A/N: Hello again!! This is Clueless again! I started this chapter right after I posted the fourth. Wow! I never do that. I'm hooked to this story, it's become a favorite of mine, and from the many, many reviews I'm guessing you guys do to??
My ex-beta, Katelynn, has come back. I missed her so much!! Homework is a bitch, but I will pour my heart and soul into this story, even if it fries my brain to a pretty, little crisp.
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Disclaimer! K-kun lost my anime, damn her!!! Naruto will never be owned by me.
Listening to: Utada Hikaru - Simple and Clean
You're Weak
Don't Overwork Yourself
Sleep didn't come easy for Hinata usually. After years of her fathers critical words her mind was filled with brutal training sessions and even tougher words. The head branch looked down upon her, but at least she had the lower branch to look forward to. Even after she moved out of the compound her dreams were plagued by harsh words and curses from her father, and if she searched hard enough her mothers quiet whispers of condolence. Sleeping wasn't easy for her.
Tonight her dreams were plagued by a different kind of sickness, a conniving Uchiha. Now Hinata wasn't the natural hating kind of person, but Sasuke was getting pretty close to the point where Hinata would 'accidentally' pushing him off a random cliff. Thank Kami she wasn't that kind of person. . .
Well maybe she didn't hate him, because the next morning she was happier then she had been in a long time. She woke up earlier then usual, mentally agreeing to not anger the ill tempered avenger. She gobbled down a quick breakfast and hurried through a much needed shower before packing her ANBU gear in a backpack and rushed out the door, not daring to be late.
She arrived ten minutes early. A good sign. Sasuke wasn't there, another good sign. 'Maybe he will let me off the hook?' She hoped, already knowing how unforgiving her rude team-mate could be. A small, defeated sigh puffed out of her mouth as she sat down under a tree, curling her knees to her chest in the pure silence of the forest.
A bird sang off in the distance, the melody calming her thoughts to a certain limit. For only being five in the morning the breeze was warm, a sign that summer was just around the corner. As Hinata inhaled she noticed the slight musky scent in front of her, and opened her eyes slightly to see where the smell was coming from.
A smirking Sasuke was crouched in front of her, no more then five inches from her face.
"Ahh!" She managed to gasp out, her mouth opening a fraction. His breath barely tickled her lips, leaving his taste in her nose and tongue, a flavor in and of itself. It made her light-headed. His face held no emotions, and in his eyes there was no ill intentions, more along the lines of amusement. He was a drug, and she was giving in to his pure pressure.
"Ano. . . Sasuke. . . Can you please back away?"
The look of pure shock on his face was priceless. It looked like someone spat on his face and cursed his family name, but Sasuke recovered fast and stood up, looking down his nose at her. "We will start now." Hinata nodded, a small smile on her lips as she launched herself at him, disappearing in a lavender and tan blur. The clash of kuni was heard for miles around, alerting the area of the clash of ninja.
A sign to stay away.
- -
"Your tired Sasuke, we should rest. The other's will be here soon anyways." Sasuke scowled and nodded, if not a little reluctantly. "Don't forget about after traingn we return Hinata, your not to going weasel out of it." Hinata nodded and cleaned off her bloody kuni, hoping she didn't hurt him to bad, as she walked back to her bag. With one last worried glance over her shoulder she ran off into the wood, to her sanctuary.
- -
"Exactly ten minutes before I have to go back, so a quick bath would be great." Hinata whispered to herself. In seconds she removed her cloths and was seated in the cold water, sighing blissfully as the water caressed her sore joints, a hot spring was going to be needed before the end of day, that was for sure.
Her mind drifted, from the birds melody earlier to Sasuke's odd fighting style. Then it stuck to just Sasuke. He was cold, and rude, and insensitive, but he had good qualities too. He was a great fighter, and he had a great body.
Hinata blushed, the redness reaching all the way down her neck until she sank into the water until just her nose up showed, blowing small bubbles. 'I should not be thinking of my team-mate like that!' She scowled herself, it was indecent to think of Sasuke, her sparing partner like that, but he really did have a nice body. Her blush returned ten-fold.
She stood, drying herself quickly and slipped into her uniform, tying her wolf mask on as she hide her backpack and started back to the training-grounds, her team should be there by now.
- -
"She's late." Sakura yawned, keeping her ever watchful eye on the now cleaned up Sasuke. "She's usually early too, maybe she really is human and woke up late!" Mistuki exclaimed, energetic as usual. Naruto nodded with as much energy beside her. "Do we get a day off if she doesn't show?" The whole team glared at him, causing the blonde to nervously scratch the back of his head and whistle. "Like you guys weren't thinking it." He muttered, earning a hit on the head from both Ino and Sakura.
Sasuke stared at the area where Hinata left, in his own way worried. Ten minutes in the forest alone was dangerous for women, perverts were everywhere. Even a kunoichi could get raped if she wasn't careful enough, or in her case being to naive. If she didn't return in a few minutes he was going to look for her, she wasn't getting away that easy.
Shikamaru sighed, muttering a classic "troublesome" before leaning back against a tree and closing him eyes. His thoughts were traveling more along, Hinata woke up late.
"We'll start without her, she knows the mission plans already anyways." Shikamaru muttered, pulling out a cigarette and lighting it.
- -
Shikamaru had finished with the mission plans by the time Hinata showed up. She offered no explanations, as usual, as she landed next to the lazy nin. The team was at alert at once, each standing and stared at her. Behind her mask Hinata blushed, she always hated being stared at. As usual she raised her hand and the team disappeared.
And so started the mission.
- -
"What a boring mission!!" Naruto and Mistuki whined, both of the high pitched whines annoying the rest of the team.
"Shut up dobe. . ." Sasuke, sadly, agreed with Naruto. It was a very dull mission. No fighting, only a simple delivery mission. He had always hated those. The rest of the team, minus Hinata groaned in approval as they stopped in the clearing.
Ino, trying her best to lighten the mood, smiled happily and took of her mask. "At least we completed the mission successfully!" Naruto smirked and turned his head toward Mistuki. "That's the smartest thing she has said all day." Within a moment the oblivious blonde was sprawled on the ground, bump on head, and groaning loudly in pain. Ino, who stood in front him growled angrily, a vain poking out of her head as she made the animalistic noises. "Baka!! I'm way smarter then you will ever be." Sakura burst into laugher a few feet away. This clearly started a fight between the two.
Hinata sighed quietly, being that she was as far away from the group as possible. 'How do they have so much energy?' To show how tired she was she stifled a yawn behind her mask, watching the group warily. Her eyes traveled to Sasuke who, like her, was watching the group, but in mild disgust. She could feel the hate waves coming of him.
- -
It took almost an hour for the rest of the team to evacuate the training ground, and by then Hinata was near the stage of fainting from tiredness. No matter how tired she was, she doubted Sasuke would let her go home and sleep.
And right she was.
As soon as Shikamaru disappeared from Sasuke's vision he turned to her, removing his mask and letting it drop in the dirt in front of him. "Take it off." Hinata blushed brightly and slowly took off her mask, taking in every second she had. When she heard him growl, the mask came off with a yank. "Come at me."
- -
Twitch.
Twitch.
Sasuke nudged the sleeping Hyuga in front of him with his foot. Had he been Shikamaru he would have muttered troublesome, but his answer was more a simple 'hn' then anything else. She fainted, in the middle of an attack. He couldn't have that. She was over working herself. The more he thought of it, the truer in became. Within on day everything she had worked for was being dangled off a cliff by a thread. He hated to admit it, but he was going to have to take off the after mission training, she was to weak. He would fix that.
He looked down at her peaceful form, his face cold and emotionless. 'Damn girl.' Effortlessly he picked her up bridal style and walked out the clearing.
- -
It took exactly four minutes after departure before Sasuke realized he had no clue where Hinata lived. He knew she moved out of the Hyuga compound on her 18th birthday, but that was a year ago. So he took her to the only place he could think of, the Uchiha Compound.
It was the first time he had brought anyone willingly into the compound since the Uchiha massacre. He rarely came, only once a year, but wasn't going to bring her to his home. 'What would the neighbors think?' came to mind. He chuckled and leaned back in the kitchen chair he had seated himself in, looking into the family room here he had laid Hinata down in.
In the moonlight she looked like a goddess, he hadn't turned on any lights, there had been no need to. The pale light blended with her skin, almost making it glow. Her hair looked so unnatural that it looked natural, the drape that covered her face from his view wasn't quite black or blue, but more of a violet that glowed along with her skin. She had grown it out, he noticed, so that it went all the way down to the small of her back.
He wondered if she did it for the dobe. Sasuke shook his head. If so, it didn't work. It was impossible for him to look away from Sakura. He seriously wondered if Naruto was really retarded. Hinata was ten times prettier then Sakura would ever be, and a hundred time quieter. "Che." What was thinking? She was a female, he didn't need anymore ties to Kohana, he already had two had to get rid of.
A/N: I didn't do it longer, I'm sorry. It would flow with this chapter, eventually there will a super long chapter, but not yet. Sorry loves. I do promise I will post one chapter at least every two weeks, if it's longer then I'm having life drama or my computers tripping out again. I'm trying to get as many done as possible so I won't have to make you guys wait. Remember I'm only human people!
I'm also sorry I didn't go into detail about the mission, a lot of the missions will be like that unless they are important. My imagination is running low. . .
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