CHAPTER 17
This is officially my SasukeXSahana chapter… tell me what you think, and I hope them getting together doesn't seem rushed or anything…. Just tell me what you think.
** DEMON COUPLE **
Last time:
"How about I leave again tomorrow? I need to get this training done, and then I'll be like unstoppable. Oh, and Roki's been telling me that we're going to merge soon." Naruto added as an afterthought.
"When? And will you be out for days like Hinata?" Sasuke asked.
"No, it'll be different since it won't be forced to happen. I'll be knocked out for about a day, but I'm sure the toads will look after me. But Roki will disappear, so before I leave I need to make a copy of the scroll to take with me so I can summon myself here, and you can also summon me if its urgent." Naruto smiled.
"That's the smartest thing that I've ever heard you say." Sasuke was bewildered.
"Hey, I say tonnes of smart stuff." Naruto protested.
"Come on, let's get to Tazuna's place." Hinata sighed, and lead the four to Tazuna's house.
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Knock, knock…
Naruto knocked on the door of Tazuna's house, waiting as Tsunami opened it, "Oh, hello!" She smiled, "Come on in, it's nearly ready."
Everyone sat around the kitchen table, talking, eating, and introducing Sahana to the rest of the group. The food was delicious and everyone took a quick liking to the new member.
That was until Tazuna decided to ask the question that everyone seemed to be wondering, "So Naruto, how did you end up with two missing nin?" Tazuna asked once everyone had finished their food, "You don't seem the type to stay away from your village for too long."
Naruto grinned, "Well, that's a long story…"
"Come on, take a seat in the lounge room. We'd love to hear it." Tsunami smiled, leading the four into the cosy lounge room. It was small, but Inari, Tsunami, Sahana and Sasuke sat on the long couch, and Tazuna and Naruto sat on the single person recliners, but Hinata had to sit on Naruto's lap from lack of space, not that she was complaining.
"Well, I guess it started with Hinata." He looked to her on his lap with a smile, "She had planned to leave the village, and no-one had any idea of her plan."
"Why?" Inari asked, interested.
Hinata gave a small frown at those thoughts, "My clan were going to kill me." She didn't want to tell them all about the Gobi, because, although Naruto and Sasuke knew them, she didn't trust many people with her secret, and it isn't like the Gobi is inside her anymore.
"Why? Why would someone do that to their own clan?" Tsunami was the one to ask now, she was disgusted with the thought of a clan killing one of their own.
"I was a liability. I was planning to destroy the caged-bird seal after all. But I don't even think they knew about that. They just didn't want a failure in their clan. They thought of me as worthless, and couldn't have me as heir. They expected too much from me, stuff no normal person could accomplish, so they were going to kill me and finally keep their clan stable and what they thought was strong. So I did the only thing I could; leave." Hinata explained.
Naruto continued from where she left off, and everyone had their eyes glued to the couple in interest, even Sasuke hadn't heard the story in this much detail, "She came up to me, before I left the village with one of the Sanin for training, and confessed her love to me and kissed me. I was so shocked I didn't say anything as she disappeared, not even suspecting anything as she didn't walk back through the gates and went in a different direction. Anyway, sometime during my training, I finally realised that I had fallen in love with her after being so distracted and having no idea why I couldn't keep my mind off of her."
Sahana smiled at Naruto then, letting out a small, "Aw, that's so cute…" And Tsunami nodded in agreement.
"Well," Naruto continued his story, everyone paying explicit attention to every word that came out of his mouth. Listening in awe and shock as he told the story about how he started his journey with two missing nins.
"So, now you have to get them to try and come back with you?" Tazuna asked.
"Yep." Naruto grinned.
"How long have you been gone?" Tsunami asked.
"Hmm… this is nearly the end of the eighth month, so we are more than half way through our journey." Sasuke answered.
"So what are you doing here?" Tazuna asked.
"Well, we've kind of got business here. An evil man has made seven mutants and are going after Konoha, so we're going to take them down." Naruto answered confidently.
Sahana piped up next, she had something on her mind and she had been wondering about it for a while now, "I was wondering, how did you find out about the sins anyway?"
Naruto and Sasuke both turned towards Hinata, remembering the way they found out, "Well, let's just say one of them attacked Hinata." Sasuke answered a little awkwardly.
By the disgusted look on Sasuke's face and the murderous one on Naruto's, they decided to drop the subject and sat in silence for a few moments until Hinata decided to break it, "So, how's your training been going, Naruto-kun?" She asked as she snuggle up to him on the one-man recliner.
Naruto let out a sigh, "Hard. So far, I've been beaten with a stick so many times I get so numb I can't feel it and trying to be perfectly still is so hard! I mean, it better be worth it. Seriously, I never knew it was going to be so difficult. But I'll definitely master this training, and be stronger than ever!" He decided confidently.
Sasuke let out a chuckle at the blonde's whining, "Well, you better keep at it, because we've got some sins to destroy."
Hinata gave him a reassuring smile, "Don't worry, you'll get there soon enough."
Naruto looked up to her with a heart-warming smile in return, "Thanks Love, I'll try and be quick for you," He gave her a delicate kiss on the forehead.
"Take your time, I know you'll master this sage training, and don't worry, while you do that, Sasuke and I will make sure Sahana is good enough to take on the sins with us."
Sasuke looked over to the girl that was sitting next to him, "Not that she'd need that much help to start with, I bet she's an awesome fighter."
Sahana blushed and Hinata clamped her hand over Naruto's mouth, muffling the "Sasuke stop flirting," that she knew was going to come out.
Naruto looked over to Hinata, prying her hand away from his mouth, "I gotta get back to Mt Myoboku tomorrow morning, so I better get some sleep." Naruto yawned, lifting Hinata up off of his lap and standing up.
"You're welcome to stay in our guest rooms." Tsunami smiled as Naruto left, Hinata not far behind him.
"Why did Hinata-chan go with him?" Inari asked, a little bit confused.
Sasuke smirked at the thirteen year old kid, "He's leaving tomorrow, and those two miss each other so much. She has to say a proper goodbye to the guy." He explained, which was code for 'they're just going to make out for a while' which all the adults quickly caught on to.
"They are such a cute couple," Sahana giggled, taking an unnoticeable longing glance over to Sasuke, hiding it well, "But I really should go, I'll probably see you tomorrow, Sasuke-kun?"
"Yeah," He smiled at her, a slight tinge of pink to his cheeks as he glanced into the chocolate-brown eyes that were so amazingly beautiful in his eyes, "But can I speak to you outside first?"
Sahana gave him a slightly confused look, "Sure," She followed him outside, a blush a lot more apparent on her face than the subtle one on Sasuke's.
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"Hana-chan," Sasuke started once the duo were standing on the front porch of Tazuna's household, he feeling a little awkward, but he really wanted to do this, so he started to speak once again, "I should really start by telling you that I honestly suck at this whole 'feelings' business."
Sahana kept that confused look apparent on her face, "It's okay," She smiled gently at him, not sure where he was going with this but feeling the need to comfort him, "Having a past such as yours gives you a reasonable explanation for that." She said kindly, a priceless smile on her face that warmed Sasuke's heart.
Sasuke looked deep into her eyes, once again gaining resolve as he smiled at her, a true smile. He wasn't one to smile much, keeping his feelings pretty far away from his exterior, but this girl, she was just bringing them all rushing out without any difficulties. "Well, I think I'm going to take some advice from the dobe this one time," he took another deep breath, feeling extremely awkward, "Look, Hana-chan, I like you. I mean, I really like you. You're beautiful, you're modest and not one of those loud and aggressive girls that throw yourself at guys. You took time to find the real me. To ask questions about my life, to find out who I was. You know more about me than anyone else – apart from maybe the dobe and imouto – but you're the first to put so much effort and time to actually get to know me. I don't know how, but you seem to bring out my feelings, that are usually hidden well, but I've been smiling so much since I met you, and I don't even seem to care! Hana-chan, when you looked at me in the eyes the first time we met in the library, I knew you were different. And you want to know something? I like different." He smiled, a very dark red tinge on his face, seen by all.
Sahana had tears in her eyes by the end of his speech, she had never felt so special, so recognised, so wanted in her entire life. All she could do was stare in shock and let out a small, "Sasuke-kun…."
For once, Sahana felt like she belonged. She felt as if she belonged with Sasuke, someone she could trust with her life, someone she could love with all her heart. She belonged with Hinata, a little sister, who had life as hard as she did, and needs a big sister to look after her. And Naruto, a loud and obnoxious little brother who is honestly an idiot but has the biggest heart out of the lot of them.
Sasuke grabbed her hand gently, staring at it between his two hands, finding it easier to talk to it than when he wasn't looking into her gorgeous eyes, "Well, Hana-chan, I guess what I'm trying to say is.. I-I think I'm f-falling in love with you." He finally looked up into her eyes, a tender look in his eyes that she had never seen before, "And I want to know if I can take you out on a date sometime?"
Sahana was now smiling as wide as her jaw would allow, a bright pink blush on her cheeks and there even were a few tear trails that she had let loose; she was that happy. She was completely and utterly speechless as she jumped on Sasuke, her long blonde braid swinging behind her as she swung her arms around Sasuke's neck, burying her head into his neck, "I would be delighted to go out on a date with you."
"We'll have one soon, how does that sound?"
"Perfect."
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Naruto had left that next morning after crating another scroll so he could send himself back to wave on his own as he knew Roki would soon cease to exist. Now it was about two days later, and Hinata, Sasuke and Sahana were standing out in an empty field, preparing to make Sahana into a grand kunoichi.
"You ready, Hana-Nee?" Hinata asked, getting into her own modified jyuken stance.
Sahana nodded, a determined look covering her tanned features, "Okay," and she got into her own stance, which was one Hinata had never seen before.
"Okay, you're trying to land a hit on me, got it? All I'm going to do is dodge. This is strictly taijutsu, and every time you get a hit I'm going to slowly get harder. So, put everything into this, okay?" Hinata smiled kindly at the woman.
Sahana nodded, staying in her own stance. She knew Hinata had never seen her stance before, so she was going to use it as her advantage. Hana worked differently on the battlefield than many others, because she learned everything by herself. She had never had a sensei, after finding a summoning contract with the spiders, she adopted the spiders own style of fighting.
Suddenly, Sahana charged, starting with a leg sweep towards Hinata's feet. Hinata jumped into the air, dodging the attack as Hana quickly put all her weight on her arms, swinging around again as she lifted her legs around once more but changing the angle so she could hit Hinata as she was coming towards the ground, flinging her a couple steps backwards.
Smiling at the fact that she managed a hit, she jumped back to her feet and charged again, resisting the urge to grab hold of her venom-filled needle as she knew this was strictly taijutsu. But Hinata was ready when Hana attempted to strike her in the lower abdomen and used her flexibility to twist around it, then jump back away as Hana had used the force of the thrust to swing her leg around in an attempt to knock her off of her feet but barely scraped the edge of Hinata's leg as she was just out of Hana's reach.
Hinata had noticed that Hana's fighting style left her close to the ground at all times, which was a fairly good move, when staying close to the ground gives you complete control of your movements and be able to stop a movement at the last second.
This continued for another twenty-five minutes, Hana getting a healthy number of hits on Hinata, surprising both Sasuke and Hinata who weren't expecting Hana to be as talented as she was.
"You are really good, Hana-nii." Hinata grinned, "I saw your hand twitch toward you're needles a few times, and I could tell that if you used them, you could've had me paralysed, effectively winning our spar. I only see one problem with your taijutsu, and that's your stamina. You were getting slower towards the end, but I can tell that you don't usually have a long fight, which would be because of your paralysing venoms."
Sahana smiled widely at all the praise, looking towards Sasuke in hope to see what he thought. Sasuke nodded at her with a slight smile before saying, "You have a great style in the way you stay close to the ground. You equally use your legs and arms for attacking, which is very rare in most shinobi but very useful. I agree with Hinata in the fact that you need a better stamina, but I was very impressed with what you have shown today."
Hana blushed, smiling widely He's impressed! Running through her head as she took a seat on the ground next to Hinata and Sasuke.
"We'll work on ninjutsu tomorrow, but for now, haven't you two got a date to get to?" Hinata grinned, making the 17 year olds blush as Hinata skipped away, happy with the uncomfortableness she left with the others. Leaving Sasuke to look over to Sahana.
"How did she know we were going on a date?"
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END OF CHAPTER 17
Question... what does AU mean? I mean, I've beeen wondering for AGES... and I feel so stupid not knowing what it is, and I have nothing... I mean, I know what OC and OOC means... but WHAT DOES AU MEAN?
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