P/N: so yea. Sorry this took so long guys! You know I love ya'll so please don't come after me with pitch forks and torches if I take to long to update. So yeppers! Read on my dear and beloved readers read on!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or the old South. But I do own the church Hinata and Sasuke go to.


I Think I Love You

Hinata sat numbly around the Sunday dinner table with the rest of high southern society. Sasuke was going to war and was going to die. Die. The preacher said what an honor it was to die for something you believe in. Bull crap. She didn't touch her food; she knew that if she did she would just throw it back up.

"May I be excused?" Hinata asked politely with her eyes downcast.

"Of course dear." Said the preacher and Hinata quickly left the table and the dining room. In her rush to get out of the house she almost bumped into Sasuke. She looked up at him with wide worried eyes and he just looked down at her with a hint of mirth in his. He pulled her outside and they ran into the woods.

"Where are you taking me?" Hinata laughed, enjoying the night air on her face.

"To have a last fling of fun." Sasuke smirked and dragged her farther away from town.

Hinata knew where they were going! They were heading for the Uchiha tobacco farms, but why there? And soon her question was answered by a large bonfire and the playing of music. As they got closer Hinata noticed that they were in the slave's quarters and it looked like something special was going on. Little slave kids ran in and out of the huts towards the bonfire and women linked arms to get closer. The music got louder and it was like nothing Hinata had ever heard. A fiddle and drums and a few banjos all played in harmony and instead of making her fall asleep she wanted to dance. The slaves clapped and cheered when they saw Sasuke and the boy in question smiled big. A few women began to dance around the fire and Hinata felt herself becoming entranced by their movements. They way their hips swayed and arms swung and the way they moved nimbly about the fire. Their skirts were loose and it gave a magical air while they were dancing. Sasuke picked up the fiddle from one of the men and began play. The people clapped in time to his song and Hinata did as well. One of the slaves-a woman- tapped her on her shoulder and Hinata looked up at her and smiled.

"You'll dance wid us miss." The woman said and began to take all of the pins out of Hinata's hair until it was down completely and she helped Hinata step out of her dress until she was only in her white corset and flowing cotton petticoat.

The woman removed her shoes and then took Hinata's hand and led her to the fire. The crowd parted and let them through, they were all quiet as they passed and Hinata was really nervous. Sasuke had stopped playing to watch what was going on. When the slave woman nodded her head Sasuke began to play again.

"Loose ya self in the music chil! Let it take you!" she smiled and began to dance.

Hinata felt the music sway her and she felt her heart pump faster. Her body began to move of its own accord and soon she was swaying and moving just like the slave women before her. She twisted and turned around the fire with her hands in the air and one by one more women joined her. Her skirts flowed about her and she didn't care that her ankles and calf's were on display for all to see. She was happy. Hinata looked in Sasuke's direction to see him smiling at her as he played and she smiled back. A jolt was sent through her entire being and she wanted impress Sasuke. She wanted him to want her. She wanted to dance for him. Hinata inadvertently blushed at her thoughts and danced faster as the tempo sped up. The other women danced around the fire as she did and children played in little circles. The men made noise and if they weren't playing music then they were watching the women. Hinata felt her heart pump faster than ever before-she wanted Sasuke and didn't care if it was scandalous that she did. She broke away from the circle and ran towards Sasuke and tackled him from behind. He didn't fall because Hinata wasn't that strong or heavy but it did surprise him. But when he saw Hinata's tiny pale hands on his abdomen he knew who it was.

He turned around and got another surprise when Hinata pressed her lips to his. He enjoyed the feeling of their lips moving in sync and let her take control of the kiss. When they broke apart they looked into each others eyes and it would've been romantic if Sasuke wasn't such a mischievous boy. He hoisted Hinata up over his shoulder and chuckled when she protested.

"Let me down this instant Mister Uchiha!" Hinata squeaked not sounding intimidating at all.

The people of the party laughed at their Master's antics. Sasuke bowed and nearly dropped Hinata on purpose just to spook her. She playfully beat on his back, not hurting him one bit but what surprised her was when he started walking away from the party. She had left her clothes there.

"Why are we leavin?" Hinata asked and Sasuke patted her butt which caused her to squeak.

"Don't worry your pretty little head." Sasuke said and she could hear the smirk in his voice.

"Some gentleman you are." She huffed.

"I'm not making you walk barefoot am I?" Sasuke said and he had a point, instead of making her walk he was carrying her over his shoulder.

She hoped she wasn't too heavy. He finally let her down when they reached the alcove of fruit trees and the river he'd taken her too earlier that week. He let her down and Hinata missed the feeling of his body on hers. Sasuke sat down on the grass beside her and looked up at the moon, in Hinata's opinion he looked like a dark angel.

"I'll miss you." Hinata said softly after a while as she lay on her back and stared up at the sky.

Sasuke turned his head and looked at the girl beside him. Maybe there was something more to be had than just a fling. This feeling in his heart, it was like nothing he'd every felt before. He felt free and he wanted to feel this way for the rest of his life. He knew that with Hinata by his side he would be able to feel this everyday. But he was going to war and he may never come back. She would move on and have another husband and kids and when he got back there would be nothing for him. She probably wouldn't even remember him. Hinata turned her face to him and smiled a watery smile.

"Will you let me do something?" Hinata asked.

"Perhaps" He smirked.

Hinata climbed on top of him and cupped his face with her small hands. She leaned down and began to kiss him passionately and they both lost themselves in the feeling. Sasuke placed his hands on her waist and slowly moved downward and began to push her petticoats upward until they were around the slender waist. Hinata ground herself into Sasuke and she could feel his hardness through his pants and a shot of adrenaline through her veins. Sasuke hissed at the friction and held Hinata down to get her to stop. Its not that he didn't like it-no it definitely wasn't that. It was because it was driving him crazy!

"God Hinata!" Sasuke groaned and flipped them over so that he was now on top.

"I'm going to give you something you'll never forget." He said huskily and began to ravish her neck.

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The Sunday crowd had long dispersed from the dinner table and was now mingling amongst the other social elite. Hinata's grandmother looked at the clock on the wall and tapped her foot impatiently. Where in the world was that girl. She moved through the crowds nimbly until she came to the parlor and at the door she knocked, announcing her presence and then entering. She found Neji talking with many of the other boys of his high status. He was such a nice boy. She tapped his shoulder and he looked up at her surprised.

"Neji I need ya'll ta go searchin fa Hinata. She's absent." She said and Neji nodded. This was going to be fun.

Neji got Shikamaru and Kiba to go with him and Kiba brought his hunting dog Akamaru. They followed Hinata's trail and where suprised to find it leading to the Uchiha tobacco plantation. Neji shoved his hands in his pockets and signaled for his companion to follow the trail with him. The trail led them to the slave housing where a barbaric party was going on.

As soon as Neji, Shikamaru, and Kiba got close everyone stopped what they were doing and stared. Out of the corner of his eye Neji say a flash of little kids running inside of a hut with white lace but he thought nothing of it. It was probably something one of the house slaves stole from the property. The only thing that peeked his suspicion was when Kiba's dog Akamaru started barking wildly at something. Neji ignored him and went up to a random slave man and roughly tugged at his collar.

"Have you seen a girl pass through here?" Neji asked snobbily but the slave stayed silent.

This angered Neji and he shook the slave violently.

"Tell me you ignorant piece of filth!" Neji snarled but the slave didn't speak.

Neji threw the man onto the ground and his hand got caught in the fire. The man writhed and screamed on the ground and people cried and scattered about trying to help him without getting near the white-eyed man. Neji spat on the ground near the man and sneered.

"Insolent filth"

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"Oh Sasuke!" Hinata came hard and Sasuke abruptly followed.

Hinata laid flat on the ground and Sasuke laid his head on her chest and listened to her heart beat returning to normal. She ran her fingers absently through his raven locks and stared up at the full moon above them. Their clothes were scattered about and so were their thoughts. Neither wanted to move from this bliss-this feeling of completion. Hinata had never been in love before but whatever she was feeling must be love.

She loved the way his laugh sounded like rolling thunder and his sarcasm. She loved the way he held himself and had an opinion on everything even if it seemed like he didn't care. She loved him. Sasuke then got on all fours above Hinata before getting up, unsheathing himself in the process. He held out a hand to help her up and brought his lips to hers.

"We must get back." Sasuke mumbled when they broke apart and Hinata faintly nodded.

Sasuke admired the way Hinata's lithe body moved as she gathered her clothes and licked his lips. He could still taste her. Sasuke finished dressing himself and went over the help Hinata tighten her corset. The strings were complicated and he had no idea why women wore these but in the ended he got it tight enough and Hinata gave him a peck on the nose for it.

They walked hand in hand up to Hinata's house and climbed the ivy into Hinata's room. Sasuke didn't enter the room but instead sat on her window seal. Hinata caressed the side of his face and he leaned in for a gentle kiss, it wasn't passionate or needy, it was warm.

"I do believe I love you Hyuga." Sasuke smirked and kissed her forehead before climbing down her ivy.

When she could no longer see him she closed her curtains and headed over to her door. She called for Kurenai to bring up the basin so she wash the smell of sex off of her. Hinata sighed as she slipped into the warm water and made sure her hair stayed dry by keeping it over the edge. She watched the flames of her personal fireplace dance and her mind was filled with thoughts of a certain Uchiha.

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Southern DictionaryBasin: something people back in the day used to use because not many places had indoor plumbing.Party: slaves held parties a lot. Dancing was a way for them to let out their religion since they weren't allowed to go to church. So yea. They partied to free stress and also expression themselves. So yea. A little info on that.

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