Enchanting
Author's Note: Thank you guys for all the reviews. This chapter will contain the scene that inspired the plot bunny that would not let go. ^^ Enjoy.
Warning: In my other stories with Sasuke x Hinata, I had Sasuke as completely innocent. Here he has a little more experience under his belt. They will still be each other's first though.
Slight Notation: I don't think Sasuke has scars in the show, but you figure as much as that man has almost been killed, there had to be one or two.
Chapter Two
"Hinata, take off your clothes," Sasuke orders.
"WH-AT," Hinata asks stunned.
Hinata couldn't have heard that right. There was no way that Sasuke Uchiha had just asked her to get naked. Yes, yes she must have heard that incorrectly. This was Sasuke who as far as she knew was completely asexual.
This was bad. This was very bad. It was about a day later. Neither of their chakra had come back. Hinata's teeth were chattering and her skin was taking on a slight blue tinge. Fuck! Dammit. She was probably coming down with hypothermia.
"I'm not joking. Your skin is turning blue. Body heat is the best source of heat," he says in such a matter of fact voice, Hinata could almost picture a medic explaining this. (Which was odd because medic was not a word normally associated with the last Uchiha.)
"Ohhh," Hinata responds.
"Hinata, clothes off, NOW," he says.
Honestly, Sasuke normally didn't have this hard of a time getting a woman out of her clothes. He would never admit this, but his own experience was fairly limited. But what minimal experience he did have, he'd gotten good results. At the Sound, he'd been taught a lot. That included what Itachi had once dubbed "Seduction Tactics."
"I'll be ok-ay," Hinata stutters.
Sasuke wasn't sure if that was her natural stutter. Her teeth could just be chattering that badly. Either way, Sasuke didn't respond well to people not taking his very sensible orders.
"No, Hinata. You won't. I'm not telling you to strip because I want to get an eyeful. I'm doing it to possibly save your life," he states.
For Godsakes, he wasn't Kakashi or Jirayia. Sasuke would never lower himself to sleep with a woman for the sake of a mission or "practice his technique," but he'd come pretty close. He'd seen naked women before. He'd gotten to third base. That was as far as he was willing to go for that "class."
Why would a teenage boy not get laid when offered the chance? Well two reasons. The first is he really didn't want to lose his virginity to some random woman in the Sound Village or on the road. (One who might very well let the entire five nations know about it.) The second is it wasn't outside the realm of possibility that his lover, would intentionally sabotage whatever preventive measures they might take.
Having a child with Uchiha genes, would set anyone for life financially. Even if the kid never manifested the Sharingan, the genes were there and were a gold mine for any medic that could get genetic samples. That was not a risk that Sasuke was willing to take with just anyone.
"I kno-w. It's just I've ne-ver," she starts to say something and blushes as that tomato red again.
"Been naked around someone other than a family member or a medic. Yeah, I figured as much. If you are that modest, I'll just face away from you," Sasuke offers.
"Thank you, Sasuke," she says with a smile.
"No problem," the last Uchiha says and turns his back to Hinata.
He decides it was probably best to lay down. He did say body heat. She could just lay against his back. Him facing her would have been ideal to get her warmest, but she was just too damn shy for that.
Sasuke could hear her clothes hitting the ground. Good, she was finally listening to his common sense advice. He slides his Jonin vest, shirt, and pants off. He probably should have realized what reaction that would elicit from the shy Hyuga Heiress.
"S-asuke, what are you doing," she squeaks.
"I told you that body heat is the best way to get warm. I'll keep my boxers on. Just curl up against my back," he states in a tone that left no room for argument.
"Oh okay," Hinata says.
Really she felt stupid. Of course Sasuke Uchiha wasn't just giving her a strip tease for no reason. He was just being practical. Logically, she knew that he was right. She was freezing. But she still barely knew him and laying naked against a man you barely knew, well that definitely wasn't how she was wired.
Sasuke just laid on his side, his back exposed to Hinata. It was a rare person that he'd turn his back to. There were a lot of people who would love nothing more than to stab him in the back, literally. Idly, he marvels at how much he trusted her.
He barely knew her, yet he trusted her more than he would Karin or Sakura. Karin was a stalker. She'd tried to steal his toothbrush once, but got Suigetsu's. He had no idea what she was actually going to do with it and he didn't want to know. Sakura well he hoped the whole trying to kill her thing snapped her out of that fan girl phase. She was a medic now, right? She had to be professional?
"Hinata, I'm not going to bite you," Sasuke says dryly.
"I kn-ow," she heads over and lays beside his back, keeping a respectable three inch distance between their bodies.
It was then that Hinata decided she might as well as well look. Sasuke was clearly not a bashful person when it came to his body. She could see why. Mostly she could just see his back, shoulders, and legs. The skin of his back was the same shade of ivory as the rest of him. It was almost ethereal in a way, especially when you contrasted the light silvery scars that were here and there. Some of those scars looked like they should have been fatal.
She didn't even think about it. She reaches over to touch one of the scars, a long one that ran from his right shoulder to the left side of his waist. Even in a relaxed state, she could feel the power underneath that deceptively inviting looking skin. There was a lot of muscle. It was sleek and coiled, reminding her of a cobra waiting to strike.
Sasuke didn't know what he really expected. Nothing really, just to be somewhat warmer, thanks to Hinata's body heat. He knew that she was keeping a "modest" distance from him. But he could still feel her breasts lightly brushing against his back. (Which told Sasuke that Hinata had some very generous cleavage.) But he definitely did not expect Hinata to touch one of his scars, his biggest one actually.
"Mmm," he murmurs, without realizing it.
As a general rule, he didn't let anyone touch his scars. It seemed far too intimate to him. To let someone touch where you had been wounded before was an admission that you had taken a hit. It was broadcasting that you did have weaknesses. That wasn't something that Sasuke was comfortable doing.
It was different with Hinata though. Her fingertips ghosted over the scar so gently. She wasn't seeking to find a weak spot. Her soft touch was just exploring, curious. It felt GOOD. Sasuke wasn't sure if he could ever recall a time when someone had been this gentle with him. Maybe as a baby…
"Oh I'm sor-ry. I shouldn't have touched your scars without asking," Hinata stammers, having caught his murmur.
"Hinata, it's fine. If I had an issue with it, I would have let you know," Sasuke finds himself saying.
"Oh alright," the other ninja says.
"You'd get warmer, if you moved closer, and wrapped your arms around me," Sasuke continues.
"Yes, you sure that's okay," Hinata asks softly.
"I wouldn't have suggested it, if it wasn't. Honestly, it'd be better if I was facing you. I could close my eyes, if you want," he offers.
"Alright. You can turn around," Hinata shocks him by saying.
Sasuke shuts his eyes and rolls so he was facing Hinata. He pulls her into his arms. Luckily for her, he was from a fire clan. So he was naturally just a little warmer than most people, even in the freezing winter.
"It's okay. You can open your eyes. I mean I saw most of you," Hinata manages to stammer out.
Now that shocked Sasuke. She was actually going to let him look. Then again this was Hinata. She had a strong sense of "fairness." Maybe she just didn't think it was fair for him to have his eyes shut for hours, possibly days.
"Remember to stay awake, if you fall asleep it won't end well considering you probably have hypothermia," he explains opening his eyes.
"I won't fall asleep," she says.
Whoa! For the millionth time in his young life one thought flashed in Sasuke's mind, Naruto you are an idiot.
Hinata was fucking beautiful. Her long silky dark blue hair contrasted stunningly against her milky white skin. She had a far curvier figure than most female ninjas (who tended to be leaner). Her breasts were large and perky. He noted the curves, her wide hips, a firm ass, and lovely long legs. NARUTO YOU IDIOT!
Sasuke also scolds himself. How the fuck had he NOT noticed her before? Well to be fair, his mind had been on revenge and she wore baggy clothes. But still!
Hinata finds herself blushing. Sasuke was definitely looking. Well that was human nature, of course he was going to. But she hadn't expected his dark gaze to so intense and to bleed to red. Wait red?
"Sasuke," she says uncertainly.
"Yes, Hinata," he asks.
Dammit. He'd probably freaked her out by staring at her so much. Hinata was a shy person to begin with, staring at her while she was naked was only going to make her even more self conscious.
"Your Sharingan is on," she states.
"Oh. Do you know what that means," he asks feeling rather embarrassed.
"It means your chakra is turning back on. How much chakra does it take to activate your Sharingan," she asks.
"Very little, almost nothing really. It's second nature. But it's a start. We'll be out of here soon," he answers, relieved that apparently she DIDN'T know what it meant.
"Great. Are you hungry," she asks him.
"A little," he replied.
"Here," she leans down and takes off a pouch, she had strapped to her left leg.
She pulls out a couple sticks of jerky. Sasuke grabs one out of her hand with his mouth. He proceeds to start eating. Hinata was speechless at the gesture.
"I was hungry," Sasuke says as if that explained everything, once he'd swallowed his food. (He didn't speak with his mouthful. He had table manners, unlike the loser.)
"You really think you can melt all that snow? There's a lot of it," she says looking at the entrance of the cave which was completely blocked by what she figured was at least 10-20 feet of the stuff.
"Please. It's child's play, once I get a decent amount of chakra back," he scoffs at the notion that he would have any difficulty busting them out of there.
"Good," she says with a smile.
"So while we wait, I told you a bit of my sob story. What's yours," Sasuke asks casually as he steals another piece of the jerky.
"I don't really h-ave one. Well I miss Nej-I but other than that I'm pretty happy," she says.
"I heard about his passing in the war. I'm sorry for your loss. But somehow I think there's more to it than that. Most ninjas are not naturally as shy as you are. My guess is your father is probably a prick and that's the reason why you stutter. You are unsure of yourself because of him," Sasuke states.
"Father is just strict because he cares. He thinks I'm too soft to lead the clan," she answers.
"I figured as much. Clan heads tend to be that way. Hard to please. He id a number on you," Sasuke says.
"Was your father that way? I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked that," Hinata does a nervous motion with her hands.
"My father was focused on leading the police force and Itachi. I was at best an afterthought. My mother said he talked about me all the time when I wasn't around, but I don't believe her. She just said that to comfort me. He was never cruel to me. I just couldn't measure up to Itachi. He did teach me how to do fire jutsus though," Sasuke decides to add that last part. (He didn't hate his father. He just felt like he never got a chance to know him.)
"Oh I'm sorry about that," Hinata responds.
"It wasn't your fault. You have a habit of apologizing for things that aren't your fault. You need to stop doing that," Sasuke flicks her on the forehead.
"Owe," she yips out.
"Sorry. Habit. Anyway, you should tell him you survived a night alone with me in a cave. That ought to get his attention," Sasuke says with a smirk.
".. He might assume things," Hinata replies.
"Let him assume then. That should scandalize the Hell out of him," the last Uchiha says.
"SASUKE," Hinata cries out blushing furiously.
"What you can say you slept with me. It's the truth," he chuckles darkly.
"I never would have thought you would have such a… mischievous streak," the bluenette says.
"When I'm in a good mood, I do," the dark haired man responds.
"Oh. Well I guess you are laughing. I've never heard you laugh before," she comments brightly.
"I don't laugh much. Don't tell the loser. He'll read too much into it. I have a reputation to keep," he says, standing up.
"I won't tell. I promise," she states.
"Good. You might want to throw some clothes on. I'm going to get us out of here," he takes her hand and helps her stand.
Hinata blushes and quickly dresses. Sasuke soon follows suit. It looked like his chakra was active enough that he was able to blow quite the impressive fireball out of his mouth. It hurtled straight through the snow. She could see it melting from the intense heat.
"Looks like we are good to go," he says, once the flames died down.
Sasuke walks through the cave entrance. Hinata closely follows him. Soon enough they were back in the Leaf Village.
"Hey, guys. How'd it go? Expected you back yesterday," Naruto says merrily.
"We were attacked while we were sleeping. Someone darted us with chakra blockers. We hunkered down in a cave for the night. No injuries to report. The Lord made it there safely," Sasuke rattles off the report.
"No way! Chakra blockers? You sure you are okay," Naruto asks.
"I'm fine, Naruto. Sasuke's alright as well. We got very lu-cky," Hinata answers.
"Well still I don't really like the fact that someone was after you two," the blonde says.
"My guess is it was a set up. The Lord very specifically wanted an Uchiha and a Hyuga. He probably figured if we were darted and couldn't use chakra, they could take our eyes," Sasuke says, as if this possibility didn't faze him in the slightest.
Hinata, however, suddenly looked a little green around the gills. Losing your eyes was a horrifying prospect to anyone. But to someone from a clan that was famous for their eyes, it was like having your soul ripped out. He finds himself placing a hand on her shoulder, in a comforting fashion.
"Alright. I'll look into it. Hinata, you might want to get back to your Clan. They are probably worried you were late," Naruto says.
"Yes, Naruto," Hinata says and darts off.
"So what was that all about bastard," the blonde asks.
"What was what all about," he asks with an eyebrow raised.
"The hand thing," the blue eyed Hokage says.
"What hand thing," Sasuke questions.
"You put your hand on Hinata's shoulder. It was like you were comforting her or something. You don't do comforting, bastard. I know you well enough to know you aren't a touchy feely guy," his former teammate says.
"I was discussing the possibility of her eyes being ripped out. It's only natural she'd be a little squeamish," Sasuke says, shrugging it off.
"Well yeah. But it's not like you to actually comfort someone. So what happened," Naruto demands to know.
"… You are making a way bigger deal out of this than it is," the dark haired ninja responds.
"Ah ha! So there is a deal to be made out of," the tanned ninja exclaims.
"Not really," Sasuke brushes Naruto's excitement off.
"Bastard, you know I'm going to find out. So you might as well tell me now," he states.
"Fine. Hinata and I were trapped in the cave. Our chakra was cut off. I caused an avalanche to make sure our pursuers wouldn't find us. So the snow blocked us in. Must have been about 20 feet thick. So we waited it out," Sasuke explains.
"Uh huh. Go on bastard, spill it," Naruto says.
"You are such an idiot. Don't read more into this than there actually is. It was fucking freezing. Her skin was starting to turn blue. She had to be warmed up. Body heat is the best way to do that. So we laid next to each other. She was naked. I kept my boxers on," the last Uchiha says.
"YOU AND HINATA…NAKED," Naruto yells in shock.
"I was mostly naked. She was completely naked. Other than that we talked a little. It was nice to have a conversation with someone who doesn't try to burst my eardrums," he scowls at Naruto.
"Nice? You never say nice. So you saw," the blonde says.
"Everything," Sasuke finishes.
"And? I mean that had to be the first time you saw a naked girl," the blue eyed man says.
"No it was not the first time, I saw a naked woman. She's beautiful," Sasuke answers.
Shit! He probably shouldn't have said either of those things. Now Naruto was going to ask about the naked women comment. He'd also make hay out of the beautiful observation. Naruto wasn't like Sasuke. If you called someone beautiful or pretty, in his simplistic world you were in love with them.
"What do you mean you've seen naked women before? Were you banging some crazy Sound chick," Naruto demands to know.
"I wasn't banging anyone. But Orochimaru saw to it that I could use more than just battle skills to accomplish a task. Seduction tactics. Something you wouldn't be good at, because your loudmouth would turn off anyone," Sasuke says smugly.
"Wait so you, Mr. Sex Drive of a Rock were practicing seducing people," the blue eyed blonde questions, stunned.
"My sex drive is perfectly healthy. Just because I don't broadcast it to everyone, doesn't mean it's not there. But yeah, I was. And I'm good at it. Better than you would ever be," Sasuke says, he couldn't resist poking at his rival.
"Well did you like when you were… you know," Naruto asks.
"It varied. I was attracted to some more than others," Sasuke answers evasively, enjoying taunting the blonde.
"So you like dating one of them," the tanned ninja asks.
"Hell no. They were all insane," the last Uchiha replies.
"Was it just kissing or was there other stuff going on," he questions.
"Mostly it was just kissing and caressing. Though there was some stuff that you are too much of a loser to hear without freaking out," he answers honestly.
"Ha! I never figured you for a romantic! Thought you'd just kinda grab whichever woman you thought was hot and drag her back to your district and start with clan revival," Naruto beams happily.
"…I'm not some sort of caveman, loser," Sasuke scoffs.
"But you really think Hinata is beautiful," the blonde asks.
"We are not having this conversation," the dark haired ninja says and looks ready to bolt.
"Oh come on! We are best friends. We should be able to talk about girls and stuff. I mean you knew my first crush," Naruto rationalizes.
"You mean Haku," Sasuke asks with a smirk.
"HEY! That doesn't count. Haku is a guy. He just looked like a girl. You were totally checking him out too," Naruto defends.
"You can have a crush on a guy. It would just make you gay or bisexual. And I was not checking him out," Sasuke replies.
"You were totally looking at his ass," Naruto insists.
"I was watching the suspicious person. I was not looking at his ass," Sasuke growls.
"Yes, you were! Anyway, didn't think Hinata would be your type. She's really pretty and all but way too normal for you. I thought you might be more likely to chase after an Anko type," the blonde chirps happily.
"Anko's not bad looking. But she's just as likely to stab you with a kunai as to screw you," Sasuke states.
"Yeah. But you are weird like that. Thought you might be into that sort of thing," the blonde says.
"Whatever. It's disturbing how much you've apparently thought about who I would find attractive," the last Uchiha dismisses that comment.
"Yeah, well seriously Hinata? She's so nice and you aren't," the blue eyed man says.
"I didn't say I was proposing marriage to her. I just said that she's beautiful," Sasuke scoffs.
"Come on bastard, spill the details," he says.
"Let's just say the word is curvy and leave it at that," Sasuke answers.
"Ohhhh. So you like big boobs," Naruto pipes up.
"… What man doesn't," Sasuke asks shaking his head.
"So I guess you aren't Sas-gay after all," his friend teases.
"Oh that's it, CHIDORI," Sasuke yells and hits Naruto with his trademark lightning attack.
"OWE! You are such a bastard," Naruto winces.
"Good. Remember that the next time you try to give me a stupid nickname," Sasuke says, with a smirk.