Disclaimer; No I own none of the Characters involved in the Naruto series.
Chapter 3; Yo Ai! Hey Baby
"I didn't know there was a place like this." Muttered the Uchiha glancing about the shelf in front of them. Sure they may have just looked like innocent books but that was only in you ignored the sleazy titles. The Hokage's Long Spear and Seven shades of Genjutsu being stand out examples.
"What? Did you think Icha Icha was the only one of its kind." responded the Hyuuga tethering around and seeming quite in her element. He hadn't missed the way the shop keeper had casually recognized her and offered recommendations on new releases.
"Isn't Icha Icha enough for this sort of thing?" Sasuke asked raising an eyebrow at some particularly suspicious cover art on one of the books. Many of the novels seemed to be quite akin to Hinata's little stories...which was why he was taking specific care to avoid titles like 'the Medic and the Serpent' or 'Under Red clouds'. There seemed to be a few fictional counterparts to him and his team floating about so...
He did not need to know what those were about.
"Gods no, Icha Icha is very vanilla. It's a gateway series really." argued Hinata with flick of her wrist and a fervent shake of her head. The Uchiha snorted as he followed the Hyuuga back out of the adult section her shopping apparently done.
"Right, I keep forgetting you're a massive Yaoi fangirl." he shot at her surprised look when the Hyuuga squeaked back uncharacteristically. Well uncharacteristically of her perverted side anyway, it was completely like her innocent act around team seven...Sasuke glanced around.
"Eh did you just call Hinata a Yaoi fangirl bastard?" the Uzumaki seemed quiet unsure of himself as he stared wide eyed at the pair who both returned the look in full force. Well wasn't this a mess?
"Em...Yo Ai...it's a ninja rock band...they play heavy blues rock...very famous." the Uchiha found himself muttering both randomly and vaguely. He could have outed Hinata certainly, he wouldn't have cared about her embarrassment that was for sure. But the Hyuuga had made threats...many indecent threats. Such as outing him as her proof reader and editor.
"I've never heard of them." returned the blonde angling for a better look at the books Hinata carried. Prudently she shifted them further behind her.
"T-they're underground. Y-you n-need to k-know people." Hinata amended for the Uchiha poking both her index fingers together and blushing on command. Sasuke was almost envious of her acting abilities.
"Who do you know?" Naruto seemed to phrase it more at Sasuke than Hinata but it was still a fair question for either of them. Naruto was virtually famous and they were both horribly introverted. Hinata answered before Sasuke could.
"I-I know S-Sasuke." she answered with a shy smile in the Uzumaki's direction. The Uchiha glared at her. Naruto only seemed more confused and Sasuke couldn't imagine where the Hyuuga was going with her explanation.
"He's in the band." and she smiled sweetly as Naruto's eyes lit up.
"Bastard why didn't you say something. You gotta let me and Sakura come to your next show, come on, come on, come on!" And as Naruto attacked him with demands Sasuke watched over his shoulder as Hinata slinked out of the book shop with her dirty books and an evil grin on her face.
She was a witch. An insane perverted witch.
"I'm surprised you're going through with this." commented Hinata as Sasuke dropped into the bar booth across from her. He looked exhausted both mentally and physically and the ringing of the slightly out of time drum and bass didn't seem to be helping.
"Not much of a choice really, Uzumaki refuses to doubt you so he decided I was just scared to play around him." Sasuke might have been pouting and Hinata was quite curious how he'd react to being told that. But after she'd gotten him into all this he might actually try to murder her, and she had so many delicious things she wanted to do before he eventually murdered her.
"And naturally you couldn't have that." returned Hinata as the waitress brought them over some fresh coffee. Sasuke's glare was answer enough.
"Still could you not have just joined a band, instead of starting your own?" Not that Hinata didn't vastly prefer it this way. The Uchiha having his own band opened up so much more shipping potential.
"Couldn't be helped most refused to change their name or give up complete creative control to me and the rest were awful." muttered the Uchiha taking more than a mouthful of his still scalding coffee. Hinata grinned.
"So you had to find a bunch of weirdos that would do whatever you said unconditionally." she deduced happily. Particularly she put a stress on 'whatever' and 'unconditionally' that had the Uchiha certain he'd be reading a disturbing story soon about exactly that.
"I don't like the way you said that." he voiced as the music cut out and was replaced by the sounds of the pale haired drummer violently threatening to jam his drum sticks somewhere uncomfortable in the giant bass player. The look in Hinata's eyes said she was taking this too as fanfiction fuel.
"Did they have to be so weird though?" Asked the pale eyed girl as the Uchiha's recently commandeered singer all but erupted over practically throwing herself over the dark youth. Hinata blinked sheepishly as the redhead stretched out lavishly in the Uchiha's lap...even for Hinata that seemed forward, though Sasuke didn't seem to mind so maybe she could get away with it in the future.
"Sasuke these lyrics are so beautiful! To think you were hiding such a beautiful soul...Who's this?" It was remarkable how sharply the warmth left the woman's voice as she realized there was another woman sitting with her mark. Hinata couldn't help but prefer this cold cutting attitude on the woman though, it was a much sexier look. Not that Karin would have suspected the Hyuuga's thoughts as she'd begun her sweet innocent act poking her fingers together and blushing lightly.
"She's our writer." Sasuke answered and for a moment Karin could've sworn the sweet innocent girl across from them glared at the Uchiha for a split second, she couldn't be sure though as her countenance was so innocent again without missing a beat. Somehow Karin felt more threatened by this seemingly demur woman than she could logically explain.
"I-I just h-help a little w-with t-t-the structure." answered the Hyuuga deflecting attention easily. Sasuke smirked though.
"She's just being modest, its cute. None of these would have happened without her." It was Karin's turn to be the one glaring as she drew herself off the Uchiha staring at Hinata as if she'd like to set her on fire.
"I'm going to practice." stated the redhead stomping over to the stage and shouting at the other two an order for a certain song. Sasuke chuckled darkly.
"How does it feel to have an enemy Hyuuga?" asked Sasuke more than a little happy with himself. Well until he noticed the Hyuuga's obvious delight, he raised an eyebrow.
"It's a new love triangle. And I'm in it!" exclaimed the Hyuuga brightly. Somehow Sasuke regretted that he didn't see this coming, there really was nothing the woman couldn't see the bright and or perverted side of.
"This hardly counts, it's more of a pervert triangle." growled the Uchiha, both women involved certainly just had the dirtiest of intentions.
"Um does that mean you're a pervert now too Sasuke?" asked Hinata blinking sheepishly at her companion as a slow serene smile drew it's way onto her full lips. Her eyes seemed to be twinkling.
"That's not what I meant! And Goddamn it Juugo it's blues in F minor pentatonic, stop playing that goddamn G note!" Sasuke yelled storming back to the stage as Hinata cackled to herself. That was the first time she'd seen him shouting, slowly she was cracking that shell.
Soon, soon he would be the first member of her vast and sexy harem.
Hebi was officially a rock band, Sasuke was having a hard time processing that as he climbed off stage after the show and bumped into a familiar face. Hadn't he formed the team to commit murder, not sell door tickets? Apparently they could do both.
"Where...where did you get that?" asked the Uchiha staring rather unblinkingly at his former team-mate's chest. Not that Sakura minded, she just wished she had been wearing something a little more flattering and a whole lot less baggy.
"Hinata was selling them at the merchandise stand, I thought it was cute. But that last song Sasuke...was that..." responded the Haruno blushing and trailing off as Sasuke's stare intensified. When she'd seen Hinata selling t-shirts for the band she'd been rather confused at first, questioning why and how exactly the girl had gotten the task. The confusion had given way to glee however once she'd gotten a look at some of the t shirts and posters. As for the song, how many other people would the Uchiha be asking to heal his wounds?
Cause she'd murder them for it.
"The Hyuuga...of course." groaned the Uchiha finally looking up from his team-mate's chest. He'd question the pale eyed girl later about how exactly she'd managed to get a photograph of him sleeping, and why exactly she'd had it smeared on merchandise for a band she'd tricked him into forming.
For now there were other problems...such as the topless Naruto approaching.
"Check out what I got! Hinata even gave me a discount!" Exclaimed the blonde, what he got was quickly revealed as he too pulled a t-shirt over his head. Naruto's thankfully was not one of his sleeping face but instead cartoon versions of team Hebi on stage...with the words 'Team Hey Baby' scrawled beneath it.
Hinata had explaining to do.
"You got a discount!" shot his pink toned team-mate unhappily seeming quiet betrayed. Naruto's triumphant grin did little to help.
"You got to sign up for the fan club. You get discounts, newsletters and stuff." explained the blonde cheerfully. Sasuke could only feel his head ache growing though, just what other machinations of the Hyuuga's was he going to uncover.
"You are paying Hinata right? I mean she's doing so much work for you, selling t-shirts, organising an after party. You shouldn't take advantage of her!" Sasuke wasn't even sure where to begin refuting the Uzumaki's scolding. And did Naruto say after party? He needed to find the Hyuuga and put an end to that.
"I will certainly be paying Hinata back for tonight. You can count on that?" growled Sasuke excusing himself from the blonde as the Uzumaki shouted towards his far removed cousin to congratulate her. He didn't want to talk to Karin now. She'd used her spot on stage rather suggestively, touching his shoulder here and there, looping an arm around his neck for the tender moments in the love songs, playing up that they were about her and him. Undoubtedly she'd try something tonight after a couple of drinks.
When he finally found the apparent merchandise counter, on the opposite wall to the stage, he discovered it empty and lacking the Hyuuga he needed to berate. There was however a note with his name on it.
'The after party is in Naruto's apartment (won't he be surprised :)) but I'm not going and you shouldn't either. Instead I've arranged our own little after party at your apartment. Don't make me wait, your curvy little Hinata-chan'
He read it twice before it started to made sense. The Hyuuga had surprisingly decided to troll Naruto instead of him with her after party idea. She was also in his apartment with perverted intentions in mind. So it was a good news bad news kind of note.
When he crossed the threshold to his home he was greeted with the sound of a woman's voice humming a song he'd wrote with her only days ago and played that very night. With it was the smell of a delicious meal and the sight of his dinning table made up rather impressively for two people.
It was both appealing and nerve inducing in one.
The humming came to a stop as he shut the door and a few soft foot steps announced Hinata's approach before she peaked out of the kitchen a warm genuine smile on her soft lips. Her hair was tied in a low loose ponytail and all she wore was another of the band t-shirts that cut off at her mid-thigh, he tried not to look at her revealed skin and instead examined the t-shirt. Team Hebi were again cartoons but this time with animal features, Suigetsu was unsurprisingly a shark, Juugo a bear, Karin a fox wearing a top that said 'foxy' and he himself wearing a black cat's tail and ears.
"Finally home I see." she spoke like that was the natural thing to say darting back into the kitchen to take care of the food. Sasuke followed, wondering if it was better to kick her out now or wait on whatever wonderful smelling dish she was conjuring up.
"You're cooking?" it probably shouldn't have come as such a surprise, a lot of her stories tended to make some mention of how extraordinary a cook the Hyuuga was. He just hadn't realized she'd been portraying herself honestly in that regard.
"Best way into a man's pants you know." she grinned slightly reaching for some spice he knew she must have brought with her. He was pretty sure he hadn't owned any spices, he was a rather Spartan eater.
"Heart, it's the best way into...nevermind. Why are you here exactly?" he asked rubbing the bridge of his nose. The perverted Hyuuga had a way of complicating his life with her antics but he sensed there was more at work here, for a start he hadn't failed to notice the cardboard boxes stacked next to his door.
"To make you a nice thank you meal, I made out like a bandit tonight. Your cut is on the table by the way, I paid the others already." answered the Hyuuga. Idly Sasuke noted the woman would have no problem signing the Snake summoning contract, the damned serpents would probably start coming to her for tips on lying and manipulation.
"Hinata?" he did it in his best impatient voice...which the Hyuuga had nicknamed his 'talk or I will spank you' tone. She let out a nervous chuckle.
"Well Daddy may have found some of my...ahem...dirtier fanfiction...and some illustrations. And a flowchart for my plan to turn the Hyuuga clan into a matriarchal harem under my iron thumb...so, in short, he's going to disown me and attempt to have me branded or executed to protect the Byakugans secrets." it was a lot for Sasuke to take in as the girl in front of him made some utterly incomprehensible hand gestures to go with the explanation. He stored the part about forming her own harem away for later panicking and decided to tackle the issue at hand.
"And you have boxes of your things in my living room because?" Obviously she intended to move it with him. Insane pervert. But that didn't really make sense, linking herself to him would certainly not win her any support with the village or whatever council she needed to appeal to.
"I'm moving in." she announced brightly stirring something that smelled of what could only be tomatoes and what he assumed was heaven. He tried not to let that distract him.
"With me and not one of your actual friends because?" he tried again ignoring the fact that the now former Hyuuga may well consider him her only actual friend, given that she was only truly herself around him. Her pout seemed to say that at least before it morphed into a sinister grin.
"If I don't move it with you then they won't believe we're actually engaged silly." she answered lowering the heat on the range slightly. Sasuke blinked at the woman slowly for a few moments as she finished her final touches on the meal.
"Are you high or something Hyuuga?" he questioned ignoring the now likely incorrect use of her family name. If Hinata cared it didn't show.
"I asked Naruto to announce it at the after party too, it's doubling as our engagement party. That's why I didn't want you to go straight there, I thought we should talk about it in private first." continued Hinata as if that were actual decorum and not the logic of a madwoman.
"Why?" He rued the day he discovered this woman's true nature. So much so he would soon return to work on that time travel jutsu he'd dreamed of after his clans massacre.
"Well there's this little loop hole. The clan can't actually bind my eyes or stick any creepy seals on me if I'm marrying into another family with an eye kekkei genkai, its forbidden by some treaties or whatever." answered the pale eyed girl smirking and laying her hands on her hips. Sasuke had to ignore that he found this to be a surprisingly sexy pose for the woman. Something about the switch from sweet and innocent to in control cunning and magnificent pushed more than a few buttons of his.
He'd need to see a shrink about that.
"And what if I refuse, call the whole thing a hoax?" The Uchiha asked folding his own arms. He probably wouldn't, loathe as he was to admit it he was actually somewhat fond of this woman. She certainly had a way or breaking up the monotony. Her death or disfigurement wouldn't sit well with him.
"Well Daddy would be really happy with you, he actually gave me this letter ordering you to do just that. No wait he uses the word command. Yeah see, he commands you to do more or less that." answered the grinning woman handing him her father's letter. Sasuke felt his eye twitch just a little as he read the indeed very demanding and insulting letter.
"You think this would offend my pride enough to go through with your plan?" The Uchiha asked. It did. It really did. But he didn't like the idea of Hinata knowing how easy it was to push his buttons.
"I'm betting my eyes and freedom on it...sweetie." she answered lifting the first of the dishes carefully to bring to the dinning table. Sasuke followed after a tense moment.
"There'll be ground rules." he stated sure that even that much was already akin to admitting defeat. The way Hinata's eyes lit up seemed to imply as much.
"With punishments for infractions?" she asked voice slightly airy with excitement, her lips just ever so slightly parted. Sasuke ignored it in favor of the food. She'd be cooking a lot he decided, as long as she lived here at least.
"For a start there's only one bed." he muttered as the Hyuuga settled herself into her chair. He most certainly did not eye the way her t-shirt rode up to reveal more of her thigh, or the jiggle that announced the buxom woman was not wearing a bra beneath her shirt.
"Now where you see a problem I see a lot of potential." sang back Hinata smiling widely.
I don't know what it is about this story but I can't stop write extra add ons for it lately. Is that okay with you guys? I'm kind of enjoying making Sasuke very Tsundere, ya know constantly complaining about Hinata's schemes and stuff but ending up going along with them anyway. Or calling her a pervert then accidentally checking her out.
I think it suits. Though I almost wish I could draw, could make a nice comic.
How ya like it. Review if you like Blues Rock band Hebi which is Sasuke on guitar, Juugo bass, Suigetsu drumming and Karin as the front woman singer.
R&R