Hinata's Journey

Neji eyed the Hyuuga council of elders, inwardly weary but outwardly calm. His uncle had not told him the reason behind the meeting but his attendance was required. An hour later, when Neji left he was trying to keep from visibly staggering. When Hiashi died, Neji was going to be the head of the Hyuuga clan. Neji could barely process it.


Entering his room Neji sat down on his bed and tried to get his head to stop racing. Settling himself into a meditative state, he thought about the council’s marriage suggestions and cringed. The only person he had ever been remotely attracted to was Lee; Neji had told the council as much. The council had assured him that they would make the same concessions they had made for Hiashi. Neji had barely restrained the urge to allow his jaw to hit the floor when they dropped that bombshell.


“Lee, where the hell are you?” Neji grimaced thinking about the man he loved.


Neji had been in the wrong from the beginning with Lee. Neji had never been in a real relationship and as such had treated Lee as he did one of his other toys. Neji hadn’t known how much Lee meant to him until he was gone. Lee had made Neji feel.


The first time he had screwed Lee, Neji had fooled himself into believing that it was simply a way to keep Lee occupied until he sobered up. Neji could have killed himself for the lack of foresight and care he used when it came to his time with Lee. It never seemed to fail that Lee would be wandering down an alley or behind a building when Neji wanted him. Time and time again Neji would have Lee pressed up against a wall or bent over a trash can. Neji was sure if he ever got Lee on a bed they would never leave. Neji was addicted and falling deeper.


Neji’s inexperience with serious relationships left him with no idea how to make the leap from fuck buddies to lovers. Lee began to act out of character, moody and quiet. Neji had watched Lee fading and had been unable to stop it. Finally Neji had asked Gai for help in his desperation to make Lee his. It was too late though, Lee had gone without a word to anyone.


“I can’t believe he just left without a word.” Neji fumed glaring into the distance out of his window. Taking one of Lee’s bright orange leg warmers from under his pillow, Neji put it to his nose and inhaled Lee’s scent. The smell served as a pacifier for the young Hyuuga, who grew hard as memories assaulted him. Laying down Neji sighed, “I refuse to touch myself until you come home.” Curling up into a ball as his arousal began to pulse and leak pre cum Neji whimpered, “Just please come home soon or I will do one hundred one handed push ups.” Neji smiled faintly at his slip into a reward/punishment phrasing as Lee would have done.


“I wonder if Gai would teach me how to do a nice guy pose for when Lee returns?” Neji spoke aloud before growling, “Damn I know it is love.”


“Lee please stop sneezing.” Hinata groaned as the two made their way hurriedly away from Earth Country, the second piece of the katana in their possession.


“I don’t know who is talking about me. This is so not youthful.” Lee replied and sneezed again with even more feeling.


“It is a good thing you didn’t start sneezing like that when we went to retrieve this piece.” Hinata commented rubbing her temples. “It looks like we are headed to the wind country now.”


“Maybe Gaara will help us.” Lee chimed hopefully before sneezing forcefully again.


“I didn’t leave on the best of terms with Gaara.” Hinata mumbled.


“We can’t just sneak in.” Lee informed her stopping on the border of the Wind Country to scan the horizon. “They are our allies and it could be seen as an act of aggression.”


“Are you forgetting the fact that I knocked Gaara out before I left?” Hinata queried.


“Did you forget that the minute you set foot in my country I would know?” Gaara questioned from just behind the two.


Hinata gulped and looked sideways at Lee. Lee greeted Gaara warmly. “You look youthful today.”


“It’s nighttime.” Gaara pointed out sand cuffing Hinata to him. Hinata did not resist as Gaara grabbed Lee too. Within ten minutes, they were inside the city.


“Hinata.” Baki greeted her as he watched Gaara drag her and Lee into the Hokage Building.


“Baki.” Hinata responded with a smile while Gaara hauled her up the stairs to his office. Gaara deposited Lee beside Baki.


“Talk.” Gaara commanded the two as he continued up to his office with Hinata in tow.


“Do you think it is safe to leave them alone?” Lee queried the man next to him.


“It is about as safe as it is to leave you alone with me.” Baki responded evenly glancing at the papers in his hand before he felt a very concentrated look boring into the masked side of his face.
“What?” Baki asked returning the twinkling stare with a carefully blank one.


“So when do you get off?” Lee asked winking roguishly.


“Whenever I’m done.” Baki retorted missing the innuendo completely.


“Is that a fact?” Lee responded stepping a little closer as Baki tried to return to his paperwork.


“It only makes sense to stop working when you finish something after a long hard day.” Baki continued obliviously, head still buried in his paperwork.


Kankuro had entered the room quietly at the beginning of the conversation and was now determined to do some mischief. He knew that Baki had not had sex in years. “Baki I can finish that.” Kankuro said striding forward and grabbing the paperwork. Pushing Baki at Lee, he continued. “Go get a drink, relax and show Lee Suna’s nightlife.”


“But…” Baki tried to interject but Lee grabbed him purposefully and dragged him out the door.


The next morning Baki resolved that there could be something said for those who had absolute muscle control. Baki also remembered to thank his lucky stars that Lee had been tired, otherwise, Baki was sure he would have died trying to keep up with the much younger man. Baki had hummed as he walked to work. He had not been this relaxed and happy in years.


Walking into the Kazekage building Baki stopped and twitched. Going back out the doorway, he looked up and saw what had been a perfectly smooth sandstone wall, now had a hole that exposed two floors of the building to the outside. Shaking his head Baki leaped up to the Kazekage’s office and looked inside.


Gaara, attached to his desk by chakra strings and chakra inhibitors, was naked and slowly beginning to wake up. Even in his unconscious state, he was visibly showing signs of extreme anger, his sand swirling dangerously and hissing through the air. Baki knew then and there that heaven had its price. Turning around Baki left Gaara at his desk, after he had him partially clothed and went to go recruit ninjas to start repairing the tower. He was going to let Kankuro deal with Gaara. Baki knew there would be hell to pay for giving Hinata and Lee time to get away but it was worth it.


“If it is meant to be between them it will be.” Baki told himself referring to Gaara and Hinata, even though he questioned if he would live to see Lee ever again. As it stood, he was sure last night would have to give him comfort for a long time.


“Lee I don’t know if we are going to make it to Konoha in two days.” Hinata gasped wincing as she almost made a misstep into quick sand.


“I couldn’t agree with you more.” Lee grunted as his backside throbbed from his late night activities. “I know what my excuse is though but what is yours?”


“I might die Lee.” Hinata replied as they made it to the Wind Country border. Slowing to a walk the two began to move quietly on the ground. “I didn’t want to die a virgin and well Gaara was willing. Heck he even proposed to me.”


“Well then I am going to have to make sure you make it back to him because that is the essence of the springtime of youth.” Lee crowed striking the nice guy pose. His teeth glinted, blinding white as his thumb shot out encouragingly. The sun sprang up and shined blindingly, a little Fire country flag waving excitedly in the background. Then out of nowhere, a cloud flew across the sun, it began to rain and the poor flag blew over. Lee crumpled to the ground and curled up in a ball.


“I think it is time we swap some stories.” Hinata crashed neatly beside her friend. “You want to know what happened last night.” Lee’s non-response Hinata took as acquiesce so she began.


“Gaara you can put me down at anytime now.” Hinata complained. Gaara tossed her onto a red couch in his office before he went around and sat in his desk.


“Why?” Gaara demanded his pale green eyes flashing dangerously.


“You and I both know that what I have to do is very important.” Hinata sighed as she ran her fingers through her hair. “Gaara you are one of the strongest people I have ever met and I admire that but I needed to do this.”


“Why couldn’t you let me help you?” Gaara growled his sand whirling in his agitated state.


“Gaara I am falling in love with you.” Hinata responded standing. “Everyone I cared about has always treated me as a second class citizen. You come along and blow my second-class citizenship straight to hell. I am weaker yes but you wanted me to be stronger. You treated me as your equal so I knew what was expected of me and had to work to keep it that way. You believe in me and I love you for it.” Hinata blushed hotly when she realized what she had inadvertently said.


Gaara slowly rose. His sand stopped whirling and it was as if the world had gone painfully still. Approaching slowly he ran a hand through Hinata’s hair, pushing her bangs out of the way as he began to plunder her mouth. Hinata whimpered and melted into his arms.


From there visions came in flashes. His clothes flying off, her clothes disappearing, the hard marble desk cool presence against Hinata’s back. The blinding kisses that sent Hinata’s heartbeat hammering in her throat. The pounding of Gaara into her body as papers fell from the desk. Hinata’s breathless scream as she reached completion followed by Gaara’s more feral growl.


For a time neither moved. Hinata stayed arched over Gaara’s desk her head lulled back while Gaara stayed between her legs his head resting between her breasts. It was at this point that Hinata felt the tingling of her ears. Activating her eyes quietly she saw the third piece of the katana, imbedded in the wall. Hinata smiled sadly, as she was reminded of what fate could await her. Whether she chose her fate or not death was a likely possibility.


“Marry me.” Gaara whispered into her skin.


Hinata refused to reply with words. She cupped his face in her hands and kissed him with all the passion and longing she held deep inside her being. “For tonight I am yours and you are mine.”


“Lee I feel as though I am at peace with whatever happens.” Hinata ran a hand through Lee’s jet black hair and sighed when she recalled a similar action be performed with dark red hair. “Is it bad that I knocked him out and tied him to a chair with chakra strings?” Hinata asked.


Lee guffawed. “Hinata he’s not going to dump you over something like that. If anything else Gaara will get his revenge.”


“Let’s hope I live that long.” Hinata chuckled before looking at Lee expectantly.


“I slept with Baki.” Lee gushed before standing and quickly striding away towards Fire country. Hinata sat stunned for a couple of seconds before she hurried after him determined to find out what had come up from that.