Requite Desire
Prologue
Hinata shot up with a short pant, sweat drops swelling on her forehead. Her luminescent saucer eyes shifted around uneasily around the campfire. Kiba and Shino were both still fast asleep, unaware of Hinata's loud breaths and the fear sweating down her skin. She knew it was just a nightmare, just all in her head. But it was too real to pass up; the last few in the Akatsuki had captured her and kept her ransom for Naruto to come rescue her. But when he came, he was killed.
Hinata shuddered at the thought as she silently stood up and passed the crackling fire and her snoring teammates. They were out and alone on their way back from a mission. The only member missing was Kurenai, who was on her own mission and rarely with them anymore. Shino, Kiba and her were on a mild assignment this week, one of the very few team assignments they get together lately. But all the same, she enjoyed their presence…but always knew something --or someone-- was missing. Rather, someone she missed personally.
Naruto.
Shaking the nightmare and nostalgia she felt for Naruto, she strolled through a small patch of woods towards the rushing creek, her guard completely up and her eyes and ears on full alert. Just as she left the thicket and heard the flowing water, she looked up and was greeted by a muscular silhouette, pacing in front of the creek. The corners of her mouth creased downward. First a bad dream, now this? 'He doesn't see me yet,' she assured herself, taking short, quiet steps backwards towards the woods. As she backed up, her foot caught on a twig and it snapped. The silhouette's neck shot around, piercing eyes looking directly at her. She was caught.