Are you mad yet?

Chapter 4 – One last try

"One day left," Sasuke said to himself. He had tried everything he could think of but apparently, the old man found ways to repel them. "There's got to be a way," he encouraged himself. He looked around his room. Empty. He had used up almost everything in his room, except for a bamboo hat. What good will that do? Then he decided to go take a walk near the beach.

When he got there, he paced back and forth on the sand. Hours later he still had no ideas coming into his head. "AAAGGGGHHH!" he yelled in frustration and dropped to the ground. "I'll never lose to you old man!" Sasuke vowed as he took a big handful of sand and threw it. Then sat back down again, knowing that yelling at sand will not help him.

Moments later he felt a light tap on his shoulder. He turned around and saw Hinata, sitting down right next to him and without a warning, she placed her head on his shoulder. They have been growing closer during the month of his stay, when he helped her with the laundry and going to the grocery with her and other small things. "Sasuke, I think I'm falling for you," she said suddenly. He felt her face on his shoulder grow warmer.

He didn't know if he loved her, but he entered the contest because one, to make Naruto jealous, and two was because she was beautiful and he just needed some un – obsessed fan girl to restore his clan, but sometimes he felt things that he couldn't explain around her. Weird feelings he had never experienced with anybody.

Hinata waited for his reply. 'What if he doesn't like me? What if he just entered the competition to show off to his friends?' Hinata worried.

"What does it feel like to love?" Sasuke asked. "I have this weird feeling inside of me, whenever I'm around you. I've never felt this way towards anybody. It feels like my insides are squeezed." Hinata smiled. He loved her, for her. "Its love Sasuke," he smiled, a genuine smile.

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Hinata had gone home, blushing mad. Sasuke had moved into a nearby shady cave where nobody could find or disturb him. "…but its true Shizune," a voice said. "It doesn't exist, Tsunade-sama," the second voice replied. Sasuke peeked out of the cave. He saw a very drunk Tsunade walking with her assistant. "Kakashi said it exists! The legendary wine bird! Once every year, the bird comes down to this area with a bottle of wine. And Kakashi said that the wine itself comes from heaven, it's the best wine on this whole planet, and there's only that one bottle! I need to find that bird!" Tsunade exclaimed. Sasuke grinned, the wheels in his head spinning like crazy. He ran home as fast as he could. He went to his room and grabbed the bamboo hat and went to prepare his plan.

Hiashi was sitting on the front porch, deciding on using a bamboo stick or a whip for Sasuke's lashes that night. 'The blonde dude, survived the whip, so that okay, and the dog boy with brown hair survived the bamboo stick, so should I get a new stick?' Hiashi wondered to himself. "Boss, boss!" Sasuke came yelling. "What is it?" Hiashi asked in annoyance. "Guess what I've captured for you as a son to father-in-law present?" Sasuke asked grinning from ear to ear.

"HAHAHA! What makes you think your going to be the groom of Hinata? You only two hours left? What can you do? But anyway give me the present!" he said with his own smile. 'I only need thirty minutes,' Sasuke smirked to himself.

"I've captured the Legendary Wine Bird for you," Sasuke said proudly. "WHAT?!" Hiashi's jaw dropped. He heard of the Wine Bird from Kakashi, but he never saw it in real life. And he heard that the bird who carried it only had a little bit of the wine, only enough for one person.

"You're not serious, I thought it was just a rumor," Hiashi said. "No, I've captured it and saw the wine bottle tied to its feet," Sasuke said.

"Boss, just go watch it for me, I put a bamboo hat over it and rock to make sure it doesn't escape. I'm gonna go get a net," Sasuke instructed.

"Okay, okay," Hiashi said. He was excited but he still said to Sasuke, "Just because you got me this present, doesn't mean that I'm going reduce your lashes! You're still getting a hundred!"

"I know, I know," Sasuke said. Then both of them went to do their jobs. Hiashi went down to the spot where he was told and found the bamboo hat and a rock on top if it. "Oh my God! Can't wait to put this in Kakashi's face!" he said to himself. Then he heard footsteps behind him. "Hiashi, what are you doing here?" the Hokage asked him. "The Uchiha brat caught me the Legendary Wine Bird for me! Can you believe that?" he bragged. "I told you so!" Tsunade said to Shizune who was very shocked. Kakashi had told her after the Hokage left that it was just a joke!

"Move away, Hiashi," Tsunade said. "But its mine! I got it first," Hiashi wined. "Move away, or else I'll cancel your contest. You asked me a favor for this contest and to let it go on, if you don't give me the wine, I'll cancel it!" Tsunade threaten. Hiashi moved back reluctantly. His daughter was more important than the wine, but still, it was wine from heaven, who wouldn't want it?

Tsunade lifted the bamboo hat slowly and when it was wide enough for her hand to go through, she quickly inserted her hands in. She felt inside a little bit. Anxiety was going through both hers and Hiashi's brain. "What the hell…" When she lifted up the hat, there was a green mashed pile of dog crap. She turned slowly and dangerously to Hiashi, who had a confused look in his face, but soon whispered the village's heartthrob's name: "Sasuke…"

But before he could do anything, his face was on the ground and Tsunade used her super human strength and kicked his butt. She kept on kicking and punching till all the dog crap on her hand was on Hiashi. Sasuke, watching from afar, laughed until his stomach hurt. After Tsunade left, Sasuke went to Hiashi and bent down to his level.

"Are you mad at me yet?" Sasuke whispered.

"OF COURSE I'M FREAKING MAD AT YOU!!! YOU BASTARD ALMOST GOT ME KILLED BY THE HOKAGE!!!" Hiashi screamed. But Sasuke stopped listening after 'of course I'm mad at you.'

"YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!" Sasuke screamed too. He ran full speed home where Hinata was reading a book; next to her was a basket of used tissues to wipe her tears, knowing that Sasuke wouldn't succeed. Nobody ever did. Then she saw Sasuke running towards her, his hands flying in the air and yelling madly. "I did it Hinata! I did it, he's freaking mad right now thought," he smiled at her. "Really? You actually made my father mad?" she asked with happiness, her happy tears rolling down her eyes. "SASUKE!!!" Hiashi screamed from a distance. "I'll see you at the wedding, love," he yelled and ran away.