Family Affairs

AU: Um, first fan fic in a long long time. My writing's sort of rusty but I hope it'll inprove. Any suggestions you have please tell me, I love constructive critism. If you don't like the story you dont have to tell me why, I probably already know XD lol.

Chapter One:

"Father… I d-don't think I'll be able to go today." A muffled whimper said from underneath a thick layer of sheets.

Current Hyuuga leader Hyuuga Hiashi gave an unconvinced grunt. "You can stay home from school once your grades get up, Hinata."

Hinata gave a dry sob at his unreasonableness. "Father, I have a 3.87 GPA, I'm trying my h-hardest and right now I feel like c-crud, can I please stay home?"

Hinata's father shook his head a firm 'no'. There was no point in arguing anymore. Hiashi left the room and Hinata proceeded to getting dressed, blinking constantly to get the blurriness from her eyes.

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About 10 minutes later Hinata was standing outside, an umbrella in hand. Her cousin Neji and younger sister Hanabi were on either side of her, carrying their own umbrellas. Neji was staying with her family for his senior year because of supposed 'family problems' at home. Hinata suspected her Aunt was just mooching off her much richer father. Hanabi was still a freshman and Hinata a junior; they both had better grades than her.

As the bus pulled up to a stop before their house Hinata wondered the same thing she'd been wondering since her freshman year, if we're so darn rich why do i have to take the bus everyday? With a sigh Hinata boarded the bus and found a vacant seat near the back, she immediately turned her gaze to stare out at the bleary world behind the smudged glass.

Her head was still pounding with fever and Hinata's stomach was about to keel over from cramps. Hinata rested her forehead against the cool window pane and instantly felt some form of relief wash over her; this would have to do until the rude awakening at school.

Hinata never had many friends, and the few that she did have were not girls. From the beginning of her school life Hinata found girls hard to get along with. They judged you on everything and proved to be the most vicious cruel creatures on Earth from time to time, especially while pmsing. Most girls in her school found Hinata quiet and dark, not fun to talk to and rather plan looking. She always stuttered around people she didn't know and avoided eye contact with just about everyone. It grated their nerves and they dubbed her an outcast. Hinata really wasn't bothered by this; it allowed her to do what she needed without thinking of what others would think. She wore simple plain jeans and a t-shirt in the spring and summer. A pair of jeans and a sweater for winter and fall. Nothing else really mattered; Hinata couldn't keep up with all the latest fashion stuff anyways.

Now boys were a different matter. The one person Hinata could truly call a friend was a guy, Inuzuka Kiba. He always stood up for her and was friendly, even though he was in the jock group he'd sit with her during lunch, come over to study, stuff best friends should do. He didn't care how she dressed or what her grades were. Inuzuka Kiba was her friend.

"Hey Hinata!"

Hinata turned her head to see Kiba's grinning face as he came up to her locker. "Good Morning Kiba-kun…" Was her quiet response, slowly turning to face him as her face flushed from fever.

Kiba frowned.

"You don't look to good, feeling alright?"

Hinata shook her head no and explained the little dilemma from earlier; he shook his head in disgust.

"Your dad's a real bastard, one day I'll-"

Kiba was cut off from the ring of the warning bell; they'd both be late in about 45 seconds. "C ya Hinata!" He said before quickly running down the hall to his first period class. Hinata followed him slowly but took a right two classrooms before his, one of the last to take her seat.

Hinata had science for her homeroom, one of her worst subjects. The teacher, Kakashi-sensei, was very popular among the female students. He ranked second on the hotness scale in the school, because the heartthrob of the entire High School sat two seats across from her. Uchiha Sasuke. He was as cold as he was handsome, and damn he was pretty fine. But still, Hinata liked personality more than looks and Sasuke must have had the world's biggest stick up his ass for the first 17 years of his life. She was one of the few girls who didn't have a crush on him, but if she voiced that out loud the poor girl might not live to see her senior year.

Hinata turned her head towards the window and she drifted off looking out into the world's bleariness. She didn't hear her name being called until the kid next to her tapped her on the shoulder and nodded his head at Kakashi. "S-Sorry Sensei, what were you saying?"

"Partners, is there anyone you had in mind?"

Hinata gave him a confused look; she had no idea what they needed partners for. But not wanting to seem like a complete idiot she mumbled an unconvincing 'yeah'.

Kakashi rolled his eyes. "Then write their name down on a slip of paper and pass it up like everyone else."

Hinata flushed profusely as the class snickered at her.

She quickly scribbled down a name then passed the paper up to the front of the room. The people that passed it along shot a funny look her way, and in a few minutes Hinata was about to realize why.

Kakashi quickly looked over the papers with a bored look on his face, an amused smirk playing across his lips when he got to Hinata's.

"Hinata, go to the nurse."

She straightened immediately and stammered a nervous "W-Why?"

Kakashi rolled his eyes. "Inuzuka Kiba isn't in this class."

The classroom erupted with laughter, the ones who didn't point and laugh at her held shrewd smiles on their faces.

Hinata, if possible, turned even redder.

"Alright class, settle down, since some people seem to have difficulty performing such a simple task I'll do it for you. Aburame Shino with Temari."

An annoyed rather shrill moan could be heard from the back of the room. Temari hated Shino, well it's more like she found him creepy and well, yeah. Kakashi continued,

"Yamanaka Ino and Akimichi Chouji."

Another complaint was heard, only this time it was vocalized. "Chouji? Chouji? No way! The baby will look like, well, that!"

Hinata was confused at what Ino was saying, what baby? Was she pregnant? No, she couldn't see Ino getting pregnant when she's too busy being concerned about thinness. Kakashi ignored Ino and went on,

"Rock Lee and Harun-"

"-NO!!!" Sakura screamed from the front of the room, "Oh god, Kakashi-sensei please don't stick me with that freak! Can you imagine a baby with those eyebrows? It's terrifying…"

Sakura was reduced to tears as Kakashi ignored her and went on, reading random names from the pieces of paper. And from the reactions of most people no one got who they had written down. Finally Kakashi got to her…

"Hyuuga Hinata and… Uchiha Sasuke."

Hinata's heart took a deep plunge. This was bad, really bad. From the looks she was receiving from every female in the class she in for a whole lot of-

"Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura said calmly, raising her hand.

"What Sakura?"

Sakura gave him a bright cheery smile and took a small breath to stop the shaking in her hands. "Why… Why does Hinata get to have Sasuke-kun as a partner when we all know she didn't write his name down? Though I did write his name down. I did dammit!"

"I know you did Sakura, but so did every other girl in this class, except for Hinata. So that's why."

Hinata lowered her gaze to an interesting scratch mark on her desk, trying to ignore all the disgusted looks she was receiving.

She was saved from sitting there in agony when Kakashi told them to push the desks together and sit with their partners. Hinata, for the first time since this little incident, glanced at Sasuke. It only took one look for her to know that he wasn't moving anything. With a sigh Hinata stood up and placed her books and stuff on the desk, slowly moving it towards Sasuke.

Sakura stealthily made her way over to Hinata and her slow moving self, innocently placing her foot right in her path. Poor Hinata tripped over it and toppled onto her own desk, sending her books flying. The classroom burst out into laughter again. Hinata lowered her gaze to the floor as she tried to pick up her books; the room was starting to spin again.

"Here."

Hinata looked up and was staring directly at the binding of her science book.

"Take it." Sasuke said, forcing the book into her arms.

Hinata muttered a small thanks and sat down next to him, trying to ignore the snide remarks Sakura was chortling behind her back. Sasuke helped her out there.

"Sakura, if you're going to be a bitch, do it somewhere away from me."

It was Sakura's turn to redden. She gave a small huff and stormed off to Lee's table, much to Ino's pleasure.

Kakashi then handed out potatoes to everyone; each one had a little blue or pink bow. Hinata was now completely confused. "The pink ones are girls, the blue ones are boys. Starting today, you and your partner will take care of them as if they were your own flesh and blood."

"…"

"Sensei it's a potato."

Kakashi ignored the comment and continued. He passed out blue and pink slips now, giving the girls pink and the boys blue. Only thing is, Hinata got a blue.

"The ones with blue cards are the fathers; the ones with pink cards are the mothers." A number of complaints followed this one.

"I'm not a girl."

"I'm not a guy!"

"S-Sensei I t-think you gave me the w-wrong…"

"What the fuck?!"

"Dude, guy + girl does not equal potato!"

"Why are we doing this in Science class?"

"Are you on crack?"

"Can we watch them breast feed?"

"Can I bake it?"

"No you can't bake it!"

"Can we practice making new baby potatoes?"

"Not with you I won't!"

"How long do we have to do this?"

"Two weeks."

"How can you tell it's a boy potato or a girl potato?"

"The ribbons dumbass."

"So if I switch the ribbons and put two on one it's a…"

"Trisexual potato?"

"How did you get three?"

"Girl, boy, potato."

"Oh."

Kakashi, starting to get annoyed, slammed his hand down on the table. "Ok, shut up. I don't care. Just don't lose, eat, impale, burn swap, or sell the potatoes and you'll pass. Now name your children and sit quietly till the bell rings."

Hinata felt even sicker, not only was she about to pass out but she was now father to a potato. And the mother was the most wanted guy in school, great.

"S-So… What should we n-name him?"

Sasuke gave a grunt; he was now in an awful mood and didn't feel like dealing with… Well anyone.

"A-Alright… U-Um… How about… Um…"

The bell rang and everyone scooped up their books and left, including Hinata's partner. With a sigh Hinata and went up to Kakashi, told him a name and left. She was so disoriented by that point the name could have been Billy Bob Jr. and she wouldn't have cared.

Around 5th period Sasuke found Hinata slowly putting her books away and growled angrily, coming up to her with obvious annoyance.

"What are you, some kind of idiot?"

Hinata slowly turned to face him, a strange smile on her face. "Hello Sasuke…"

Or at least she thought it was Sasuke. It sounded like Sasuke. Hinata couldn't be sure though, her vision was so out of whack at the moment it wasn't even funny. A sudden heaviness came out of nowhere and plowed right into the Hyuuga, bringing her to her knees.

"When did the ground get so close?" Hinata muttered, trying to massage her pounding temples and stand up at the same time. It apparently didn't work, because the next thing she knew Sasuke was leaning over her saying something, she couldn't understand what though.

"So tired…" Hinata managed before darkness consumed her.

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Sasuke tried to stay calm as Hinata passed out right in front of him; he wasn't used to these kinds of things. He was just about to take his frustration out on her and this happens, now what? He thinks sourly; panic quickly rising in his chest. Still in the middle of thinking Sasuke spins around after hearing a piercing scream from behind him. Some freshman girl stood stock still, giving Sasuke a frightened stare as she went over the scene before her in her head. He was pretty stupid for leaning over her like that.

She turned around and ran down the hall, right for the principle office.

Sasuke cursed loudly, getting ready to chase after the girl and tell her what had happened when he remembered something. He couldn't just leave Hinata lying there. In one swift motion Sasuke lifted the light-weight Hyuuga off the ground and into his arms dashing after the girl. He then acknowledged just how feverish she felt. Even through her layered clothes he could feel the heat from her body. It wouldn't be good for Hinata if he went all the way to the office then to the nurses' office just to clear his name. Decision made, Sasuke slowed down enough to make a sharp turn right and made his way down a long corridor, making another right into the nurses' office.

"She needs help!" He managed, out of breath from all of the running. But no one was there to reply. Sasuke gritted his teeth. What kind of stupid health office didn't have the nurses there?! He stayed silent though and placed Hinata down on the padded mattress in the corner, taking a step back once she was settled.

Still no nurse.

He quickly looked over her body to guess at her condition, it definitely wasn't getting any better. Sweat was beginning to soak through her outer layer of clothing and covered her red face. Hinata's eyes twitched momentarily, as if in pain. Sasuke averted his gaze from the girl, the panic was rising again. She was burning up and he didn't- he couldn't do what was needed to help her. Common sense would tell someone not to wear 3 layers in 85 degree weather, raining or not. Hinata apparently lacked this. Sasuke's eyes darted back to her when she let out a small moan; it looked like he didn't have a choice. She'd be in trouble if she stayed in those winter clothes any longer.

AU: Next chapter will be out soon, I hope you all enjoyed it