Pivotal (Sasuke and Hinata)

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Hinata appeared suddenly and crashed on the ground. 

"Ahh! Oh, my back," said Hinata as she holds her back.

"How many times do I need to tell you to practice your landing?! Are you going to fall every time I summon you?" said Sasuke as he holds out his hand to help Hinata to stand up.

"Do you think that I can practice that when I didn't even know when will you summon me?" said Hinata.

Sasuke just ignored Hinata and saw Juugo walked towards him.

"Sasuke, I think w-.. Oh, Hinata. You already here," said Juugo.

"Yes," answered Hinata with a smile.

"What is it, Juugo?" asked Sasuke.

"Ah, Suigetsu and I found several scrolls that contain Orochimaru's forbidden Jutsu in the house," explained Juugo.

"Okay, I'll summon the Snake. You and Suigetsu take the scrolls out," said Sasuke.

He then walked towards a normal looking house with Juugo.

"A house?" said Hinata as she looked at it. All this time Hinata always appeared underground or maybe inside a tunnel. This time there was a house that surrounded by trees like that house was purposely built in a forest. 

Hinata walks towards the house and was greet by Karin. 

"Hey, Hinata," said Karin.

"Karin, where is this place? I've never been here before," asked Hinata.

"Well, actually we struggled to find this place. This is where Orochimaru grew up. There are barriers all over this place making it hard for anyone to find it," explained Karin.

"I never knew Orochimaru has this kind of place. How do you know about this?" asked Hinata.

"I've been working for Orochimaru for years. I practically know every hideout that Orochimaru had. But this one is special. Orochimaru really loves this house, that's why he put many barriers so that no one can harm this place," said Karin.

"One more thing," Suigetsu suddenly interrupted, "we are safe here. Not even the Akatsuki can find us. So finally, we can settle down for a while."

"Yes, I grew tired of all the fights and running," said Juugo as he went closer to Suigetsu. "It's a good thing that this place is invisible from the outside, so no one will notice the house."

Not long after that, a smoke appeared in front of them, revealing a large snake. Hinata was shocked by that as it was the first time she saw The Snake (I'm sorry, still don't remember the name). 

"It's been a while, The Snake," said Sasuke.

"Yes, Sasuke-sama," said The Snake. "Oh, forgive me for not noticing you, Hinata-sama," The Snake then bow his head to Hinata.

"H-Hinata-sama??" uttered Hinata.

"Why did you call her that?" asked Sasuke to The Snake. "I've never heard you call someone like that besides me."

"It seem that Hinata-sama was marked by an Uchiha," explained The Snake.

Then Hinata took off the bandage around her hand and said, "Did you mean this mark?" as she shows it.

"Yes, that is certainly the mark, Hinata-sama," said The Snake.

"Explain about the mark. I want to know," said Sasuke. "At first I thought the mark was caused by Neko-chi's power, but now that I think about it, I somehow have seen this mark before."

"Sasuke-sama, I have no right to claim anything about the mark," explained The Snake.

As Sasuke wanted to argue more, Hinata stopped Sasuke. 

"Enough, Sasuke. It's okay. I'm alright even though I didn't know about the mark. And besides, it doesn't effect me anything," said Hinata.

Sasuke didn't says anything but it shows on his face that he is not satisfied. He just walked towards the scrolls that Suigetsu and Juugo collected.

Hinata looked at The Snake and walked closer to it.

"I won't ask because I know it's not the time yet, right?" said Hinata.

The Snake only bows to Hinata and went to Sasuke.

After Sasuke released The Snake, Hinata approached him.

"Hmm...are we training today?" asked Hinata.

"Maybe later." Shorts answer from Sasuke.

There was silent moment between them and then Hinata spoke "Release me, Sasuke. I wan-" but suddenly Sasuke cut off her words.

"What?! Just because I don't want to train you, you're going home now! Fine then," said Sasuke as he felt annoyed. 

"No, just listen first. For now, release me. After an hour later, summon me back."

"Why?"

"Ahhh.. just do it!"

"Okay, okay..." Sasuke released her.

"What's wrong, Sasuke? Why did you release her already?" asked Suigetsu.

"I DON'T KNOW!!" shouted Sasuke.

"Woah, relax will you. I just asked and one more thing, fix that attitude of yours," said Suigetsu.

For one hour, Sasuke just sits and think about Hinata. He questions himself, did he made Hinata mad, or maybe did he overreacted with the mark thingy.

"AHHHHH," shouted Sasuke.

"Sasuke, if you keep thinking about what you did wrong, nothing will come out. Just summon her back already," said Juugo. 

"I did nothing wrong. She's the one who wants to go back, why would I summon her again," said Sasuke.

"Huh? Didn't she says to summon her back after an hour? I heard that loud and clear," said Juugo.

Sasuke didn't utter another word and just walked out of the house. To be honest, he quite embarassed with what he said just now. Ignoring the feeling, he summoned Hinata again. 

A puff of smoke appeared and Hinata lands perfectly this time, even carrying 2 bags with her.

"Wow, I land without falling," said Hinata, shocked with herself. "Did you see that, Sasuke?"

"Yeah..."

"Oh, I must check," Hinata opened her bags and there a few container inside. "It's safe."

"What safe?" asked Sasuke, looking at the bags.

Hinata smiled and said, "Let's go inside. I let you taste my homemade meal for today. So don't get mad at me, okay?"

She carried the bags to the house and called everyone to eat together.

For once, Sasuke thought that he will never taste a homemade meal ever again.

"Who says I'm mad at her?" He smiled a bit as he walked towards the house.