A/N: Welcome everyone! I am back once more to continue this story! I am sorry that it's been months since the last update. Once again I am deeply sorry for the extremely long wait. Please give me feedback on any errors that you might spot or if you simply wish to criticize, but I will not tolerate any flames! Now, Enjoy!

EDIT: This chapter has been edited and slightly different from the original, as are the previous chapters. For all my readers out there I recommend you reread - though it isn't necessary. To all of my new readers, I welcome you to leave feedback on the review. Thank You


(Hinata's P.O.V)

I woke up to the sound of my alarm clock going off. It's 6 am.

Wearily, I got up and walked down the hall to the bathroom not bothering to wake up Riku. Most parents would need to woke up their children but ever since Riku turned six she has never needed any assistance in waking up. Sometimes I missed the times of her childhood in which she needed me to care for her and needed me for support. Now I feel utterly useless at being a mother, she no longer needed me as much as she did before. Of course, I know that it doesn't mean she doesn't love me. On the contrary she sometimes treats me like the irresponsible one. I guess I am in a way.

I pushed those thoughts out of my head and focused on getting ready for the day by taking a quick shower. Riku usually used the bathroom at seven giving me plenty of time for a shower. I turned on the shower and quickly undressed.

The hot water that hit my body felt good and worked at undoing all the stress knots I had.

Life can be really surprising sometimes. Just two weeks ago I knew where I was in life - good job, working on my M.D. degree, a wonderful daughter, and great friends that were family. Nothing was out of place. That is until Sasuke Uchiha decided he wanted to be a part of Riku's life. Now I had to deal with the Uchiha and live with him in the same roof. Wouldn't be bad under normal circumstances but what made it so was the fact that I just cannot get along with him! The reason being that I cannot completely trust him. Sasuke Uchiha is know for being a cold, apathetic, unsocial person and then he shows up claiming he wants to be a part of Riku's life. How is that not odd? It might just be me being overprotective of Riku; either way I didn't trust him, heck, I don't even like the guy. Something about him just annoys me.

Deciding that I spent enough time musing over all of the recent events, I quickly finished showering. Fifteen minutes later I stepped out the shower and wrapped a towel around me. Once I finished drying my hair I exited the bathroom and was greeted by AC/DC's Highway to Hell. Riku got accustomed to using her iHome to wake her up courtesy of Ino and Gaara. Two Christmas's ago Ino had given Riku an iPod while Gaara gave her an iHome. Riku loved her presents and has ever since used them as a method for waking up. At least something hasn't changed.

A smile spread on my face as I walked back to my room.


(Sasuke's P.O.V)

A loud noise woke me up from my wonderful sleep.

"No stop signs, speed limits

Nobody's gonna slow me down

Like a wheel, gonna spin it

Hey Satan, payed my duesPlaying in a rocking bandHey Momma, look at meI'm on my way to the promised land"

"What the fuck?" I started and sprang up the bed groggily. Kakashi on the other bed next to mine didn't even stir.

"Kakashi could you wake the fuck up." He was starting to piss me off. Or more like the fact that he could sleep through this racquet made me angry.

Finally he turned his head to face me but still didn't get up, hell, his eyes were still closed. "Don't get angry at me, I didn't do anything." With that he turned away from me and went back to sleep.

"I'm on the highway to hell

On the highway to hell

Highway to hell

I'm on the highway to hell"

I turned around to look at the clock that was on the table next to my bed. It read six fifteen. In the fucking morning. Who the hell wakes up this fucking early? I groaned as I realized that the music was not being lowered and that the probability of sleep was not going to come any time soon. With everything that had happened recently I had purposefully made it so that I could catch up on some sleep today and even cleared my schedule but I still had to be woken up so fucking early. Not even Kakashi wakes up at this time. He is up usually by seven.

Ten minutes passed and I decided to go and destroy whatever device was playing the music. Walking down the hall I reached the source of the noise, went inside and turned off the iHome that was playing AC/DC. Usually I would love this music but due to lack of sleep I was extremely irritable. As I turned to leave the room Riku was standing in the doorway blocking my way out the room. So it was Riku that made that noise. A small portion of my mind suspected that she had done it on purpose.

"Why did you turn off my music?" She was without a doubt pissed off, if her glare was any hint.

"What normal person listens to this first thing in the morning? You should respect the other people living in the house especially when one off them is your father." As soon as those words left my mouth I regretted saying them. I was supposed to win her over not have her loath me.

A big bright smile appeared on her face and it gave me the creeps. That smile was too bright to be real. "Sorry but I have no fatherly feelings toward you probably due to the fact that you weren't around when I was younger. Now if you excuse me I have to dress for school." By the time she finished the smile had been replaced with a dark menacing glare.

I was left speechless. I had never seen Riku smile ever since I had meet her, albeit it was a fake smile, but the point remains. What was more I had never seen her glare at anyone like that before. How exactly was I supposed to get on her good side when she hated my guts? That thought produced a pain in my chest. She hates me. I'm her father. And she hates me. The pain in my chest was getting worse.

Riku moved out of the way to give me space to leave. Without saying anything else I exited the room and walked back to my own.

I walked downstairs toward the kitchen after I had taken a shower. After what had happened with Riku I couldn't go back to sleep so I decided that a shower would help clear my head. The main reason why I had wanted to track down my daughter was in fact for the benefit of the Uchiha name. I wasn't so keen on marrying some women for the sake of a heir so the fact that I already had one was relieving. Now that I know who my daughter is I can't help but want to get to know her. Or more accurately the reason as to why she didn't trust me.

Having reached the kitchen I was greeted with an unusual scene. The Hyuuga was cooking breakfast, her long bluish hair tied into a ponytail with two locks framing her heart shaped face, and wearing a pink apron. This sort of thing was unusual. For one back at the Uchiha estate I would always request for delivery or just ask one of the two maids that I actually allowed to stay to make breakfast. Somehow this, Hyuuga making breakfast with that stupid grin on her face, made me get a strange feeling, one that I recognize from my childhood whenever my mother would cook. It irritated and bothered me that her actions resembled that of my mothers in any way. There is no way my mother was like her, unfathomable.

"Ah, Sasuke I didn't notice you before. Would you like breakfast?" I stared at her soft expression, looking for any signs of fakeness or anything but all I saw was a weak person. Nothing more and nothing less.

"Hn,"

Hinata sighed and returned to cooking. I wonder what she was going to do. It's not like I was trying to befriend her or anything, on the contrary I was being rude. It wouldn't be all that odd if she got angry and decided to leave me at piece. For some reason that disturbed me. The look on her face didn't show any form of ire. I sat down on the kitchen table and decided to just watch her. What was she going to do? Was she going to ignore me? As I stared at her, I noticed just how pretty she actually was. I wasn't saying that she was model material, but something about her face, her stance, her air. It was calming and I found my self not wanting to leave the tranquility.

"Hey mom," Riku entered the kitchen breaking me from my stupor.

Hinata turned to her with a wide, bright, smile on her face. "Good morning dear, do you mind setting the table for me?"

"Sure"

Soon Hinata was done and served the food. Kakashi had come downstairs soon after Riku had finished setting the table. We all sat down, I was at the head of the table, Hinata at my right, Riku next to her and Kakashi to my left. It was awkwardly quiet. Tense.

"So Sasuke when are you going to work?" Hinata said looking at me, a small smile on her face. Was she trying to be nice.

This would not do. "Whenever I feel like it"

"So would you mind taking Riku to school? I have to be at work by nine so it would be very helpful."

Was she giving me an opportunity with Riku? "Fine, I'll take her but I need the address of her school since unfortunately I don't know where it's located."

"Right"

After breakfast, Hinata was about to clear the table, when Kakashi offered to clean up for her. Hinata smiled gratefully, "Thank you for the help."

Kakashi smiled back, "No prob."

Hinata wrote down the address and left in a hurry. She kissed Riku on the head, "I'll see you later."

We had to leave soon as well or else Riku would be late. "Come on Riku we better hurry or else you'll be late for school."

"Hn," where have I heard that before?

The drive to Riku's school was, to say the least, interesting. I tried to make small talk with her. "So Riku how is your school?"

"The schools good; I already have friends and I do not wish to transfer to a school of better ranking so don't even think about playing that card."

How does she do that?

I pulled up in front of the school entrance, my first impression of the school: poor, small and worthless. I can't believe my daughter, an Uchiha was attending such a dump.

"I guess this is where I leave," Riku said as she opened the car door, "Bye Mr. Uchiha"

I sighed, what was I expecting? Dad?


(Hinata's P.O.V)

I arrived just on time to work, if I were to arrive a moment later Tsunade would have killed me!

"Hey Hinata just on time I see." Ino told me as she greeted me with a hug and a cup of iced coffee

"Thanks Ino," I accepted the coffee and hurried to my office at the clinic. Ino followed me.

"So Hinata how has things been with your new husbands?" Ino teased, I felt my face turn red.

"Ino they are not my husbands! One is Riku's father and the other is Riku's father bodyguard! Please don't say that again!" It was embarrassing.

"Ok. I was really tempted to say that to you, you get aggravated at every little thing. But seriously, how have things been?"

Putting on my nurse robes and picking up the files I would work on for the day; I sat down on my desk. Ino doing the same getting ready for what is sure to be a long story.

I sighed as I put the pen down, "Ever since Uchiha Sasuke came to live with us its been tense whenever we are in the same room. We hardly talk and when I try to start a conversation he puts no effort, it's frustrating. And its not just that but its obvious that Riku doesn't accept him as her dad. I don't know what to do anymore! If this keeps going on I don't think I will last any longer," I finished taking in a deep breaths with a few tears leaking out.

"You know what I think? You need a vacation to get Riku and Sasuke to open up and for you to relax. I'm thinking Six Flags, Orlando, Spa's, or Vegas," Ino squealed with delight. She was trying to ease my stress. Always taking care of me.

"I don't think Riku can go to Vegas but a vacation could be the answer. Would you and the others be willing to come? I'm scared of going with Uchiha by myself." The thought itself was terrifying.

"Sure I think the others would be willing to tag along. I'll tell them right now about the plan and you should get started on those papers. They won't file themselves you know."

I sure hope this was a good idea.


(Riku's P.O.V)

"Hey Riku wait up!" Kisa yelled as I stopped to allow her to catch up, "So Riku how has it been with your dad? Getting along with him? What about your mom? Is she taking it alright?"

Both of us entered the cafeteria and sat down on the table where we usually sat waiting for the others.

"Don't call Uchiha my dad because to me he isn't. If anything, my dad would be Garra, he's the one grown male that resembles a father figure and that knows more about me than Uchiha."

"Not to mention that he like loves your mom! Honestly, you shouldn't be so hard on him. He didn't know your biological mom gave you away and once he knew he probably started looking for you. You never know, I think you should at least give him a chance."

I stared at my best friend as if she had just told me that Guns N' Roses suck which is certainly not true. How could she tell me that? Worst than that, what if she was right? Was I really being cruel to a guy who possibly spent all this time looking for me? I shook my head trying to clearit. Impossible; I was not about to soften up to a bunch of bull.

Kisa probably noticed my anger, "All right I get it I won't mention Uchiha as the good guy again ok? Please don't get mad at me!"

"No its fine, can we just drop the subject?" Kisa nodded relieved. No doubt she would try again another time.


(Third-person Omniscient P.O.V)

Sakura walked toward the reception desk of a hospital.

"How can I help you?" A young woman with brunet hair and buns asked.

"I'm looking for a nurse, I believe her name is Hinata Hyuuga," Sakura was playing the innocent card. She had an innocent happy smile on her face.

"She should be in the kids section in the west wing. She works for Doctor Tsunade, her room is 2 – 15," The woman smiled at the patient.

"Thank You," with that Sakura walked to her destination to find Hinata Hyuuga.


Oh a cliffhanger! How awful of me! But don't worry I will update in three days time thanks to summer vacation! I am free of school and free to finally update.

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