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Some smut at the end of this one and writing it is always weird experience for me.
They were still at the same spot after almost a week. Neither of them wanted to move right now and they spent their days on training or simply resting. It's been a week already and she was sore in every muscle there was. Senbons were difficult to master. She had to use all her strength to grow them since they were not as aerodynamic as kunais and shirkers were. But she's been also able to test them in close distance. As she expected there were barely any difficulties in being precise then. It's almost felt like the weapon was an extension of her fingers and it gave her a lot of satisfaction.
They were training for a few hours and she was exhausted but she didn't want to stop now. A thought's come to her the night before and she wanted to try it out. She was thinking of expanding her chakra on the senbon needles she had in her hands. It could give her attacks a lot more power of destruction. And she could cause chakra imbalance in the opponents body. Her chakra control has always been good, better than most peoples. She's been once told that she would probably make a great medic ninja but it wasn't her calling. And now she stood in front of the tree with medic needles in her hands but with the intention to harm. She focused her chakra and felt it going out of her body, covering the metallic weapon. It was sharp and thin so her chakra had to be as thin and as sharp. She had her eyes closed but Byakugan was active so she saw everything, just differently. She held her right arm behind her and run towards the tree. When she was close enough she extended her arm and attacked the tree. Once the needle was just a few millimeters in she opened her eyes and released chakra. There was a loud thud inside the tree but nothing else. So her attack was not successful, she wanted it to be as spectacular as Sakuras force but here she was with a needle inside a tree that was still standing without any damage.
He was watching her the whole time. She hasn't told him anything about this so he was surprised to see her charge at the tree. Once he heard the noise her attack caused he was impressed but she visibly wasn't. He approached her with a smile.
„Nice one" he knew what was going on inside this tree and was in disbelief that she didn't but her eyes were deactivated, so that's why.
„Didn't do much though" she was more exhausted than she was before. He could see that her attack was still taking effect. There was active chakra going in many directions in the inside of the tree.
„More to see there" he smirked and took out his sword and with a swift motion cut down a tree. It was easier than he even expected. Once the tree was down there was a black hole. She hollowed out the tree. He was impressed. Her chakra control was on another level really and it gave him an idea.
She was shook. Of course she knew her attack did some damage on the hidden level but she wasn't expecting that. She was feeling something similar to pride but it was still clouded by astonishment. But it was just a tree and she knew she would have never used this on another human being after seeing this so her new attack was worthless. Powerful and admirable but there was no way she could use this to harm somebody. She knew what it really was she needed to work on if she wanted to be a great ninja, a worthy shinobi of Konoha. She had to change her core and she didn't even know if she wanted to do that.
Once they were back at their campsite she told him that, she told him what her biggest problem was. And it wasn't a surprise to him. He knew she was gentle and had regard for the human life. He was different but he understood her, he admired that attitude.
„You don't have to change. This attack can be controlled, you don't have to use it to that extent. We can find other ways for you to defeat opponents without taking their life." He took a break for a few seconds „But it's good to have at least one technique that can seriously harm people. It can be useful in difficult situations." Of course she's killed before. It was impossible to survive the war without taking somebody's life. It wasn't possible to go without killing while being a shinobi for 5 years, a chunin. She's had difficult missions.
„The way I see it is I can't be strong without getting rid of my hesitations. But I have to be strong to maintain my principals and survive being a shinobi" wasn't that ironic?
„What I don't get is that you are a skilled shinobi. You survived the war. You invented your own techniques. How can you think you are weak?" It was something he thought about every time she spoke about getting strong, not stronger, strong. Naturally, compared to him and Naruto she probably could be considered weak, but generally she wasn't.
„Because I couldn't save the one person that's always wanted to protect me" they've talked about her cousin multiple times now but she still felt odd about it.
„We can make you stronger, strong enough to protect others" he assured her and put his hand on her shoulder. He still didn't know exactly what's happened that caused Neji to die and he was going to wait for her to tell him without any rushing from him. He wanted her to see how extraordinary she was. Her self-esteem was low.
When it came to their relationship things weren't moving that fast. She was constantly questioning why she felt so good, so easy with him. Her feelings that were forming caused the memory of the last time she had feelings for somebody to emerge. For a year she's been able to forget about the way she'd felt about Naruto. Now she was comparing every feeling toward Sasuke to the one she had towards Naruto. And every time it caused her hart to ache. With Sasuke it was easy, he made it easy. He paid attention to her and made her feel important. Naruto's never seen her. But what would happen if he was here? What would happen if he asked her out? She was an emotional, sentimental person and the love she had for Naruto could still be found deep inside of her. Simultaneously she knew what was going on between her and Sasuke and the last thing she wanted was to cause him pain. She knew good enough how strong his connection to Naruto was. And when it came to Naruto and her almost forgotten love for him, she felt anger as well. His image in her head made her feel enraged. And it didn't suit her. She wandered what to do about this situation that was going on inside her head and there was one conclusion that came to her. The person that was here with her was none other than Uchicha Sasuke and that was what mattered. She was almost 18 now and she wanted to experience love. She wanted to get lost in the mutual feeling. It was clear as a day that he felt something for her, she's never seen him act any way similar towards anybody else. So she decided to try and get lost in this relationship.
When they were in the tent and were almost falling asleep she faced him.
„Sasuke?" She whispered.
„Hn?" He had his arm around her. It made him feel comfortable. When she didn't say anything else he opened one eye and looked at her. She was looking everywhere but at him and it was difficult since they lied so close to each other. „What is it Hinata?" He asked after a while.
„I-i… Well, what are we?" There was this question he wanted to ask her a while ago. His mouth was suddenly dry. He was nervous and didn't know why, it was only a question that in all likelihood had to be asked at some point.
„What do you want us to be?" He decided to make this a question only at he end of the sentence.
„I mean" she was visibly nervous as well „I don't think we are just friends anymore" as if they ever were friends „and we never talked about it but I think we are something more" she talked fast and was not sure what else to say. She wanted him to say it, she wanted him to assure her that her assumptions were correct.
„Do you want me to name it?" He was almost smiling, his corner of the mouth was jerking upwards every few seconds. She just nodded. He lifted her head to look into her eyes. He wanted to see her reaction. „I think it's safe to say that we are in relationship now" and he smiled. Once he said it she kissed him. He didn't say anything spectacular but it felt that way to both of them. He was stunned when he felt her hands lifting his shirt. That was definitely unexpected. She took his shirt off and put her hands on his shoulders. He was muscular and beautifully built. Her fingers traveled on his upper body. He was only observing her. It was the first time she initiated any form of contact without clothing on and it was only fair that he let her do what she wanted to do. When she looked into his eyes she saw love in them. She knew then that he loved her and it was all she needed. When he felt hands on his trousers he was in panic but her gaze calmed him down immediately. He almost laughed at the situation. Every person on the earth would assume that he was the guy who's had sex multiple times with multiple people and she was his another target, yet here they were and it was she that had to assure him that it was what she wanted, that it was okay. He took her clothes off and they both were looking at each other for a few seconds. She wandered how was it possible that she didn't feel ashamed by her current state but it was simple, she simply felt accepted by him in eery way there was. He took control of the situation from now on. He wanted to make her feel special, it was after all her first time to his knowledge and it had to be good.
He once again had her breasts in his hands, her nipples hard at once and he played with them while he hissed her lips, her neck. Her hands were traveling his body, her mind empty apart from the thought of him on her. When she let out the first gasp he moved his hands down her stomach towards her private parts. He was hard already and she was wet. They both had no experience in this but he's spent a lot of time with vulgar people so he had some idea of what he should do. He touched her clit and she responded immediately. He tried it some more, in other ways and most of them had positive affect on her. After a while she was close to orgasm and he put her on the edge. He found her gaze with his and without saying anything he asked for permission once again and she agreed. He positioned himself and went in slowly. She was so tight and warm, and he felt enormous inside of her. It hurt but she didn't mind. Once he was inside he moved slowly. It was an overwhelming experience for them. He was moving faster and faster and he felt closer and closer. She was already having her second orgasm that night when he felt himself coming. He came and felt worn out. They lied naked for a while, breathing deeply and not saying a word. He covered them and hugged her. He wanted her to be close always.
„Well now we definitely are together" she joked and he kissed her. They fall asleep almost simultaneously that night.
