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Okay, so, if you look through the reviews, Show.me.the.stars asked me about their age. I really hadn't thought about it previously, but I thought about it a little last night, and I've come up with a conclusion. It's going to be after Naruto returns from the training with Jiraiya, but we're going to make it a bit alternate universe. It won't follow the basic storyline of the manga. We'll say Sasuke left, but escaped Orochimaru and returned to Konoha, where he and Hinata were promoted to ANBU, thus, the mission. Okay? So they're like… seventeen or eighteen. Yeah.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. If I did, things would have worked out differently.
"Congratulations. The two of you will be bound together by chakra for the next week."
"Week?!" Sasuke exclaimed, his anger evident. "A whole week? How are we supposed to train and even live if we're attached to each other?!" Tsunade shrugged.
"Not my problem anymore, Sasuke," she stated, watching him with a frown. Hinata was blushing. "Now, to explain further. The reason I'm doing this is because it's obvious by your behavior on the mission that the two of you don't know how to work together, and Sasuke, I'd say you flat out despise Hinata. So, you're going to live with her, or she'll live with you, for the next week. This should get the two of you on friendlier terms, as well as teach you both a lesson."
"That's it. I'm out of here," Sasuke said, starting to walk towards the door. Tsunade watched him, eyes narrowed, and Hinata looked at him, not moving. Since he could walk and Hinata wasn't being dragged around, they thought she had been bluffing, though when she did it, they felt a tug at their chakra. Right as Sasuke walked out the door, a cry of pain escaped Hinata's lips and a thud sounded outside, almost as though Sasuke had been thrown to the ground. Tsunade smirked as Sasuke entered the room once more.
"Okay, you win. What the fuck just happened?" Sasuke asked as Hinata sat down.
"Like I told you: you've been connected with chakra. This means that you cannot get too far away from each other. Apparently, you can get right behind the door of another room before you end up told that it's far enough. You'll have to experiment with it, however. I didn't set the limit. Your chakra does that," Tsunade said. Sasuke looked at Hinata, who sighed softly.
"Where are we living? Father won't allow Sasuke-san in the house," Hinata said, her voice soft as always. Tsunade shrugged once more.
"That's something for the two of you to work out. I have no say in this. Now, leave, so that I can get back to this shit-job, please." Tsunade looked at the paper on her desk, ignoring the two ANBU still in her office.
"Let's go," Sasuke said, glowering at both Hinata and Tsunade as Hinata stood and began walking with him. As they left the room, Tsunade looked up at the door as Kakashi and Kurenai appeared in the doorway.
"Hokage-sama, with all due respect, aren't you going a bit overboard on them?" Kurenai asked, red eyes watching where the two had just been.
"No."
"She's right, Kurenai-san. This is what Sasuke needs more than anything. He needs to be attached to someone who can, no offense, slow him down, so he can learn what it's like to be on a team," Kakashi stated, arms folded lazily over his chest. Kurenai looked at him before looking at Tsunade.
"Tsunade-sama, with all due respect, I don't think this is the right decision to be making for her. She'll fall apa-" Tsunade's sharp gaze moved to Kurenai.
"Kurenai, I understand your position on this, but it's not up for debate. This is something the two of them need to work out. Hinata's a pushover, and Sasuke's the right person to get her out of that. And Sasuke is an arrogant bastard, and Hinata's the right person to snap him out of that. I'm not debating this; I'm not changing my mind. Either you like it, or you don't. Now, can I please get back to work?"
Hinata followed Sasuke to his apartment. She had been as polite as possible explaining to him that her father would kindly snap her neck and wrap her small intestine around her throat if he found out that she was going to attempt to stay at his house with Sasuke. He had grudgingly agreed to let her stay with him, since they'd both be in extraordinary pain if they were too far apart.
Once they got to his apartment, Sasuke simply opened the door, not worried about anyone breaking into the small apartment. Once Hinata entered, she closed the door and looked around, noticing the plain white walls, bare counters, and overall lonely atmosphere. This was a person who was used to living on his own, without anyone there to help him, to make his food, to clean up after him. It would have broken Hinata's heart, had she not gotten distracted at that very moment.
Sasuke, without any regard for the female in the room, grabbed the bottom of his shirt and took it off, throwing it on the chair before stretching out. Hinata's eyes widened as she watched Sasuke, unable to tear her gaze away from him. Her cheeks turned a bright pink and she gasped, biting her lip. Those dark eyes looked up at her, and Hinata nearly stumbled backward as she saw the hatred reflected in the depths of those eyes. How could one person hate someone, or anyone, that much? Hinata finally tore her silver gaze off of him and looked at the ground, her heart breaking.
"Make yourself comfortable," Sasuke said, his tone sarcastic as he moved to go in the other room.
"Wait!" Hinata yelled, but not soon enough, for she gasped in pain, and Sasuke hit the floor again.
"DAMNIT, TSUNADE!"
After a few moments of experimenting, Hinata and Sasuke found out that there couldn't be a wall between the two of them. Hinata didn't seem to see any huge problem with this until Sasuke looked her dead in the eye and informed her that he wanted to take a shower. Then, she turned blood red and nearly fainted.
"You'll just have to stand in the doorway with your back to me," Sasuke said, shrugging. He didn't seem to see any issues with this, but Hinata did. Alas, the Hyûga girl did as she was asked and followed Sasuke to the bathroom, turning her back and standing in the doorway, fiddling with her fingers as Sasuke took his time taking a shower. The whole time, her mind was running with ideas of everything, and she turned so red she nearly fainted again. Sasuke was blissfully unaware of this. At least, until Hinata really did faint and fall through the doorway, causing a sharp, electric pain to snap him out of his unawareness.
He jumped out of the shower, wrapping a towel around his waist and hoisted Hinata up, pulling her into the bathroom, and getting back in the shower, grumbling about how useless the Hyûga girl was.
After a lot of complaining, blushing, and near-faints, Sasuke and Hinata were working on figuring out who was sleeping where. Well, Sasuke was doing most of the talking.
"Well, I'm not giving up my bed and there's not enough room for two people in there," Sasuke said. Hinata said nothing, looking at the ground.
"… Maybe you could sleep on the couch and I could sleep on the floor," Sasuke said. Hinata said nothing, staring at the ground.
"… Or you could sleep outside in a tree somewhere, chakra pulling be damned."
Hinata said nothing, staring at the ground.
"Damnit, what is wrong with you?! Are you mute or something?" Sasuke snapped. Hinata blushed and looked up at him.
"It's your house," she said, looking back down. "Whatever you want is fine."
"This is going to be a very long week…"
I know this chapter is a little short, and I apologize. I ran out of muse halfway through, but managed to pull the other half together. I was going for some humor in the second part, but I don't know if it worked.
Brief Glimpse of the Next Chapter
Her heartbeat sped up as he closed in on her, his lips going closer to hers. What was he doing? Didn't he hate her? That ever-present blush stained her cheeks. Her breathing was uneasy. Was he…?
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