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Hinata opened her eyes reluctantly.

The sun was bright and it seemed to brighten her entire room. She frowned. Why was it so bright so early?

She sat up and looked around. The window near her bed was open and the direction the light was coming from told her it wasn't morning but early afternoon. She gasped and jumped out of bed. She was supposed to train this morning.

She ran to her closet and pulled on a pair of blank pants that ended at her knees and a dark purple tank top with her nettings that ran down her arm then covered it with her new jacket.

She was just running to her weapon drawer when a towel caught her eyes. It was hung over the open window. She walked over and took it up. Her mind instantly flashed to images of the night before. She blushed deeply and the memory.

She folded the towel and placed it in a chair near the window. That's why no one woke her this morning. She remembered her fathers command. She felt ashamed. And to top it all off she had forced Sasuke into staying with her… she gasped. She had taken advantage of him.

She felt the melancholy rip through her. He had probably come to get some help or maybe he had something important to tell her but instead she cried and caused him to stay with her.

She finished walking to her drawer and pulled out a few weapons. She then found the small purse she kept with her savings from her mission and took some to get something to eat. She didn't want to have the servants sneaking her food and have them get into trouble.

She walked over to her window and jumped unto the lawn. She didn't want to have to run into her father either. She left the compound as quickly as she could.

She headed for the training area to see if Kiba and Shino happened to still be there but to no avail. She sighed. They had probably headed to town to get some lunch already.

She walked along the paths until she came to the town. She walked along the street aimlessly as she tried to find where to two could have gone. She stopped at a vendor and bought an apple and continued looking while she ate it slowly. She had nearly walked through the entire town when she finally found them in a small bar.

"Hey!" she called out as she ran forward to meet them.

"Hey Hinata! What happened to you this morning?" Kiba greeted cheerfully.

She sat smiled at Shino as he gave to customary nod of recognition.

"Sorry I uh... o-o-over slept." She said and quickly turned away.

"You're a bad liar." Kiba smirked. "But I won't pester."

Hinata sighed. At least she didn't have to explain the situation.

"Are guys going to train some more today?"

"Naw." Kiba frowned. "Hokage wants us on patrol tonight. We need to catch a little shut eye."

"Oh." She sighed.

She turned to look out at the street while Kiba finished his drink.

"How'd your mission go with Sasuke by the way?"

Hinata couldn't help the blush that found its way across her cheek. She tried to hide it but her attempts failed.

"It went fine." She managed to mutter out.

"Really? I spoke to Tusande earlier and she said that you guys ran into a lot of trouble." He smirked.

"Well… Yea. But it was fine." She muttered again. "I'm gonna go train for a bit."

She didn't wait for a response before she left. She knew Kiba would keep asking her details. And she really didn't want to have to lie or anything.

She waved quickly and left the bar.

She sighed as she walked down the road again. She'd just have to train by her self today. She stuck her hands in her pocket and hung her head a bit. She didn't want any one too really notice her. She had almost made it out of the town when she heard her name being called.

"Hey Hinata-Chan! Hey!" she turned to see a familiar blonde head running towards her.

"Naruto-kun…?" she said softly as he came to a stop in front of her while breathing heavy.

"Hey Hinata! Where are you heading to?" he smiled

"The training fields." She answered quickly.

"Have you seen Sasuke-teme since you guys got back?"

"Y-yes." She replied quietly.

"Really?! When?! We've been looking for him for ever!"

Hinata's brain blank. She couldn't tell them that he had spent the night in her room. That she had taken advantage of him while she had a mental breakdown.

"Uh…." She stared at him.

"NARUTO!"

She turned to see Sakura running up the street towards them.

"How many time have I told you not to just run off like that?!" she stopped next to them fuming.

"Well…Hehe… You were kinda slow and I saw Hinata-chan so I-"

"SLOW?!" she yelled before her fist came crashing down on Naruto's head.

She stared down at the boy as he laid on his back looking dazed.

"I'm sorry Hinata-chan. You must forgive Naruto." Sakura smiled before glaring at the boy on the floor.

"Have you seen Sasuke-kun?" she smiled sweetly once she turned back.

Hinata was stuck. If she said no, Naruto would think she lied to him and if she said yes she had to really lie to get her self out of trouble.

"Y-y-yes." She said quickly and hung her head.

"Whe-SASUKE-KUN!"

Hinata looked up confused only to see Sakura had her attention focused behind her. She was afraid to turn but she did it any way. She spotted him in midstride and he stopped. He seemed to be walking away from Sakura then when she turned he stopped and stood for a moment with his gazed fixed on her.

"Ok thanks Hinata!" Sakura smiled and ran off followed shortly by a still slightly confused Naruto. She watched them run up to him and Sakura started rambling and it took her a while to finally get his attention.

She took the time to escape his penetrating gaze and walked quickly up the street. She didn't stop until she got to a secluded area that she liked to train and by then she was out of breath.

She stopped for a moment before starting to train.

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Sasuke sensed when she started up the road. He glanced back at her to see her disappear into the crowd.

"We were looking for you all morning Sasuke-kun!" Sakura said rather angrily.

"Yea Teme! You never showed up for training.

"Hn." He replied as he tried to make out which direction Hinata went in.

"Is that all you have to say?!" Sakura asked incredulously.

He didn't bother answering her. He finally stopped searching and turned to look at them. Sakura stood with her hands on her hips while Naruto had his over his chest. He raised a brow at them.

"Kakashi says we might be sent on a mission over the next few days so be prepared." Naruto cut in while Sakura stared at him.

"Hn." He replied while staring at them both. When he thought they had said every thing they wanted to say he took his chance to ask.

"Where did Hinata go?"

"What?" Sakura asked confused. "You've been answering us strickly with two letter replies and suddenly your wondering where Hinata went?"

"Answer the question." He said a bit more forcibly.

"To the training field. Why?" Naruto answered which earned him another punch from Sakura.

"What the hell?!" she started as she bent and started yelling at the clearly unconscious boy. Sasuke sighed and took his chance as they were both preoccupied to walk away.

He walked down the street quickly in the direction Hinata had left. He wanted to see if she was better. At least that's what he told him self.

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"I mean, what is wrong with you!" she said.

"Wow, what's going on?"

Sakura stopped her ranting for a moment to look up and seeing Kiba and Shino standing ext to her looking down and the now revived Naruto.

"Sasuke hadn't turned up for training this morning and we couldn't find him for a while then when we did he barely answered our questions then started asking about where Hinata went!!!" she fumed. "And he answered him! I was trying to get him to answer our questions first!" at this she turned to look at Sasuke and gasped.

"Where did he go?! He was just here!"

"I saw him walking that way just before we got here." Kiba said while pointing down the street.

"GAH!" Sakura yelled before grabbing Naruto by the collar and dragging him off.

As they left Kiba and Shino started walking again.

"He missed training this morning." Shino said quietly.

Kiba turned to look at him confused. "Yea. That's what she said."

"Hinata missed training this morning."

"Wow that's a coincidence."

"He asked for her before walking off after her."

Something finally dawned in Kiba's head.

"Holy shit! You don't think….. do you???"

Shino didn't answer but just kept his head forward as he walked. That was all the approval Kiba needed.

"Wow." He said with a smirk. "Damn Sasuke's lucky!"

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Sasuke walked along the path that to one of the last training fields. It was a small field that was out of the way and not many people went there.

He was right.

He had barely made it into hearing distance when he heard the sound of metal hitting wood. He paused and hid in a tree nearby. He hoped she wouldn't sense him as he sat there looking at her.

She seemed pretty fine. He watched as she threw a kunai at a target. It hit the target square in the head. He smirked. She wasn't getting enough force on it though. She needed to raise her elbow a bit.

He smirked. He had been about to turn and leave when he heard and thud. He turned quickly and looked down in the field but she was gone. He raised a brow and tried to listen for any movement. But he didn't hear anything. He frowned.

He was just about to go into the field when he sensed her.

"I hoped you wouldn't notice me." He said calmly before folding his legs and sitting on the branch.

"Oh…" He heard her reply before she moved forward and sat next to him.

He turned to look at her. Her face was a bit red and he could see her breathing was slightly labored from the excersice.

"Uh…. I … I uh…."

He looked at her with a raised brow.

"I uh, want to apologize for …. Last night." She muttered with a blush.

Sasuke felt a bit confused. "Why?" he asked calmly.

"I uh, sort of took advantage of you." She blushed deeper.

Sasuke couldn't stop the soft chuckle from escaping his lips. He watched as the blush on her face deepened and she seemed to get a bit angrier.

"It's not funny!" she said a bit angrily. "I used you when I was down."

"Don't apologize." He replied sternly.

"I was as fully aware and as much of a participant as you were if not more."

She stared at him for a moment.

"B-b-but…"

"I said not to." He said and closed his eyes.

Maybe he should have left. Maybe it would have been better if they stayed away from each other.

"Thank you."

He frowned and turned to look at her. Her head was down and he was sure he saw a tear running down her nose. He stared at her incredulously. One minute she was apologizing for taking advantage of him then the next she's thanking him.

"For?"

"For… Staying with me." She said and looked up at him.

He glanced back at her. He could see the hurt in her eyes. He frowned. He didn't want her to laps back into the shell of grief she had wrapped her self into the night before.

"I wanted to."

He saw her glance up at him. She gave him a warm smile before hanging her had again.

He sighed. He needed to find something else. He smirked.

"Hinata."

As she looked up at him he put his hand on her chin and lifted her face up to look at him. She seemed to almost gasp. He lowered his lips to touch hers softly. His lips slanted over hers and he felt her relax and sigh. He smirked before pulling away.

He looked back down at her and saw the blush spread across her face. She turned her gaze away with a small smile.

"Come on." He said as he stood up and held his hand out to her.

"You need to lift you elbow a little."

"What?" she asked as he pulled her up. He jumped down into the clearing and heard her follow.

"Throw another kunai."

She threw one and I still didn't hold enough force.

He let her pull out another kunai before positioning her arm. This time the kunai spilt the dummy's head in to. He turned to see he eyes widen.

"I had no idea…" she gasped and walked over to get the kunai.

"Now practice a bit."

He watched her throw kunai after kunai at the dummy, correcting her as she went, until the dummy fell apart.

"Wow." She breathed as she came to stand by him.

"Do you want to spare?"

She nodded quickly and put her weapons away as they moved to the center of the field.

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He ran as quickly as he could.

He'd get them, both of them. He'd kill the girl first and made sure the boy watched. Then he slowly remove all appendages from the boy. Until he screamed for death to take him swiftly.

He smiled at the thought of feeling warm blood upon his hands again. The feel his sword pludging into their bellies over and over in the fatal mating.

He grinned now.

Uchiha Sasuke and Hyuuga Hinata.

He was almost there.

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Hinata fell back breathless.

She wiped the blood from the corners of her mouth and looked up at him. This had been the best training she had ever had.

She loved training with her friends but they always seemed to hold back on her slightly. Sasuke never held back. He attacked with everything he had and she enjoyed it.

She looked up to see him standing on the other side of the field looking down at her. She had just stood up when he suddenly appeared next to her.

"That's enough for the day. It's getting dark."

She nodded and looked at him as he stared at her. She smiled slightly. She saw him raise a brow and she giggled. When his brow drew she started laughing.

"What's so funny?" He asked as she started cracking up. She had no idea why she was laughing. She felt so drained and helpless at the moment and she knew she had to go back to a home that she wasn't exactly welcomed in but some how she couldn't help but laugh.

"I don't know." She managed to breathe out.

He found him self glaring at her. Why was she cracking up because of nothing? But he didn't glare long as she folded over and tears started forming at her eyes but she still didn't stop giggling.

"Are you in pain?" he asked quickly.

"No!" she managed to squeeze out between giggles.

Sasuke felt a small chuckled finally when she finally calmed down. He stared at her as she breathed deeply and tried to calm.

"Are you done?"

"Yes." She smiled.

He stared at her for a moment as she wiped away the tears. He was starting to think maybe she was a bit crazy. Emotional stress tended to do that to people. Look at Naruto?

"You need to laugh more." She smiled as she gathered up her stuff.

"Why?"

"Because it good for you!" she laughed as they started leaving the clearing.

"That makes no sense."

"Yes it does!"

"How?"

"Because it releaves stress."

"I have no stress."

She leaned over and squeezed his shoulders gently. "On the contraire, you do! Your so stiff!"

"Well not now but I can be." He smirked.

She seemed to be lost for a moment before a bright blush covered her cheeks.

"I meant your shoulders."

"Really now?" he teased.

She felt the blush spread to her ears. She looked up at him and saw him staring at her.

"What?" she asked trying to hide her smile.

"I like it when you blush." He said quietly before turning his head and kept on walking.

If it was possible she would have blushed more. She sighed as she came to the road leading to her home. Sasuke stopped but she walking by.

"Aren't you going home?" he asked calmly.

"No." she sighed.

"Why?"

"I have to get something to eat."

"Why can't you eat at home?"

"My father has forbidden me."

She felt panic raise in her when she saw his eyes flash red. She didn't know what to do. He turned to look down her road and gritted his teeth.

"Sasuke?"

She saw him closed his eyes and take a breath and when he turned around his eyes were once again to handsome shade of onyx.

"I'll come with you." He said as he started walking into town. "We can eat together."

She smiled slightly and started after him.

They walked a little way into the village until they found a small stand grilling fish. She felt her belly growl at the smell and she blushed.

"Lets get something here." He said and walked up to the stand.

"Two please." He said as he pointed to two perfectly cooked fish.

She watched as the man behind the stand nodded and put the each fish in a small container with some rice balls.

Sasuke took the food and paid the man and they walked over to a small park. She sat under the shady branches of a tree and sighed. He sat with his back against the tree. He sighed and handed her one of the meals. She smiled.

"Thank you."

"Hn."

She ate quietly while staring at a few squirrels that seemed to be fighting over a nut. She smiled when one of them let go of then nut and it flew back and hit the other in the head.

"Do you mind if we do that again sometime?" she asked when she turned back to him.

"What?"

"The training." She saw him raise and brow and continued. "You see, I don't mind training with my team but they hold back. Any one I try to train with holds back. Except for you."

"You don't protect people when you hold back." He said quietly. "You kill them."

"W-w-what?" she asked a bit confused.

"Then that person can't protect them self properly. If you love someone, you never hold back. That's the only way you protect them."

Hinata sat shocked for a moment. Did he just realize what he said?

"Ohhhhhh." She said softly.

"Meet me tomorrow at the same place after lunch."

She smiled softly and nodded before finishing her food. She pushed what he said behind her. He probably didn't realize what he was saying.

She laid back on the grass and stretched before standing.

"I should get home." She smiled.

"I'll walk you." He said and got up.

She picked up her container and took his and took them back to the stand on their way to her house. They walked in a comfortable silence back to the Hyuuga estate. She could feel the large gates looming over her. She sighed and turned.

"Thank you Sasuke." She smiled and before he could reply she leaned up and kissed him softly on the cheek.

He stared at her while she walked through the gates. He could see her head hanging a bit lower already.

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"Master." Said the servant as he stood at the door with a tray of tea in his hand. He walked over quickly and placed the tray in the center of the small conference table and poured the two men a drink before quickly leaving the room.

"So what do you intend to do with the girl?" the man asked quietly.

"I'm hoping she'll take care of the problem her self." Hiashi replied.

"What do you mean?"

"I have removed all protection from her. She is a stupid girl. I'm hoping she'll go out and get her self killed."

"What if she doesn't."

"Then, I shall take care of it my self."

"But sir? That would go against the code."

"Hinata is not fit to lead this clan. When she was younger I had hopes that she would be able to marry a man of status. Some one powerful who would be able to lead the clan for her but so far she has not proven self even capable of find such a man."

"Sir, there has to be some one in this village that would marry her that is off noble blood."

"No. I haven't seen one male approach for her hand yet."

"I see."

"I will be discreet if it came down to me. The elders will never know."

"A sound plan milord."

"Damn right it is." Hiashi said gruffly before sipping on his tea.
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Hey everybody! Hope you like the new chapter! Added a few more turns to this chapter. You'll see how it works out!

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