Here it is people, the fourth chapter of "Love Unbound"

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Love Unbound: A ShikaHina Love Story

Pairing: Shikamaru N. and Hinata H.

Chapter Four

Hinata woke up the next morning with a heavy blush on her face. While she was sleeping during the night, she had dreams about Shikamaru and most of them involved him doing…things to her in the dirtiest way possible. Fighting off her blush, Hinata left the bed and headed into the bathroom in her room. Nearly ten minutes later, Hinata walked out feeling refreshed. Only in her towel, Hinata walked to her bag and picked out her outfit for the day and quickly slipped into them. She then looked at herself in mirror as she inspected herself. She had on a black mesh halter top and a red mini-skirt similar to Anko's with knee-length spandex shorts underneath. Over the outfit was a black form-fitting trench coat with two large pockets on both sides. Wanting something different, Hinata decided to put her hair up in a bun. She then rearranged a couple of senbon into her hair. Pleased with her results, Hinata left the room and went downstairs to receive breakfast, courtesy of the Mizukage and her personal cook. Meanwhile, Shikamaru and the others were just waking up as well.

"How troublesome," he muttered to himself as the sun shone right into his eyes, causing him to squint. Shirtless with a pair of black and green striped boxers on, Shikamaru let out a large yawn, stretched and headed to the bathroom. Ten minutes later, Shikamaru came out wearing another set of his usual outfit, minus the chuunin vest that was hanging up on the door. He quickly fixed her thick hair into the usual pineapple-styled ponytail, grabbed his vest, threw it on and headed downstairs. He met Genma and Choji, who nodded to him and all three headed downstairs together. They reached the dining room where Mei and Hinata were waiting patiently.

"Ohayo Mei-sama, Hinata-chan," the three male shinobi greeted as they sat down.

"Ohayo," they chorused back as the chef and his staff brought out a small breakfast buffet. Being the shameless glutton he was, Choji quickly piled his plate as everyone else looked on in amusement before loading their own plates. As they were eating, Shikamaru took a glance at Hinata, who was talking to Mei, and noticed that she had a different hairstyle.

"She looks so cute," he thought as he stuffed a croissant into his mouth. Hinata, feeling a pair of eyes on her, turned from Mei and looked at Shikamaru, who quickly turned away, making her smile. Mei, noticing the exchange between the two teenagers, smiled warmly.

"Well Mei-sama, if you'll excuse us, we need to start our mission," Genma said as he stood up.

"Of course, good luck," she said as the shinobis walked out. Once out of the Mizukage mansion, Genma turned to the three chuunins and said

"Alright, the mission is to gather intel around the village about the Uchiha and his team. You should henge yourselves to make yourselves inconspicuous." Genma then eyed Hinata's outfit and grinned as he said

"I see Anko's been rubbing off on you." Genma made a single hand sign and a cloud of smoke surrounded him, the other three doing the same. When the smoke cleared, Genma henged himself into a young man in his early twenties with short blond hair, green eyes, and a black shirt with blue pants and black shinobi sandals and wore no forehead protector. Shikamaru became a boy in his late teens with dark blue colored hair that was slightly shaggy, crimson colored eyes and wore a white short-sleeved shirt with wrappings around his arms with dark red knee-length shorts with wrappings around both legs and wore black shinobi sandals. He wore a forehead protector with the symbol for Suna around his neck. Choji became a slimmer version of himself with slight differences. His hair was now jet black and slightly shorter. He had light brown eyes and the swirls on his cheeks were gone. He wore a simple green shirt and black ankle length pants and black shinobi sandals. He also wore no forehead protector, Hinata, though, made minor changes to her appearance, only changing her eye color to an amber color with pupils and her hair color to dark green.

"Alright, spread out and get to work," Genma ordered.

-Line Break-

During the day, the four henged shinobis went to different places and discreetly asked about the Uchiha, though it was unsuccessful as none had any information. While in a "conversation" with her unsuspecting target at an open restaurant, Hinata noticed a disturbance in the air. Excusing herself to the bathroom, Hinata went into an open stall and quickly locked it. Unhenging her eyes, she quickly activated her byakugan and silently gasped as the last person she expected to see walked into the restaurant. Sasuke Uchiha and three other people with him walked into the restaurant and sat near the person she was interrogating.

"Hmm, he's looks totally different from almost three years ago," she thought to herself. The Uchiha now wore an open white shirt with a blue fabric held together with a purple tie worn around his waist like Orochimaru. He wore light blue pants that were tucked into his knee-length shinobi sandals. His hair was the same length as it was when they were genins. His eyes were the same dark colored, although they held a bored look to them. Hinata then studied the other three people with him. One guy had white hair that had blue tips and purple colored eyes. He wore a purple sleeveless shirt with a holster on his chest that held a large sword on his back and grey pants. The other guy had wild-looking orange hair with brown eyes. Hinata didn't bother studying him further as she focused on the lone girl in the group.

"This must be Karin, the girl Mei-sama said was a chakra sensor." And with that, Hinata made several hand signs and made a genjutsu that cloaked her chakra, a trick she learned from Kurenai as she studied the girl further. She had long red hair that was neat on one side and messy on the other side. She had red eyes that were behind a pair of oval-shaped glasses. She wore a long-sleeved purple shirt that was opened at the bottom, revealing her stomach. Along with that, she wore black shorts that barely covered her ass with black thigh-length socks and black shinobi sandals. Hinata also noted that she had a large blush on her face as she tried to get the Uchiha's attention, which he ignored as he ate.

"Another fan girl," she mused before deactivating her byakugan and rehenged her eyes. She kept the genjutsu up though before walking out of the bathroom. She quickly snatched up the guy she was talking to before he could say anything to Sasuke. Hinata gave Sasuke a cheeky grin before leaving with the patron, making him raise an eyebrow. Nearly three and a half hours later, around eleven thirty, the four ninjas met up in their designated spot, which was located out of the village in the woods. They unhenged themselves and sat on the ground.

"Okay troops, any success?" Genma started.

"No, the villagers were being troublesome," Shikamaru said as he yawned.

"Same here. It's like no one wanted to talk," Choji chimed in.

"Yeah, I didn't get anywhere either," Genma said as he leaned back on a tree behind him.

"Guess I'm the only that had some success," Hinata replied. "Really, what you got?" Genma asked, perking up with interest as he, Choji, and Shikamaru leaned in towards her.

"I actually saw the Uchiha and his team in person," Hinata replied.

"A-Are you serious?" Genma asked, flabbergasted while Choji and Shikamaru both had shocked looks on his face.

"Yep, and from what I heard from the small conversation they were having, Sasuke was looking for some kinjutsu that Orochimaru hid after he defected from Konoha and while he was in the Akatsuki," Hinata said.

"Good job Hinata, I'll send a note to Tsunade-sama telling her of your findings," Genma said as the group stood up.

"You guys have the rest of the day off while I hit up the bar," Genma said.

-Line Break-

Later in the day as Hinata was walking around the village, she felt a pair of eyes watching her. She quickly turned her head to see no one behind her. Her suspicions aroused, Hinata continued on as if nothing happened, though she had her byakugan on. When she felt the pair of eyes watching her again, Hinata smirked as she walked out of the village and into the forest. Once she was in the forest, Hinata called out

"Come on out, I know you've been following me…. Sasuke Uchiha and company." A few seconds later, Sasuke walked out, along with the rest of his team members.

"Not bad for the Hyuga Heiress," he sneered. He looked Hinata up and down and smirked as he said "

You've certainly filled out Hyuga." A small red stain appeared on her cheeks as Hinata glared at the Uchiha.

"What do you guys want?" she demanded. The guy with the large sword replied

"Nothing really toots, we're just wond-aaaauuugggh!" The guy was launched into the air, courtesy of Hinata's right hook. He plowed through three trees before landing in a bush nearby.

"Wow, strong and hot, my kind of girl!" the guy said before falling unconscious.

"The Hyuga Heiress with the strength of the slug Sannin Tsunade?" Sasuke thought to himself as he looked at Hinata in puzzlement before schooling his face back to his usual bored look.

"Juugo," he said to the orange-haired male. "Go grab Suigetsu and meet us at the North gate.

"Karin, let's go," he said as the girl nodded. Facing Hinata, Sasuke said

"We'll meet again Hyuga," and disappeared along with Karin. Hinata frowned as she started to make her way back to the village. "That was weird," she thought to herself. Ten minutes later, she was at the Mizukage mansion where she slipped inside. She went into the living room where she saw Choji on the couch sleeping while Genma was in a deep conversation with the Mizukage.

"Genma, have you seen Shikamaru-kun anywhere?" Hinata asked.

"Yeah, he's outside in the garden, he said something about watching the clouds," Genma said. After giving him her thanks, Hinata left the mansion and entered the garden, where she found the Nara lying on his back with his eyes closed while under a tree. She was about to surprise him when he said

"I know that's you Hinata-chan," while still having his eyes closed. He opened one eye to see Hinata pouting, her lips pushed outward as she had her arms across her chest, making her breasts look even bigger. Hinata sat next to him as she looked up into the sky.

"The clouds are so pretty," Hinata said quietly.

"Yeah, that's I like cloud-watching so much. It's so much peaceful," Shikamaru said. They then fell into a comfortable silence. Hinata then removed her black trench coat, folded it neatly and put it to the side. She laid next to Shikamaru and laid her head on his chest with her right hand over his heart, making him blush full on. He then smiled softly as he put his right arm around her as they enjoyed their time together. As she had her head on Shikamaru's chest, she could hear his heart go "ba-thump, ba-thump", a sound she found comforting. Hinata moved her head to see that Shikamaru had fallen asleep, a feat not surprising to the Hyuga. Giggling quietly, Hinata gently tugged on Shikamaru's right earlobe, causing him to mutter unintelligibly in his sleep. Feeling her eyes drooping, Hinata snuggled closer to the Nara as she drifted off into slumber land. Nearly an hour later, Shikamaru was slowly waking up from his siesta when he noticed where his right hand was. Somehow, while they were asleep, his right hand found its way on Hinata's breast, which made him blush profusely. Without even thinking about the consequences, Shikamaru gave her breast a firm squeeze, making Hinata moan as she snuggled closer to him.

"Damn it, how do I get out of this troublesome situation without get killed or worse, getting castrated?" Shikamaru thought frantically. He tried extricating himself from her arms, but she came even closer. Finally, as a last resort, Shikamaru firmly removed himself from Hinata's grasp. He gently picked the Hyuga up in his arms and headed back to the Mizukage mansion.