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SasuHina: Discarded Lovers Chapter 15 recap

While Hinata was talking in her sleep Sasuke asked if she trusted him and although she mumbled it, Sasuke heard her say that she trusted him but unable to tell him what happened to her. Sasuke noticed Neji standing outside, reminding him of his 3 'o' clock curfew to leave Hinata's apartment, he then decided to prepare one last meal for Hinata and himself. He remembers that he had bought a new carpet to replace the one he spilt soup over. Neji confronted him when he went outside to throw away the old carpet. He ran back to Hinata's apartment to tend to the meal he was preparing. The sound of a banging door caught his attention and he went to Hinata's room but it was empty, he searched the room only to be tackled by an upset Hinata who thought that he had left without saying good bye. Sasuke then lead Hinata into the living room and brought the meal he had prepared to her.

Before Sasuke said his good bye he gave Hinata a necklace that he had found in the garment she had given him. Hinata began to cry after Sasuke left, regretting that she didn't tell him how she felt about him. Sasuke stood at the bridge, looking at this reflection in the water and the familiar voice of Itachi told him that the only reason why his heart hurt so much for leaving Hinata was because he was in love with her

Discared Lovers chapter 16: Running Back and Running Away

The sun had just set and his mind was now at ease knowing that Uchiha Sasuke was no longer going to poison his cousin, after all he'd managed to change Hinata so much in the last few weeks. She'd become much happier but it was all false, there was no way that a man like Uchiha Sasuke could ever be capable of loving anyone other than himself.

He opened the door carefully, creeping into Hinata's apartment. The darkness of the apartment robbed him of his sight; "Hinata-sama?" he flipped the switch on, immediately bathing the room with cool light. The apartment was dead quiet, his brows lowered over his eyes in anger when he saw the carpet that Sasuke had bought was neatly laid in place of the old carpet. He continued through the apartment and stopped by Hinata's bedroom door, he could hear her soft sobs 'She's crying. Damn that bastard!' He walked to Hinata's bedroom, "Hinata-sama, I'm coming in" Neji let himself in and just like when he entered the apartment, it was dark but light from the street below did what it could to give the room some light.

There she was, curled up on the floor, her back to Neji "Ne-Neji-niisan. Please-please let me be alone"

Neji let himself in despite Hinata's request "Hinata-sama, you shouldn't dwel to much on Uchiha Sasuke. He's a real good for nothing shinobi and he was just a burden to you anyway"

"That-that is not true Neji-niisan" She sat up and turned to face Neji "Sa-Sasuke-kun, is the only person that I've felt comfortable with, I felt safe when he was around" she smiled at the thought of Sasuke.

Neji lifted an eyebrow "Don't tell me that you have feelings for him? He is useless Hinata-sama."

She shook her head "He-he is not useless Neji-niisan. He made me happy and-and I love him"

Neji's whole face changed, anger displayed clearly on his face "How sure are you that he loves you? Look around, where is he now? He left you!"

Hinata felt her breathe leave her at Neji's painful words "You-you're wrong. Sa-Sasuke-kun loves me" tears left Hinata's eyes again. She clutched the necklace Sasuke had given her earlier.

Seeing his cousin break down let guilt seep into Neji's heart, he knelt down and took Hinata's wet hands in his own "I'm only telling you the truth, i know it hurts but-" He was cut off when Hinata withdrew her hands from his.

"Ne-Neji-niisan, at Naruto-kun and Sakura's wedding you told me that, one day I'd find someone that I love and that I should not dismiss him, that i should not let him walk out of my life and that he will make me more happier than Naruto-kun ever would"

Neji mentally cursed himself, remembering what he said to Hinata at the wedding "Yes, I remember saying that, but Uchiha Sasuke is just not the ideal man for you. I've seen his handy work, he kills-"

Hinata cut Neji off again "That-that was before Neji-niisan. You don't know the Sasuke that I know, he is a different man" Hinata smiled as memories of Sasuke played in her mind "He's so kind, he's considerate and caring too."

"Alright, say everything you just said is true. What do you think Sasuke will do when he finds out the truth of what happened to you?" Neji waited for a reply from Hinata but she remained silent "I'll tell you what he'll do. He'll discard you like he did to his former Taka team, his Uchiha pride will never accept a damaged woman-" he bit his tongue after realising that he'd said too much.

"Please leave Neji-niisan." Hinata said in a low tone

The change in her voice let Neji know that he'd upset Hinata "Hinata-sama...I-"

"Please leave Neji-niisan" Hinata repeated herself.

There was nothing more Neji could say, he had said to much and upset his dear cousin. He got up and made his way out of her apartment.

Sasuke by the bridge

Sasuke's eyes widened in shock and he looked around to see if his brother's real body was somewhere near, "Ni-niisan?"

"How do you feel about her Sasuke?" the reflection of his brother in the water asked

Sasuke let a dry laugh "Now, I'm hallucinating, great. What kind genjitsu is this?"

"I asked you how you feel about her?" Itachi asked again

Sasuke looked the image of his brother in the water below him and decided to play along with the game his mind was playing on him "Right now...I feel like she is very far from my reach. I want her close to me so that I can see her smile, hear her voice...I feel a little lost without her and it's only been a few hours since I left" Sasuke turned his face away "...I miss her..."

"Does she trust you?" the Itachi illusion questioned

Sasuke nodded in response, the feeling of loneliness suddenly taking over his will to even speak

"Then how can you just leave her like that?" Itachi's face displayed irritation

"There was nothing I could do niisan. They told me to leave" Sasuke explained

"Then you've obviously have been lying to me in the last few minutes. You don't love her" a ripple distorted Itachi's image

Sasuke's knuckles turned white, gripping onto the railing "That's not true nii-san, I-"

"If you love her you should have never let the Hyuga force you out" The ripples faded, Itachi becoming clearer again

Sasuke sighed "Then what should I-"

"Go back!" Itachi shouted at his younger brother "Go back to her. You need her and she needs you Sasuke!"

Sasuke didn't waste another second; he took off, heading back to Hinata's apartment. 'What was I thinking? How could I just leave her?' He turned a corner almost colliding into a man who was heading home, the man shouted a few curses at him but Sasuke made no effort at answering him, he had to get to Hinata and let her know of his feelings for her 'What if she rejects my feelings for her?' His pace slowed down, doubt eating at his determination 'No' He shook his head, dusting off the thoughts of Hinata refusing his love 'I have to tell her, she needs to know. I'll deal with the rejection after i tell her'

Back at Hinata's apartment

'How could he say that to me?' Hinata questioned Neji's last words before tears streamed down her face again. Her throat was suddenly sore and she had a mild headache too. Was that from crying so much? It didn't really matter right now because her biggest concern was the ringing in her ears.

"I warned you to stay away from Uchiha Sasuke" a familair voice became clear in her mind

Hinata kept quiet trying to ignore the growing loudnesss of the dark familiar part of her. "Trying to ingnore me?" It taunted Hinata "I told you and now look, you're alone again. You heart is breaking once again and you let Neji insult you like that."

She bit her bottom lip "I'll see Sasuke-kun again"

A chuckle followed Hinata's answer "He needed a nurse and he got one from you. You should have let him die, Uchiha Sasuke is not the man you think you know"

She shook her head "He made a meal, he replaced the carpet he accidently split soup on and he gave me this" a shakey hand held onto the necklace Sasuke had just given her "I love him and he loves me"

"Then why did he leave you here?" it shouted

Hinata silent for a little before answering "The Hyuga elders forced him out"

"I don't recall them phyically dragging him out of your home. He got tired of being with you and left, he never had any feelings for you. None at all. Even if you had told him how you felt before he left, he still would have never stayed"

Hinata began to shake, the headache became more intense and the ringing was getting louder. She tried to push the looming thoughts of Sasuke's leave out of her mind but they lingered "N-no. Sasuke-kun, Sasuke-kun, he-he" rising tears burned her eyes "It's not true"

"The best part of the day of course was Tsunade telling you that 'he' is out" it cleared it's throat "since that night, since that incident, these people have cast you aside. You do not matter to any of them. It should be clear after Neji said what he said"

The walls around her felt like they were advancing towards her, the oxygen that was precious to her was suddenly so scarce, why did the world hate her much? A void of pain presented itself to her, it was getting harder to take in air, her lungs struggled against the loss of it. She had to get out, she had to leave. She got up and lunged forward, footsteps echoing through her empty apartment, she desperately pulled the door open and ran out.

Sasuke's run back to Hinata's apartment

Why? why didn't he fight harder to stay with her? Why did he just leave her like that after all that had been happening with that former ninja? And why was it taking so long for him to get back to Hinata's apartment?

He turned the corner to see light coming through Hinata's open apartment door 'No! Did he come for her?'

"Hinata?" He dashed into Hinata's room to find it empty. His eyes moved from object to object, looking for signs of struggle "Hinata are you here?"

He searched the apartment and searched again and then again, frantic, panic getting stronger and stronger each time. When he was sure that she wasn't there he left, also leaving the door wide open. He didn't know where to start searching, standing at the base of stairs to Hinata's apartment. 'If he did take her, he would have left the village, which means he would have gone left. But he might have gone to the right as well' Sasuke formed the Ram, Boar, Ox, Dog, Snake and Tiger hand seals. Two copies of Sasuke appeared in a puff of smoke, they exchanged glances and sped of in different directions.

The Sasuke that took off the right found himself at the Hyuga compund, heavily guarded, he appeared out of the shadows before being apprehended by four Hyuga guards "Are you lost son?" one guard asked digging his knee into Sasuke's back. Sasuke squirmed a little before answering "Has Hinata come by here at all tonight?" The other guard bent down "Of what importance is it to you?"

"It doesn't concern you why I am looking for Hinata, just answer the question" Sasuke spoke back. The guard applied more pressure to his knee "That's quite and attitude coming from someone who is in such a position." Sasuke was getting irritated, not only were they hurting him they were also wasting his time and Hinata could possibly be getting hurt "She's my friend. We got seperated while walking back from the Hokage's mansion and I justed wanted to know if she returned here that's all" Another guard then stood infront of Sasuke "Is she not at her appartment?" Sasuke kept his eye forward, unable to lift his chin to look at the woman before him in the eyes "No, she's is not there" She suddenly noticed the desperation and worry in Sasuke voice and eyes "When did you last see her?" Sasuke heard the sudden shakiness in the femal guard's voice "So you don't know either?" The chakra he was given was completely exhausted and he disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Sasuke activated his sharingan, running along the outside walls of Konoha 'I'm not picking up Hinata's chakra at all but my range is a lot smaller than the Byakugan' His eyes became Onyx once more, realising the Sharingan jutsu 'The other two copies that I've sent must have run out of chakra by now.' He stood 600 meters from the village entrance 'Where could she be? There must have been somewhere-' Sasuke turn on his heel and ran back into the village remembering that one day where she had run off after seeing that man.

This was his last chance, if he couldn't find her he'd alert Tsunade about her disappearance.

But in his heart he hoped that he'd find her there 'Please be there Hinata'