Yo! Sorry it's been so long since my last update. See… My old computer fried. Yeah. It won't turn on. At all. So, I had to get a new one. Now, I have my new one and everything's good, but I'm still in the process of getting used to it. Anywho, everything's been pretty hectic here, but I didn't forget about this!

Oh, a note, I'm not doing Reviewer Responses anymore unless someone has a question. It's too hard to try to think of something entertaining to say to everyone and create the actual chapter. ) So… I'm not sure if I'll keep up the Brief Glimpse into Next Chapter thing or not. Let me know what ya'll think.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. :: Sigh ::

"She said, we're going out," Sasuke clarified. Sakura blinked a few times, eyes looking between Sasuke and Hinata. She waited. Hinata waited, blushing. Sasuke waited, arms crossed over his chest.

"WHAAAAAAAAAAAT?!"

The cry had to have echoed through Konoha. Sasuke felt like his ears were about to bleed. Hinata was dazed, to say the least. Sakura began rambling, speaking so fast that neither of the ANBU could understand the medical nin as she rambled, walking around Sasuke's living room, moving so fast that Sasuke was beginning to worry for his hardwood floors. If they fell apart because she was moving so much, he'd kill her. He liked the hardwood.

"Sakura-chan! Please, s-" Hinata's eyes widened and she winced as though she had been hit. Sakura had turned hurt and angry aquamarine eyes at Hinata.

"Hinata-chan… I thought you were my friend," she glanced at Sasuke, who glared. "How… could you. You know how I feel about him…" Hinata looked at the ground, hurt. She hadn't meant to hurt Sakura. After this was all over, Hinata would go and tell Sakura what happened, but she couldn't. Not right now. Not with Sasuke right there.

"I… I'm sorry, Sakura-chan…" Hinata mumbled, looking at her hands in her lap. Sakura turned her angry gaze to Sasuke, giving him a glare before leaving. Sakura had her own plans for revenge. She knew of Hinata's crush on Naruto, so she was going to get her own revenge.

"Hinata, is there anything you want?" Sasuke asked, determined to continue his attempt and kindness after the whole Sakura incident. Though he'd never admit it, he felt kind of bad for how Sakura had been looking at Hinata. It wasn't even… no; it was Hinata's fault, but still. Hinata shook her head, staring at the ground as she walked. She had bumped into six people, four cats, and three dogs. She apologized every single time, but she didn't look up. Sasuke couldn't stand girls. So confusing. The only reason she even came was because she had to. She'd probably have been content to just lay there on the couch and eat ice cream while watching those ninja soaps or something.

"Oi! Sasuke!"

Sasuke winced at the voice and groaned. Hinata turned bright red and didn't look up. Sasuke turned his head to look at the blond. The blond looked… happy. That was going to piss Sasuke off.

"What do you want, Naruto?" Sasuke snapped.

"K-konnichiwa… Naruto-kun," Hinata mumbled. Naruto waved to her absently. He looked at Sasuke's angry black eyes and grinned.

"Sakura told me that she wanted to be my girlfriend!" Naruto exclaimed. Hinata's head came up lightning fast and her eyes were wide. Her face lost all color, which wasn't usual for her and she looked… hurt. Sasuke ignored Naruto to look at Hinata.

"Hi… Hinata?" he asked, frowning lightly. Why do I care?! He asked himself, grumbling mentally. Apparently, he cared enough, however, because he put his hand on her arm, only to have her jerk it away in a very non-Hinata way and look back at the ground, eyes clenched shut, and fists clenched. Sasuke looked at Naruto.

"That's just great," he muttered, shaking his head and turning to Hinata. "Should we leave?" he asked, his voice a whisper. Naruto didn't seem to notice and saw something behind them, because he took off. Whatever. Sasuke didn't care. Hinata nodded and they turned, walking back to Sasuke's with her eyes on the ground.

Meanwhile, Tsunade was holding a meeting again. This time, it was with Shikamaru.

"Mendokuse… do I have to do this?" Shikamaru asked, hands resting in his pockets as he looked at the Hokage. Her eyes narrowed as she looked at him and nodded once. He sighed and shook his head, bowing once before turning and walking slowly out of the office.

"Shikamaru."

The Jonin turned around, raising and eyebrow. Tsunade glared at him.

"By tonight."

Sasuke fixed something for both of them to eat while Hinata just sat at the table, glaring at it like it was the cause of her anger. It occurred to Sasuke that he was probably the only one who had ever seen the Hyûga angry. He placed the plate of curry in front of her and she blinked, the anger fading off of her face as she looked at him confused. Apparently, Hinata hadn't been paying a bit of attention to him. He frowned and sat down across from her and began eating. She blinked and then followed his example. A small part of her was surprised that he could cook as well as he could. She had to admit that a small part of her was surprised that he was as handsome as he was. Maybe knowing that Naruto was no longer hers had opened her eyes. It had jumpstarted her rage, after all.

"Arigato, Sasuke-kun," she said softly, eating the curry. Sasuke looked up and nodded, shrugging it off. It wasn't like it was a five-star course or anything. She was probably used to something more. Something ate at Sasuke's stomach with that realization and he pushed his plate aside. Hinata blinked and looked up at him confused.

"What's wrong, Sasuke-kun?" she asked, eyes wide. He shook his head and moved to get rid of the curry.

"Just not that hungry," he muttered. Hinata blinked, but continued to eat. Sasuke turned to look back at him until he saw something fly through the window at Hinata.

"Hinata! Watch out!"

Sasuke threw himself at Hinata and ended up knocking the chair over, and the shruiken that had been thrown cut the back of his shirt and managed to leave a relatively shallow cut across his back. Hinata shook her head and looked at him.

"Sasuke-kun, you're hurt!" she cried out. He shook his head and stood up.

"Don't worry about me. Come on! My supplies are in the other room," he said, helping Hinata up, who ducked to avoid another shruiken coming at them. Sasuke dove, grabbing his equipment as whomever it was smashed through his kitchen window and made their way toward the duo. All Sasuke saw was a flash of blond before Hinata activated her Byakugen and got in her stance. Sasuke jumped up from behind her and threw six shruiken in various directions. Hinata seemed to have found him, because she launched forward, a devastating palm thrust aimed at the enemy. Before she could touch him though, she froze and fell forward.

"Hinata!" Sasuke cried, growling under his breath as he went to form hand seals. However, his concern for Hinata managed to distract him, and he was grabbed from behind, his hands quickly tied behind his back.

"Damnit!" he swore, growling under his breath again. He looked up at his attacker and saw…

"Naruto, don't touch her!" Sasuke yelled, struggling against the ropes that held him, forgetting, for a moment, that he was a ninja. Naruto laughed, holding Hinata's unconscious body to him.

"Why not, Sasuke? Why are you being so protective? Anyway, I gotta go…"

"Naruto! Don't you da-" Sasuke was cut off by a spasm of pain that rippled through his body. Hinata gasped and arched in Naruto's arms and cried out in pain. Then, Sasuke remembered he was a ninja and quickly undid the ropes on his wrists, but as Naruto got farther away, Sasuke's body rocked with pain, as did Hinata's, for she cried out loudly. Sasuke kept trying to get farther, his only clue to where in Konoha Hinata might be was the lessening of pain as he got closer to her.

Alright. That's it for right now. I'm not going to do the Brief Glimpse this chapter, only because I have no idea what might be in next chapter, so… Sorry. Anyway…

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-Andra