Hi readers! So good to finally see the weekend again, isn't it? I hope you all had a great week and are looking forward to the new chapter. Well, let's get on with it then.

(Edit- I was supposed to update yesterday but a lot of stuff happened so I couldn't and now I'm sick AGAIN! I hope you like the chapter)

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Chapter 15: Falling into Place

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He stood speechless.

Kami! He didn't know whether to laugh or throw himself overboard to put him out of his misery. She came scrambling down the stairs, wearing the tightest pants he could ever imagine on her- his pants. That beautiful little behind wiggled ever so deliciously as she came down. With her hands on her hips, she spun around to face him, her cheeks red with anger. She held out something in her hand. "I found this in the cook's cabin."

Sasuke couldn't take his eyes off her breasts, her shirt- probably Fatty's because it was too big and she had it cinched in with a leather belt- it wasn't quite buttoned all the way, leaving him a tantalizing view of cleavage… but not just for him.

He turned and shot Naruto a glare. Naruto shook himself from his daze and seemed to understand at once. He nodded, and then laughed. "Hehe, I'm going!" And he did so, but not without casting Hinata one last glance. He shook his head as he passed.

In his state, Sasuke actually growled at Naruto and knew it was true that man had not progressed as far as he would have liked to believe.

In fact, it was only a thin thread of reason that kept him from jumping Hinata where she stood and taking her right there without caring who saw. What had caused her to dress that way?

He didn't see what she had been holding until she thrust it in his face again. Something red glinted in his eyes, but he couldn't really focus on it while her breasts were jutting out at him like that. If he looked hard enough, he could see her nipples nudging the fabric. His brain went fuzzy, and his mouth went dry.

"I found this in Fatty's cabin," Hinata said again and her icy eyes narrowed.

Sasuke tried to clear the fog of lust from his brain. "What is it?" he asked foolishly.

"It is a ring of course!"

Of course.

Sasuke stared at it, blinking. Sun shone into the large gem. It sparkled before his eyes, nearly blinding him. His gaze returned to her shirt. She waved the ring at him, getting his attention again and he had to pry his eyes away. He cleared his throat. "What would Fatty be doing with that?"

She jerked it away before he could hold it. "That's what I'd like to know!"

His brain was not working. All the blood had rushed elsewhere. "No need to shout," he told her. "I'm not deaf." Or blind either…but he was going to be if she didn't stop flashing that damn ring at him.

"I'm not shouting!" Hinata shouted. "But even if I were I'd have a reason to. This ring belongs to Kiba."

That definitely caught his attention. He blinked at her and then at the ring, trying to understand. "Kiba?"

"Hai, Kiba!"

Sasuke tried to comprehend what it was that she was telling him. "Are you sure?" he asked her. Why was his mind working so slowly? She found Kiba's ring in Fatty's room? He reached out, wanting a better look but she jerked it away again.

"Of course I'm sure," she told him, waving the jewelry at him. "I bought it for him."

His brows collided as he stared at the gem. He had not seen a ruby that big in his life.

"You bought that for Kiba."

Her eyes sparkled nearly as brightly as the large gem. "Hai, as a going away present…" Her face turned brighter red, but her gaze shifted away for a moment and then back- as though she were embarrassed by her affection for Kiba. She should be. The money she had spent on that single piece of jewelry might have fed some of the people in Konoha who really needed it- not that he cared.

"And you found it in Fatty's cabin?"

"Hai!" she exclaimed. "Maybe you'd like to tell me how it got there?"

How the hell was Sasuke supposed to know that? He shook his head and tried to reach for the ring again. This time she let him have it. Watching her expression, he tested its weight in his hand. It was solid white gold, heavy. He turned the ring to see that it had been polished. He eyed her. "You're absolutely sure that this is Kiba's ring?"

"Just how many of those do you think exist?" she asked him smartly.

She did have a point. It was awfully gaudy, but he assumed the stone was real and there would not be another like it so easily.

'She found it in Fatty's cabin,' he thought to himself. That fact lit up in his head like a beacon. 'The letters were hidden in the stove.' It didn't take a genius to figure out the obvious, which is what he should have done form the beginning. Fatty was somehow working with Kiba, and by some luck, they had managed the leave him behind. Either that or Fatty had chosen not to go through with it.

And Hinata was waiting for some kind of explanation from him and Sasuke suddenly wanted to kiss her. He actually grinned at her, his mood improved and he handed the ring to her.

"I don't see what so funny," Hinata told him with a frown and Sasuke's grin widened and thinned into a smile. He didn't care that he had an audience or care that there were people watching.

He reached out, grasping her around her waist and pulled her in, earning a gasp but no attempt of a struggle. "What are you doing?" she asked him.

"Kissing you," he told her. He kissed her and all protests she had disappeared as his tongue found its way in her mouth to silence her. He tugged at her waist to get her to kiss him back and she moved her hands around his neck to cling for support. And then everything faded from his senses except for the woman he held. The cheers, the scorching sun, the wind; it meant nothing as he thrust his tongue, coaxing and tasting her with the same emergency he had shown her before.

He held her tightly, pressing her against his body and she was grateful for the support because she suddenly did not think she could stand on her own. She was very aware of her breast pressing on his chest and her knees went weak; her belly fluttering.

"What are you doing?" she whispered against his mouth. "Sasuke…"

"Shut up and kiss me," Sasuke demanded, never breaking the contact of their lips. He increased his passion.

"Demo… the ring," she tried to say.

"What ring?" Sasuke murmured into her mouth, and then she could not even remember what she was even talking about as her thoughts were swept away. Everything around them faded into the background as he held and kissed her. She gasped for breath, but clung to him for dear life. She didn't care about the ring; it slipped from her fingers though she never heard it fall.

Her senses were filled only with Sasuke. His scent, warmth, breath, taste… She felt his kiss in places that made no sense. The tips of her breasts burned and her body ached for something she did not quite understand. She kissed him back without any shame because it seemed like she had wanted this her whole life; lived only for this moment. As he kissed her, his knee slid between her thighs, not obstructed by her kimono now, and his fingers closed around the waist of her pants, lifting her up slightly and Hinata gasped again.

She responded from pure instinct and parted her legs to wrap them around his hips. He moaned into her mouth and began to walk, holding her in place. Hinata hadn't the slightest idea of where he was taking her because he kept kissing her, but as long as he kept that up, she didn't really care where they went.

Somehow, Sasuke managed to get her down to the lower deck. They practically stumbled down the steps into the mess hall. Hinata clung to him all the way, kissing him back as passionately as he was and Sasuke was grateful that the team had disappeared.

When he reached his cabin door, he kicked open the door, his lips still attached to hers as though he was afraid if he let them go, she would come to her senses. He kissed her as though his life depended on it because, in a way, it did. If he didn't make love to her right no he would die from exploding in little pieces. He wanted her; he loved her; that was all there was to it.

"Hinata," he whispered.

She answered with a murmur that sent shivers down his spine. His hands cupped her behind, pressing her into his arousal to show her what he was feeling and what he wanted to give to her. "Sasuke…"

He broke the kiss to continue down her face and to her neck then back up again to look at her. "Hai, Hana?" His hands caressed her behind still.

Hinata's heartbeat pounded in her ears. Her body craved something it remembered far too much and wanted more- something that she instinctively knew Sasuke could give her. "I-"

She didn't know what to ask for, except to plead with him never to stop. She could not speak; nothing would come out for her to say it. "Sasuke," she whimpered.

"Tell me what you want, Hinata…"

His hand moved between their bodies, caressing her breasts over her shirt and Hinata moaned.

She couldn't even protest- no that she wanted to. Her legs touched his, touched the floor, and she stood a bit unsteadily. His hands gripped her shoulders then moved to the front of her shirt when she could stand freely. His gaze locked with hers as he began to unbutton her shirt, and Hinata's breath quickened. She swallowed harshly as he freed the first button and then moved on to the next. He moved down the shirt until it gaped, showing her breasts. His smoldering eyes scorched her skin as he stared, his gaze intense and filled with lust and hunger.

Hinata was suddenly shy, afraid to show more. What if he didn't like her? What if he found her lacking? She averted her gaze but he reached out, lifting her chin with a finger.

"Do you know what I want?" he asked her, his voice low and seductively soft.

She tried to speak. "H-hai," she said.

He cocked his head to the side, smirking and seemingly pleased with her reply and Hinata could do nothing as he undressed her. He stopped a moment and she was afraid that he would stop. Sucking in a breath, she made up her mind and shrugged the shirt off, letting it fall.

"Kami," Sasuke said and closed his eyes for the briefest moment. His nostrils flared slightly and then he opened his eyes to look at her. "You're so beautiful." His hands reached out to touch her and his palms cupped her, caressing her nipples and it was Hinata's turn to lose herself in the feeling as her eyes closed. Her hands covered his, pressing them closer to her- to her heart. She wanted this more than anything and there was no longer anyone she had to save her innocence for. Kiba was no longer a part of her life. She would most likely never marry anyone now, and she would be a fool to turn down the one man who ever made her feel this way.

She never wanted anyone else. If this moment was all she would ever have with Sasuke, then it would still be worth it. She would treasure this forever.

Sasuke only wanted to please her. With a groan, he fell to his knees before Hinata and his fingers grabbed her, pulling her against him. To hell with the hammock, they didn't need a bed anyway. With a hungry moan he pressed his mouth against her kissing her through the pants. "I want you, Hinata," he told her. He could see that she was scared but he didn't want her to be. "Let me," he told her. "Let me make love to you."

She tangled her fingers in his hair pressing him closer as though that were her answer and his heart jolted when he realized it was her secret way of telling him to continue. He unbuttoned her pants and tugged them down, making her gasp and tug on his hair, only to make him harder.

Hinata looked down at him and her heart fluttered at the sight of him, the feel of him and his face pressed so boldly like that and then his tongue found her again like the last time, forcing its way between her legs, warm and wet. Gasping for breath, Hinata parted her legs even more, begging him to do as he wanted. She wanted him so much… but she also wanted to please him. Hinata took his shoulders for him to get up and then she went to her knees, unzipping his pants and pulled them down with trembling fingers. She heard Sasuke's breath quickened and was glad that she was able to do that when she had she had not even started anything yet.

She was so nervous though, she had never seen one before and this would be the first time. Apparently, Sasuke did not mind or he knew for sure that he looked alright. When she freed him, she gasped, amazed at his body and hesitantly kissed him, earning another gasp from him. Pleased, she then licked and experimented some more, glad that she was able to bring such pleasure to him but he stopped her, coming to the floor as well to lay her down and then he kissed her. Hinata could taste both herself and him as well on her lips as he deepened the kiss before Sasuke toed off his pants the rest of the way.

Sasuke wanted nothing more than to be inside her, but most of all he wanted to please her just as she had pleased him before he had to stop her. If he hadn't, he would have reached completion just from the mere thought of her being down there pleasuring him. His hands reached down to her and felt that she was wetter than before, exciting him. "This is where I want to be, Hana," he told her, receiving a blush as he pressed his finger into her body, causing her to gasp and shudder. She arched into him to accept him and her eyes closed in pleasure and the fact that she was this passionate moved him beyond reason.

He pushed in even more. "I want to be inside you…" he told her again. "…here." She nodded, but seemed unable to speak as he pushed in his finger deeper, stopping at her barrier and his heart leapt. She had told him the truth when she said that she and Kiba were not lovers. His breath quickened and his hunger intensified as he thought about it; he wanted to be her first and be the first to reached completion with her… inside her. He wanted her to carry his babies and wanted her for himself always. He pressed his face into her neck, kissing her as he spoke. "Last chance to run away, Hana… no turning back after this… tell me you're sure you want this."

He felt her nod but it wasn't enough. His fingers caressed her barrier, waiting to break it. "Tell me," he urged her. "Say it."

Hinata shuddered beneath him. Her body tightened around his finger, hungry for what he would give her. He stroked her, pleasing her until she cried out. "Hai!" she gasped and he pushed another finger inside before he moved over her, pushing his body in hers. She opened her eyes to look at him as he pushed deeper and cried out as she felt him stretch her, fitting like he belonged. She wanted more and grabbed his behind to pull him closer to her, inside her… inside her heart. 'I love you, Sasuke,' she thought but his name was the only thing that came out. And then she was lost to the sensations from every stroke and every move he made. She felt something in the pit of her belly clench and then the world exploded behind her eyelids.

Sasuke felt her release and clutch him tightly with her tremors as though to suck everything he had from his body, driving him over the edge. If he lived a thousand years, this moment would be imprinted in his brain and if he died right now he would die a happy man; fulfilled. This moment was what he was living for all this time and what he had searched for all along. He had been trying to find something to really live for after he had completed his goal and all the while here she was lying in his arms… Hyuuga Hinata.

He'd be damned if he lose her now.

And that is the end of the chapter. No, not the fic, that's not going to some for about the next… well it would have been the next four chapters, but depending on how I feel it may be longer since I have an idea for this fic that I need to let out. I really hope you like it and I hope you liked the lemon you were asking for all this time.

If you have not read Hina hime or Hinata the Vamp, please do.

Until next update…

Ja ne!

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