Destined for Each other?-

Chapter one – Nostalgia

Naruto, who is only 12 years old, waits as his former mother arrives in her car to their home. Naruto twiddles with some of his toys dropping them and bringing them up. "Swoosh" says Naruto as he continues his imaginary play. Suddenly he hears a car pulling up to the his house "Is that mom?" he says as he walks to the door and sees his father in front of it. Naruto repeats to his father, "Is that mom? Is that mom? Is she here yet?"

His father turns to him and smiles, "Yes Naruto, your mother is finally here." Naruto turns to his father for reassurance then faces the glass on the door as his no longer former mother comies out of her car with her luggage and things. She holds on to as much as she can carry on one hand as she holds the tiny hands of her daughter, Naruto's twin sister Hinata, with the other hand. His father hurries outside and grabs some of her things and opens the door for his wife. They finally settle everything on the floor as Hinata looks at Naruto from her mothers hand, not parting away from it. Naruto thinks to himself, 'Oh yeah, I forgot about Hinata.'

Naruto runs up to her and says, "Hey Hinata! It's me Naruto, I know its been a while but-", he gets interrupted by his sister, "It has been a while." She then hugs him quickly. The two blush out of embarrassment, it had been years since they had seen each other, even though they are twins, so they felt like they were absolute strangers. Their parents had separated years ago when they were merely 3 years old. Each got one kid, that was the agreement. Narutos father looks at his wife again, "Well, how was the drive down here?" She turns and looks at him, "It was fine." she says, "Not much traffic down here." "That's good news... So." He kneels down and faces Hinata. "How have you been Hinata?"

Hinata shyly replies, "Uh... i've been 'kay." Hinata fakes a smile since she barely remembers her father, let alone Naruto. He rubs her head and says, "Well, you're home now." Naruto's mother turns to her son, and says, "So, what would you like for dinner?" Naruto smiles and yells, "Ramen!" "Glad to see you are the same Naruto." She replies.

Dinner time

They begin eating as they all remain silent for a while, awkwardly. Their mother finally breaks the ice, "So Naruto..." she says, "How have you been?" He puts down his bowl and looks at her, "Okay, I guess." "Good." she says. They continue eating until suddenly Naruto stops again and looks at his mother, "Why mom? why did you leave us?!" She is startled by the question, "What do you mean Naruto?" She says. "You left me and daddy alone, why?" He replies. She thinks for a second to herself then answers back, "Naruto... something you won't understand right now is that sometimes you stop loving someone you love. Even if you love them a lot, love can runaway sometimes and you might not find it." "But why are you here then? Do you not love me or daddy?" says Naruto. The hasty discussion makes Hinata cover her face in fear. Their mother pats Hinata on the head and makes her relax then says, "Of course I love you and daddy. Its just that right now mommy's a little sick and she could use help, so you and daddy are going to help me since I'm not as strong as I used to be... Please tell me you are going to be a strong boy Naruto." Naruto, finally calming down, looks to his mother and nods, "I'll try my best!" he says. "Good" she replies, "I know you will."

Four years later

"Mom, please don't go." Naruto says while holding his mothers cold hand as she lays on the hospital bed. Surrounding her is Hinata, Naruto, and their father. Naruto grabs onto his mothers hand even harder but she doesn't react until she finally lets go and her hand falls to the bed. Naruto shakes hers, "Mom..." he says but nothing. Again he repeats, "Mom?" Hinata goes up to her bed away from her fathers hand then climbs up to the cold cushion and lays near her mothers body. "Mom, are you going to be okay?" Their father goes up to the kids and goes onto his knees. He covers his face as the tears begin to go down his face like a fountain.

Naruto wakes up from his memories

"Whoa." Naruto says as he gets up from the couch with the TV on. He wipes some of the tears of his face and stretches a bit. "I can't believe its already been a year since mom's left." he thinks to himself. He walks upstairs and goes towards his bedroom which is in front of his twin sister Hinata's bedroom. He steps inside his sisters bedroom and sees shes reading a manga. Naruto, "Are you okay in here?" Hinata looks at him confusingly, "Of course I am, why wouldn't I be? Hey, wheres dad?" Naruto scratches his head, "At a bar somewhere I'm sure. I never see him anymore", he says. "Mom's dead and dads never here..." Hinata says as she closes her manga and puts it to the side as she stops herself. "I've got nobody..." she says. "What do you mean?" Naruto says as he walks to her bed. "You've got me." Hinata hides her face in her pillow as she tears up, Naruto rubs her shoulders to try to comfort her but she nudges him off her. Getting the message Naruto walks out of her room to give her space but before he closes the door he says, "I'll be right here if you need me." He then closes the door and walks to his room.

Naruto turns on his TV like white noise as he walks around his room preparing it for tomorrow since they have school the next day. He sets his uniform and book bag on his chair next to his bed then turns of the lights as he goes to sleep.

During school
Naruto and his friend Sasuke are doing Jumping Jacks as they talk to each other doing P.E. "So", Sasuke asks, "She's been really depressed recently, huh?" Naruto nods and answers, "Yeah she has been, I don't know what to do. What do you think I should do? What things can cheer a girl up?" Sasuke raises an eyebrow then pokes his friend in the gut. "You would ask a silly question like that." Naruto stops and looks at Sasuke, "What does that mean?" he says. "Oh nothing." Sasuke says, "Just listen to your old pal Sasuke, if you want to cheer your sister up take her to eat out, maybe something simple like ice cream. That should make her feel at least a little better." Naruto says, "That's a good idea, I think I'll do that. We can take the train straight there from town!" "You see! Just do that, I'm sure you'll be fine" Sasuke says.

On the other side of the gym

"I don't know what to do." Hinata says to her friend Sakura as they do their turn of jumping jacks. Sakura says, "What you have to do is take it easy, everything will get better, you just watch and see." Hinata just continues with her jumps and replies, "I hope so."

To be continued in the next chapter...

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