Long chapter. Or, at least, longer than my usual. It's one of my favourites ever, not only considering this story.

That's it. I'm sorry, but my future updates will be very late… No inspiration (Maybe lack of feedback? I don't know) and very busy and stressed with school…

I didn't even have enough time to send this chapter to my BETA, so probably there will be mistakes. Please, correct them for me.

Please, I need you, fangirls and fanboys!

Kisses.

Yumi-chan

Thanks to Juliagulia for her nice correction!

Chapter 10: Sharp

Fate was smiling at her.

Did she wish to learn something more about Uchiha Itachi?

Well, the perfect chance to accomplish her purposes showed up quite soon.

A month had passed since the mission had been completed and Hinata had slowly found herself a lot more stubborn than she ever imagined.

Was he trying to escape from her and leave her confused? Fair enough, she would have been more considerate and smart, moving every single piece on the chessboard with the highest attention.

Making him fail had now become a matter of honour and pride.

She couldn't lose in front of a dirty traitor.

So, after some more days of vain stalking, she finally managed to follow him until he reached a small clearing outside of the hideout. Six targets were placed on some tree trunks, shining sinisterly in the dim light of the morning.

Hinata watched Uchiha Itachi as he slowly removed his coat and extracted from his pocket six sharp kunais, placing then among his slender fingers.

She frowned, silently turning around to check if someone could have eventually discovered her safe place behind some bushes. The exercise, as far as she could remember, was quite difficult: throwing three kunais on your right and three on your left, then quickly other six to deviate the previous ones and make them hit the target on the opposite.

' Rather easy for someone like him…' she stated, a bit of jealousy in her words.

Uchiha Itachi scowled a bit, sighing.

Then he quickly positioned the weapons in order to toss them towards the targets but, suddenly, with a sharp movement of his wrist he changed the direction and made them drive into the hard wood of a tree just behind Hinata's head.

"Stop hiding" he said, pouting "I can't concentrate with a nuisance stalking me around all day…"

Hinata froze, her mouth hanging open.

How did he manage to do that?

She slowly struggled to her feet, emerging from the bushes.

"I didn't stalk you."

He smirked "You obviously did. I didn't figure a noble princess like you could be so impolite and indiscreet."

She scowled "Excuse me?"

His grin broadened "If you wanted to know something about me, why didn't you just ask as every normal person would have done, my little fairy?" he leaned forward fixing his gaze into hers "Unless…" he trailed, raising a brow.

"Unless what?" she asked, clearly annoyed.

"Unless you…..have some interest in me, my fairy…"

Hinata's eyes widened "I WHAT!"

Uchiha Itachi chuckled, his sarcastic tone of his spreading into the cold air "Why did you follow me, then?"

She frowned a bit, trying not to show she wanted to actually break down and shout at him 'Does he want to play? Let's play then…' "Why do you think I followed you?"

"Because you actually did it." He answered, coming a little closer and obviously trying to pin her against a tree.

She swallowed, but kept her self control, without averting her gaze from him. "And what would be wrong in that case?"

But playing with fire was quite dangerous.

He suddenly grabbed her wrist and bashed her against the tree.

"Uhmmm….nothing…" he said, his nose just a few inches away from hers "Then…What would you like to know about me?"

Hinata was now swallowing hard.

Why did that man always manage to pin her in some close situation?

And why was she so fucking stupid to always fall for it?

"Nothing" she spat "You really are nothing to me."

He seemed not to hear "My favourite colour is black, I love animals and I can't stand weaklings…Is it enough for you?" he concluded, brushing his lower body against her.

The situation had began to turn out to be far too familiar.

Snapshots of her pinned against a wall, started to play in her mind.

He felt again his hot breath on her neck, his pelvis on her own, but…

Why didn't she feel uncomfortable with those thoughts?

That consideration startled her mind, making her gasping for air.

"You are nothing to me…" she repeated, anger and disgust adorning her sharp words.

"You sure? Why aren't you pulling me away, then? Why are your eyes so full of desire and…"

And then the whole world collapsed and stretched around Hinata's mind as he placed his hot mouth on her neck, sucking gently on her skin.

She almost cried, eyes widened as her arms automatically reached his shoulders to get some support. Then, as sudden as it happened, he parted from her and turned back.

"Come to think about it" he added, walking away.

Hinata crumpled to her knees, desperately gasping for air.

"You are nothing to me…" she whispered to the void air.

Her mind felt numb, as a strange tremor shook her body.

"You are nothing to me…"

But why there wasn't regret but desire?

No, she couldn't….

It was impossible…

She vehemently closed her eyes, shaking her head.

Then, a long, painful cry escaped from her lips, reverberating along those green bushes.

"YOU ARE NOTHING TO ME!"