It's been over two months so I'm just going to shut up and start the new chapter.
Chap 15
"Get your hands off my cousin Uchiha." A very pissed Hyuuga Neji said walking up to said Uchiha and Hinata.
"What if don't?" Sasuke said glaring back at Neji. Hinata could feel the tension between the two men next to her and began to squirm in Sasuke's grasp. When she finally was free from him the boys stayed on their glaring contest not giving her any attention. After five minutes of them not quitting she decided to stop the stupid contest.
"Sasuke." Both of them looked immediately towards her and their glares disappeared. "Would you mind leaving me and Neji-niisan alone? I'll meet you tomorrow ok?"
"Fine" She thought he would just leave, she really did. So when he came to her and gave her a quick kiss she was startled. She was so startle that she missed Sasuke smirking at Neji and the ladder containing himself not to attack the Uchiha.
"Hinata-sama." Neji said practically growling only to look where she was to find out she had already gone inside.
"You are not going to get away that easily" He thought while he stalked his cousin into the manor.
Hinata knew running away from Neji was completely useless, but it didn't hurt to try right? Nonetheless when he appeared in front of her on the hallway she couldn't help to be a little disappointed that she wasn't even able to get to her room.
"Did you actually think you would get away from me?" Neji said looking down at Hinata with an arched eyebrow.
"Not really" She said casually with a shrug of her shoulders.
"So, do you mind telling me why you and the Uchiha were in such intimate terms?" She could see that only the respect Neji had for her was what was stopping him from going after Sasuke and killing the last Uchiha.
"What's your problem with Sasuke, niisan?"
"I don't like his attitude"
"Oh really? Why is that?" She said trying her best not to show how amused she was. That apparently didn't work because Neji looked suspiciously at her before answering.
"He's indifferent, thinks he's always right, thinks he's better then everyone else and has a superiority complex" He finished looking quite smug but that as quickly replaced by a frown when he noticed Hinata was smiling at him.
"You do realize you just described yourself right?"
"No I didn't" Hinata had to try really hard not to laugh at Neji's indignant face at the prospect of him being like Sasuke
"Ye-yes you did. People that don't know you think that you, Sasuke and Gaara are all the same; strong, cold and with a superiority complex. But I, that know you, know that that is not the truth."
"As much as I appreciate that Hinata-sama, it still doesn't explain to me what you were doing with the Uchiha."
"I got to know Sasuke better and he is not those things you said. The real Sasuke is strong but not conceited about it because he worked very hard to get to the level he is. He is not cold; he just doesn't really know how to express himself since his childhood was so troubled. And he was a way of making me feel like a thousand are tickling my stomach that is just amazing." She said everything with a light blush on her face and a look of determination that made Neji sure that there was no hope of getting his cousin to let go of the Uchiha.
"You really do like him, don't you Hinata-sama?"
"Yes, very much so. Actually, I think I might even end up loving him"
"That is all I needed to hear. But I will let you know that if he ever hurts you I'll follow him to the depths of the earth and annihilate him."
"We-well… I wouldn't expect less from you Neji-niisan. But could you at least act civilly with him until that happens?"
"I can't promise you anything." He said turning around and retreating to the direction of his room leaving behind a worried Hinata.
It felt like she had just fallen asleep when she was woken up by a presence in her bedroom. It took her year to learn how to notice such faint presences while she was asleep and not jolt right away from her bed like instinct told her to do. Instead she slowly reached to the hidden kunai under her pillow when…
"You don't really have to do that you know." A familiar voice said from above and forgetting her training she jolted upright on her bed not even caring if she was just wearing a nightgown.
"Sa-Sasuke? Wh-what are you doing in my room at…. What time is it?"
"Four in the morning"
"Oh… what are you doing in my room at four in the morning?"
"I came to tell you that Tsunade sent me on a mission and that I'll probably only be back at night."
"And you woke me up to tell me that because…?"
"I woke you up to tell you that so that you won't be looking all over for me tomorrow."
"Well, aren't you conceited?"
"What's up with you? You're acting weird. Not a morning person?" He said sitting down next to her on her bed and with amusement obvious on his voice and what she could see from his face in her dim room.
"I like mornings just fine. I'm just not a four in the morning kind of person." She said bringing her legs close to her chest and recovering herself with her blankets since Sasuke's closeness seemed to make her wide awake.
"Hn. I'll let you get back to sleep then." He said already halfway to her window.
"Wai-wait!" She jumped right out of her bed and gripped one of his arms. He merely looked down at her with one of his eyebrows arched and a smirk on his lips and only then she realized again what she was wearing. Squeaking and throwing her arms to cover whatever she could she looked down blushing madly.
"What do you want?" She could practically hear the smirk he had on his lips. Looking at him through her bangs her assumptions were confirmed.
"Sin-since you are com-coming back at ni-nigh, we could have din-dinner right?" She cursed her stuttering for coming back. She knew it wasn't all her fault though; Sasuke just had to look at her like that didn't he?
"Sure. Dress up a little bit. I'm not treating you to ramen like the dobe would."
"Whe-where are we going?"
"You'll find out latter"
"But I wan…" She was cut off but Sasuke's lips suddenly descending onto hers very lightly and quickly.
"Go back to sleep." And he was gone.
"Like I'll be able to sleep now." Hinata mumbled touching her lips and then grabbing her training outfit and heading to the bathroom to change. Once she was clothed she walked through the many hallways of the Hyuuga manor until she reached one of the training rooms.
The minute she started training her taijutsu she began thinking about Tenten's issue with Naruto. She knew that neither of them would do anything too soon; Tenten was too stubborn and Naruto was too dense. She could see that Naruto was upset about Tenten avoiding him but he obviously hadn't realized his feelings towards the weapon master. She was so worried thinking about problems that weren't even hers that she didn't even see the time passing while she trained. She just stopped when she heard a faint knocking on the door.
"Come in" She said and immediately the door opened revealing a branch house member kneeling on the floor and bowing at her; she always hated that.
"Good morning Hinata-sama. Hiashi-sama requests you presence at his office." Said the male branch member still in a kneeling position but this time looking up at Hinata.
"Thank you. Could you please tell him that I'll be there immediately after I freshen up?"
"Of course Hinata-sama" The man said with a small smile on his lips while he stood up, walked away and thought about how Hinata was so polite even though she technically didn't have to be.
Hinata went straight to her room, picked a new set of clothes and showered. After that she immediately went to her father's office like it was expected of her. She and her father had a lot of discussions about the future of the clan recently; but none of them where set without previous notice or at so early in the morning.
When she finally there she gently knocked on the door and opened it when she heard her father tell her to come in. Stopping in the middle of the room to bow in respect to her father she then continued to walk and sit right in front of him.
"Good morning Otousan"
"Good morning Hinata. Do you know why I called you here?" He said looking straight at her; that always made her a little nervous. No matter how many years she lived with her father he continued to be an intimidating man; she was happy that she didn't stutter near him anymore.
"I honestly don't know Otousan"
"I heard the conversation you and Neji had last night about Uchiha Sasuke and today one of the guards said that he saw the Uchiha enter your room and leave not long after." Hinata was speechless; if she hadn't been educated better she would probably be gapping like a fish at her father. She was honestly glad when he noticed she wasn't going to say anything and started talking again. "I am not going to forbid you from seeing the boy. I'm just going to remind you that if things get too serious you'll have to choose between him and your title as the heiress. You do realize that right?"
"Ye-yes, I do realize that Otousan. I already have a plan if that happens."
"You do?" Hiashi said sounding mildly interested.
"Yes, however I would like to only discuss that with you when I finish my researching and I'm sure what I want is possible."
"Very well. That's how a good leader would proceed. You're excused now."
"Thank you Otousan" She said truly happy; getting some kind of compliment of her father always had that effect on her.
"Hinata." Her father called when she was already stepping out of the room. Startled she just turned around and stared at him.
"Yes father?"
"Uchiha Sasuke is a strong man. Out of all the options you had he is one of the best."
"I thi-think so too Otousan" She replied hastily going out of the room not even waiting for her father to excuse her.
"What happened to him? He's so…so…nice. Maybe Hanabi finally put that herb in his tea like she always said she would."
"Hinata-neechan!" Two voices screeched from the end of the hallway she was at. She looked up and saw tow figures running towards her; Kyo and Hanabi. Hinata didn't even have time to process what was happening when she was tackled onto the ground by her sister and the cute little boy.
" Hanabi, you're a little big for that aren't you?" Hinata said while trying to sit up with her thirteen-year-old sister straddling her and Kyo latched onto her neck.
"No I'm not. I am your lovely little sister no matter what this little thing says." Hanabi said glaring at Kyo who glared back.
"What did you say Kyo-kun?"
"I didn't say anything." He said looking away from her; a gesture she knew he did when he was lying
"Liar!! He said you like him better than you like me! As if it wasn't enough I had to compete for your attention with Kurenai's little brat now I have this midget from Suna too!"
"I am not a midget!!"
"Stop it. You don't have to compete with anybody. I like you all the same. Now, Kyo-kun did you and your mother had breakfast yet?"
"No. Kaasan told me to wait for you."
"Good. Go get her and meet me at the dinning room." He finally let go of her neck and walked away without saying anything.
"I swear the if that kid stays at our house much longer I'm going to slowly torture him until I think he suffered enough and them not kill him and let him die a slow and painful death."
"That's an awful thing to say Hanabi. He's just a kid."
"Just a kid? I think he's worse than me when I was his age."
"Hanabi you're only three years older than him. And if I remember well, you were quite short when you were ten."
"That doesn't matter anymore. I'm almost as tall as you now." Hanabi was indeed almost as tall as Hinata now. Hanabi had grown to be a beautiful girl but that wasn't noticed often since she was such a tomboy.
"Yes you are Hanabi-chan. By the way; did you put something in Outosan's tea?"
"Not yet. Why?"
"He was acting oddly nice when he was talking to me today."
"Otousan called you this early in the morning? What did he want?" Hanabi asked and when she saw her sister's cheeks turn a faint shade of pink she was truly intrigued.
"I tel-tell you latter Hanabi-chan. I have to help Tomoyo-san and Kyo-kun look for a place to move in."
"But I want to know!!" Ignoring her sister's scream Hinata rushed to go find Tomoyo and Kyo. She knew her sister well enough to know that once she told her about Sasuke she wouldn't give her peace.
"Hinata-sama." She heard a familiar voice say from behind her; she had passed right through Neji and didn't even notice.
"Neji-niisan. I'm sorry, I didn't notice you; I was running away from Hanabi-chan" Neji simply nodded like the fact she was running from Hanabi was very common; which it actually was.
"Are you going somewhere Hinata-sama?" Neji asked noticing she wasn't wearing her usual training clothes.
"Yes, I'm going to look for places that Tomoyo-san and Kyo-kun can stay. Are you going somewhere?"
"I'm meeting my team to train. Gai says we have to bond while we are 'youthful'" Neji said rolling his eyes but Hinata didn't notice; something had just clicked in her mind.
"Neji-niisan, could you do me a favor?" She said smiling up at him and making Neji arch an eyebrow in wonder; Hinata rarely asked him anything.
Tenten walked out of the training grounds looking dead tired; Gai seemed to be extra 'youthful' this morning.
"I swear if Neji hadn't said Hinata-chan wants to have lunch with me I would be in my bed right now."
Tenten was so tired when Neji told her Hinata's message that she didn't even realized which restaurant Hinata had picked. So while entering Ichiraku's she didn't even think about how she had been avoiding the very same place. She sat herself on one of the stools, crossed her arms on the balcony and lay her head on them.
"Tenten?" A familiar voice said from behind her making her sat straight and turn around to see the blond boy who the voice belonged to. Several thoughts came to her mind but one stood out.
"I'm going to kill Hinata-chan"
"Naruto. What are you doing here?" Right after she said that she thought how stupid that question was; Ichiraku's was like Naruto's second home.
"Hinata-chan asked me to come here. Funny she's not here, I'm already late." He said scratching his neck and looking around to see if he found Hinata.
"Hinata-chan is not coming Naruto."
"Hn? Why not?!"
"Because she's an evil genius, that's why."
"Little sweet Hinata-chan an evil genius? Yeah right. I think spending too much time with bushy brows is not doing you good."
"Just shut up and eat Naruto." She said turning back around to the balcony. Being around Naruto made her heart flutter.
This was awkward; neither of them spoke while they ate. Naruto was feeling weird nest to Tenten; ever since she screamed at him days ago and started avoiding him he started thinking about everything. About Sakura and the way she treated him and also about how in such little time Tenten had become essential in his life.
"Look Tenten, I have something to say to you." Tenten was halfway through saying something herself but decided to shut up and listen to what Naruto had to say.
"What is it Naruto?"
"I want to thank you for yelling at me the other day."
"Thank me? For wha…" She was interrupted by Naruto as he put his fingers on top of her mouth to shut her up. She was sure she was at least a little pink but she managed to notice he let his finger linger on her lips longer than they she before retreating them and blushing himself.
"Sorry about that. Just let me talk okay?" She simply nodded and let him go on. " After you were done screaming at me I started thinking about all you said. All these years I spent with Sakura she never really never paid attention to me like I did her; it was always about Sasuke. I didn't mind that before; I always thought if she got to know me she would like me better. It's been years now and she knows everything there is to know about me and it's still all about Sasuke. I realized I don't deserve her."
"Naruto that's not true! She's the…" He held one of his hands up to shut her up and she did; but only because he was smiling at her.
"Calm down. It not an 'I don't deserve her because she is to good for me' kind of way. Is an 'I don't deserve her because I deserve better' kind of way."
"You do deserve better"
"Thanks Tenten. The only problem is the last thing you said that day. I don't think you're right about that. Who would want a loud idiot like me? I mean…" He was suddenly stopped by Tenten's lips pressing onto his. It was quick and simple, so quick he didn't even have time to think. When she parted from him he could see she was blushing madly but what really caught his attention was the look in her eyes; there was no hidden meaning on those, they where filled with an emotion he was sure he would never see on Sakura's eyes. That made him finally realize why he missed Tenten so much and why she acted the way she did towards Sakura.
"Man, I really am an idiot."
"I-I'm so-sorry Naruto, I don't kno…" It was Naruto's turn to shut her up with his lips. It took her a few seconds to respond but soon enough she eagerly did. It felt nice. Better actually; it felt right.
They were so entranced in each other they didn't feel the presence of someone entering the place and them leaving not short after.
"Why are you smiling Hinata-chan?" Tomoyo asked when she noticed her companion had suddenly smiled for no reason at all.
"It's nothing Tomoyo-san. What do you think of this place?" She said looking around the wide living room of the apartment the where at. Hinata liked the place; it was big and near to the academy. But the thing she liked the best was that it was in the same apartment complex that Kurenai lived.
"It's very nice Hinata-chan. But I'm afraid I won't be able to afford it. I don't have a job here yet."
"Don't worry about that. I talked to Gaara and he should be resolving that with Tsunade-sama right now; she probably has a job for you in the Hokage tower since you're already experienced with that kind of job."
"You and Gaara-sama shouldn't have bothered."
"Nonsense. Now, since you've got a job, are you staying here?"
"I don't see why not. What do you think Iruka-kun?" Tomoyo said turning around to look at Iruka who was sitting on the ground teaching Kyo how to control his chakra flow. When the boy heard that Iruka would be his teacher at the academy he stopped being hostile towards him and began asking question after question. Iruka being the patient man he was didn't mind answering everything.
"It's a very nice place and it's close to the academy son when Kyo starts there it will be close for him."
"Tomoyo-san, you and Iruka-sensei seem rather close." Hinata whispered making the older woman blush.
"He's a very nice man." Tomoyo said looking back smiling at Iruka and her son.
"Yes he is."
"Hinata-chan, it's getting dark. Shouldn't you go home to get ready for your date with Sasuke?"
"You're right! Are you going to be okay without me?"
"Sure. You go and get ready."
"Thanks Tomoyo-san!"
It was dark and Sakura was walking through the streets of the village all alone. She had seen Naruto kissing Tenten earlier and felt a bit disappointed; not that she liked the blond boy that way. But she always felt nice knowing that someone liked her the way he did. She knew it was an awful thing but she couldn't help it; years of pinning for Sasuke and getting nowhere made her like the attention Naruto gave her. But it seemed like the blond boy didn't like her anymore.
"One day he is all over me and the next he's kissing Tenten. He sure got over me fast." She thought bitterly but soon enough brighten up when she saw Sasuke walking towards her. She was out of breath for a second; Sasuke looked amasing. He was already naturally handsome but he was wearing casual clothes that night; a black dress shit with some of the first buttons opened and black pants too. She always loved dark colors on Sasuke.
"Sasuke-kun! Did you dress up for me? You shouldn't have. You know I like you anyway you look." She said running up to him and latching herself to his arm like she always did but this time Sasuke tensed and stopped walking. "Sasuke-kun? Is everything alright?"
"Sakura, you really have to stop doing that and understand that I don't tell you to get off me because I'm playing hard to get; I tell you to get off me because I really want you to get off me." He said coldly frowning at her.
"Bu-but. I never bothered you before"
"It always bothered me. I just never told you. But now I'm with Hinata and the way you act towards me bothers her."
"Yo-you're with Hin-Hinata?"
"Yes. And now if you already understood what I had to tell you, good night Sakura."
And she watched him walk towards the Hyuuga manor with blank eyes. She had no idea what was it that she was feeling but in the back of her head she thought that a broken heart should hurt more shouldn't it?
Big. Very big chapter.
But I didn't feel like cutting it.
This fic is coming to an end. Next chapter is the last and after that I'll probably write an epilogue.
Now, I've been good and wrote a very big and nice chapter (at least I think it's nice). Will you guys be good and review?