OPrincess ShinigamiO here! I'm proud to announce that for the first time in this fic, another character aside from Sasuke and Hinata will finally make a personal appearance! And this special person is... (*dum du-du-dum!*) NARUTO! Yeah, Hinata's crush, I know. But it's not what you think. Sasuke and Naruto are taking over most of this chapter, and I'd like to show their current relationship and how they treat each other. I actually like this chapter a lot, and I hope you enjoy it as well! You can expect a little OOC in my fics, but that's what fanfiction's for right? ;)

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D- Disturbance

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"B-b-but I-"

"Hyuuga, don't make me say it twice."

"B-but it's already twelve noon a-and I-"

"And you're obviously still hungover from last night. If I let you go home now, who knows what kind of blasphemy your paranoid cousin would spout against me."

Hinata hesitated, but eventually nodded when she saw the hard look on Sasuke's eyes. She knows that look. When his cold onyx eyes turn even darker than usual (Hinata insists that it's possible), then there's absolutely nothing that could possibly change his mind.

"A-alright, Sasuke-kun. I-I suppose a few more minutes will do."

"Take a whole hour, Hinata. Now get going." The former avenger ordered in a stern tone, pushing the heiress into his room and closing it afterwards, "And I will not be expecting you out of bed after an hour."

After making sure that he could hear the Hyuuga climbing onto his bed, he gave an exasperated sigh and trudged to his kitchen. The night before, the whole rookie 9 threw a huge birthday party for their nonchalant, bug-loving teammate Shino. Kiba and Naruto insisted that they should hold it in a club to help Shino "liven up" a bit more, despite Hinata and Sakura's protests. But they did anyway, and someone eventually spiked Hinata's supposedly innocent drink before she began laughing like a madman and babbling nonstop about some secrets she probably would be too embarrassed to tell ("I said a dirty word only once in my whole life! ONCE! Sh*t, sorry for puking on you Lee-kun! Oh, oh! TWICE!" "I still wear my pink teddy bear panties every bedtime! They're sooooo soft and comfy, even when there are holes on it now!" "Did you know that I once caught Neji-nii and Tenten-chan making out in my own bedroom? Yes, they were f*cking on my own bed! Ooh, ooh! THRICE!")

It's a good thing then that Neji didn't attend Shino's birthday party because he was out on a mission (though it would have been epic if he did), but his weapon mistress girlfriend definitely drank a lot more vodka and isolated herself with the toilet after Hinata's outbursts.

The Hyuuga heiress originally told her father that she was going to stay overnight at Sakura's place, but since the pink-haired medic and her blonde best frenemy Ino were too trashed to even sit up from their tables, Sasuke, who was one of the guys who didn't drink a lot of alcohol and wasn't dancing the hula with only their underwear on aside from Sai, Shikamaru, and Shino himself, decided to take Hinata home, his home, to save her from embarrassing herself even further, though it was quite entertaining to watch her loosen up a bit, he admits.

After indulging himself with some of the homegrown tomatoes Hinata planted some months ago, he picked up the empty mayonnaise jar and was about to place it in the trash bin when a barrage of loud bangs echoed on the front door.

"SASUKE-TEME! OPEN UP! IT'S AN EMERGENCY!"

Sasuke groaned, rolling his eyes after another barrage of knocks threatened to break down his door.

"… Naruto… just what I needed…" he murmured sarcastically.

Suddenly remembering that Hinata was fast asleep in his bedroom, Sasuke quickly went and opened his front door, glaring daggers at his loud orange-clad teammate and "best friend".

"Naruto, what do you want?"

"Ah, thank goodness you're home! I need your help!" Naruto exclaimed, his head beading with sweat probably from fear.

"Shut it, you idiot. Someone's sleeping in the other room."

Naruto paused, raising an eyebrow at his annoyed friend.

"Huh? I didn't know you're living with someone," he then flashed a sly grin, much to the Uchiha's annoyance, "I didn't know you had it in you! For some time, I thought you weren't strai-hey!"

The future hokage began nursing the growing bump on his head, thanks to the former avenger's empty mayonnaise jar.

"Shut up and tell me what you need. My… cat is sick and needs its rest."

"Your… cat? Oh, you mean Chii? Ehehe, sorry then."

Sasuke didn't even bother to prevent himself from rolling his eyes to his friend's obliviousness. While it was true that his cat Chii was caught with the flu, the poor thing was actually staying in Konoha's veterinarian clinic for a whole week until he's completely healthy. Hinata insisted that the kitten stay there in case it becomes contagious and would infect Sasuke in any way, since he was sick (exhausted, Sasuke insists) just three weeks ago.

"Anyway, I was training in the forest just this morning with Kakashi-sensei when I happened to trip over his stupid Icha Icha Paradise book. It must've slipped from his pocket without him knowing, so I thought about using it as blackmail to get me free ramen. He always disappears whenever I ask him for some free ramen, which is really annoying since he owes me for doing that stupid painting mission just so he could-"

"I don't want to listen to your useless stories, Naruto. Get to the point already." Sasuke retorted, stopping himself from pinching his nose in frustration.

"Well, I kinda accidentally tripped on a frog and got the book washed up in the river," Naruto scratched his whiskered cheek while giving a nervous grin, "I-I tried getting it back, but the river was really rough. And when I did manage to catch up to it, the book kinda fell apart."

Sasuke couldn't really say that he was surprised. Despite being deemed the savior of the whole ninja world, Naruto was still an idiot and was clumsy in everything he does.

"Isn't that a good thing?"

"Are you kidding?" Naruto exclaimed, his blue eyes widening as large as saucers, "Kakashi-sensei's gonna KILL me when he finds out about his precious special edition book! SPECIAL, GOLDEN AND AUTOGRAPHED LIMITED EDITION BOOK! And I can't exactly ask Jiraya-sensei to make another one for free since he's … you know!"

"So what does that have to do with me?"

"Eh, well, I kinda need to, um, borrow some money?" Naruto's nervous grin grew just as Sasuke's scowl went deeper, "Look, I just found the very last edition of the book in one of the bookstores in the edge of town and the manager says that it was the only one left in the entire Leaf Village and if I don't get it right now then I could kiss my extra ramen and my poor ass goodbye!"

"Why don't you ask Sakura for the money then?"

"She says that she doesn't have a lot to spare since she's saving up for this specially rare imported healing herb set that she's been dying to get her hands on for years and that you might have a lot more money than anyone else would, since, well, you kinda have the whole Uchiha clan's inheritance now."

"Forget it. I'm not wasting my money because of some perverted novel."

Before Sasuke could close the door, the determined blonde ninja pulled at the door on the opposite side.

"Come on, teme! Just one measly loan and I won't bother you for free ramen anymore! A-and if you won't do it, I'll knock and shout outside your door until you give in! And I'll wake your precious cat too! WAKE U-mmph!"

Sasuke immediately covered his noisy friend's mouth, worrying if Hinata might be disturbed by the loud noises now. Seeing that his bedroom door remained closed after a minute, the Uchiha sighed in relief and glared at the muffling Uzumaki.

"… Fine. Stay still and shut up."

Naruto immediately nodded, a giant relieved grin spreading on his face after Sasuke went to get money from his wallet.

"Wow, I never would've thought that you'd be so worried about your cat. Chii must be really sick and tired right now."

"It's Hinata you're disturbing, you loud-mouthed idiot." Sasuke grudgingly thought to himself, taking out a lot of bills and shoving it to a happy Naruto.

"Whoa, you really are loaded! Maybe I should ask for free ramen treats from you more often. Thanks, Sasuke-teme!" Naruto ignored the deadly glare Sasuke gave him.

"Don't even try. Now get out of my property."

"Okay, okay, sheesh!"

Naruto was just about to turn to leave with the borrowed money when Sasuke sighed and looked down, realizing that he was still carrying the empty mayonnaise jar he was about to throw away.

"Hold on, Naruto."

Naruto turned back with a questioning look before Sasuke shoved the empty jar to the blonde ninja's chest.

"Take out the trash for me."

"Hey-!"

Sasuke slammed the door on his friend's face before he could retort, walking back to the living room with a relieved smirk. Just as he sat down on the couch to read some scrolls he got from his father's bookshelf, the bedroom door opened to reveal a tired but curious Hyuuga heiress. Sasuke looked up and narrowed his eyes.

"I thought I told you not to come out until after an hour."

"I heard the door slam, and I thought you were talking to someone just a few minutes ago," Hinata said nervously, combing some tangled strands of her midnight blue hair, "who was it?"

Sasuke smirked, flipping though his father's scrolls.

"The garbage-collector. He just came to take out the trash."

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