Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
Author's Note: This is my first GaaHina fic with a fantasy theme in it. This is set in a different world.(Alternate Universe).
Enjoy. I'm sure it won't be boring.
Beta-Read by JeraldineSchreiber
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I have heard people talking about how we can share our happiness,
but can oneself share their sadness with others?
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"Daddy, can I go outside?" The little girl tucks on her father's cloth, looking innocently at him.
"What have I told you, Hinata? You can't go anywhere beyond this house." Her father looked at her angrily and then turned his head from her.
"I'm sorry, Daddy." Hinata walked off and glanced up at her dad, who was admiring the autumn season of falling leaves. Since her mother passed away, her father was being really hot-tempered, even to Hinata. She knew the pain of loosing the one they loved so much; so Hinata didn't really mind having her father like this.
When her father wasn't looking, she ran to the back door. Her silky red and pink kimono flapped side by side as she ran out into the autumn breeze -nothing could stop the six-year-old toddler from exploring the outside world. She heard so much about it and she couldn't miss it. She walked into the forest just near her house, without even knowing the danger lurking in it. She was too overjoyed by her freedom as she looked around, fascinated by the beauty of the tall forest trees.
Inside The Forest
While she was looking around, she thought she saw a figure flash in front of her eyes. Quickly, she tried to run back to where she came from, but to her utter disbelief, she can't seem to find the way home. She heard footsteps from behind her getting closer and she was getting scared, she clamped her eyes shut and wished that it was just her father trying to scare her like he used to do. When she opened her eyes, there standing six foot above her was a strangest (and fiercest) looking creature she ever saw -its claws were long like shiny daggers and its' fangs were like melting ice stalagtites. It glared down at her with the beam of hunger in its' eyes.
'What is this? Please someone, help me! My father was right -I promise that I will never do this things again. Please, I'm sorry.' She spoke with her mind. "HELP ME, SOMEONE! ANYBODY!" She screamed.
Just as the creature was about to attack her, something hit the creature's head. The creature shoke his head and looked around to see where the shot came from. Hinata looked and what she saw was a little boy with flaming red hair -his aqua eyes were glaring icily at the creature as he protected the girl with ivory eyes. The creature was terrified at who it saw and ras away as quickly as it could. The little boy then walked over to Hinata and examined her to see if she was wounded.
"Are you alright?" He asked as he took her hand up to look at the wound.
"I...I'm alright. T...Thank you."
"Come, let's clean this wound up." The little boy then got up and ran to the left path of the forest with Hinata following behind, but she couldn't catch up to his speed. Her legs was still a little shaky after the demon tried to attack her. The boy noticed her presence was not with him and headed back and find her sitting and panting. He sighed and held her hand, which made her look up at him and found that this was something special. She remembered the last time her family held her tiny little hand. She smiled at the thought and got up.
The two of them walked side by side of each other, holding hands. She then heard the sound of the water, there was a stream inside a forest, it was shallow and small but in this dark forest, it looked pretty nice in comparrisson because the sunlight glistened onto it like golden dancing ribbons. She looked at her reflection and spotted some small guppies swimming around the shallow water. Just as she was admiring the clear water, she saw another figure just next to hers.
"Here, let me clean up your wound." The boy held up her hand and cleaned it with a cloth. She looked at the torn side of his blue kimono -he had to tear part of it out just to help her clean up her wound.
"You shouldn't tear your cloth out like that. Wouldn't your mother or father scold you for that?" She asked sounding kinda stupid, blushing as he looked her way and smiled.
"What do I care? They don't even care about me." He then finished wrapping up her wounded arm. She looked at it and thanked him.
"You mean your parents didn't care about you?"
"Well, you can say only my father. My mother died a long time ago." He looked down into the water as droplets of tears fell into it. She realized that she has done something that upsetted him. She moved near him and hugged him.
"Then I...I..." She saw the boy's watery eyes looking at her. She blushed and looked away from his gaze. "If no one cares about you, then I will, since you care about me and saved me just now."
He looked away from her too and smiled. "It was nothing. You were in danger." He wiped his eyes. She felt sorry for him and kissed him on the cheek. That put the boy in shock. "Why did you do that for?" and wiped away the area that he was kissed.
"I'm...I'm sorry. I t-thought I can make you f-feel better. My mom use to do that to me when I'm...I'm sad. She passed away too." She begin to cry too as she thought of the memory of her once happy family. This time, the boy give her a kiss on the cheek too.
"I will make you feel better too then," he said. The two of them were silent and then laughter filled the atmosphere.
Ever since then, they have always been meeting with each other, talking about what happened yesterday and played with each other. They were having a great time together but this never lasted long, because the boy will have to leave this village and go back to his own.
"Are you sure you're not coming back?" Hinata asked him. The boy looked at her with sad eyes. He tried not to cry as he saw her eyes welling up with tears.
"I'm sorry, I won't be coming back tommarrow... I'm so sorry." He wiped away the tears that stung his eyes.
Hinata tried to smile so that he will have a good impression of her after they departed. "Here." She took out something from her neck. "My mother gave me this when I was little. It's a little bell but it will make a loud chime whenever you are sad. My mother gave me this because she wanted to know how I felt. This is something really precious to me and I want you to have it." She handed it out to him with hope and desire, but his gazes switched back and forth from the necklace and back to her.
"I...I can't take something so precious away from you," he said gravely.
"Yes you can. Please, just take it." She handed it out to him again. He took it reluctantly and thanked her.
"Master, I believe we have to go now," the carriage driver told him.
"Yes, yes. I'm so sorry to keep you waiting. I'll be there." He looked back at her and took out something too. "What a coincidence, I have this wings necklace. My mom gave it to me on my birthday. Well, that's nothing special about it, but it's my most precious thing and I want you to have it."
They were wearing each other's necklaces and hugged each other.
"Goodbye. I will miss you." Hinata wept while wiping her eyes.
"I will miss you too. Good bye." The two of them broke the hug and the boy walked up and got up into the carriage, but as the carriage man whipped the horses signalling them to go, the boy gives Hinata once last look, giving her a reassuring smile.
Hinata stood there, watching the carriage go before her tear-soaked white eyes. She looked at the necklace that the boy gave her, but the reminder of that winged pendant only encouraged her to run after the carriage.
"WAIT. I haven't got your name. Tell me your name." Her little feet wouldn't move anymore as exhaustion take over her. She stood there, looking at the carriage peel off as tears rolled down her rosy cheeks.
On the carriage, the boy heard her calling to him, but he didn't dare look at her as he was afraid that seeing her again would only strain him into a vat of unhappiness. Departing is such a painful experience like how his mother left him just like that.
"Gaara..." He whisper to himself. Tears begin to form in his eyes as sadness overwhelmed him. The bell on his necklace began to chime loudly as his cries became louder.
Hinata was about to walk back when she heard the chime of the bell. She looked back and landed on her knee. "Are you crying?" She asked, as if she was talking to him. She smiled as she look at the sky.
Someday, we will meet again...We will...
To Be Countinue
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