White Lace
Author's Note: All reviews are greatly appreciated. This is a request story from my friend Sadie321. She wanted a Sasuke x Hinata story, where the Uchiha Massacre never happened. This is probably going to be more of a light hearted romantic comedy story.
Chapter Notation: Summonland is where Summons are when they aren't Summoned. Shisui is comic relief. He's probably horribly OOC. I came up with the Sharingan activation idea and the Operation Wildfire. I hope you guys find it amusing.
Sasuke's Personality: I believe without the massacre, his personality would be quite different.
Hinata's Personality Viewer's Choice: She's probably going to be more in character. Let me know if you guys want to keep her feelings for Naruto in the beginning/middle or not.
Chapter One
Sasuke Uchiha had a good life. No scratch that. He had a really fucking great life. The kind of life most people would kill for.
Sasuke came from one of the most powerful, prestigious, and wealthiest clans in the Five Nations. He was widely seen as a prodigy, just like his elder brother Itachi. Sasuke was now a Jonin and at the age of 19, had been so for the past four years.
"Good morning, Sasuke." Itachi called out to him as he suited up to go to the hospital.
"Morning, Itachi. How are the Medic lessons coming?" Sasuke inquired.
Itachi was a pacifist. That wasn't a good thing to be when you were a ninja. He didn't want to use his abilities to kill. But he didn't want to let them go to waste either. Somehow Itachi had found the courage to tell their father this. Fugaku hadn't been exactly thrilled at first.
They had been having dinner. It was just a typical evening in their home. Everything had been so normal, until Itachi informed them that he had an announcement.
"Father, I am afraid that I can not become the next Chief of Police for our family's police force." Itachi had started.
"Don't be ridiculous. You are more than capable. It is just nerves. You will do a good job." Fugaku states and returns his attention to his meal.
"I have decided to pursue a different path. One that I believe I'm better suited for. I would like to have your blessing. But I am not going to change my mind either way." The eldest Uchiha son informed Fugaku.
"A different path? What are you talking about? Their father had asked.
"Itachi? What is going on?" Mikoto had questioned in concern.
Sasuke watches the scene and grows more worried by the second. His father and brother had never really seen eye to eye on anything. He knew that Itachi loved their father. Fugaku loved him. Fugaku was proud of his eldest son. But there had always been a distance between them that neither could ever quite close. This could actually come to blows by the sound of it.
"I applied to the medic training program and was accepted. I don't want to kill for a living. I'd rather spend my life fixing injuries than causing them." He had stated in such a defiant way that it stunned Sasuke.
"That's wonderful news! I'm sure you will be an excellent medic, sweetheart." Mikoto had said and kissed Itachi's cheek.
"A medic? Our family has never had a medic in it." Fugaku says.
"It will now. Unless you want to disown me." The elder brother informed him.
"I can't disown you for wanting to be a healer. That would bring shame on our clan. I am…disappointed that you rejected the role you were born for. But I can not stop you from pursuing this Idea of yours. Sasuke, please tell me you haven't gotten some insane idea into your head as well." Fugaku implored.
"No. I'm happy with being a combat ninja." Sasuke answered.
"Good. Thank God we had two sons Mikoto." The Uchiha Patriarch had sighed.
"Husband, I love you. But you should be proud of Itachi for choosing such an honorable profession and support him because it makes him happy. Stop sulking." Mikoto had said and wandered over to sit in Fugaku's lap.
Sasuke wasn't sure what his mother whispered in his father's ear. But whatever it was it must have been good. Fugaku was in considerably better spirits afterwards. He filed it under the, I don't want to know category.
"Well. It is now just merely a formality of passing the written exams and I will be certified as a combat medic." Itachi informed his younger brother proudly.
He had some of the best friends a guy could ask for. Most women would loved to be his "companion," as his father called it. (Or have their brains fucked out by an Uchiha Sex God, as his cousin Shisui called it.)
"I don't know why you didn't take a hospital position. You could have had so much fun giving the women their physicals!" Sasuke overheard Shisui exclaim.
"I can do far more good as a combat medic, than I can giving random women breast exams. Besides, I prefer quality over quantity." Itachi says and walks over to his cousin, flicking his forehead.
All of this sounds perfect, right? WRONG. Sasuke had one very big problem. Out of all the women in the Leaf Village, he had fallen for the one that was too innocent to notice said "Uchiha Sex Godness."
Sasuke knew that Godness wasn't a real word. But he didn't care. It was a word if he said it was a word. Besides it was a real thing! Uchiha men had always been popular with the women in the Leaf.
At some point, someone in the village caught on that the Sharingan could also be activated by lust. So it was something of a game for the Leaf women to try to get an Uchiha's "attention" in this respect. (Honestly, Sasuke thought this explained the new fashion trend of fishnet shirts for women. But he digressed).
Sasuke was very much relieved that it seemed he was only attracted to Hinata enough to activate his Sharingan. Oh Itachi would never have let him hear the end of it. He loved his brother. He idolized him. But Itachi did have a subtle sadistic streak at times. Speaking of Sharingans activated, he remembered that day well.
It had only been a week or two after he'd been promoted to Jonin. Itachi had taken him celebrating with some of their younger family members and the male members of the Rookie Nine. The sake was flowing freely.
Ninjas could drink once they became Genin. It was frowned on for Genin to drink unless they were fifteen, but no one would stop them. Just flash your headband and you were good to go. The reasoning was as follows. If you are old enough to die for your village, you are damn well old enough to drink.
"Sasuke I have to pack for a mission tomorrow. Would you mind running a minor errand for me?" Itachi had inquired.
"No problem. What is it?" Sasuke had asked innocently, having no idea this minor errand was going to change his entire life.
"It's the Hyugas. Apparently someone's cobra summon got in their Estate somehow. They are all terrified of it, especially the women. You have a contract with snake summons. It should be a simple matter for you to relocate it or dispose of it, if necessary." He remembered Itachi saying.
"Sounds easy enough. Yeah, I'll stop by and take care of it." Sasuke had told Itachi, happy to be able to help his older brother with even such a "simple" task.
"You call dealing with a fucking cobra, a minor errand?" Kiba had shouted at Itachi like he was insane.
"For someone with a Snake Contract, yes." Itachi had replied "neutrally," but underneath that neutral tone there was a hint of pride at his little brother's abilities.
"I better go. I doubt they'll let me in, if I put it off much longer." Sasuke said and headed off to the Hyuga Estate.
Sasuke had never been to the Hyuga Estate before. He remembered thinking it looked like a palace. It was almost entirely white marble. Instead of having a district, they just had large grounds with one sprawling massive building. It would have been too easy to get lost somewhere on the enormous grounds.
"Ah. I see Itachi must have sent you in his stead. I heard that he had a mission tomorrow. Not surprising. I assume you can handle the vile beast that is currently terrorizing my family." Hiashi had said.
"Yes, Sir." Sasuke replied and followed the Hyuga Patriarch inside the Noble Clan's home.
Sasuke looks around the Estate. Eventually, he hears a startled eep coming from inside one of the rooms. Ah ha, three guesses where that cobra went. Sasuke follows the sound of the eep.
It turned out that the snake had wandered into Hinata's room. Hinata was well terrified and had jumped on the bed. The Hyuga Heiress was desperately looking around for the snake. She had grabbed a lamp and was going to defend herself with it. It was…a comical picture. Sasuke would have laughed if it wasn't for what she was wearing.
Beautiful. Feminine. Goddess! She wore a white night gown. It had intricate lacy patterns that stretched across her ample breasts in a sinfully tantalizing fashion. There was a white silk bow wrapped just underneath her breasts. It was sleeveless exposing her creamy neck and bare shoulders. The bottom 2/3rds of it was see through. He could clearly make out the white thong that she wore underneath. Elaborate floral lace patterns were at the hem of the gown that BARELY was enough to prevent you from getting a show.
The gown hugged her every ample curve. Hinata might have only been 15 at the time, but she had already blossomed. Boy had she blossomed. The fabric caressed her wide hips, her firm ass, and showed off those lovely legs of hers. Sasuke felt his eyes bleeding red immediately. If that didn't activate your Sharingan, you were gay. The end. There would be no debates about your sexuality from this point onward. Sasuke was definitely not gay. Wow. She was stunning.
"SASUKE! Look out! It's behind you," Hianta shrieked.
"Oh right," Sasuke says turning around and poofs the snake off to Summonland.
"Is it gone?" She asks and looks around cautiously.
"Yeah. He's gone. He was probably more afraid of your family than you were of him. You alright?" He asks and offers her his hand to help her off the bed.
"I think so. He just startled me. I went to make my be-d and he was on the p-illow!" She explains and takes his hand, winding up pulled into Sasuke's arms as she stumbled slightly off the bed.
Oh yeah. Someone upstairs had a twisted sense of humor. That was the exact moment Hiashi chose to come in. Hinata was in Sasuke's arms, clad only in sensual nightgown. Oh boy.
"Sasuke is there a reason you are holding my daughter when she is only half dressed?!" The Hyuga Patriarch thunders.
"Father! It was nothing like that. I was getting ready for bed and the sn-ake was on my pillow. I was startled, screamed, and it slithered off the bed. So I jump-ed onto it, to keep from being bitten. Sasuke banished it and was helping me get down. I lost my footing. I was al-ready wearing this when he came in. N-othing improper happened!" Hinata tries to reassure her father that nothing improper had happened.
Sasuke thought that Hinata might actually have saved his life that day. The older man certainly wasn't thrilled to see a teenage boy, alone with his teenage daughter in her bedroom. The fact that she was only half dressed didn't help matters.
Thankfully, Hinata's explanation seemed to have worked. Hiashi clearly wasn't pleased about Sasuke seeing her in such an "indecent" state, but he couldn't rightfully be angry. It wasn't like Sasuke had been playing the part of a "Peeping Tom" after all.
"I see. Well good work. Thank you Sasuke. Perhaps we should let Hinata get some rest. She's had quite the eventful day." The Hyuga offers.
"You're welcome. Yeah. Good night Hinata." Sasuke says and gives her one last glance before being escorted out of the Hyuga Estate by Hiashi.
"Quality over quantity? Do you have some lover that I don't know about? Come on Itachi. You can't keep stuff like that from me. We are best friends." Shisui says and pretends to be utterly aghast that Itachi might not have revealed some very important information to him about Itachi's lovelife!
"I don't have a lover. If I did you would have already known about her. You can't keep a romance a secret from a clan as large as ours." Sasuke overheard Itachi say to their cousin.
"Yeah. That's true. But that sounded specific. Yo, Sasuke I think your big brother is holding out on us." Shisui says.
"He's holding out from you. He already told me because I can keep my mouth shut." Sasuke couldn't resist teasing Shisui.
"AH HA! So there is someone. And who is the fair maiden who has captured our beloved Prince's heart?" Shisui says in an overly dramatic fashion which made Sasuke laugh.
"Sasuke. You promised that you wouldn't speak of my feelings for Kurenai!" Itachi hisses at him.
"I didn't! I didn't say her name." Sasuke protests.
"DAMMIT! You tricked me." Itachi scowls.
"Nice one! Itachi you just got played by your foolish little brother. Well done Sasuke." Suishi says and high fives the younger Uchiha.
"Thanks." Sasuke says high fiving back and was feeling rather pleased with himself.
"Kurenai? Really? Wow didn't see that coming. She's hot though. No wonder you haven't made a move. She's a widow and you're ten years younger!" Shisui says.
"Women tend to live much longer than men. So when it comes to a lifespan issue, it balances out rather well." Itachi says.
"Lifespan issues? Seriously? Only you could make a sexual attraction sound like a nature documentary." Shisui whines.
"She's beautiful, kind, a good mother, and excellent at Genjutsu." Itachi defends himself.
"Yeah. I have to admit, she's hot. Her eyes almost look like a Sharingan really. Nice breasts and hips too!" Shisui nods.
"I'm glad that my foolish little brother isn't a pervert like his older cousin." Itachi sighs and whacks Shisui.
"Owe! That hurt Itachi." His best friend says accusingly.
"It should. You are not to speak of her in such a vulgar fashion in my presence again and especially not with Sasuke standing right next to you." Itachi admonishes his friend.
"Oh for Godsakes. He's 19 years old. I'm sure heard worse. He's not some little kid anymore Itachi. He's a Jonin." Shisui points out.
"He's right. But I gotta agree with Itachi on this one. I prefer quality over quantity. Once you've seen the best, why settle for anything less?" Sasuke replies and immediately regrets it.
Shit! He shouldn't have said that. Itachi would be able to put two and two together. He'd realize that Sasuke had seen someone. And knowing Itachi, would find out who. He was going to have to confess about his attraction to Hinata. Dammit!
"And who is this best that you are referring to?" Itachi immediately asks and Sasuke realized that sometimes it sucked to have such a perceptive older brother.
"…I meant in a more general sense." Sasuke lies.
"Foolish little brother, do you think I can't tell when you are lying to me?" The other Uchiha asks and scoffs at the very idea.
"I'd rather not say." The younger brother responds.
"That I would believe. But thanks to you, Shisui is probably going to inform the entire village about my affections for Kurenai. Therefore, I do believe that I am entitled to know exactly who caught your eye." Itachi states in a voice that said, You are going to tell me. This is not up for debate.
"Fine!" Sasuke mumbles something rather quickly under his breath and really it was a miracle that Itachi heard it.
"Hinata? Hmm… well that would explain things. You aren't shy. So one would have thought if you were interested in someone that you would have made that clear. But she's a Hyuga. Hiashi is an ice dick of the highest order. He's also extremely protective of his daughters. I can understand your hesitation." Itachi surmises seriously.
"Did Itachi just say ice dick?" Sasuke looks at Shisui as if to see if he had heard Itachi say ice dick.
"Yeah! I heard it. Whoa." Shisui agrees.
"It is an accurate description." Itachi states.
"So were you going to make a move on the Hyuga Princess?" Shisui asks Sasuke.
"I don't know. I mean she doesn't seem interested. She's nice to me but she's nice to everyone." Sasuke answers.
"Tsk. Tsk. You are an Uchiha. I expect more fire from you. Come on. We'll come up with a plan. I know just the man to ask for suggestions. Don't worry Romeo. We'll get you your Juliet and without the whole dying thing happening!" Shisui says and drags a flailing Sasuke off.
"Shisui, kindly do not traumatize my foolish little brother with whatever you are plotting." Itachi warns.
"I'm not plotting! I'm HELPING. Clearly he needs help. So how long have you been admiring he from afar?" Sasuke hears his cousin ask.
"That's really none of your business." Sasuke snaps.
"Hmm that's pretty aggressive. Guess this must have been going on for awhile. Damn. You should have asked for help sooner." He says cheerfully.
"I don't need help! I wasn't asking for your help. Now let go of me." Sasuke growls.
"Yes, you do need my help. Otherwise you would have the pretty little princess on your arm. I know you are too proud to ask for help. But really, that's what a family does." He says seriously.
"Itachi, will you get our psychotic cousin off of me?" Sasuke whines like he was a child again.
"I don't know. It is amusing to watch." Itachi chuckles.
"Traitor!" Sasuke glowers as he's drug off to Jirayia's place.
"You've got to be kidding me. I'm not getting help from that pervert." The Uchiha growls.
"He knows women! He's traveled all over the world and has tons of experience. Stop being so embarrassed." Shisui orders.
Meanwhile, Sakura was at the hospital. She was showing Hinata around. The blue haired woman had a talent for the Mystical Palm Technique. Tsunade had decided to enroll the kind young woman into medic program. It was her first day in the program.
"So yeah, this is where most of the lessons happen. Some of the students are taking their tests tomorrow, including Itachi. I really wish he had talked Sasuke into joining with him. Anyway, so that's it. Any questions?" The pinkette asks.
"Why did you want Sasuke to become a medic?" She asks curiously.
"The Sharingan means he'd learn fast. We are always in need of more medics and I thought maybe if I could spend more time with him alone, away from Kakashi and Naruto…I could get his attention. I think he's just too wound up on missions. I can't blame him. You have to be on your guard out there." The green eyed woman explains.
"Oh that makes sense." Hinata says and nods her head.
She didn't have the heart to tell the other female ninja what was on her mind. Sakura had been on Sasuke's team since she was twelve. If something was going to happen, it probably would have by now.
Sasuke didn't strike her as being shy. Sure, he was far from the flirt that Kiba was. But she was pretty sure if he was interested, if nothing else his Sharingan would have turned on at some point. Hinata finds herself giggling at some of the more creative attempts by women she had seen used by the women around the village while playing Operation Wildfire.
"So no luck with Operation Wildfire?" Hinata asks in amusement.
"None. I think he's just too focused on missions. That and Kakashi and Naruto are usually nearby. That's probably a mood killer." The other woman tries to rationalize.
Operation Wildfire is what they called it. It was now widely known that the Sharingan was triggered by strong emotions. This apparently included sexual attraction. A fact that amused the women of Leaf to no end.
So it became a challenge. Even if you weren't interested in an Uchiha, getting one's Sharingans to activate was a real ego boost. Anko held the record for the most Sharingans activated. People assumed it had to do with her fashion sense. So some of the other women adopted the fishnet style. Hinata herself had never Operation Wildfire, but it was fun to watch.
For some reason, it was easier to get a male Uchiha's Sharingan to turn on than a female's. Hinata wondered if it was somehow linked to testosterone levels. Women had testosterone just not as much of it.
"That's true. I don't think that I would be checking a guy out if my teammates and teacher were right there." Hinata offers.
"Yeah. Though I'm beginning to wonder if maybe he just doesn't like women. I've never seen his Sharingan activate for anyone, not once." She sighs.
"Oh he'd not gay." Hinata assures her.
"How do you know?" The other woman asks.
"…It's nothing. It's silly. It happened years ago." She mumbles and tries to get out of there before Sakura could star the Inquisition.
"Nu uh! There's no way you are getting off that easy. I wanna know!" Sakura demands.
"Alright. I'll tell you. But you can't tell anyone else. I don't want to embarrass him. I mean…it's not like they have any control over it and it was only once. I think it was a fluke really." She tells her.
"Deal. So tell me all about this fluke." Sakura demands.
"Well…it happened about four years ago." The Hyuga Heiress begins.