The Hidden Games

Enter Uzumaki Naruto

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Narrative.

"Talking".

'Thinking'.

-Flashback-.

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"Sasuke, have you checked the traps and snares behind the training fields?" Hinata asked in a hushed voice.

"Yes couple of rabbits and squirrels, nothing big. Are you following any trails at the moment?" Sasuke asks in a overdone hushed voice.

"No, why?" Hinata asks surprised, her eyes bigger than normal. Sasuke is momentarily stunned by how big her eyes got. But went back in to his normal emotionless mask.

"Cause you are whispering for no reason. Are we going to go back, I have some game sealed in these scrolls. Why did you want to hunt today anyway?"

"Because the reaping is today, there are more guards and shinobi walking around and less people like us. So today the price of food will be higher than normal, we are only helping out now. Plus we can charge more for people we don't like, like guards for example. It is simple fact of supply and demand." Hinata says grinning.

"You should be heir to your clan. You can probably do more for your clan and other people than Hanabi will ever do." Sasuke says. Hinata's grin fell right of her face. "She will do better than me, that is what people believe, let's just leave it at that." He decides to drop the subject and gathers up some nerve.

"Hinata…"

"Yes…." Hinata looks up and Sasuke is staring at here for a couple of moments. When he notices she is becoming uncomfortable under his gaze. He scrapes his throat.

"Since today is the last year of reaping for us, I was wondering if you are willing to celebrate it with me afterwards. We can have a meal at the Barbeque, the two of us." He looks at her while trying to keep his non-emotional look.

"Sasuke, I know you have feelings for me that go beyond being a friend. But I don't feel the same way about you. I have told you this before, you should give those looks and offers to someone who appreciates them and cares for you in an equal way. Like Haruno Sakura." Hinata says trying not to hurt him with her words.

"Who?" Sasuke asks.

"Haruno Sakura, the pink haired nurse. You are probably the only one who lights up her day when you walk in with a small injury." She says with a smile.

"Hn" It is silent for a moment. Before they both feel a chakra coming their way.

"Someone is coming, do you know who it is?" Hinata asks.

"No but you are the one with the all-seeing eyes remember. Let's hide just to be sure."

They mask their chakra to stay hidden. They have gotten quite good at it with all the practice they have had. They hide in the bushes, not sure if the shinobi travels through the trees or on the ground. They wait a couple of minutes before someone becomes visibible. 'He comes to a sudden stop, he probably felt some chakra entities standing here. That is oddly suspicious on the day of the reaping, no wonder he would come here to check it out.' Hinata thought.

Hinata allows herself a look of who is standing there. She sees a familiar color hair, blond. He is wearing black pants, orange shirt with a black vest over the shirt. She also notices the circular symbol of a whirlpool on his back. He turn his head and there are the beautiful blue eyes that are suspicious watching every move the forest makes at that moment. Hinata feels her heart swell and starting to pound more quickly. She feels a slight blush when she gives him another look over, with his well-toned body. She has seen it once by accident but she hasn't forgotten it either.