Note: I did not write this entire chapter (or the following chapters) by myself. I had a lot of help from the awesome Tsu-shishou (known here as LilBitzer); she practically wrote the entire beginning. So I'd like to say, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! to her for all her help!

I want to write more ItaSaku but I promised people some DeiHina so here it goes…

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"What's going on out there," Tenten asked when Sakura and Itachi reentered, Sakura's forehead protector in her hand; she couldn't help but stare at the new hole in the once smooth surface. "Sakura what happened?" she asked but received no response. Sakura walked past everyone and glanced over her left shoulder.

"Konoha won't be bothering us anymore." She glanced at her friends with a false smile and they took the hint.

Sakura lifted her hand with her forehead protector and looked at the hole, 'We betrayed them, so why does it hurt to know that I can never go back?' She started walking again not caring where she was going and not knowing a certain Uchiha was following her.

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Deidara left the room, walking aimlessly down various hallways, glancing around wondering vaguely where he was headed. Then he realized that he had just left the three kounichi with his partner… a partner that hated them…

Quickly turning around he noticed the short purple haired girl walking towards him. 'Hinabi, Himati, um, Hinata, yeah! Yes, that was her name she looks shy but seems like she could become really strong.' Hinata glanced up at Deidara at the same time he looked at her and their eyes connected.

Deidara felt himself drawn to the lavender-tinted pale eyes and Hinata couldn't tear her gaze away from the captivating blue of Deidara's visible eye. Her heart fluttered, and for a moment she couldn't figure out why. She was also sure her face would be slightly red by now… 'He has Naruto-kun's eyes….'

"Hyuuga Hinata, right? Do you want to go, um, train with me, yeah?" Deidara asked with a huge grin on his face and scratched the nape of his neck.

"Um, s-sure," she answered, her blush deepening. She silently cursed herself, she was acting like a gennin again and it was slightly unnerving… he'd just asked her to train, and surely that would help her join the organization. The blond was nice to all of them, they surely wouldn't have found the hideout if it wasn't for him… he probably liked the new company. She shouldn't take any of this personally.

'You shouldn't be thinking this much into it at all,' she reminded herself.

"So what kind of fighting do you use, yeah?" Deidara asked as he led the way down the hallway to what Hinata assumed was towards some training ground. "I'm more of a long distance fighter, yeah. It keeps my enemies far away so that I can use my art freely. But you use the Byukagan, right? So you're probably better at hand-to-hand combat, yeah."

Hinata nodded and Deidara grinned, clearly proud of himself for figuring all of this out.

He continued to jabber away about training and such as he led the way down the maze that made up the hideout.

Once outside Hinata felt her heart skip multiple beats before sinking. This wasn't happening… Sakura had said that they weren't going to bother them… so how were they there?

Deidara seemed to be thinking along the same lines, "Who are you and how did you guys get here, yeah?"

"Hinata-sama, I have orders to bring you home," her cousin said coldly. "You are the Hyuuga heiress, you cannot simply turn your back on that."

"You n-never wanted m-m-me as the heiress anyway… n-n-none of you d-did."

"She's with us now, yeah."

"You're going to abandon your home," a female voice said. "And our family… nee-san?"

"Ha-Hanabi?" Hinata felt sick to her stomach… this wasn't right. Her sister? Here? This had to be some kind of trick. The Hokage wouldn't send someone so young on such a dangerous mission.

Deidara looked back and forth between the three Hyuugas, not sure what to do. He didn't think that the girl beside him would be able to take out the two she was speaking to, not from lack of skill, but she'd said this was her sister. There was no way she would attack her family, he was sure of that… but the mission for them was to get rid of the Konoha nin that were planning on attack the organization. Sakura had managed to get rid of some of them, but he had once heard Itachi say that his father had drilled it into his mind that if the choice between the village and the clan ever came up, he was to stay loyal to the clan. Surely that was the same for the Hyuuga clan, after all they were now the most powerful. "Hinata-chan isn't going anywhere, yeah," he said when the trembling girl wasn't answering.

A humorless laugh was heard; one he didn't recognize. "My little Hinata-koi is going to leave us?"

"I'm n-n-n-not yours," she whispered to her feet. Deidara's mind started to race, 'Hinata-koi', was she married? No… she said she wasn't his… who was this guy?

"Just come on home," the voice said again, Deidara still couldn't figure out where it was coming from and who was talking. "You and Sakura-chan don't really belong here."

"Or Tenten," Neji whispered.

"W-we came b-because w-we wanted to, Naruto-kun."

Naruto stepped out of a shadow, his eyes red and slightly swollen. "Why? And how?! How could you want to be with these," he pointed to Deidara, "criminals?! They killed Sasuke! How could you and Sakura-chan… WHY ARE YOU LEAVING US?!"

"Should've made their stay at your village more enjoyable, yeah," Deidara said, his eye narrowed. "Then maybe you wouldn't have to worry about such things."

Naruto looked like he was going to charge the man in front of him, but the girl spoke again, "They killed my fiancé, nee-san. And you're going to stay with them?"

Hinata's pale face was pointed down, her bangs hiding her eyes. Her sister had always known just what to say to make her feel whatever feeling she wanted. She knew how to make her feel angry, useless, happy, jealous, and now guilty. She was a miniature Neji. But she wouldn't win this time, Hinata was older, she could stand up to her younger sister. "Yes Hanabi," she said quietly. "I'm going to stay here."

Deidara was impressed at the courage in her voice, even if her body language didn't match, he had a slight suspicion that she might be crying. He pulled some clay out of a bag, "Are you going to leave, or do you want to admire my art?"

Naruto jumped away, seemingly too upset to fight at the moment. He'd lost too much, and the emotional stress seemed to be unable to control himself. Neji looked furious and his voice trembled as he swore he would return and bring the kounichi home. Hanabi glared at her sister, walked forward and gentle-fisted her forehead protector before walking off. Deidara had to catch the girl as she fell; she knew wearing the thing around her neck would eventually come back to haunt her. The man was telling her something, but she couldn't make out exactly what it was, she just knew that she was struggling to breathe.

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I know there's not a lot of action, but if there wasn't it wouldn't fit the series ;) Just so everyone knows, Hinata will be ok, but having someone punch a piece of metal hard against your throat… well you'll have a bruise and a bit of trouble. But I promise she will be ok… eventually.