The Love We Never Knew We Had [Discontinued]

Part 6

~HINATA~

The river was freezing. The waves continued to cascade over my head. I was struggling to stay above water and I'd lost all sense of direction.

"Help!" I screamed, but swallowed a mouthful of water.

'This is not how I wanted to die!' I thought, 'I wanted to die protecting someone I cared about!'

Closing my eyes and waiting for the end, I didn't notice someone beside me. When then touched me I let out a shocked breath while my eyes flew open.

I couldn't see their face—all I saw was a flurry of blue.

The person firmly grabbed my arm, and began pulling me to the shore.

In mere moments, we were lying on the shoreline, completely out of breath. I looked at the person who had saved me, and to my surprise, it was Sasuke.

"S-Sasuke?" I murmured.

"What?" he asked. His onyx eyes, the opposite of mine, stared into my soul. It was creepily unsettling.

"W-why did you save me?"

"What are you talking about?" he asked, genuinely surprised.

I thought of a way to reword it, but nothing came to me. I shook my head and fell silent.

After a few minutes, Sasuke stood saying he had somewhere to be. He left, and I sat wondering about how little I knew him.

Sighing, I stood and began trudging back to the Hyuga household.

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"Hinata!" Father exclaimed sternly.

I was at the Hyuga household, sitting in the main room. Father was standing over me, more than furious.

"What were you thinking?" he asked.

"I-I don't know," I answered earnestly. I didn't know why I did any of it. I didn't know why I agreed to join Naruto, why I stayed after they left, why I was saved by Sasuke Uchiha.

"Well, you had better figure it out!" he growled. I nodded and scurried to my room. Plopping onto my bed, I sobbed.

"You aren't fit to be a Hyuga," a voice spoke. I turned my head and saw Fugito standing in the doorway. I inwardly groaned. I tried to be nice to everyone around me, but Fugito was impossible.

"Whatdoyouwant?" I asked.

"For you to be a proper Hyuga."

I laughed.

"Also, your father has requested you continue training with Neji. Now."

I mumbled a few rude remarks, then left. I spotted Neji in the training grounds and went to greet him.

After awhile of persuading him to train me, he obliged, and we began.