Hinata came home that night exhausted. After lunch, Sasuke had worked her hard and vigorously. She had to admit though he was a good teacher but a tough one. Hinata only remembered every part of her body aching once before 7 years ago at the chuunin exams when Neji had beaten her within an inch of her life.
Lying back on her bed she sunk into her sheets and pillows happily. A knock came to her door and she groaned slowly getting off her bed to open her door. Her cousin stood there looking slightly worried and angry. Neji scrunched up his nose smelling her.
"Have you been out training this entire time Hinata-sama?" Neji asked. Hinata nodded warily looking at him.
"Hai, Neji-nii. I have been training hard. How did you know?" She asked him narrowing her eyes. Neji might be her protector but she did not want him following her and spying on her. It would just be too weird. Neji rose an eyebrow at Hinata's look.
"You smell like you have been training." Neji said as politely as he could embarrassing her slightly. That was Neji's own personal way of telling her that she smelled terrible.
"Oh well I suppose I do." Hinata said sniffing herself. "I will just take a bath then and go to bed." Hinata added. Neji nodded walking away as Hinata closed her bedroom door. Neji was slightly concerned about Hinata. He did not want her to be killing herself out on the training fields to escape what the elders had ruled. Hiashi had warned Neji that if Hinata didn't choose a husband there was a chance that the two of them might be forced into a marriage. Honestly, Neji didn't know how he felt about that. He would be protecting Hinata forever marriage would be like taking it to a completely new level. There was no doubt in his mind though that he didn't feel that way about his cousin. She was first and for most his younger cousin and nothing more to him in the least.
Walking down to Hiashi's office, he knocked once loudly. Hiashi called Neji in knowing what he had to say and that it was him. Stepping into the room Neji bowed before sitting down in front of Hiashi.
"Hiashi-sama, Hinata-sama has returned home and is currently in her room possibly taking a bath or sleeping." Neji said. His posture was very stiff and formal. Hiashi figured it was because Neji was angry with him.
"Relax Neji-san." Hiashi told him. Reluctantly Neji did as he was told. "Thank you for finding out that information for me. Now there is something else that I need you to do." Hiashi said. Neji tensed slightly as Hiashi explained what he wanted him to do and his reasons why. Neji didn't like it in the least but he understood. Neji agreed in the end to Hiashi's request and Hiashi thanked him. As Neji walked out of the room, Hiashi sighed. They were good kids. Neither of them needed this worry on their shoulders.
Standing up Hiashi moved through his secret documents that only he had the keep for and only the Head of the Clan ever saw. Before Hinata became the head of the clan, he needed to give her a little it of information to help her out. He hadn't ever been able to get it past the elders but with a new Head came a new choice of elders to keep and which to dismiss. Hinata would of course replace them all most likely.
Finding it, he put it at the front of the stack before locking it up again. He would talk with her sometime soon. Locking his office Hiashi quickly checked on Hanabi who was sleeping and Hinata who wasn't in her room. He heard her bath water running though and assumed that was were she was. Resting assured that he knew the whereabouts of his children Hiashi went to bed.
Waking up the next morning Hinata actually felt worse. Her all too soft bed hadn't helped her in the least. Her muscles screamed out in protest as she pulled on a long spandex black shirt and matching pants. Her jackets were all dirty so over the spandex she pulled a pair of grey sweats. Her long indigo hair was pulled up for the day.
Walking over to Sasuke's she was happy to see no rain clouds. As she attempted to pull his door open she found it locked. Smirking to herself slightly she opened one of his windows which wasn't locked and jumped up sliding inside. With a soft thud she landed on her feet. Heading towards the kitchen Hinata was stopped by a long shiny sword at her throat. Sasuke was awake and he was either proving a point or very upset.
"Sasuke-san if you want your breakfast you'll have to let me pass." Hinata said perfectly clam as he turned to look at Sasuke. He was irritated. Hinata had woken him up when she had came through the window.
"Next time please use the door so this doesn't happen again." Sasuke said sheathing his sword as he glared at her.
"The door was locked how was I supposed to use it? Break it down? You should have killed me for sure without hesitation." Hinata remarked her hands on her hops as she returned his heated glare. With a flick of his fingers he tossed something shiny at her. Catching it Hinata saw that it was a small golden house key.
"Use that to unlock the door. It's called a key goes in the lock." Sasuke said. Hinata was both seething and shocked at him. Giving someone a key to his house seemed before unlike him. Hinata looked up at him questioningly. "I'm not a morning person." Sasuke simply told her with a shrug of his broad shoulders. Hinata shook her head smiling slightly. Sasuke didn't seem like the type to like to wake up early in the morning anyway.
"What do you want for breakfast this morning Sasuke-san? I can make a lot of things." Hinata told him pulling out a frying pan and some eggs along with other basic breakfast things. Sasuke grumbled not caring. Hinata shrugged at him before he held up a hand to stop her.
"What ever it is something with tomatoes." Sasuke said. Hinata furrowed her brow at him. Tomatoes? What could she possibly make with a tomato that was a breakfast item? Taking out a tomato as she thought Hinata slowly chopped it up. It came to her then what she could make. Tomato omelets. She hoped that Sasuke didn't have anything against omelets.
Flipping them on to plates Hinata boiled up some tea for the two of them. Sakura didn't stop by that morning and neither did anyone else for that matter. They had a silent peaceful breakfast. After Hinata cleaned up Sasuke told her what they were going to do that day. They were going to take a leaf out of Gai's book and run laps around Kohona.
As they ran Sasuke began to quiz Hinata on effective training methods and attacks. According to Sasuke she answered most of his questions accurately. By their fourth full lap the sun was up and a few people had started to look at them oddly. It made Hinata think that they were on a freak showcase. Sasuke Uchiha and the Hyuuga heiress were friends? When did this happen? Has he possessed her? Does he have an alter agenda? What were they doing together? Was it some type of secret love thing? These were but a few of the questions and whispers that Hinata heard as they ran.
As they rounded on their seventh lap they passed by Ino and Naruto who seemed to be heading towards Ino's family flower shop. Yamanaka Flowers. Ino waved at them grinning widely while Naruto just stared. He seemed to be stricken seeing the two of them together training at that. Around noon Hinata's legs had begun to feel like jello before you put it into the refrigerator to cool and harden slightly. Sasuke never said anything just led them back to his house. As they ate tomato and cheese sandwiches Sasuke paused. For a moment Hinata had a sinking feeling that he was going to tell her that the sandwiches were terrible. Or that she had ran to slow. She knew that Sasuke had slowed down to keep up with her.
"You've done good today far better than I thought you would. I had tagged you to quit around 10 laps or so." Sasuke told her. Hinata was a little confused listening to him. She didn't know if she should be offended or take what he said as a compliment. With Sasuke she reckoned that it was a compliment and might be the only one she ever received. Swallowing the bite in her mouth she smiled at him.
"Are we going to go back to running after lunch?" Hinata asked him. Sasuke shook his head taking a drink of his tea.
"After lunch we are going to work on something rather different compared to running. Elemental control. You can't learn to control trees of course but there are other things like air and water." Sasuke replied. Hinata nodded. This might not work her muscles so much and she might not go home in so much pain like yesterday evening. Swallowing the rest of her food Hinata began to pack up. Sasuke was already done and pulling off his shoes, socks, and shirt. Hinata didn't watch him like she wanted to instead she busied herself with cleaning up.
"You might want to go ahead and take whatever off as well. The spring isn't far from here so no one will see us." Sasuke said lazily. Hinata nodded as she pulled off her shoes and socks. Glad that she had decided to wear the spandex she pulled off her sweat pants and shirt. They smelled anyway. Sasuke glanced at Hinata for a moment before he stopped. The mesh shirt had let him see things yeah but this clung to her skin showing her soft curves perfectly. Sasuke swallowed roughly willing himself to think of his self-control. He was better than a dog panting after a bitch in heat. He was he was. Hinata was now his student in a way and he couldn't afford to think of her like that. Heck he barely tolerated her now because she was quiet and intelligent only speaking when she felt she had something worth hearing to say. It was a trait that he enjoyed.
"So I'm thinking that we are going to be working with water first considering your stripping down." Hinata joked. Sasuke nodded heading off in the direction of the small lake behind his house where his father had taught him his first fire techniques as a young boy. He was trying not to think of Hinata and stripping. Sasuke was taking Hinata to a more secluded area. He didn't want any distractions. Concentration would be very important right now if they would progress at all. Parting the trees Sasuke smirked turning around to look at Hinata.
"This is where we will be training for today. Tomorrow we will train somewhere different but for now here." Sasuke told her. Hinata nodded side stepping Sasuke and heading towards the water. Sasuke was there already before her standing on top of the water his chakra perfectly balanced of course. Hinata stepped on to the water without a second though joining him.
"So what are we doing first?" She asked him a little proud of the shock that was in his eyes. He had really underestimated her.
"I was expecting to teach you how to walk on whatever but I see that you have that down already." Sasuke told her. Hinata laughed at him. She couldn't help herself. Sometimes he was so dumb in his smartass way.
"I can do much more than walk on water Sasuke-san." Hinata said laughing at him still. Sasuke glared at her not liking the way she laughed at him. It was almost condescending.
"Oh yeah, well then Hyuuga show me what you can do then." Sasuke said stepping back to give her more room. Hinata shrugged closing her eyes. Slowly the water around her began to spin encasing her body like a protective liquid shell. Opening her eyes Hinata spread her fingers as water shot out turning into icicles hitting the trees around her before it changed and big long thick whips appeared where her fingers would be. She took the leaves off the trees nearest to her.
Sasuke was shocked beyond reason. It would appear that Hinata was much stronger than anyone had thought including himself. As quickly as it came though it was gone and Hinata fell to the water barely staying more than half way above the waters suffice. She was crouched down and her nose was bleeding rather badly. Sasuke understood now. Hinata couldn't do her little stunt for very long and when she did it took quite a toll on her body physically.
Walking over to her slowly he extended a hand out to her. She slapped it away. Sasuke was offended at first and wanted to reprimand her. Sasuke Uchiha didn't help just anyone! Then he saw her began to struggle to get up on her own. In that moment Sasuke gained a little more respect for Hinata than he'd like to admit. He knew that is she kept that attitude she would make a great jounin one day and head of the Hyuuga Clan. Her husband was going to be a lucky man. She could cook and fight. He had to admit it Hinata Hyuuga was one hell of a woman to come by a rarity some would say. Hinata stood up after a moment and wiped the blood off her face that was running down her chin.
"Tell me Hinata where did you learn that?" Sasuke asked half wishing he had been watching with his sharigan.
"Two years ago I began to develop the water body shield. I've perfected that and shooting ice. It is the water whips that get to me." Hinata said taking some water and washing her face off. Sasuke nodded at her.
"That is quite impressive that is if you really created it." Sasuke added at the last minute. He couldn't give a full compliment and he knew Hinata wasn't lying. She had in fact created the technique. Hinata was too tired to bicker with Sasuke so she let his comment slide. Her eyes were slowly beginning to feel heavy and she knew that any moment now it was going to happen and she couldn't do anything to stop it. It happened every time she preformed the jutsu.
"Sasuke…." Hinata muttered before falling into the water out cold. She had no chakra what so ever left in her body or energy to stay awake. Sasuke dove a hand into the water catching Hinata's hand before she fell to far deep into it. Carrying the soaking girl bridal style Sasuke stopped and looked up into a near by tree where he knew the other Hyuuga was. He wasn't as discrete as he thought he was obviously.
"Does she know that you are following her like she's a bitch in heat?" Sasuke asked as Neji dropped down behind him after being spotted. Neji glared at Sasuke's wording.
"I'm only protecting her from the likes of people like you who would take advantage of her." Neji remarked ready to take the unconscious girl from his arms.
" If she wakes up and see's that you are holing her how would that look?" Sasuke asked as Neji stepped towards him, his arms outstretched. "She would know that you are following her and I don't think that she would care to much for that." Sasuke added with malice in his voice. He enjoyed making the older man uncomfortable. Neji glowered at Sasuke ticked that he was right and pissed at what he was doing.
"Next time we meet Uchiha you better watch yourself closely." Neji warned him as Sasuke's smirk grew. Was he threatening him? Sasuke Uchiha? No one threatened him.
"Tell me Neji-san." Sasuke said using his name with icy menace. "What is it that bugs you more and gets under your skin that you might have to marry Hinata or that I might have to?" Sasuke asked. He hadn't noticed the pale lavender eyes watching him or that Hinata was awake already. He did notice when a resounding slap echoed as a red, small hand print showed up on his face. Sasuke slowly looked down at Hinata who had her hand up still and was glaring at him with angry tearful eyes. Still wake she slid out of his arms heading over to Neji. Sasuke almost let himself feel the guilt that he pushed back. Almost.
She was mad at Neji for following her but she couldn't believe Sasuke. As Neji Helped Hinata walk away Sasuke stared not saying anything. He wanted to take it back to yell at Hinata he didn't mean it but another bigger part of him wanted to throttle the girl for laying a hand on him. How dare she. Okay he had been a jackass but still what gave her the right to slap him.
Heading back to his house Sasuke glowered at Hinata's pilling of clothes she hadn't taken. As he kept thinking about it he became angrier. 'I should go back there and make her beg for my forgiveness. It would serve her right.' Sasuke's evil voice sounded out in his head. He was about to turn around when he saw his mother, in his head, looking at him sadly and shaking her head at him. Sasuke sighed and kept walking out into no where in particular.
Sasuke had to admit he was pretty confused. Why was he still this angry if he had done what he always strived for. Deep inside he knew why *spoiler*. Itachi never killed their clan or his parents. It was an order given out and Itachi had saved Sasuke. Itachi had always been like a father to him more so than his own father at that. Laying down on his back in the grass Sasuke closed his eyes.
Sasuke was slowly realizing that if he had just waited and listened when Itachi had been speaking he would still have a brother to this day. Opening his eyes Sasuke watched peaceful white clouds roll by slowly. It was getting colder in Kohona. He knew that and some how he felt like his coldness was wearing off.
"Sasuke-kun what are you doing out here?" Sakura's voice came from behind a bush where her head popped up. Sasuke arched an eyebrow looking at Sakura's messed up hair and swollen lips. She had just swallowed as well and he didn't want to think about what. He knew now that there was someone else in the bush with her.
"Nothing Sakura-chan what are you doing here? Why are you hiding in a bush?" Sasuke asked as if he didn't know the answer. Blushing and stuttering a bit Sakura didn't know what to say. That was when Kiba's head slowly came up. Sasuke was pissed seeing Kiba who was slowly starting to 'explain' the situation to him. In a flash of colors Sasuke grabbed Kiba and held his neck up against a tree.
"You!" He said growling at him. Kiba looked at him in fright. 'That's right be afraid of me mongrel!' Sasuke's ego shouted. Meanwhile Sakura's heart was going crazy. Was Sasuke jealous? Was she finally going to get her wish and become Mrs. Sasuke Uchiha. "You are obviously in love with Hinata Hyuuga so why are you here now with her?" Sasuke asked. Sakura's heart fell hearing these words and her anger rose. He was protecting Hinata! Why was it always that fcking Hyuuga!!?!?!?!
"I-I-I- you're a guy you understand r-r-right? A man has needs too." Kiba said. Sasuke sneered as his opinion on Kiba dropped even lower if possible. Sasuke let go of Kiba and looked at Sakura.
"You both disgust me." He told them as he turned away. "Don't let me catch you again it will be the last thing you do." Sasuke warned. Kiba was so ashamed of himself. Sasuke made a good point. He did love Hinata and had a chance to be with her and he was acting like this. He didn't even like Sakura! Standing up he walked away without a word to Sakura and she let him. He knew that Sakura didn't like him and was just wanting some sex no matter how good or bad. Kiba didn't stop to think of the precaution they hadn't taken and should have.
"Hinata-sama I apologize for following you but I didn't trust the Uchiha." Neji said to her as they slowly walked back to the Hyuuga manor. Hinata had never given Neji an order before or used her status over him in any way. But she held up a hand then silencing Neji.
"Neji you are never, never to speak of Sasuke badly to me and if I catch you following me again I will activate your seal. You say you didn't trust Sasuke but through that you didn't trust me. You didn't trust my judgment in friends. I'll need your trust once I become the Head of the Clan." Hinata said in a low voice. For Hinata to threaten that of which she hated Neji knew that she had to be very angry. Jaw tight Neji bowed in understanding.
"Hai, Hinata-sama." He said. Neji knew he couldn't stop following her though. Hinata had considerable power over him but until she was head of the clan he couldn't defy Hiashi's demand of him. Now he would have to tell Hiashi about this. He was not looking forward to that conversation in the least. He didn't want to let Hiashi down because Hinata had found him out. Hinata had told him even that if Hinata confronted him about it he would deny everything.
Leaving Neji standing there Hinata walked in the compound towards her bedroom. She was still a little soar from earlier and needed rest. The last thing she wanted to do was think about Sasuke or Neji or any of the drama that they brought with them. She would deal with Sasuke tomorrow or the next day. As far as she was concerned he was black listed for now.
What he had said was beyond shocking. Who was he to torment her cousin like that and how did he know that she had to get married sometime soon. What's more why had he said that he was to marry her? She wasn't going to marry Sasuke! It would just be very wrong. Hinata totally disregarded the first part of what Sasuke said which she shouldn't have. Soon Hinata had fallen asleep and her dreams were taking a rather interesting turn of events.
"Mom?" Hinata asked seeing her mother appear. Himimore nodded smiling. "But what are you doing here?" Hinata asked confused. Himimore just smiled.
"I'm here to tell you, your future Hina-hime." Himimore said.
Okay sorry for the long wait and the cliffy. You spoiled people were getting a chapter a day there for awhile. I'll have everyone know as well that I have already written the next chapter and parts of the next one after that. The thing is I got a fake nails (icky) and it's harder to type lol. So expect the next chapter which a few days hopefully. RnR