Sakura looked up to her ceiling, her hair was mushed around her face. She was thinking about what would happen. Would her and Naruto suddenly become a couple? Was she ready?...Feeling uneasy about everything, she felt a pair of arms wrap themselves tighter around her waist. Turning her head she smiled at Naruto, he was fast asleep. He looked peaceful and...Adorable.
Maybe I should wake him up...It's eleven AM...And if my mom sees...Nevermind, she won't care. Ugh, what should I do.
Sakura started to toss and turn, everything was just too much at the moment.
"S-Sakura?" Naruto rubbed his eyes and yawned slightly as he called her name. She stopped her tossing and faced Naruto. He was smiling like usual, but his eyes were barely opened.
"Good morning, Naruto," she whispered as she pecked his cheek. He giggled and snuggled closer towards Sakura.
"It certainly is a good morning!" he gleamed with joy, his smile was as big as ever and his heart was pounding from the sight of his love.
"Aha, yes, it is..." Sakura trailed her words, she didn't want to upset Naturo but he knew Sakura all too well. He frowned and furrowed his brows.
"What's wrong?" he asked, gently he grabbed a piece of her hair and moved it away from her face.
"I'm...I'm just, uhm, worried...I mean...Last night...-"
"Was incredible..." Naruto interuppted without thinking, Sakura paused and bit on her bottom lip. "Well, for me anyway," Naturo said disappointed.
"No...Naruto, it's not like that...I just," Sakura was out of words to think of to explain her feelings or what was going on in her head, she couldn't process anything. Naruto looking even sadder from her words and slid off her bed.
"It's okay, you don't have to explain to me, I'll just go, alright?" he said while picking up his clothes from the floor. Sakura frowned, she brought herself up and dangled her legs over the bed.
"Naruto...Please, it's just, it all happening so fast," She got up out of bed and touched Naruto's back as if she was reaching out to him, Naruto wouldn't turn. "Please, wait," she said as she gripped his shoulders, Naruto made an 'eh?!' sound as he was taken by surprise. She crept backwards still holding onto Naruto and led them both to her bed.
"Stay..." she whispered as he fell into her lap.
Hinata laid there staring at the body that was sleeping so soundly next to her, afraid to wake him up she didn't move from her spot. She heard a mumbled escape Sasuke's lips. Her eyes shot open and her heart skipped a beat, she was nervous.
"S-Sasuke-kun?" Hinata whispered quietly, she then saw a stretch come from Sasuke.
"Mm..." he mumbled in his asleep unaware of what he was about to say next. Hinata giggled softly and brought her hand to her mouth forgetting to be quiet.
"H-Hin..." Hinata's eyes widened.
"So, Hinata-chan! Why were you with my little brother last night?" Itachi asked taking her out of her daze about what happened this morning. Hinata looked at Sasuke, waiting to see if she should answer or not. There was Sasuke, Hinata, Sasori, Itachi and Deidara all sitting around the kitchen eating breakfast. Deidara and Sasuke were barely dressed where as Hinata, Sasori and Itachi were fully clothed.
"I was trying to help her," Sasuke grumbled as he quickly answered for her, he was resting his head soundly on his bending wrist with his eyes barely open. Itachi rolled his eyes.
"I was asking Hinata," Itachi said, Hinata blushed deeply and looked to Sasuke. Sasuke rolled his eyes and motioned for Hinata to tell the story.
"U-Uhm, yes, Sasuke-kun helped me with an injury," Hinata smiled as she agreed with anything Sasuke would say.
"An injury? What happened?" Sasori asked now intrigued, Itachi frowned as he snapped his head at Sasori. Hinata looked at Sasuke to see if it was alright to explain what had actually happened, he nodded soflty.
"Well...We almost got ran over, haha...Thankfully, Sasuke knocked me out of the way and nothing major happened," she replied thanking the lords in her head for that push. Itachi burst out of his seat and hit Sasuke on the back of his head.
"What?! Why didn't you tell me, Sasuke?!-" he yelled loudly, Sasori sighed as he knew there was going to be a big huff about this.
"First of all, ow! And nothing major happened, It!-" Sasuke tried to talk but just got shut off by Itachi continuing his rant.
"Did either of you get hurt? I can't believe you didn't call me! Or better yet...Go to the hospital! You can be so stupid sometimes!"
"Hey! It was a minor cut in her knee and some cuts and bruises, dad's showed me enough times to treat something so little...It would have been a waste of time and we had all we needed...Just give it a rest already, I'm tired, okay?" Sasuke defended himself with pride, Itachi had no right to embarass him infront of anyone, especially his idiot friends. Itachi glared at his younger brother and averted his eye contact to Hinata, he looked down at her with piercing eyes, she was scared.
"Which leg?" he asked as he bent to her knees, Hinata hesitated but after a quick glare from Itachi she replied 'the right one'. Itachi pulled Sasuke's baggy jeans up to show Hinata's knee, it had been stitched but not washed.
"Sasuke, did you stitch this? Father would be disappointed," Itachi said, he got back up and went over to their sink. He took out the first aid-kit from the cupboard and took one of the cloths out, placing it under the tap he switched it to cold.
"I was...I was never that great at stichting but it was either that or 'cause a hassle over nothing," Sasuke replied hating the fact he had to admit he wasn't good at something.
"You didn't even wash the wound, Sasuke, did father teach you nothing?" Itachi walked back to Hinata and washed the blood around her wound, he smiled brightly up at her trying to act as if there was no argument about to blow out.
"Shut up! I don't care for medical treatment!-" Sasuke began as he rised out of his chair fuming.
"Ugh, can you guys not start?" Deidara said as he put his arms over his head, loud noises at the moment were not a friend to Deidara, both of the Uchiha's snapped their heads to him and glared. Sasuke after glaring long enough continued what he was going to say.
"He wants you to follow in his footsteps, not me!...I did the best I could," he shouted, he walked closely to Hinata and looked down at her feeling disappointed with himself for forgetting to do something so simple.
"Your best is not enough, no matter whether father wants you to follow in his footsteps or not.-"
"But," Sasuke interrupted his brother to only be interrupted himself."None the less. These stiches will do, I'd say to still get your knee checked out,
Hinata, okay?" Hinata nodded her head in reply.
"Pick up, pick up!" A frustrated kiba shouted, he threw his phone on the bed and sighed. He felt a hand crawl up his back and find its way to his shoulder. It squeezed his shoulder gently and grabbed his head to turn him around. Ino wasn't clothed but held a quilt up to her breasts so nothing but her cleavage could be seen.
"What's wrong, baby?" Ino asked as she smiled her bubbly smile. Kiba frowned not willing to smile back.
"Kiba?..." She said his name quietly still with her hand on his face.
"Leave it, Ino," he said, he turned his back to his girlfriend and picked up his shirt from the floor. He buttoned his shirt and turned back to face Ino. Her smile had faded and tears were almost in her eyes.
"I'm sorry, Ino...I'm just...I'm stressed," Kiba sat down back on the bed, he leaned his elbows on his thighs and pushed his hands through his hair (something he did when frustrated). Ino got to her knees and waddled to Kiba's back, she hugged him tightly, letting her boobs press into his back. She didn't care if she was over exposed, he had seen her in all of her most vulnerable states, this was nothing.
"Aren't I here to help you relieve stress?..." She whispered into his ear as she wrapped her arms around his neck, she placed her hand down his shirt and traced her fingers down his stomach, barely touching his skin. She could see the reaction she was getting from him, she felt empowered with how much she could...control him.
"Mmm...Ino..." He trailed her name quietly and shut his eyes tight, Ino continued to trace his skin until she got to his boxers, she stopped abruptly.
"Do you want me to help...relieve you?" She asked without caring for the answer, she already knew what he'd say, she just wanted him to ask.
"I...Wait! Ino, no!" Kiba opened his eyes, out of the trance his girlfriend had just put him in. Ino's eyes widened, she was shocked to get such a reply.
"I...I was going to use my mouth?" Ino said questioning if he had doubted her skills. She felt saddened he had stopped her, she pouted.
"No! Its not that! Ino...This isn't what relationships should be about!" He yelled as he got back up from the bed, he looked down at her, he saw the mood change in her face again.
"W-What do you mean?!" She yelled back frightened, she dragged the quilt back around her breasts and stood up across from kiba so they'd be eye contact level.
"It shouldn't be just about 'relieving'! I mean you should help your partner but not with sex all the time! It...It isn't right," he said calmly, his voice trailed away, he sounded disappointed in himself. Ino's face dropped, her eyes began to become wet, she felt herself sobbing in the back of her throat, this was it...
"Go on then!" She choked on her words already, "Go! Leave! Get out!" She screamed while crying, her words sounded raspy. Kiba frowned, he wasn't moving, he didn't want to end things like this...
"Ino...I don't want it to...Happen like this, please, don't cry." He moved around the bed to her side of the room, he closed the gap in between them and hugged her softly. She squirmed under his grasp and pushed her way out of his arms.
"What do you expect, Kiba?! I do all of this for you for so long and this is how you treat me! Like I'm some whore?! Why never mention something sooner?! Huh?!" She yelled as loudly as she could not caring if her parents or neighbours could hear. Kiba's frown grew, he walked closer to try and hug her again but Ino picked up her alarm clock from her side table and threw it at Kiba's head. Kiba barely dodged the clock.
"Ino!-" he yelled, she threw a pencil at him, and then a notepad, she didn't stop no matter how loudly he yelled at her.
"Stop, you crazy slut!" Finally Ino stopped in her tracks, her quilt dropped to the floor. "Wait...Ino, I didn't mean that..." Kiba quickly apologised but he knew it was too late, the damage was done.
"Ge-Get out..." She said normally, her face had sunk into her chin, her hair was covering her face, she was completely naked. She looked like a broken toy. Tears flooded her eyes, she couldn't help herself, she broke down to the floor.
"I-Ino..." Kiba said barely whispering, he went to comfort her.
"Just get out! Go! This is what you wanted, yeah?! You got it! Now, just go...Just go..." Not wanting to upset her any more, Kiba did as he was asked and grabbed his clothes, phone and wallet and left her home.
"God damn it!" Kiba shouted loudly as he left Ino's home, that'd be the last he'd be seeing of her for a long while. His anger buliding him inside him, Kiba hit the side of the builiding with his fist.
"W-What was that?!" some one from Ino's home had shouted, they heard the banging noise Kiba had just made. Kiba heard feet gathering towards the front door and ran as far away from Ino's house as possible. He ran and ran until he was finally satisfied with how far away he was, Kiba ended up infront of Naruto's favourite restruant. Kiba felt a vibration in his pocket and then his phone started to ring. He yanked it out quickly and answered with a 'hello?!' he was out of breath.
"Kiba-kun?...Are you okay?" a timid voice asked.
"Hinata?! I've been ringing you all day! Where are you? Why weren't you picking up?"
"K-Kiba-kun, please calm down...I'm outside Sasuke-san's home at the moment -Kiba's eyes widened- I only just saw the missed calls so I came outside right away to call you, I'm sorry...Please forgive me," being sincere as always Kiba could hear Hinata's apologetic tone, he sighed to himself and rubbed his temples. Remembering she was still at Sasuke's he thought to himself what was still going on, of course he had to tease Sasuke about what he saw yesterday...But Kiba was dying inside to know what had truly happened and why Hinata had no pants on...The thought scared him to be truly honest but he never wanted to admit it to himself.
"It's okay...I'm sorry, I've just had a rough morning, Hinata." Kiba said explaining his actions, he continued in a soft tone, "do you want me to come pick you up?" There was a long pause. "Hinata?..."
"Oh! Yes! Sorry, Kiba-kun, I was just thinking, yes that'd be great, thank you!"
"Great, I'll be there in about twenty minutes or so, okay?"
"Yes, I'll go get ready now, thank you!"
Sasuke tapped on the dinning table waiting impatiently on Hinata to return from her phone call, he was in a bad mood. Deidara held his head down low still suffering from a "major hang-over", Sasori was sitting quietly eating his buttered toast and Itachi was reading his newspaper while getting a glance at Sasuke once in a while. Turning the page of his newspaper Itachi began to speak.
"Sasuke," he said to get Sasuke's attention.
"Hm?" Sasuke replied, he stopped his annoying tapping and looked up at Itachi, Itachi hadn't taken his eyes off his paper.
"You do realise father will not be happy about Hinata staying here?" he said skimming through an interview with the hokage, Sasuke scowled. "Remember what happened last time?" he asked finally putting his newspaper down to look directly in Sasuke's eyes. Sasuke stared with a furious frown.
"I remember perfectly well..."
"I didn't want to say it infront of Hinata obviously but she is not welcomed here, if father knew he'd be having a heartattack and probably would have kicked her out by now." Sasuke abruptly got out of his seat, in a flash he was infront of Itachi with his hands around Itachi's throat. Sasori and Deidara stumbled up out of their seats about to drag Sasuke off of Itachi but Itachi raised his hand to signal them to stop.
"Of course I know what he'd be doing! Don't you dare question my awareness of our 'beloved' father!...It was the right thing to do last night and I knew he was in China doing a conference with Madara and mother..." he said sounding quite sad, Itachi chuckled making Sasuke tighten his grip around his brothers throat. "Don't laugh at me!" Itachi coughed trying to breathe.
"Sasuke, look," Itachi moved his neck to try and give himself some breathing space, "I'm not trying to be the bad guy here! I was simply explaining. You know the situation, Hinata doesn't, its unfair. What if they had come home early and father...Or even Madara had seen that she was here?" putting his hand on Sasuke's arm Itachi rubbed it softly to try and comfort his little brother. Sasuke quickly let go and broke himself away from Itachi, he turned his back and hung his head low.
"I know...It's...It's been so long since we were alone together and I wanted things to be like they used to...Before all of that happened, she doesn't know."
'She's so innocent...' Sasuke smiled to the image of Hinata being the way she is.
"She'll be leaving shortly and that'll be that, this will be the last notion that Hinata was ever here and I'll keep my distance as I did before, father and Madara will know nothing."
"I'm sorry, Sasuke...It's a sacrifice you have to make," Itachi said feeling sorry for his brother, Sasuke had always tried his best to please his family more than anyone Itachi knew, he will do anything for them and never step out of line...Or so he thought. Itachi heard the front door open and lifted up his paper to continue reading, he notioned Sasori and Deidara continue as they were.
Hinata walked into the kithen with a smile upon her face, she had her hands behind her back and was fiddling with her fingers as always. Sasuke turned his head to look at the small female entering his kitchen, she was simply radiant.
"Everything alright, Hinata-chan?" Itachi asked in an upbeat tone, he smiled towards the young girl. She nodded softly and grinned.
"Mhmm, it was just Kiba-kun, he's coming to pick me up in twenty minutes."
"Ah, well, you better get your things together then," Hinata nodded her head as if she was a soldier and excused herself from the men around her 'causing both Sasori and Itachi to chuckle.
"She's an odd one..." Sasori said with a smirk, Sasuke whipped his head towards Sasori; glaring. Sasori thought no more of it and just smiled at the young Uchiha.
"Go see if she has everything she needs and what not, Sasuke."
"Yeah, yeah..." Sasuke stuffed his hands into his pockets and turned his heel to leave the kitchen. Sighing to himself he walked into the corridoor and up the stairs, he started to remember everything his uncle had said to him a while back.
~Flashback.~
Sasuke, Naruto and Hinata had been walking home together, it was after school and was just two weeks before Summer. Naruto stretched his arms wide and brought Hinata and Sasuke into a group hug, he held Sasuke's neck so he couldn't escape whereas he just held Hinata's waist.
"Only two more weeks till Summer, guys! Can't wait!" he shouted with excitement.
"Hn," Sasuke said not caring about Summer.
"Oh, come on, think of all the cool/fun stuff we'll be doing!" he shouted again with a huge grin on his face. Hinata giggled with her bright red cheeks and Sasuke huffed to himself embarrased to call this idiot his best friend.
"Yes, yes, it's great, now let go!" Sasuke replied as he squirmed his way out of Naruto's grip. Naruto frowned as Sasuke straightened out the crinkles in his uniform Naruto had just made.
"Pst, yeah, well, who needs ya'!" Naruto said sticking out his tongue, he wrapped both of his arms around Hinata's waist and hugged her tightly causing her to blush deeply. "I have Hinata-chan!" he yelled with joy not letting go. Sasuke felt jealousy come over him and glared at the young blonde.
"You're going to kill her if you grasp her any tighter!" Sasuke pushed Naruto aside and set Hinata free. Naruto pouted and grabbed out his hands to reach for Hinata, Sasuke slapped his hands away and shouted 'no!'. Hinata giggled at her friends, they had always been there for her, no matter what.
"You're just jealous, teme!" the young Naruto shouted, Sasuke looked taken back by Naruto's statement as did Hinata.
"Ha! What?! What reason do I have to be jealous, dobe?!" Sasuke hit Naruto across the side of the head and crossed his arms together having pride in himself. Naruto snickered at his best friend, he knew very well of the crush Sasuke had developed on the young Hyuga and wasn't afraid to taunt him about it.
"The fact that I have the guts to hug our lovely Hina and you only wish you had guts!" Naruto said as he ran to Hinata's side and grabbed her by her waist again, Hinata's eyes widened, she had no idea what was happening and wished all the hand-grabbing would come to an end.
"I can hug Hinata whenever I want!" Sasuke stopped talking as he realised what he said and then continued to explain himself as he could see the shocked face on Hinata and Naruto, "I mean...if I wanted to hug Hinata I'd have no problem to..."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever, teme!" Naruto said laughing loudly as he let Hinata go from his grip. Hinata was still blushing and tried her best to keep quiet.
"Shut up, dobe," Sasuke said hitting Naruto in his arm, Naruto pouted and yelped 'ouch', the three laughed it off and continued to walk to Sasuke's house.
"Here's your stop, Sasuke!" Naruto said smiling just about ready to hug his friend goodbye until tomorrow. Sasuke held his hand infront of Naruto's face and glared at him, Naruto frowned. Hinata giggled at the two and their actions, she loved being with them both.
"I'm quite aware of where I live, baka..." Sasuke whispered under his breath, he nodded his head to the two and walked on to his home.
"Goodbye, Sasuke-kun," Hinata said softly making Sasuke turn his head, she waved goodbye and Naruto joined as he wrapped his arms around Hinata's neck.
"See ya' tomorrow, Sasuke!" Naruto shouted as they turned to continue their route home. The order was Sakura's house first, Kiba's house second, Sasuke's home third, Hinata's house fourth and then finally Naruto's last. Sasuke sighed at the thought of his best friends idiocy but then smiled at the thought of him and then his smile grew bigger as he thought of Hinata...He felt mushy when beside Hinata and bright, bright as the sun. She only had to smile and his day would get better. He wouldn't admit it to himself but he had grown very fond of Hinata Hyuga.
Opening the front door to his home he found Madara and Itachi standing in the hallway waiting for his arrival, he bowed respectfully to Madara and nodded to his brother.
"Uncle, brother," he said directing them sternly, Itachi looked saddened but nodded in return. Madara walked towards Sasuke, took his backpack from him and gloomed over the young Uchiha.
"Who was that young girl you were with a moment ago, Sasuke?" Madara asked, he had a straight face and his tone was as stern as usual. No light in his eyes, never to be found smiling, Madara was a business man and a business man alone. Rarely he thought of his family (brother, mother, in-law, etc) and rarely did he think of starting one. Although he did know of loyalty and the meaning of being bonded by blood, money and power were the only things on his mind and that's why the way he liked it, he had no time for anything else.
"Hinata Hyuga, uncle," Sasuke stated, he could tell something was up, why would his uncle be asking about any of his friends?
"As I thought, she has those same disgusting eyes as the rest of them," Madara said turning his back to his nephew. Sasuke was shocked to hear such a vile thing to be said about Hinata and from his uncle, fighting the urge to stick up for her, Sasuke knew his place and ignored the comment.
"Why do you ask?" Madara threw Sasuke's bag to the side where all the coats and shoes were, Sasuke took off his coat and hung it up on one of the hangers to the side.
"Listen to me well, Sasuke Uchiha," his uncle began as the walked into the sittingroom with Itachi and Sasuke trailing behind him. Sasuke looked to his brother for some indication of what was going on but Itachi did no such thing but follow Madara. Sitting down Madara motioned for the two boys to sit across from him."Those Hyuga's are scum and filth, -Sasuke's eyes widened- you are fobiddened to speak to her again. I realise it is inevitable to not see her or be around her or for any Hyuga's for that matter, but you are to cut your bond with her."
"B-But, uncle..." Sasuke stammered, he didn't understand, what was his uncle talking about? Hinata and Neji were far from scum and filth, they were good people?...He must have had some kind of mistake.
"It's what must be done, Sasuke. Especially if you are to ever take over your fathers hospital or my company." Madara looked straight into Sasuke's eyes, he didn't care for how much pain this would 'cause him. Sasuke shook his head side to side.
"W-What is this?! I can not do this, uncle!" Sasuke yelled jumping out of his seat, Itachi grabbed his brother back and covered his mouth. Sasuke squirmed under his brothers grip.
"Uncle, Sasuke didn't mean this of course, he's just a bit shocked..." Itachi said with a pleasant smile, he could see the anger building within his uncle. Madara rised out of his seat and gloomed down at the two.
"Never...And I mean never even dare to raise your voice to me again, nephew, or I'll make sure you don't have a tongue afterwards." Sasuke gulped and stopped squirming, he could feel Madara's stare burn into him. Sasuke was only eight years old but he knew that Madara wasn't joking. Itachi let his little brother go and hoped he wouldn't say anything else to anger his uncle.
"Something has happened between the Uchiha's and the Hyuga's, Sasuke...Think of it as a bit of a business war!" Itachi tried to explain to Sasuke why he couldn't see Hinata or Neji anymore but didn't make it very clear.
"Be blunt with the boy, Itachi. Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga and the rest of their rats have tried to overtake your fathers hospital thus making your father and the rest of the family unemployed and pennyless. We tried talking but they wouldn't listen so we had to use another form of persuasion. We had our best men on the job to try and scare them into getting the message and the death of Hizashi Hyuga became upon them. We warned them to leave well enough alone but they-"
"What?! You killed Hinata's uncle?! All over some business?! What th-" Sasuke felt a strong sting on his cheek, Madara had slapped him with force. Being struck down Sasuke held the side of his face to bear the pain. Itachi jumped out of his seat to help his brother but Madara stopped him.
"You're lucky you're my brothers son otherwise I'd have no problem teaching you more of a lesson, now hold out your tongue." Madara had an evil look on his face and his stare felt like blades going through Sasuke. Sasuke looked to Itachi for help but Itachi turned his head to look away.
"Do it, now" he demanded, doing as he was told Sasuke held his tongue. "Bite into it until I say stop." Sasuke felt as if he was going to get sick, his stomach turned...He wanted to be anywhere but here, doing anything but this, he wished he had never had come home that day. Sasuke dug his teeth into his tongue and felt the pain he was receiving.
"Dig harder..." Sasuke obliged, "harder until you taste blood." Sasuke hestitated but then again obliged without protesting, he let tears roll down his cheek, he felt ashamed and humilated.
"You're pathetic...You're nothing but a weakling, you will never be able to take over anything you're handed down."
"Sasuke-kun? A-Are you okay?..." Hinata asked gripping his shoulder, they were standing within inches of each other. Sasuke stared into Hinata's eyes thinking back of everything they went through before that day and then everything that happened afterwards. No matter how much they've grown apart, no matter how long it's been, it didn't matter, she was still as beautiful as ever. She was breaking dwon the wall he had created a long time ago to try and keep her out. His actions were becoming unlike him and his thoughts were involving only around her and it had only been a day and a bit...Sasuke became worried.
"S-Sasuke?..." she said his name above a whisper, blinking rapidly Sasuke realised what he was doing and stopped staring.
"Gomen, Hinata, I just got sidetracked."