'It's today It's today!' a childish voice in his mind told him. Sasuke decided to ignore it. He started on his way to train with Naruto and Sakura. If his wife was going to be a Hyuuga leftover, she won't be strong; therefore he had to be strong enough for the both of them. There, he just killed Itachi and already a new goal to train towards. Sasuke was proud at himself for not slacking off just because Itachi was dead. Of course he wouldn't show it to Naruto or to Sakura. He'd show no emotion. Not because he didn't want to; oh, how badly he wanted to show off, to tell Naruto all about Itachi... to agree, just once, last time before he gets married, to a date with Sakura...

But he had an image to maintain. A cold, emotionless image. And he happened to like that image... still... well, alright, not a date with Sakura. He couldn't afford that... But to update Naruto he could as hell afford. Naruto won't tell anyone. Even if he wanted to there was no one to tell.

Sasuke frowned.

'I don't think of myself as a fan girl. I have nothing in common with those girls who bother you all the time, Sasuke-kun. All I wish is to congratulate you on your defeat of your brother.' He was sure she had said that... 'All I wish is to congratulate you on your defeat of your brother.' She had no way to know.

Tsunade wouldn't have told her; nothing ever left her office unless very necessary. She wouldn't just let the word about Itachi being dead spread itself.

She must have been spying on Sasuke for quite some time, if she knew this. He hadn't spoken about it to anybody but Tsunade, he was certain. He hadn't gotten drunk since, hadn't gotten drugged, and hadn't had any pills. Not a way that he had spilled the secret to someone.

If she had started spying on him a while after he had come to Tsunade, for she had said that Tsunade had gotten worried and therefore sent her to watch him, there was no way for her to know.

She had been spying him beforehand, and he was starting to doubt she was spying for Tsunade.

He changed his path and went to see the fifth Hokage.

"I wish to speak to the Hokage." he told the guard.

"I'm sorry, but the Hokage is busy now." The guard replied. He hated it when that awful Tsunade fell asleep in her work. He never knew how to deal with it. and this was THE Uchiha... argh.

"It's an emergency. Wake her up." Sasuke replied coolly. He had no time for this. Damn it damn it damn it. "Please." He said very sarcastically.

"I'm sorry, I can't do that." Damn it. he was speaking like this to the last Uchiha... how he hated his job.

"DAMN IT!! I'll go in and wake her then, just let me in!" He said, no longer trying to keep his cool.

"I can't do that." The guard wished he could disappear now. At the moment he didn't care about this months paycheck, nor the next months, just to get away from the angry as hell Uchiha.

This was the part where Sasuke didn't give a damn about the stupid guard and went right into the office. He opened the door, found Tsunade and Jiraya making out, closed the door and knocked. The reply came automatically and when he came in, Jiraya was gone.

"Hokage-Sama, have you been sending someone to spy on me, named Ronpoa?"

"What? I haven't sent anyone after you. You said you'd come back when you'd finish your business, and I was stupid enough to let you."

"Damn it." was the reply that came from Sasuke. He was starting to think up a list of all the possible enemy's he could have, but when the list became way too long to count, he decided to drop it.

"Someone had been spying on you, admitted it, and said I sent them to watch over you?" Tsunade went over the facts for the fiftieth time "And they knew that you killed Itachi, so either they were in contact with Itachi, or they started spying on you before you killed Itachi, or they started spying on you before you came to tell me all about it. am I correct? Any more facts?" Tsunade said, yet again.

"She was cashier at the wine store." He told her.

"Wine store!? Please tell me you haven't been drinking." Tsunade said.

"I haven't. The Hyuuga's have though, and quite a bit as well. I buy them wine every day." He informed her.

"You're getting the Hyuuga's drunk?! Are you mad?! One attack on Konoha and we're gone, without the Hyuuga's. and if someone is spying on you it might mean that an attack is not that far away."

Talking about the Hyuuga's made him nervous. He glanced at the watch on his wrist. It was only 10 AM, he had time.

"Whatever. Anyway, what do I do with the girl?" he asked.

"Act normal." Tsunade said, and with a smile added "Treat her like a fangirl. Maybe she is one anyway, and has been stalking you, not spying on you."

Sasuke considered that. Maybe. But he really did need to go train now. And talk to Naruto.

Three hours later, Sasuke was practicing taijutsu with Naruto and Sakura was running. Practicing taijutso was the best time to talk. Sasuke told him everything that happened since he left to kill Itachi. Naruto listened, and interrupted every two seconds because he was a baka who couldn't understand a word Sasuke was saying. In the end the story went through by the end of the two hours. Who said only girls do girl talks with their best friends?

Naruto switched with Sakura now. Sakura was so slow in these things... she never kept up with his pace in taijutso, so he always slowed down a LOT when training with her. But he liked training with Sakura, even if it wasn't a challenge. It was sorta funny to see her swoon over him if he let her land the tiniest hit. He kinda liked it. of course he could never let her see that, his entire image would be ruined.

"Get off me, I need to go somewhere." He said. Sakura backed off, rather surprised.

"But Sasuke we still need to train..." she said, but by the time she finished he wasn't there. She sighed, and gathered Naruto to go to a restaurant. Naruto acted like it was a date. Much to her annoyance, so did the old man at the ramen bar. Grr.

Meanwhile, Sasuke was browsing through the wine store. Ronpoa wasn't there, and he didn't really give a damn about what Tsunade had said. He selected a fine brand of wine he hadn't bought them before (these were running out), paid, and sped off to the Hyuuga Manor. He wasn't late- it was only 2:00 PM. He had stopped by his house earlier, to clean up. He had two hours to wait. He went into a nearby café and waited around, ordering a bit of coffee. He looked around the restaurant and noticed Hyuuga Hinata there, sitting by herself. He went over- he had nothing better to do. And she was a Hyuuga, maybe she could help him. He knew Hinata always helped people. He wasn't especially fond of the girl, but he hadn't had anything against her. Except, of course, the fact that she was weak. He hated weak people. And the fact that she liked Naruto. He couldn't understand exactly what she saw in the boy, but either way, it wasn't his business.

"Hey." He said as he sat down beside her. Hinata looked at him, and then quickly looked away, looking for something to look at (visualize it like when she saw Neji in the prelimeries for the third part of the chuunin exam, then looked away...).

They both sat quietly for a while. Hinata was clearly not comfortable having Sasuke there. Sasuke noticed this, but didn't particularly mind. he found it slightly amusing.

'Why is he sitting here next to me?' Hinata thought 'I wish he'd go away.' But of course Hinata would never say something like that. She decided that breaking the silence would be better.

"What are you doing here?" she asked him in the quiet, polite voice of hers.

"Killing time." He told her. "I have to go to your house, as you very well know. I was early so I came by here."

"Oh..." was her reply. 'I bet he knows that he'll be marrying me. I heard the conversation he had with my father... he asked for someone useless that Hiashi can spare, and everyone knows that I'm the only Hyuuga that fits that description. I wonder... I wonder if he said that on purpose? Maybe he wants to marry me?' and she blushed.

Sasuke noticed Hinata blushing. She wasn't looking at him, or at least she tried very hard not to look at him, but he was staring at her. 'Tsk. She's blushing. I was hoping at least she wouldn't blush around me, the only girl in Konoha who isn't in my fan club. I thought she only blushed around Naruto... Tshh. What a useless Hyuuga... wait... a useless Hyuuga... oh no. oh, oh no.... damn it!!' Sasuke sighed. Hinata looked up.

"Do you have any idea who I'm marrying?" he asked her. 'Straight to the point' was the thought that crossed through both of their minds.

"No... Father didn't... he didn't speak about it. he said that... that today all the Hyuuga's will know.... But..." she said all this in her quiet tone, which Sasuke was beginning to find a bit... annoying. "But I heard your conversation... and I know father has no use in me... he considered disowning me several times in that past, and almost went through with it twice..." tears were rolling down her eyes. "It's rather obvious, that I'm the only Hyuuga that he... that he can spare. He never wanted to disown anybody else as far as I know." She finished quietly.

Something inside Sasuke wanted to stop her crying. He never liked it when girls cried. It reminded him of his mother... who'd cry... when Itachi... but he killed Itachi. And suddenly he knew, he'd kill anyone who'd make Hinata cry. Starting with Hiashi. But that would come later- he promised Neji he'd kill their family anyway. Hehe... this was the same way he felt about Sakura. He hurt anyone who ever hurt her.

"Don't cry." He ordered her, emotionless. She looked at him. She didn't dare continue crying. She must be such a burden on him... she dropped her head in shame. How could someone be so cold, so emotionless? She didn't want to marry him. She wanted to be with Naruto-kun... Naruto, her courage... her dream... it all lay with Naruto. And now her dad was going to force her to marry this Sasuke dude. Though it wasn't absolutely final and certain, since her father didn't straight-out tell her this, she knew it was true.

They sat there, like that, Hinata's face down shamefully, and Sasuke looking at her, for a while. A rather long while, actually. Hinata lost her will to start a conversation, and would have left but felt it was very impolite. Sasuke, well he was rather enjoying himself. He liked looking at people. To hell if it made them feel a little uncomfortable. Besides, this was probably going to be his wife. He could do whatever he wanted with her.

'come on Hinata... say something... say something... Naruto would have... he wouldn't have gotten into this situation... be brave... look at him, don't dodge his look like that... but... but he's so scary... No. I have to do this, I have to get over my fear... besides, he's Naruto's comrade, so how bad can he possibly be?' she thought to himself. She gulped, and looked up. She stared at him in the eye.

Sasuke was surprised.

"Sasuke-kun.. I.. we.. we're... we're late..." she said. She was right- it was 12 minutes to four.

'Shit' Sasuke thought, got up and paid for the few cups of coffee he had. Then he leisurely went towards the Hyuuga Manor. Hinata followed him. The coffee shop wasn't far from the Manor and Hinata knew where her dad was so it took them exactly five minutes to get there. Sasuke waited outside while Hinata went in. 7 minutes later he went inside. Hiashi was sitting, and in front of him sat Hinata, face down. Next to her there was another pillow. Sasuke sat down there.

"Hinata, you are now married to Uchiha Sasuke." He informed her. Sasuke couldn't see Hinata's face because it was facing the floor, but he saw tears on the ground. His heart broke. Was it this bad for her? Was he causing her so much pain? No... he couldn't...

his face stayed emotionless, though. "You are to never come back to the Hyuuga Manor again, after you leave now. You are no longer a Hyuuga, now you are a Uchiha." Hiashi said. He smiled. Finally a way to get rid of Hinata without killing her. She was a head family member and so couldn't be killed by a Hyuuga, even if it was another head family one. branch family knew very little of this, but even the head family had their seals. It was on the top of their backs. "You are allowed one last visit to your room, to pack, and then leave." He told her. Hinata ran out of the room. Sasuke left the Manor, and waited for Hinata outside.

Hinata was in shock. In a speech that lasted less than 2 minutes she had lost everything that had been important to her. How she hated her father, and he she hated Sasuke... her husband... for having to marry him. She will never be with Naruto now.

She gathered her belongings in a bag. She put in a few underclothings, a few ointments, a hairbrush, and a toothbrush. She put in a few suits.

She smiled to herself. 'I'm packing as if I'm going to a sleepover.' She thought.

She threw in a couple of her handmade tiny dolls. She has been making them since she was 4 and her mother taught her how, and she was not giving up her entire collection now.

She looked around the room to see if there was anything else that was valuable enough to take to the Uchiha Manor. Should she leave the shoebox that contained letters to Naruto, pictures of Naruto, poems about Naruto and her diary? She hesitated. She threw away the entire Naruto collection, weeping over every object, and took her diary with her. She needed at least that. She put in the framed picture of herself with Kiba-kun and Shino-kun and Kurenai sensei. She cleaned up the room, looked everywhere for anything she might need. She found nothing.

She left the Hyuuga Manor. Forever.

--- end of chapter 4 ----

Soooooo... you all asked me to bring Hinata, so now she's in, big time! Happy? :D I am! Writing her is so much fun hope you liked this chapter!!!

Ohh.. and one thing... this fanfic is SasuHina... even if at times it seems like SasuSaku, or might seem, in the near future, like NaruHina, or even NaruSaku, it isn't any of them. Just SasuHina. I'm just trying to be realistic as to what happens in the show... like after I saw today episode 98... I couldn't help but feel SASUSAKUSASUSAKUSASUSAKU buuuuuutttt... yeah :P