Author's note: Hello world! I have unfinished fanfics, but this written on a whim. I promise I wasn't really planning on writing anything :) :) :)
Italics represent thoughts. And I haven't finished everything, so let's just go with the flow.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
Chapter 1
A prank. This must be a terrible prank.
Hinata furrowed her eyebrows as she got intense stares upon entering the Hokage's office. She instantly regretted volunteering to submit Team 8's mission report. She quickly recalled the mission: ensure the delivery of the construction supplies from the Land of Metal. It was a B-ranked mission... and they were successful. Or was it? Did they fail? Tsunade-sama's stare sure looks creepy.
From the right side of the room, Kakashi somehow turned his head from Hinata to Tsunade. Still, the air of seriousness doesn't seem to let up.
"Ahh.. gomen. I only dropped by for our team's mission report." Hinata guessed she might've interrupted something, but Shizune did let her in. She was thinking if Kiba and Shino's good luck a few minutes ago was a warning.
Shizune's eyes softened and sighed as she closed her eyes as if in deep thought. The last person on the room, Inoichi Yamanaka slowly turned his head to the report he handed to the Hokage.
The blonde Hokage stood up slowly and put her arm around Hinata while grabbing their mission report. "Say Hinata, what do you say if I assign you to guard a very important person in Konoha?"
Hinata's tense shoulders relaxed somehow and slowly put a smile on her face, "I would be honored, Tsunade-sama." She didn't fully understand why other occupants of the room somehow seemingly went into shock, as she had her brightest smile on.
"I'm glad you accepted this task, Hinata." the silver haired shinobi tried to keep the small talk going. He even gave a reassuring smile to Hinata.
Hinata kept looking at the white tiles of the hospital hallway, not missing the cue, she managed to smile a little bit, "I'm glad that I can be of help, Kakashi-sensei."
"I'm just not sure if you were sort of forced to the agreement because Lady Tsunade asked you for this mission." Kakashi replied. "We're here".
Well, yeah. How do you call someone who agrees before even hearing the whole mission? Hinata could only sigh as he pushed the door to the patient she was assigned to guard.
It was when they entered the room Kakashi explained the entire predicament. Apparently, nin-gossip reached even the civilians of Konoha, that Sasuke was kept inside the hospital. It didn't help that he's heavily sedated to hasten his recovery, making him vulnerable to two major groups of people: vengeful beings and fangirls.
"We already tried putting a genjutsu on his room, but the nurses won't be able to do their job well." Kakashi added.
And even the nurses have problems keeping their hands off off him. Hinata mentally added as she read the report. "I understand, Kakashi-sensei. I will do my best."
"Thank you Hinata. I hope your mission goes well."
The first day of the mission has been uneventful. Shizune and Tsunade dropped by in the morning for the standard checkup. It's just 10:00am, but Hinata's already done with the book of jutsus she brought. She slowly stood up and checked on Sasuke. His hair becoming shiny and shinier with the lack of washing. I can't believe they take advantage of him. The visible part of his torso was heavily bandaged and she even saw from the hospital record that his left arm was no more.
Her concentration was disrupted when the knob turned. Hinata quickly decided to camouflage herself on the wall for her patrol.
"Oh, Sasuke-kun, I am here my love."
Hinata's eye twitched when she saw the woman slowly pulling a camera from her bag.
Really? She was usually looking for the good in all people, but really? Sasuke's picture? With a swift flick to the neck, Hinata knocked the girl out.
Another girl came in an hour later, wearing a nurse uniform. An outfit too tight, showing a ridiculous amount of cleavage. She slowly approached the bed and lowered the blanket covering Sasuke's body. Taking it as a cue, the blue-haired shinobi stretched several fingers after knocking the girl down.
"Very extensive report Hinata. Thank you for your help." the blonde Hokage interlaced her fingers as if thinking about something. "I already heard from Inoichi Yamanaka that this was happening, it's just refreshing to see the exact number and the details of the incident reports."
"Ahh gomen, Tsunade-sama. Would you have wanted the numbers only?" the blue-haired shinobi tilted her head downwards to hide her blush.
"Ahh don't mind what I said. I think it's better to have all the details." Tsunade quickly replied. "Again, thank you for foiling the eight groping attempts, three paparazzis, and five attempts of murder."
Day two ended with Hinata finishing with eight jutsu books.
"Seems like they realized someone was guarding their precious Sasuke." Tsunade said as she downed a cup of sake. "Thank you again for your work."
The blue-haired shinobi was in the middle of her third book when she got a whiff of citrus. Two seconds into getting trapped in darkness, Hinata found herself in a skirmish with a ninja clad in black. From her peripheral view, a girl almost had her hand on Sasuke's cheek but swatted the last minute by a chakra-infused hand.
"Unfair! Why is the Hyuuga princess guarding my beloved Sasuke?" the poor girl managed to let out before getting knocked out.
On her seventh book on Day 3, Hinata noticed mist slowly entering the room. Quickly sensing some trouble, she tried to get close to Sasuke but realized her feet were glued to the ground. She concentrated chakra on her fingertips and managed to trap the intruder on her chakra strings.
This is bad. The shinobi on Sasuke's bedside had a kitsune mask and was holding senbons on the left hand. She concentrated on her other palm and released another jutsu, "Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm".
The concentrated air strike left everything in disarray. The wires connected to Sasuke's fingertips, arm, all got disconnected. Even the bed was pushed towards the broken window. The masked intruder was pulling an exploding tag from his sleeve, prompting Hinata to release him from her chakra strings and throw him off using a two-handed Vacuum Palm.
An explosion didn't come, but the bed was entirely airborne. Oh God!
Resorting to the first option which popped in her mind, Hinata hugged Sasuke's body with all her might and channeled all a massive amount of chakra on her back. Sasuke's body was much larger than hers but good thing they were just from the fifth floor of the hospital.
Hinata was unharmed but she was concerned with Sasuke's soiled appearance. His disheveled hair now had remnants of cement and dust. And as she lowered her gaze, she didn't expect red eyes glaring at her. "Hyuuga."
TBC. Reviews are very much welcome.