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Why?

Chapter 3

Earlier today Hinata was busily packing her cloths in her bright baby blue room. She was to spend a week in Suna although she doesn't know specifically as to why. Her father just told her the night before that she was to leave.

Hinata had decided to go to the store to buy some snacks for the trip. As she walked out of the store she bumped into Sasuke Uchiha.

"Gomen Uchiha-san" Hinata quietly stated.

Sasuke just gazed at her with his usual cold expressionless face. Just as he was about to respond to the hyugaheiress, that baka naruto jumped out of no where.

"Oi Sasuke bastard, let me borrow some money. I'm so hungry and I want ramen." Naruto yelled before he noticed Hinata standing next to Sasuke. "Oh hi Hinata-chan"

"Um...hi…Na…Naruto-kun" Hinata said while blushing a bright red color.

He looked back at Sasuke and then at Hinata again. "Hey, what are you guys doing?" said Naruto quite loudly.

Before Sasuke could answer they felt the floor starting to shake.

"Oh crap it's the beasts again." Sasuke stated while actually having a worried face on.

A stampede of fan girls was rushing rapidly towards Sasuke.

"Hey Sasuke-kun!" cried one girl.

"Please be my boyfriend!" yelled another.

As the stampede grew closer Sasuke grabbed Hinata's hand and starts to run.

"Come on let's go" Sasuke said rapidly.

"But wait…I--."

"We have no time" Sasuke interrupted as he dragged her forward.

They ran as fast as they could in order to lose the stampede of fan girls.

Naruto being his stupid self was still standing in the middle of the road not even moving out of the stampede's way. The fan girls ended up running him over, squishing his face, arms, and well pretty much everything.

"Ow! Get the hell off me you animals! You're squishing my arms!" He cried out loud as he struggled to get off of the floor.

Anyways back to Hinata and Sasuke. They had stopped running and hid out in the woods.

"Um…Uchiha-san can you let go of my hand" Hinata asked while blushing as red as a tomato.

"What?" Sasuke asked. "Oh sorry" he muttered letting go of her hand as a slight blush formed across his face. He had forgotten that he was still holding her hand since he was to busy looking if they had lost his fan girls.

"Um…arigato…Uchiha-san for helping me. But…umm…what happened to Naruto-kun" she asked worriedly.

"Huh?" He had forgotten about that baka Naruto.

"I… hope he's o….okay." Hinata stated.

Sasuke just remained silent because he knew that Naruto had probably gotten trampled.

There was a moment of silence between them until Hinata broke it. "Anyways…luckily I didn't drop my things." She said while taking in deep breaths. She was still exhausted from all the running.

All of a sudden a Kunai came flying towards Sasuke who quickly dodged it. Another one came out of nowhere and Sasuke was barely able dodge that one. The kunai had slid past his cheek leaving a minor scratch on his face.

"Uchiha-san! Are…you...o…okay" screamed Hinata.

Sasuke touched his cheek and realized he was bleeding. He looked at the direction from where the kunai knife came from.

"Humph well if it isn't the Hyuga." Smirked Sasuke.

"Uchiha" said Neji coolly while standing on a tree swinging a kunai around his fingers. "What have you done to Hinata-sama? Why does she look so exhausted?" Neji asked while jumping off the tree. He appeared next to Hinata.

"Neji-nii-san I'm o…okay….Uchiha-san…helped me from being ….c…crushed..." Hinata stated. "Don't w…worry…s…so…m...much."

"Sorry Hinata-sama but I have a duty to protect the hyugaheiress and I plan to keep that promise." Neji said while turning around to look at Sasuke.

"If you do anything to hurt her Uchiha, I swear you'll regret it" Neji coldly stated while pointing the kunai he had at Sasuke.

"Humph is that a threat" replied Sasuke.

Neji shot a glare at Sasuke. They had a staring contest, for what seemed like a century, until Neji spoke. "Come on Hinata-sama. You need to get ready to leave."

"Okay Neji-nii-san. I…ju…just need to…tell…U…Uchiha-san something." Hinata replied.

"Alright I'll be waiting at Hyuga compound."

Neji then poofs away leaving behind a puff of smoke.

"Arigato…Uchiha-san….for everything and I'm sorry about nii-san. He can sometimes….be ….a little…too overprotective" said Hinata as she smiled.

Sasuke just remained silent while gazing at Hinata.

"Um…Uchiha-san…you...um need to…do something about your…wound. It might…g….get …in…infected" said Hinata in a worried tone. "Let me h…help you…be…besides I owe...y...you for...he...helping me."

She walked towards Sasuke and stands in front of the raven haired shinobi. The hyugaheiress places her hand on his cheek and concentrates on the wound. A green light of chakra starts emitting from her hand.

Sasuke just watched her in amusement. 'Who would have thought this to be the weak Hyuga from 2 years ago. She sure grew into an impressive medical kunoichi.'

"Their, all finished Uchiha-san." Hinata stated while removing her hand from his cheek.

Once again there was silence. But not for long…

"Sasuke bastard!" someone yelled

Hinata and Sasuke looked at the direction from where the loud voice came from. And it was none other than the hyperactive baka of a ninja Naruto.

"Why did you leave me back there!" The blonde screamed. "I got trampled by those freaks of yours. Luckily Konohamaru helped me."

"You're such a loser. What kind of a ninja are you. A real ninja would have jumped out of the way." Sasuke responded in his low cold voice.

"What! Say that again you bastard" yelled the fox boy as his face turned red with anger.

Both of the male shinobi stood there shooting rude remarks at each other while Hinata watched on, afraid of what might happen next. If Naruto were to really piss off Sasuke then he would get the snot beat out of him. And that's what Hinata feared.

"Um…Naruto-kun, Uchiha-san" interrupted Hinata.

Both guys didn't hear her and continued to bicker.

"What kind of ninja wears orange" Sasuke stated.

"What are you talking about! Orange is the best color ever!" naruto shot back.

"Yeah…the best color for clowns like you." Sasuke replied.

"Why you little" Naruto yelled while activating his rasengan. He runs directly towards Sasuke.

Sasuke merely moved aside and dodged Naruto. The baka kept running forward, that is, until he fell inside some bushes.

"Humph. Don't tell me that's all you got dobe." Sasuke said.

"Naruto-kun" Hinata said in a worried tone.

All of a sudden the baka jumped out of the bushes screaming his head off.

"Owwwwwww!" Naruto ran around the waving his hands like a mad man.

"Get this beast off me" he yelled. "He's biting my ass!"

Attached to Naruto's ass was a four legged wolf. The fur from his head to the tip of his tail was black while the fur from his sides was a gray platinum color.

"Shadow clone jutsu" yelled the blonde. Two clones appeared beside him. "Quickly take this beast off me!" he ordered.

His two clones grabbed the wolf by its hind legs and started to pull. But, this wolf wasn't just any ordinary wolf. It let go of Naruto's butt and tackled both of the clones.

"Tsuchi" yelled Hinata. "What are you doing here?" She said as she ran toward the wolf. (Just so you know Tsuchi means ground.)

'Tsuchi? Does she know that wolf?' thought Sasuke

"Hinata-chan don't get close to that thing!" Naruto yelled.

The wolf turned his head towards Naruto and growled.

"That beast is going to bite you! Look at what he did to me" screamed Naruto!

Naruto turned his head around while trying to look at his butt. The wolf had bit off a piece of his pants and his pink under wear could now be shown.

"Argh…He tore my pants. I'm going to kill you" Naruto yelled. He was about to attack the wolf when all of a sudden in a puff of smoke Neji appeared in front of Hinata and the wolf.

"Naruto, his name is Tsuchi. Not thing or beast." Neji coolly stated.

"Who cares! Why the hell are you protecting it!" yelled the irritated ninja.

"Because he belongs to me loser" Neji replied.

"Well you should keep it on a leash." Naruto shot back. "Look at what he did to me" he said while pointing a finger at his ripped pants.

"What are you talking about! Tsuchi didn't make you wear those pink underwear." Neji said while smirking.

"What kind of ninja wears pink underwear" Sasuke sneered.

"Shut up Sasuke bastard! This is between me and Neji! He owes me a new pair of pants!" screamed the fox boy.

"Hinata-sama let's go. It's almost time for you to leave." Neji said ignoring Naruto.

"Neji-nii-san, why did you summon Tsuchi" Hinata questioned.

"I summoned him so he could come get you since you were taking so long. I was worried the Uchiha had done something" he said while shooting a glare at Sasuke.

The Uchiha just scoffed it off.

"But then Tsuchi was taking a long time as well so I decided to come check myself." Neji added.

"Wait!" Naruto interrupted. "Since when did you know how to summon a wolf?"

"None of your business" Neji coldly stated.

"It's a… l…long story N…Naruto-kun, in fact we both can summon a certain animal" Hinata stated.

"Really? Tell me!" Naruto curiously asked.

'She can summon an animal as well?' Sasuke wondered as curiosity rose within him as well.

"Well I guess I can summarize it for you. Let's just say we learned it while on a mission to the water country. A man we met showed us how so now Neji-nii-san can summon a wolf and I can summon a fox" Hinata stated while trying not to blush since Naruto's gaze was on her.

"Summon your fox Hinata." Naruto yelled while jumping around excitedly.

"We have not time for this Hinata" said Neji. He grabbed Hinata's wrist and started to leave.

"Bye Naruto-kun, Uchiha-san" yelled a waving Hinata while being dragged by Neji.

As soon as Hinata and Neji were out of sight Naruto spoke up. "Huh? I wonder where Hinata is going. What do you think Sasuke bastard?"

"Sasuke bastard!" yelled Naruto as he turned around to face Sasuke. But, Sasuke was no longer there. He had left as soon as Hinata left.

Sasuke was walking down the trail that led back to the village hoping his fan girls had given up on searching for him.

'Why did I save her? Why didn't I just let her get trampled or tell her to go away like I would have done to the other girls? There is something different about her.' Sasuke thought.

As Sasuke walked closer towards the village he saw restaurant signs. He tried to focus on the signs but no matter how much he tried his thoughts drifted back to Hinata. 'Why did I blush?" He thought while rubbing his cheek. 'Why the hell is this bothering me?'

That was all Sasuke could think about for the rest of the day.

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Please review guys….that way I can continue to write. I hoped you like the chapter. And next time Hinata will definitely summon her fox.

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Sasuke: Why!

hyugaheiress: Ahh! Sasuke has a crush. That's so sweet. –makes kissing noises-

Sasuke: Shut up! No I don't!

hyugaheiress: Yeah right…that's why you can't stop thinking about her.

Sasuke: ….