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Once again: I just don't own anything concerning Naruto.

They stood for a moment, wanting to enjoy the little time the surprise visit brought, but sadly it was interrupted far too soon for the both of them.

"Sasuke-kun?" The kunoichi called, branches cracking as she drew closer. "Damn." Sasuke smirked, pulling out a kunai. "I was hoping we could spend some more time together." Hinata gave a faint smile as he gently slid the weapon on her forearm, warmth and pain instantly radiating from the site. He gave it a gentle kiss before twisting it in his hand, making her cry out in pain. "Karin!" He called and like magic the girl was standing right beside him. "Tell Suigetsu and Jūgo to let them go. We're done here." "Huh?" She said, incredulously. "Why don't you just kill them? They might follow us or report us or-or-" Sasuke put a finger to her lips. "Do you doubt my judgment?" He smiled but even Hinata could sense the murderous intent from him. "No." She mumbled, briskly walking back to the two outlaws holding down Kiba and Shino. "Now," Sasuke began. "You need to run back to Konoha, we don't need to be traveling so close together. Tell Tsunade that we let you go because we aren't seeking any active conflicts. Tell her you don't know where we're going," At this he leaned closer. "And I'll come see you later, okay?" She blushed, feeling his warm breath an inch away from her cheek. "Okay." She mumbled.

And then they were gone.

She didn't know when they had first started seeing each other, but remember the event clearly.

She had seen Naruto and Sakura together and had ran away. She didn't know why she had been so hurt, it had been 4 years since she had confessed to him and he still hadn't responded; in fact he acted like it had never happened. She thought about how Sakura never even gave Naruto the time of day before he had grown so strong. And why did he grow so strong? To bring back the reason why she was an asshole to him: Sasuke Uchiha. That was why she was so pissed, because if that idiot would have stay then that would be her hand-in-hand with Naruto, not Sakura. So when she saw the Uchiha perched on a tree outside of the Konoha border she went berserk with confusion.

Tackling him to the ground she grabbed his Akatsuki garment. "What the hell is this? Some kind of dream?" She cried, surveying the confused raven orbs. "It'll be a nightmare if you don't get off." He growled, but she didn't even get a chance to respond as he rolled them over and pinned her wrists to the ground. "Are you stupid or something?" He snapped, reaching for his katana. "I could kill you in an instant if I wanted to." "Well I'm a lot smarter than the fugitive sleeping outside of the city who wants him, you big dummy." She pointed out, uselessly struggling to free her hands. Sasuke looked bemused and placed his weapon back in its scabbard. "Maybe I was hoping to run into a certain someone." He shrugged. "Who? Sakura? I wouldn't be surprised." Hinata snarled. "No, it's actually a certain Hyuuga who I used to be engaged to." He teased. "Don't fuck with me Sasuke! You act like that actually meant something. We were 8!" She began to squirm, as if that would make him release her. "It didn't? Well, I guess not seeing as you we're already in love with some stupid idiot by this time. I was so upset." His face was one of hurt but his eyes were smiling, as if he enjoyed messing with her.

"So what? Are you two happily in love now?"

That did it, tears flooded her blank eyes and she began to whimper. "You got it wrong Sasuke. Yeah we're in love but not very happily. 'Cause I'm in love with him… and he's in love with Sakura." She started sobbing and tried to hide her face from him. He placed his free hand under her chin and made her face him. "I'm sorry." Was all he said before he kissed her. It was firm as if he meant to keep her lips prisoner too. She tried to push him away but it was useless since he was way stronger than her; the fact that she was just released from the hospital (due to the 'experience' with Ino and Choji). She had no idea what to do and when he finally released her from under him she was breathless. "What was that?" She screamed, throwing a shuriken at him. He laughed and effortlessly dodged it. "I was thinking, we should resume our engagement."

And then he had disappeared into the forest, leaving Hinata flabbergasted. It was so random, so phantasmagorical that she didn't even believe it happened at first. It took 3 more meetings before she realized that it wasn't a hallucination bought on by the pain-killers she was taking for her injuries.

She laughed at the memory, thinking about how confused she had been.

"Hinata!" Kiba's voice startled her out of the flashback. "What?" She cried. "Did you even hear what I said?" She shyly shook her head no. "Sorry Kiba-kun, I wasn't paying attention." "No duh; you're really starting to worry me with that spacy act. Anyway, I was asking what we should do: head on to Suno or go back to Konoha." "Um, I think heading back is the best decision." Hinata suggested, remembering what Sasuke had said. "Hinata's right, we could run into them again if we continue on." Shino added. "Screw that, if that's the case let's do it, I'd like to give that bastard Uchiha a taste of my claws." Kiba growled. Hinata instinctively sat up, as if she could protect Sasuke from his words. "We wouldn't even be able to get close to Sasuke, those other three had us pinned in a matter of minutes." Shino noted. "Hinata was the only one who got close to him. Speaking of that what did he say to you, Hinata?" "N-nothing. He said that he'd let us go b-b-but if we followed them we'd be in t-trouble." She mentally slapped herself for stammering, nowadays she only did it when she was either exceptionally nervous or lying and right now it was both.

Shino just nodded and went to go organize his items but Kiba spent a minute staring at her, almost as if the truth would appear on her face if he looked long enough. "I-is there a problem, Kiba-kun?" She asked. "Nah; just thought I smelt something funny." He mumbled.

'If only he knew.' Hinata thought.

This thing was getting to be bitter-sweet.

"Sasuke? You there, buddy?"

He blinked twice, realizing 1. he was back at the hide out and 2. he had been smiling. "What?" He growled, annoyed by Suigetsu's observance skills. "Just wondering who dropped dead for you to actually smile." He shrugged. "What? Did you cop a feel on that girl back there?"

"Suigetsu…" Sasuke began.

"I mean, I'm almost glad Jugo found them. Seeing a girl that luscious reminded me that not all of them are man-giant hybrids." Suigetsu chattered on. "Take Karin for instance, she's as flat as a board but that little beauty back there had the chest of-."

Sasuke sighed; Karin had hit him before he got the chance.

"Shut up, shark-face! Sasuke doesn't want that hormone cow!" She snarled. "Also, this shirt only makes me look flat!" "No Karin, I don't think that's the problem." Suigetsu grinned, though half of it was still slightly transparent from its watery state. Sasuke just walked away, hoping to get just an ounce of peace for a second. "I'll make sure they don't disturb you, Sasuke-sama." Jugo told him. He nodded and retreated to his room, the only place that no one disturbed.

He lay on his bed, examining his hand which still had some of Hinata's blood on it. He shouldn't be allowed to have it on his hands. He shouldn't even be allowed to see it. He was that despicable of a person.

He had done so many horrible things: murdered countless people, betrayed his comrades (though for unknown reasons even to him they had rejoined him), he'd even stolen his brother's eyes; but still something or someone allowed him to live. It was probably another form of torture, to let him know that he would continue to hate and be hated until they decided to kill him off.

But he had known that for a while. The reason why it bothered him at that second was because he wished it would happen sooner.

He wished that because he had never had a stronger urge than he had felt right then, looking at his hand, to murder the only woman he loved and her whole family.

Geez, that ended corny. I don't want to look at that ending ever again! Poor Sasuke though, I know you wanna die buddy but it's not happening!

Anywayz, I felt like expressing my love for Hinata for a moment. I really love her because we're a lot alike. We even share the same birthday!(random fact)

Well people, r&r please! Tell me if there's anything I need to improve or any suggestions/ideas you'd like me to put in the story!

Angelic