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Title: Konoha Academy

Summary: Hinata's been home schooled all her life and is now a newbie at high she be able to handle homework, friends and family at the same time? And what does pie have to do with anything? Reviewers chose what they wanted, now they shall receive[KakaHina, AU]

Author: One Who Rides On The Wind

WARNING: Random. Slight OoC-ness, in parts like when they are forced to say things that you'd thought never existed.

05. The Festival; an Over-protective Parent

Hiashi Hyuuga was not a mean man, nor was he a kind man. It just depended on his mood and patience during the day, that was all. That, and in this particular life he managed to avoid events that occured in past lives. He vaguely recalled a past life where he lost his wife and mistreated his eldest daughter...

But that was beside the point. He was here, at a school festival for no particular or reasonable reason. Okay, that was nothing short of a lie. Hiashi was there to see his daughters in a school environment he enrolled them in, even if he was against it at first. In the end, he had given in to his wife Michiko's wishes and let his two daughters attend a school. A school that had allowed Hinata her rights to protection, at the very least.

Thank God it was a private school; he shuddered to think what may have happened to Hinata when Michiko sent her to that public school many towns away. At least she had those two bodyguards with her, otherwise…

Stop, he berated himself. That was not your fault, it was those blubbering, idiotic fools… Yet he knew, somewhere in the back of his mind, that it was indirectly his fault whether he wanted it to be or not. It was a harmless prank, but still.

Anyhow, before his mind had wandered to where it was thinking now, Hiashi was thinking of heading to the stall where Hinata was working. Even if Hinata told him to stay away, he could not help but be a little curious. Surely whatever his innocent daughter was working on at the fete couldn't be bad unless… no.

The image of his daughter in a most inappropriate type of outfit attacked his mind, and he quickly shook it away. That was just not right.

So, he was going to visit his daughter, Hinata. And the stall she insisted on not seeing, it was quite odd.

He stopped. Hiashi's thoughts were beginning to run in circles, and that wasn't good.

Screw everything, he was visiting Hinata, and that was that.

He did not expect to see his daughter running a kissing booth, of all things either…

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"Ah! F-father."

Hinata nervously fidgeted with the pen she held between her fingertips. If she knew her father would be here, she wouldn't have willingly chosen to run the kissing booth would she? Then again, it wasn't like she was doing anything bad was she? She wasn't the one giving out slightly showy photos of herself with strange (read: lusty) expressions. She was only giving a quick kiss (mostly on the cheek) to people who wanted one.

It wasn't much, really.

But Hinata could only look down and hope her father's words weren't too damaging.

"Hinata," her father began, but was quickly interrupted Hinata's two friends.

"It's not her fault! We were the ones to suggest the stall."

"Yeah! Please don't get mad at her. Blame me and Sakura!"

"Hey!"

Hiashi just looked at them stoically, but there was some amusement showing in his eyes. "Well, I suppose it would be out of the question for you to stop?"

"Um, probably," Hinata replied. "Our shift's not over for a while yet."

"Yeah, we don't get off- I mean, our shift isn't done until three." Ino added, crossing her fingers behind her back and hoping he would leave soon.

Her father nodded. "Alright then. Just make sure anything," he looked at the line of (mostly male) people, "untoward happens."

"Y-yes father." Hinata almost wilted with relief. She wasn't in trouble after all! Great news it was!

Until, of course, Hatake Kakashi chose to show up at the wrong time, with a scowling Sasuke right behind him. She fervently hoped that he would see that now was not a good time to try and talk to her. Her wishes were completely ungranted, however.

"Yo!" Kakashi greeted.

She didn't say anything, instead she only blushed. And Hinata then immediately wished she hadn't, because her father would then see for sure and then he would move her to another school and she had only just been here a few weeks and she already had everything she would want in a crazy high school life she had friends and a school crush; omigod he was here now and— her train of thought suddenly stopped.

She fainted.

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Well, this was an exciting turn of events.

Hiashi knew the exact moment when Hinata had started to panic, and he waited to see how her friends would react. The raven haired boy moved quickly, and had caught her well before she had reached anywhere near the ground. The other boy— no, a man, helped him to make sure she wouldn't fall down. Her two friends had panicked a little, until the gray haired man quietly asked them to calm down. They then folded a jacket into a pillow for her head and placed that down, and spread another on the ground so the two males could lay her down on something that wasn't concrete.

It was something interesting, to say the least. Hiashi, in all his protective father glory, was not one to fight first and ask questions later. He left that to his twin brother. Instead, he liked to lay back and watch things happen from the sidelines and step in only if necessary. From what he could see, the two males actually did care for her.

In fact, it was painstakingly obvious for everyone to see. Except for the parties involved, of course.

The raven haired boy, Sasuke, was staring at her intently, watching her for any signs of conciousness. The blonde, Ino, and the pink haired girl Sakura were anxiously biting their nails until they eventually realized that they had work to do and they reluctantly went.

The other man, Kakashi, stood apart from the others was still close enough to see her. He was watching the scene carefully, guarded, but Hiashi could sense a aura of worry from him.

And then he wondered how he learned all of their names without asking. He turned around, and was slightly surprised to see his other daughter standing there. He coughed. "How much have you seen?"

"Enough," she replied, without missing a beat. "Father... I think--"

He sighed. "I know. This time is different, I should..."

"She has to grow somehow." Unlike Hinata, Hanabi was always direct, much like himself.

"I know." Hiashi turned to leave. He gave a stiff nod to the others looking after her, particularly at the two young men who looked him blankly. Waiting for a signal.

"Take care of her."

They nodded and Hiashi left, knowing that his daughter, however things would turn out for her, would be okay.

...to be continued...

A/N: Will be getting rid of the random Japanese in the first two chapters. Originally, Itachi was going to appear, but I thought that another issue had better get out of the way first. Besides, he has plenty of time to appear in that scene... heh.

Reviews would be appreciated, thanks. If you have any questions, I'll reply to your review directly. And I will finish this, I've got the ending already planned out.