A young girl sat at her desk and chewed on her pen while she thought.
She was going to be 16 soon. ° Should I celebrate? But who do I invite? Would anyone come at all? But if I'm going to celebrate, I'll have to ask Father's permission first. ° "Hinata! Are you coming, there is food", someone could be heard calling. "Yes, mother! I'm coming," the girl called back and went into the large room in which they always ate.
She lived in a very large villa because she belonged to a respected ninja family, one of the strongest clans. The Hyuuga clan. In their family, their children inherited the Byakugan, from which the Sharingan is said to have originated.

When she got to the dining room, her parents were already sitting there. Neji too, he was her cousin, and his mother was there. His father had died trying to protect Hinata's father, the head of the clan.
She sat down with them. “Hello Neji!” “Hello Hinata."The food was served by several butlers." Are you looking forward to your birthday? "asked her mother. She nodded." Yes, very much. "" And do you party? ", Neji wanted to know with a grin on his face. ° He probably wants to get really drunk again °, thought Hinata and grinned." I don't know yet. I also have no idea who to invite. "" I know a few. How about Tenten, Sakura, Ino, Naruto, Sasuke and the others? You could invite them all! "Hinata looked at her father." Father? " "Yes? "" Can I celebrate my birthday? "He nodded." But I don't want you to celebrate here. Rent a hall, I'll pay for it. "You could see a hint of a smile on the stern features of the head of the Hyuuga clan. Hinata smiled too." Thank you, father.
After dinner she went to her room with Neji to discuss everything. He had promised to help her prepare. “I already know a hall,” he said, “should I give you a call and ask if we can rent it?"Hinata shook her head." Let one of our butlers do that. "She called one of the servants." Would you please call this number and rent the hall next to the academy? "She handed him a slip of paper with the phone number that Neji had written down earlier." Of course, Miss Hyuuga. "Hinata grimaced. She didn't like being called that." James, how many times have I told you to call me by my first name? "" As you wish, Miss Hyuuga. "" Hinata! "" Hinata, "he repeated and left again. She sat down across from her cousin again." Whom should I invite now? "" Well ... ", Neji started to list," Tenten, Ino, Sakura, Lee, Choji, Shikamaru, Naruto, Sasuke, Kiba, Shino and of course me! " "Sounds good. But only twelve in a large hall? "Neji thought for a moment." How about if we also invited the 4 Jou-Nin? So, I mean Gai, Asuma, Kakashi, and Kurenai. "" I would also like to invite Sensei Iruka, he was always my favorite teacher at the academy."° Besides, Naruto is like a son to him ... °, she added in her mind. Then there was a knock on the door." Come in! "James the butler came in." Miss- "He opened his mouth, but Hinata looked at him intently. He sighed." Hinata, "he said, starting to smile," I was able to rent the hall for her . " "Thanks. "And he left. Then Neji and Hinata went to the invitations. She had insisted on writing them by hand, for whatever reason. They got a book from the in-house library." Calligraphy for beginners "was written on it. "What do we want with that? "Neji looked at her blankly." It must be written nicely, right? "Neji didn't like that at all, because his writing was, to put it mildly, not very legible. They went back to Hinata's room and immediately got down to writing the invitations. After a good hour they were finished, which was relatively quick, if it was considered that it would take Neji several attempts to write a single invitation.They proudly looked at their work. "Do we want to hand them out today?" "No, let's do that tomorrow. I still want to train." Neji nodded and went home while Hinata went to the training room in the basement. She trained for at least two hours every day because she wanted to get stronger. To be precise, to become as strong as Naruto, because she had been in love with him for a long time. Since she'd first seen him.

~ Flashback ~

Hinata, who was 11 years old at the time, was walking through the village with her mother. As they passed the large public training field, she saw a blond boy about her age. He trained very hard. "Wait here a moment, honey," said her mother and went into a shop. Hinata decided to go a little closer to get a better look at the boy. She hid behind a tree and looked at him. As he turned once, she caught a glimpse of his bright blue eyes. She was fascinated from the first moment.But when she got the chance to see his eyes again, she saw the immense pain in them. ° What does he have? ° "Hey, come out", he suddenly called. Hinata was startled, but took a few steps towards him. When he saw that it was a girl, his suspicions vanished and he smiled at her. “Hello!” Hinata looked at him and was charmed by his smile. "Ha- Hello." She couldn't get out more. At that moment her mother came and they left. When they got home, she told her mother about the pain she had seen in the boy's eyes. Her mother smiled pityingly. “You know, he has no family. He's all alone. And the other people don't like him.” “Why?” But her mother didn't want to answer that question.
A year later she came to the Ninja Academy. Lots of children were there when she went. On the first day they were divided into different classes. When she got to the classroom, she looked around.She let her gaze wander and he got stuck on a person. On a blond boy with sea-blue eyes. He looked at her and smiled. Then he got up and greeted her. Again she was fascinated by his eyes. She couldn't take her gaze from him, but she couldn't say anything to his greeting either. When she didn't answer, just looked shyly at her feet, Naruto sat down again.

~ Flashback end ~

And since then she was madly in love with him. There had been other guys who were good-looking and even liked her a lot, but she had always rejected them. She still had the hope that Naruto would eventually notice her and maybe even love her.
She tore herself away from her thoughts. It was getting late so she went to bed. She dreamed of her first meeting with Naruto.

The next day Neji came by early. “Good morning.” “Good morning, Neji,” she greeted him. "Shall we hand out the invitations now?"She nodded." Yeah, I just have to get ready. "They went off after a good twenty minutes.
They rang Choji's doorbell first. When he opened it, of course, he had a bag of chips in his hand. Then they went to Shikamaru. He immediately agreed, but grumbling as always. Ino and then Sakura naturally wanted to know whether Sasuke was also invited. He was invited too and said he would come. Everyone was very happy about the invitation, because there had been nothing to celebrate in Konoha for a long time. Of course, the teachers were also happy: Kakashi, Gai, Iruka, Kurenai and Asuma. Now they only had one invitation. The one for Naruto. Just before they got to his place, Hinata stopped. "What is it?", Neji asked and turned around. "Can you go there alone? I ... don't dare to." Neji smiled. "I understand. I'll go to him and you will wait here, okay? I'll be right back." He walked a few more meters until he reached Naruto's house. He rang the doorbell, but, contrary to expectations, no one answered.He only heard a voice from inside. "Yes, who is there?" "It's me, Neji. Open up, Naruto!" You heard an embarrassed laugh. "Uh, unfortunately that doesn't work." Neji frowned. ° He doesn't have a girl with him, does he? ° "Why not?" Naruto explained it to him. "Well, I locked the door last night, but I can't find the key. I can't unlock the door anymore." Neji rolled her eyes. “Go to the window in your kitchen, Naruto.” “Okay.” He walked around the house and was now standing in front of the window of Naruto's kitchen. “Open the window.” Naruto did and Neji climbed through. "Why didn't I think of it?" ° Oh, man. Why did Hinata have to fall in love with such a hollow head? °, thought the Hyuuga desperately. "I'm here because I wanted to give you an invitation. Hinata is celebrating her 16th birthday." Naruto accepted the invitation with thanks. “I'll come!” Neji climbed out the window again when he paused for a moment. "There's your key, by the way."He pointed to a glass that was on a table. The key was inside. Naruto turned to where Neji had pointed." Why is my key in a glass? "
Neji went back to Hinata, who was waiting impatiently for him. “And what did he say?” “He's coming!” Hinata's face brightened. "Great!"

The next day they wanted to decorate the hall, because the celebration should take place in two days. Hinata rang Neji's doorbell, but no one answered. So she took the key he had given her and went inside. When she got into the kitchen, she saw a note that was attached to the refrigerator with a magnet. It said, "I'm sorry, Hinata, but I had to go on a short-term mission. But for your birthday Lee, Tenten and I will be back
She sighed. ° Then I will probably have to ask someone else. ° She went to Ino, but she had to help out in her parents' flower shop and the others didn't have time either. There was only one thing she hadn't asked. -Naruto.° But I didn't even dare to invite him, how should I ask him to help me? ° She had decided to decorate alone. So she ran through Konoha to buy decorations. But she had bought so much that she could hardly carry all of them. Then she heard a voice. “Hey, Hinata!” She turned around and looked into Naruto's well-known sea-blue eyes. “Can I help you?” She nodded and he took something from her. "Is that all decoration for your party?" "Yes." "And who will help you?" "Neji." He looked at her confused. “But Sakura said he, Lee and Tenten are on a mission.” She bit her lip. Then he said, “I'll help you.”