School began again T.T

But here I am trying to write… I also have to write my other fics, a late birthday fic for Sasuke and I'm also working on an AU. So I have a lot of things to do.

I'd like to thank all of you who are reading this fic. You make me so happy with your reviews and I'll be thrilled when I get to the 100 mark

Now on with the story.

Chapter 6: Karma is a b….

The next day Tenten went to the Hyuuga manor to see how Hinata was doing and also to have her telling everything she already knew. When she got there what she saw almost made her burst out laughing. Hinata was packing her things with a too happy look on her face and Neji was observing her every move while also glaring at her.

Neji never really liked Gaara. That wasn't a problem when the subject was missions but when the subject was his little cousin it was a whole different matter. Neji had become really overprotective over the years; the only ones he would really trust near Hinata were her teammates and Naruto and only because Naruto was… Naruto (aka: dobe, dense…). First he thought Gaara was trying to take advantage of her, but then he realized that didn't make sense; Hinata has such a kind hearted person that would make anyone feel bad even thinking about such things that and the fact that he never really did anything harmful to her made him have no reason to suspect Gaara. But then again that wouldn't stop him from hating him.

She got into Hinata's room being totally ignored by its owner and only receiving a glare from Neji that made her feel nervous; she always had a feeling that he always knew everything. Oh, it would be terrible if he knew what she was doing. She sat next to Neji and also kept looking at Hinata every move but she had an amused look on her face instead of a glare like Neji.

Hinata always stayed like this when she went to Suna. She didn't get to go there much; the last time was years ago. Tenten remembered how Hinata was when the Akatsuki captured Gaara; she was worried sick. She wanted to trade places with her since her team had been assigned to help rescuing him but Tsunade had denied saying that Hinata has too emotionally attached to Gaara and that could compromise the mission. When her team had come back with the good news that Gaara was alive Hinata had practically begged Tsunade to let her go to Suna. She came back totally happy, which made Neji mad, but Tenten had a feeling she hadn't told everything that happened on that particular mission to Suna.

"So Hinata. Where are you going? Even though I have a pretty good guess by the look on your face." Hinata almost jumped with the sound of Tenten's voice, only realizing the girls was there because she had spoken.

"Tenten-chan! I didn't notice you come in."

"I noticed that. But you didn't answer my question. Where are you going?"

"Suna…" She said in a barely audible voice and already blushing of embarrassment knowing that Tenten would make some comment about Gaara.

"Oh!!Suna? Wonder who you're meeting there…" Tenten said slyly making Hinata blush deeper.

"Tenten-chan…"

"Ok, ok. I'll stop here or else Neji will throw a fit"

"I will not throw a fit only because my little cousin is going to Suna for God knows how long, stay near Gaara in that time and to top that she's going with the Uchiha. I don't see why I should throw a fit."

"Sarcasm really does work for you. Wait, did you say Uchiha?" She said looking back at Hinata who seemed to blush a little more with the question.

"Y-yes. Sasuke is going with me on the mission."

"Hn. Its good isn't it? Weren't you saying that you though he was avoiding you?"

"T-that was just me being paranoid."

They spent the rest of the day talking about the mission and other unimportant things.

The other entire way trough the village the Uchiha survivor was spacing out in his bedroom. He had run out of things to do and ended up doing the thing he was trying to avoid: thinking. More specifically: thinking about the mission. And even more specifically: thinking about Hinata.

Sasuke hated when he didn't do the things he wanted to do. He had told himself he wanted to stay away from Hinata and stop thinking about her. That, of course, was a big fat lie; he just wouldn't admit it.

And now he had to go to a probably long mission with her and have to look at her with Gaara. He had felt incredibly angry when the Hokage started messing with her about her relationship with the young Kazekage. He was never really that fond of Gaara; he acknowledged that he was strong and respected him (only because he is Kazekage though). Now he was actually beginning to hate him again.

"That's just stupid" He told himself out loud. He stopped there because if anyone caught him talking to himself they would think he was crazy. And one thing that Uchiha Sasuke isn't is crazy. (a/n: Just a bit perturbed perhaps).

"Hate someone just because of a girl. That's just stupid. I bet that they don1t even have anything. Just friends like Hinata said. She's friends with a lot of people right? A lot of them are guys…" That though didn't exactly help him so he went to take a cold shower and then sleep even if it was early in the evening. He had to wake up before dawn anyway.

Tenten had left the Hyuuga manor later that day when evening arrived. Hinata said that she was going to go to sleep early so that she could be fully rested to the trip to Suna. So she left, it wasn't so much fun to stay with Neji without Hinata or Lee around; he was just too quiet for her taste.

The thing is that no one noticed that she was leaving with something that wasn't with her when she came in.

"I hope Hinata doesn't freak out about it"

The next day Sasuke woke up the time he had put on his mind he wanted to wake up. He never needed an alarm to wake him up; the things were just plain annoying. He got off bed, took a shower, ate breakfast and then went to wait for Hinata on the gates. So what that he was a bit early? (a lot actually) He would take the long way there.

He walked slowly trough the village, appreciating the quiet that he rarely had in this village. Konoha was a really active village and he hated and liked it at the same time. He feels like that about a lot of things. Like the way he was near Hinata…

"Sasuke." Hinata suddenly appeared next to him "Wow, she's fast…and quiet" He hadn't sensed her at all.

"Hinata, you are early."

"Yeah…" There was something different about her; he just couldn't figure it out what it was. She just seemed prettier. A bit sad too, this was weird because just a few days ago she was trilled because of this mission.

"Hn… is everything ok?" He asked hesitantly, he was never to one to care about others but something just wasn't right with Hinata.

"Well…is just… I couldn't find my jacket this morning, and I really really like it." Now that she mentioned it, she was without that jacket of hers. She always looked cute with it but now that he (finally) saw her without it he had to admit; she looked way better without it. The black mesh on top of a tank top. Bandages were wrapped almost up to her elbows and her knee length pants were black as well, with her pouch on its usual place. She looked like a ninja model.

"Uh…you look…better like this." The words were out before he could think clearly what he was thinking. And soon enough she blushed a deep shade of red.

"An-ano…t-tha-thanks…"

They kept on in silence their journey. They had left before dawn; it was a long trip to Suna so the sooner they left the better. It was already afternoon when they decided to stop for a break near a stream. They ate the lunches Hinata had made and brought in bento boxes. No need to say it was absolutely delicious. It even got a sigh of satisfaction out of Sasuke. It was starting to get dark by the time they were finished; they decided to stay the night there since they were nearer then they would normally be. They sat near the fire, in front of each other but not really looking at each other. Hinata had a distant look on her face and kept looking the fire but not really seeing it. Sasuke would steel glances at her sometimes and then look at the fire too, wondering what she was thinking. Barely knew him that she was doing the exact same thing.

The next days were pretty much the same, save by some ninjas that attempted to attack them. They never really succeeded because Sasuke and Hinata always sensed them before they actually did anything.

The night before they arrived at Suna Hinata seemed happy again and even forgot about her jacket. So Sasuke decided to ask something that had been irritating him for a while now.

"Hinata, can I ask you something?" He said sitting right next to her this time. They usually sat on either side of the fire.

"Of course you can." She replied a bit nervous by the proximity. Every time he got too near she began feeling nervous and felt like she was about to blush.

"How come you are friends with Gaara? You two are so…"

"Different?"

"Yeah"

"Well. It was during the time you and Naruto were out of the village and he wasn't Kazekage yet. Suna and Konoha were having a lot of missions together to bring the peace and friendship with the two villages. Tsunade-sama usually put people around the same age and rank in the missions and that time we were all genins. You get were I'm heading. Honestly the first mission with Gaara and his siblings they kind of freaked me out. Kankuro just appeared weird and Temari was intimidating and I was afraid of Gaara for the obvious reasons. It turned out that they weren't like that after all. Kankuro is quite funny and Temari is kind and really strong. And Gaara is just misunderstood; he needs people to listen to him, to understand him. People to love him."

"Do you? Love him?" He said staring straight at her eyes.

"Gaara is one of the people that I care most about. It wouldn't be wrong to say that I love him" She said staring back at him.

"Hn." He suddenly stood up and she realized they were only inches apart. She blushed while she looked up at him with a questioning look. "I'm going for a walk."

She felt a bit hurt by the cold tone he used to say that but didn't say anything; just kept looking at the direction he was heading until she could no longer see him. "Did I say something wrong?" She looked down to her hands that were in her lap, not understanding a thing.

"She loves him! I can't believe it." Sasuke kept repeating that on his mind while he walked making sure he knew were he was going so he wouldn't get lost. He stopped when he felt he was away enough and sat down on a tree. He couldn't understand why he felt this way about Hinata. He was surrounded by girls all his life and he never thought anything about them. He found some of them pretty but when they opened their mouths to speak he just couldn't stand them no matter how pretty or hot they were. But Hinata wasn't just pretty; she was sweet and smart too. He never met anyone like her and she just didn't seem to like him the way he wanted to. No, she loves Gaara.

"Is this what they call Karma?"

I was going to continue, but I decided to leave stuff to the next chapter, which will be up probably next week.

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