Hinata yawned and rolled over to turn off her alarm clock. Pulling on her bra and a mesh shirt she grabbed her jacket. Stumbling slightly she pulled on her pants and socks before walking over to Neji's room and knocking on the door softly. She was out of money having not been able to do missions from being gone so long. Hearing his cousin knock Neji moodily climbed out of bed to open the door. It was hard for Hinata to not giggle at him. His long hair was everywhere and he was pouting slightly.
"Hinata-sama it is five in the morning on a Saturday what could you possibly need this early?" Neji asked her not fully awake yet.
"Forgive me cousin but I am out of money and I need to borrow some to buy a few women things that I need." Hinata said looking down. Neji didn't ask any questions like Hinata knew he wouldn't after hearing that and quickly pushed some money in her hand. Men were so fickle sometimes. "Thank You." Hinata said as Neji nodded and closed his door. Quietly she headed out of the house slipping her sandals on as she did. She didn't want to be bringing Sasuke bento's three times a day that would just be a hassle. She would buy things and stock up Sasuke's home so she could just cook there. It was so much simpler.
As she picked out different types of vegetables and meats Hinata hummed to herself. She had no idea why she was so happy but she was and the Moon Day Festival was coming up that made it all the better. Paying for all of the food Hinata headed over to Sasuke's house in the Uchiha compound. She knocked on his door twice but received no answer. Shrugging to herself she opened the door, not surprised to find it unlocked, and went in to the kitchen to begin preparing their breakfast.
Sasuke had heard someone knocking on his door but ignored them. If it was important they would be back at a later hour of the day maybe even when the sun was up. As he drifted back to sleep Sasuke didn't comprehend the quiet footsteps in his house or the soft click of a pan. 20 minutes later Sasuke started to smell frying bacon and sat up annoyed. If Sakura was in his house attempting to cook for him he would kill her. Walking out of his room glaring he was slightly shocked to see Hinata there wearing an apron and cooking. He had almost forgotten that he had agreed to train her yesterday in trade for food.
"Good morning Sasuke-san. I was going to wake you up when it was finished." Hinata told him not looking up from the vegetables that she was chipping. She was preparing a vegetable soup for their lunch later a head of time so they wouldn't have to make a trip back to the house.
"You just walked into my house? How did you know that I wouldn't come down here and kill you?" Sasuke asked sitting down on his matt at the table.
"I didn't but I took my chances didn't I." Hinata replied putting some bacon and eggs on two plates. She carried them and a plate of toast to the table where the tea was already waiting. She was a little a taken aback seeing Sasuke sitting there shirtless. She had seen him without a shirt before of course but then she was caring for his wounds and not looking at him as a man. She had to admit his muscles were defined slightly just enough to make any girl want to pour chocolate sauce over them and lick it all up.
"Where did you get all of this?" Sasuke asked eyeing everything but mostly the food she was putting in front of him. He didn't notice her gaze or the slight blush that had crept up on her face.
"The plates and other dishes were in the cupboards and I went out this morning and bought all the food though we'll need to re-stock it again probably before next week." Hinata said pouring them both some tea. She added sugar and honey to her own before taking a long drink of it.
"You bought all of this food and more? How much did it cost you? I'll have to repay you of course." Sasuke said standing up to go and get some money so he could repay Hinata. He wasn't going to let her buy things for him. He wasn't a charity chase.
"Sit down Sasuke and eat. I am eating this food as well as you are if you still insist on paying me back later then we will talk about it." Hinata said firmly.
"Fine." Sasuke said grumpily before sitting down to eat. They didn't speak after that which they both enjoyed. It wasn't an uncomfortable or awkward silence it was a mutual one. Sasuke was just beginning to think with the lack of girly chatter and the excellent food it was perfect. That all came down though when loud knocking came on his door.
"Sasuke-kun! Are you awake in there! I brought you some home made breakfast!" Sakura's voice yelled through the door. Blinking Hinata looked up at a now growling Sasuke who stood up shoulders stiff and walked to his front door. Hinata already felt bad for the poor girl. She was just trying to do something nice for her comrade and the man that she loved. Throwing his door open Sasuke glared at Sakura who stood frozen by the icy glare.
"What do you want Sakura-chan?" Sasuke asked her coldly the familiarity of her name still there. She slowly held up two bento's that smelled burnt and sickly sweet to Sasuke's sensitive nose.
"I made us some breakfast. I thought that you might be hungry so I woke up early this morning to bring it to you." She said. Sasuke closed his eyes in annoyance trying not to snap at her.
"I'm already having breakfast which you just interrupted and I'm sure that my cook and guest should be offended but I know that she isn't." Sasuke said making Hinata blush and look down. He was right she wasn't offended at the girl's actions. Sakura's eyes widened at Sasuke's words and she peaked around his arm to look at Hinata who was still blushing. Sakura felt the tears well up behind her eyes. It seemed to her that they shared a special bond now after what had happened.
"I see." She said slowly pulling back away from them. "I'll just leave you to your breakfast then." She said turning and walking away slowly. In her heart she hoped that Sasuke would call her back and invite her in because there was nothing going on between him and Hinata and he would insure her of that with a kiss. Behind her though she heard no words just the slam of a door like it was Sasuke's heart forever shutting her out.
Turning around Sasuke sighed heading back to the table before another knock sounding on his door. Sasuke stopped ridged. When would the girl get IT! Turning around he threw the door open ready to yell at her only to see Shikamaru standing there obviously not pleased to be there. Sasuke stopped his face falling back into its emotionless look.
"Nara." Sasuke said acknowledging him. Shikamaru looked up at Sasuke and nodded. "Did you need something or are you lost?" Sasuke asked coldly. Shikamaru let out a small bastard before straightening up.
"Hokage-sama wishes to see you immediately. She says that it is an order." Shikamaru said. Sasuke frowned at him.
"Right now?" He asked. His head barely turned towards where Hinata was eating not paying much attention. IT was none of her business anyway. Shikamaru noted the motion and nodded. "Fine." Sasuke growled and turned to put on his shoes.
"Are we leaving Sasuke-san?" Hinata asked him confused. Sasuke looked up at her briefly.
"I am Hyuuga-san. The Hokage wants to see me. I assume it's urgent. Finish eating then clean up. I will meet you where we were last night. Wait there for me." He said before closing his front door behind him fluidly. Shikamaru had a questioning look on his face but he said nothing. As they entered the Hokage's office Sasuke was mildly surprised to see Kiba Inuzuka, his father, and a lot of old Hyuuga's in the room. He wasn't surprised to see Kakashi there. He seemed to be there all the time. Shikamaru went to stand next to a man who looked a lot like him and Sasuke assumed that was his father.
"Sasuke sense you do not have a parent to be able to witness this Kakashi-san has volunteered to be your stand in." Tsunade said. Sasuke had already came to that conclusion. Kakashi nodded standing beside Sasuke now. "Boys, these men before you are the Hyuuga Elders. They have come to talk to you three of something they view of importance. Shino Abumare would have been here but it seems that he is betroth already." Tsunade said clearly annoyed. She apparently knew what they were here to talk about.
"Thank you Tsunade-sama for that introduction. We of course are the Hyuuga Elders. Now I assume you all know Hinata Hyuuga the Hyuuga heiress. It would appear that she is required to have a husband before she turns 20 which is in a few short weeks." The main guy, Hobito said as if it weren't their fault that she had to have a husband. All three of the guys were now suspicious as to why they were here. "Now Hinata has a choice of course as to who she wants to marry but you three and Shino Abumare all sighed a document when you were but 4 years old in which says that you, if you were to be chosen by us and already not tied to someone else, would conceive to an arranged marriage with Hinata-sama. We are here to pick the most suitable. You all come from recognizable clans in Kohona any of which would be a match there are a few simple tests we like to see you do first." Hobito said. Sasuke looked at him lazily.
"What if we were to say no?" He asked him. Shikamaru looked at him curiously. Why had Hinata been in his house if he didn't like her? Kiba on the other hand was hoping they would both say no. This would give him his chance. Hobito looked at Sasuke closely. He was their prime candidate for healthy strong heirs.
"The contract is binding Sasuke you can't say no. You sighed it in your blood when you were four." Tsunade said her head in her hands. Now that Sasuke thought about it he remembered coming here with his dad and seeing all these old men before and signing something in his blood. He hadn't understood then. He forgot soon after because Itachi had murdered the clan.
"Why wasn't my brother chosen to do this?" Sasuke asked them his eyes narrowed dangerously. Hobito smiled at him sadistically.
"Originally he was chosen." He said. "Then we figured that an arranged marriage should happen between peers and you were chosen." He added. Sasuke glared at him. Even in his death his brother was better.
"You mentioned tests?" Kiba said a little on edge now. He wasn't the smartest guy around that much was obvious and both Shikamaru and Sasuke were smart. Hobito nodded. From there they proceeded to explain the first physical tests they would have to go through. They would spar each other. With that they walked down to the battle area where the chuunin exams had been held.
"And we just fight. With all that we've got?" Sasuke asked already feeling lazy. He could beat the two of them with his chidori and he knew that. Hobito laughed and shook his head.
"No, no weapons. That is the only rule. Hokage-sama of course will be referring it. No intended death blows either." Hobito added after Kakashi muttered something in his ear. Sasuke glared at Kakashi who looked back at him simply. "Fight." Hobito said. Sasuke lazily started to take off his shirt. It was a good one and he didn't want to ruin it. Kiba and his mutt were doing something in the corner and like him Shikamaru was just sitting there. What Sasuke didn't realize was that Shikamaru had captured him in his shadow as was slowly moving towards Kiba with it. Kiba who was now charging at Shikamaru had apparently worked out a plan with his dog. Sasuke would wait to move until he had to really or saw an opening. He was much stronger than these two and could easily defeat them.
"Smart kid." Sasuke said getting ready to move only to find he couldn't . "What the hell!?" He asked looking down. Glaring at the shadow in capturing him he mustered up as much brute force as he could and slowly broke free. Making Shikamaru stumble and look at him shocked. Kiba took that moment to tackle the boy affectively knocking him out. Kiba then turned to Sasuke looking very animalist. Sasuke smirked. So the Inuzuka wanted Hinata that badly did he. Knowing they couldn't hear him Sasuke began to taunt Kiba.
"You know what I'm going to do when I beat you Inuzuka I'm going to take precious Hinata for myself." Sasuke said as Kiba growled. He and Akamaru were circling Sasuke slowly.
"You won't touch her!" Kiba growled out making Sasuke laugh as his Sharigan activated.
"Trust me I will touch her over and over again." Sasuke said. His plan had worked and Kiba launched himself at Sasuke. With a quick few strikes Sasuke had Kiba on the ground clutching himself. Grabbing him by the neck he held him up to stop the dogs movements. The Elders looked at Sasuke darkly as did everyone else.
"That is enough Sasuke. The match is over you win put Kiba down." Tsunade warned him her finger tips glowing with chakra. Sasuke smirked and dropped the boy before pulling on his shirt and putting his katana back in its sheath. Slowly the others drew themselves to their feet. Apparently Shikamaru hadn't been knocked out and had just been pretending.
The next fours hours ticked by slowly as they all answered 200 hundred essay questions that the Elders have put together. Another hour went by as they were graded! Sasuke was highly offended if they were going to evaluate his intelligence themselves and they were wasting his time at that. It was almost lunch time and he was more than willing to bet that Hinata had prepared something delicious for the two of them. Once they finished the dismissed all of them saying they would know something by December 20. Had anyone of them known Hinata's birthday they would have realized the elders were 7 days a head of schedule on that.
Sasuke knew that Kiba was still pissed at him but he didn't care. Sasuke headed to the training ground that he was betting Hinata was at waiting on him. As he moved closer he was surprised to hear the sounds of Hinata training. Move a tree brush aside Sasuke suddenly stopped staring at Hinata. He had never seen her without her coat and now he knew why she always wore it. Apparently Hinata had the body that Jiraiya would love to base one of his characters off of. Sasuke being a man wasn't unaffected. He coughed alerting Hinata to his presence.
Hinata had been training for roughly 4 hours now. After awhile she had gotten tired of waiting on Sasuke. So she had started training first going through target practice and now she was strengthening her fists by smashing her hands into the tree. They were getting ready to start bleeding. She had brought their pre-prepared lunch with them and it was sitting safely under a tree near by. Two hours ago she had gotten hot and taken off her jacket. Now she heard Sasuke cough and was suddenly in the Hyuuga gentle fist style ready to fight.
"Oh, Sasuke-san your back. What was it that the Hokage-sama wanted?" Hinata asked sliding out of her fighting style. Sasuke waved it off.
"It was nothing to important just very…tedious." Sasuke said. They had told him not to tell Hinata about any of this and he wasn't going to. It would most likely upset her and that would interfere with their training. Plus he couldn't have another crying girl on his hands. He just wasn't good in those situations. Sasuke was having a hard time not looking at Hinata now and found it rather irritating. How could he not show self control! That was something that every Ninja had to have to survive self control.
"Sasuke are you alright?" Hinata asked him pulling him out of his thoughts. He had been staring off into space for a long moment a far away look on his face. Sasuke snapped out of it and looked at her.
"Yeah I'm fine. What were you doing before I came?" He asked her trying to hide the gruffness in his voice. Hinata shrugged her shoulders not catching the edge to his voice.
"Just punching the tree basically but they call it strengthening your fists." Hinata said laughing a little at it. Sasuke nodded sitting down on the ground crossed legged.
"That is actually a good exercise for a chuunin. You are becoming a jounin you'll need to start hitting something much harder during that specific exercise. For now we meditate." Sasuke said closing his eyes. He clearly wanted Hinata to sit like him and do the same. He expected she would last a good 5 minutes at most before she became uncomfortable, started to fidget, and speak. He was dreading that part. Hinata sighed a little and sat down across from Sasuke in a mirror position. She closed her eyes taking a deep breath before wiping her mind into nothingness. She rather enjoyed meditating when it was outside. She liked to listen to the sounds of nature in action it was soothing.
Hinata didn't know when it happened but she laid back against the cool grass and had fallen asleep. She had done it so quietly that Sasuke hadn't noticed and didn't bother to open his eyes and see what she was doing. It was around an hour later that she woke up due to the sun shining in her face. Yawning softly she sat up. Sasuke opened his eyes then and was watching her intently. Hinata blushed seeing his look.
"I erm fell asleep it would appear." She said laughing a little before standing up and stretching. Sasuke didn't say anything but silently approved of what he was seeing. He was almost disappointed when she pulled her jacket on. The entire time he had been meditating he had been working on his self control. That was the whole reason he had suggested the training exercise.
"I suppose that it is time to eat. Shall we go back to the house for lunch?" Sasuke asked standing up. Hinata grinned and held up the pick nick basket. Inside were two deals of vegetable stew for them and some rice balls.
"I figured it would be easier if we just ate out here." She said as she began to lay everything out. Sasuke looked it over and nodded.
"Very good." Sasuke said as he sat down and began to eat silently. Every single solitary time he ate Hinata's food he died a little and went to heaven. It was as if the Kami's themselves had put all the goodness of cooking ability in Hyuuga Hinata.
Naruto looked at Ino as she ordered her ramen. Every time he was with her he fell in love with her a little more. Last night he had told her how he was feeling about Sasuke and she had listening like the great girlfriend that she was. Naruto had tried for so long to get Sasuke to come back to the village and Hinata tried once and affectively got him to come back. It was just a little crazy. Naruto was supposed to be Sasuke's best friend and Sasuke was his best friend. So why did it seem like all of the sudden that the only person Sasuke wanted to be around was Hinata? Naruto shook his head not wanting to think about it. The more he did the angrier he became.
Hinata was Ino's best friend a friend of his own at that. He knew she wasn't trying to steal Sasuke away from him. He bet that she didn't even like being around him that much! It was then that Naruto saw Sakura go by crying. He looked at Ino who only nodded giving him a small smile. She wasn't worried about Sakura. She knew Naruto didn't like her like that anymore and that Sakura didn't like Naruto like that. IT was perfectly safe. Naruto kissed Ino on the cheek and followed after Sakura.
"Sakura-chan wait! What's wrong did someone hurt you? Are you alright?" Naruto called catching up with her easily. Sakura sniffled wiping away a few of her tears. She didn't turn around and didn't let Naruto see her face.
"You could say that someone hurt me." She whispered. Naruto growled protectively. He didn't like Sakura that way anymore but she was still his friend.
"Who was it Sakura-chan? Tell me who hurt you! I swear I'll make them pay." Naruto said his words making Sakura think back to Sasuke so many years ago. Immediately she turned around yelling out a no her green eyes terrified. Naruto scowled at her not understanding. "If they hurt you why wouldn't you want them to pay?" He asked her. Sakura grimaced a little not knowing how to explain it to Naruto.
"It wasn't that he hurt me physically it's just he has someone else in his life and I was just hoping that well maybe he and I would have something special now that he is back." Sakura said as it donned on Naruto who she was talking about. Sasuke.
"What do you mean Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked feeling his anger slowly start to boil. If she said the name he was thinking in his head he would go insane. Sakura sighed a little. She couldn't see inside Naruto's head so she didn't know what was boiling.
"Well this morning I woke up really early to make Sasuke-kun breakfast and when I went over the Hinata was sitting in his kitchen eating breakfast for him which she prepared. I know she did because Sasuke-kun can't eat. It was so early in the morning that she couldn't have possibly done anything other than stay the night there. It makes me wonder how close the two of them got when they were out in that cabin together." Sakura said her eyes narrowed as she confessed her suspicions to Naruto. He was glaring at the floor.
"Are you sure of this?" Naruto asked slowly. Sakura nodded confused.
"Of course I am sure. I saw her with my own eyes." Sakura said. "I don't see what Sasuke see's in her. She's not that talented." Sakura added meanly. Naruto glared at her them.
"Sakura-chan you are my friend yes but Hinata is Ino's best friend and I won't stand here and let you bash her like that." He said. Sakura looked at him and teared up again.
"She's even turned my own friend against me!" Sakura shouted. "Can't you see how evil she is!" She added before running off. Naruto growled. Hinata was breaking up the trio. First she was taking Sasuke away from him and now she had made Sakura mad at him. He hated it.
Okay so there have been some questions as to why Naruto is acting all jealous and stuff and if he was gay. Well I hope this answer your questions. I will try and have chapter five out by Tuesday but things might go slower now that Thanksgiving break is over. Thanks for all the reviews really I love them. Hope to get more ~ Cyanidation