Okay this wasn't a request but something triggered me to write this story.

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- (Line Break) –

It was a wreck, the village had been on the brink of destruction and everyone was either trying to help rebuild the village, in the hospital recovering, or out in the field trying to stop the notorious Uchiha Traitor from killing Naruto Uzamaki. The teams had been dispatched around the surrounding area where Naruto was being held and healed for his wounds from his earlier fight with the Uchiha; and at the top of the Hokage Mountain Hinata stood with her Byakugan active and her headband actually around her head.

Ever since her near death experience with Pein, Hinata had changed a lot, but yet it was kept hidden away from the others around her. She had been seen in the forest training so hard that she would come home bruised and unable to move for a while. Hinata was able to control her Byakugan to it's fullest and had about the farthest seeing distance then anyone in the clan, ten kilometers all the way around and could see the finest details. But instead of bragging about it, she kept her talents on the down low; not even her team knew of her great achievements. Hinata was also discovered that she didn't only get her looks and soft nature from her mother, but also that she inherited a large amount of chakra. With the help of Neji, she was able to control all that chakra and was able to learn a few more tricks.

Hinata just watched the surrounding area and when she saw the sudden spike of chakra in the distance, she alerted the others. She lightly touched her head piece, "I've spotted someone in the distance, proceed with caution." She turned it off and kept her eye on the figure and only became alarmed when she saw people being struck down; with no mercy. She panicked and turned on her head piece again, "I repeat do not approach the figure! I repeat, get out of there or brace your self for the Uchiha!" Hinata jumped down and began to take off towards the figure, and surprisingly, there was a glare on her face.

- (Line Break) –

Sasuke scoffed as he easily tore through the 'so-called' great army of Konoha. He had wished that at least one of them had been able to dodge his blade once, just so he could have a fight. He had tossed his Akatsuki garb away and wore his normal clothing that he wore along with his 'team'; which he had left behind long ago. He kept cutting through the people, to get to the last and only person that stood in his way of him getting his revenge.

Sasuke knew that once Naruto was out of the way, he could avenge his fallen family and wrongly accused brother. It had come down to him, the last surviving Uchiha to show the world that they were wrong to even try and take out the Uchiha clan. A glare came to his face as the images came back to him and he began to pass people so he could get to Naruto even faster. Everything was going perfect until he saw someone jump down before him; he instantly jumped back and before him stood another Konoha shinobi. He only glared as the female stood strait and bent down into a Hyuga style fighting style.

'Hyuga,' he seethed as she just stood there with what looked like a determined look on her face. Sasuke hated the clan; he couldn't believe that they had been the powerful clan of Konoha and leaving the Uchiha clan to be hidden in their large shadow. It had been rumored that the Uchiha's Sharigan had been made from the Hyuga's Byakugan, but it was only rumored. He had read the reports, and if the Hyuga's weren't such deceiving cowards, their clan would have been whipped out along with the Uchiha.

Sasuke just glared harder as her white orbs starred into his black ones, but it seemed to come back to him. The blue hair, pale skin, and pupil-less lavender tinted eyes began to look more and more familiar. And then it hit him; he was face to face with Hinata Hyuga, eldest daughter of Hiashi Hyuga. She was the heir to the clan. Something Sasuke should have been entitled to. He felt his Sharigan spin as anger and hate filled his body as he starred at her; Sasuke should have been the heir to his clan, he should have a family that honored him and was still alive.

But no. Hinata Hyuga had all that he should have; he was stronger then her, smarter, better, but yet everything was taken from him. She still had a family and was going to be the heiress to the Hyuga clan and she didn't even have to work as hard as he had too. Sasuke held out his katana and could only smirk when she flinched back a bit. He was glad that she was the last person that he had to kill to get to his final goal, but then pitied the fact that he wouldn't be able to make her suffer like he had. Sasuke slightly hoped that Sakura would have been the one out here, just so she could see for the final time that he would never be the same or ever feel for her like she felt for him.

Hinata had seen the hate in his eyes, but yet she couldn't work up the nerve to glare back with the same kind of deep loathing. She saw that she was the last one person that stood in his way when it came to getting Naruto, but she couldn't think of a way to lead him away. If she ran, he'd only forget about her and go strait for Naruto, but maybe provoking the egotistically and prideful Uchiha could buy her some precious time. Hinata thought as quick as she could, but any longer and he would slice through her faster then she could blink. A sudden thought hit her when she remember she had grabbed something in her room before leaving and slide her hand into her back pouch and pulled out something and held it out as it was hidden in her fist. Sasuke gave a small recognition that he indeed saw what was in her hands, but was taken back when she revealed the object.

It was Itachi's infamous necklace.

"Where," he said through clenched teeth and glared at her, "Did. You. Get. That?"

Hinata swallowed lightly and then took off without any hesitation. The minute she took off the Uchiha was on her tail; Hinata activated her Byakugan again and went strait for a large hole that was made in the ground. She saw that he was catching up to her fast, so she added more chakra to her feet and took off at a faster speed, but only enough to stay out of reach. Hinata liked the idea of teasing the Uchiha, she even turned around while still jumping and jingled the necklace a bit before turning back around and going at a faster pace. Hinata finally jumped down and ran for the massive hole and jumped down into it and turned around fast enough to stop the katana coming down at her with a kunai.

The two jumped back and just starred at one another. Hinata put the necklace back into her pouch and turned on her head piece, "I've confronted the Uchiha; stay back."

"You think you can fight me your self," Sasuke asked with mock, "you're nothing but the sniveling spoiled brat of the Hyuga clan." Hinata didn't react like he wanted, she should have glared at him or tried to defend herself; but if she said nothing it meant that she agreed with what he had said. He gripped the katana tighter, "I see you lost stutter-"

"Before you continue," she said and pulled the necklace back out again, "this is what you wanted right?" Hinata threw it in the air and caught it in a teasing matter, "Why?"

"It rightfully belongs to me-" Sasuke started but she had cut him off.

"But you killed him," it was almost like she was asking him a question, "and now you want it back;" she said that more like a statement. Hinata didn't know why she was doing this to him, she should feel bad for him, she should want to help him like everyone else wanted to, and she should have just given him the necklace. But it seemed that, that Hinata was no longer with them at the moment. Hinata did know why she felt a sudden deep pit of hate in her gut and it seemed wrong of her. Hinata put the necklace back in her pouch, "Sorry for wasting your breath, but I just wanted to know but," she looked back at him, "that can wait."

"Just give me that necklace and I will spare your life for now," he said menacingly and held out his hand. "Do not think you can play me Hyuga, it will not end well for you."

"And what could you do to me," she asked softly staring strait at him.

"You'll suffer like I had to," he smirked evilly, "like you should have." He was suddenly filled with pure rage when she looked at him with a confused face, and he balled his fists so tight that his nails dug into his palms and drew blood. "You should be suffering, Hinata Hyuga!" He glared at her with his Mangekyo Sharigan, "Why did you get to live such a life that I had rightfully worked for and deserved? You were given a family and an easy life, while I was left with nothing!" He charged at her with full intent to kill just as the other shinobi came to the source of the strong chakra presence.

"Hinata!" Kiba yelled loudly as Shino held him back from jumping. All of the chunin stood there, even Naruto had jumped out of bed to come face the Uchiha. "Run Hinata," Kiba yelled again, but she just stood there. As Sasuke got closer Hinata just pulled back her hand and with one slight motion she stopped the katana from coming down on her; holding the blade in her bare hand.

Her eyes were darkened and she looked up and the two were eye to eye, kekki genki to kekki genki. Hinata just held the blade there and spoke in a soft voice, "You really think I had that? Me? The weak sniveling Hyuga? Well I'm sorry Uchiha-san, but you seem to be mistaken-" she was cut off when the katana came down and cut her jacket as she jumped back to get away.

Sasuke sneered, "Don't tell me that bull crap. I know you're the heiress and it is unfair that you have everything that I should-"

"And how do you know that Uchiha-san!" Hinata yelled and surprised all the shinobi above, "How would you know anything about me? You were the cold, distant, prodigy and I was the weak, quiet, failure! Don't even pretend that you have any idea of how I was raised." Hinata's Byakugan raged that Neji stood up there in shock of all the chakra that was building up inside of her. "What's unfair Uchiha-san? That I have a family that would throw me to the wolves if they had chance, or the fact that I was the heir to the clan?" Hinata pulled off her head band and threw it to the ground and held up her bangs to show to him, to everyone, the brand on her forehead. "The Heir to the Hyuga clan is Hanabi Hyuga, the pride and joy of Hiashi Hyuga.

"You want to know what I find unfair Uchiha-san," she let go of her hair and balled her fist tight, "that you still get to be selfish. After everything you've done to your own village, friends, team, and brother, it still seems to be about you!" Hinata's fists were engulfed with chakra and the veins in her eyes were bulging, "You had everything in Konoha, everyone here loved you and treated you like family and looked out for you. You were the pride of this village; everyone believed that you would revive the Uchiha name, but no! You never could be happy for what you had and still have! You're the reason our village is like this, but yet Naruto-kun and everyone still want to bring you back. I confessed to that….baka that I loved him, but yet it was still about you!" Naruto was taken back by that, but then frowned because it was all true, even Sakura was upset since she had been so worried about Sasuke, she got Naruto to focus on getting him back for her. "My family hated me, the only reason I enrolled in the academy was because they didn't want to teach the failure anymore. The only reason I'm here right now because I'm not worth protecting from the Uchiha traitor!"

Hinata felt it all boil over and with a sudden and quick step she had punched the Uchiha and had thrown him back. Sasuke flew in the air and then flipped so he landed on his feet and glared at her, until he coughed up blood. Hinata once again charged at him, but he was ready this time and picked her up and threw her over his shoulder. Hinata hit the side of the hole, making a large creator and then fell to the ground. She slowly stood back up and saw that Shikamaru was about to jump down to her aid. "I meant it when I said stay back!" Shikamaru stopped in his tracks and watched as she wobbled to keep balance and she looked back up at Sasuke; "I'm done doing this for you Naruto-san!" She held out her arm and they gasped when she was holding Sasuke's katana, "I don't care that he's your friend, I don't care if you love him Sakura-san!" Hinata snapped the katana in half, "I'm going to end you right here and right now Uchiha-san! If it is the last thing that I do!"

"I will enjoy this Hyuga," he smirked as his Sharigan spun, "I hope you've enjoyed your pitiful life" Hinata came at him and with the well-known Hyuga style she kept trying and trying to hit him, but it was futile and he easily dodged it all. Until Hinata got right in his face and whispered lightly.

"I wish you weren't such a fool," she jumped away from his strike and kept talking to him. "It hurt me too you know. You weren't the only affected by the massacre," She glared at him, "I suffered like you do Uchiha-san, but instead it wasn't one night, it was every day of my life." That one caught Sasuke off guard enough that she kicked his side and knocked him to the ground. Hinata jumped back as Sasuke got to his feet and made the signature hand signs of a fireball jutsu. But Hinata began hers and a mouthful of fire came into contact with a wave of water. Steam filled the hole and the Uchiha was left blinded as Hinata got the better of him a few times. As it cleared, the Konoha shinobi were in fear as Sasuke held a shattered piece of his katana and it was strait into Hinata's abdomen. She coughed up blood and looked back at him, "D-don't th-think yo-you won U-U-Uchiha-"

"I thought you got ride of that annoying stutter," he said with a voice void of emotion as he pushed the katana piece further into Hinata who grunted in deep pain and bit her tongue to keep from screaming. "You were better then I expected Hyuga, but now," he smirked, "I see why you aren't the heir-"

"Itachi-san would have been nicer to me," Hinata said between coughs. "Like a true fighter, he wouldn't stand over his fallen enemy and gloat like some egotistically pig." She glared at him, "And I'm not even dead yet Uchiha-san," she grabbed his collar by surprise and took hold off a kunai and shoved it into his own abdomen. He glared at her and out his hands around her throat, but she still spoke. "Uchiha-san, you don't even get it. Itachi-san left you to live only to kill him, not to kill us all. *cough, cough* I-Itachi-san believed in you not to follow his footsteps….a-and now," she shoved it in further as he took one hand off her neck and dug the katana piece in further as well. "*cough*" More blood came out of her mouth, "and n-now you will die along with me," she smiled at him, "s-so I guess we both win-"

"I won't die until the Uzamaki is dead-"

"And then what? You'll destroy the village, and then run off to live your days alone and forever on the run. You can't rebuild a clan now, it's too late," her eyes began to droop; "This is when the Uchiha clan finally dies off, leaving nothing but you as their last memory. The Uchiha Traitor. He destroyed our village and left us to be taken over by other nations. Those damn Uchiha's, not only did they die, but they had to take us with," she seethed out every word as she and Sasuke drove the metal deeper into the other, but Hinata didn't falter. She took tight hold of the kunai in her hand and pulled it out and held it close to his head, "I….I never got to say something to you." She pushed foreword until she straddled his waist; she hit one of his arms, forcing him to let go of the katana piece and she pulled it out of her own abdomen, "Uchiha-san, y-you're th-the reason I…I am the w-way I a-am." Hinata began to breath heavily and Sasuke just starred into her slightly lidded eyes, "Y-you a-are the r-reason I train, y-you're th-the last thing standing i-in my way." She dropped her kunai and clutched her bleeding middle, "t-to prove my self, and everyone, that I'm not a failure."

Sasuke watched as she looked him in the eyes, and was taken back that of all times, she began to cry; but then she smiled at him. He could have easily pushed her off and gone after Naruto, but the more he listened to her, the more he began to…feel something. Sasuke always assumed that he had the worst childhood, and no one could claim other wise, until right now. He thought back to what Hinata had said: her title had been taken away from her, she is publicly ridiculed by her own family, and she had no say in whatever happened to her. She chose to come and take him on, knowing that he could and would kill her once he got the chance to. Sasuke then realized that she was still smiling, at the brink of death she was smiling at him.

"Th-thank you Uchiha-san," she sobbed softly, "I-I didn't run a-away or waited to be saved a-and y-you gave m-me the ch-chance to prove my-my self." Hinata slowly began to lean to one side and was about to black out, but she put her index and middle finger on his forehead, "I-I'm sorry Uchiha-s-san," his eyes went wide but then a small bolt of chakra went through her fingers into his head and he passed out, "b-but y-you c-can't d-destroy m-my home." Hinata then slowly stood up and after a few steps she fell to the ground, out cold.

"She….she…." Sakura gapped as the group just stood there in shock, "got him."

"A-are they," Ino asked softly not knowing if she should finish her question. Shikamaru wasted no more time and jumped down and ran over to Hinata's side and quickly checked for a pulse, then to Sasuke's side. He turned back and motioned them all to come down. They all jumped down and as the others went to Sasuke's side, Kiba, Shino, and Akamaru went strait to Hinata.

"Get her to the hospital," Shino said looking at Kiba, "we have a chance." Kiba nodded and picked her up and took off to the nearest hospital. Shino went over to the others and saw that Sai and Choji were lifting up Sasuke and the two jumped off. "What happens now?"

"I could guess that Tsunade will heal the two and then question the Uchiha and put him on trail," Shikamaru said but rubbed the back of his head, "but we have a bigger problem." They looked at him, "Sasuke and Hinata seem to have a grudge against the other and there are only so many rooms in the hospital."

"They'll have to share a room," Naruto asked, "but…they'll kill the other!"

"Then we'll stay stationed in the rooms," he said turning towards were the others took Sasuke and Hinata. "They can't kill each other if we're in there."

- (Line Break) –

Hinata lied on her bed as she starred into the bright fluoresce lights that emitted a soft buzzing sound that distracted her from the sound of her monitors that had been hooked up to her body. She glanced over to the Uchiha that was strapped down to his bed and was being guarded by Team 7, but yet she still was out of it and went back to see what had happened to the ceiling when she wasn't looking. The hospital had been so busy and was just cluttered with the injured and sick, the head doctor had to put the two of them in the same room and wasn't told of their little scuffle until Shikamaru had came in and set guards of shinobi around the hospital to insure neither clan child would get out. Hinata did not understand, but it seemed that her own peers had deemed her a threat and lethal to be left alone; what she didn't know was that Neji had made the decision to recommend Hinata as an anbu, but that was a whole other story.

Naruto looked over to Hinata as she starred at the ceiling, almost lost in her own little world, and suddenly felt a wave of guilt wash over his body. He had ignored one of his friends to the point she wanted to prove them all wrong and nearly put her life on the line just to show them all she wasn't a failure. He smiled softly, "Uh…Hinata?" She looked over at him with the same dull unemotional face that had been there since she had woken up. Kiba and Shino even looked at him, only making the blonde shinobi more nervous. "I…I wanted to say I'm sorry for ignoring you," he looked down at his feet, "I've been a little preoccupied and I shouldn't have brushed you off like that-"

"It's alright Naruto-san," Hinata said cutting him off with a no emotion. "What I said," she looked at him with her dull eyes, "was out of line. I know that you are to busy and was worried about your friends." Hinata laid her head back down, "I hope that you can forgive me for my outburst."

"You have nothing to be sorry for," Naruto answered softly, but she had already fallen back asleep.

"When is the Uchiha going to wake up," Kiba asked glaring at the dark haired male, "Because I'm going to beat him back to sleep-"

"Just leave him alone Kiba," Sakura glared at him, "Sasuke has been through enough and when he does wake up he'll be questioned and put on trial. We don't have to put more stress on him." Sakura may be the only person who still felt the same that way about the Uchiha since when she was a young genin to now. She glanced down at the sleeping man and moved his hair out of his face, only to have his eyes snap open and look at her with dark onyx eyes. Sakura had flinched back but then just gave him a soft smile, "Glad to see that you're up."

He was very silent and looked around the room he was in. He had assumed the Hyuga had killed him and he would be dead, but the sound of the hospital filled his ears and he wished he had died instead. He glanced back up to the pink haired chunin and spoke. "Why am I in a hospital?"

"Cause Hinata nearly blew your brains out of your head," Kiba said glaring at the black haired traitor. "You're glad that you have your own guards or you'd be in the morgue right now you dirty piece of-"

"Enough," Shino said not looking up at Kiba. "You need to calm down or leave. I'll get someone else to help." That's when Sasuke noticed that the Hyuga was in the same room as he was. He lifted his head a bit to see that Hinata's bed was in the upright position and she was starring out the window. Her hands hand been bandaged up and he could see that so was her middle section. What took him by surprise was that even the Hyuga had been strapped to her bed and she was almost being guarded by her own teammates. He found it hard to believe that the women before him had nearly killed him but did leave him in the hospital with injuries that could indeed slow him down. She looked to fragile and innocent to be the one to take him down and she had even swiped his katana and broke it. Sasuke did hate the Hyuga clan, but he held a lot of respect for the women before him.

"Don't get any ideas teme," Naruto glared at the black haired traitor, "I won't let you hurt anyone anymore." Sasuke just looked at his blonde haired enemy and didn't feel anything, so it met that he didn't feel any hate either like he did before. The Uchiha just lied his head back down and began to get lost in his thoughts that flooded his mind. Naruto just sat back in his chair and sighed loudly, "This isn't as fun as I thought it would be."

"Keep patient Dickless," Sai said with a smile as he kept sketching in his book, "the traitor and bunny will wake up soon-"

"Really," Sakura glared at him angrily, "Ino is beautiful, Hinata is bunny, and I get ugly?"

"I-It's alright Sakura-san," Hinata said with a soft smile as she looked out the window and then back at her, finally feeling some kind of emotion, "not many people can see y-your true be-beauty." Sakura smiled softly as Hinata tried to move forward and then saw she was strapped down to her bed. "Wh-what the…" Hinata looked over at Kiba and Shino, "w-why am I being h-held down?" Shino and Kiba looked to one another and then looked back at team seven. She looked up and saw that the Uchiha was up and that he really was across from her. She had been so out of it, she didn't put it past at her that she had once been staring right at him and not even knowing it was him. She let out a glare and once again tried to pull out of her straps but then Shino had pushed her back against the bed. Hinata did not know why she let him push her back, but she didn't know why she had such a strong feeling of hate towards the Uchiha. It wasn't like her to be angry at anybody really. There was something about him that made her mad; he was strong and loved while she was weak and rejected by her own family. He may have lost his but it's not like Hinata could know what it was like, you can't lose something that you never had. Hinata looked over at Shino, "H-How long had he been in this room?"

"The whole time," he spoke in a soft yet strong voice, "we were sent here to make sure that your little battle did not continue in the hospital." He fixed his glasses, "that is another reason why you both had been strapped down." Hinata gave her straps another tug, and concluded that Tsuande must have put these on herself since they were tight and even when shooting chakra in it did not break them. Thinking back to her chakra and that she was in the hospital she looked into the window to see that her head band was still vacant from her head. Shino spoke up again after seeing her face, "We retrieved your headband, but it was not in the best of shape."

"Th-thank you Shino-kun," Hinata said softly but kept her eyes on the Uchiha that was so close to her, but yet too far away to touch. "I-Is everyone e-else okay?" she asked with a soft voice glancing around at everybody in the room. She wanted to activate her Byakugan, but she was getting low on chakra. Hinata saw that Kiba had nodded and she couldn't sense anyone else in the hospital with a familiar chakra signature.

"Why didn't you kill me," the silence was broken as Sasuke spoke in a low voice, still lying down and staring at the ceiling.

"I….I thought I did," she said truthfully and stunned almost everyone in the room. "I thought I had, but I was hoping that I didn't because I knew I would make a lot of people upset." She looked out the window and then glanced back at him. "Why am I still alive? I could have been easily killed."

"Don't remind me," he said with a smirk, "but you're as stubborn as any Hyuga I know and refused to die." He lifted his up and looked at her, "You never answered my question Hyuga," he felt his glare come back when she looked him in the eye. Just seeing those cold silver eyes brought a chill to his spin and just wanted to slice them up, "where…" he regained his composure, "where did you get that necklace?"

"I didn't steal it off your dead brother, if that is what you are thinking," Hinata said calmly looking down at her lap. "I actually got it from him when we were young." A ghost of a smile came to her lips, "you've forgotten that I came to the Uchiha compound every day and I happened upon Itachi-san after getting back from a mission. He said that he had lost his old one and that Mikoto had gotten him a new one to where; but he found it in the Hokage's office. He then handed the one I showed you," she looked back up at him with a small smile. "I never told you cause," she gave a small blush; "I thought you would have taken it away from me."

Sasuke gave a smirk and lied back down, "You know…..I probably would have." Hinata couldn't help but give a small smile but stayed looking down at her lap. "But this little battle between us is not over Hyuga," he looked back at her with a smirk.

Hinata felt the smirk tug at her lips and she looked up at him, "I agree Uchiha-san, for it seems that a winner had not been decided yet."

"NO more battles to the death though," Naruto said with a smile, "Or I'll bring you both back to the hospital." The two gave a nod and then looked back at each other.

I don't plan on letting you win Uchiha/Hyuga

(End)

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