Icha Icha High School

Chapter 3

Looking Back

Hinata had run, the entire way to her room, and had laid herself across the bed. Tears continued to pour down her cheeks, as she thought of Sasuke.

She'd known this would happen, she knew that he wouldn't want to stay with her. No matter how much she gave herself to him. She'd devoted everything to him, and all he did was push her away. It was just like before…

-Flashback-

"I can't do this Hinata, you're not dedicated to this as much as I am!" he cried as he began to pack his things.

"please!" Hinata cried, "don't go! I'm so sorry!" tears were flowing down her eyes as she watched him gather his belongings. She couldn't stop him. She knew that he wouldn't change his mind. He always was adamant in his choices.

"I love you Hinata. But you can't even stand for me to touch you without becoming scared. Or nervous. And I can't deal with having a wife that can't stand to be touched by me… I'm sorry." Tears began to run down his face as well, but he turned away before they could be seen by Hinata. With his things in hand, he left the room.

Hinata collapsed to her knees, and began sobbing heavily. He'd gone, and he wouldn't come back. She felt so hurt and broken. It was her fault. "I'm… sorry… I do… love you." She said, in between her sobs. Though she knew he would never hear those words.

-End Flashback-

She'd lost the boy that she loved, all because she had been too timid before, and now, she'd be losing the boy that she'd grown to adore, because she was too clingy.

She'd known it would be a mistake to remain here. To remain a wife to anyone. That she could never make anyone happy.

Her sobbing let up, slightly, as she sat up and wiped away the tears that were running down her cheeks. She couldn't keep this up. She couldn't keep this act up. And keep Sasuke by her side, especially when she knew that it deeply bothered him.

Hinata stood up and took a deep breath. She knew what she had to do.

She walked over to the door of the room. Only to be halted by a knock on the door.

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Sasuke had been dragged to a part of the school he was still unfamiliar with. And still, Anko had him by the collar, she obviously had no intention of letting him go any time soon.

"just where are you taking me?!" Sasuke asked. Anko gave him a twisted grin, and remained completely silent. This only made Sasuke begin to struggle to get away.

He struggled with all his might, but Anko didn't even seem to notice, her grip never once laxed as they walked on through the halls.

After walking for a few minutes, they came to a halt, Anko knocked on the doors before her, a voice on the other side, called for her to enter. Anko looked back at Sasuke, and smirked, "hope you enjoyed our little walk, but now it's time for your punishment." She said, her voice, filled with venom, whatever she had against Sasuke, it was news to him.

They pushed through the door and entered into a rather large office.

Thought it seemed more like a small library, there were books lining the shelves, upon the walls, around the room. Further into the office, there was a giant, arched window. That overlooked the campus, which didn't look very lively at the time. Though, Sasuke hadn't noticed that the day was already late.

And in front of the window, sat two, large desks.

Sasuke had been mistaken, when he thought he'd heard one voice behind the door before. Apparently, it had been two voices.

Sitting behind the desks, were a young looking, blond, woman. She'd been looking over a document that had been laid out on her desk. And beside her, was an older man, with long white hair, though he was typing something up on a laptop in front of him.

The young woman looked up from her document, and stared at Anko, she sighed lightly, before speaking. "what is it this time, Anko?" Anko smiled brightly, "principal, Tsunade, I caught this young man, wandering the halls without his wife."

A moment passed, before he realized what Anko had just said, this woman was the principal. True he'd never seen the principal, but he figured it would be someone… well older. The man that sat beside her, looked more suited for the position.

Sasuke looked at the woman, and noticed that she couldn't have been more than 24 years old. Not that much older than him, and certainly not old enough to have gotten a teaching degree.

His look turned to the older man beside her, whom he noticed was now looking up from his laptop, and staring directly at Sasuke.

He raised his hand, and waved Sasuke to come closer. Which he did, not wanting to get in any more trouble than he'd been in, already. "your name?" he asked. Sasuke had been looking over the older gentleman, and noticed that he was probably in his fifties or so. At least twice the age of the principal.

"Sasuke Uchiha." He said. The older man just stared at him for a moment. "Uchiha? Is that what you said?" Sasuke nodded. The older man had typed something into his laptop, and read something. After a moment of reading, he surfaced again, "the transfer student. Impressive grades, notable GPA, top ten percent, in class ranking. And a very prestigious lineage."

The young woman who had been focusing on Sasuke for a few moments, had began to speak, "tell me, Sasuke, why weren't you with your assigned wife?" her voice seemed kind and understanding. Hopefully she would understand.

"well, ma'am, I was held late after class. And I suppose she thought that I had went ahead, and left while I was still being held after." He explained. The look on her face didn't seem to change, as she looked at him, her eyes seemed to be analyzing everything and anything that Sasuke did.

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Hinata opened the door to find Naruto standing behind the door, smiling widely at her. The blond boy's smile seemed to brighten her attitude slightly, though that smile faded, once he got a good look at her. "Hinata, what's wrong?" she asked, with genuine worry in his tone.

Hinata realized what he meant, and wiped away at her face and cheeks, trying to get rid of any stray tears, though she hadn't taken in account that her nose would be red, and her eyes would be slightly red and puffy from crying. "it's nothing Naruto, you don't have to worry about it." She said, hoping that the blond boy would drop the subject and go on to what he'd stopped by for. Though she wasn't that lucky.

"Hinata, you can't lie to me, I know you better than that. Tell me what's wrong." Naruto said, his tone was firm, she knew that he wouldn't back away from this. He never would change his mind once it was made up.

"it's Sasuke. After our last class… he just disappeared. He just left without me, Naruto." Hinata hadn't even noticed, but once again, tears began to flow freely down her cheeks. And she'd began sobbing again.

Naruto wrapped his arms around Hinata, as she continued to cry. Soaking his shirt in tears. He didn't seem to mind, as he just held her tighter. "it's alright. Don't worry about Sasuke." Naruto said.

Hinata pulled away sharply and looked up at Naruto. "but I can't, Naruto. I can't not worry about this." She said, as she turned away. "Sasuke has been against being with me, since the day he came to this school. He doesn't like anything about this, and he can't stand the thought of being with me." She cried, unaware of the fact that she had begun to yell.

"Hinata, it's not true. It's only been a few days. Just give Sasuke a little more time. I'm sure he doesn't hate being with you." Naruto said. Hinata hadn't once stopped sobbing as she stared at back in the room.

She sniffled slightly, and turned to face Naruto, "did you want something?" she asked, her voice slightly hoarse from the sobbing. Naruto had almost forgotten, but hadn't. he reached into his back pocket, and handed Hinata a book. It was the book that the boys used for their Sex Ed. class. "I wanted to give this back to Sasuke, I found it when I was going to my next class. He must have dropped it, after he left from his extra lessons with Kurenai-sensei."

Hinata went wide eyed for a moment, "wait. What?!" she cried, "yeah. Kurenai-sensei noticed that Sasuke couldn't focus on his studies, so she had him stay behind and do some reading from the text." He said, holding up the book again.

"So, he stayed after class?!" Hinata cried, "for how long?!" Naruto froze for a moment, realizing the same thing that Hinata had. "uhhh… I'm not sure. Maybe twenty minutes, half an hour, I'm not sure." He said, Hinata had stopped listening, as she darted out of the room. She had to find Sasuke fast, or something terrible might happen.

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After a long moment of silence, the older gentleman spoke up.

"well, if that's the case, I see no harm in letting him off with a warning this time, don't you think so, Anko?" the older gentleman said.

Anko's eyes went wide in shock, she glared for a moment at the man, and turned to face the principal, "principal Tsunade, you can't honestly agree with what principal Jiraiya…" Anko stopped, as the young woman, raised a hand, telling her to stop. Anko stopped immediately.

There was a bright smile on the young principal's lips as she looked at Sasuke. "I whole-heartedly agree. Mr. Uchiha, you will be given a warning this time, but if this should happen again, Anko will not bring you to us, she will decide you punishment at her own discretion." Sasuke gulped, and bowed his head in silence, "thank you principal Tsunade, principal Jiraiya." It was only after he'd said those words, did he realize that she wasn't the principal, they both were the principals. Only then did he remember that Naruto had mentioned that it was the principals that wanted the school run the way it was.

"Now, Anko, will you please escort Mr. Uchiha, back to the dorms. He should return to his wife, before any other problems befall him." Anko seemed irritated at the idea of playing babysitter, but didn't say anything about it as she bowed slightly and led Sasuke out the door.

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Anko had led him out the building, before she stopped and turned to him. Once again, she grabbed his collar. "now, you listen good kid, I'm not some babysitter, so you can find your own damn way back to the dorms. And let me give you some friendly parting words." She said, with a smile on her lips that seemed to ooze hatred. "if you're without your wife again, you'd better hope that it isn't me that catches you." She said, as she shoved him back and stormed off.

Sasuke caught his breath, as the grip she had on his collar, had caught him off guard, and made him lose his breath, in surprise.

Sasuke straightened himself, as he glared at anko, leaving. He began to walk off into the school grounds, in the direction of the dorms.

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Hinata had been running through the campus, trying to find sasuke. They'd already missed both their last class and dinner, but she still couldn't find him.

She'd finally decided it would be best to see if he'd returned to the dorms.

As she went into the dorms, she saw Sasuke, in the lobby. He was talking with the girl at the front desk, whatever he was talking about, seemed to be important, as he was practically yelling.

Hinata had gotten closer to Sasuke and the girl, to see what it was he was flustered about. "… there has to be someone who saw where she went!" he'd cried, the girls behind the counter seemed just as flustered, as she explained, and it sounded like she'd gone through this before. "I haven't, and neither has anyone in the lobby seen her come through here in a while. Why don't you just head up to your room, and wait to see if she's gotten back."

Sasuke wasn't satisfied with that answer, as he slammed his hands onto the desk, "don't give me that! Someone has to have seen Hinata come through here!" he cried.

Hinata's eyes widened in shock, it was her that he'd been looking for.

Hinata came up behind Sasuke and wrapped her arms around his neck, and pulled him into a hug, as fresh tears began to flow freely down her cheeks.

Sasuke turned his head to see, Hinata holding him. He'd pulled away quick and took her into his arms. "Hinata, are you alright?! What happened? Where have you been? I've been looking everywhere for you!" Hinata silenced him, as she pressed her lips to his.

Sasuke was caught off-guard, as Hinata pressed up against him bringing them into this passionate kiss. He reacted to it quickly, as he leaned into the kiss.

Tears still seemed to run down Hinata's cheeks, though no longer out of sorrow, but joy.

The two pulled apart, as the girl behind the desk, cleared her throat. Bringing them back to reality, and letting them realize that they were now the center of attention in the lobby. Which Hinata hadn't noticed before, was filled with students and their partners. Sasuke put a bit of distance between them, while Hinata blushed lightly.

Without another word, the two of them took off, heading up to their room.

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Once the two of them reached the door of their room, Hinata had stopped dead. Sasuke paused, and looked back at her. He was about to open the door, but had moved back to see if she was alright.

"Hinata is something wrong?" he asked. Though Hinata didn't give him an answer, she simply stared down at the ground, deep in her thoughts. The thoughts that had been running through her mind, before Naruto had spoken with her.

It was taking all her strength, to say what she was thinking. She knew that this was important, but she was afraid of the answer. Still…

"Hinata, what is it? Are you not feeling well?" Sasuke asked, as he pressed his hand against her forehead. Her cheeks began to burn, as she felt his cool, smooth hand press against her skin. She reached up and took hold of his hand, placing it on her cheek. The coolness of his skin, soothed the burning in her cheek. She nuzzled into it, as she looked up at Sasuke.

"Sasuke, do you want to stay with me?"