This is the first serious prompt I am doing, and I loved it. If anyone wants to prompt me to write something, feel free to request it over my tumblr blog - you can find a link to it in my author's info.
Sasuke and Hinata (possibly with others) one night on a mission in the woods. And their food goes missing.
(Requested by bullwinkle520)
"Where is it?!"
Hinata stared at the black-haired boy as he frantically roamed through his back-pack like his life depended on it. Strangely enough, it was the first time the girl saw him lose his composure.
"Where. Is. It." This was no longer a question, but rather a threat.
Her white eyes followed his red ones, understanding a bit too late that his Sharingan was directed at Naruto.
As fast as only an Uchiha could be, Sasuke jumped at the Uzumaki and tackled him. This resulted in the two crashing on the ground, throwing punches. Naruto wasn't even sure what had gotten into the teme this time. But he was always ready to beat him up.
And still, he couldn't really enjoy the fight, as Sakura quickly gained access to his neck, holding him still. With her other hand, she grabbed Sasuke by the collar and flung him on a safe distance. The blond tried to protest, but her emerald eyes fixed on his blue ones with anger. He stared at her with both fear and love, completely disregarding the fact that she was choking him.
"What is it this time?" the kunoichi asked.
It took Sasuke a few seconds to gather his senses and to dismiss the Chidori that was sizzling in his palm. "My tomatoes are missing," he spoke between his teeth.
"Naruto doesn't even like tomatoes!" Sakura answered and the Uzumaki nodded in agreement. His face was turning blue.
"But he likes to irritate me," the Uchiha noted. Naruto nodded again, starting to feel slightly dizzy.
Sakura made sure the situation was handled, then released her grasp on Naruto, who smiled at her in gratitude for not being dead by suffocation.
"My food is missing as well," the Haruno spoke quietly.
Everyone turned to stare at Choji, but remembered that he had left their group a few hours ago, together with Shikamaru and Ino, headed for another mission.
"Damn idiot," Kiba spat.
The Ino-Shika-Cho formation was amazing on the battlefield. But those three often pulled pranks on other shinobi. And those shinobi were hungry.
It took the group a few seconds to realize all their food supplies were missing. Hinata and Shino managed to calm Kiba down, deciding to find a strategy to find new provisions. They were two days away from the nearest village, being stuck in a huge forest.
But team 7 was handling this quite differently. Sasuke stormed in Naruto's small tent to go through his things just in case, which resulted in another tackle and a few punches delivered by Sakura, who looked both really angry and desperate. She was feeling like a babysitter again.
"What's up with you, Uchiha?" Kiba asked, feeling fed up with all the fussing.
Sasuke turned to the Inuzuka, as if just noticing his existence. "Have you ever been on a mission with Naruto when he is hungry, dog-boy?"
Kiba was quite used to this nickname, but now it appeared to offend him. "As a matter of fact, I have. But I don't remember being a bitch about it."
Sasuke was about to jump at him, but Naruto's laugh caught him off guard. The blonde moved, still laughing, and placed his arm on Kiba's shoulder to show his support. "Good one, Kiba!"
The two exchanged grins. Sasuke clenched his fists. He had skipped his lunch as he had spent more time training, and he needed his daily nutrition now. But a hungry Naruto frightened him much more than dying of starvation.
"So you're teaming up?" The Uchiha gave the two an angry look. "Great. Team Morons."
"What did you just say?!" Naruto and Kiba spoke simultaneously, pulling their sleeves up, headed for Sasuke. And yet, Shino stopped his teammate and Sakura punched the Uzumaki.
"I've had enough of you fighting!" the Haruno yelled, punching the blond again.
"She is right," Shino agreed. "We should team up and see where we can find food for tonight."
The Uchiha stared at the bug-user, then exhaled, rolling his eyes. "Fine. Team Babysitters, you can keep an eye on Team Morons so we can be sure their idiocy won't destroy the world. Team Kekkei Genkai will go and look for food."
Naruto gaped and Kiba blinked. As for Sakura and Shino, they were fine with their team's name, as they were used to the job at hand. Hinata gave Sasuke a questioning look, but almost screamed as he walked to her, grabbing her arm above the elbow, dragging her after him.
Soon they were deep into the woods. The girl tried speaking a few times, but she only felt her face burn and simply let herself be dragged further. She stared at Sasuke's back, trying to keep up with his fast pace. This was too awkward for her. She had never even spoken to the Uchiha in the manga or anime and didn't know quite what to do now.
They continued walking for some time in complete silence. Hinata didn't mind this, but the fingers on her left hand were starting to feel numb.
"Um… Sasuke-kun?"
The boy stopped so suddenly that she bumped into him. He turned around, fixing his crimson eyes on her, his expression completely blank. They exchanged gazes for a moment until she looked away.
"What?"
"A-ano… Where are we going?"
"To find food."
"I know. But where?"
He blinked, then let go of her arm, noticing that she rubbed the spot. He then looked away, feeling odd, he had absently squeezed her a bit too much in his anger. Spending too much time around Naruto had made him carelessly violent.
"I'd rather get lost in the forest and be eaten by wolves than stay at the camp."
Hinata raised her eyebrows, playing with the zipper on her jacket. "I have never seen Naruto-kun truly hungry. Does he get too… aggressive when he is like that?"
Sasuke's red eyes were immediately returned to her white ones, his expression somewhat surprised. "If only."
He turned around and walked ahead. Hinata, not sure what to do, followed.
They walked for a while until Sasuke broke the silence. "Horny."
The Hyuuga girl crashed into a tree, almost knocking herself to the ground. She took a step back, rubbing her forehead. "W-what?"
The boy turned to stare at her again. "He gets horny. If I am on a mission alone with him, I usually knock him unconscious and tie him to something, but if Sakura is there… The two can be rather disgusting. And I'd like to keep the little I had for breakfast in my stomach."
Hinata blinked. She was well aware that Naruto and Sakura were dating. But she couldn't imagine seeing or hearing them do stuff. So being dragged into the forest alone with Sasuke seemed a good idea to her in the current situation.
She smiled, blushing, and looked away. "Ah," she noted, trying to show understanding. "In this case we should get going. This forest is huge. There should be something to eat here."
Hinata managed to grab his sleeve before he stepped on a dry branch. "Stop," she whispered.
Sasuke looked at her, examining her activated Byakugan. The veins on her temples were clearly visible, and yet it did not ruin the softness of her image. He watched as she pointed at the branch before him. She then pressed her pointer finger to her lips, instructing him to be quiet.
"There is a deer. It's not too close, but we should be careful."
The Uchiha kept his eyes fixed on her for a while longer. "Come on."
They climbed one a tree and started running from branch to branch. Sasuke was too fast, but found himself surprised at how fast the girl was herself. Her feet landed soundlessly on the branches. She ran a foot ahead of him, showing him the way.
She was the Hyuuga heiress. It was normal for her to be well trained. And still, Sasuke couldn't quite figure out why he had never been on a mission with her. She was… Interesting.
Soon Hinata raised her hand, motioning for him to slow down. In the end she landed on a large branch and stopped. Sasuke situated himself next to her. The two examined the small clearing before them. A deer was eating berries from a small bush, oblivious to their presence.
Sasuke had prepared his kunai in advance. With his Sharingan active, he fixed his gaze on the most vital point of the animal.
"You might want to look away," he whispered, his voice barely noticeable. And before Hinata could react, he had disappeared.
She heard a hit, then a cry, then complete silence fell upon the clearing. She jumped off the branch, landing swiftly on her feet. The dead animal lay on the ground and the Uchiha towered above it, cleaning his kunai from the blood on it.
Hinata closed in and stared at the deer, feeling slightly sad. As much as her missions often required it, she would never be fond of killing animals.
Sasuke on the other hand appeared somewhat satisfied. He was extremely fast and extremely deadly. Hinata made a mental note not to get on his bad side.
"You feel bad for the deer." It was not a question, but a statement.
"And do you not? Even a little?"
His eyes moved to her and she noticed they had gone back to being their usual onyx color. "It's not my problem it's made of food."
"Yeah, but it's not its fault that our provisions were stolen. It shouldn't be the one to pay for our distraction."
"Do you still like him?"
Hinata was caught completely off guard. She blinked a few times, feeling her face burn. "W-what?"
"Naruto. Are you still into him?"
She took a deep breath, trying not to let her face burst into flames. "He is with Sakura. I am happy for him."
"You are not answering my question."
She looked away, staring at the dead animal. It was killed so fast, she was sure it hadn't suffered.
"No... Not in such a way."
"Good," Sasuke noted. "You're too good for him."
She blushed so badly that she was sure her face was glowing in the darkness. She watched as Sasuke leaned in, grabbing the animal and throwing it over his shoulder. "I-"
"Come on. Let's get back to camp before your teammates commit suicide. Lead the way, Byakugan princess."
"Hinata!" Kiba jumped up upon seeing her. "Where were you? I was worried I'd kill myself and not be able to say goodbye."
The girl blinked, then turned to look for Shino only to find him on the ground, completely covered in beetles. "Is he alright?"
"I think those bugs are soundproof. He can isolate himself like that, lucky bastard."
Hinata smiled and looked around to locate Naruto and Sakura. They were a few feet away, on the ground and in what seemed like a dead-lock. But she soon understood they were simply making out. Quite excessively.
She heard Sasuke clear his throat behind her and turned to stare at him instead, feeling the desperate need to cover her ears and hum a song loudly. The Uchiha laid the deer on the ground. Kiba exhaled happily and went to kick Shino to let him know it was safe to go outside of his bug-shell.
And yet, Naruto and Sakura did not notice this at all. Kiba threw up in his mouth a little. "Come on," he turned to Sasuke, "make them stop!"
The Uchiha exhaled angrily. He found a rock on the ground, weighed it in his palm, then threw it at Naruto. The rock hit the Uzumaki right in the forehead, immediately knocking him unconscious.
Sakura continued with her vicious kisses and it took her a few more seconds to understand her boyfriend had been knocked out. She blinked, then unwrapped her hands from his neck and let him lie on the ground.
"Oh, you guys are here," the pink-haired girl noted, fixing her clothes.
"We have been here all along!" Kiba screamed.
"Is Naruto dead," Shino questioned, making sure all beetles are secure under his coat in case he needed them again later.
Sakura checked the blond behind her shoulder with a loving smile. "No. But did you have to knock him out like that, Sasuke?"
"Of course I had to. I wouldn't dare come close to you."
Hinata chuckled, happy that this horror scene was over. And yet, her eyes moved to Sasuke, noticing how much calmer he was now. He was interesting. Besides, it was the first time she saw his Sharingan in action. He was exquisitely precise when aiming, whether to kill or to knock someone out.
Maybe, if he agreed and had time for it, they could spar together. It would be a challenge, Hinata thought, looking away, completely unsure why she was blushing.
About an hour later the group had prepared their dinner and eaten. And the whole atmosphere was quite better now. Even Akamaru waved his tail.
"Ah man, that was tasty," Kiba said, patting his full stomach.
"Good that Hinata found it the deer," Sasuke noted, staring at the dying fire before him. "I thought we'd have to eat the dog."
Kiba gave him a death-glare and Sasuke laughed at him, then laughed at Naruto, who was just now waking up. The blond rubbed his forehead, a bit confused with what he was seeing.
In other occasions Sasuke wouldn't bother with leaving him any food, but together with Team 8 he had agreed that it was best to feed him as much as possible. The Uzumaki jumped at the portion they had left aside for him and ate noisily.
Things have gone much better than Sasuke had expected. Good thing they had a Byakugan user on their team. His eyes moved to watch as she rubbed the huge dog's belly.
Naruto was an idiot for choosing Sakura over her. She was a very strong and capable kunoichi. And she was quite pleasing to the eye as well. Sasuke finally looked away, wondering why this was the first time he noticed those things. She was interesting and together with her Byakugan she could make a powerful ally.
Byakugan and Sharingan combined could go far. His dark eyes moved to her once more. He smirked, wondering what would happen if the two kekkei genkai were paired. It could result in a brand new doujutsu.
But there was enough time to get to that point. Sasuke stood up, patting the dirt off his pants, staring at the Hyuuga girl.
"Hinata," he called. "Let's spar."
The girl blinked a few times, then blushed and nodded, walking off into the woods with him again. Sasuke let the girl lead the way to the clearing from before, staring at her as she ran through the trees.
Great. Now he was the horny one.
Note:
Sorry for being so late with the prompt, Bwl. I'll be more serious with the prompts from now on. More of them - tomorrow.
