well in the Chuunin Exams."


"W-Wait! Hinata-chan!" Naruto called. Hinata froze in place, Naruto had just said her name with a 'chan' at the end. She turned around and saw Naruto coming towards her.


"N-Naruto-kun...?" Hinata studdered.


"Uh... Hinata-chan, I was um... wondering if you could help me with my training?" Naruto said rubbing the back of his head nervously.


"I-I..." Hinata stuttered.


Mayu: Just say yes!


"Y-YES!" Hinata shouted startling Naruto a little.


"Great! Thanks, Hinata-chan!" Naruto exclaimed and without warning he hugged Hinata. The poor girl was frozen in place as she felt Naruto hug her even tighter. When he finally let go, the bag Hinata was holding fell to the ground and all of its contents rolled on the ground.


"Ah... s-sorry," Hinata said blushing, she bent down to pick up the fruit.


"Let me help," Naruto said also bending down to help her.


"T-Thank you N-N-Naruto-kun...." Hinata replied softly.


Mayu: That was just too cute! I wish I had a camera! Hinata, that's right get yo man!


That just caused Hinata's blushed to deepen immensely. "Mayu-san! Stop teasing!" Hinata thought. "Besides, Naruto-kun likes... Sakura-san...." a slight frown graced Hinata's face.


"Hinata-chan, thanks again!" Naruto said putting the last fruit back in the bag.


"F-For what?" Hinata asked confused.


"I... that was training for me! Ero-senin said it was apart of my training!" Naruto explained.


"Oh.... well, good luck, Naruto-kun!" Hinata said cheerfully.


"Thanks, Hinata-chan! I think your fight with Neji was awesome even though you didn't win," Naruto said. "It was still amazing! I think you're really amazing!" Hinata's pale cheeks turned a deep red color.


"T-Thank y-you Naruto-kun!" she said. "I have to go n-n-now! Bye!" Hinata began to walk away, the blush still remained on her face.


"Okay! See you at the Chuunin Exams!" Naruto waved. "Cheer for me, kay?"


"O-Okay!"
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"Mayu-san, are you sure the others won't recognize you?" Hinata asked as they walked through the streets of Konoha. Mayu was a 'clone' now, but her hair was not in a ponytail and she had sunglasses -similar to Shino's- on her face.


"Of course not!" Mayu smiled. "To others, I'm just a friend of yours!"


"If you say so," Hinata said.


"I can't wait to see Gaara-kun again!" Mayu thought smiling widely. "I wonder if he remembers that we're friends. It has been a couple of weeks since I last saw him....."


Suddenly there was multiple puffs of smoke in the air that got the two girl's attention. "It's about to start! We'd better hurry!" Hinata said quickening her pace.


"Yeah!" Mayu agreed following.


"GET OUT OF THE WAY!" a voice made the two girls stop running. They looked back and saw Naruto running towards them.


"Naruto-kun?" Hinata said making the blond stop in his tracks; well, actually he was running in place.


"Hi, Hinata-chan! Can't talk now! Really late!" he said and then took off. "Remember, cheer me on!"


"He didn't even notice me!" Mayu grumbled. "Oh well...."


"Let's go, Mayu-san!" Hinata said pulling on Mayu's arm. "I have to cheer Naruto-kun on." Mayu smiled lightly and nodded. The two girls started running towards the building, it was strange that they didn't see Naruto, but they would see him later anyway.
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Mayu's POV
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"Naruto!" I looked to see that Sakura and Ino were sitting together. Sakura was the one to say Naruto's name.


"Let's sit with them!" I said going down the stairs to where Sakura and Ino were sitting. "Excuse me, can we sit here?" I asked politely. Ino nodded and Sakura moved over a seat so that now Hinata and I both could sit.


"Hinata, who is this?" Ino asked.


"Her name is Mayu, she's my friend," Hinata explained.


"And she's not a ninja...." Sakura pointed out. "I don't see a hand band. Are you new to Konoha or--"


"Not really, but I get around," I said. "Oh, come on! Just because I'm not wearing a head band doesn't mean I'm not from around here! ...Though, technically I'm not...." I thought. I looked down at all of the participants. "Gaara-kun! There he is!" I thought smiling.


"Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming to the Hidden Village of Konoha's Chuunin Selection Exam today," the Hokage got my attention. "We will now begin the main matches with the eight that have passed the preliminaries. Please enjoy the matches."


"Sasuke is the only one who is missing," I thought. "He must be doing a last minute thing."


"Maybe something happened to Sasuke-kun...?" I heard Sakura say.


"Naaah! He's probably running late like Naruto," I said.


"You know Sasuke-kun?" Sakura asked me. Uh-oh...!


"Uh... no, I have no idea who that is.... I just wanted to make you feel better!" I responded quickly.


"Oh...."


I looked back at the field to see that Naruto, Neji and this other guy... yeah, I didn't know.... was the only ones there. "They are about to begin," Hinata stated.


"Hey, Sakura... I understand that you're worried about Sasuke-kun," I heard Ino say. "But why don't you cheer Naruto on a bit."


"Oh right!" Sakura said smiling, I rolled my eyes.


"But then again, he has no chance since he's up against Neji," Ino said.


"You're wrong!" Hinata said softly making Ino look at Hinata. "Naruto-kun... I know he will win."


"Are you sure?" Ino asked.


"Of course she's sure!" I said. "If she said it she means it!" I looked back at the field, Naruto and Neji were standing opposite of each other. "Kick his fate loving butt, Naruto!" I thought grinning. Naruto held out his fist.


"Even though, Hinata-chan doesn't need it... I will win for her!" Naruto shouted. If I could sweat drop in this world I would!


"He's going to make this girl faint!" I thought looking at Hinata. Her head was down and she was shaking a little. "Hinata....?"

"DO YOUR BEST NARUTO-KUN!" she suddenly shouted blushing all the while, nearly out scaring the heck out of me.


"Well, at least she's getting bolder," I thought.

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