Author's Notes:
Hello my pretties! Look, another chapter! This was a pickle to write, but hey, I did it! ;D Yay for me and for you all too!
So...school is next month...damn damn damn! I'm still not even done with this fic, which was my goal, but you know what, I won't give up.
Also, I just wanted to point out that yes, I did make up the word 'bluette' because I'm cool like that! ^_^ yup!
I read over my review the other day too, and I was so surprised to see that some of you were having a little debate on who you all think should be a pairing for Hinata! Don't fight, please! Someone even tried to defend Sasuke, which was so adorable, really. I hope you guys like this chapter, it is filled with emotion and surprise! Hopefully I can update sooner, like maybe tomorrow...
I love all of the naruto characters! They're my babies (especially Sakura and Hinata!) I hate to bash any of the characters, really, so I just have to put in a background story to let you see who they were and what led up to that point, so...yeah...
Guess it's time for me to start back studying nursing again...eh... Oh, I'm 16 (some were actually surprised to see that on my profile.
Thank you for all of your reviews and support! If you have any questions or concerns or you just want to talk, feel free to message me or put it in your review! (I get lonely too!)
OAN: Tongue-punching a cookie...if you don't know, you don't want to know... xD
Chapter 21: Motherly Love
"There's a story behind everything..but behind all your stories is always your mother's story..because hers is where yours begins."
― Mitch Albom, For One More Day
Doctor Shizune smiled at the two as she came into the room with the results. Sasuke felt Sakura squeeze his hand even harder from her position on the white-papered bed. They both were nervous, it's just that Sasuke had gotten good at hiding his emotions while Sakura was, on the other hand, quite fearful and projected her emotions on her sleeve.
That was one of the reasons why they fitted well together.
The woman sat down on the stool and pulled out the results, making the two tense up.
They weren't ready for a child. They were too young, and right now things in their lives were getting complicated.
Sasuke was on the verge of calling off the engagement; if a child got involved there was no way that he would leave the pinkette. On top of that, he was busy with Uchiha's newly renamed company Sharingan and MGC as well as interviews dealing with certain matters.
Sakura was getting even busier with arranged photo shoots and fashion shows that Uchiha Corporation was planning.
The two were just too busy right now.
Shizune cleared her throat and opened the results. Sasuke winced inwardly when he heard her 'hn', which often wasn't a good sign at all…
But would being pregnant be a good thing to most doctors.
"Unfortunately, you are not pregnant, Ms. Haruno." Simultaneously, they both sighed in relief over the matter. Shizune gave the two the eye. "Having a baby is a miracle in the making. If you two would like, I could have an obstetrician talk to you about the birthing cycle-"
"That won't be necessary.", Sakura stated with a smile. "Could you tell me why my monthly cycle isn't occurring? Am I sick?"
"Oh, no, not at all. The reason your body isn't acting correctly is because of the sudden change of your behavior. Have you been stressed out lately, Ms. Haruno?" The pinkette looked at Sasuke for a moment before nodding slowly.
"I have."
Shizune quickly set the results on the bed in front of her and pulled out her clipboard, jotting down the woman's answers.
"Have you been eating properly the past few weeks?"
Sakura looked at their intertwined hands for a moment. "I-I haven't."
"And you also haven't been drinking enough water…", the doctor jotted that down as well, missing the slight look that Sasuke gave the woman. So she hadn't been doing well since he went to France…
Shizune smiled back up at the two. "We're going to hook you up to an IV, Ms. Haruno. Is that fine?"
"W-Why? I thought you said I was fine?", the woman stuttered.
"You are severely dehydrated. I'm afraid I can't let you leave the hospital until your levels are back to a normal." Sakura sighed, but let the woman usher a nurse in to start the IV.
Sasuke just stared solemnly at the pinkette, and saw her smile sadly at him.
"You know better…"
Sakura nodded. "I'm sorry. I-I was so worried about you. One minute I was looking at venues with mom, and the next I get a call from my friend telling me to turn on my tv. That bomb went off in your room! I thought you were dead!"
"That still doesn't explain why you haven't been eating properly the past few weeks.", he stated in his emotionless tone. The pinkette nodded once more before bowing her head, her long pink locks falling over her shoulder.
"There's a rumor going around that Sabaku and Akatsuki are going to launch a line so popular that they'll even have Milan calling for orders. They've done it in the past, so I thought that I should start losing a bit more weight so that I can still model for Uchiha…"
Sasuke glared at her. "Your health comes before your job. At this rate that you're going, I'm going to have to put you on bed rest and let someone else sub in for you."
"NO! I'm fine, really!", Sakura protested. "I'll be ready for Friday's catwalk! Pinky-swear!" The Uchiha stared at her, confusion in his eyes.
"Why are you so dominant on work?"
"I don't want to disappoint you. I know how you feel about your job, so I want both of us to work together, that's all." Just to spend more time with him…
She was worried sick about him. Sasuke averted his eyes to the IV machine; if only she knew what he was doing before the bomb went off…
"Look at me, Sasuke…" He felt her hand on his face, his hand long forgotten. He closed his eyes, contemplating on what to do. He felt guilty; he was the bad person. It was hard realizing it from his perspective.
"I love you, Sasuke. Thank you for always being by my side." Damn it…
He was damn good at lying. He made her believe that he was faithful to her, only her.
He opened his eyes and stared at her, his eyes red meeting her dazzling emerald ones. His emotions inside were changing, slowly within him.
"I love you, Sakura." He was the master of Deceit.
But that didn't mean he couldn't change. Right?
"You got a hell of a lot of nerve leaving Japan, Hinata! Just what were you thinking about?", Ino silently yelled, careful not to interrupt the two 'chefs' in her kitchen. She was into the conversation with the bluette, but still felt nervous about the noise going on in the kitchen.
"The welfare of others?", Hinata innocently replied, obviously trying to get away unscathed. Konan had other ideas though.
"How about this: Sasuke Uchiha."
They both gave the girl a pointed look. The former-Hyuuga resorted soon to poking at her fingers. She didn't want to answer the question, but the way Konan was looking at her, it made her feel intimidated.
"I-I went to stop Sasuke from hurting Deidara's mother." Ino looked towards the ceiling in silent prayer and looked at Hinata. The girl could see how calm the lawyer looked right now. Maybe she wouldn't get yelled at after all.
"YOU THINK THAT THAT EXCUSE IS GONNA SAVE YOU! THINK AGAIN YOUNG LADY 'CAUSE THE PATH YOU'RE GOING YOU'RE GOING TO FIND YOURSELF GROUNDED FOR A YEAR!", Ino screeched.
Just then Kushina's head popped out of the kitchen
door. "DON'T YOU YELL AT MY DAUGHTER, YOU HOBO!" Ino froze for a minute and watched as Kushina gave Hinata a smile. "Dinner will be ready in a second, sweety! I hope you have a nearly empty tummy cause mama just went all out today!" Sasori then popped out, a dull look on his face.
"She's serious. She literally cooked anything that was edible – look, cookies. Just delightful…", He showed the rack with obvious sarcasm.
"Those are scones, Sasori.", Konan muttered as she tampered with her Ipad. The man just stared at the tray in his hand.
"I don't like scones. What a waste…" He emerged back into the hot kitchen.
Ino looked over at Hinata and soon sighed. "Just one day Hinata, one day I want you to be normal, okay? No more extravagant trips or violent fights, kay? You had me – US worried even though Konan won't admit it."
"I didn't worry."
Ino waved off the agent. "In denial – be more careful next time. That head injury you have looks atrocious. How did you get it?"
"I fell down the stairs when the bomb happened. It doesn't hurt as much anymore."
"That is so badass." Konan praised from her position on the couch. Ino glared at the woman.
"That was not badass. Wearing white after labor day is badass, but being close to being killed by a bomb is scary-"
"-and total badass. Hinata, you're moving up in the ranks of life." Hinata smiled a bit.
"Don't encourage her!", Ino stopped the show of affection in its tracks.
A sound came from the kitchen. "We need more milk! Oh golly, little assistant, run to the store and get some, asap!" Sasori was shoved out the kitchen and nearly tripped over himself. "Don't be afraid to bring back some salt-ramen! Mama loves salt-ramen!"
Anyone could see that the redhead was pissed off to the point of no returning. He pierced his hazel eyes over at her. "Let's go, Hyuuga." Hinata sighed and stood.
"Let me go get my keys…" Pretty soon, the two were out the door. Both Ino and Konan gave each other a look before looking out of the tall window.
The two were laughing at something while they both got into the dark blue Ferrari; Sasori in the driver's seat and Hinata in the passenger.
Ino cut her eyes at the scene. "Those two look…chipper than usual don't they." Konan shrugged.
"I guess the experience brought them close."
"Too close…not that I'm complaining. Sasuke deserves all the shit that's tossed his way." The Ferrari soon pulled out of sight.
"And to think that Sasori actually disliked the girl at first."
Kushina listened to the two women as she stirred something in the pan, a blank look on her face.
Tenten laid on the grassy hilltop of the park, the wind blowing softly in her long, brown hair. She smiled at the blue, cloudless sky. It was a beautiful day; everything seemed calm and back to normal to her. The house arrest ankle-bracelet was removed yesterday, so that was something to cheer about. Her best friend was back from Paris, so that meant girl time as well.
She was happy, very, very happy.
She stiffened when she felt something crawling up her arm. Slowly, she looked down and saw the little critter: a big beetle bug. The brunette decided to stare at it for a while, not caring about where it went or how it got down.
Tenten thought silently to herself. If only humans were bugs… In this case, Neji.
"Bug go squash now." The little bug met its death when the woman slapped her palm onto her shoulder.
This startled some of the little girls picking flowers in the area. "Ewww, she squashed a buggy with her hand!" They screeched and started to run, but slipped and tumbled down the hill. Tenten smirked at the scene.
"Little losers." This was why God gave her a son.
She looked down the hill and grinned. Lee was playing soccer with Tenji at the moment. She cooed at the affectionate scene.
Besides the Paris incident, Tenten was having the time of her life. She had wished that this moment would last forever.
"MOMMY, LOOK AT ME! I'M THE MASTA!", Tenji bellowed from his position on Lee's stomach as he held the black and white ball.
"T-This isn't wrestling, Tenji-kun. This is soccer…", Lee's voice drawled off as his head hit the ground.
Tenten stood at the scene and cheered her son on, oblivious to the curious looks that were being thrown her way.
Most people would spot a celebrity when they saw one, but Tenten made them question whether or not it was actually her, the wife of the CEO of Hyuuga. She looked quite common compared to other celebs; the thing that stood out on her was her buns on her head. Without them, most couldn't tell who she was. But she was pretty sure many could tell who Tenji was.
Many people had stopped to look at the scene and some were even taking out their phones ready to take a picture.
The brunette caught onto the atmosphere and decided to haul it down the hilltop, her hair swinging in the summer breeze.
She swooped up the belligerent Tenji and slightly kicked Lee's head with her shoe.
"Let's take a walk on the koi bridge.", she said and practically ran to the area, almost leaving her companion behind.
Tenji squealed and squirmed along the way, watching Lee come up behind them from his position on his mom's back. "Hurry up, slow-poke, we ain't gonna wait for you!"
"We aren't going to wait for you". Tenten corrected him.
"What mommy said!" Lee smiled brightly at the two.
Once the three were away from paparazzi, they calmed down and looked at the area they had stumbled up to.
A red bridge came to their view, covered in the reanimates of Cherry Blossom trees. Everything around them was pink, like out of a fairytale book. Tenji blanched at the area, but still ran past the two in looked into the water filled with Sakura petals.
"So much beauty in the area, it makes me want to shed the tears of happiness!", Lee bellowed as he and Tenten began to walk slowly across the long bridge.
The silence between the two occurred; both watched the hyper five-year old marvel at the fish in the water when he stepped onto the bridge.
"So how's summer school going so far?", asked the mother. Lee sighed wearily and shook his head.
"Seems like graduation is not coming fast enough. Final tests are next week, so that week is going to be stressful, but I will not let that get me down! I will continue to look towards the mountains and the glorious sun for my victory!"
Tenten smiled. Always the optimistic one… She admired him very much…
But not more than her kick-boxing Idol, Inuyasha. God, how I wish to meet him…
"-ten?", She snapped out of her daze and back into her conversation, wiping a bit of drool out of her face.
"Um, yeah, so graduation is going to be this summer?"
Lee smiled a bit. "Yeah. After that, ten years of medical school."
"That sounds tiring, Lee. Are you reconsidering your future plans?"
"My dream has always been to be a physical therapist. The only way I am changing that idea is if something big comes up." The woman scanned the man from the corner of her eye; he was smiling forward, the sun glinting off his silky hair.
She felt her face get hot, and instantly she lowered her head to her shorts.
This was a perfect moment to tell him. She had kept it to herself for years now, but today was her day. She had to tell him.
They both soon stopped and leaned on the railing, looking over at the dancing petals in the water. The woman could see her reflection clearly despite the pink; she could also see Lee's smiling face as he looked out towards the trees.
With a light sigh, Tenten decided to speak.
"There is something that I need to tell you, Lee." She gulped when she saw him turn towards her in question.
Her ears started to get hot and she could hear her heart thumping loudly.
"What is it, Tenten?"
Her confidence started to waver a bit, but instantly it came back up. She looked towards him, into his dark eyes that linger under his thick brows, and said it.
"I-"
She didn't know why, but her eyes met went beyond the bridge towards Tenji, who was standing solemnly watching the two as if watching a tv show.
Oh…
She had forgotten that he was here.
"Tenten?", she looked up at the tall Lee and smiled a bit.
"I wanted to thank you for helping me out. I'm very grateful."
He stared at her a moment before giving her a thumbs up with smiling eyes. "No problem! It is a pleasure having such a hot-blooded woman staying under the same roof as I. And it only adds to the fun that she has such a youthful son! – wait- that rhymed!" Tenten smiled when he started to laugh at himself, but still a void started to build in her.
She didn't like it, not at all.
"Let's go back to the apartment.", Tenten suggested, and soon, the three started the trail back to the little flat.
When the three made it to the clearing of the park, a bright-blue Ferrari stood perched up on the side in the shadows.
"Kin-chan is here!", Tenji turned towards his mother, an unreadable expression on his face.
Tenten's whole aura changed, making Lee lean away from her a bit.
A smile crossed the brunette's face when she saw the car.
"Stay with Lee until mommy tells you to come over." Tenji nodded, but Tenten didn't see; she was strutting towards the car.
Lee saw the way Tenten's eyes darkened and decided to avert the little boy's attention from the car. "Let us indulge in a frosty treat, Tenji-kun!" He took the cheering boy away.
Kin looked up from her wheel when she saw a woman with long, brown hair coming towards her car. She squinted from behind her sunglasses before recognizing the woman.
Tenten's smile dropped when she made it to the car, her face turning to one of cockiness. Kin watched the woman sit on the edge of the Ferrari and give her a glare.
"Neji must be back.", is what she stated calmly. Kin shifted a bit and nodded.
"Yeah. I told him that Tenji was over a friend's house, so you don't have to worry about the cops or anything coming over for those 'reasons'-"
Tenten gave her a blank look. "Who said I was worried.", he voice was dead serious, and it kind of intimidated the pregnant mistress. Kin took off her sunglasses and hung it on the rear-view mirror.
"I want to apologize for all that I've done to you. If there is anything I can do, please tell me.", Tenten snorted bitterly at the woman, trying to see if she was really serious.
"Please tell me you don't think I'll forgive you, 'cause that will be rather pathetic on your end." Kin stared at the woman, who was smirking rather maliciously at her. "You had an affair with my husband and then you turn around and get pregnant by him, as far as I know, then practically send me to jail-'"
"Neji did that, not me!", Kin defended herself, but the brunette only shook her head slowly and looked towards the sky in prayer. "I know that what I've done is wrong, but if you were in my shoes you would understand why-" Tenten sighed and jumped up off the car.
"The only thing stopping me from kicking your ass is that or those babies growing in your womb." She wiped her butt off and looked back at Kin. "Look, I'm not here to hear your life story, sweetheart. I just want to know when I'll get to see my son again." Kin looked depressed, but nodded and pulled out a planner and gave it to the lady.
"It contains Neji's work day schedule and his off days. The days when he's at work, you can see Tenji until about seven o'clock- oh, and Friday he's going to be at the Fashion show being thrown by Uchiha, so you can see him the whole day then!" Tenten nodded and looked over the pages; they were a deep lavender color, which made her blanch at the amount of girliness this planner contained.
"Fair enough.", she looked back and called out to the two at the Ice-cream stand. "TENJI! LEE!" She waved the two over.
"Do you think that we could talk, one day, if that's okay with you?", Kin asked nervously, which made Tenten roll her eyes again at the woman's ignorance.
"What reason would a married woman have to talk to a mistress for? Save your pillow-talk for a bitch who gives a damn."
Tenji came just in time to stop brunette's fit with Lee's hand in his as he sloppily licked his ice cream cone.
He sucked the chocolate off his thumb and looked up towards his mother, a wide smile on his face. "I'm a big boy!" Tenten smiled down at him, a tench of pain hitting her.
"Yes you are." She opened the Ferrari's door and ushered Tenji in his seat; he gave Kin a wide smile.
"HI KIN-CHAN!" Said woman smiled down at the child as Tenten buckled his seatbelt.
"What's up, cutie! Did you have fun with mommy and her friend?!" He nodded wildly and turned back to his mother, whose face was becoming heartbroken, but he didn't notice.
"Don't cry mommy, I'll be back tomorrow! Pinky-promise!", he held out his little pinky and Tenten carefully wrapped hers around his.
"I love you."
"I love you too Mommy! And you too Lee!" Lee nodded at the boy, a sad look also in his eyes.
"Be careful, okay? And don't forget to brush your teeth and put your toys back into the toy box." He pouted a bit, but nodded nonetheless. She kissed his forehead and got up and stared at Kin, who was about to tear up from the scene.
Tenten furrowed her brows at the pregnant lady. "Buckle your seatbelt." Kin jumped a bit before hurriedly buckling her seatbelt over her huge bump. "Drive the speed limit."
Kin nodded. Tenji waved to the two, his ice-cream melting down on the dashboard.
"BYE BYE!", soon, the car slowly pulled off before going down the road.
Lee grasped the woman's shoulder. "Are feeling alright, Tenten?" Tenten smiled up at him a bit, even though she was burning inside.
"I'm fine. Let's go – the boxing match is about to start." He nodded down at her and began their journey home.
Tenten slipped her hand into Lee's palm soon.
Unless something big came up, huh…
Hinata nervously pulled the hoodie over her head while watching Sasori push the shopping cart nosily across the store floor. She noticed that he didn't even care how his identity was out in the open; he just dully looked at certain items before throwing most of them in the bag.
She was getting nervous; she could here other people around the corner. "We o-only needed milk!", she whispered harshly. He only glanced back at her once and went back to surfing the shelves.
"I need to tame the beast – do you want anything?", he asked as he tried to decide whether to get more chocolate or not. "I'm allergic…aw, what the hell. Only live once.", he swiped the whole shelf into the basket.
The bluette sighed tiredly at his antics. "Sasori, we need to-"
"Ah shit, really?!" He picked up a magazine left out on a shelf, a disgusted look on his face. "Gaara makes Top Ten of Japan's Hottest Men of 2013 along with Sasori, Deidara, and arch nemesis Sasuke Uchiha ?"
The bluette yelped in excitement, but it lowered when she saw Sasori's sour face.
"C-Congratulations, Sasori! Aren't you happy?", she knew she would be happy to even make top five-hundred…
He threw the book down. "They caught me off guard! I look like a fucking frat boy!" He shoved the magazine in Hinata's hands, and the girl looked at it once more and her mouth went dry.
No one would have even noticed the tiny 'Hottest Men of 2013' in the corner with one glance.
Plastered on the cover of the gossip magazine was her, Hinata Hyuuga, in line at the breakfast place inside of Hotel Ritz Paris. On the bottom of the cover in big kanji was:
'Mrs. Uchiha gorging after engagement of supermodel Sakura and Sasuke; Gains astonishing SIXTEEN pounds!'
The bluette stared at the cover for a moment before looking down at her body.
Was the weight gain that bad? She had to ask someone, anyone…
"SASORI!", she grasped his arm tightly.
He gave her an innocent expression. "Yes?"
She rolled the magazine up nervously in her hands and looked around frantically before whispering.
"Am I…fat?" She looked back down at the unrolled magazine; that day she was wearing the redhead's hoodie. It was big, but still…
Sasori analyzed her a bit, making the girl squirm at his long pause. "Well…"
She closed her eyes, careful not to let him see her eyes reddening. She was fat! FAT! She had been so small during school and even after she got married, but now she was getting big – no, she was big! She couldn't be a model if-
"Ever heard of 'puberty'? Some girl's hit that stage when they are nineteen too." She relaxed only slightly, and gave up the magazine when he took it from her. "See – it's the sweater that making people think you're some big tranny. A lot of models deal with this type of thing."
She nodded, but still felt self-conscious, and soon pulled the hoodie tighter to her.
She still wanted some cinnamon buns though…
"Instant coffee?", she saw him pick up the Hescafe product and look at it with caution. "People drink this stuff? It looks manufactured." Most of what he had in the cart was manufactured, but Hinata didn't want to ruin his joyful mood.
Pretty soon, approximately thirty minutes later, she got tired. Sasori was still throwing stuff in the cart; it was like he was shopping for his condo or something.
Once they were off the candy and chip aisle, she soon got some hope of leaving, but he turned down another aisle.
"Frozen pizza! Oooh, I wonder what kind they have…"
Hinata was getting tired of his behavior at this point and sat inside the shopping cart, stopping him from getting anything else. "STOP!"
She had done it one time with Hanabi when she was little, but seeing how her legs over lapped the cart, she knew that that was a bad idea. The bluette struggled to sit up in the shopping cart, feeling some of the stuff the redhead had stick her back a little.
"Hn. I'd like to see how you get yourself out of that pickle.", Sasori muttered and, much to the girl's dismay, pushed the basket forward to the next aisle, ignoring the looks that passerbyers gave him and the girl in the cart.
"Now seems like a good time to give you a few tips on impressing the elders tomorrow because, how it looks right now, you're going to bomb on it." The girl stiffened and turned her head up slightly to see if the man was serious. By his emotionless face, he was.
"I-I forgot it was tomorrow." Now she was squirming in her pants. "W-What do I need to know?"
"The Elders are bitches.", he said casually as he stopped and looked over a shelf.
Aren't they all… The Hyuuga Elders as well as the Uchiha Elders were nothing to joke about; they were the real deal. She remembered hearing them when she was little; they always talked down on the lower branch and sometimes even the higher branch. They were vile and mean, but that was what made a business.
She started to pull her indigo locks. Just how would she impress them? She was nothing special, and from her own experience with 'Elders', they wanted special. That was the reason Uchiha had accepted Sakura Haruno as their spokesperson for their women clothing line; she was freaking special.
"The Elders don't have the final decision, though. Gaara makes the ultimatums, so if you by some unknown force in the universe manage to actually fuck up, he can save you.", she hated how his voice held sarcasm, and felt the certain urge to stick him in the eye.
He was definitely bringing out the worst in her.
He stopped and went in front of the cart to stare at the items that were in her lap. "Tip number one: dress appropriately. Everyone should know that, if they don't, then they probably aren't ready to leave their mother's womb just yet. Those old coons look for a sense of fashion, which is required for the job.", he looked at her attire that she was wearing now: his hoodie and his sweatpants. He scrunched up his nose. "Work on that." She self-consciously pulled the hoodie closer to herself, a light blush on her face.
"Tip two: make sure you look them in the eye. Most find that annoying and somewhat just sad." Hinata gulped a bit; she never really looked anyone in the eye. "Since you're shy, they will probably let it slid. Probably not." Hinata nodded and once again blushed when she saw him smirk at her.
She liked how his hazel eyes contrasted with his red hair; he reminded her of a doll somehow. And people told HER she looked like a doll…
Sasori pulled the cart towards the dairy section and grabbed the milk. "Tip three: be ready for – Uchiha." The former Hyuuga saw irritation come in the man's eyes.
She sat up a bit in the cart. "What is it, S-Sasori?" He gave her the milk and proceeded to walk around the cart. She didn't hear the last word he had said, and she was getting worried at how he was trying to push the cart forward. "W-Wait!" He stopped and ran his fingers through his hair.
Hinata stumbled to get out the cart, but did nonetheless. She brushed her backside off a bit and looked at the redhead; his face was empty, but it had a sort of remorse in his eyes.
"What is wrong? Why are you- " Then the answer to her own question came.
Her breath got caught in her throat when she saw him…
Down the aisle, Sasuke and Sakura were there, the pinkette smiling up at him while he was smirking down at her.
The bluette didn't comprehend anything at the moment; she stared at the two.
The pinkette's flawless sun-kissed skin showed in the bright green romper she was wearing; her legs long and proud. Strands of her long, rosy hair fell over her shoulders, complimenting her shining emerald eyes.
Sasuke's dark attire contrasted with the pinkette's; tall, dark and handsome was what he was. His slightly grown hair matched his endless black eyes. His hands were in his pocket's as his mistress clung to him.
They looked content.
Hinata was feeling the opposite at this point.
"Let's –"
"No.", Hinata cut off her companion, fire in her voice. "This is what I need to see."
She was getting tired of this. Seriously.
He had literally jumped her bones in Paris, and even gotten angry when he saw the hickey Sasori had gave her on her neck. Then she hears the phone call then this? Just what was he thinking?
He was going to go back to Sakura; the pinkette probably believed he was faithful to her.
This was insane…
And she was getting insane…
She marched forward towards the two, making Sasori grab at her shoulder before she could.
"Hinata, are you –" She snatched her shoulder away from his grip and kept forward, not caring about him right now.
That Uchiha had done so much damage to her, so much that she was tired of recalling it. She had never thought it would come to his point, but it had.
She had tried to keep her distance from the two, tried to be the 'bigger person', but being the mature person was hard. Anyone who had gone through what she was going through knew it was difficult not to explode.
However, there was only so much a person could take before they snapped.
The girl marched towards the two, a deadly aura radiating off of her with each step. Sasori cursed to himself and hurriedly turned his full cart around and followed after the raging girl.
He was pretty sure that she was about to beat the crap out of them, but was surprised to see how she only stopped in front of the two, who were surprised to see her.
"What a surprise to see you here, Sasuke.", Hinata spoke with a cheerful-like tone, which scared the redhead into backing his cart back a bit.
Sasuke tensed a bit, but kept his composure; Sakura was the one who expressed her feelings.
"What the hell do you want, Hyuuga?" Again, Sasori was a bit scared to see how Hinata didn't even acknowledge the pinkette, she just stared up at Sasuke.
"I just wanted to thank you for opening my eyes the other night. I really enjoyed talking with you."
Sakura jumped in once again. "Please, as if Sasuke would talk to you when he had me to talk to. Stop your lying." It was obvious what Hinata was doing at this point…
She was trying to start chaos.
Sasuke didn't know what to say; he was still in shock at what the bluette was saying.
Hinata snapped her lavender eyes to the pinkette. "I'm trying to talk to my husband, so if you would excuse me, mistress, " Sasori had a bad feeling about this; the tension was getting so high that no one even noticed that he was here also.
Sakura snarled at the bluette. "That's fiancée to you, bitch!" Hinata waved her hand in front of her slightly when she saw the pinkette come towards her although she almost jumped a little at the profanity.
"Sakura", Sasuke silently hissed, not wanting to start a confrontation
She gave her a small smile that was laced with mockery. "That's what all the mistresses say. Anyway, it was a shame that you had to leave so early. We could have - "
"Can't you see that he doesn't want you? He's with me, Hyuuga. Me. His fiancé. Pretty soon you'll be old news – "
Hinata shushed her, her heart beating up a bit at what she was doing to the pinkette. It felt like the real her was inside of her head. Her skin started to itch a bit when she looked into those emerald eyes.
"Look, I know this isn't a first for you, so it should be easy for you to follow directions – Speak when you are spoken too." This made Sakura's frown deepen. "What you are saying I've already heard before; 'He's in love with me' 'We are going to start a family together' and the overplayed, 'He said he loves' crap. You weren't the only woman he was with."
Sakura snapped her green orbs to the Uchiha she was holding onto, but his eyes were burning at the Hyuuga.
Hinata laughed a bit at the woman's little knowledge of the situation.
"Oh, so I guess that I'm not the only one who has been lied to, neh? See, first it was Hitomi, then Guren, soon after it was that intern from America, and then it was both Yale and Toshibana – do you want me to continue?", Hinata asked innocently.
Sakura looked back and forward between Sasuke and Hinata before she started back at the bluette. "I-It doesn't matter, that's the past! You just hate that Sasuke left you for me! That's the difference between me and those other women; I know how to get what I want, when I want it!"
Sasori could see people starting to come down the aisle, and he sighed and pulled up his hood. Not that it would have helped though.
Hinata paused at what the woman said, and just put her hands to her hips and listened to the woman rant.
"He doesn't love you! He never did! Me and Sasuke have been together since the beginning of your marriage!" Ouch.
So that picture that I had saw with Sakura in the background…
"He married you out of gain, just for his family! Other than that we would have been married! He wouldn't have even looked at your pathetic ass if it wasn't for Uchiha and Hyuuga!" Her words hurt tremendously; it hurt even worse coming from such a beautiful woman. "Sorry, Hinata, but he's mine. Get over it."
It made the bluette feel insecure more, but she didn't back down.
Hinata couldn't help but roll her eyes. "Please, if your all sprung up on him, you can have him."
"I already had him from the beginning!", Sakura yelled, making Sasuke pull her back from attacking the calm bluette. The former-Hyuuga could only just stare blankly at the two.
" If that's what you want to believe, Sakura. I don't have time for this." The bluette pulled off the ring that had been on her finger all this time, for two years. She stared at it.
It was a ring that she had come to love, but now, it was the end of the road. She wasn't going to lose her dignity over the two.
She was so sick of feeling this way that she just wanted it to end. It was hurting her so much to do this, but at this point in time Sasuke was her worst enemy.
"Here.", she tossed the ring towards him, hearing it fall on the floor but not looking at it. "I'm done. I've said it so many times before, but now I'm serious." She looked into his dark orbs, not seeing any emotion now.
"You confuse me greatly, you know. I just…you tried to have sex with me in Paris and just this morning you wanted me to come back with you to Japan… but now…" She glanced at the red-faced Haruno before looking back up at the Uchiha. "Every time I think you've changed just a bit, you prove me wrong. I tried to believe in you Sasuke, but right now I don't think that…I don't know." She sighed and turned around, walking back to Sasori, who was glaring at the Uchiha.
She just didn't know anymore. How can someone so cruel look like an Angel?
"Go to the check out, Sasori.", Hinata muttered, face blank as she proceeded to exit out the door.
But that was until she heard the pinkette once again.
"Yeah, walk away like your dumb-ass mother did!" Sasori stopped his cart and looked back at Hinata, who had suddenly stopped and turned back towards the couple.
She couldn't believe her ears. "W-What did you just say?", is what she asked as she started to charge towards the pinkette. Sakura shrugged Sasuke off and smirked at the girl.
"You heard me, bitch. What are you gonna do little-" A series of shouts rang out when Hinata managed to punch the woman in the mouth and soon the pinkette grabbed the Hyuuga's long, indigo hair.
Sasori grabbed at Hinata's waist, while Sasuke tried to pull back Sakura, but to no avail. At this point, Hinata was getting rather good hits at the woman's face, but she could feel her head injury start to bleed again. Several grocery-store workers came then, but it still didn't help either man's case.
"Hinata, stop!", Sasori had to yell to get the girl's grip off of the pinkette's hair, but still it didn't work. A whole ruckus was starting to happen as eight workers pried the two off of each other; Hinata was picked up and thrown over Sasori's shoulder, her hair wild and about a bit of blood coming down her forehead.
Sakura bruises were starting to show, but she still struggled against the Uchiha.
"You stupid bitch! I'll fucking kill you!", Sakura screamed over the noise of the workers.
"Don't you dare talk about my mother!", Hinata's scream was weakened as her tears started to come down.
"Fuck you and your mother!", Sasuke slammed Sakura against the shelves, making items fall down onto the floor noisily. Her back stung, but Sakura was a strong girl.
The bluette struggled against Sasori's tight grip, her intention to wail on the pinkette again. "Let me go! Let me go!"
"No – Hinata, calm down!" The redhead was ushered out the store by the two workers, who were more than happy to help a celebrity.
Once they were outside, he sat the girl down on the concrete, but she still tried to get in the store. He sighed in aggravation and pulled her back forcefully.
"Hinata, get in the car!", he pushed her towards the Ferrari and opened the door before pushing her again. One of the workers came and blocked the bluette's way for Sasori, who gave her a glance before running back into the store.
The worker bent down and helped the girl put back on her shoe that had come off. "Are you alright, Mrs. Uchiha ?" She gave the man a deadly glare when she heard her name.
"It's Hinata." He nodded and began to tie her shoe for her. Her head was pounding and her heart was racing from all of the adrenaline she was getting.
She felt alive and kicking, like a child on a sugar high. She still wanted to get to the beautiful woman, even though a voice in the back of her head said 'no'. How could Sakura bring that up? How did she even know about what happened to her mother?
Mother… Her mother would have told her to walk away, but Hinata let her feelings get the best of her.
The girl tore the bandage off her head and lifted her hands to her head, letting it fall into her lap. She could feel her tears soaking her sweatpants as she cried into her lap.
Her emotions were in a whirlwind, and she tried to stop them but it was so hard.
Life was so hard.
"I'm so sorry, ma'am. Are you sure you're okay?" She nodded into her lap, and felt a hand make circles on her back. She looked up slowly and looked at the worker's smiling face; it was tannish and two bright red tattoos shown vivid on his face. She looked down a bit and saw that his name-tag read, Kiba.
"T-Thank you..Kiba-san." He smiled at her.
"No problem. At the end of the day, we're all humans."
He was right.
At the end of the day, we were human.
"This is getting creepy," Ino muttered to the gothic woman, who nodded and stared blankly down at the dining room table.
Kushina skipped out the kitchen and set down bowl of Udon noodles before trotting back to the kitchen.
"I hope some fish comes out." Konan voiced her opinion, making Ino hit her head on the table.
"You're such a fatty, Konan." Apparently she didn't hear a word the blonde said. Kushina bounded into the room again and some Tempura and gave the blonde a scowl.
Ino yelped when she felt a sting come from her hand; she looked up and was met with the menacing eyes of the redhead.
"It is disgraceful for a young lady to lay her head on a table. Learn table etiquette." Ino scowled at the woman, but nodded anyway, making Kushina grin and turn back to the kitchen.
Konan smirked at the Barbie. "Mama hits hard, doesn't she?"
Ino glared at the woman. "I thought having a famous model in my house would be fun, but it's turning out to be a headache!" ,she made sure to whisper.
"Stop exaggerating. She isn't that bad." The agent muttered while she broke off a piece of the fried Tempura.
Ino nodded and sighed before putting her elbows on the table. "I hope Hinata is ready for what is to come."
"If the girl can face a drug dealer and bust out a victim, she is more than able to face the Elders."
"But they're like raging lions.", Ino commented, pointing out a crucial face. Konan thought for a moment before nodding.
"The way they tore up that other model Gaara had suggested as the spokes model of his new project - whew - , was not a pretty sight." She popped another piece of Tempura off the table. The Barbie squirmed.
"I have to leave at four in the morning, so I won't be able to see her off. God, why is my life hard!" She had two clients pending right now. Konan dropped her food and brushed off her hands.
"If you wanted me to stay over, all you had to do was ask, Ino." The woman's eyes brightened.
"Will you?"
"Of course. Hinata is my new client now; I have to make sure she gets to those meetings."
Ino gave the woman a smile. "How is being a personal assistant different from being an agent?"
Konan smirked. "You get to torture your client more as an agent."
"Your cup of tea, ah?"
"I'm a sadist, what can I say?" The two grinned quietly and pretty soon Kushina came back out with homemade scones.
"I hope you like them! I – " she whacked Ino's shoulders "tried my best! Now where is my daughter and little helper! They've been gone for such a –"
"HINATA, TALK TO ME!"
A door opened quite loudly in the front room and soon Hinata was seen running towards the basement, Sasori hot on her tail.
Both Konan and Ino stood in urgency, but Kushina stopped them from going.
"But-"
"I'll go talk to her.", Kushina passed the two and went in the bluette's direction.
Hinata closed the basement door behind her and quickly locked it.
"Hinata, let's talk!", Sasori yelled as he beat on the door.
"Go away!", she slid down the door and held her head in her hands. She didn't want to speak with anyone; she was still trying to comprehend what had happened just minutes ago.
The knocking soon stopped, and the bluette raised her head and stared out at the basement room.
She looked around the room; she was surprised to see that it wasn't the dusty room she had tried to clean. A large bed stood in front of the high, little windows, and pink-laced curtains were hung up along with a pink comforter on the bed.
No doubt that Ino had done this, just for her…
But she couldn't stand the pink right now; it reminded her of that woman, that beautiful woman…
A light tap sounded on the door along with a soothing voice. "Hinata, open the door." She froze when she heard Kushina's voice, and debated whether or not to open it.
"Now, Hinata." She stood slowly and unlocked the large latch on the door, letting the petite redhead step in.
The bluette moved and settled on the bed, facing away from Kushina. Her mind was wavering a bit, but she looked down at her phone on the bed for a minute.
She felt the bed sink a little, but still stared at her phone.
A long silence occurred then, which allowed Hinata to think.
She hadn't known that this would happen; that she would have to fight. She felt disappointed in herself, she could have handled the situation differently.
She could have walked away, but then her mother was thrown up…
The bluette was going to walk way, she had Sasori to prove it, but Sakura obviously knew something that she wasn't supposed to know. It made Hinata feel violated, more violated then how she felt in Paris even.
Her mother was a private, precious memory. For that to be tampered with, it could drive anyone into insanity.
She loved her mother, loved her to death; she was still trying to cope with her death even today. Sakura twisted it hard, very hard. Hinata felt like bashing her head in to unconscious.
She didn't hate the pinkette, but right now she felt like she did.
She could take all of the crap Sasuke put her through, even the crap that the Hyuuga Clan had put her through, but when it came to her mother, she would snap.
And that's what she had done. And she was wondering whether what she had done was the right thing to do. It was so unlike her…
"Want to tell me what happened?", Kushina questioned silently. Hinata looked back a little at her, but didn't answer.
She didn't want to tell anyone; it had hurt so much. She wouldn't under-
"Is this about this Sasuke guy?", Hinata stilled at his name. "Is he your boyfriend or something?"
More like husband… The bluette nodded anyway. Kushina sighed and made her way across the bed until she sat right beside the girl.
"I bet you're saying that I don't understand, neh? That's the exact same thing I would tell my own mother." She wrapped an arm around Hinata. "You can tell me, sweetheart. I'll understand." A few tears came to the girl's eyes as she heard the soothing tone.
Her heart was hurting a bit; it felt like this was her mother. It was as if her own mother was in Kushina's body.
Hinata leaned in closer to Kushina, laying on the woman's shoulder.
After trying to recollect her thoughts, Hinata decided to tell the red-haired woman.
"H-He cheated on me with another girl." Kushina nodded a bit and started to smooth down the girl's matted hair, a sign that told the girl to continue.
"S-Sasori and I met them in the store t-today, and I went up and confronted them.."
A silence passed as Hinata tried to figure out what else to say; she couldn't tell the woman that the pinkette had said something bad about her mother.
"No matter how bad it is, it's okay to tell me…", Kushina muttered. Hinata's heart sped up; could the woman read minds? The bluette nodded and spoke again.
"His new girlfriend insulted mother."
Kushina tutted. "Is that all? Oh, sweetheart, don't listen to what those bully say about mama; she doesn't care. They're just jealous of you, is all." She highly doubted that Sakura, an international supermodel, would be jealous of her.
"I fought her.", Hinata decided to confess the whole truth. The soothing smoothing stilled for a minute before it continued.
"You know not to fight-"
"I-I know, but I couldn't take what she had said! I-It was unnecessary and it hurt my feelings!" Kushina patted the girl's back softly.
"You don't have to fight for mama.", her voice cracked a bit, which made Hinata's eyes start to tear up again.
Those words were the exact same words her mother had said to her.
"No matter what they say about mama, just know that it doesn't change who I am. I will love you regardless and keep my head held up high, which is what you should do.." She lifted the girl's chin with her two fingers and smiled at her.
"I'm sorry, Hinata. I've made it so hard for you. I promise that things will get better, so don't stop believing okay, sweetheart?"
Her whole body was shaking as Kushina's voice became soft and light like her own. It sounded so much like her mother now that it was scary.
Hinata couldn't help how her body moved forward and grasped onto the woman like a sad child. She let her tears stain the redhead's apron because she knew that she was hers.
"Mother…", Hinata muttered to herself as she slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep on the woman.
In her dreams, she and Hanabi held their mother's hands as they both flew beyond Japan and among the stars, laughing and grinning along the way…
Sasuke and Hinata will get along eventually...even Sakura...
Was this a tear-jerker? Or am I just sensitive. I could never ever imagine losing my mother...it would hurt so much..
Just to let everyone know, I'm trying to have this fic progress in Character development; can't have Hinata whizzing around and about for no reason at all (but isn't that what she does in this chapter?) Hmmm... Am I doing a good job?
This story is not just a fic, but a life lesson. This is why it will be LONG...
I try to imagine myself in a situation and progress on that; there was a abusive marriage going on in my own family, and because I was so upset about it this fic came. I did this to help keep me calm so that I wouldn't fizz out. I just wanted to understand how someone would feel about a failing marriage, so.. this fic came. This is a story that is deeply in my heart; I write it from my heart actually. Each chapter is planned: some of them have entertainment while others are more serious. I'm expressing my emotions through this fic to you all, so I just pray that you all keep this story with you after it is done and really read into it...
I want to thank you all once again for supporting me and this story. Thanks. :)