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Back again! Hope you like this one. I basically couldn't get this out of my head so I wrote it all down here for you to enjoy! Be kind and let me know what you think! Don't worry, I haven't forgotten the other story I'll get around to updating. :) Hope you enjoy!

Chapter 1

It was days like today that made Hinata want to stay snugly in her warm bed. Then the silence reminded her that it was also days like today that reminded her that she most certainly could not stay in her bed. Had she ever imagined her life like this? Absolutely not, but here she was laying in a huge bed in a huge home that she couldn't make head nor tails of. She remembered wanting to leave her childhood home and move into a cheery, warm home of her own. A home where her children would feel the warmth of her love and here she was wishing she was back home in the cold, familiarity of the Hyuga manor.

Hinata wasn't naive to the fact that her whole existence had been used as a pawn for the Hyuga; to be used in whichever way benefitted the clan with the most return. It felt as if she were the prized heifer being sold to the highest bidder, and she essentially was. She had never expected Sasuke Uchiha to be that bidder. He'd offered her clan a quarter of his family's assets which dwarfed the other competing bid by far. Not to mention the intriguing notion of children born with the mixture of two prestigious blood lines. That in and of itself was enough to really seal the deal.

So here she was in a ghost town on the edge of the village with noone to talk to except a husband that has been deployed on a sensitive ANBU mission since their wedding night. It had been, quite the wedding night at that. The way he touched her…

KNOCK. KNOCK. KNOCK.

Who on Earth…

KNOCK. KNOCK. KNOCK. KNOCK.

For Kami's sake…

"Just a minute!" she called through the silent house.

KNOCK. KNOCK. KNOCK. KNOCK. KNOCK.

"Coming!"

Of all the days…

Hinata raced through the house in her robe and hoped beyond all hope that whoever was at her door was not some important ambassador coming to congratulate the new Uchiha matriarch. There had been a painful number of those coming from all over the elemental nations to vie favor with her new clan. A clan she really didn't have any idea about since her husband had yet to introduce her to.

KNOCK. KNOCK. It was much louder than before and, frankly, was starting to irritate her.

These people would get the full force of her Byakugan if they didn't stop-

"SO IT IS TRUE!"

"Sakura?"

Now Hinata was extremely embarrassed and confused but mostly embarrassed as she realized she was now at the door clad only in her robe and the blush becoming more evident with the blush coming in full force of her chest and face.

"YOU MARRIED SASUKE! YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE HIM!"

"Sakura, that's not-"

"DON'T YOU DARE LIE TO MY FACE! YOU DIDN'T NOTICE ANYONE BUT NARUTO! How DARE you do this to me! You don't even like-"

"SAKURA STOP," Hinata commanded, Byakugan activated, "I have no idea why or what reason you were given for why I'm now married to Sasuke but the fact is I AM his wife. And that means, even if I didn't notice him in that way before, I now am committed and devoted to HIM alone. You are acting irrationally and saying things that you will regret tomorrow. I suggest you leave. NOW."

"Hinata you can't just force me to-"

"Yes, she can."

Both women turned to the newcomer.

"Anata, you're home

"Sasuke-kun!"

"Sakura, I believe my wife has asked you to leave."

"But, Sasuke-kun, I came to-"

"It seems you came to harass my wife and she asked you to leave much nicer than I would have if you had approached me the same way. Leave. Now."

The woman who had seemed so passionate and fiery just minutes before lost all color and spark. And just as suddenly as she had come, she left just as quickly to seemingly avoid even more humiliation at the hand, or mouth, of her former crush.

Now alone, Sasuke and Hinata were faced with the silence and slight awkwardness of their marriage looming in the air. The blush returned to Hinata's features full force.

"Aaanata, wwwelcome home. How was your mission?" She lowered her eyes slightly and looked through her bangs at him.

He's going to be the death of me, she thought, but at least he's handsome.

She's going to be the death of me, he thought as he admired his wife. That look, the look of knowing. Knowing what they had shared during their short, yet intimate time together. He couldn't believe she had been so willing and open to him and his affection. He truly hated himself for leaving her alone in this morgue of a house for so long but Naruto may be an idiot but he's a good leader and he had seen no other option than to send him away so soon.

Sasuke remembered the day he first saw her again...

He'd never intended to marry. Hell, he'd never intended to stay in this Kami forsaken village that had destroyed his family, but when he returned from his journey of penance, he had no idea what he was going to do with himself. That is, until he saw her.

She hadn't been doing anything out of the ordinary, in fact, she'd looked quite plain. However, the look in her eyes as she tended to the crying child in her arms won his heart almost instantaneously.

His mother. She looked like his mother had when tending to his own wounds as a child. She was loving and kind. She shushed his whimpers and wiped his tears. This child, who he knew was not her own, her eyes betrayed her as a Hyuga and this boy was not, was the most important person in her world at that moment and that was a gift not every woman had.

He had his pick of women as a teen but now not many wanted to be in the same vicinity as him nonetheless be married to him.

"Did you hear about the Hyuga heiress?"

His years of tracking and stealth had honed his hearing to picking up on prime details.

"Yes, so so sad."

"Her father's put her up on the block for the sake of that Kami foresaken clan of hers."

"So true. They don't even know a treasure when they see one. She's the only decent one out of the whole lot of them."

"They never know what they got. That's for damn sure."

"I've heard that they have opened betrothal offers from anyone in the elemental nations willing to put out a pretty penny for her."

"Yep. It looks like Hiashi is holding an open season for his eldest daughter."

Two village onlookers had decided to gossip and he just happened to find the information useful. So Hiashi wanted to sell off his daughter for the clan. He'd remembered...Hinata...from school. She was shy and quiet, which was a definite plus. Especially since most of the girls who "admired" him were definitely not quiet.

Sighing to himself, he decided right then that he had a meeting with Hiashi to make.

So I hope you guys liked it! Hopefully you'll review and let me know if I should continue on! :) Thanks for reading and stopping by and don't forget to let me know what you think!