The King's Game
Chappa 4.
Sasuke was walking through the outside corridors that connected both sections of the school together. He didn't usually skip class, but today he just didn't feel like listening to shit he didn't care. And it was perfect for him, during 4th period the hall were usually empty. Peace and quiet. Nothing more beautiful than that.
He stopped walking.
She accidentally bumped into him.
So… WHY WAS SHE FOLLOWIG HIM?
"Sorry Sasuke-kun."
"It's okay but," he turned around, and looked at her with his eyes narrowed, "why are you following me?"
She was confused, she tilted her head a little bit. Was she doing something wrong?
"I was told this was the way to repay a person."
"B y who?" He was annoyed that someone told her to do this.
She told him the story.
"BAHAHAHAHAHA!" Ino was laughing so hard that tears were coming out of her eye. She couldn't help to laugh at the story her friend had just told her. Her stomach was hurting really bad from the laughing, but she just couldn't stop!
Hinata stood with her head looking down, and she tightly held the hem of her skirt. Her face was red. She was embarrassed from her friend laughing so much at her failure.
"Ahaha!" Ino wiped away a tear. "So you accidentally set his house on fire?"
Her voice trembled, "…yes…"
It was silent, then-
"BWAHAHAHAHA!" Ino erupted into laughter for a second time.
Hinata wish her friend would stop. It was bad enough that she had set his house on fire. She was hoping that when she asked Ino how she could repay a person she wouldn't ask any question. Well, that's what she was hoping. She knew she would be questioned, but she still went to her anyway. She knew her friend would laugh but…
"AHAHAHAAA!"
She didn't know this much.
"Ahh, now," She was finally getting all of the laughter out of her, she wiped away another tear, "what were you asking for?"
She finally looked up, showing her red face. "Advice on how to repay him."
"Pfft!" Ino covered her mouth real quick. Trying to stop her laughter, Hinata gave her a pleading look.
"Okay." Ino said. "What does he like? Get him something he likes."
She didn't know him very well though, she thought for a second.
"Sweets? I baked him sweets yesterday. Should I bake him more again?"
Ino arched an eyebrow. "Sweest? Sasuke hates sweets."
Her eyes widened at the news.
But he ate one last night! Then again, he did only eat one, if he really like them he would've eaten more. She felt bad again. She used his ingredients in his house to make him food that he didn't like. Why did she always screw up?
"Don't feel bad Hinata," Ino put her hand on Hinata's shoulder, and gave her a sympathetic look. "You didn't know. I bet he still appreciated them though."
Yeah, he did at least eat one. He could've just flat out told her he didn't want them.
"So, what else do you know about him?"
She thought for a second.
"Nothing."
"Absolutely nothing?"
"I never really talked to him until now."
Ino sighed. This was gonna be harder than she thought. Sasuke was the mysterious type. No, she took that back, he wasn't the mysterious type at all. He didn't try to hide anything. People said he was, cause they might not know a lot about him. But if you didn't ask, he wouldn't say. She's asked him questions before, and he's answered them, but once he grew annoyed, he'd stop answering them. Honestly, she wanted some secret action to happen between them. The story Hinata told her was funny.
SHE WANTED MORE.
Feeling a bit mischevious.
"Hinata!"
Hinata jumped a little bit by her friends suddenly shouting her name.
"Why don't you follow him around all day?" She had on a foxy smile.
Hinata doubted her friend, "Would he really like that?"
"Yeah, no doubt about it!"
Complete doubt about it. He didn't seem like the type to like people following him.
"Hinata! Trust me, if you stay with him all day then you can help him with some things through the day. If he needs help studying or to borrow a book or if he just wants to talk. Lets not say 'following'! Your just accompanying him through the day. There's do harm in accompanying a person, right?"
She was a good talker.
"Still… He doesn't seem like a person who would want-"
"Unless you don't want to help him…"
Hinata froze.
"No, I didn't mean that-"
"But Hinata! You make it sound like you don't really want to help him. I mean if you're not with him how will you know when he needs help?"
"M-Maybe I could give him my number, and he could-"
"Even if you did, if he texted or call, would you make it in time to help him? Besides who said he'll even call?"
"Well, if he doesn't call, maybe he doesn't want help-"
"HINATA!" Ino pointed a finger that was inches away from Hinata's face. "Do you want to help him or not?!"
"Y-Yes!"
"THEN GO TO HIM!"
"But-"
"GO!"
"Y-Yes Mam!"
Hinata started walking, she looked back at Ino once and gave Ino another look wondering if she could do this. Ino put her hands on her hip, and a smile on her face. She gave Hinata a reassuring nod. Hinata turned the corner, going to find Sasuke.
Since Ino knew Hinata couldn't do it on her own and if Sasuke told her to go away she just would. She'd make sure to text Hinata some more advice later while she was in class.
Once she was around the corner Ino turned around, and finally showed an evil grin, with an evil glint in her eye, and a little snicker.
'Ino,' Sasuke grew more annoyed as he thought of the girl with a sneaky grin on her face.
The bell rang. Lunch time.
"Are you going to lunch now?"
"No, our table is loud."
That was true. Yesterday she only sat with the girls, TenTen wasn't there cause she had class, but usually the whole group sat together, and they're group was very loud. Especially Naruto.
"You don't have to follow me."
"But I feel bad, and Ino told me-"
"Ino was wrong."
She fidgeted with her thumb.
Ino had told her about this. She thought about what her friend had later texted. She could practically hear her voice in her head.
Ino's Extra Advice
"He's gonna tell you to go away, when he does tell him no."
"Ino-chan told me if you refused, to say no…"
"Ino was wrong."
"But-
"Sasuke-kun!"
"Sasuke!"
"Sasuke-chan!"
A bunch of flirty and annoying sounding voices.
They looked to the left to find them.
About what? Thirty? Forty? Monsters running at them. They had red eyes, and hungry faces.
The blood drained from both of their faces. Hinata looked terrified, and looked like she was shaking a little bit. Sasuke just knew he was screwed.
"W-What are those?"
"Fangirls..."
She flinched once she heard that word. His fangirls looked like one of the scariest fan bases on the planet.
"Hinata."
She slowly turned to him and said very quietly, "Y-Yes?"
"You want to help me out right?" He pointed at them. "I'll leave them to you then."
"What?!"
"Good luck.
Hinata's eyes widened in fear. Sasuke ducked down, and hid behind the solid concrete banister. They could no longer see him, all he did was duck down, and he was safe.
She looked like a deer in headlights.
How the hell would she get those things away from him?!
How the hell could she fend those things?!
"Where is he?"
She hadn't realized the mob girls had already made way to her.
"U-Ugh-" She was interrupted.
"We saw him standing here."
"Which way did he go?"
"Whats your relationship with him?"
"He's my Sasuke!"
"No he's mine!"
"Which way did he go?"
"You not keeping him to yourself are you?"
"What's you name?"
"Who are you to him?"
"Stay away from my Sasuke!"
"Are you hiding him from us?"
The girls bombarded her with questions, she wasn't given time to answer.
"H-He-"
"What?"
"Speak up!"
"Where did he go?"
"I can't hear you!"
"H-He," She pointed left. "He went that way!"
"Where?"
"There?"
"Sasuke-kun!"
The girls started to run in that direction. Once they were gone, she slumped to the ground herself.
She thought she was gonna die. Is that what Sasuke had to go through every day?
"Have you had enough of helping?"
She looked at him. He sat down, leaning against the short banaster, staring at her.
He knew she was done. This is what he had to go through everyday. Those fangirls were malicious, and Hinata wasn't. There was no way she wouldn't say-
"No!"
His eyes widened. What?
"They're not that scary." She looked away when he said that. He knew she was terrified.
"I ruined your parents wedding gift." She looked up. "It's the least I can do."
Wow, this girl was an honestly nice person, and she earnestly wanted to pay him back.
He sighed. She wasn't giving up, he could see it in her eyes. "Fine. Do whatever you want."
She was a little surprised he gave in, but she did a small smile. "Okay!"
School had ended, and they left immediately, not wanting to catch attention of Sasuke's fan girls again. They were walking in the shopping center. There was a Costco on the 5th floor. Actually, the whole 5th floor was Costco. And Cosco had everything, surely they'd find what they were looking for.
The girls around them blushed. Some looked jealous others looked in awe.
The guys around them stared. Some looked jealous other looked in awe.
Hinata looked uncomfortable with all the attention they were getting. She made sure to not look anyone in the eye.
Sasuke was brushing it off, as nothing. He was used to it.
I mean, the two looked amazing together.
Sasuke was good looking, really good looking. Plus he had a cool image. If he asked a girl to date him, kiss him, sleep with him, they would do it without a second though. Whether they had a boyfriend or not.
Hinata wasn't bad looking either. She was really, really pretty. One of the prettiest girls in the school in fact. And her eyes made her stand out. Pearl lavender eyes. Not everybody had those. They were unique. Plus she had killer curves. Any guy would love to be with her.
They both looked like a perfect match. In fact, the people around them distinguished them as a couple.
Hinata fidgeted a little. Yeah, her eyes drew attention to her often, but it seemed that the attention was ten times worse now since she was with Sasuke.
Click!
The two stopped walking.
A boy had just taken a picture of them. He stood right in front of them. He lowered to phone. The middle school looking boy had black hair, black eyes, and an innocent mischevious expression.
All Hinata did was blink.
Sasuke gave the boy an annoyed looked, he took the phone, and broke it in half.
The middle schooler looked heartbroken that he had just broke his iPhone 5 in half. The blood drained from his face.
Sasuke dropped the broken phone in the kids hands, and started to walk away.
Hinata looked back from Sasuke to the boy several times. Could he really just do that to a middle school, and then leave? The kid was crying with a proud smile! Wh
"Let's go Hinata." She heard Sasuke call, it was a demand.
"B-But," She looked at Sasuke. He was really gonna leave the kid like that! She turned back to kid, "I'm so sorry!" She apologized for her friends behavior, then she ran to catch up with him.
The kid watched them go.
"You were stupid for doing that Konohamaru."
He looked at his two friends that were slowly walking toward him.
"Shut up Moegi!"
They were in the elevator, going up to the fifth floor.
She felt kind of bad that Sasuke had done that to the boy, yeah the kid took a picture of them but, she'd feel pretty sad too if her iphone was broken in half. He must be pretty strong to be able to snap that like a twig.
She watched the store they passed by as they went up. A clothing store caught her eye, she wanted to go in it before they left the mall. There was a sale and she wanted to buy something for her sister.
She looked at Sasuke.
He looked irritated and was clutching his hand. She figured Sasuke had hurt his hand more when he snapped the kid's phone in half. She giggled a little bit.
He looked at her from the corner of his eye. What was giggling about?
They left the elevator.
And immediately enter the vast store.
Hinata grabbed a cart and started to push it as they searched for their isle. It was all the way on the other side of the store in the back. It was quite a walk to get there actually.
There was not many people in that part of the store, most people were in the electronics section. Big sale of flat screens apparently.
They looked at all the colors on the shelves.
What the hell were they gonna choose from all these.
"I found the color of your kitchen." She pointed to the second shelf.
"I'm thinking of getting a lighter color. The kitchen looks to dark."
"Oh," She looked up again. "How about that one?"
"Nah."
"This one?"
"Nope."
"How bout this one?"
"No."
"Like this one?"
"Too light."
"That one?"
"I don't like it."
"What about this one?"
"No."
She slumped against the self of paint color in defeat.
'He won't pick one!' She sulked.
He looked at her. Maybe he was being a little picky.
"I was thinking of keeping it in the blue category."
She perked up and turned around.
"That makes it easier for us! Now, How 'bout Egyption Blue?"
"Nah."
"Persian Blue?"
"Nope."
"Navy Blue?"
"No."
"Maya Blue?"
"Too light."
"Brandeis Blue?"
"I don't like it."
"Azune Blue?"
"No."
She fell to her knees in defeat.
'This isn't easier!' She cried in her head.
He felt kinda bad now. Maybe he should've just picked on even if he didn't like it. He'd decided to be more serious and pick one, so they could make progress.
"I'll get that one." He pointed.
She perked up again, and looked over to where he was pointing. "Yale Blue? Sounds good to me."
Perfect. Finally a color was picked out. Only problem was that it was on the third shelf.
"We'll need a ladder ."
"There's one over there, I'll get it."
He got the ladder by the wall, and brought it over, then climbed up and passed three cans of paint to Hinata, who placed them in the cart. They could leave now, the deed was done.
They took it to the cashier, and was on their way out.
"Um, Sasuke…" Hinata said as they were in the elevator, going done. She was holding one bag of paint, while Sasuke was carrying the other too. She insisted in taking his bags cause of his broken hand, but he said no. His hand wasn't in that much pain as it was in before, it was only his thumb that had gotten sprained a bit. Besides he couldn't let her carry all the bags. If it wasn't because of the argument they had he woud be carrying her can of paint too, but she said she wanted to carry at least one.
"Hm?"
"There was actually a store that I wanted to go in real quick to by something for my sister, if you don't mind could I go in it for a minute? I already know what I'm going to get. If you don't want to it's okay-"
"I don't mind." He replied. "It's for your sister right? I don't mind."
"Thank you!" She pressed the second floor button real quick before the elevator got there.
The store was right in front of the elevator.
"I'll wait outside, you can leave the paint with me."
"Thank you!" She left the paint with him, and quickly went inside.
What she was looking for were acid washed blue jeans her sister said she had liked. She was doing it to pay her back, since her sister had done her a favor before. She quickly found the jeans she was looking for, and the correct size. When they went to the counter, the girl rang up the jeans and she was on her way out. Badda Bing. Badda Boom. Quick as ever.
She smiled as she walked out the store, looking in the bag. Hanabi was gonna be so hap-
She bumped into somebody. She looked up.
Two really tall, and mean looking guys!
One had a blonde mohawk, sunglass, and some weird colorful looking shirt. The other one had long orange hair, and a cigarette in his mouth.
First they gave her a mean look, but once they realized the person who bumped into them was a girl they eased up.
"She's a cutie."
"What's you name?"
"That's the Konoha High Leaf Uniform she's wearing."
"Gotta boyfriend sweetheart?"
She took a step back. The guys looked like total creeps. But she had to get away, she felt kinda bad about the things she was about to-
"Fuck off."
The boys faces turned mean again, they turned around. There was Sasuke standing behind them. The group had gathered an audience.
"What?"
"Who the hell do you think you are?"
"Dumbass I can beat you into a-"
Sasuke landed a straight punch to his face that left the guy with the Mohawk knocked out. He did it with his good hand, even though it would've been better with his other hand if the thumb was sprained.
"Why you little-"
The other guy was about to hit him, went Hinata grabbed the arm he was about to hit him with.
Sasuke arched an eyebrow.
The guy glanced back at her.
"Wha-"
"Sorry!"
She tightened her grip then let go. The guy fell to the ground in the same position he was in when he was standing up.
Both guys were down.
The crowded around them cheered. Sasuke ignored them. Hinata fidgeted from all the attention.
"What did you do?"
"I paralyzed him…" She squeaked.
He was a little shocked. "How the hell did you do that?"
"M-My father taught me how too."
Who's father teaches them how to paralyze people? Actually is wasn't very weird in the Hyuga family to learn things like that. In fact every Hyuga learned it sooner or later. It family tradition that was passed on for centuries. The average Hyuga knew where all of your pressure points were, and what would happen if you pressed a certain one.
Sasuke remembered hearing weird stories about Hyuga's when he was younger. People said things like, they have all seeing eyes, and they would attack a person with a single touch. Wow, guess they were right.
"Let's go."
"Huh? Oh, okay!"
She quickly picked up the can of paint she was carrying before and followed him out of the mall.
"What day are you thinking about painting?"
"Maybe Thursday."
"Not tomorrow?"
"Nah, Naruto's coming over tomorrow."
She blushed.
"So I don't need to come tomorrow then."
"Nope."
"On Thursday I'll help you paint."
"You don't have to."
"It's okay. I will. I was the reason this all happened anyway."
They got to his car, and loaded the cans in the trunk.
"You house is the closest, so I'll take you home first."
"Sure you won't need help with the cans?"
"I can carry them with ease, but it's dark out so I'm taking you home."
He sounded like a dad for that last part.
"Thank you for taking me home Sasuke-kun." She stood outside his car, holding the bag with her sisters new jeans.
He nodded, watched her go through the gates, enter her house, then drove off.
Once he hit a stop light his phone rang.
Caller ID: Dobe
He answered it, and put it on speaker. The light turned green
"Oi teme! I've been calling you all day!"
"I've been ignoring you all day."
"I'm inviting Sakura-chan over tomorrow too!"
"Not surprised."
"I told her you wanted cinnamon rolls."
"There no mix or ingredients.
Naruto was silent.
"What?"
"There no mix or ingredients."
"Well, what happened to it?"
"It was used."
"What do you mean it was used? Did you bake it? Can you even bake?"
"No I didn't bake it."
"Then who used it?! God! Sakura's gonna kill me! If I tell her you don't want them anymore or you changed your mind she'll think I was lying about the whole thing, and she'll get mad at me!"
"That's not my problem."
"But-"
"I can't talk I'm driving."
"You always talk and drive-"
"I've gotta go."
"OI TEME!"
He hung up.
"You back."
Hanabi sat in the same position as yesterday, sipping on strawberry milk, watching TV.
She held up the bag. Hanabi raised an eyebrow.
She heard footsteps quickly come down stairs.
"Hinata-sama!"
"Neji-niisan," she turned to him, "Are you okay? Your face is red."
You could here the pride in his voice, "I was working out in my room."
"You were? It's good you so active." She turned back to Hanabi. "Here you go, Hanabi. I got this for you, I know you wanted it.
"Oh! Thanks Hina!" She opened the bag, and held out the acid wash jeans.
"You welcome." She gave her a smile.
She turned around, about to walk to the kitchen, but Neji was standing with innocent and happy eye. He was expecting his own present.
"S-Sorry Neji-niisan," she looked away feeling a little guilty, "I only got something for Hanabi…"
He froze. He was hurt!
"I-I'll go cook dinner now!" She quickly rushed out of the room, and entered the kitchen.
Hanabi had a mean grin on her face.
"She loves me more."
"WOULD YOU SHUT UP."
I haven't updated since about last week! I've been busy! School starts next week for me too, so it'll be even longer updates. I'm also thinking of posting another story. I already wrote the first chapter. Should wait longer to post it, or should I post it now? I think lots of people would like, or at least I hope.
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