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Chapter 3 – Seduction

The first time Hinata, Neji, Sasuke, and Shikamaru managed to win a spar against Itachi and Shisui was a day before their graduation. It was mostly because of Shikamaru's truly genius plan (which Itachi wanted to take to the village main strategist right away), but the plan needed flawless teamwork so they had all celebrated their success and skill.

And then the day of their graduation became. The graduation exam had been straight-forward; They needed to perform a substitution, transformation and a clone to pass. Hinata and her friends passed rather easily. Her long-time inspiration and crush, Naruto, however, didn't seem to get the amount of chakra right to make a clone because he had it too much.

She wondered if she should tell someone about her observations, the teacher didn't have Byakugan after all, but her shyness won and she kept quiet. She scolded herself of that while she watched him sitting on a swing sad and alone while others were congratulated by their relatives and friends. She saw Mizuki-sensei talking to Naruto for some time and then leaving.

"Hinata-chan? Do you want to come with us to the Akimichi restaurant to celebrate our passing the exams? My parents are treating!" asked Choji her after the parents had done the congratulating.

Of course, she wished to go, but her sorrow for Naruto and her shame of her own actions (or lack of them) kept her going.

"I would like to, but I have a thing to do. How about we'll see there later?" she answered her eyes locked to Naruto.

"Troublesome. You heard her, let's go", she heard Shikamaru announce while she was still watching Naruto.

"Naruto-kun?" she carefully asked while walking next to him.

He rose his face from the ground and looked at her incredulously.

"I.. I just wanted to say that I have watched you for a long time and I know you should have passed..." she said to him.

He stared at her. This was clearly the first time anyone had said anything like a compliment to him. The he started grinning at her and gave her thumbs up.

"Thank you Hinata-chan! But I gotta tell you a secret. Mizuki-sensei told me there is a secret second test and I'm gonna pass that! Dattebaiyo!"

"Secret test? I have not heard about that... Maybe you should as Iruka-sensei about it first..."

"Sorry, Hinata-chan but I need to go to the Hokage tower soon to see if I get a scroll. If there's a chance to pass I gotta use it, so I can become the greatest Hokage!"

"Please, Naruto-kun, listen to me, you don't need to do anything like that..."

But he sprinted away and Hinata stayed staring his back. She needed to tell Itachi before Naruto did anything irreversible.

"ITACHI!" she shouted at the door of his house while smacking the door furiously. It opened only to reveal a very surprised Uchiha Mikoto.

"Hinata-chan? What are you doing?" she asked wide-eyed when Hinata rushed past her inside and upstairs.

"No time. Sorry about the intrusion!"

She didn't bother knocking and rushed to Itachi's room where he was writing something, probably a mission report on his desk.

"Hinata-chan, what a nice surprise, you managed to pass..."

"No time! Naruto-kun didn't pass the exams because he can't do a clone because he has so much chakra and he told me that Mizuki-sensei had told him to get a scroll at the Hokage tower as a second test, I tried to talk him out of it but..."

He stood up immediately and placed his hand on her shoulder.

"Hinata. As a superior officer, I order you to go get Iruka-sensei and bring him to the Hokage office. I will check Uzumaki-san."

Hinata swallowed and nodded. There was nothing to say since she had gotten a straight order from her superior. She rushed out of the compound hearing Itachi shunshin out.

When Hinata and a little startled Iruka-sensei had gotten to the Hokage tower, Sandaime and Naruto were waiting for them already.

It turned out that Naruto had managed to learn the Shadow clone technique while waiting for Mizuki-sensei and his training was interrupted by Itachi and his ANBU squad who had sent him back to the Hokage tower with the scroll. Itachi's squad had stayed and laid a trap to Mizuki.

Sandaime and Iruka listened both Naruto and Hinata's version of the events after they decided let Naruto graduate after learning to make a solid clone. Hinata, who had acted on orders in a matter of village security got her first C-rank mission.

It was probably the first time her father had really complimented her.

After a week they had been assigned to the teams. Her team consisted of Aburame Shino and Inuzuka Kiba led by Konoha's genjutsu mistress Yuhi Kurenai. They had immediately started to get along, so Hinata's small hope of being in a familiar team with Shikamaru, Choji or Sasuke vanished quickly.

They had been assigned for three months of D-rank missions before they got their first C-rank. It was a normal escorting mission to Sunagakure and it went without complications. The great surprise came after they came back when Kurenai-sensei announced that Hinata was required to participate in lessons of seduction with her classmates Ino and Sakura.

She would have been blatantly lying if she said this didn't bother her – it greatly did. Usually, in a situation like this, she would go straight to Itachi, who would tell her this was a normal thing to do as a kunoichi. But she just couldn't, partly because she didn't have the confidence to master such a skill and she didn't want to show her insecurity to him.

So she kept it a secret when she walked to the first lesson. Ino and Sakura were so thrilled to learn how to get boys (especially Uchiha Sasuke) wrapped around their fingers that they didn't seem to even hear what their teacher said. Hinata, as a shy girl, however, grabbed her every word.

Seduction was a subtle art of gathering information using one's body. It was mostly taught to kunoichi because especially men were usually sensitive to this kind of approach. Hinata was delighted to hear that a skilled seductress didn't have to partake any sexual acts at all.

Their education had started with exercises to raise their confidence by analyzing what kind of things made them feel good or what kind of clothing suited them best and things like that.

Hinata had to admit she liked the seduction lessons – instead of rigid acting she had thought they would be, the whole point seemed to be yourself and feel good about it. Completely opposite what her clan encouraged her to do.

The first uncomfortable surprise was when their teacher had asked them to find a practicing partner. She had recommended it to be a male you felt safe with – a brother or a good friend who understood why they were doing this. She had, however, allowed using a girlfriend too if feeling too insecure.

She would have without hesitation taken the girlfriend option if she hadn't promised herself not to take the easy way out of anything after almost killing Sasuke. She had first thought she should practice with Neji-niisan but thought that she really didn't want to emphasize to any of her clan members she was learning these kinds of skills.

And that's why she steeled herself and once again found herself at the Uchiha compound.

"Itachi, I need you to do some training with me", she went straight to the point.

She felt his gaze turn to her curiously.

"Well, I believe you can join when I spar with Sasuke, but he has some kind of competition with Uzumaki-san so he trains kind of hard.." he answered while moving his paperwork from a pile to another.

Hinata couldn't help a blush and a small rise of her pulse. She was truly scared of what would Itachi think of her.

"No... It's not like that, I can spar with my teammates and niisan perfectly well... I... I was required to take lessons in... seduction..." she stammered.

His eyes widened but just a little. Hinata had managed to surprise him once again. His expression turned to a little smirk.

"Oh?"

"O-our teacher told us to get a practicing partner who we felt safe with. I first thought niisan, but it would be even weirder than with you..."

"I understand. I accept. What do I need to do?" he interrupted. He had never even heard that kunoichi started these kinds of lessons this early. It would be interesting to see how they were trained.

"Ummm... I need to train to look people in the eyes without blushing or giggling or feeling awkward..."

He shrugged and smiled a little.

"I think that can be handled."

He took her hand and guided her next to him to sit on his bed and she started.

Hinata thought it took frustratingly long and Itachi must have gotten tired of her inability, but he patiently kept turning her head back to him if she tried to avert her eyes and commanding her to continue of she reacted any other way.

It sure was embarrassing as hell but it worked. After staring at his dark gray orbs for almost two hours it had become routine and looking at him felt so much easier. She even felt a little proud of herself while she was walking back home.

Next week (and many weeks after that) they focused on her stuttering. He was there when Hinata decided to shop her a little more beautiful clothes and grow her hair out. She really felt insecure showing too much skin so she ended up getting a traditional kimono-like outfit that was in every way much more womanly than her previous coat even if it wasn't very revealing.

After a year of training purely focusing on students' confidence, their teacher couldn't believe her eyes. All of them had progressed, but the most dashing change was in Hinata. Sure, she was still shy in nature, but it didn't control her or her work anymore.

Hinata was a natural in this art. She maybe had not noticed it herself, but even if they had not learned any actual techniques yet, she was seducing people daily. Now that the traits that let people just walk over her were gone, her subtle innocence made it very hard to deny her anything.

Her teammates were in her tight leash and they didn't even realize to complain about that. Liked it even. Shopkeepers loved her and she was a well-liked addition to other ninja teams as well. Only people who didn't seem to fall her charm was her crush, Uzumaki Naruto, who seemed to be only obsessed about his competition with Uchiha Sasuke.

Even Itachi, who was known not to fall in any kind of seduction (he had his fangirls, after all), knew there would be no chance for him if she really tried. As her practicing partner, he needed to stay strong, it would not help at all if their interaction turned weird.

It, however, turned to be harder and harder every day. When Hinata was 15, they had started to learn very straightforward seduction techniques and together with her personality they were a lethal combination.

It didn't make the situation easier that she wasn't certainly a child anymore. Not physically or in her behavior. Yes, he had been fond of her for a long time, but only now he had started to feel physical attraction.

He had to admit that he had never felt good about Hinata's crush on Uzumaki Naruto, but nowadays it irked him only to think that she would be even thinking of someone else but him. Of course, she had proved her loyalty many times, but it just wasn't enough. He wanted her everything to only himself. He, as a smart person, of course never let his thoughts show.

The funny thing was that during their training she had not done a single indecent thing to him. Her way was a subtle combination of words, looks, and only some slight touches to emphasize her other body language. That, however, didn't stop him wanting to grab her to his lap and kiss her until she didn't remember her own name or anyone else's but his.

So, now that there was only a month to Hinata's 16th birthday, he decided he couldn't stay as her test dummy anymore or he'd do something stupid.

"Hinata, I can't do this anymore."

Her eyes went to the size of plates and she was forming a slight pout with her lips. He was cursing in his head why this had to be so damn hard.

"Itachi, what are you saying? My final exam is soon, I need to train harder than ever. Now come here and let me seduce you!" Hinata exclaimed clearly unaware her effect on people around her.

Itachi didn't exactly blush but felt a little warm. He swallowed from a thought of hard training. He steeled himself.

"Hinata, I need to say this straight. Your seduction works too well, I am not a neutral training partner anymore."

"What do you mean? You just... oh..."

She seemed to realize what he meant. In situations like this, her shyness came up since she still couldn't believe someone could really like her like that.

"Well, Itachi, maybe I should train some other way..."

"No. You can seduce anyone you want to. You are completely ready for the test."

Hinata didn't seem so sure about that. Itachi smiled at her.

"Now, Hinata, when my... feelings were revealed, I would be honored if you let me take you on a date", he said with a serious tone eyes tightly on hers.

Her eyes widened: "But the engagement party is still a month away..."

"Yes, I am aware of that. But I wish you would forget about that and accept because I asked and not because someone had made a contract about this."

She blushed.

"I... You are right. I would like to go on a date with you, Itachi."

"Good. I will pick you up tomorrow at six."

She sure did know shy she smiled so widely the rest of the day.

The day was going so slowly it felt like a torture. She had not thought about Itachi and her as a couple almost at all, so it was quite surprising that she waited for her date with him so much. Of course, she had noticed how attractive he was, but so were many others and appearance had never been the main reason for her to be attracted.

But Itachi had been there for her almost six years already without any guarantees to have something back himself. She couldn't understand him. He could have had anyone from the village and here he was waiting for Hinata to decide what she wanted to do.

Of course, she had known for long that this was a man who deserved a real chance, but now she realized that it wasn't going to be enough. He deserved every single thing she had to offer just like he had given her.

She felt herself warming. It wasn't a repulsive thought to share absolutely everything with Itachi. She felt so safe with Itachi. She already cared about him deeply. She admired his resolve to keep his promises. It was weird to think about him as a spouse, but not repelling. Even if his role in her life to this moment had been like a big brother's, she had never thought of him as such.

Then she realized something. Yes, she had had a crush on Naruto, and it had caused her a small butterfly-like feeling on her stomach. She had been so keen on waiting for a similar feeling when she thought of Itachi, that she had not noticed there were absolutely nothing similar about her feelings for him than for Naruto.

If her feelings for Naruto were a wave, then thinking of Itachi was a Tsunami. Her feelings for him certainly weren't and had never been a crush. She had already been deeply in love with him for months, if not years.

So when he finally arrived to get her she was so excited she couldn't stay still. She had been waiting for him at the gates almost for half an hour before he arrived. Neji had teased her about that but she was too much in her own world to care.

When he arrived, she would have wanted to leave immediately with him but he was a gentleman and wanted to speak to her father and give her flowers. She went to put them in the vase while Itachi talked to her father.

Apparently Itachi and her father had not had much to talk since he came to retrieve her from the tearoom 10 minutes after. They left the compound only to go to the forest.

"Mm... Itachi? Where are we going?"

"I thought it would be nicer to have some privacy so I prepared a picnic. Does that sound bad?"

"No, it sounds wonderful!"

He smiled at her.

It was awkward. She was so excited but still so tense she couldn't talk with him normally. Still she knew she wanted to be nowhere else this moment. It was clear Itachi tried his best to lighten the mood but Hinata just couldn't focus.

"Hinata? Don't be so nervous. It is still me."

"H-hai... It is just new and my thoughts.."

He turned her head to look at him and pushed her hair behind her ear. She felt like small shocks were sent from his fingers. Unconsciously she leaned to him. Her mind was blank because of her nervousness and the new sensations his touch caused.

"Mmm... Itachi, that feels good..." she mumbled not thinking about what he was thinking of her at all.

"Oh? What were you thinking before, Hinata?" he continued stroking her hair.

"Mmm... I think I am falling for you.." her eyes snapped wide open after realizing what she had just said. "I mean... You know... I don't know.."

He didn't seem to react much, but his smile turned slightly smug.

"Good. We understand each other, then?"

At that moment, Hinata understood all the possibilities. Now that they were on the same page and going the same direction it felt everything was possible. She didn't know if he had scooped her to his lap or if she had climbed there herself – probably both – but all the tension had turned to the need to get him close. They kissed, again and again.

His kisses were so addictive. She honestly didn't know if she could ever end this. She felt his hand behind her head guiding her head to a better angle. Her hands were found their way to his neck. Then he stopped but never separated her.

"Hinata, I... Please marry me..."

She wanted to remind him that they were already engaged but heard herself saying instead: "Yes, Itachi. Yes..."

"I'm glad", he said against her lips before capturing them again in a kiss.

Hinata didn't know how she managed to do her duty as a shinobi because she constantly felt like flying. Before she had felt nervous about the engagement party but now it couldn't arrive too fast. Her steps felt so light and she felt like singing every day. Even those rainy ones.

The only thing she was worried about was the seduction test. How could she seduce some random chunin or jounin if the only thing she could think of was Itachi?

"You kissed him, didn't you?" Ino had observed her behavior right away while waiting for their seduction teacher coming. She felt her cheeks redden a little but nodded confirming her suspicions.

"At last! I would have done it times ago... Sooo, Hinata, how was it?" her voice turned to teasing.

"Mmm.. it felt nice", she answered not really understanding what she could say to that. She felt these things were kind of private.

They were interrupted by their teacher who announced the final exams were held next week.

She was completely nervous when she waited her turn to do her exam. Ino had been first and told it was a piece of cake. Apparently she had been given a target and what kind of information she had needed to get from him.

Sakura had been next and had appeared looking very smug. She had succeeded as well. Hinata was very nervous. What if she was the only one to fail? Her fears turned out correct when she was told that her target would be Hatake Kakashi and she needed to make him tell what was the animal of his ANBU mask when he still served ANBU.

She was shocked. Had Ino and Sakura really managed to complete a test this hard? How do you seduce a person who didn't avert his eyes from his books for a second?

The first part was easy. She found him at the training ground 7 under a tree reading 'Make-out Tactics'. This was not going to be easy, but she needed to at least try. Maybe they just don't send her to these missions if she failed?

"Good afternoon, Kakashi-sensei."

Good. A firm and confident greeting is a base of every interaction.

"Afternoon, Hinata. What brings you here?"

"Just walking. And you?"

"Reading."

"O-oh.."

Silence. He turned his attention back to the book. Hinata groaned in her mind. He was very professionally blocking every natural conversation-starter by focusing on the book instead of her. What should she do in this situation? The protocol said something surprising might work.

So she surprised even herself by crawling under his book held by his arms and sat between his legs. It was very good tactic since in this position he couldn't escape and definitely not ignore her.

"What are you doing, Hinata?"

She turned the book so that she could see it too.

"Reading."

Kakashi tried to inch away from her but she pressed her back to him. She felt him stiffen.

"What are you really doing, Hinata?"

"Seducing you. But don't worry, I am not going to do anything weird. I have a fiancée after all", she said while smiling suspiciously looking like she meant exactly opposite.

He looked a little uncomfortable but didn't say anything.

She decided to take off her overcoat, it was kind of warm in this position after all. She proceeded to read his book... out loud. She made sure to pick the most embarrassing scene, her tactic would not work if she wasn't proceeding fast.

But luck was on her side. She felt Sakura walking this way and would surely notice them in half a minute if this continued. She smirked and turned her face to him.

"Tell me your ANBU codename and I will leave. No one will ever know and you save your authority in your student's eyes."

He looked like he really wanted to take the easy way out, but as a shinobi, he, of course, noticed there was something fishy about this.

"Doesn't Itachi be bothered you doing this?" he asked hoping she would get confused and back out.

"This is my job. He understands since he trained with me after all. Now choose."

She pressed tighter to him whispering her warning to his ear. He seemed to realize how dangerous it was to play with someone who was able to seduce the stoic Uchiha and he decided it was easier to just tell her what she needed to know. This wasn't about his mask or books or something truly important, after all.

"Alright, it was Dog. Now leave", he said, keeping the little authority he still had in his voice.

"Thank you, sensei!" she exclaimed happily hugging him tightly. He seemed a little bothered and distracted by the combination of the innocence of the gesture and the fact that her rather large breasts were rubbing against him so she decided to make her victory even greater.

"And I shall also be taking this.."

She grabbed his book and vanished only a second before Sakura came to his vision. It took five to realize that his precious book was gone.

Hinata opened 'Make-out Tactics', reading it while she paced back to the Academy where she was supposed to report after the test. She knocked the door and went in.

"Mission successful, target's ANBU identity was Dog", she reported.

Her teacher looked a little surprised she had actually managed to get the information but smiled her supportively and congratulated her for passing. Iruka, who had been there too, however, stared at the book in her hands incredulously.

"Is that book Kakashi's?" he asked.

"Well, technically it's mine now..." Hinata answered smugly and left the room. She heard Iruka wondering if they should be happy or worried for Itachi to marry such a skilled seductress.

Soon it was time for the engagement party at the Hyūga compound. The evening had contained dancing, talking to their friends and of course a very tasty cake. Hinata had needed to continue her newest hobby; running away from Kakashi, who wanted his book back. Luckily, her fiancée helped her, since he thought Kakashi deserved his destiny after years of bullying him in ANBU.

The wedding day had been decided to be in a year – their parents would have wanted to wait for at least two but Itachi and Hinata themselves saw no need to wait. The party had been a total success, almost everyone had had a great time. Well, everyone except Sasuke.

"Hinata, would you like to come to a little walk with me?" Itachi asked her after dancing.

"I would like to, Itachi, but I have something to do first" she answered. He looked a little curious.

She walked to the table where Sasuke sat and sat next to him.

"Sasuke, why are you not with our friends? This is supposed to be a fun event", she asked him.

He grunted and continued staring at the dancefloor where in addition to everyone else Naruto and Sakura were dancing and clearly having a lot of fun doing so. Sakura seemed to laugh at something he had said so hard it seemed very difficult to dance at the same time.

Hinata let her gaze wander between them and Sasuke and she suddenly realized something.

"Oh my God. You love Naruto, don't you? All the competitions with him and everything..." she asked him straightforwardly. Itachi, who had appeared behind her, rose his eyebrows.

"What? Why would I love the Dobe? It is absurd..." Hinata shot him a very knowing look. "Yeah, I love him", he admitted after a very futile attempt to deny it.

"You need to tell him right now", Hinata said with a strong voice.

Sasuke looked her like crazy.

"How about no."

"Come on! Do it as a wedding present for me!" She pleaded. Itachi said nothing but nodded as a sign that it was okay to him.

"But my parents..."

"I promise I and Itachi will be making so many babies your parents don't need to worry about you."

The declaration brought a small blush on both Uchiha brother's cheeks. You never expected an innocent Hinata to say such things. She continued.

"Sasuke, you are like my brother and Naruto was my first love. I want you both to be happy and I just know you won't be happy without each other."

Sasuke seemed to think about this seriously.

"Sasuke, please, just go and talk to him. I am sure he feels the same way."

He surprised them by standing up and walking to the dance floor, dragging Naruto away with him. Hinata turned to Itachi and smiled to him.

"Are you bothered by this?" she asked.

"Well, I cannot say this wasn't a surprise, but I have never wanted anything but my brother's happiness", he answered. "Now, shall I take you to the walk I offered earlier?

Hinata nodded and let Itachi take her hand barely able to wait for their life together.