Husband & Wife
Summary: When you are married, you become one. Even if it wasn't your choice. An old tradition that never died, begins a marriage filled with secrets, hurt, anger and manipulation. What good can come from Hinata Hyuga marrying the lone Uchiha? Pre-Shippuden.
A/N:Yes, I know that the arranged marriage between Sasuke and Hinata has been an over done story but this isn't your typical SasuHina love story. My friend is a dork/editor of this fanfiction.
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Chapter One:
Save the Date
October 15th:Nine years engaged.
He walked through the entrance with his typical scowl plastered to his face, and arms crossed firmly against his Sasuke, the last one of his clan, was scheduled to have a meeting with the head of the Hyuga clan, Hyuga Hiashi. He showed up particularly early-about an hour to be exact-because Kakashi-Sensei had promised him a one on one training session at four that afternoon. Though it had just turned twelve and he was sure this meeting wouldn't last more than an hour,Sasuke wanted to do at least two hours of pre-training. Knowing that Kakashi-the copy cat ninja-was able to pull anything out of his sleeves,Sasuke wanted to prepare himself for any unexpected attacks.
When he arrived through the gate he was stopped by a Hyuga guardsman,who stated that Sasuke was earlier then expected.
"I know." Sasuke replied coldly, side eyeing the official.
The guard must've been new. Sasuke had never seen him before, he had typical Hyuga features: brown hair, white eyes with no pupil. But Sasuke knew almost everyone on the Hyuga premises and he had never came across this guard before. He had been coming to the Hyuga compound since he was three and he knew that many of the guards did not like him but none of them dare tried to stop him; no matter how early or sometimes late he showed up.
The guard's eyes widen at Sasuke's frankness, he had never been disrespected like that by a child. Hyuga children knew better.
"Uchiha-San, do you know you are speaking to an adult?" The guard leered over Sasuke with a menacing look. Sasuke let out a curt laugh and rolled his eyes to look at the guard with a cheeky smirk on his face.
"No, because I'm speaking to a guard." Sasuke began walking again but the guard placed a hand on his shoulder. Now Sasuke was getting annoyed.
"Look Uchiha-San, I know you must think you are so important because-"
"Oh, Sasuke-San!" A high squeal flowed through the air. Sasuke and the guardsman turned their heads towards the opening slide door. Sasuke's smirk returned while the guardsman stood confused. It was none other than Hyuga Yuki, an elite Hyuga coordinator.
Sasuke had met Yuki three years ago when he was nine, at one of his bi-monthly tea meetings he had with Hinata, the Hyuga heir and his future wife. She was a chubby young lady, which was common among Hyuga women, with a bright perky smile. Hiashi introduced Yuki as the one that would take care of all the small details of the wedding and would be supervising Sasuke and Hinata's tea sessions. To get a better feel of how their wedding should be. When Yuki first started the supervising sessions she was so excited and would bring pen and paper with her whenever she came, to documents the "lovers" connection. Her enthusiasm faded soon, as Yuki realized that Sasuke and Hinata were not conversationalists. Most meetings there were only a few sentences that would be spoken between the two. Though Yuki would try to coax them, it mostly fell flat, as Sasuke would plainly ignore her and Hinata would be too shy to speak was the most boring hour of Yuki's life with loud slurps of green tea in it. Now whenever the two met up, which was always the first and fifteenth of each month, Yuki just brought a book.
"You are here! A bit early but nevertheless Hiashi-Sama will be informed that you have came!" She beamed as she scurried towards Sasuke, swatting the guardsman hand away from his shoulder grabbing it herself.
"Come now Sasuke-San let me escort you to your tea room, as Ko over there tells Hiashi-Sama of your arrival."
Yuki sent a glare to Ko as she walked Sasuke to the slide door of the Hyuga mansion, however when they reached the first step of the building Sasuke rudely shrugged her hand off his shoulder.
"I know the way." He uttered turning his back to her and marching towards the tea/meeting room.
Yuki just shook her head as Ko raised an eyebrow at her.
"Are you really just going to take that disrespect?" Ko asked, obvious disgust laced in his voice. Yuki turned to him with a bright smile and laughed.
"You're not familiar with Sasuke-San, are you?"
Ko's face just grew with even more confusion, while Yuki just giggled and patted his chest.
"Let's go get Hiashi-Sama,eh?"
Ko just nodded still a bit perplexed over Yuki's behavior, as they both began to saunter towards Hiashi's quarters.
Sasuke walked down the pale gray halls and mahogany floor tiles. It seemed the Hyuga's mansion matched those of its creators. Light gray overtones with a brown accent, and some other neutral colors mixed in between. Though Sasuke was not big on decor himself, believing before his mother passed that she had too many knick knacks lying around, he felt that the Hyuga's house lack of it spoke volumes of what he was about to marry. Plain and boring.
Bland and traditional;the only way to describe a Hyuga, in style and in personality. The Hyuga compund was always still, the only thing that could be heard was shuffling feet from one room to the next. Sasuke could not think of a time that he had seen Hiashi wear anything besides a charcoal yukata, which seemed to be uniform around the mansion, even Yuki wore one. If it wasn't the yukata one was wearing, it was either a plain black shirt along with black pants. Even outside of the Hyuga premises, it seems they lacked a stand out style or personality. When Sasuke would encounter Hinata outside of their regular meetings, she was always wearing an ugly tan coat that seemed to swallow her whole figure. When they would cross paths she seemed too scared to speak, her face would just turn red and she would awkwardly walk away. Though Sasuke thought she wasn't much anyway; pale skin, dark blue hair with a hime haircut, and white featureless eyes. Just plain. Well, at least he knew he was getting a modest wife, but he still found it hard to imagine an Uchiha emblem on the back of that hideous coat she wore. No, he wouldn't allow it. He was going to have to buy her a new jacket when they wedded.
Sasuke continued down the plain halls knowing that he had to take two more lefts and then a right before getting to the tea room. He passed several Main House Hyugas as he walked, who gave him a quick nod as a hello. They knew better than to speak to the Uchiha. Though Sasuke never consider himself rude, he wasn't talkative before his clan was brutally murdered by his brother, but after the massacre he took talking-unless you were Hiashi Hyuga himself-completely off the table. Though many would glare at him, especially the guards which for some reason Sasuke showed a stronger disdain for. A Hyuga knew that threatening the Uchiha was off limits, as his marriage to Hinata was too important. A tradition almost as old as the Leaf Village itself was not to be risked due to a smart mouthed Uchiha. Besides they only saw him two days out of the months.
Sasuke finally stopped at a sliding door. Here it is, he thought as he opened it stepping into the familiar room. He walked into the meeting room which was just as gray and brown as the rest of the house, criss-crossed his legs and took a seat in his usual spot. The tea room was a small one, with bare walls and a small aloe plant in the corner on a end table. There was a portrait of Hiashi with Hinata and Hanabi-Hinata's younger sister-above the adjoining door to the room. In the middle of the room was a table with three cups and steaming pot of tea sitting on it.
I guess Hinata will be joining us,Sasuke thought a bit annoyed, I was hoping it would be just Hiashi and I, why must she come?
Today was Sasuke's first official meeting with Hiashi, the two had never formally spoken together. Though he would pop in and say a quick hello when Hinata and Sasuke would have their teas, Hiashi had never taken the time to have a real conversation with the young man. So two weeks prior when Hiashi entered the tea room and dismissed Hinata and Yuki, Sasuke became curious.
"Uchiha-San, are you aware of the terms of this arrangement?" Hiashi had asked.
"Yes, I am quite aware. I've read the contract several times." Sasuke confirmed.
"I see," Hiashi seemed to say with a hum, "Well, there are some adjustments that I think should be made."
"Like what?"
"Come to the next tea meeting 1 o'clock sharp and we will discuss it then,Uchiha-San. Until then you are dismissed, good-bye." He walked out of the room.
The adjoining door to the tea room began to open. Sasuke looked up and rolled his eyes, it was none other than Hyuga Hinata. She came in with her head down, like she always did, and sat in her usual spot across the table from Sasuke.
"G-good af-afternoon Sasuke-San." She stuttered out.
"Hn." Was Sasuke's reply.
A wave of awkward silence filled the air. Sasuke was not too fond of his soon-to-be wife, and he showed it as often he could around her. She wasn't what he thought a future Uchiha woman should be; fearless and outspoken. Instead Hinata was meek, dull, with barely any confidence to speak of. She was nothing like his mother or the women he grew up with. The both of them had been having monthly teas since the age of six, and even then Sasuke knew Hinata was not the proper woman for him to wed. It was before the massacre that Sasuke had asked his father if there was a chance for them to find another clan and marry their daughter instead. Though if given the chance, Sasuke would exit out of the engagement, but he felt obligated to stay within tradition. Someone would have to carry it on, now that his whole clan was dead.
"I thought I would just be meeting with your father today." Sasuke said bluntly.
"S-s-sorry, but no, Father has requested th-that I be p-present."
"Hn."
"..."
"..."
"Did you have plans with your team today later or did they ditch you?"
"N-no. Usually Wednesdays a-are our o-off days, so this m-me-meeting was convenient."
"Off days? Ninjas don't have off days."
Hinata's face sunk deep into her chest, "Kurenai-Sensei s-s-says it's good to h-ha-have a little r-r-rest every once and awhile."
"Sounds like your sensei must not care about your improvement as a ninja."
"I-I'm sure she d-does it's just-"
Sasuke cut her off, "Just that she doesn't care. I'm sure if you guys didn't have these off days, that annoying stutter of yours would be gone by now. Seriously it's been two months since we've graduated the academy, why do you still talk like that?"
Why must he be like this,Hinata thought while fighting back the tears brimming at her eyes. If someone walked up to Hinata and asked her how she thought about Sasuke, she would not be able to say a single pleasant thing about him. Ever since their first meeting together, Sasuke had been nothing but rude. Even before the Uchiha Massacre he wore an antagonistic aura towards her. Nothing like his teammate, and Hinata's crush, Naruto. Oh how she wished it was Naruto she was arranged to be married to instead of Sasuke. She didn't want to be with a clone of her father for the rest of her life.
The clack of wooden sandals could be heard coming from down the hall and Hinata quickly picked up the tea kettle and started filling the cups with green tea. She would be able to recognize that sound from a mile away, it was her father, Hyuga Hiashi. Sasuke watched her intently, he always did whenever she poured tea, as if expecting her to mess up. Which she often would, there were many spills that happened in that room, but this time she was determined on making no mistakes especially with Father coming.
No spills today,Sasuke-San.
She set the cups down in a triangle shape, one set for each designated seat, just as the head Hyuga himself entered the room.
Hiashi came in and a sense of authority flowed throughout the room, his face seemed as if it had been carved from stone with deep wrinkles and a hard room grew cold and the tension that was there before seemed to have grown thicker with Hiashi's presence.
"Good afternoon, Uchiha-San." Hiashi greeted.
"Hello Hiashi."Sasuke replied.
Hiashi internally twitched at the lack of a formal suffix when Sasuke greeted him. Who else but an Uchiha?
He took off his sandals and promptly sat next to Hinata, placing three thick sheets of paper on the table. Sasuke glanced at it and noticed immediately what those documents were, he had seen them over a million times. They were his written contractual obligation to marry Hinata. He looked up at Hiashi who began to push the papers towards him.
"Here's a copy for your leisure, Uchiha-San. I have taken the liberty of making a few adjustments to the arrangement at hand." Hiashi said while taking a sip of his tea.
Sasuke raised an eyebrow, "You made adjustments already? Without my approval?"
"Of course not, Uchiha-San. The contract must have your signature before anything is set in stone. These papers that we have in front of us is up for negotiation."
"Hn."
Sasuke took the papers began to skim through the lines, flipping from page one to page two and from page two to page three in a matter of seconds.
Hiashi rolled his eyes, Uchihas are so impatient, He thought.
Though he noticed it was on the third page that Sasuke's darting eyes began to slow down. Hiashi knew exactly what he was reading, he cleared his throat.
"Now Sasuke-San take your time, and read thoroughly. You'll see that I have had made barely any changes to the script, except for-"
Sasuke interrupted, "You want Hinata and I to get married three weeks after her twelfth birthday instead of her eighteenth."
"Correct." Hiashi affirmed.
Sasuke looked at Hinata briefly and saw that the she had fixated her sight on the floor. He looked back to Hiashi, "Why lower the age?" Sasuke asked.
Hiashi crossed his arms around his chest and sent a cold glare towards his daughter, even Sasuke could feel the anger that was radiating from it. Hiashi cleared his throat and began to speak.
"Nine years ago, in this very room your father and I had made a contract to wed you and my daughter after your eighteenth birthdays. It was expected that our children would be the strongest in the whole village and their marriage would create a powerful and unbreakable alliance between the Hyuga and the Uchiha." Hiashi's expression turned from one of anger to somber.
"At the time I had high hopes for Hinata, I imagined her as a force to be reckoned with. A beautiful kunoichi who was not afraid of a challenge because of her heritage...but it seems Hinata has done everything she can to ruin my expectations I've had of her. She's weak, feeble, and graceless. A shame to the Hyuga, if I were to be honest."
Sasuke looked at Hinata again and could see the tears running down her face. She just sat there as her father berated her, not even a shred of courage to stand up for herself. She was trying so hard to stay silent while crying Sasuke could see her shaking.
Your Father is right, you are weak. Not even brave enough to cry out loud.
Hiashi continued talking,"But my other daughter, Hanabi, she is everything I imagined and more. She will make a great heiress to the Hyuga clan along as a perfect asset to the Main House. Unfortunately that means for Hinata she is no longer of use to the Main House. I feel her presence here is just a waste."
"So you expect her just to magically become useful by marrying an Uchiha?" Sasuke said with a bit of agitation in his voice. How dare the elder Hyuga! Pawning off his daughter so his clan could thrive! It was bad enough the Uchiha were dead now their name had to be used to make a weakling feel powerful? He didn't think so.
Hiashi shook his head at the young boy, just like an Uchiha to jump to conclusions.
"No, of course not Sasuke-San. If I felt that Hinata was such a hinderance, I would merely dessimate the contract and brand her as a Branch House member." Hiashi stated matter-of-factly.
Sasuke nodded he guessed that was an efficient answer.
"You still haven't answered my question, why are you lowering the age?" Sasuke repeated.
Hiashi set down his tea and motioned for Hinata to pour more for him, she lifted up her face which was all puffy and red from crying. Hiashi just shook his head at her and grabbed his now filled cup, he took one long slow sip and began to speak again.
"What Hinata lacks in combat, she makes up for in housekeeping. She is an exceptional cook and has always been very tidy. She will make a superb wife and mother, which why I feel marrying her young is necessary, as Hyuga Manor has enough housekeepers. She will finally serve a purpose."
Hiashi put down his tea and looked directly at Sasuke, eye to eye.
"Besides, Uchiha-San, this arrangement-no-this tradition has been going on since the beginning of the leaf village. Your ancestors, as well as mine, had been coming to together for years to birth something that has alluded us. The ultimate Kekkei Genkai. Though the others have failed, your father, Fugaku and I knew that you and my daughter would be the ones to change that. I know that the age is a bit archaic, I can only name a handful of clans that marry off this young but I-"
"I accept." Sasuke announced.
"Excuse me?" Though Hiashi was a joyed that Sasuke was accepting the changes, he expected a bit of fighting from the lad.
"I said I accept the new conditions, Hiashi. But before I sign anything I must let you know something." Sasuke's voice seemed to have gotten deeper
"Of course Uchiha-San, go ahead."
Sasuke swallowed a deep breath and then began to speak,"I am not doing this so that your shell of a daughter can feel as if she has a purpose. I am doing this because it was my clan's will, who I plan on avenging sometime in the near future, I also plan to restore the Uchiha Clan to its former glory and even better. I have also just became a true ninja to the Hidden Leaf and my life is constantly on the line for just wearing this band on my head. In the end, Hiashi, I feel there is no time to waste when it comes making decisions. Especially since this one was made for me when I was three. I plan to go through with you and my father's plan even if it's sooner than expected."
Hiashi mouth turned up into a smirk, and he shuffled his hand through his yukata pulling out a kunai.
"I'm glad you agree Uchiha-San. Now all we have to do is sign the contract." Hiashi took the kunai and pricked deep into his finger, blood to began to run down it .
Hinata looked at her father wide eyed, this was the first time she had ever seen a statement between two clans be signed. Usually when such a thing would happen it was just between the two heads. While the blood continued to trickle down Hiashi's finger he grabbed the parchment with his clean hand and swiped his finger across the bottom line of the third page, leaving a crooked bloody mark. He pulled out a napkin from his yukata and wrapped it around his finger.
"Now Uchiha-San, it is your turn." Hiashi handed Sasuke the kunai, who as cool as a cucumber slashed it against his thumb. Blood began to pool out but Sasuke-oh so nonchalantly-grazed his open wound on the top line of the third page. Hiashi's smile widened the contract was complete.
It read: The arranged union of Uchiha Sasuke and Hyuga Hinata, will take place three weeks after the Lady Hinata's twelfth birthday, December twenty-seventh. At noon on January seventeenth. The two heads who agree with the statements listed in this script must leave a signature in blood as their final agreement.
Sasuke and Hinata were getting married at the age of twelve.
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A/N: Woo, that wore me out. But I finished it. Hope you guys enjoyed it. I enjoyed writing it. I know some of you are going to say I made Sasuke a little too harsh, and don't get me wrong, I love Sasuke. He's my fave, we share a birthday, but we Sasuke-lovers have to be honest. He's an asshole. Lol. Anyway if you have any suggestions on future chapters or how I could make this story better feel free to leave a review. Bye!