No Time For Love (Naruto Fanfic)

Chapter 6

After class ended Naruto left and caught up to Hinata as she made her way back to her compound.

"Wait! Hinata can I talk to you for a sec?"

Hinata looked at Naruto, surprised that he acknowledged her before she nodded.

"I just wanted to complement you on your fighting skills," Naruto said.

Hinata blushed heavily. "Thank you Naruto, but my fighting skills aren't that good," she said looking down in embarrassment and shame.

"My father critisizes my lack of skills all the time. I-I-I can't even b-b-beat my own little sister in a fight," the pale eyed girl said.

"And why is that?" Naruto asked while leaning against a tree. It seemed that this conversation was gonna take a while.

"Well truth be told, I-I'm afraid to really hurt her," Hinata answered.

Seeing Naruto's questioning gaze she explained herself further.

"Y-you see before m-my mother passed on she made me promise to always protect my sister. So whenever my father and the clan elders make us spar against each other I always lose to her."

Naruto clenched his teeth. He hated when people didn't take their opponents seriously and held out on them. "So your holding back on her?"

Hinata nodded saddly. "My sister barely even speaks to me now. She hates me."

"Well if I was her I'd hate you too!" Naruto shouted, not liking Hinata's little pity party one bit.

Hinata looked at him, shocked that he would say such a thing.

"You can't just hold back on her. If I was her I'd want you to fight me with everything you have. It's like you don't trust her abilities as a fighter. Do you think she is too weak to hold herself in a real fight against you?!" Naruto questioned.

"What? No, she has great potential! My father even saw that the first day she started to train. I'm just protecting her!" Hinata said franticly.

"How are protecting her? I've read about the pressures of being a clan heir. They have to spend more time training and maturing quickly to lead their clan. If you keep letting her show you up then your father will make her his successor instead. Is that what you want? To have your sister's childhood taken away from her. To burden her with all that responsibliltiy. Come on Hinata, I thought you wanted to protect her. I thought you were her big sister."

"I am her big sister!!!" She yelled before breathing heavily with frustration.

This whole conversation was frustrating. She usually kept all her problems bottled up. Now it was all coming out.

Naruto saw this and gave her hug.

She stiffened before relaxing in his hold. "I just want to be good sister," Hinata said softly.

"Then act like one," Naruto replied in a softer tone before letting go of her and looking away awkwardly after realizing how long he'd been holding onto her.

"Show your sister and the rest of your clan what you're really made of and for Kami's sake please show some confidence and stop stuttering! Your father might not see your potential, but I do! I believe in you Hinata Hyūga!" Naruto yelled before running off.

Hinata blushed and squealed inside her head. Her crush had just hugged her and told her that he believed in her. This had to be a dream.

Shaking her head a bit she focused on the new task at hand. Getting stronger for her sister and her clan's sake.

She would be the best ninja that she could be. She would get her father to acknowledge her and gain her sister's trust back.

With that thought she ran back to her clan's compound. She had some training to do!