Hobbies: flowers

Well, I hope this was a fast enough update for you. It's kinda a big chapter. So thank you to all of the people who read and reviewed, and/or added me to a list of some sort.

BTW: I wrote a song fic called music to my ears, a SasuHina if you want to check it out.

Anyway, thank you…

lost-vampire-of-hate: I'm glad you liked it, I hope you like this chap too. Thank you for the review

kenshinlover2002: Does Sakura mean what she said about dating Sasuke? Well we'll see if it works out that way or not. Thank you for the review.

lala's world: I'm glad you liked the chapter, I like Hinata too. Anyway, thank you for the review.

Danimals21: I guess Sakura's a little dense that way hm? Well, thank you for the review.

petite.ina: You're a short sweat and to the point kinda reviewer aren't you, well, here's the update. Thank you for the review.

Yinyanglover: I'm glad you enjoyed the last chap, it was kinda a filler type chap, this one will be a bigger chap. Thank you for the review.

S-A-K-G: Hey, almost none of the reviewers told us who there favorite character was.

Shikamaru: That's because you asked them at the beginning and didn't ask again at the end.

Sasuke: Plus, who reads the beginning anyway.

S-A-K-G: I do sometimes…

Sasuke: Anyway, just ask them at the end of this chapter.

Shikamaru: You're bad memory is so troublesome…

Previously

Hinata stud there waving back until Sakura turned toward her destination, where ever it was. Hinata smiled to herself glad that she and Sakura were friends again.

'Now to make Sasuke-kun my friend is my next task,' she thought. "Alright, here I go," she said to herself aloud.

"About time," Hinata jumped and turned around quickly to see…

What will you do Hinata?

Hinata turned around to see none other than Sasuke Uchiha smirking down at her. He was a good few inches tall her, the top of her head only reached about to his chin. She looked at him and saw him looking over her head; she knew that he was looking at Sakura's retreating form.

"Why was she here?" he asked looking back at her. She looked at him nervously; she didn't think he would like it if she forgave Sakura.

"U-um…I-I… a-ano," she stammered. She kept looking away from his eyes, but they just kept drawing them back in. He never looked away from her eyes, the playful smirk that was once present, replaced by the stern line on his lips.

"Hinata, you didn't do what I think you did, did you" he said looking into her eyes. He was pretty sure of the answer, but was really hoping she didn't forgive Sakura after what she did.

"A-ano, I-I-I made y-you l-l-lunch," she said holding the bento boxes up in his face, breaking the long stare he was had going. Sasuke sighed; he would talk to her about it later.

"Hu, you didn't have to," he said pushing the boxes out of his face.

"I-I know, b-but s-since you w-were going th-through all th-this trouble, i-it's the least I-I could d-do," she said blushing.

"You're not that much of a problem Hyugga," he said smirking, stuffing his hands in his pockets. 'She's so weird,' he thought, 'I force her to come, yet she makes me lunch?' he unnoticeably shook his head at her.

She blushed and looked up at him. "Hinata," she corrected as she smiled. His smirk grew slightly as she smiled.

'She turns so red so easily, and she has a sort-a pretty smile.' He blushed slightly at his own thoughts. Turning he said "Shall we go now?"

"H-Hai," she said walking beside him.

0o0 (later)

Hinata dropped to all fours on the ground; she was panting heavily, her sweat dripping to the floor. Across the clearing in the forest, Sasuke was kneeling on the ground, panting, though not as heavily. They had been training for about a half an hour, sparing actually. When Sasuke first proposed sparing, Hinata nearly had a heart attack, there was no way that she could possibly keep up with him, let alone compete with him. But Sasuke insisted that it was the only way to see what Hinata's limits were. He promised to go easy on her, and reluctantly she agreed. Thus they began there training; Sasuke was surprised at Hinata's abilities, he didn't have to hold back as much as he thought he would.

Sasuke looked at Hinata, she had long since discarded her jacket, and due to the sweat, her shirt clung to the body she hid from the world. He really couldn't understand why she hid herself, if Naruto saw what she really had under the jacket, he would probably notice her more, Sasuke sure as hell did.

Hinata looked up from her position on the ground, she blushed as she saw his bear chest. He too discarded something, his shirt; she couldn't help but take a glance at his sweaty, well toned body.

She closed her eyes and turned her head, she was really shouldn't be looking at him like that. Finally she let exhaustion take hold of her and she laid herself on the forest floor. Suddenly she heard Sasuke get up, she listened as he walked over to her. She rolled her body to the side he was coming from and opened her eyes. She laid there watching him come till he stopped beside her. He sat next to her, leaned back on his hands and sighed. He looked at her, she just laid there, looking back at him.

"Hinata," he said looking at her.

"Hai?" she asked in soft, quiet voice.

"Why do you push yourself so hard," he asked. Hinata's eyes widened in surprise at first, then, slowly dimmed into sadness. She rolled over to the other side breaking the eye contact that they had held.

"B-because," she said in a whisper. Sasuke looked at her back, straining his ears to hear what she was saying. "I'm th-the heir t-to the Hyugga c-clan, I… I c-can't b-be w-weak," she said. "I h-have to get s-stronger, in order to b-become the h-head of my c-clan, I can't be a-as weak as I-I am now… I-I can't be th-the failure I a-am n-now." Tears begun to overflow from her eyes, her body started to shake. Sasuke stayed quiet, what was he supposed to do?

He looked around, there was no one there, he sighed, 'what am I supposed to do.' Suddenly something popped into his mind… a memory of him and his mother.

0o0 (Flashback)

4 year old Sasuke was crying alone on the floor in his room. His father had ignored him all day even though it was his Birthday that day.

'I should be used to it by now,' he thought to himself. "Why aren't I good enough?" he said between sobs.

"You are good enough." Sasuke turned around quickly to see his mother standing in his doorway. Sasuke quickly wiped away his tears and blushed. Mikoto walked over to her youngest son; she kneeled beside him. "Sasuke, you should never think you're not good enough for anything or anybody." Sasuke turned and looked at her; he was desperately trying to hold back his tears. Mikoto smiled at him and wrapped her arms around him. "It's okay Sasuke," she said. "I'm here for you."
0o0 (End Flashback)

Sasuke sighed again, why him? Sasuke cursed himself for asking her (telling her) to train with him in the first place. 'I could leave her here… no,' he thought. 'I'll just wait till she's done crying,' he thought again. He looked at her she was still shaking, and he could hear faint sobs coming form her. Something in him just wouldn't leave him alone about it. He just couldn't sit there while she was crying knowing that he accidentally caused it. Finally Sasuke laid down next to her, he looked at her, she was still facing the other way. 'I guess there's not much choice,' he thought as he put his arms around her waist, and pulled her closer to him. Hinata gasped at first, a huge blush on her cheeks because the close proximity.

She turned to face him; that was when she noticed something about Sasuke she didn't before. He was usually so rouged and tough, but in his eyes she could clearly see the gentleness brilliantly shining despite himself.

He looked into her eyes as well. He too saw something that he had not noticed before. She was so tender and kind, but in her eyes he could see the strong determination that she held inside of them.

'Why didn't I notice that before?' they both thought.

Hinata's last tears had fallen and she was slowly gaining control of her breathing pattern. She no longer felt uncomfortable in Sasuke's arms, but rather, she enjoyed being there. She moved her arms against his chest and snuggled closer to him, burying her face in his bear chest. At her movements he hugged her closer to him, smirking slightly at her actions that showed him that she was clearly comfortable there. He moved his head so his face was in her long hair.

Hinata exhaled against his chest, unintentionally sending shivers down his spine. She felt as if she could just lay there and fall asleep; in truth she was a bit tired and he was just so warm. The feeling was mutual as Sasuke felt himself being lulled to sleep by her sent, lilies and something else he couldn't quite identify, not that in really mattered. Both of them were half-conscious so nether of them noticed the impending doom coming there way.

0o0

Tenten was hiding in a tree searching for Neji Hyugga. They were training and she was trying to get the jump on him, not that she thought she really would. Him and his damn byacugan, she could never sneak up on him because of those damn eyes of his. But, as futile as it was, it didn't stop her from trying. That's when she saw something in the corner of her eye. She looked over to the training grounds not far from her and saw two people cuddling. 'Aww, how cute… I wish I had some one to cuddle with like that,' she thought to herself. She squinted her eyes to try and see the 'lovebirds' faces. 'Is that Sasuke Uchiha?' she wondered. Completely forgetting the task at hand, Tenten went a few trees over to get a closer look. When she got there her eyes widened with pure shock. 'It's-It's-It's' she couldn't even form a complete thought in her shock.

Tenten didn't move until a hand went to her shoulder. She nearly fell out of the tree in surprise; that is, she would have if some one didn't grab the back of her shirt first.

"Tenten, are you alright," asked a familiar voice.

"Neji!!!" she yelled as he placed her back on the tree branch. "Don't sneak up on me like that!!"

"But I thought that was the point of this training exercise," he said smoothly.

"Training exercise?" Tenten said. "Oh ya!!!" she yelled smacking her forehead with the palm of her hand. "I totally forgot," she said smiling at Neji.

"I can see that" he said shaking his head at her. "So, what were you doing?" He asked. Tenten opened her mouth to tell him, but then she froze.

'If I tell him what I just saw, he'll go on a rampage,' she thought. "Oh, n-nothing, nothing at all," she said nervously.

"I see," he said in a 'I don't believe you and I know I'm right 'cause I'm always right' kind of voice. He looked in the direction she was looking at and activated his byacugan. Immediately his muscles tensed, you could see the anger radiating off of him. Suddenly he took off in the direction of Sasuke and Hinata. Tenten ran right behind him, desperately trying to catch up with him.

"Neji, wait!!" she pleaded.

Neji simply ignored her and kept on his way. There were two things fueling him right then; his love for Hinata, and his hate for Sasuke.

0o0

Both Sasuke and Hinata were just about to fall asleep, both only slightly conscious. That is until the both sensed a huge chakra source heading there way. Both of there eyes shot open, 'Damn it, why didn't I sense this before?' Sasuke screeched in his head.

'Oh no, that's Neji-niisan's chakra,' Hinata thought in panic. Both of them sat up still in each others arms and turned toward the direction of the upcoming problem. Hinata's suspicions were confirmed as they saw Neji coming toward them, fast. As soon as he got close enough, Neji grabbed Hinata's arm and jerked her roughly away from Sasuke.

"Keep your hands off of her Uchiha, or else," he said with his byacugan activated.

"Or else what Hyugga?" Sasuke asked with his Sharingan activated.

"P-please N-Neji s-stop it," Hinata pleaded.

"Ya Neji, lay off, this is no concern of your's," Sasuke said grabbing Hinata's hand and pulling her towards him, causing her to collide with his chest.

"As her protector, anything that concerns Hinata-sama concerns me too," Neji said.

"P-please s-stop th-this," she said, her eyes getting teary.

"She's a big girl Hyugga, she can take care of herself just fine," Sasuke said.

"Regardless it is still my duty to protect her from harm, and I intend to do just that," Neji said.

"STOP IT, STOP IT BOTH OF YOU!!!!!" Hinata screamed, finally reaching breaking point. Hinata slumped to the floor, "please, just stop."

Sasuke and Neji both looked at her in surprise. Neji bent down and picked her up into his arms, and with one last glare he headed toward the Hyugga compound, leaving a worried Tenten, and a angry (and slightly disappointed) Sasuke behind.

0o0 (the Hyugga compound)

Hinata felt like she was walking down death row. When they got home, Neji put her in her room (to clean herself up) and went and told her father about what happened. Hinata was worried; he had called her to his study: that was never a good thing.

Hinata had finally reached the door to the study, taking a deep breath, she opened the door and went in.

"Y-you wanted to see m-me f-father?" she asked, doing her best not to stutter.

"Sit down," he said pointing to the chair in front of his desk. Hinata did as she was told and waited for him to speak again. "Hinata, I assume you know why you're here," Hiashi said. He had yet to turn and look at her, choosing to look out the window instead.

"H-hai father," she said meekly.

"Hinata, I'm very disappointed in you," he began. "I want you to stay away from the Uchiha boy, he is nothing but Kanoha trash and I don't want him turning you into something worse than what you already are."

"B-but f-father, th-that's not t-true," Hinata said in Sasuke's defense. Sure he wasn't perfect, but he didn't deserve to be talked about in such a manner, especially when he wasn't even present.

"He's a traitor Hinata!!" He yelled. "Besides, what would a man like him want with a girl like you anyway?" Hinata looked up at him, something about the way he said that wasn't right.

"I d-don't understand what you mean," she said.

"Why would a boy like Sasuke, strong, smart, well bred, and one of the most wanted guys in Kanoha, want to be with you?" Hiashi said in his usual monotone voice.

As Hiashi's words start sinking in, Hinata starts getting sad. "I-it wasn't a-anything l-like th-that f-father, h-he w-was just h-helping m-me train w-was all," she said. Hinata was putting her bravest face on, inside she was really hurt. 'Why do I care if Sasuke doesn't like me,' she said to herself in her head.

Hiashi smirked; he could tell she was getting depressed despite her words. 'Good,' he thought. 'Now she won't even think to look at that Uchiha kid again. Don't want her getting too strong that I can't control her anymore.' Hiashi, satisfied with what he had done, he dismissed Hinata to her room.

0o0

Hinata gratefully walked to her room. She was happy to be away from everything that just happened. She was so happy, that she didn't notice that someone was in her room until she opened the door. Hinata stud there rooted to the floor staring at him.

"S-Sasuke?!?! W-what are y-you doing h-here," Hinata said.

"Well, waiting for you," he said. He got up off her bed where he had been meditating. "Hinata, come with me,"

Well that all for this chapter, tell me what you think.

Also, when you review, tell me who you favorite character is. S-A-K-G