Chapter 14 : The Relationship Is ...
Hokage's Office. 11 AM.
Hinata had agreed to tell the public that it was her who allowed her husband to sleep with Sarada because she needed someone to carry Naruto's third child, that she had given blessings to Naruto's and Sarada's marriage.
Hinata was wearing a black and purple kimono with her hair being done up. She looked like a very decent first lady of Konoha. She was sitting inside the hokage's office, on the sofa at the office. Naruto was sitting at the Hokage's chair while Shikamaru was standing in front of Hinata, bringing her a glass of water.
"In few minutes you will have to speak, in case your throat is dry, a glass of water might be good for you," Shikamaru looked like as if he was pitying her, he gave her a glass of water for her to drink.
"Thank you," Hinata said as she was taking the water and drank it, quick. Her throat was dry, she was anxious, she was scared, sad and angry.
The clock hit 10:58, Shikamaru accompanied Hinata to walk outside the room. Even after a glass of water her throat was still dry and her head ached.
They both came to the auditorium of the office. When she opened the door, she saw bunch of reporters from famous papers, and tv stations sitting there with their recorders, paper and pen. Hinata and Shikamaru were standing on the stage. Hinata was standing at the podium with a piece of paper. A note of what she was supposed to say to the press.
When the clock hit 11. Hinata pulled the mic slowly close to her mouth.
"I, Hinata Uzumaki, states that the relationship between my husband, Naruto Uzumaki and Sarada Uchiha is ...," she gulped. The eyes were all on her, it was a horrifying experience for her. Her hands were shaking and her lips were quivering, and saying that girl's name, that whore's name caused her blood to boil again.
"The relationship is ...,"
She paused again, with her eyes looking at the eyes which were locked on hers, ears that were paying full attention to her speech. She was supposed to say "is true and i agree upon the upcoming marriage between my husband, Naruto Uzumaki and Sarada Uchiha, as his second wife" but she stayed silent. She wasn't ready to say it. She did not want to say it. She never wanted to say it. She never agreed for such matter. She loved Naruto too much. She couldn't bear giving that teenage slut the pleasure of marrying her husband.
"I can't do this," Tears bursted out of Hinata's eyes as she stepped down from the podium. She tore the note and gave it to Shikamaru as she walked away from the press who had started to become very loud with their chat, questions and whisper.
When she was walking through the office hall, walking fast to the unused room of the office, she saw a man dressed all in black, she turned her body but it was too late, he had already grabbed her wrist, preventing her from running away.
"Sasuke, what do you want?" Hinata couldn't bear looking at Sarada's father. He looked so much like that juvenile slut. The same black eyes, fair skin, small nose and dark hair. Sasuke didn't say anything, suddenly he opened a portal and pulled Hinata with him.
In a second, they were already in Sasuke's living room. There were Sakura and Sarada sitting on the sofa. The girl's belly was growing bigger and it showed despite her loose red top. But, her body and her face still displayed that youthfulness. Sakura was sitting beside her child, she looked exhausted and sad.
"Aunt Hinata ...," The young girl looked pale and terrified when she saw Hinata. Hinata could feel her heart was thumping hard and she wished she could kill that young girl, whom she saw more as a whore who destroyed her family. Hinata didn't say anything but out of sudden her veins around her eyes were protruding and her byakugan was activated, she wanted to attack that young girl. But, a man's hand tapped on her shoulder, Sasuke was looking at her with sharp eye as if he reminded her that they're not there to fight with her.
"Aunt Hinata, i'm really really sorry," The girl was kneeling on the floor, she then bowed down to Hinata until her long raven hair touched the floor. Her tears were falling on the floor. Both Sakura and Sasuke were surprised with what their daughter was doing, pleading forgiveness to Hinata.
"I can't ... i can't forgive you," Hinata still stood up. She didn't even try to bend her knees a little to reach her. She was angry, her byakugan stayed still.
"Sarada, just come back to sit here," if it wasn't for Sakura pulling the girl to sit at the sofa, Sarada would have stayed put in her position, kneeling, bowing down to Hinata.
"Hinata, please sit down," Sasuke commanded the dark haired woman. She sat down on the sofa while Sasuke sat at the same sofa with his daughter and his wife.
Hinata was staring at Sarada, with so much anger. It was understandable, especially for Sakura. But, she couldn't just let that juvenile slut gets what she wanted.
"We have a plan," Sasuke's words shifted Hinata's attention from the young girl to her father's.
"I assume that you had known about Sarada's pregnancy," Sasuke gulped. Hinata surely still looked hostile with her veins protruding and her byakugan activated. He wasn't scared of fighting her but if he ended up wounding her, it would be a bigger problem in the future for him and his family.
"Sarada will not marry Naruto," Sasuke continued. It surprised Hinata how Sasuke would say such matter to her. His opinion was different with the other people in the board in Hokage's office. But, Sarada's expression changed, as if she wanted to cry.
"And you will confirm that there's nothing between Naruto and Sarada and i will take my family out of Konoha effective immediately," Sasuke added. He was stern, his onyx eyes showed how serious he was about the plan.
"But, papa ...," Tears were welling behind Sarada's eyes. Logically, Sarada knew it was the best plan. She could still have her career as a kunoichi who might have a shot in becoming a hokage and in new place, Sasuke and Sakura could raise their grandchild as if the baby was their own baby. Especially if the baby came out with dark eyes and dark hair. Even if the baby came out with blonde hair and blue eyes, the couple could say that it was adopted. It would save Sarada from embarrassment. Sasuke had asked her to trust him and she nodded but when Sarada realized how the plan completely cut the ties between her and Naruto, it broke her heart. Sakura rubbed her daughter's back and Sasuke shushed the girl.
"Ssshh ... you're still a child, let me handle this," Sasuke said after shushing the young girl with watery eyes.
Hinata could see how desperate the young girl was. But, she felt no remorse at all, instead, she enjoyed her sadness. That slut. She thought.
"Therefore, all of us can have a better future, Sarada could still have a career, and you will still be able to keep your family intact," Sasuke explained his offer. Hinata's byakugan slowly turned off.
"Okay, then," Hinata nodded, agreeing to Sasuke's plan. She shook his hand, their eyes met in agreement. While Sarada was there looking at her parents with sad feeling, a lump in her throat and tears welling behind her eyes.
Then, Sasuke opened the portal once again, pushing the Hyuga-born woman to the portal, she immediately came back to the office. She saw Shikamaru was running to her, he was sweating because he was running around looking for her.
Hinata looked very calm, it irked Shikamaru. As if nothing had happened before. She was calm not because nothing had happened. It was because the Uchiha had chosen to cover everything up and take that juvenile slut out of Konoha.
Hinata then walked steadily with a faint smile in her face. She walked through the small stair, stood in front of the standing microphone.
"Forgive me for the interruption," Hinata started speaking again. "I, Hinata Uzumaki, as Naruto Uzumaki's wife hereby confirmed that the allegation between my husband and Sarada Uchiha is completely false," Her eyes looked alive, not sad like she was. Naruto was shocked when Hinata said that and he walked to his only to have his wife clinging her arm into his and said "And we have a very happy marriage" with a big smile on her face. Naruto was dumbfounded at first but he had no choice but to smile at the press with their never ending flashlight.
Uchiha Residence. 1 PM.
Sasuke and Sakura were busy moving their items to their luggage. They were ready to leave Konoha with their pregnant daughter.
When Sasuke was done packing his items he walked to his daughter's bedroom. He saw his daughter crying on her bed with her luggage half-filled with her clothes. Sarada buried her face on her pillow and she hadn't finished packing.
"Sarada, you can't be like this, you're a seventeen years old woman, you have to act like an adult!" Sasuke sat on the edge of the bed and pulled her pillow, exposing her swollen red eyes. Two activated sharingan.
"You just called me whatever convenient for you! You call me an adult when you want me to do something for you and you call me a child when you don't want me to do something for you!" Sarada was yelling at her father with those two red eyes glaring at his face.
"Sarada!You should think about your future! Don't you still want to be a Kage?! We are all doing this for you!" Sasuke was trying to be patient. He understood how flammable her daughter with all the things that are happening. But, it's not like he and Sakura didn't sacrifice anything. Sakura sacrificed her director job in the hospital in order to start a new life and he would severe his relationship with Naruto and the Leaf Village Officers and Government. He would need to find a new job as well.
"Have you ever once thought about this baby in my womb? This baby is going to grow up without its father! This baby is an Uzumaki and it will need its actual father!" Sarada was yelling with her finger pointing to her belly while crying with her red eyes.
"That's why i and Sakura will raise it as our child!" Sasuke's voice went higher. He's starting to lose his nerve.
"Like you can be a good father ... do you forget how you had abandoned me and mom for years!? Mama wasn't an excellent mother as well! She spent most of her time at hospital! I grew up mostly alone! ALONE!" She started to weep with her hand rubbing her belly. Sasuke was inhaling his breath. He hated dealing with his daughter's tantrum.
"You had just thrown a chance for this baby to grow up with its father! Its actual father! Who is definitely more of a father than you are in my entire lifetime!" Sarada was hysterical and her face was wet with tears.
"SHANNARO!" Sakura hit the wall of her room with her bare hands, the wall cracked. It surprised both of them. "You will follow what your father had said!" Sakura walked to Sarada and pointed her finger to the girl's face, her green eyes were glaring at her.
"You think you're so innocent, you ungrateful child!? Do you think that fucking and getting pregnant with a married man makes you a better person than all of us?!" Sakura was very angry. Her breath was rapid, her chest was moving and her hand was already balled into a fist. If it wasn't Sasuke grabbing Sakura's arm and rubbing her back, there was a chance that she would hit Sarada. The whole situation put so much stress on her.
"Mama ... i just don't want my child to grow up like me ... with a father that's barely present and a mother who's almost always busy with her job ...," Sarada was shocked at Sakura's reaction. She sat on the bed, crying herself out, she couldn't even gaze at Sakura's face. Tears were falling on her knees.
"Sarada ... it will be alright," Sasuke said to his young girl, also with sadness in his eyes. Sakura then moved to the side of Sarada's luggage and packed her things inside the big dark red luggage. Sakura also took Sarada's phone away to prevent Sarada from contacting Naruto.
Hokage's Office. 1:30 PM.
There were only Naruto and Hinata in that office. The protesters' quantity was getting smaller and smaller since Hinata had clarified about the affair. Hinata was sitting on the sofa, drinking a cup of matcha. She looked very calm. Naruto was leaning on the Hokage's table while observing his wife drinking her matcha with such good mood.
"Why did you break your promise?" Naruto side eyed his wife. "I think it is best for all of us to keep this a secret," Hinata slurped her matcha. Her eyes didn't even look at Naruto's face.
"Is it the sex, right?" Hinata asked her husband, her lavender orbs were staring deep into his blue eyes, almost like intimidating.
"Is it because she's younger, fresher, more energetic, bouncier that you're fucking that girl and somehow forgot that you have a wife at home? A wife who is no longer fertile and good in sex?" Naruto stayed silent when Hinata pointed it.
Yes. Partly was because of that.
"Do you even care about how i feel?Do you think that i will forgive everything you did and now i am also going to forgive the fact that you're impregnating Sakura's and Sasuke's daughter?" Hinata's pitch went higher.
Yes. Hinata, please forgive me and let me marry Sarada.
"That child will grow up fatherless!" Naruto walked closer to Hinata, his pitch was getting higher.
"I don't care if you pay the child's bills but i will never let you marry that juvenile slut!" Hinata stood up and faced her husband's face. Her byakyugan was activated and veins were protruding surrounding her eyes.
Juvenile slut. Hearing those words made Naruto's head hot. He had already raised his hand like he was going to hit her but then he remembered that it would complicate the situation even more if he did that.
"What? Don't you wanna hit me? Hit me! Hit me!" She was screaming, yelling at her husband. Naruto had never seen Hinata being incredibly angry like that.
"Hinata, i am ... i'm sorry ... let's just think this through," Naruto rubbed his wife's shoulder. He knew it was stupid to have a feud with Hinata in his office. It was embarrassing as well if the staffs heard that they're fighting.
"You will promise me never to see that slut Sarada and never to look for her ever again," Hinata challenged the Hokage. The old Naruto would repent and he would gladly take the challenge. But, it's like her husband had changed to be a different person. A cheater. A liar.
He stayed silent. He didn't accept her challenge. He was just staring at her with those blue eyes.
Oh.
Hinata's mouth was slightly opened. Hinata came into realization that her husband loved that little girl. That juvenile slut. That moment, Naruto Uzumaki really really really broke her heart. Her veins no longer protruded. She wished she could cry her feelings out but there's no more tears left for him. She started to feel numb for the things he had inflicted to her. She knew for sure she would never divorce him, she would never let Sarada or any other woman to take her husband that she had loved since she was a child from her.*
Konoha Train Station. 3 PM.
The Uchiha family was inside the train already. It was a two sided seatings, Sasuke sat beside Sakura with Sarada in front of them. Sakura immediately fell asleep on Sasuke's shoulder.
She was mentally and physically tired. The woman had just finished her very last night shift at the hospital of Konoha. She never expected her life to spiral down in such short time. She had a stable career in Konoha and she loved her job. She loved her daughter but the whole situation really put heat in her head and her heart. She was so relieved when Sasuke took care all of the problems but at the same time she was so sad of what had happened to her daughter.
Sasuke was gazing at his daughter. He was tired as well. Never in his life he imagined that he would have to deal with that kind of issue. She was there wearing her dark red hoodie that covered half of her face and her pregnant body with swollen eyes, looking at Sasuke's face with hatred in her eyes. She stayed quiet. She didn't want to speak to Sasuke. She blamed him. The one who really destroyed her chance of being with Naruto.
It was a long journey. Both Sasuke and Sakura already fell asleep and it was dark already. Sarada couldn't fall asleep in the train. The fear of facing new life in a new place stayed with her during the trip.
The girl stood up and walked to the toilet, when she walked outside the toilet. There was her friend standing in front of her, the peroxide blond boy with sky blue eyes. He was wearing a purple jumper and white jeans with cyan sneakers. They hadn't met each other for a long time. The boy gasped when he saw her face, his eyes couldn't escape observing how big she had became compared the last time he had seen her.
Both of them chose to sit on the empty seats side by side. "You've gained weight, you look fat now" Inojin commented. He had the idea that she was pregnant already but he chose not to say anything about it. "Uhm yeah," Sarada replied,concealing her pregnancy. Most girls would be angry at his statement, and she didn't. Inojin had heard the rumor about Sarada being pregnant (definitely from his mother) because of the affair that's been called as "false". He was pretty sure that the rumor was true with the fact that Lady Hinata, Boruto and Himawari are staying in the Hyuga mansion instead of their house, and then he saw Sarada in a train to a no-shinobi-land.
"What are you going to do in Land of Iron?" Inojin asked Sarada. Sarada realized that she didn't pay attention to her destination. Her father really did something extreme, to go somewhere where it would be impossible for Naruto to easily track their whereabouts, plus aunt Hinata would definitely cover everything up to prevent her husband to find her. "Uhm ... it's a vacation," Sarada looked confused. He caught her lying again. "What are you going to do there?" Sarada asked the pale boy. "Oh, we're acting as bodyguards to a rich girl from the Land of Iron, she's going to be picked up by her staffs in the station," Inojin replied while pointing to the sleeping young girl, not more than 16 wearing a grey kimono. In front of her there was Shikadai, another member of his team, also sleeping soundly. "Have you ever been to Land of Iron before?" Sarada asked while breaking her chocolate into half. "I've been there once, it's a cold place, and there's no shinobi there, only samurai in sight, my family went there for holiday, they got amazing onsen though and theaters! Amazing theaters!" Inojin explained. "Oh," she replied with an o formed from her mouth.
None of them excited Sarada. She was wondering what her father was thinking, bringing all of them to a no-shinobi-land. It came back to her baby. Did her father plan for her to give birth in that land?Did he want for us not to be able to be easily found by Naruto?
Suddenly, the train stopped. Some of the lights were turned off. The rich girl who was accompanied by the boys woke up and started calling Inojin's name, causing the blond boy to walk to her side. Sasuke also woke up from his sleep while Sakura was still sleeping beside him. The passengers were awaken by the voice from the train's speakers.
We are sorry for the inconvenience. There is a trouble in the machinery that caused the train to stop. We are currently working for it. The delay is approximately 30 minutes. Please kindly wait.
When Sasuke heard 30 minutes, he continued to sleep. The Uchiha couple woke up in the morning. When they woke up, they saw no Sarada around. It sent panic to both of them's chests.
Sasuke quickly stood up and looked around. Sakura followed and they split to look at another area. He kept on calling Sarada's name but she didn't show up. Sakura was doing the same. When Sakura saw Inojin, she stopped walking and talked to the pale boy who was busy eating a sandwich.
"Inojin, do you see Sarada?" Sakura looked worried. "The last time i saw her was at night during that time when the train was stopped for reparation," Inojin stopped eating his food and talked to Sarada.
Sakura knew her daughter and her persistency. Suddenly, she felt her heart was hammering inside her chest when she saw a dent in one of the train's emergency door. She quickly ran into Sasuke's side and told him "Sarada has escaped from the train!"
Author's Note :
For a divorce to happen, both parties had to sign an agreement of divorce.
Sarada's a stubborn child, a lot like her father and when it comes to love, she's very persistent and she's willing to go to an extreme extent for love, a lot like Sakura.
For the guest who was expecting SasuHina, i'm really sorry to disappoint you.
For the guest who asked about Chocho wanting Naruto's child ... I see Naruto, being The Hokage himself(who is a very influential and powerful man in Konoha and shinobi world, and he's not bad looking at all) in that era makes him a very desirable man for a lot of women and that includes Chocho, but it's not in specific pervy way. I mean, who doesn't want to have a Hokage as their husband?
For Laura : Well, i am grateful that you like this path rather than Hinata agreeing to "share" Naruto with Sarada. I always portray Hinata as someone who's very traditional, meek and submissive but at the same time she's still pretty sensitive even though she didn't express it that much. She was deeply hurt already by her condition and with Naruto cheated(and impregnated) Sarada, she's incredibly angry and devastated. It's impossible for her to say yes all the time when she's already been hurt that much.
For jossblue13 : Thank you! I always love your comment. It's a reminder for me to add "lighter" scenes in the story.
For the guest who wrote "pity hinata" : Yes. It was for the plot. Personally, i don't dislike or even like (i'm neutral) to Hinata. And yeah, Sasuke's actually very concerned about Sarada, after all she is his only child.
For Lonewolf1836 : Their plan was for both Naruto and Sarada to give the speech and the proclamation of their love through marriage in a week after Hinata's speech. But, it was all ruined because Hinata chose to not agree with him marrying Sarada. I also agree about how it commonly happens in real life.
For s.k.f.f.f., anoyak111,bleuxe, and everyone thank you!
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