Hello there! So this is acutally my first story, but I've been having problems getting it on here for some reason, (the rest worked fine) But anyways, hope you like it! Please review, if you do...you get a slice of cake and ice cream...if you don't...you suck.

And...the dreaded disclaimer...

I don't own Naruto in any way, shape, or form...so sucks for me and Masashi Kishimoto can rule the frickin world for all I care!

Team 8 sat at the Ichiraku Ramen Bar quietly, none talking, all just eating their ramen.

"I think we should do it." Kiba suddenly said breaking the silence. Hinata's silver eyes glanced over at him quickly and back to her food.

"Are you sure? Tsunade-sama didn't seem to want us to take it." Hinata muttered glancing at Shino to trying to see what he was thinking behind his mirrored glasses.

"Who cares what Tsunade said? Guys, if it gives us more time together than I'd do anything!" Hinata looked at Kiba her silver eyes piercing his muddy brown ones.

"I'll do it." She said her voice stronger this time. She smiled gently at Shino, her eyes silently pleading with him Akamaru who had been taking a nap picked up at Hinata pleading and turned to stare at Shino.

"Fine, let's go tell Tsunade. She'll be thrilled." Sarcasm was just dripping off Shino's comment as he placed money on the table for his half eaten bowl of ramen and began walking toward the Hokage's tower. Hinata a placed some money on the table and hurried after Shino.

"We'll do it" Tsunade looked up from a large stack of paper work. She stared at them for a moment before nodding.

"Alright, be at the gate at six o'clock sharp tomorrow. Shinuze will give you the details." Hinata glanced at her teammates once again, to see their reactions. Neither one did anything more than nod at the new information. Turning to leave she heard Tsunade's voice.

"Hinata, stay for a moment please." Shino looked from Tsunade to Hinata and then walked past her out to where Kiba was waiting.

"Hinata, I just want you to know that I have done everything that I could possibly think of to change your fathers mind." Hinata smiled. This is what Tsunade wanted to talk about.

"My father will not be swayed from his decision Hokage-sama; I thought you would have realized that by now."

"Yes, I have but what he is planning goes against everything I believe-" Hinata cut her short.

"I know what my father is doing is wrong, but I have to comply with his wishes; if anyone could have stopped this…they are long gone." Hinata voice was strained but it had an icy quality to it.

"Thank you for your concern…but I don't need it."

Kiba and Shino were waiting for her having already been briefed on the mission.

"What did Tsunade want?" Kiba asked.

"She just wanted to know how stuff was with Neji," Hinata stared at her shoes pointedly hoping Kiba would not pursue the subject further. Kiba looked over Hinata carefully than nodded.

"Come on lets go get the stuff." Hinata said smiling at her teammates.

"Oh Shit! My Mom leaves for a mission in twenty minutes! I have to go!" Kiba said jumping up. He looked at his teammates guilty. Akamaru jumped up his tail wagging and was already pulling on Kiba's shirt trying to drag him away.

"Go ahead Kiba, Shino and I can get the stuff." Hinata said. Kiba didn't look all that convinced.

"Are you sure that you two don't need adult supervision?" Kiba asked staring at Shino's hand that had snaked it way around Hinata's waist. His words were joking but his eyes were deadly serious. Then Kiba smiled again, before dashing away with Akamaru, giving a small wave goodbye. Shino looked down at Hinata, "Can I walk you home?"

Hinata stood outside the door to her Fathers study; she knocked twice on the door before she heard him say "Come in." The study was a nice room, but somehow Hinata never liked it much, the dark wooden desk and the royal blue walls, the black framed pictures of her family. Not a single person was smiling. Hinata couldn't understand it, but she hated this room, for no reason other than this was where her Father was.

"Father I'm going to be leaving tomorrow for a mission, it should take around two months at the longest." He looked up from the stack of papers.

"Why are you telling me this? It will not overlap with the wedding, that's not for five months." He said coldly looking back down at the papers. Apparently his daughter was not interesting enough.

"I-I just thought you might want to know." Hinata stuttered only in the presence of father now. He was the only person who could still intimidate her.

"Well I know now, Hinata. Leave, I have work to do.' He gestured with his hand for her to leave. She stared at him for a moment before hurrying out the door.

Walking down the hall to her bedroom she saw Neji sitting on her bed waiting for her. "Hinata, I've tried to make this as normal as possible for you" He said fingering the silver band on her finger.

"I got down on my knee to present it to you, even though you said no." His voice broke as he pleaded with her to accept what he had done, pleaded with her to throw away the chance to find true love.

"Why do you still run away from it? You're only going to come back from that mission to find that the wedding is closer than ever." She stared at him, his long dark brown hair, stunning silver eyes, his strong hands; any girl would gladly take him in a second. But Hinata Hyuuga, no Hinata wanted Shino, or at least she did at the moment.

"Neji, I'm not running away. I'm spending quality time with my teammates…before they stop being my teammates." Hinata took her hand from Neji and walked away down the hall toward the kitchen.

"Hinata please accept this, for me." She stopped by kitchen door and looked back at Neji. The man, who had loved her, tried to kill her, hated her, and now was begging her to love him again. Her father asked him to do this, asked him, not ordered him. 'He could have said no!' She thought. Slowly Hinata shook her head and closed the door.

"Fuck arranged marriages." Hinata muttered to herself as she heard Neji walk away.

Lying in bed that night Hinata found she could not sleep. Neji words kept coming back to her; she couldn't run away from this, but she wasn't trying to. Was she? Eventually sleep crept over her and before she knew it she was standing at the gate, side by side with her teammates for what would be know as the last mission that Team 8 would ever have. Years later when Hinata looked back on that moment, when she took that step that signified that start of the mission. She would find that she did not regret it, not for herself anyway, for it worked out better for her than she could have ever guessed. She regretted it for Kiba and Shino, because she doesn't know. She doesn't know what happened to them, only to herself.

Yep! The first chapter is done! This one of the few stories that I actually have a story line for...so I might acutally finish this one! Don't get your hopes up though...

Yeah, I wrote this late at night soooo it might suck...

Please review if you want that cake! and please be nice! ^_^