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You Scratch My Back, I'll Scratch Yours – Chapter Six Practice Makes Perfect
Inside the Village Square"SASUKE-KUN, WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!" Screamed Ino and Sakura as they stood beside Sasuke chair.
"What does it look like I'm doing?" He said as he rolled his eyes and pulled Hinata a little closer to his side.
Steam could be seen coming out of the two girls ears.
'What is Sasuke-kun doing!?" Ino thought angrily as she glared at Hinata.
'Does he know that Hinata is the one he's touching?' Sakura thought as she too looked at the happy couple.
'That is a stupid question! You know he knows it's her! Do something baka!' Inner Sakura yelled.
Sasuke notice how Sakura and Ino were still skeptical of Hinata and his relationship so he reached over and pulled Hinata from her seat and sat her on his lap. Her back facing the girls, Hinata allowed herself to blush. She turn redder due to embarrassment of the situation, so she laid her head between Sasuke's neck and shoulders so no one could see her surprise face. She knew that some of the teenagers outside were furious with the affectionate scene and were probably staring at them in disbelief.
'He never said that I would have to sit on his lap.' Hinata thought as she moved on him to a more comfortable position.
Sasuke grabbed her waist to stop her from moving. It felt strangely good to him, but he didn't want her to bring a "rise" on him just yet.
Pulling her body closer to his, he looked at Ino and Sakura's wide eyes.
"Do you mind? I'm in the middle of breakfast with my Hinata-chan." He stated as he kissed Hinata's forehead.
'Damn, I hope no one thinks I'm going soft because of this.' He thought as the two girls held on to each other so they wouldn't faint from the shock.
"Sasuke-kun just kissed Hinata's forehead, Ino." Sakura whispered.
"This has to be a nightmare." Ino stated as she let go of Sakura.
The two girls glared at Hinata's back as they tried to grab her away from Sasuke.
Just as their fingers were about to touch Hinata's arm, a hand holding a kunai came out and was about to sever their fingers if the two girls didn't move them away quickly enough.
Looking at the hand, their gaze traveled up the arm, to the shoulder and on the face of their beloved Sasuke-kun.
"What do you think you're doing?" He said angrily as he glared at the two.
"Sasuke-kun." Sakura said in surprise.
'He could have cut off my fingers!' Sakura thought as the kunai was still clinched in his hands.
'What the hell!? Why did he do that!?' Ino thought as she gazed into Sasuke's angry eyes.
"Don't tough her!" He said through clinched teeth.
"Sasuke-kun." Said Ino and Sakura quietly as they were still surprised that their Sasuke-kun would hurt them to protect Hinata.
The girls stood there, refusing to leave. Hinata felt uncomfortable with them their, but she knew she had to act like a girlfriend to make them leave Sasuke alone.
She lifted her head away from Sasuke's shoulder and softly touched Sasuke's cheek. His eyes locked with hers for a few seconds.
"Sasuke-kun, are you still hungry?" Hinata asked sweetly as she pointed to their half eaten breakfast.
He looked at their plate and sighed.
"I don't feel hungry anymore all of a sudden. Are you?" He asked as he rubbed Hinata's left arm since her right side lay on his chest.
"No. I'm filled." Hinata said as she tried to get off of Sasuke's lap, but Sasuke pulled her back down.
"Are you sure, you only at a piece of toast." He said as he gave her a worried look.
She smiled and rubbed her cheek against his.
"You worry about me too much, Sasuke-kun. I'm full, really." Hinata exclaimed.
Sasuke was surprised at Hinata's show of affection.
'We didn't see anyone else rubbing their cheeks against each other…good job, Hinata-chan." He thought as he grinned.
Sakura and Ino were fuming with all the attention Hinata was getting from Sasuke.
'How is it that Sasuke is so mean to me, his teammate, and so sweet to her!?' Inner Sakura yelled in frustration.
'Sasuke-kun, why are you doing this?' Ino thought as she continued to look at the couple in their private moment.
"WHAT IN THE WORLD IS HAPPENING AROUND HERE!?" Naruto yelled from the crowd.
He finally reached the window and stopped short. There he saw Hinata on Sasuke's lap!
"WHAT THE HELL!" He yelled as he ran inside the café and stood in-between Ino and Sakura.
"Hinata-chan, what are you doing?" Naruto asked as he looked as Hinata's back.
She got up from Sasuke's lap and sat back on her seat.
"I'm just enjoying my time together with Sasuke-kun." She said as she glanced at Sasuke and blushed a little.
While the three were looking, Sasuke moved his head towards Hinata's and kissed her softly on the lips. It was sweet, delicate and strangely affectionate for a fake relationship kiss.
'My first kiss.' Hinata thought as she closed her eyes.
'…Nice.' Sasuke thought as he too closed his eyes.
The couple was blushing as they finally parted. They turn their eyes towards the three to notice that they weren't there.
"Where are they?" Hinata asked as she glanced around the café.
Sasuke looked towards the floor when he felt something kick him. There on the ground laid Sakura, Naruto and Ino, twitching from the shock of seeing him and Hinata kiss.
"They're on the ground." Sasuke said as he raised his hand towards the waiter so that he could pay for breakfast.
After paying, Sasuke grabbed Hinata's hand and helped her off her chair. The girls outside the window were in awe of how much of a gentleman Sasuke was to Hinata.
They both stepped over the three bodies and began to leave the door.
Once outside, they headed towards Sasuke's house.
Hinata expected Sasuke's fan girls to surround them and ask them if they were truly together, only to notice that no one bothered them at all. She glances to the side and saw the girls looking lost and sad as though their world were coming to an end.
'They aren't going to even try to get Sasuke back?' Hinata thought as she walked away from the Village Square.
Sasuke looked at Hinata and saw her confused face. Stopping next to a fountain, he grabbed Hinata's chin and made her look into his eyes.
"What's wrong, Hinata-chan?" He asked as he let go of her chin.
"Why didn't they bombard us with questions and lash out at me with anger?" Hinata asked.
He grinned and looked back at the café to see his fan girls walking home with a sluggish pace.
"It's because they know they don't stand a chance against you." He said happily.
"Why is that?" She asked.
"You are different to them, Hinata. You see, all of my fan girls are vocal, vain, temperamental and maybe a little crazy. You are none of those." He said as he began to walk once again.
"What does that have to do with anything?" Hinata asked as she ran to catch up to Sasuke.
He looked at her in the corner of his eyes and smiled a small smile.
"They are use to competing with one another. They never face an opponent like you. They know that they can't get you angry, so insults wont work. They also know that you don't care about your looks so they wont comment on your appearance, of course to me, you look way better then all of them." Sasuke explained as he glanced at her from the corner of his eyes.
Hinata blushed at Sasuke's compliment.
'Sasuke-kun is sure proving to be a completely different guy then I thought him to be.' She thought as she walked besides him.
She stood closer to him and looped her arm into his.
Sasuke raised an eyebrow at this, but didn't take his arm away from her.
"You also are too nice, so they probably don't want to hurt your feelings. I told you this before, you have no known enemy." He said as he put one of his hands in his pocket.
The quiet walk was actually comfortable to the two that is until a few annoying voices broke the silence.
"SASUKE-KUN!" Yelled the pink and blond haired girls.
"SASUKE BASTARD!" Naruto yelled as he ran behind the two girls.
"Naruto baka, don't you call Sasuke-kun that!" Yelled Sakura as she punched Naruto behind the head.
Leaving Naruto on the ground, Sakura and Ino ran the rest of the way towards the couple.
"Sasuke-kun…why?" Ino asked.
Sasuke and Hinata looked at each other in confusion.
"Why what, Ino-chan?" Asked Hinata.
Ino glared at her and ignored her question. She continued to stare at Sasuke, only to see that he was confused.
"Answer her question, Ino." Sasuke said as he glared at her.
"Why…why her." Sakura finished for Ino.
Hinata looked towards Sakura, but Sakura wouldn't meet her eyes.
Naruto finally got up from off the ground and walked towards the group. When he got there, he was surprised at what Sakura said.
'What does she mean, "why her?" She should be asking Hinata why she choose that cold hearted bastard.' Naruto thought as he glared at Sasuke.
"Why shouldn't I choose her, Sakura?" He said as he tightens his arm on Hinata.
Sakura finally looked at Hinata with disgust on her face.
"She isn't good enough for you!" She yelled out.
Ino and Naruto looked at Sakura with wide eyes.
Sasuke glared at her harder when he saw how Hinata's face saddens.
"What the hell are you talking about, Sakura." He said calmly.
She ran towards Sasuke and pushed Hinata away from his side.
"Ouch!" Hinata whimpered as she was pushed towards the ground harshly.
Ino and Naruto helped Hinata up as they looked at Sakura with astonished eyes.
'That was pretty low, even for you Sakura.' Ino thought.
Ino and Naruto took out their handkerchiefs and tried to clean up Hinata's cuts on her arms and legs.
Naruto looked up at Sakura with and frown.
"I'm surprised at you, Sakura-chan." Naruto said disapprovingly.
'This can't be the same Sakura I know.' Naruto thought.
"Shut up, Naruto!" She said as she wrapped her arms around Sasuke's neck.
"Sasuke-kun, I'm much better for you then her! I'm smart, pretty, sweet and very loving. Are you trying to get me jealous? You don't have to use her to do that, Sasuke-kun. You don't need a second best. You can have me." She said as she rubbed her cheek against Sasuke's.
The feeling of Sakura's cheek rubbing against his didn't feel nice at all. When Hinata did it, it felt genuine and pleasant, not uncomfortable like Sakura was.
Naruto looked up from Hinata's cut to stare at Sakura.
'Why is she putting Hinata-chan down? Hinata-chan has been nothing but nice to her.' Naruto thought as he continued to clean a few of Hinata's cuts.
As he looked at Hinata's face, he couldn't help but notice how pretty she was. She radiated innocents and sweetness from every pore of her body.
'What am I thinking. It's Hinata-chan for god sake.' Naruto thought as he shook his head.
Sakura hugged herself tighter to Sasuke.
"Sasuke-kun, it's not to late! You can leave her now and I'll forgive you. I know that she probably tricked you to be with her. She probably used those herbs thing to hypnotize you or something! I knew she was weird! She probably creates weird potions to cover for the fact that she is such a bad fighter! No wonder her family thinks so lowly of her! She has no class at all!" Sakura said as she tried to get even closer to Sasuke.
Sasuke was barely listening to her. He just kept on looking at Hinata as her wounds continued to bleed. He watched Naruto wrap a cloth over the cut on her right thigh as Hinata blush at his close contact. He could feel a foreign feeling raise up in him. A feeling he never thought he would ever feel, jealousy. He was jealous because Naruto was touching Hinata, but he also felt anger towards Sakura for hurting and insulting Hinata.
'It looks like Sakura is the only one in the village who wouldn't mind hurting Hinata.' Sasuke thought angrily.
When he heard Sakura demean Hinata and saw how Hinata was affected by her words, he just lost it.
"DON''T TOUCH ME SAKURA!" He yelled as he pushed her away from him.
She fell on the ground, but not as harshly as Hinata. Sakura was shocked that Sasuke would push her so forcefully.
"But Sasuke-kun." She said sweetly.
He couldn't stand that voice of hers. It was a false sense of sweet. He walked towards Hinata grabbed her gently away from Naruto and Ino.
He lifted her up, bridal style and stood up straight. He kissed Hinata once again on the lips.
Naruto looked up at them from his position on the ground. He felt jealousy course through his veins when he saw Sasuke lift Hinata up in his arms. He got even more jealous when he saw Sasuke kiss Hinata.
'What the hell is wrong with me!? Why am I so jealous of him today?' Naruto thought as she glared at Sasuke.
He saw Sasuke walk towards Sakura, while still holding Hinata.
Sasuke glared down at her as he held Hinata tighter to his chest. Hinata let her head fall on Sasuke's shoulder as she felt tired from the today's ordeal.
"Don't you ever touch Hinata ever again, and if you do then I'll make it my personal mission to dispose you from this world. Do you understand me, Sakura?" He said sternly.
"But Sasuke-kun-" She was cut of by Sasuke.
"Don't say anything else, Sakura! All the things you said are untrue and you know it. If anything, you are the low class fighter. Your family should be treating you like shit, not Hinata! And for your information, you aren't pretty, sweet or loving. The only thing you are is smart, but you aren't today!" He yelled as he walked pass her.
"She is a million times stronger then you, Sakura. Not only that, but she works hard on her herbs to help heal her teammates and friends, which is more then I can say about you!" Sasuke said as he carried Hinata away from the three most annoying people in the world.
Sakura sat there on the ground, shocked at what her Sasuke-kun said to her. Inner Sakura was silent as well, but not because of what Sasuke said, but by what Sakura did.
'Next time you feel like opening that mouth of yours, run everything by me first.' Inner Sakura said.
'Shut up!' Sakura thought.
The three of them watch Sasuke and Hinata's walk off in the distance. As their silhouette disappear, Ino and Naruto glared at Sakura.
"Why did Sasuke-kun push me like that?" Sakura asked as she got up from the ground and dusted herself off.
"Why? What do you mean why!?" Ino and Naruto said loudly.
Sakura looked at them surprised that they would raise their voices at her.
"Why are you yelling at me?" She said as she saw how mad they were at her, especially Naruto.
"You can't be that dumb, Sakura. You had no right to treat Hinata-chan that way." Said Naruto as he turns his back on her.
Sakura looked surprise that Naruto was without his hyperactive attitude. He even said her name without the chan.
"I didn't mean it, but it wasn't that bad." Sakura said as she turns her gaze at the floor.
Ino walked up to her and slapped her on the face.
"Not that bad!? Are you serious!? Didn't you see Hinata's face!? You hurt her feelings, Sakura! You reminded her about her unloving family! You know how she feels about herself! How could you!? I don't like this predicament either, but I would never hurt Hinata the way you did!" Screamed Ino.
Sakura just stood there feeling guilty. She didn't mean to say all those things, but she was just so angry that Sasuke was with someone.
"Sorry." She said as she rubbed her bruised cheek.
"I'm not the one you should be apologizing to." Ino replied.
Sakura stared at Naruto's back. He was awfully quiet. She didn't like it.
"Naruto-kun?" She whispered.
"What?" He said.
"Do you dislike me now?" She asked.
He began to walk away as he put his hands in his pocket.
"Man, I'm hungry. I'm going to get some ramen." He said as he too, disappeared.
Ino and Sakura stared at the empty spot the Naruto once occupied, not understanding his odd behavior.
Sakura looked to the ground in sadness.
'He didn't answer my question.' She thought.
Outside Sasuke's Apartment
Sasuke couldn't open his front door since he still held Hinata in his arms. Hinata looked up at Sasuke's face and giggled.
"You can put me down, Sasuke-kun." She said as she tried to leave his arms, but he wouldn't allow her to.
"You're hurt." He said.
"I only have a few cuts." She said as she once again tried to leave Sasuke's arms.
"It's a few deep cuts, Hinata-chan. You must have fell on some pointed rocks." He said as he held Hinata tighter.
"Hinata-chan put your hand into my front pocket and get my keys." He said softly.
They both blushed as she stuck her hand in his pocket. After getting the keys, she opens the door to allow Sasuke to enter. Entering his living room, Sasuke gently put Hinata down on the couch as he walked back towards his door and locked it.
Returning back to her, he notices that the cut Naruto cleaned was bleeding again. He picked her up and began walking.
"What are you doing, Sasuke-kun?" Asked Hinata as watched him bring her towards the back of the house.
"I'm going to take care of your cuts." He said as he continued walking.
When he finally reached his bathroom, he sat her down on the counter and began looking for bandages and towels under his sink. Finally finding all of the items he needed, he began to take care of Hinata.
He turns on the sink and ran some cool water over a small hand towel. He let the sink fill up half way before he turned it off.
Facing Hinata, he lifted her skirt a little higher up on her thigh so that he could take off the cloth that Naruto recently put on. Hinata blushed a little, but didn't protest as Sasuke started rubbing the blood away form her cut on her inner thigh.
'It's soft.' He thought as he continued to clean her.
Sasuke was blushing, but his head was turn down. His bangs covered his face so Hinata couldn't she his face.
Lifting her thigh a little with one hand, he began to wrap it with a white bandage until the wound was covered completely. His fingers lingered a little, but they both didn't say anything about it. Sasuke then started to clean her other cuts in the same fashion.
They both were quiet as Sasuke took care of Hinata. Hinata was surprised that Sasuke could be so gentle with her. She smiled as she looked at the top of Sasuke's head, seeing his hair move to and fro with each move he made. She didn't know why, but she wanted to run her hands through it, but of course she stopped herself before she did.
"There, good as new." He said as he lifted her off the counter and let her feet touch the floor.
"Thank you, Sasuke-kun." She said as she gave him a little kiss on the cheek.
As she was about to leave the bathroom, Sasuke grabbed her wrist and pushed her in front of him. She was trapped between the sink and Sasuke.
"Are you okay? You know that all the things Sakura said are untrue, right?" He asked.
She smiled at him and nodded.
"I know. I was just shocked at first, but I know that she didn't mean it. She was just heartbroken." She said as she looked into his eyes.
Sasuke smiled at her.
"That's what I…like about you. You don't hold grudges. You're very forgiving." He said as he stared into her pearl eyes.
She nodded in agreement.
"Did you see how Naruto-kun was acting? I think this plan is working, don't you?" She asked.
'Yes, this plan is working very well, too well if I do say so myself.' He said as he frowned while he nodded.
Hinata saw him frown, but didn't say anything about it.
Sasuke didn't like how Naruto was touching her. He was too touchy feely for his taste.
'He was too close to Hinata then needed be.' He thought.
"You know, Sasuke-kun, you should apologies to her for what you said. She might be a little depress due to your words." Hinata said.
He sighed as he held Hinata's hand and started to walk back towards the living room.
"She needs to hear it for her own good, Hinata-chan or she wont learn from it." He said as he sat down on the couch.
Hinata sat beside him and folder her hands in her lap. She began to think about what happen a few hours ago and blushed in embarrassment.
"Um, Sasuke-kun, about me rubbing my cheek against you…well, I hope you don't mind that I did that." She said as she stared at her hands.
He grinned at her blush.
"It was perfect, Hinata-chan. It made us look more believable as a couple." He said as he continues to look at her.
She looked up at him and smiled.
"There is one thing though, Hinata-chan." He said as he looked away from her.
"What is that, Sasuke-kun?" She asked in wonderment.
"You almost gave us away when I held you in my lap…I think we…I think we need to practice on that." He said calmly.
Her eyes widen, but then she got up from the couch and sat on Sasuke's lap, much to Sasuke's surprise.
"Well, I guess we should practice now since no one is around." She said as she looked at her hands.
He smiled as he wrapped his arms around her waist.
"We also need to practice on kissing, since I know you haven't had any practice on it." He said as he looked at her lips.
"Um…okay." She said as she lean in to kiss him.
They both melted at the kiss. It was breathtaking and erotic, something twelve year olds like them shouldn't be doing. It made them feel unbelievable.
When they both parted lips, they were out of breath.
"That was very good. It probably looks real enough to others. This is very good practice." Stated Sasuke as he continued to stare at Hinata's lips.
"Yeah, good practice." She said as she too stared at Sasuke's lips.
Sasuke tighten his hold on her waist as one of his hands held her on the back of her head and directed her head towards his lip. They practice kissing once again. The hand that held her head left to rub her thigh. Hinata gasp in surprise and Sasuke used this opportunity to slip his tongue into her mouth.
The new experience shot electricity into them. She ran her hands through his raven hair as they kissed
Their tongues duel for a while before they needed to breath again.
"What was that, Sasuke-kun?" Hinata asked, as she could still taste Sasuke in her mouth.
'He taste like chocolate and mint.' She thought.
"I saw a few of the guys doing it to their girlfriend so I decide to do it for practice. You learn quickly, Hinata-chan." He said while he grinned.
'She taste like vanilla and strawberries.' He thought.
"Ar- are we going to be doing that a lot in public?" She asked as she tried to get comfortable on his lap.
"Yes. We have to practice more to get it just right." He said as he lifted her face to his and began to kiss her once again.
Inside the Ichiraku Ramen Bar
Naruto was on his fifth bowl of miso ramen, yet the weird feeling in his stomach still hasn't gone away.
'Why isn't the empty feeling going away?' Thought Naruto as he stopped eating.
He pushed the bowl away as he folded his arms on the counter. He laid his head on his arms as he began to remember what happen in the morning. He couldn't get rid of the image of Sasuke and Hinata out of his head. They looked unnatural to him.
'Why Sasuke of all people?' He thought, as he couldn't get the nagging feeling away from him.
He sat up and paid for his ramen. He left to go on a walk.
'Maybe I'll feel better once I have a good spar with Sasuke bastard.' He thought as he headed for Sasuke's apartment.
Note: There are a few things that I would like for all of you to know. Below will state my mistakes and added information on this fic.
-My first mistake is the rice balls. I thought that they took little time to be made. My mistake. I could have sworn I read that somewhere. Thank you, Angelmaster for telling me this.
-My typos. I try my best to get rid of all the bad grammar, but some do slip in once in a while.
-This fic is a Sasu/Hina fic, not a Sasu/Saku and Naru/Hina. Come on people, there are too many of those out there. Change is good! Also, Naruto and Sakura aren't dating. They where just eating as friends in my other chapter.
-Is Neji a mind reader? …I don't know. He does seem like one, doesn't he? Lets just say that he has ESP, however, if he was a mind reader, he should know that I have the biggest crush on him. He would also know that I'm walking behind him with a rope and handcuffs. Neji…handcuff...bed…naked…yum!
-The koi thing. I read that in one fic (example, Sasuke-koi and Naruto-koi) that was yaoi and I thought that people used that. My mistake. I actually wasn't going to use that. Thank you, Kat for bringing this to my attention.
-Um, yuki19, what does ganbate mean? If anyone knows, please tell me.
-Lastly, to my reviewer, Ah-Choo, I didn't make Neji gay in this fic. He is my favorite character! I would never make him gay, especially if it is a fic that I have typed with my own two hands. I'll die first before I make my Neji-kun gay. Sorry that I didn't make it more clear in the fic. Maybe I should give him a girlfriend…yeah right! Hands off him bitches!
He He He…excuse my language.
P.S. I don't really like Sakura that much. I know that I made her seem mean in here but hey; it is needed for the plot. Anyway, you Sakura fans don't flame me because you don't like how I portray her in here. She needs to act like that in here. Don't flame me just because you like her and feel that you need to defend her. It's just a fic people! Anyway, remember, I hate flames.
Thanks for the reviews everyone! Keep them coming! Bye bye!