Timeless

Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews. They really are helpful when it comes to keeping the story flowing. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy this chapter.

Past Sasuke and Hinata: Speak in italics.

Present Sasuke and Hinata: Speak in regular font.

Future Sasuke and Hinata: Speak in bold font.

Chapter Notation: There is a brief silly scene in this chapter where Sasuke discusses Kurenai's gift for Hinata. I have put up warnings before and afterwards. So you can skip it with ease, if you want.

Chapter 12

"Grownups never let us do anything fun." Sasuke grumbles as he jumps on the bed with Hinata.

"I thought we were going to get to go to the Introduction, but I guess not." She pouts as she jumps up and down with Sasuke.

Well if they couldn't go to the ball like in the stories, they would just have their own fun. No one was paying attention to them at the moment. So jumping on the bed seemed like a grand idea.

"They say that we can't risk being seen. It will mess up the timeline. I don't think that's right. Your family has seen us for weeks and nothing bad has happened." Sasuke reasons as he jumps up and down faster.

Hinata nods as she considers this. Yeah. Maybe it would be safe to go down. Well at the very least, they could sneak a peek. Surely, that wouldn't hurt anything right?

"Do you want to go try and look? We can probably manage that without getting caught." The bluenette suggests as she does a roll in the air.

Sasuke blinks. He would never understand how Hyugas were that flexible. The human body really shouldn't be able to bend that way. It must be a Hyuga thing, he decides. He'd never seen anyone move like them before.

"Yeah. Let's go look." Sasuke says as he bounds off the bed.

When Hinata was about to do the same, he caught her. Sasuke felt rather proud of himself for being able to do that, just like how they did it in the movies sometimes. He smiles and sets the Hyuga Princess down though.

"Alright. We have to be really careful though. There are a lot of people. We don't want to be seen. If they see us, we'll be in BIG trouble." The Hyuga girl warns him and Sasuke nods.

"Yeah. You're right. Let's just say it's stealth practice. Ninjas have to be stealthy. That's what Itachi is always telling me anyway." Sasuke says as they head towards the stairs.

Hinata nods in agreement. Yeah. Her father said that a lot as well. If they were going to do this, they had to not get caught. That was the most important thing.

With that in mind, the two children reach the stairs and look down. The future ninjas stare down in awe. There were so many people and so much food. The entire place was beautiful. It was like something straight out of a fairytale.

"Your family sure knows how to throw a party." Sasuke says.

"Thanks. Introductions really important to us. So we go all out. I've never actually been allowed to attend one before though. I'm too little." Hinata mumbles.

Sasuke shakes his head in disapproval. He had heard that excuse a lot too. Why did big people always think that kids couldn't handle anything? They weren't babies!

"I don't think you're too little. You can do anything you want. Let's go join them." Sasuke says brightly.

At that moment, the eldest Sasuke and Hinata sigh. Both of them had suspected that the Minis would try to get into some mischief. Obviously, they had been hoping they were wrong. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case.

"It's not because the two of you are too little. It is because we don't want to alter the timeline." Sasuke says.

Mini Sasuke pouts and grumbles when his older self scoops him up. He clearly wasn't too happy about having their plans interrupted. It wasn't fair really. They shouldn't have to hide!

"Come on, Hinata. Be a good girl. Let's get the two of you to bed. I can tell you both another story, if you like." Hinata suggests.

"Alright. We were just cu-rious." The small girl mumbles.

Hinata shakes her head and picks up the little girl in her arms. She knew that this had to be really confusing and frustrating for the children. Still it had to be done. They couldn't allow the future to be changed.

"I know and that's only natural. Don't worry. We aren't mad at you two." She says as she and Sasuke carry the Minis back to their rooms.

The parents quickly put the children to bed and Hinata begins telling them a story. Sasuke smiles as he stands in the corner. It was almost like home really. They often helped their children get settled in for the night in just this way.

"Once upon a time…" The Uchiha Matriarch begins to tell her tale and the children were watching her intently.

He really missed home. Hopefully, his younger self had made his confession. Once he and Hinata had put the Minis to sleep, they would have to find a way to sneak a peak to ensure everything was still on track. With any luck, everything would be and they would be able to go home soon.

Soon enough the children fell asleep and Hinata smiles. She then makes her way over to her husband and kisses his cheek. After that she leaves the room and beckons for him to follow her.

"Do you see them?" Sasuke asks once they were standing back at the top of the stairs.

"I see them. I think I just told you about the lingerie Kurenai got me because I saw her adjusting her kimono." Hinata muses.

"I really liked that one by the way. I never would have thought you the type to wear red lingerie. Lace, I expected though." Sasuke informs her.

Hinata raises an eyebrow. First, he fancied himself an expert on floral symbolism and now he was trying to imply their was a psychology to lingerie choices? Sasuke really missed his calling as a psychologist.

"And why did the red surprise you?" She asks.

Sasuke's mind was an interesting place to say the least. He might be fairly quiet by nature, but he overanalyzed everything. There was no detail that wasn't too trivial to capture her husband's attention. So she was almost afraid to ask, but she did so anyway. Curiosity could be quite a powerful force.

Warning Silly Discussion

Sasuke pauses. It was clear he was debating about whether or not he should answer that question. Naturally, this just perked Hinata's interest even more. She nods at him encouragingly and he proceeds with answering her question.

"Well red is mostly the color of aggression and passion. You've always been rather gentle and shy. It was a good surprise though. It looked fantastic on you." Her husband explains quickly.

Hinata blinks. She supposed that was true. She didn't know whether to be touched or slightly disturbed by the amount of thought that Sasuke apparently put into this.

"I see and why weren't you surprised by lace?" She asks.

"It's a bit of a shy fabric. Very submissive and eager to please. More or less it's like putting a Take Me sign on your back." He explains as if this was all perfectly logical.

"You, my love, have been spending far too much time around Kakashi." Hinata observes with a giggle as she glances down at their younger selves dancing.

Sasuke shakes his head. That wasn't Kakashi's influence. That was just what happened when you were with someone for ten years. You tended to notice patterns. He wasn't a deviant. Sasuke was just very aware of his surroundings. Well in this case, his wife.

"That wasn't Kakashi's influence. That was all my own observations." He insists.

Sasuke was the type of person who strove for accuracy. That hadn't been Kakashi's influence and he was going to make sure that his wife knew that. Besides, when would he have had time?

He had a beautiful wife, four children, a job, and Naruto to keep him busy. Kakashi was generally either performing his ninja duties or with Kurenai. It wasn't as if they saw each other that often and when they did, Sasuke sure as Hell wasn't going to tell the silver haired ninja anything about his sex life.

End of Silly Discussion

The present Sasuke and Hinata were unaware that they were being watched. They only had eyes for each other at the moment. Hinata was too memorized by the sight of his ruby red eyes looking at her with such intensity that she forgot how sore her feet were.

"It's late. I think we could get away with sneaking off now. You must have danced with thirty guys. I can't imagine they'd expect you to dance with the other 270." Sasuke says as he spins his dancing partner.

"You're right. It is late. We could probably sneak away. Wait. Thirty guys and 270 left? Did you actually count?" Hinata asks incredulously.

Sasuke nods. Of course he counted. What else was he going to do? Well he had a few things that he would have LOVED to have done, but Hinata never would have forgiven him if he committed mass murder on the night of her Introduction. So he had kept his temper in check and counted all the potential suitors while he bickered with Naruto.

"Yes, I counted. What else was I going to do?" He asks as he leads her out of the crowded room and up the stairs.

Once they made their way up the stairs, the Middle Sasuke and Hinata blinked at their older selves. Clearly, they had been spying on them. None of them really knew how to react to that, except for the present day Hinata.

"How long were you watching us?!" Hinata demands.

"Not that long. It seems the Minis were going to crash the party. So we stopped them and wanted to see how the two of you were doing. Really, we were just checking to ensure the timeline was proceeding as it was supposed to." Sasuke says.

The other Sasuke smacks his forehead. He didn't even know how he was supposed to react to this. He just knew that he was expected to say something.

"Don't make a habit out of spying on us. Try not to get caught. It's late. Let's call it a night and we can all discuss this in the morning." The raven haired ninja suggests.

The eldest set agree to that proposal and head off. Present day Sasuke just shakes his head and gestures for Hinata to follow him. He was relieved when she did and a few minutes later, they were inside her room.

"Ah!" Hinata cries out as she stumbles her way back onto the bed.

"You alright?" Sasuke asks in concern as he sits down on the bed with her.

"Yeah. I think so. Just too much dancing, I guess. I like dancing, but that many in a row isn't fun." She mumbles.

Sasuke shakes his head. That was understandable. Why they would put people through such torture was beyond him. He was glad that he didn't have to worry about being polite to anyone but he.

With that thought in mind, he slides off her shoes. Sasuke had never actually done this before, but he it couldn't be that hard. He slides his hands up and down the length of her feet.

"There does that feel any better?" He asks.

"M-uch better." Hinata says as she enjoys the gentle massage.

It was strange. That would have been the last word she would have associated with Sasuke Uchiha even a few months ago. It was surreal how much things had changed since before their counterparts showed up.

"Good. I told you that I would take care of you and I meant it." He says as he leans over and kisses her softly.

Hinata smiles and returns the kiss. It was easy to forget about the pain while she was kissing him and he continued bestowing upon her some soothing caresses. Maybe he would be a good medic after all. He was surprisingly good at massages.

"Yes, you did. How are we going to tell my father though? I'm not really sure how he would react. You three have been living with us for awhile, but that's a little different than the two of us being together." The bluenette inquires cautiously.

Sasuke frowns. That was a good point. He highly doubted that Hiashi Hyuga was going to be pleased when he found out that they were courting. Still he was going to find out one way or another. Putting it off would only make things worse in the long run.

"In the morning, we'll speak with our older selves. They might know what to do. After all, I doubt that we have managed to keep our relationship a secret for a decade from him." The raven haired ninja reasons and Hinata nods in agreement.

"That sounds like a good idea." Hinata says.

"I thought so. Can I see the rest of it?" Sasuke asks hopefully.,

Hinata tilts her head. She wasn't really sure what he meant. This was Sasuke though. So almost anything was possible really.

"Can you see the rest of what?" The bluenette inquires in a baffled fashion.

"The rest of the lingerie set. You showed me a strap. It was a nice strap, but I'm curious to see what the rest of it looks like." The other ninja answers.

Normally, he wouldn't have asked that. Until very recently, women had been an afterthought. Eventually, he always knew that he'd get married and have children. He just hadn't spent much time on pondering how he was going to get a woman to agree to marry him.

He was no Kakashi or Naruto. Sasuke wasn't as innocent as his best friend, but he wasn't as direct as his former teacher. So he had never dreamed that he would actually be asking a woman that on the first date. (Did this even count as a date, he wondered.)

"Oh. You w-ant to see the rest of what Kurenai Sensei g-ot me." She stammers.

"Well yeah. It's alright though. You don't have to. I just thought I'd ask because you did show me part of it. Nevermind. I didn't mean to make you feel uncomfortable. That was stupid of me to ask." Sasuke says.

Apparently, they were going to be together in the future. According to his future self, he and Hinata were married with children. So at some point, he was confident that he'd see her in her lingerie and without it. There was really no need to push and make her nervous.

"No. It's al-right. You're right. It's just no one's ever asked me that before, but I guess it's not that much more revealing than a swimsuit." She mumbles with a blush.

Sasuke blinks. He hadn't expected her to say yes. It was a shy yes, but still a yes.

"Really?" The Uchiha asks in a stunned voice.

"Well Kurenai Sensei was nice enough to buy it for me. Well me and you. It would be very rude not to use her gift. There's not much of a point in wearing something like this, if you aren't modeling for someone else." The Hyuga Heiress whispers.

He couldn't argue with that logic. Not that he wanted to. Sasuke was still amazed that his innocent princess would actually consents to put on a bit of a show for him.

By her standards, this had to be fairly scandalous. He was touched in a way. She was really coming out of her shell for him in a big way.

"That's true." He says and nods his head vigorously.

"That and this kimono is a bit uncomfortable after wearing it all night. It's beautiful but it isn't the most comfortable thing to wear." Hinata says as she gets off the bed and reaches for her zipper.

Sasuke sits behind her and grabs it for her. That looked like it was going to be annoying. No damn zipper was going to stop him from seeing a half naked princess.

"Here, let me get it." He whispers seductively into her ear as he slowly slides it down.

Of course, his natural impulse was to yank that gorgeous kimono off her as soon as possible. He didn't want to scare her though. Hinata was already nervous. If he acted like an animal, she would definitely bolt.

Sasuke didn't want that to happen, so he tried to control himself. It was hard though. Really, really hard.

"Who knew that you were such a gentleman? That was kind of you to help me out of my kimono." Hinata asks with a giggle.

"Believe me, any time that you need help getting out of your clothes, I am more than happy to be of service." Sasuke promises her.

Hinata blushes and remembers back to the hospital kiss. The last Uchiha probably was completely serious when he said that. She couldn't help but wonder how much further he would have gone, if the Minis hadn't interrupted them.

"That's good to know. That's very gallant of you." The Hyuga woman observes with great amusement.

"Yes, I quite thought so." Sasuke says as he watches Hinata slide out of her kimono.

Red lace. The lingerie set was made out of red lace. Sasuke had to privately applaud whoever had designed that bra. Somehow it defied gravity. How did it manage to keep her ample bosom up, when it looked so fragile. Seriously, that bra looked more like it was painted on her than made out of actual fabric.

"And to think people used to be scared of you. If they only knew how nice and helpful you could be, they would change their minds." Hinata says and surprises herself by turning around and kissing him.

Sasuke smirks and returns the kiss. Suddenly, he was rather grateful that he had locked the door behind them. He didn't want anyone to walk in on them and interrupt his view and his enjoyment of her kisses.

His eyes made the mistake of glancing down. He could see her toned stomach and womanly curves that fanned out into wide hips and a shapely backside. A backside that was barely covered by what he assumed was supposed to be a thong, but was too small in his mind to really qualify as one.

"I don't mind if they are scared of me. The only person's opinion who really matters to me, is you." He tells her after breaking the kiss.

Whatever it was, Sasuke really liked it. It framed her creamy thighs perfectly. He was pretty sure if he tugged on it once, it would come off. That thought made his eyes match the skimpy lingerie that she was wearing.

"I'm not sure whether to find that sweet or sad. Sasuke, it's okay to let people in and make more friends." Hinata tells him.

"I'll think about it." He tells her and playfully pins her to the bed.

He knew that was a gamble, but she was just so irresistible at the moment. Sasuke smiles when he realizes that Hinata wasn't protesting. Blushing as red as a tomato, yes. Protesting, no.

"Good. I want you to be happy." She whispers and caresses his cheek.

His pin wasn't very firm. Hinata knew that wasn't by accident. Pounce Mode might have been imitated, but it was a request. Not a command.

"Trust me, I'm VERY happy right now." Sasuke informs her and kisses her once more.

There was something very exciting about having her underneath him. Their bodies somehow lined up perfectly. Hers was all wonderfully soft and warm curves. His was hard and flat from years of training. Yet, somehow they just fit together like two pieces of some long forgotten puzzle.

Hinata smiles and kisses back. Well it was a start. Sasuke might not be the most social person now, but apparently she would have years to help him become more friendly towards others. Right now, she was content just to enjoy his kisses.

"Mmm you still taste like cinnamon candy." She whispers after breaking the kiss.

"And you still taste like honey." He informs her before leaving a trail of kisses along her neck.

Hinata giggles and squirms against him. Sasuke smirks. Ah ha. So she was ticklish there. Well that was an interesting discovery. He was just about to see if she'd let him fluff her pillows, when he heard footsteps coming towards them from the hall.

"Father!" She whispers to him and Sasuke jumps off her, quickly darting into the closet.

He had every intention of telling Hiashi Hyuga that he was courting his daughter. Sasuke just didn't think doing so after he stumbled upon them making out with Hinata clad in only her lingerie was the best way to go about that. He bites his lower lip and hopes that the Hyuga Patriarch would leave quickly. He didn't want to get caught.

Hinata quickly pulls the blankets over her. Luckily, she managed to do so just before Hiashi walked inside. He smiles when he sees her.

"Ah there you are. I noticed that you seemed to have wandered off. Though I suppose it is late and dancing that many times must have been exhausting, even for a skilled ninja such as yourself. Did you enjoy your Introduction?" He asks.

"Yes, I'm sorry father. I didn't mean to worry you. I was just so tired. I must have danced with at least thirty men. I enjoyed it very much." Hinata assures him.

More specifically, she had been enjoying her introduction to Sasuke's tongue. However, the Hyuga Princess knew better than to say that to her very much prim and proper father. Hinata couldn't even believe what had been doing with the last Uchiha only minutes before. She definitely didn't think her father would.

"Good. I'm glad. Did you meet anyone nice?" He asks tactfully.

"Everyone was very nice. It was a beautiful celebration. Thank you, father." The bluenette answers invasively.

Sasuke watches from the "safety" of his closet. So far, so good. Maybe Hiashi would leave without a disaster striking. He could only hope.

"That's good. Well I'll let you get some rest. Good night, daughter." He says and kisses her forehead, before departing.

Once he was out of earshot, Sasuke slinks out of the closet. He breathes a sigh of relief. That had been a close one.

"That was close." Hinata whispers.

"Too close. We are definitely going to have to talk to our older selves in the morning. He'll find out soon. It's only a matter of time." Sasuke tells her.

Hinata nods in agreement. Sasuke was right. That and she didn't like keeping secrets from her father. She wasn't ashamed of her new relationship. Sasuke might have done some bad things in the past, but he wasn't bad now.

He hadn't ever been really. It was just that he had done the wrong things, for what he perceived as being the right reasons. Besides, who could ever think he was evil once they met Mini Sasuke? Those bubble eyes were adorable.

"Maybe you should go back to your room, just to be on the safe side. We don't want to get caught until we figure out what we are going to tell him." Hinata mumbles.

"You're right. I'll see you in the morning. I really do like it by the way." Sasuke informs her as he kisses her and sneaks in a gentle caress to her backside.

Hinata returns the kiss and blushes when she feels where his hands were. Sasuke wasn't shy. That much was for damn sure. Then again, he knew that they were going to be together in the future. That probably also played a role in his boldness.

"I'm glad you like it. I guess you like playing D-ress up a lot more now, huh?" She asks with a quiet laugh.

"Oh yeah. I'm suddenly a whole lot more fond of that concept. Though I think Dress Down will be even more fun." Sasuke tells her before darting off.

Hinata blinks. She couldn't believe that he had just said that. Well she could and she couldn't. who would have thought even a few months ago that she would be dating Sasuke Uchiha and that he would have a sense of humor?