A Possible Future by Jason Corley
Chapter Two
A young Hinata runs into the Uchiha manor. She didn't want to be at home because he father was mad at her for not being good enough. Hinata is looking around the place where no one goes anymore. The place while unused still looked somewhat neat like someone was keeping up the place. As she walked along she felt like she was being watched. She spun around and didn't see anyone so she activated her Byakugan and looked again. This time she saw the chakra of a person standing behind a corner.
"Who...Who's there?" Hinata questioned the person she knew was there.
Sasuke steps out from behind the building and stares at Hinata.
Hinata could feel Sasuke's stare boring into her. She tried to lock eyes with him but couldn't. She wanted to run but couldn't bring herself to.
"Come inside." Sasuke said in a cold voice and walked into one of the houses.
Hinata followed having been given what sounded like an order. And since she was accustomed to doing what she was told she did exactly what Sasuke told her.
When she stepped inside into the warmth of the house she shivered not realizing just how cold it had been out side. Once inside she noticed Sasuke had sat down at a table and was eating rice. When Hinata didn't move Sasuke got up and grabbed a bowl then sat back down. He then poured some rice into the bowl and set it across the table from him. He then resumed eating his bowl. Hinata looked at the bowl of rice and her stomach made itself present by growling at her. A blush came across her face from the embarrassment. Hinata saw a grin creep onto Sasuke's face. He then focused back on his bowl of rice. Hinata walked over to the table and sat down.
"Thank you for the food." Hinata said and then started eating. Hinata saw a smile on Sasuke's face and she smiled herself thinking this could be the beginning of a friendship.
After receiving a lecture on how useless she was from her father, Hinata once again returned to the Uchiha manor. She didn't get the feeling of being watched this time and she was a bit worried that this time she might really be alone. Even though she had only been here that one time when Sasuke was, she expected him to be here. She walked to the house that she and Sasuke had eaten rice in. She knocked on the door and waited. She waited a long time and felt it would be rude to knock again so she continued to wait. The young Hinata continued to stand there waiting for the door to open where she could see who she thought could be a friend.
After an hour Hinata still remained standing at the door. During this time some clouds had moved in and it now started to rain. Hinata turned to look out into the rain and was grateful for the overhang she was under. She decided that she would stay until the rain died down. While waiting for the rain to stop she sat down, tired of standing for so long. The rain didn't stop, in fact it only rained harder. A gentle breeze started blowing, bringing with it a cold chill to Hinata. She thought about going inside but decided that would be rude. After a while of still waiting Hinata saw a figure approaching. She stood up and waited. She saw Sasuke staggering forward. She didn't know what could have happened. When Sasuke got closer she saw that Sasuke had a black eye and had multiple bruises. He also held his side and walked with a visible limp. Hinata couldn't say or do anything except stand in awe at her friend who had been badly beaten but continued to move on his own instead of waiting for help. Sasuke walked past Hinata without saying a word and slid the door open. He disappeared inside leaving the door open.
Hinata felt this was the closest she was going to get to an invitation to come inside so she stepped inside and slid the door closed. Hinata stayed standing at the entrance not wanting to intrude anymore than she felt she was. Hinata saw Sasuke stumbling from one room to another, this time carrying a white container. Hinata followed him and peeked around the door. Sasuke was in the bathroom and when he opened the container Hinata could see it was a first aid kit. Sasuke slowly pulled off his shirt showing he had numerous bruises on his back. Hinata gasped and put her hand over her mouth. Sasuke didn't seem to notice or care if he did. Sasuke started applying the appropriate aid to his multiple injuries. After Sasuke finished he put his shirt back on and walked out of the bathroom without saying a word to Hinata. He then walked to a room and got in the bed. Hinata followed Sasuke and stood outside the room with an indecisive expression. Sasuke rolled over and saw that Hinata was still there. He stared at her and she started to fidget some. Sasuke saw that Hinata would look from him to the door to the window where she could see that the rain was pouring down. She would then look back to Sasuke. Hinata then saw Sasuke roll over like he was ignoring her. She was getting ready to leave when she saw Sasuke pull the covers back on the bed showing that there was room in the bed. Hinata smiled and almost ran to the bed. She could have bounded into the bed she was so happy. Hinata had decided that while Sasuke didn't say much and he seemed mean he was actually a very nice and caring person. Hinata pulled the covers over her and was soon asleep.
Hinata awoke in the night to Sasuke screaming like she had never heard anyone scream before. It was a terrifying scream and it was scaring Hinata. Hinata looked to see what Sasuke was looking at but it was only the wall. Hinata looked back to her friend who finally stopped scream and curled into a ball and started crying. Hinata had only seen boys cry when they were beaten. She had never seen one cry for any other reason. Hinata thought that the beating that Sasuke received must have been worse than he made it seem. She didn't understand at that age what had happened to Sasuke's family and she didn't understand the nightmares that plagued Sasuke's mind. Eventually Sasuke stopped crying and fell back asleep. Hinata noticed that the rain had stopped and was going to leave but remembered he father telling her never to go out at night alone. So she laid her head back down on the pillow and went back to sleep.
That morning Sasuke and Hinata had potatoes for breakfast. Hinata had never had potatoes for breakfast and thought it odd but she didn't want to say anything. After eating Sasuke got up to leave. Hinata quickly followed. She felt it was too early to leave to go to class but she followed Sasuke anyway. They walked to what looked like a training ground. But Hinata knew that they weren't anywhere near the academy. She felt that they were still inside the Uchiha manor. Sasuke walked over to the targets and removed the throwing starts and kunais. He then started practicing throwing. Hinata watched as Sasuke trained all morning until it was time to leave for the academy.
They walked to class together and when they got there the teacher grabbed Hinata and said "Where have you been. You father had everyone looking for you last night."
Hinata felt happy that her father was worried about her enough to have everyone looking for her but from the look in the teachers eyes she felt that she was in big trouble.
"I...I..." Hinata tried to answer.
"Well, where were you?" The teacher asked impatiently a little irratated that he had to stay up all night because of her. And not only himself but every Chuunin and Jounin. And here she was acting like nothing had happened.
"She was with me." Sasuke answered.
The teacher looked irratatedly at Sasuke. "Both of you come with me." The teacher instructed.
They sat in an office for a few minutes and soon Hinata's father walked in. He looked very angry.
"Please excuse us." Hiashi said.
After the teacher left it was only Sasuke, Hinata, and her father left in the room.
"Just what were you doing with the Uchiha last night?" Hiashi demanded to know.
"I...I...I..." Hinata was unable to form an answer.
"It was my idea." Sasuke said.
"You may answer when I have asked you a question." Hiashi said glaring at Sasuke.
Sasuke stared back with cold hard eyes.
Hiashi started to get irratated at this Uchiha who defied him.
"And just what, was your idea." Hiashi asked.
"For Hinata to sleep with me." Sasuke replied not knowing the double meaning to what he had just said.
Hiashi punched at Sasuke faster than Sasuke had ever seen a punch thrown. Sasuke didn't have time to react at all.
Sasuke opened his eyes to see Hinata pushing against her father crying. Sasuke's vision was blurry and his ears were ringing. All Sasuke could make out was when Hiashi said "You are never to be friends with the Uchiha." Hinata looked up, shock written on her face. She knew that if this was the only way to save her friend then she had to stop being his friend. She let he head dropped in acceptance and resumed crying. Hiashi turned to walk out of the room with Hinata following him. Neither Sasuke or Hinata said anything to each other after that.
After that Hinata and Sasuke never interacted with each other. Over the next few months Hinata notice that Sasuke would come to class with a light sweat most of the time. And Sasuke would do the best in class. All the girls started following him around. At least until he entered the Uchiha manor. Everyone was afraid to enter that part of the village. At least the kids were. Every now and then Sasuke would come to class with fresh bruises and she would wonder why Sasuke was always being beaten up. So one day she followed Sasuke's fan girls who followed him. She and the other girls watched as Sasuke walked up to a local gang of older ninja academy drop outs. She couldn't hear what was said. All she could see was Sasuke shake his head and then the gang of drop out ninjas attacked him at once. Sasuke fought back as best he could but in the end was still beaten up. Then the gang noticed the fan girls and took a few steps towards them and they all took off. Except Hinata who hid and activated her Byakugan so she could see what was going to happen to her friend. She saw one of the gang members pick up who she knew was Sasuke and then helped him to the edge of where there territory was. She then saw one of the others toss Sasuke what looked like a piece of bread. Sasuke gladly started eating it as he staggered in the direction of the Uchiha manor.
Hinata decided to follow even though she agreed to her father's demand for her not to be Sasuke's friend. She only did it so he would stop beating Sasuke. She thought he was going to kill Sasuke. Hinata followed Sasuke to the back of the Uchiha manor where they had their own training ground. Hinata then watched as Sasuke trained. She continued to watch but when she noticed that the sun was setting she remembered that she had to be home before dark. As Hinata left she could still hear the sound of Sasuke training.
Hinata admired Sasuke's willingness to work hard. He was the best because the worked the hardest. And as the months went on more and more girls started following him. The amount of training Sasuke did wasn't hurting his figure much either. Sasuke continued to excel in all exercises in class. Many of the boys in the class didn't like Sasuke because of how good he was. Esspessially Naruto. Naruto would do everything he could to give Sasuke a hard time. Sasuke always ignored him. Sasuke always ignored everyone including her. Hinata would still notice Sasuke had a light sweat every morning. She assumed it was from his training every morning. Again Hinata followed along with Sasuke's fan girls. Sasuke once again went up to a local gang of ninja drop outs. They talked some and Sasuke didn't flinch an inch when one of them tossed a kunai at him. The kunai missed and Sasuke just stood there. Sasuke said a something short that the fan girls and Hinata could not hear and then the gang attacked. Sasuke dodged each and every attack. Hinata thought that it seemed as if Sasuke purposely provoked them into attacking him so he could get a workout. Sasuke would perform his attacks every so often but he mainly let the gang continue to attack. After awhile the gang members were panting for breath and Sasuke just stood there. The leader of the gang said something and Sasuke walked off. He had a look of both pride and frustration. All the fan girls stood there drooling as Sasuke walked off. Hinata decided to follow Sasuke again. This time Sasuke walked to the part of the village that very few people frequented because it was common knowledge that this is where the rough ninjas hung out. Hinata followed Sasuke deeper into what she felt was a bad place to be alone. She saw from the forehead protector that most of the people were Genins. Sasuke turned down an alley. Hinata hurried a little so she wouldn't loose site of Sasuke. When she turned the corner Sasuke was standing right there. This startled Hinata a bit.
"Why are you following me?" Sasuke asked.
"I...I..." Hinata stuttered and started fidgeting her hands which she always did now since that time Sasuke stared at her so intently.
"You know you aren't suppose to be hanging around me." Sasuke said in a cold voice.
Hinata wasn't as sure anymore about Sasuke being nice. He was always cold to everyone.
"I...was worried." Hinata said finally.
Sasuke sighed and said "Let's go." then started walking away.
Hinata followed as instructed. She stopped when she saw that Sasuke wasn't moving anymore.
"What have we here? Are the two of you on a date?" Mocked a man who appeared to be a Genin.
Hinata moved closer to Sasuke. Sasuke stared at he man without saying a word.
"Are the two of you so scared you cant speak?" The man said and then started laughing.
Sasuke grinned and kicked the man. The man doubled over and Sasuke kneed him in the face. The man fell over backwards and then Sasuke heard Hinata scream. The other man had a knife to Hinata's throat. Sasuke paused not knowing the best thing to do. Sasuke was then knocked back from a kick from the first guy.
"What do you want to do with them?" Asked the one holding Hinata.
"Well lets kick the shit out of this one. And then we can take our time with her." The first one replied.
"Let her go. I'll do whatever you want. Just let her go." Sasuke pleaded.
The first one kicked Sasuke again. "If you don't give us any trouble we will let her go." the man said.
"Do you promise?" Sasuke asked.
"Of course. We are Genins after all." The man said and grinned.
Sasuke nodded.
The man who had hold of Hinata threw her to the side and joined his comrade in beating Sasuke. Hinata couldn't do anything but stand there as they beat Sasuke more than her father had. Once the two Genins had enough of there fun beating up Sasuke they decided they would turn have there fun with Hinata. As they started to approach Hinata, Sasuke coughed out some blood and said "You promised you would leave her alone."
"No we didn't. We promised we would let her go. And we will. After we've had our fun." Said the first man.
Then they turned back to Hinata. Hinata saw the second man reaching out towards her and then she saw the tip of a kunai appear from under the skin of his neck. It then disappeared back into his skin and blood shot out of his neck. The man grabbed at his throat and fell to the ground. The other man jumped out of the way before he could be attacked. But when he landed down at the other end of the alleyway, he and Hinata both heard Sasuke say "Katon." Which was followed by a large fireball directed in the direction of the first Genin. He was unprepared for this and was engulfed in the flames. When Sasuke ran out of breath a trail of smoke was left coming out of his mouth. When Sasuke saw that all that was left of the Genin was the charred remains of a body he let himself finally succumb to the beating he had received. Sasuke passed out and fell to the ground. Hinata ran over to Sasuke. She tried to move him but she couldn't. She was too weak to move him. Hinata ran out into the street and started screaming for help. A Chuunin happened to be passing by and ran to help Hinata. When he got there he picked up Sasuke told a couple of the Genins that he knew to inform the hokage. He also told one of them to carry Hinata while he carried Sasuke. They proceeded to the hospital where Sasuke received medical treatment. Hinata was unharmed. The bodies of the two Genin were brought to the hospital also but nothing could be done for them.
Hinata was taken home by one of her relatives. When she told her father everything that happened, he did not scold her. While he did not openly show concern for her, he did care. And he was thankful that Sasuke saved his daughter but Sasuke was the reason she was in that situation so he felt no real gratitude towards the Uchiha.
"Do not hang around the Uchiha anymore. Trouble follows him." Hiashi said and left the room.
Hinata was too disturbed by what had happened to be phased by what her father said.
The next day at the academy Hinata heard Sasuke's fan girls talking.
"I heard that Sasuke was injured when fighting some enemy ninjas." Sakura
"Yeah. And that two others were killed." Ino
"Yeah. For Sasuke to survive means that Sasuke is really good." Sakura
"He's so cool." Both Ino and Sakura said.
Hinata knew better. She knew that it was Sasuke who killed those two. And she saw something in his eyes when he did. It looked like satisfaction.
"Sasuke. Why did you go to that part of the village with Hinata?" the 4th hokage asked.
"I didn't go with her. We're not allowed to be friends." Sasuke replied.
"Then why was she with you?" The 4th asked.
"She followed me." Sasuke replied locking his eyes with the hokage.
"Why?" Asked the hokage
"She said she was worried." Sasuke answered.
"Why did you kill them?" Asked the Hokage in a serious tone.
"To save Hinata." Sasuke said.
"They only beat you. Hinata is a ninja student also. Shouldn't she be able to take a beating also." Asked the Hokage trying to see what the real reason was.
"She's a girl." Sasuke said.
"She's training to be a ninja. Did you think they were going to do more then just beat her?" Asked the Hokage.
"I don't know." Sasuke answered.
"Then why?" Continued the Hokage
"Because I didn't want her to get hurt." Sasuke answered
"But why?" The Hokage asked letting himself sound angry.
"Because I like Hinata!" Sasuke yelled at the Hokage and had a fierce gaze.
The hokage smiled and said "Just make sure she doesn't follow you there anymore. We cant have you killing Genins every time you feel like training."
Sasuke nodded in understanding.
"You may go." Said the hokage.
Once Sasuke left the room the hokage thought to himself that while he is suppose to protect the whole village there are still those that he wouldn't care if they died. These two that Sasuke killed happen to be two that were under investigation and probably would have gone to prison. After the Uchiha massacre the police force took a big hit because most of there force was killed. Which meant an increase in crime in the village. Perhaps it is good that Sasuke has decided to get real training in that part of the village. It might decrease the amount of crime if people know that the Uchihas still patrol that area. Even if it is only one Uchiha.
Once Sasuke was back at the academy, he was more popular than ever. Hinata wanted to talk with her friend but she wasn't suppose to be friends with Sasuke and now she wasn't even suppose to be near him. They started sitting at opposite ends of the classroom. And only every so often would Sasuke look at Hinata. And every time he did he had this look in his eyes. That look scared Hinata. She didn't know what it meant. But after what she saw Sasuke do she felt it was a good idea to listen to her father and not hang around Sasuke.
Over the next few months she noticed how hard Naruto would try to do things. And it was the same quality in him that she had liked in Sasuke. That never give up attitude. Hinata started following Naruto around. But because of what happened with Sasuke she was afraid of getting close to Naruto. Hinata noticed that while training Naruto had much greater stamina than Sasuke did. She saw that Naruto didn't pick up on the trick to things that quick and would have to work much longer and much harder to learn the technique. She admired that even though he wasn't very good he was able to make himself better. She felt that if he could better himself then so could she. This was the beginning of her crush on Naruto.
Hinata came back from her memories and focused on the here and now. She went to the house that Sasuke always stayed at. Knowing that no one lived anywhere in this part of the village she let herself in after knocking. She saw the table that she and Sasuke had eaten at. She walked over to the table and sat down. She put her hand to the table and her eyes widened in surprise.
"Its warm. That means someone was here." Hinata said to herself.