A Marriage of Convenience (2)
Many of you guys asked me to write another part for this one-shot. So, here is the part I'd written beforehand, after a little editing of course. Hope you enjoy. The first part was very vague so this is a little prequel sort.
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Hinata Hyuga was not stupid.
So when she came home to find Sasuke Uchiha in her house, talking to her father privately, she knew something was wrong.
Neji was also there, strangely. Hinata was anxious. She was pacing in the garden, waiting for their private meeting to be over so she could ask what the hell was Uchiha Sasuke doing in the Hyuga compounds?
"Lady Hinata, you must calm down. It is merely clan business." Ko, her care taker since she was a child, advised her.
"I just-It's unsuaul." She stumbled for words to express what she thought. She did not stutter anymore. No. she'd outgrown that phase along with the shyness.
She'd expressed her feelings to Naruto and she'd been understanding when he'd told her he could only be friends. She was okay with the fact that he was engaged to Sakura Haruno, her close friend now.
Since the war, everyone wanted to rebuild. Together. That's why people did not hesitate to celebrate small things and small mercies either.
The war had been cruel. But that was 3 years ago. Hinata was a 19 year old now, strong and ready to take over her clan as head.
She'd become Jonin and then ANBU along with a few of her old classmates. Naruto was training to become Hokage under Kakashi's wing. Sakura was the head of the Konoha Hospital. Ino had decided to become a Jounin teacher along with managing her flower shop.
And Sasuke...he'd left Konoha for a journey as atonement of his sins. He'd come back a few months ago after 3 years. Hinata had been one to welcome him back along with his friends as she felt bad because everyone was wary of him.
He'd flashed her a look of intrigue before resuming his mask of cold indifference. She sighed. She'd drive herself crazy, over thinking this.
She decided to shower and change to calm herself. She showered and changed into comfortable clothing before deciding to read the mission report for her previous mission before presenting it to the Hokage today.
She knew it would be dinner time soon so she walked downstairs, clad in her T-shirt and yoga pants. As she reached the lower floor, she almost bumped into Uchiha Sasuke. She stopped herself just in time.
She looked up at his face which was weary but showed no hint of any emotion. Hinata just stared at him for a moment. "Uh-I'm sorry." She told him softly.
He closed his eyes and breathed in deeply before walking off, not gracing her with a response. What the-?
She saw Neji, white as chalk come out of her father's study. "Neji nii? What's wrong?" she asked him carefully.
He looked at her and almost freaked out. "Nothing." He breathed out heavily "Nothing at all. Please excuse me."
He walked off. She wondered was wrong with him. Her father did not come out of the study at all. Hinata shrugged it off, determined to ask why Sasuke was here later.
For now, she had dinner to eat since she hadn't eaten anything all day.
Hinata had just returned from presenting the Hokage her mission report. The Hokage had praised her good work.
She was still smiling from that, relishing the praise. She'd been happy with her performance on the mission. Her mind tracked back to when she was a young Genin. She'd been weak.
She remembered her father's mission before most of her missions.
Try not to be a burden for anyone else.
That was always great encouragement, she thought bitterly. It was no use thinking back on that now. Once she was clan leader, she would surely change the ways of the Hyuga. She'd make sure there was no more resentment between the two branches.
She just finished taking off her shoes when the servant informed her that her father wanted to speak to her in his study.
It was something regarding Sasuke's visit yesterday, Hinata was sure. She walked to her father's study and knocked softly.
"Come in." his voice rang out.
She entered and closed the door behind her. He stood besides the window in the room. As if anxious. Which was surely not possible.
"Good evening father." She greeted.
"Good evening Hinata." He said. She waited for him to say more.
"You called me here. What is the matter?" she got straight to the point as her father disliked beating around the bush.
"Hinata...I have some news for you and I hope you will take it well."
Hinata's heart beat faster. She had a feeling whatever the news was...it was not going to be very pleasant for her.
"What...?" she could not manage anymore words. Hiashi looked at her gravely, as if announcing her death.
"Uchiha Sasuke visited yesterday as I am sure you know. He presented me with a blood contract, sealing your engagement to him."
Hinata's breath was knocked out of her body as her father calmly informed her of this. "It was a marriage contract. Between you and Uchiha Sasuke."
Hinata still could not grasp what he was saying. "The engagement was arranged by me and the Uchiha head Fugaku. It must be fulifilled."
"No..." she breathed out.
"I'm afraid that is the arrangement. You will be married to Uchiha Sasuke with in the week." He said it like he was not ripping her life apart right there and then. Like it was a good thing. Like it was routine. Maybe for him, ripping apart lives was not a big deal.
"You can't do this to me." She said angrily.
"It is for the best." He told her.
"You can't do this to me." She said through gritted teeth this time. Hiashi sighed, like she was a child, stubbornly asking for a toy she could not have.
"I cannot break a blood contract. And besides, it is a beneficial match." He said, eyeing her carefully. Her eyes burned with tears.
"You can't rip my life apart just like that! What about my life? My ambitions. I don't want to be a breeding mare for him!"
Hiashi flinched at this. He could not help but notice how alike she looked to her mother. It sent a pang through him. Clan before family, he reminded himself.
"Hinata...I expect you to understand." He told her slowly.
"NO! You're destroying my life and you expect me to UNDERSTAND?!" she said, raising her voice in front of him for the first time. Her tears streamed down her cheeks.
"Hinata..."
"NO! What about being clan head? I was trained for that all my life. I endured taunts from you, snide remarks from the elders, beatings from Neji only to become clan head and change this clan. What about that?!"
"Neji will be clan head." He told her softly.
She stopped dead. Her breathing became very slow for a second. Neji. Clan head. Her mind wrapped around the fact that she was so replaceable.
"You...you think I'm so useless that you can replace me in a minute?" she whispered out. Hiashi's head throbbed.
"It's not like that. You need to understand..."
"That I'm going to be Uchiha's breed mare, you're selling me off, appointing Neji as the clan head and getting rid of me for good."
"I trained all my life for naught. For this. Only to be married off. You never loved me, it hurt but it was okay. If it meant it would not happen to another under my watch, it was fine. This...death would be better than this."
Her voice was chocked with tears and Hiashi felt something inside him break. He urged his demeanor not to break. He was clan head dammit.
"Yes." He forced out.
She looked out and smiled without mirth. "I see."
"You are expected to be married this week." He informed her.
He looked at her, as she broke from the inside. He hated that he could do nothing about it. That he was the reason she was always hurting.
"After I'm sold to the Uchiha to be his whore" he flinched at her words for she was never one to use crude language "Do not expect me to visit. I will leave this compound, this clan and your lives forever. No coming back. If anyone tries to seal my Byakugan, I will kill them"
"And since you never played the role of a father anyways, what's the use of the title alone? You are no father of mine Hyuga Hiashi. I hate you. You didn't deserve my mother and you certainly don't deserve me. Good bye."
She walked outside, slamming the door shut, tears still streaming down her cheeks. Hiashi sat down on his chair, unable to support himself. He looked at the portrait of his wife, who looked as young as Hinata.
She'd always been like her mother, he mused. He'd lost his wife long ago and now he'd lost Hinata for good too.
Hinata wiped her tears as she walked outside. She hated Hiashi. She hated him. She hated Uchiha Sasuke for barging into her life when it was finally becoming better.
She hated him. She walked to her room as her world collapsed around her.
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"WHAT?!"
Hinata flinched at the volume of Ino and Sakura's combined voices. She nodded wearily, not wanting to look at them.
"Your father is marrying you off to Sasuke?" Tenten asked, astonished as well.
"That's what he told me." She said bitterly.
"What about being clan head and changing the Hyuga?" Sakura asked softly, knowing it was her friend's dream.
"Apparently marrying me off is better for me so Neji is going to be head while I will bear children for Uchiha Sasuke." Hinata spat out.
Ino's blue eyes filled with tears. "Hinata...I'm so sorry. That's terrible." She said, hugging her blue haifred friend.
"Ino...life is not fair. Who knows, maybe I even deserve being treated like nothing all my life." Hinata shrugged sadly. At least her friends knew how she felt.
"Don't say that." Tenten scolded almost harshly "You deserve all the best things in life Hinata."
Hinata chuckled bitterly. "That's why I really am getting the best things." Sakura had never seen her friend so down and it made her extremely mad at Hiashi.
"Hinata, I'll go and kick your father's ass if I have to. You won't marry Sasuke if you don't want to. You will become clan leader." She said, taking Hinata's hand.
Hinata shook her head. "He's not my father anymore. I have cut ties with my clan and I will not force any bonds once I am married."
"You're actually accepting this ridiculousness?" Ino asked, angrily. Hinata shrugged.
"I am."
"Hinata this is crazy." Tenten said. Hinata did not say anything, staring ahead. She got up instead. "I should go tell the Hokage. I might need a few holidays for the preparations."
"Hinata please-don't. think about it. Don't throw away your while life because of your asshole father." Sakura urged her.
"Sakura, Ino, Tenten...it's alright. Things will work out, I am sure." She lied to them and herself "But more importantly...you'll attend the wedding, right?"
Ino forced a smile and the others nodded glumly. "Of course." Tenten said.
"You'll regret coming to shop with us." Ino said, grinning despite the fire burning in her heart for Hinata. Hinata let out a genuine smile.
"I am sure I will. I'll see you tomorrow for shopping then. Good bye."
She was gone in a flash, leaving her fuming friends who cursed Hiashi collectively, feeling bad for Hinata.
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Sasuke was training by himself in a secluded area of the outskirts of Konoha when he felt Naruto's chakra flash nearby. He stopped and looked around.
Naruto appeared in front of him in a flash. He grabbed Sasuke roughly by the collar of his shirt and slammed him against the tree.
Sasuke could shake off his hold but he wanted to know what had caused Naruto to be frustrated this time. "What is it now Dobe? I told you I did not steal your ramen coupons."
Naruto's glare did not fade. "Sasuke...what is this rumor about you and Hinata getting married?"
Sasuke rolled his eyes. That. He shook off Naruto's hold and turned his back on him. "So you finally heard?"
Naruto growled. "Is it true?" he asked instead. Sasuke nodded.
"How could you, you bastard?!" Naruto yelled, lunging at him. Sasuke dodged his lunge and stood a distance away, an eyebrow arched perfectly.
"She wanted to be clan head! She had a life. How could you?!"
"Well her father did not really object. Plus the blood contract helped." Sasuke shrugged. "What do you care?"
"I care because she's my friend and Sakura told me she's really messed up about this."
"That is none of my concern." Sasuke shrugged.
Naruto's brows furrowed together as he aimed a punch at Sasuke. "Do you really want to go now?" Sasuke asked, grabbing his hand.
Naruto's kick was the only answer. Sasuke sighed before the spar began.
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Sasuke was training by himself in a secluded area of the outskirts of Konoha when he felt Naruto's chakra flash nearby. He stopped and looked around.
Naruto appeared in front of him in a flash. He grabbed Sasuke roughly by the collar of his shirt and slammed him against the tree.
Sasuke could shake off his hold but he wanted to know what had caused Naruto to be frustrated this time. "What is it now Dobe? I told you I did not steal your ramen coupons."
Naruto's glare did not fade. "Sasuke...what is this rumor about you and Hinata getting married?"
Sasuke rolled his eyes. That. He shook off Naruto's hold and turned his back on him. "So you finally heard?"
Naruto growled. "Is it true?" he asked instead. Sasuke nodded.
"How could you, you bastard?!" Naruto yelled, lunging at him. Sasuke dodged his lunge and stood a distance away, an eyebrow arched perfectly.
"She wanted to be clan head! She had a life. How could you?!"
"Well her father did not really object. Plus the blood contract helped." Sasuke shrugged. "What do you care?"
"I care because she's my friend and Sakura told me she's really messed up about this."
"That is none of my concern." Sasuke shrugged.
Naruto's brows furrowed together as he aimed a punch at Sasuke. "Do you really want to go now?" Sasuke asked, grabbing his hand.
Naruto's kick was the only answer. Sasuke sighed before the spar began.
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And so Hinata got married to Sasuke by the end of the week. Sasuke offered her any room to sleep in. He noticed her surprise.
"Am I not your breeding mare Uchiha-san?" she asked, raising her eyebrows in a mocking gesture. He did not waver as he said.
"No. You are my wife, not a common whore. After all I did go through the trouble of marrying you."
"You're not going to bed me then?" he noticed there was a hint of relief in her voice which almost made him smirk at her fear of sharing a bed with him.
"I am not going to rape you, if that is what your indirect question means. If we sleep together, ever, it will be because we want to...not because of obligation." He doubted it though. And he knew she did too.
He walked off, tired. She watched his retreating back with a slight admiration. But hate burned inside her. Why could he not be a complete demon to her so she'd hate him? Why did he say this? Why did he behave nicely?
She'd thought he was a sex-crazed, power hungry, obsessed and crazy bastard.
She cut the sex-crazed off the list.
As she lay in the unexpectedly soft bed in the room across from his, sleep engulfed her. She dreamt of demons, Uchihas and darkness.
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Author notes: Okay, get this...however many arranged marriage fanfictions I've read about Hinata getting married off, she barely puts up any fight instead opting to cry and telling her sister it's okay.
How about Hell No! She's a Konoichi, she should be angry. I know many of you are going to say But she's like that or That's just what she does. Nope. It's human nature to want to achieve something after working your life for that. So, yes she's angry and not shy.
Other than that, I tried my best to keep Hinata and Sasuke in character, but i usually deviate so pardon me. I didn't really have any inspiration for this before but I have written for it now. If there's much demand, I can write this as a separate fiction.
Anyways, @The_NOOB I've written the story you requested and i will be uploading it soon. But lemme know what you guys think. And that's all.
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