Right Off The Bat (NaruHina)

2 - Believe It!

|Hinata|

"It's a beautiful day today"

I said out loud, Kiba suddenly looked at me strangely

"Hinata, it's eighty degrees out and it's first day of school" He stated "What makes it 'beautiful'?!"

I looked at the clear blue sky and the sun shining brightly, "I dunno... Just reminds me of..."

"I'm Naruto! Naruto Uzumaki! Remember that name because it'll be on every billboard in the future, believe it!"

Naruto's eyes...

It's been a year, maybe, since I had my encounter with that boy, and...

"Why can't I just forget him?"

Maybe it's because I lost my ball that day, or it was the day of my first time being MVP... Or maybe because he had eyes that were-

"So blue... I haven't seen eyes that bright before..."

I always see people around, but none of them looked so blue like his. I usually see white, black, brown, and other colors, but no one else's were as blue as his

"His smile was so big and legit..."

It was full of energy and sincerity, I've never seen someone smile like that before

"Not even Kiba could smile like him, and he's a ball of energy!"

I couldn't help but giggle

"I guess that I shouldn't compare smiles..."

"Hinaataaaa! You zoned out again" Kiba interrupted my thoughts

"O-Oh, sorry! I don't know what came over me" I apologized

"Never mind that" Kiba said as he put his hands on his waist "We're here! Welcome back to Saint Hamura High! I'll make sure that our last year here will be the best for you and me!"

"A-And Shino"

"Yes, and Shino, too"

"I'm glad I wasn't completely forgotten"

"Woah! Hey, Shino! Nice to see you again, dude!"

"I was walking with the two of you the entire time..."

"Oh... Why didn't you say so, then?!"

I giggled at the two of them, they both looked at me from their argument. I put on the best smile I can pull off

"Yes, it would be a great year, indeed! I can feel it, b-believe it!"

|Naruto|

"What was it?" Sakura asked

I looked back down to her from gazing at the sky, "It's nothing, just a strange feeling that something wonderful happened"

"Hn, it's impossible to have a feeling like that" Sasuke said, I glared at him

"I'm an Uzumaki! And we have special senses like that, believe it!"

"Yeah, right, idiot"

"Say that to my face, emo!"

"Cha! Boys! Not today!" Sakura yelled as she pulled my ear "It's out first day back, and I don't want your bickering to ruin it, understand?!"

"Whatever" Both me and Sasuke muttered, before we glared at each other from the corner of our eyes, Sakura skipping happily in front of us

We got in the school, it all looked new yet old, everything looked the same, but different

I took in a deep breath and out, walking to my locker, which is conveniently in the middle of Sasuke's and Sakura's

"Since everyone knows I'm their leader"

I snickered to myself as I opened my locker, I opened my bag to put my stuff in, then I suddenly felt a slight shove on my shoulder

"Hey! What gives?!" "No laughing, crazy moron" Sasuke smirked as he opened his own locker

Drop!

Our attention turned to something dropping and bouncing, my eyes widen as I dived to catch the small ball to my hands, "Phew! Almost lost it!"

I automatically turned the purple ball and smiled at the cursive stitching

"Hinata Hyūga..."

"A-And I'm Hinata H-Hyūga. I-I hope to meet y-you again, too, N-Naruto..."

Her voice echoed in my head, I stood back up and looked at the ball

"I never got to see her again during the summer, haven't I?"

I frowned

"She really seemed worried about this ball, too. She never got it back and here I am, holding on it. She must be upset, believe it!"

"What the-? You still carry that thing around, Naruto?" Sakura released me from my train of thoughts

"Isn't that the ball from the cricket game from last year?" Sasuke asked

I shoved the ball in my locker safely on my folded jersey, putting my baseball cap over it

"Who knows, we might see Hinata any time, and when that time comes, I swear that I will do everything I can to bring her back her ball! Believe it!"

"Yeah, yeah. You're exaggerating a bit too much, Naruto" Sakura said as she closed her locker, she sighed and shrugged "But then again, I won't complain, you do fulfill the promises you make"

"You know it!"

"Shut up already, it's only been a few minutes that we're in school and I'm already getting tired of your voice, idiot"

"Hah! You better get used to my voice, then, Sasuke!" I yelled as I pulled my signature grin

"And why's that, Naruto?" Sakura asked, encouraging me to continue

"Because, it would be an awesome year! I can feel it in my gut, believe it!"