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Legend:

'Thoughts'

"Talking"

"Jutsu"

Chapter Four - Don't Cry

'Please reconsider Hinata-sama, your father won't be happy about this.'

Hinata sighed against her hospital bed. If all goes well, then when Neji got back to the estate to explain why she was in hospital, her father might shine alittle pride on her being. The plan was, Neji goes back and feeds Hiashi some bullshit about him training Hinata and causing her fatal injuries. Hence why she wasn't able to be home for dinner or supper. But Hinata doubted her father would care, the man never cared for her wellbeing and never will. Even during the war, she remembered the look he gave her when he reflected one of the ten-tails attacks. He was disgusted that she was in the front lines standing alongside him, but when war hails, everyone must pay their due.

"I said to rest." Someone said, snapping her from her thoughts.

"Sasu..-"

Cold lips travelled over hers gently, then as quickly as it happened, the feeling faded. Hinata's face burned a bright red, "Ano, Sasuke-san, why do you kiss me?."

Sasuke shrugged and the edge of her bed sunk to his weight, he was studying her, "You liked it?." He asked.

Hinata shook her head, "No, i mean, well, you should only do those things with the person you..-"

"Spare me." He growled, "Would you be happy if i was the dobe?."

Sasuke tensed at his sudden outburst. He didn't know when he started allowing his guard to lower around her, hell he didn't know why he was being so affectionate with her. In his younger he would never have given her, let alone any other girl the time of day. But Hinata was very different compared to the rest of them. When he saw her during the war, he felt something tug at his heart, which was a shocking revelation considering he had lost Itachi for a second time in his life. But there she stood, covered in a layer of the kyuubi's chakra, head held high, palm ready to attack, and annoyingly unaware of his lingering gaze. It was then Sasuke knew, out of all the girls standing their preparing to fight or die, including Sakura, he had to have her. Her love for Naruto be damned, he would clear a path for her where only he was waiting at the end of it.

Hinata bit her lip, "I wanted Naruto-kun to be my first and last." She whispered, she allowed the longing to be seen by him.

Sasuke grasped her wrist roughly in his hand, "Forget him." He snapped.

"W-what? Why?."

"His eyes are for Sakura only."

Hinata smiled, "I know."

"Then why keep trying?." He was growing impatient with this conversation. He wanted her to get over the blonde, now.

"I never give up, that's my nindo." She replied.

Sasuke tossed her wrist back at her, almost like it would burn him, "Your pitiful."

"Your jealous." She retorted. She regretted that statement instantly however, she hadn't mean't for the words to leave her mouth.

"I dare you to say that again." He whispered low. The room suddenly became dark and all Hinata could see was a pair of red eyes.

'Genjutsu.' She thought, she placed her hands together. "Kai."

Sasuke chuckled, "In your condition, all you can do is lay there."

Hinata began to panic, "What...-"

"Why would i be jealous?." He hissed. At the snap of his fingers, two chakra rings placed themselves on Hinata's bare wrists, keeping her from moving.

"I didn't m-mean to say you were j-jealous." Her and that damn studder of hers.

Sasuke used a shuriken to cut a straight line through the bandages covering her upper body. Her breasts were covered, but her neck and stomach were exposed. "Say it again Hyuuga, say that i'm jealous."

Hinata blinked away the tears threatening to fall, "Gomen."

Sasuke moved toward her slowly. He trailed slippery kisses along her neck, across her jawline, and was inching toward the valley of her breasts. He smirked as a moan slipped from her lips. The torn bandages were falling to their respective sides, causing Hinata to blush at the idea of him seeing her half-naked. Her breasts were two seconds away from being exposed. Panic became more evident and so she started struggling against the binds holding her down.

"Your jealous." She cried outloud. She hid her face in shame, she was painfully aware that she was bare to his all seeing eyes. If ever their was an embarassing moment in her life, this horrible day was it. She let the tears fall, she was too vulnerable and weak to do anything to stop this from happening. If Sasuke wanted, he could rip her purity from her and she'd be tarnished for the rest of her life. No man would have her, her clan would disown her, most probably place the cursed mark on her forehead and she would never see the light of day again.

"I may be a traitor..." Sasuke murmured, throwing the blanket over her, "But i am no dog."

He wanted to break something. Sasuke was not used to rejection and he detested the knowing fact that Hinata would continue to deny him if he didn't clear her mind of Naruto. If his feelings were the starting form of the Uchiha's most dangerous curse, then so be it. Hinata was alive which was the main thing, so for now he would never fall into the bottomless well of despair ever again, because he knew that if he did, he would kill Naruto. He closed his eyes and suddenly the light in the room was restored.

Sasuke was inches away from her face, "Focus on me." He said.

Hinata wiped her tears, "I don't understand." She hiccuped.

"He will never love you."

"Sasuke-san?."

A cold hand cupped her cheek, "Open your damn eyes."

"They are open?."

"Look only at me." Sasuke said. He bent down and kissed her. Not a light feathered kiss like the previous ones, it was an actual kiss. He licked her bottom lip, his tongue begging for access to her mouth, and once acceptance was earned, he delved into her mouth hungrily. Hinata gasped at this new feeling. He was dominating their kiss, telling her something that she suddenly registered. Had it not been for this kiss, she would never have even considered the thought or possibility behind it all. When Sasuke pulled away, a red faced Hinata sat up.

"Gomen, Sasuke-san."

Sasuke didn't look at her, he brushed her off and stood, "Hn." He was going to kill someone, now.

"I..." Hinata paused, she had to think for a moment, "I can try."

Sasuke, taken off guard, dismissed thoughts of killing and said, "What?."

She was smiling a genuine smile toward him with tinted cheeks, "I...I was looking at the tree and not the whole forest."

Sasuke reached into his pocket to grab something hurriedly, he didn't want to let her see the overwhelming emotions her words caused him, "Take this when i leave, it will speed up your recovery."

Hinata took the bean, "Arigatou."

"Don't be late."

"Hai."

Day 2 of Training - 29 MORE DAYS TO GO before Jounin Exam

By morning Hinata was surprisingly feeling good. She was half an hour early and amped to train. She started with a few stretches, bending over to her right first, then moving over to her left. Her back clicked alittle, yet she kept going. Seconds later she was jumping up and down in the same spot.

'I can try.' She remembered herself saying to him.

Hinata shook the thoughts away. She wouldn't betray Naruto, she couldn't. The good thing about time, was that she was ready to wait, no matter how long it took for the Hokage to look her way. But their stood one small problem. Uchiha Sasuke. She found herself touching her lips alot lately, even going as far as remembering what his lips felt like on her skin. Again she shook her head. She didn't know him, not like she knew Naruto. He was dangerous, cold, void of any emotion, while Naruto was warm, loving and kind. But even as she compared the two, her mind drifted back to the more dangerous conclusion.

'He can't love.' She thought, holding one knee up. 'He would kill you in a heartbeat.'

She switched legs, "What would Naruto-kun do in a situation like this?." She asked outloud.

"Depends on the situation." A ghost of a voice whispered.

Hinata turned, her palm ready to strike but it was caught, "I have something else in mind for today."

Hinata's mind did a 180, "W-we can't do that, we're not even dating." She said.

Sasuke raised an eye-brow, it was almost in a teasing fashion, "What did you have in mind?." He sounded smug.

Hinata caught herself before she felt more like an arse, "Genjutsu?." She said, the change of subject made him chuckle.

"Let's go."

He didn't say what they were doing though, "Nani, your still holding me."

In a matter of minutes they were heading towards the village. She was blushing, insanely so, but who wouldn't. The major heart-stopper was that they were now scaling every building and shockingly, he was still holding her hand. Sasuke felt her lagging a bit behind, knowing the reason why only made him tighten his hold on her. He was about to make another leap to another building, when he suddenly stopped and pulled her down with him.

Hinata frowned, "What's wrong?." She asked.

Sasuke ignored her, so Hinata looked over the ledge for herself, "Naruto-kun." She whispered, eyes widening a fraction.

Sasuke cursed to himself. Had he known the blonde would be around, he would've kept them back at their previous location. He had a feeling she was jumping with joy deep down. He became quickly frustrated with the situation. He briefly thought of leaving her their, cutting ties before she became maybe alittle dependant on him, but Sasuke knew better. Hinata was more then capable of looking after herself, something she proved the other day when they fought.

"Training is off."

Hinata could feel the dark aura building around him, it seeped through her very skin deep to her bones. She somehow knew he was going to leave her, and she didn't want that, "I need you." She whispered, not understanding what those words truly mean't for him.

Sasuke gave her a look to continue, "I mean, i umm..-"

He silenced her with a light kiss, "You said you would try, are you willing to test yourself?."

Hinata didn't like where this was going, but she nodded her head anyway, "Hai."

"Don't disappoint me." He warned.

In the blink of an eye they were in front of Naruto. The hokage himself, including his pink-haired companion got quite the shock with their unseen entrance. Sakura clenched her fists at the unusual sight. Sasuke was holding Hinata's hand with a smirk on his face, while Hinata stood there being the shy little thing she was. Her neck right down to her very ears were stained a bright red. Naruto himself seemed peeved with this picture. If he didn't know any better, he could swear his heart started beating just alittle more faster than usual.

"Hey, Hinata." He greeted, voice slightly shaking.

Hinata looked up and suddenly the feeling of Sasuke's hand holding hers disappeared, "H-hey Naruto-kun."

Naruto smiled warmly at her, "What are you doing out of bed so early in the morning?."

"Training."

"How's that going for you?."

"Fine."

"Is Sasuke treating you well."

"Hai, he is."

Naruto grinned, "I was just going to get some breakfast, would you like to join me?."

Her heart stopped, 'He wants 'me' too accompany him?.' She happily thought.

Had the two been aware to their surroundings, they would've noticed Sasuke's aura darken, "Hyuuga." He muttered annoyingly.

Hinata froze on the spot, she completely forgot about him being there, "Gomen." She whispered, suddenly ashamed of herself.

"Hinata, are you two together?." Sakura asked. Her face was hard as well as her eyes, everything Sakura really wanted to say came out with that simple question. Hinata read the betrayl and hurt oozing from her pink-haired friend and coughed.

"We're just...-"

"It's none of our business, Sakura-chan." Naruto piped up.

Sakura bit her lip, "Is she the one, Sasuke-kun?."

"Sakura-chan." Naruto pressed, he didn't want to have to suffer at the mercy of her pain, because her pain for Sasuke was the same as his pain for her. Why couldn't she move on now? As he thought these things, Naruto had to question his own loyalty to his heart. The looks he remembered Hinata giving only to him, were slowly fading and he wasn't blind to this fact. Ever since she and Sasuke started hanging out, the blushes and looks of longing became minimal. Was he going to lose her?

"Sakura-san, can't you see you have an amazing person standing beside you?." She said quietly.

Sakura began to cry, "Why him Hinata? Why did you have to steal Sasuke-kun from me?."

"You have everything i wish i could have. You have beauty, talent, strength. Most of all you have Naruto-kun willing to sacrifice anything and everything for you. Is that not enough?." How could Sakura say such things with Naruto right beside her. Hinata discovered she didn't want to hold back anymore. It was never her intention to hurt her friend, but she'd had enough of watching Sakura mistreat Naruto, he deserved so much more than her torment.

"You of all people should've known how i felt for Sasuke-kun." Sakura snapped.

"And you of all people should've known how Sasuke-san truly felt about you." She said, she tightened her hold in his bigger hand. She felt stronger with him beside her for some reason.

"You are no friend of mine." Sakura whispered.

*SLAP*

Sakura held her stinging cheek shocked. Hinata lowered her hand to her side slowly, "If their is one thing i disrespect the most in this world, it's selfish people." She whispered.

Sasuke smirked, hopefully now Sakura would understand the true meaning to what he said the day she confessed to him. He pulled Hinata back against him and drew his katana out. He held it so that the tip of his blade was mere metres away from both Naruto and Sakura. He gave them a menacing glare.

"Hyuuga, you did well." He murmured.

"Hai." She replied.

Sasuke saw something flash relatively quickly in the blondes eyes, the meaning behind it so clear that he would've scowled if Hinata hadn't dug her face into his shirt. She was hurting and shaking like a leaf. Sasuke sheathed his sword and launched them into the air, Hinata wrapped in his arms securely.

"It's unlike you to summon me so often, Lord Sasuke." His hawk mumbled, "Where too?."

"The Uchiha compound."

Hinata looked up with tired eyes, to think she was in hospital not so long ago recovering from almost fatal injuries, then having to confront Naruto and Sakura, and now she was in the arms of Sasuke on their way to his birthplace. Every cell in her body told her to speak up, tell him to turn around and take her back to her house, but she felt so weak at this point that forming words seemed like hard work.

"Return." Sasuke said.

The hawk poofed away from beneath him. Sasuke switched their positions so that he was holding her bridal style and landed gracefully to the ground. Hinata looked up at him and sniffled. Compared to yesterday, he was more gentle with her. Once they were inside, he lowered her so that she could stand on her own. The emptiness of the house caused Hinata to shiver. It felt so lonely and sad compared to the housing area she was raised in.

"It's not much, but it should do." He said, placing his katana down.

Hinata stared at him more thoughtfully. This was certainly a side of Sasuke that she never thought existed. When they were around other people, he was more cold, stoic, angrier and came off as arrogant. Either their was some false advertising going on, or Sasuke was simply bipolar.

"Stop staring." He ordered and she obeyed without question.

"Umm Sasuke-san, if training is on hold today then i will leave." Hinata bowed.

"I need a cook." He said.

"A cook?."

Sasuke nodded,"I'm sick of ramen."

Hinata shook her head, "Gomen, Sasuke-san, i just want to go..-."

He was in front of her in a matter of seconds. Hinata yelped with surprise, she didn't even see him move. "Your not trying very hard, are you?." He seethed.

She frowned, why not contribute some more to today's awful beginning, "If you haven't noticed Sasuke-kun, i'm upset and hurting. I had Naruto-kun in the palm of my hands only to realise it might not be what i truly want. Then i unintentionally hurt one of my good friends because i made the mistake of falling for..-" Hinata stopped herself.

Sasuke fingered a strand of her hair, he was thrilled deep down by her outburst. She even promoted him from 'san' to 'kun', "Finish what you were saying."

"I-i...i need to go." She was afraid. How could years of loving and following Naruto, suddenly darken and give light to another prospect.

"Coward." He hissed, brushing his lips against her cheek, "Who are you falling for?."

Hinata caved. She recognised this feeling in her heart and though there time together was short, she couldn't deny it anymore, "I'm falling for you, Sasuke-kun."

"Good." He yanked her by the hair hard and kissed her.

The kiss lasted a few minutes before Hinata had to push him away to breathe. He couldn't contain the satisfied grin threatening to show on his face. She was breathtakingly stunning at this moment, but he would never admit it outloud to her.

"I still feel guilty." She said.

"Don't be."

"But..-"

"I'm hungry." He cut in. It wasn't a lie, he truly was hungry. If he had to eat another bowl of ramen, he was going to cut himself open. Plus he wanted to talk about something other than his team-mates, it was beginning to be a bothersome and boring topic. Hinata nodded. She wanted to save their ruined start to the day with liveliness, not tears. Bucking up, she rolled her sleeves up.

"To the kitchen." She said.

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