champylin: Thank you so much for writing that!! I feel happy when I read this, although I myself don't really believe it, just knowing that people on here think this makes me really happy! Ah, I did!! Well in truth this is a Naruto and Hinata fic so she ends up with Naruto and no there will be no twists in the end!! Hmm…you my friend have just given me an idea…yes, I'm a huge fan of Naruto and Hinata but I like Sasuke too I guess, but yes, I'm happy you enjoyed the role playing between them! Thank you so much for your review!!

quintanium: I'm so glad you think that!! I'm always happy when you guys write that even though I don't believe it one bit! Much thanks for your words!! Ah, I'll try currently I'm writing the next chapter and its going pretty good so maybe I'll be able to take it off hold but then again I'll be starting college again and that's probably going to leave me with like no time to update, it takes me a while to type up the chapters…I really like this story and would like to keep updating it but I really can't just know that I promise I will see to it to the very end!!!! By the way thank you for taking time to leave me a review thank you!!!

Mistress of DarkShadow: Much thanks!!! I'm glad you luved it!!! I so luved writing it!! I thought it would come out ridiculous but everyone seemed to enjoy it!!! I really would luv to write another chapter like this!! But not to worry I still have: Kankuro, Kiba, Shino, Chouji, TenTen, and Neji's stories to go!! I have a general idea of what I'm going to write for them but yup, wait I'm totally off subject!!! Thank you my loyal reviewer/fan!!! U are the best!!! Thank you!!! Sorry but I won't be updating this story often, so sorry…please don't hurt me, wait you aren't that kind of person so I'm safe!!! Thank you!!!!!!!!

kayame-chan: thank you!!! I've been told by relatives that I'm not funny so to have you say that this chapter is funny and you can't stop laughing makes me want to print your review out and point it out to them that there are people out in the world that think I'm funny!!!! Should I do it or not? Not much actually it's the next chapter that the real action begins!!!!! Thank you for taking time to review my story!

loveslavender: 1. Yes, new review from you!!! Well Temari isn't a really strong fighter in here, she's more of your geek that can hack into computers or government databases, or steal information from online shoppers, or steal government secrets from government super-computers, you know stuff like that. Just the other day she hacked into NASA's satellites just to look at the planets and stars…

2. Can't really go into great detail but you know Sasuke came to an understanding as to Hinata's feelings and decided to try to change into the boy she fell in love with no not really????

3. Well that's his take on the whole "We must protect the city from all evil!!!!" I'm actually thinking of having Shino's story in the next chapter but I have to see how the beginning of the story plays out and see if I could actually incorporate it! But I'm still wondering about Kiba's myself…

4. Yup I so agree with everything!!! Yes, Hinata is pure genius!! She knows what needs to be done!! Shikamaru is totally whipped!!!

5. Ah, I'm sorry I can't give away the secret behind milk because it's so sickening that you yourself will be totally put off by milk, why you might go so far as to hate me if I were to tell you! Each time you drink, think, dream milk the story behind milk will return and in your sleep or when you're in class, or just walking the urge to vomit will be too strong!! You wouldn't be able to live a normal life after I tell you the story behind milk, you'll hate me and I don't want that!!! If you want to live a normal and pleasant life then I suggest you stop wanting to know the story behind milk because once I tell you; you my friend won't be back to your old self…

winterkaguya: Much thanks glad you liked it! I know right, I was going to have him struggle more but I thought that having to ride the pink bike in the middle of a busy city would be just fine!!! Kimimaro is totally out of the picture just a bitter ex that didn't get to make it into the gang he wanted!

I know it's a very confusing relationship they have but the truth is that Sasuke truly loves Hinata but he has trouble showing his true feeling for her, once he gets something right he wants to keep it like that, their relationship is a whacky one but Hinata still does love Sasuke like she did but her heart belongs to Naruto, Sasuke has just done too much bad and maybe a part of her just can't ever see him the same. But yeah, they have different periods in their relationship and the truth is that they've adjusted to it so when they have their downs their ups come up after, you know or am I confusing you more? I tend to do that a lot without even realizing it, sorry! But the reason for the change in Sasuke is because he has realized how much a threat Naruto really is so he's playing nice with Hinata just being very loving to her, it's like he knows that if he were to pull the same stunt like last time Hinata wouldn't stand for it and neither would the gang and they'd leave him and maybe that's what he's most scared of, being left behind.

I'm happy you understand!! Yup Gaara and Sai do stand by Hinata and you'll find out how they get along in this chapter personally I'm having fun with it!! She did care for Sasuke's and Itachi's parents but some truths are coming to light and maybe she won't feel the need to fulfill the promise she made to them…

I know I had fun writing that; I was going to expand on Shikamaru and Chouji's thoughts but decided against it. Well Hinata was at first an angry and mean child but once Sasuke took her in she changed into that active and happy child, actually during the time she was mean was when the milk story came to be and she actually picked on all the kids except Sasuke, Shikamaru and Chouji were not safe from Hinata's wrath!! Maybe I should write how all the kids but Sasuke were afraid of her…

Actually in this story she never came to be, sorry it's just that I thought it would be better if she wasn't born because if she was then Hinata would've sacrificed herself for her sister in order to protect her so I decided to not have her in the story.

Nah, it's okay I mean you are a reader of the story so you should totally give your opinion now sometimes people are quite mean about it and I totally fight back but not with you!! Now how could I make it more distinguishable? I don't want to put their names you know like who the POV belongs to on top I'm against it!! Sorry it's just I was asked that before, but I usually have them talk and like someone calls them by their name and people usually catch on like that, did I not do it for the Temari part? Wait let me check, I think I might know which part it is, was it when they were eating breakfast and she left in the middle of it? Or was it during the fight between TenTen and Hinata?

Sorry for taking so long to update, and sadly I won't be able to update so often and that's why I put it on hold.

Chewie Cookies: I know right sadly it wasn't a tricycle, let's see have you seen those medium size pink bikes they usually sell in Wal-mart like for the girls between 6 and 10, they are kind of small but not so much, that's the kind of bike I had in mind, so here is this teenager riding a kid girl bike…Ah they will not to worry this chapter is the prologue so to speak it's the next chapter where some getting together may occur…

Allan Pike. Lone Wolf: Why thank you!!!

HiN4-cH4n: Ah, HiN4-cH4n this is the last chapter you reviewed before you became too busy right? How I miss your kind words but I understand that you have moved on, I totally get it but it doesn't mean I don't miss you, did you even get the e-mail I sent you? I totally let you read that chapter before everyone else yet no response…it hurts you know…Just kidding!!! Would it actually be okay if I post the one-shot I wrote for you on fanfiction? Only if it's okay with you! Did you get the Fruits Basket one? Juli said she'd give it to you, totally PM or e-mail me if you want! Now to my response to your review:

Much thanks for all your love of the last chapter hopefully you luv this chapter just as much! Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, Thank you, THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's because of readers like you that I find new energy to create new chapters that are funny and cute, it's your awesome words that help me out!!!! You so rock beyond words!!!!

Really wish I could get those cupcakes you mentioned…

Ur friend and fellow writer,

Orange Tulips!!!

So as you all now know I have decided to put this story on hold, you know I don't usually update that often but I did and as you have noticed this is the first update since August and that is very long in my world, so I thought it best to put it on hold, college really got in the way and next semester I'm taking even more classes and so I'll have zero time to type up the story but not to worry I'll try to update for the next chapter sometime next year for sure before summer because next chapter may just be my fav since the chapter before this one!!

Thank you, thank you and I wish you all a happy New Year!!!!! Also I have a poll going on please vote I'd like your input on what kind of story you'd like to read sure I posted a new story too but I planned that one for a while now, thank you!!

Happy New Year, Orange Tulips out!!!!!

Chapter 12: Here we go again

One…two…three…four…five…six…seven…

What can happen in seven seconds that can change your world forever?

For me it was simple…I fell in love with a boy all over again…

Three hours earlier…

A second, that's all it takes for someone to react from being provoked, it was a normal day at school but then after lunch it changed, into one of the worst of my life.

Hinata said she needed to study for Math and knew she wouldn't be able to in the classroom so she left by herself.

"There really is no need for all of you to go out of your way for me, you guys have a life so live it," is what she told us two hours ago.

No one said anything when she didn't show up after lunch, but we were all watching the door waiting for her to walk through the door with a smile saying she was concentrating too hard and forgot to check the time but no, it didn't happen.

My leg is shaking I can't sit still, I look next to me to find Temari is biting down on her thumb, Shikamaru who sits behind her is wide awake and watches the door with worry, Gaara is holding onto his desk it looks like he's going to break it with his strength; everyone is looking at the door all of them show their worry in a different way.

"Wh-what is this?" Ebisu sensei mutters as he picks up an envelope in his hand, I notice the name on the front of it and the guy behind me notices it at the same time; he gets up and goes to our sensei to grab the envelope out of his fingers.

He walks back tearing it open as he walks to us, I watch as he losses the color from his face, he grabs his backpack and kicks his chair back at the wall, his hair covers his eyes as he walks away.

"Let's go," he orders us we don't need to hear another word; we pick up our stuff and hurry after him.

"Wait! Where do you think you are going?!" Ebisu sensei screams after us but we don't look back at him, we walk behind Sasuke waiting for him to explain further but all he says is.

"Hinata has been kidnapped," it seems as if the words were forced out, we all stay quiet wondering who'd have the balls to do it.

"Akatsuki?" Shikamaru wonders out loud, "they're probably angry that she went to them as a lie," he says.

"What about Hiashi? Maybe he's taking matters into his own hands," Shino says, we stay quiet wondering if he would do it.

"It's none of them," Sasuke speaks up an ironic laugh escapes his lips we look at his back wondering if he's lost it. "It was some stupid kids from school," he confesses clutching onto the letter. "They say its revenge for killing their family."

None of us say anything, this is bad. Those guys have nothing to lose now; I look down at her katana that I'm holding. She left it behind, they got her and I'm sure Hinata didn't get a chance to fight back. I clutch onto the lavender hilt, those fucken bastards!

"What did they write?" Shino asks, Sasuke hands him the letter and he opens it, "Uchiha we got your bitch! This is payback for killing our family; now we'll kill your loved one see how you like it. Don't worry we'll treat her just fine if she behaves and lies still; if you and your stupid sissy gang can get here in two hours we'll let you witness your girlfriends death," Shino reads the letter, "at least that's what I think this person wrote since he can't spell correctly."

"Is there a map?" I ask, he nods, and I pull the letter out of his fingers and look at the map. "It's on the docks," I say, "one of those warehouses," I give him the letter and run for it, "I'll meet you all there!" I yell behind me and pick up my speed.

Hinata…Hinata is in danger!

She's probably scared, how did this happen?

How??!!

I'm worried, I'm scared. Hinata, she needs me I know she does. It doesn't matter; I'll put that fear behind me and save her even if I have to sacrifice myself for her sake.

My head is throbbing in pain, what happened? I was in the Academy's library studying than my world became black, my lips won't open, are they taped together? I open my eyes slowly to find myself in darkness, my breathes come quickly, I move but I can't I'm bound to chair; there's duck tape and rope around my waist, I hear chains rattle and I look up to see my hands chained together and are pulled up to the ceiling, my ankles are tied together, how long did it take for them to tie me up like this?

I close my eyes trying to picture a sunny place one filled with light but I think back to those nights when Hiashi would sneak into my bed and once his fingers touched my skin my eyes would open with tears falling out of them.

I scream; my heart is racing in fear, I move around trying to get out away from the darkness but it's no use all that happens is it causes me more pain.

I'm going to choke on my saliva, I can't swallow it down, and I scream for help but nothing, I try to stop the tears but they just fall quicker.

"So sleeping beauty has finally awoken," I hear someone say I search turning my head to take a look around.

"That's cuz you hit her too hard with the encyclopedia," some guy says.

"Nope, I should've hit her harder," I look behind me to see a guy behind the metal chair I'm bound to, "Well now if it isn't Sasuke's little bitch, if you didn't exists none of this would've happened!" he yells throwing his fist into my cheek. "My mom and dad wouldn't have been killed in cold blood leaving my little brother and sister alone with me than taken away by child services! We never would've been separated!" he yells punching me in the jaw; I take it knowing I won't be able to fight back.

"My mom wouldn't have been killed! And my dad wouldn't have taken to the bottle!" some guy yells and the light comes on, I look around and notice huge metal storage units, I turn my gaze over at the guy who said the last thing and notice the bruises on his face. His dad is an angry drunk, I look down sad at his unhappiness.

I look back up the room is filled with students from the Academy all of them have on the schools uniform; they all wear the same expression of anger on their young face. I move my lips under the duck tape but my voice is just muffled.

The guy behind me laughs than goes in front of me and pulls the tape off of my mouth, I yell in pain and spit out the saliva mixed with blood, some of them laugh to see me like this, others look on in wonder.

"How very funny," I whisper, "you guys began to care about family after they are all gone," I say this earns me another punch.

"Shut the fuck up you skank!" the look in their eyes tells me they're serious, I force my laughter to come out of my trembling lips, I sense their eyes watching me thinking I've lost it.

"Taking the weakest link out of play, do you seriously believe that was a good idea?" I start to play with their minds, "I mean before you would've had a chance at beating the gang because I'm a handicap to them, they concern themselves over me always watching me to make sure I'm safe but now that I'm in one spot, a place where I won't get harmed it makes it easier on them because now they'll go all out; now they won't worry about me. Hell as we speak Sasuke is on his way pissed that you got me right under his nose, he will kill every single one of you," I feel confident in that little fact, I laugh playing the part of someone that has no fear.

They all keep quiet wondering if my words are true.

"Don't listen to her!" the guy who seems to be the Leader of these wannabe thugs shouts at the students who follow him. "She's lying! We have more people than the gang, we'll overpower those bastards!" he yells some scream their agreement but others keep quite doubt showing in their eyes.

"You may have more people but they have experience, they've killed people…powerful people that had bodyguards protecting them yet they were still killed, Akatsuki hasn't been able to kill us and they have tried but I'm still standing before you am I not?" I question them; the guy slaps me across the face.

"Shut up! We have anger and resentment guiding us! We'll get our revenge and when we do I'll make you eat your tongue!" he yells throwing his fist in the air most everyone does too, they yell their agreement.

"Who is going to be eating who's tongue?" I hear the voice of the guy I dream about, could I…am I dreaming this? How could I be dreaming about him of all people at this moment? "Hinata how are you doing?" he asks me in his loud booming voice, I gasp, is this really him? Everyone whirls around surprised to see him alone, the tears make my vision cloudy, I can't see Naruto clearly. I don't see his reaction to seeing me, I hang my head down.

"N-Naruto…" I whisper his name, "I'm sorry! I'm sorry I couldn't do anything, I'm sorry!!" he hears me over all the laughter of everyone else, I look up to find that wide happy grin he's known for appear on his mouth.

"Don't worry Hinata I'll save you, I've come to bring you home, that's a promise!" he shouts with a chuckle then before anyone can react Naruto runs over to the guy next to me and punches him in the face and the guy falls to the ground, Naruto yells out "Asshole!" no one does anything they just watch but then they go after him and Naruto fights back not holding back. "What the fuck do you little shit heads think you're doing? Kidnapping a defenseless girl for what?" when he turns around to help me he is too late, the guy he punched out got up and is now pointing a pocket knife at my throat. The guy doesn't say anything but then I become aware of something trickle down my throat, it's warm and then I feel a stinging sensation.

"So either you stop fighting or this little cut will end up much deeper and let's just say that it won't be a good thing now would it?" the guy asks with an ironic laugh, "now drop that katana and let us kick the hell out of you or this bitch gets it," he orders and Naruto looks at me with a smile and drops the katana and just stand there, one guy comes at him and begins to punch him Naruto doesn't fight back the rest of the people go to him and begin to kick him or pull on his hair, scratch his face, punch it, I look away down at my thighs but then the guy pulls my head up by my hair forcing me to watch. "Now, we wouldn't want you to miss as he gets the shit kicked out of him after all it's your fault," he whispers into my ear, I pull my head away but my hair is long and he pulls it around his fist, I scream out. The tears stream down my cheeks, Naruto is bloody he isn't fighting, I notice the guy close to me and his pocket knife is down by his leg, he brings his head down next to mine and before I can think I head butt him, he falls back with a thump, I see blood come out of his head, I then look at Naruto as he get beaten, I scream out to him.

"Naruto!! As your Commander I order you to go all out! Don't you dare worry about me and go for it!! Kick their asses!" I yell out at him, he turns around to look at me, he spits out the blood in his mouth and notices the guy on the ground and he grins, I smile at him. Naruto then kicks some away and makes his way to the katana and I notice the lavender hilt that's mine! He then takes out a small pole that was hidden at his waist at the back of his pants, I see his thumb go down on the metal pole and it grows I watch as it turns into a scythe, it's taller than Naruto and the scythe's blade edge is shaped like shark's teeth, Naruto's never used a weapon other than his fist.

Is this something he learned while he was away? Who gave him this scythe? It looks like the grim reapers weapon, the one they usually show in comics or movies but this one is pure steel, and there is no handle.

"Sure thing boss," he tells me as he unsheathes my katana and with his other hand holds onto his scythe.

"Do you think a katana and a scythe can kill us? We've got guns you idiot before your little katana and scythe can pierce us we'd have shot you down!" one guy yells and the rest yell out their agreement I laugh as does Naruto.

"See Naruto is abnormal he has super strength and speed that no one but Sasuke can match," I boast about him, it sounds so cheesy…

"You're making me out to be some kind of superhero," he says looking over at me, I smile.

"You are," to me someone grows impatient and fires their gun which Naruto successfully dodges he runs and jumps in the air kicking some of them away but even more surround him, I fight against my bindings trying to pull away to help him but it's no use.

"Where's all that confidence you felt for him?" a girl asks me, I ignore her as I watch Naruto slash someone in the stomach and stabs another in the eye, he's being brutal, Naruto isn't showing any mercy, he's angry…really angry.

I'm afraid…I'm afraid…this isn't the Naruto I know…this one is cruel…cruel beyond words!! Why is he like this? Is it because of me? Am I the cause? But then my heart, I hear the sound of my heartbeats and all the other sounds in the warehouse vanish.

He's reacting like this because of me, he's showing the demon side of him, and then I hear that voice that calms me yell out louder than I've ever heard him.

"Give…Hinata…back…she's mine!"

One million…

Two million…

Three million…

Four million…

Five million…

Six million…

Seven million…

How could it have taken me to be kidnapped…for Naruto to follow after me…how is it that all this had to happen for me to realize just how much I've always loved him?

It was always there, this huge part of my heart always knew it but I was ignorant, I mean I knew I loved him but in those seven seconds I finally realized just how much. How could I have been so stupid! I don't want to be a part from him anymore I don't want that!

I want to be with him the rest of my life! I want him to know me better than anyone else even more than Neji knows me! More than I know myself!! I want to get away from everything just to be with him, just to be happy with him!

I watch the bloody Naruto fight; he keeps fighting, not because he wants to but because of me…

Has it taken me this long to realize it? I'm such an idiot!

"Naruto!" I yell out the loudest I've ever yelled, "Never give up!!!" I scream out at the top of my lungs, for a second he stops to look over at me and almost as if he realizes something about me he nods and gets back to the fight.

"I never will," he says and I believe him…I'll always believe in him from now on, I won't lose faith in him never again! I want to shout out my love for him but I hold myself back, what if Sasuke were to get here? He wouldn't lose the chance to kill Naruto here and now, I'll have to wait until we're alone.

Then I hear someone behind me and I look back to find TenTen there, she looks at me and smiles.

"I should just leave you there, do you get how worried we were?" she shouts at me.

"Are you saying I planned to get kidnapped is that what you are implying TenTen?" I ask her pissed at her acquisition she shrugs one shoulder as she throws a knife at a guy that was coming at her, he falls to the ground. I look the other way as the blood gushes out of his forehead.

"Who knows what you're thinking now a days," she murmurs, I gasp my surprise at her words but she smiles and laughs, "just kidding," she then silently begins to untie me and remove the chains, I don't ask or say anything.

What exactly did she mean?

"I was ordered by Dick Face to get you out of here and not to let you fight and if you wanted to stay I have permission to stab you in the leg, it was voted for by everyone else and they are for it," she says as she takes out a long and thin silver knife, I look back and watch as everyone else fight and I'm supposed to runaway but then I look over at Naruto and takes a quick glance in my direction and he nods, does he want me to leave?

I don't look up as I runaway with TenTen, she noticed that I turned to look at Naruto, she doesn't say anything and I don't explain anything to her but something in me wants to explain myself to her.

"I never stopped," I say, "I couldn't stop even when you guys told me that Naruto was dead a small part of my heart still hoped that he was still alive," I truthfully say to TenTen. "I couldn't stop believing that the guy I love was dead."

"Look Hinata you really shouldn't be saying that with so many people around," she tells me, I look around then look back down at the cement floor, I run faster trying to get away from everything and TenTen keeps up with me. "Just wait," I hear her say to me, "wait until we can actually fight against Sasuke just wait a bit more," she asks me, I look back at her and she just smiles, I nod a few tears escape my eyes as I look forward.

"So weird they let you out of their sight after what happened just this afternoon," he says as he walks around me to take his seat in front of me. I glance around and all the cooks and waitresses get out leaving the two of us alone in the kitchen of a restaurant I collect from. He looks around surprised that I didn't have to say anything; "Well?" he questions me.

"Itachi does Pain know you've come to meet with me?" I question the man.

"No, I'm part of the Organization but it doesn't mean he has to know of my every move," Itachi says to me.

"So I hear Akatsuki is some all powerful organization in the World," I tell him, he just looks at me wondering where I'm going with this conversation, he looks bored by the way our talk is going I smile at him.

"I guess," Itachi responds with a shrug of the shoulders.

"You really don't care about anything…maybe except for Sasuke?" I ask Itachi he looks up his eyes showing the surprise he feels.

"What are you implying?" he asks sitting up straight in the chair away from me and glaring in my direction.

"That even if you joined Akatsuki it wasn't because you wanted to but because you wanted to protect Sasuke wasn't it?" he quickly hides his shock, at first he doesn't say anything he keeps to himself but then he asks me in a whisper.

"How did you find out?"

"I've known for a while," I confess with a sad smile, I always found it weird that he willingly joined Akatsuki and never really fought with Sasuke for the mansion or more of the Uchiha money, I investigated a bit and found out that Pain had threatened Itachi saying that if Itachi didn't join he'd kill what's most important to him and that turned out to be the little brother he distanced himself from for Sasuke's own sake. "I can't believe mom and dad were going to sell him to Akatsuki," I say feeling the pain in my chest throb harder. "Did you ever find out what they were going to do to me?" I whisper.

"So you figured it all out?" he asks me in a low voice, I nod, he shakes his head in disbelief I want to press him for an answer on what I asked him about me but he won't answer, I have this sinking feeling he won't tell me what they planned to do to me. Was it that bad?

"Most of it, I didn't find out about me but I did find out that they planned to have Sasuke join Akatsuki by force instead of you but you met with Pain without your parents knowing and asked him to take you in his place and Pain swore to keep his hands off of Sasuke but then it turned out that your parents were still going to sell him but this time to Orochimaru you found out and killed them before they could finalize the deal," I tell him what I've found out and what I've pieced together.

"It makes me out to be a saint but we both know I'm far from it," he tells me honestly, I smirk at his words, "what do you want from me?"

"I need your help to get away from Sasuke, I need you to help me escape," I ask of him trying to hide the pleading in my voice he watches me silently then a smile grows on his lips, almost as if this is too easy or such as small favor I'm asking of him.

"Sure, I'll do anything to keep you away from my brother you manipulative witch, I don't care if he hates me as long as I free Sasuke from you everything will be fine," I laugh because I know Itachi, he maybe a dick but the truth is that he wants me to be happy and if that means having to help me get away he'll do it because Itachi knows I can only be truly happy if I'm with Naruto.

"Thank you," I say to him holding in the urge to hug him tightly.

"Don't, I haven't even done anything yet, I'll keep in touch," that's the last thing he says before leaving through the hidden door that leads him to another part of town.

"Are you sure it's okay to trust Itachi?" Gaara questions me as he comes in followed by Neji and Sai.

"That's a first," I hear Sai mutter, I look at him and a sigh escapes my lips, "for Gaara to question Hinata-hime," they have always had this rivalry that I've never understood, ever since I first brought Sai into our home, they've never gotten along. "Don't worry Hinata-hime I'll never question your actions or words!" he says grabbing a hold of my hands and clutching onto them, looking deeply into my eyes.

I look away to the side, one…two…I'm pulled back and I don't have to turn around to know how it was.

"Don't touch Hinata!" Gaara shouts angrily, I sigh once more.

"It's a really bold choice for you to ask that of Itachi, how do you know he'll help?" Neji asks me and I get out of Gaara's arms to go to Neji, I semi-listen as Gaara and Sai argue with one another.

"It's the truth," I say without a thought, "Itachi really believes me to be a witch that put a spell on Sasuke," I pause, "If anyone wants to get me away from Sasuke it would be Itachi, he probably even desires it more than I do."

"Ah!" Neji proclaims quite loudly I look up at him tilting my head and widening my eyes, "Itachi is similar to me," he says, I nod with a smile.

"I should talk with Naruto now," I say feeling my face heat up.

"Are you sure?" Neji asks me softly, "Is it really okay for you to talk to him so soon?"

"Yeah, if anything that wussy-asshole doesn't deserve you," Sai tells me in a bitter voice, I sigh. Sai meet me the year before Naruto was "killed" so he was a witness to the changes and hurt I went through, him and Gaara both hate him for it they still haven't gotten over it.

I look over at Gaara expecting him to give his opinion.

He shakes his head, "I have no right to tell you who to love and whom you shouldn't only you can," my eyes grow misty at his words; I'm just way too emotional.

"We should go back, Sasuke has been calling non-stop he wants us back at the house," Neji says taking out his cell to text Sasuke back.

"This is just the beginning stages just know that we aren't actually going to do something now," they nod, "Now let's go back to see what Sasuke wants."

"Wait! What did you say?" I ask looking up at Sasuke, he looks at me with a bored expression.

"You are the stupidest Naruto," he tells me, "what I said was that we will be going to the house in the countryside away from the city. The estate which I received from a government official whom owed me money it will be the perfect place to relax and get away from everything, some of you will have to stay but Hinata and Naruto for sure will be going who wants to stay?" he asks looking around the room at the other members.

"I will I'm behind in school," Kankuro says without much thought.

"If you'd actually show up at school then it wouldn't be a problem," TenTen says, he shrugs his shoulders.

"Uncle Gai is returning from his mission this week and I must be here to welcome him home, I'm sorry Leader Sasuke I must stay behind!" Lee proclaims close to tears.

"I'll stay, Kankuro is a dork without me," Kiba says to us and most of us raise our eyebrows in question.

"It'll be a bother but I'll be here to keep an eye on everything since I know Neji will want to be with Hinata," Shikamaru is probably sad that he'll still have to go to school; it's actually really kind of him to volunteer to stay.

"Of course Temari will stay to be by Shikamaru's side," TenTen says with a too wide smile, Temari looks at TenTen with a similar smile on her lips.

"Of course you'll be going to stay by Neji's side," TenTen glares at Temari and vice versa.

"So, Shino, Neji, Gaara, Chouji and TenTen will be coming along," Hinata says.

"Wow, this is the first time in forever that Chouji and Shikamaru will be separated will you be fine?" Kiba asks Chouji in a baby voice.

"Leave them alone," Hinata warns Kiba and he quickly shuts his mouth. I watch Sasuke for a bit wondering what's going through his mind.

"I'm not doing so well in school so should someone else go in my place?" I'm trying to get out of going, Hinata and I have lots of memories there, that's where we stayed most of the time in our childhood.

That traditional Japanese mansion is the place where we realized how we felt for one another in the red teahouse, in the middle of the biggest lake, that's where we first had…where we shared our first kiss…

I feel those lavender eyes on me, she's watching me wondering why I don't want to go, but if I look at her she'll know, she'll figure everything out and she can't not yet, I haven't proven myself to her, I haven't asked…no pleaded for her to forgive me and to let me love her once more and to actually stand up to Sasuke and fight for her. To let him know that I plan to take her away, I plan to marry and her and make Hinata happy, let Hinata have the happiness she deserves.

We…I…we connected once more during my fight to save her, she saw the part of me I never wanted her to see, she saw the other me, I was keeping from her.

How does she feel disgusted? Pissed that I kept a part of me to myself and the truth that I kept secrets from her when she always let me in, she let me be a part of her life unlike me who kept…I'm just going round and round, over everything when I should focus on keeping away from Hinata because right now after what we went through I want to confess to her to let her know how much I love her and will keep on loving her even if she hates me and that's bad because I'm irrational.

When I'm irrational I say and do things I wouldn't do, I'd probably grab her and look into her eyes than bring my lips down on hers and I'd keep kissing her until she can't breathe.

"You are going," Sasuke tells me.

"I' am not," I answer, he glares and stands.

"You are going to go pack your clothing once we are done," Sasuke tells me I stand also.

"No, Kiba is going instead," I say.

"Sasuke leave him alone if he doesn't want to go then don't obligate him, it should be his choice not yours," Hinata says he looks over his shoulder at her, I look to the side not following where my eyes would like to go.

"I want him there because…he hasn't been there in a long time…us three we spent so much time there and I want him to go back, so we could be together and who knows maybe…maybe we could go back to how we used to be…" he lets his sentence trial.

Does he really want this or is he, could he be lying for some reason? Does Sasuke know about how I still feel for Hinata does he suspect and wants to see for his own eyes?

If I say no then of course he'll suspect, he'll know something is up.

"Fine! If you put it that way you big baby!" I shout as I go to punch him on the arm but he blocks it and he brings up his arm to slap me behind the head but I stop his hand, I try to hide my smile but it's no use, he grins too.

"You've gotten pretty good," he admits.

"Well I did train on Mountain Myouboku," I tell him.

"You mean in the toad arts?" Hinata asks me, I nod not looking at her, "isn't that where Jirayia taught your father the same-" but she stops realizing who she was speaking of, "sorry," she says.

"No, it's fine, actually Jiraiya was taught there too, and my dad went to the mountain as a kid and stayed there most of his childhood, I actually got to stay in his bedroom," I confess, I look up knowing Hinata's expression and she is in fact crying with a smile on her lips.

"That's s-so-o awe-awesome-e!" she whispers, I smile pulling my eyes off of her and direct them at Sasuke, "Now I'm as good as my dad, and even you've admitted that he was an awesome man," I tell him, he just smirks.

"Your dad was a God to everyone, you won't ever measure up to him," I chuckle and shrug my shoulders letting his words slide off.

"That's your opinion and you're entitled to it but even Kakashi sensei has admitted that if anyone will surpass my dad it will be me, and Jiraiya even agreed, Tsunade said that I will, so I really don't give a shit what you say," I tell Sasuke and his grin widens.

"You are so mean!" Sasuke pretend whines.

"Baby," I mumble as I leave but stand absolutely still when I hear Hinata's soft voice.

"I believe you, if anyone can beat your dad it'll be you, both of you have similar hearts and auras, Naruto I'll always believe in you like I do in Sasuke," she says, I continue to walk away but her words…they've made me want to win my dad.

Minato Namikaze was the man that everyone in the city loved, every single person that met him admired him, he was really something, a guy that's born every few hundred years, one-of-a-kind, and I was luckiest boy alive because I was the only boy who could proudly call him 'daddy' Hinata was the only other person with the same privilege.

The day my mom and dad were killed I was there with them, on the Mountain I tried to think back to that day I'd pass out not being able to find out anything. Pa tried to help me, I'd meditate and concentrate the hardest I've ever tried to think back to that day but when it came to the actual killers I couldn't remember, that day was a day I can't remember, I just remember waking up with parents and that night I went to sleep with having no one…

The rest of the day is blank like a white canvas…