Daytime Television: Here's chapter 11. If there is any way I could improve it, go ahead and tell me and plot suggestions are appreciated also. I don't have the story already written, or planned out in some outline. I don't know where the plot is going to end up, just some stuff that will happen by the end.

Chapter 11: Exploding Fireworks: Part 2

Sasuke looked at Hinata with cold and distant eyes. His shadowy outline was exaggerated by the periodic flashes of light outside caused by the fireworks. All Hinata could do was stare back and wait for his next action. If she tried to run, she would easily be caught by Sasuke again. The pause ended as Sasuke grabbed Hinata again and forced her out of the tent through another opening than the one that they had entered through.

They continued through the maze of people looking at the explosions in the sky. They reached another tent after a couple minutes of navigating through the maze.

Now there is no way I can escape. He purposely is getting me lost.

Sasuke waits again for a break in the loud booms. He pulls out a piece of paper and hands it to her, and whispers in her ear,

"Follow these directions…exactly… If you don't…." Sasuke doesn't finish the sentence, and instead gives her a death glare, "I'll be watching." He signals her to go and she exits and looks down at the paper.

'Look over at the Farris wheel and go to it.' Alright. Done. 'Now turn 45 degrees to your right, and you should see a large tree in the distance. Follow that until you reach a wire fence.'

Hinata walks across the area until the stands end and she reaches a fence. Somehow, there was an eerie silence under the bangs of the fireworks. There were no people around her.

'Start walking around going clockwise following the fence and the perimeter of the fair'

She followed the instructions and walked all the way around the fair in about fifteen minutes.

Why does he want me to do this? What's he planning? Hinata thinks as she comes back to where she started.

'Keep on going. If you see any suspicious activity run and find the nearest bathroom building.'

Suspicious activity? What am I? A cop?

Hinata started walking again and then saw a group of people gathered around near the fence. Their faces all turn to see who approached them.

Akatsuki! Alright, that counts as suspicious activity!

Hinata turned and ran into the fair. She saw a bathroom building near by when she passed this area previously while circling around.

…

"That's her" Sasori said, "The one that escaped."

"That girl gave you guys trouble?" The one with many piercings said.

"Hey! She surprised us" Hidan said, "Let me go after her. I can't let her live, it's against my religion."

"No. I cut her, I'm going," Sasori said.

"Hey Itachi, don't you want to go? I thought you'd jump at the chance to kill her, especially considering who she is…" Kisame suggested.

"No. I'm fine…" Itachi responded. Sasori ran after Hinata.

…

Hinata ran into the restroom just as Sasuke told her too. Even through it was the girls' restroom, he was waiting for her there.

"Did someone follow you?" Sasuke asked calmly, but with a trace of anxiety in his voice. Hinata nodded, and Sasuke let out a quiet laugh. "Don't do anything. I'm not here to deal with you tonight…You're my bait tonight. I know Akatsuki wants you…You're a Hyuga. THat's why I had you walking around the whole place. I knew that they like to hang out on the outskirts of the fair and seeing you, I knew that they'd follow you."

He seems a little insane..

At that moment Sasori burst through the door. Sasuke was waiting next to the door and blocked it with a plank locking the three of them in the restroom.

"I was hoping for Itachi… But close enough" Sasuke said with a crazed look on his face, "Your going to tell me about Akatsuki…"

"Well. Looks like this was planned. But both of you are going to die," Sasori said holding a large knife. Sasuke picked up a pipe one the floor. Hinata stayed as quiet as possible, since both of them could hurt her. Sasuke lunged at Sasori who rasied his knife. The two objects hit with a loud clank. Sasori was stronger than he looked. The two of them back up waiting for each other's next move. Again Sasuke ran towards him and quickly tried to hit him with the pipe. Unfortunately Sasori blocked every single one of his attacks.

Now it was Sasori's turn to make a move. Just as Sasuke went for another strike, Sasori dodged, instead of blocking, and stuck his knife in Sasuke's side. Then, just as quickly he slashed at his leg.

"We don't want you running away…"

He continued to slash at him, purposely only causing flesh wounds. He seemed to enjoy this.

After a couple minutes Sasuke lay in a bloody mess. His eyes still had determination and drive, even though he had failed to land a single blow to his opponent.

Okay, I think helping Sasuke right now would be better..

Hinata gathered her courage and quietly snuck behind Sasori. He turned around.

"I see you doing that. I think it's time I finish up what I started a couple days ago." Sasori left Sasuke and went for Hinata. Hinata took off her jacket so that it wouldn't get ripped. With no weapon, all she could do was dodge. Even that was not enough, she still received some slashes from the knife.

"Time to die." Sasori said. He walked over to Hinata, just as he lifted his knife in the air, Sasuke slammed the metal pipe as hard as he could into Sasori's head, knocking him down. Then, Sasuke limped over to him and hit him more until he was sure that he wasn't getting up. He turned over to Hinata, and like always he glared at her with anger and then left the restroom.

Hinata cleaned up her wounds and made sure that they were not visble. The cuts were still bleeding, but Hinata didn't think it was enough to be life threatening. Sasuke sustained much worse wounds than her, and he would be the one in trouble if he did not seek help soon. Hinata grabbed some paper towels and used them like bandages to cover the wounds. Then she put on her jacket and turned to exit the small building. Hinata wanted to just leave Sasori there, but she could not. Instead she pulled the fire alarm, and left, confident that someone would find him.

Outside there were still people enjoying the night. The fire works were over, but really no one had left yet. The sound of the fire alarm caught the attention of many people who rushed over to see what was wrong. Hinata stayed near by, hoping to see one of her friends. Sure enough, the group appears with looks of worry on their face. Hinata runs over to them.

"Hinata! We've been looking all over for you!" Kiba said, "Sorry we lost you again."

"Yeah. Sorry about that," Naruto said, "But we didn't find Sasuke either, if you wanted to know."

"Who cares about Sasuke right now? We found you safe and sound Hinata!" Sakura said, clearly still thinking about Sasuke.

"Are you alright, did anything happen?" Kiba asks. Hinata shakes her head.

At least they didn't notice the cuts. I'm glad I took off the jacket, before he cut me. The cuts went completely undetected.

"Alright, well, we spent the last half and hour looking for you. What were you doing? We were looking all over. We didn't even stop to enjoy the fireworks. Did you like run all over the entire fair or something," Kiba asked.

Technically yes, I did actually. Hinata shrugged.

"Well that's good that nothing happened. We heard the fire alarm and got more worried."

Hinata got dizzy all of a sudden. She had forgotten about that the wounds were still bleeding. It was not enough to make her faint, but enough to make her fall to the floor.

"Hinata are you alright?," Sakura asked helping her up. Hinata gave her a reassuring glance and struggled to fight off the feeling. Thankfully, they turned their attention the restroom.

They watched as the some people who arrived at the scene took out Sasori out of the rest room.

"Holy cow! What happened to him?" Naruto asked staring at Sasori's bleeding head.

"Not that! Look at what he's wearing," Sakura said, "He's Akatsuki! And by the looks of it, that's Sasori of the Red Sand. He's a cold, blooded murder, what's he doing here?"

"Well looks like he won't be bothering anyone for a while!" Naruto said.

"Don't speak so soon," Shino said after being quiet during their whole conversation. Two Akatsuki members sneaked in to the circle of people surrounding an unconscious Sasori. They both had tan hats that covered their faces almost completely with strips of fabric coming off the brim of the hats. The larger one of the two had a large bandaged sword on his back. The one with the sword picked up Sasori.

"Hey, don't you think we should wait for the paramedics?" a bystander said. The swordsman continued moving away, but the smaller Akatsuki member took off his hat. He had lengthy dark hair and an equally dark expression on his face. He just stared at the person who spoke out. The person backed up in fright.

He looks strangely familiar. His face and that expression.

"Holy crap! It's Him!" Kiba said, the others agreeing with him. Hinata tugged at his jacket and gave him a questioning look. "Oh, it's nothing. He's just infamous. Nothing to worry about," Kiba answered even though he was still visibly freightened.

But you were worrying just a second ago. If only I had a piece

The dark haired Akatsuki looked over at them. Specifically at Hinata. As soon as they locked eyes Hinata realized the connection. That face… It's Sasuke's brother, the one who killed his parents…Sasuke did say something about them wanting me. There's no way he could have known that they tried to previously kill me. Looks like Akatsuki has another interest in me.

Everyone scatters once they are gone.

"Come on, let's go. It's getting late. We should probably get going"

They walked out of the fair and headed to Hinata's house. She had some trouble walked due to loss of blood, and she could feel the makeshift bandages she had were getting soaked with blood. The others noticed, but attributed to being sleepy from being out so late. They followed the street until they reached Hinata's house.

"Alright. See you at school tomorrow."

Hinata waves at them and goes inside the house. She stops by Neji's room. He's there writing in some notebooks and reading a textbook. He is too enthralled in his work to notice her come in, so she goes to the bathroom instead and bandages up the cuts. She didn't notice Neji standing behind her.

"What happened?"

Hinata finished up and then went to her room without answering Neji.

If he wants to know, he's going to tell me more about this whole Uchiha and Akatsuki thing.

"Can you answer me?" Neji said getting a little desperate. Hinata grabbed her notebook.

First, tell me about why Uchiha Sasuke doesn't like me.

Neji froze for a couple of seconds contemplating her offer.

"Well alright…," Neji agreed, "Well…. When my father was killed, someone, the closest to CEO at the time, took over the company since I was too young. He wanted retribution for the murder. After much though and planning, we went to Uchiha Itachi and told him that we were going to eliminate his entire family and the people related to them, but if he just killed his parents we'd pay him handsomely, and leave his brother.

"We thought he would spend time thinking about it, but he accepted immediately, and in a couple of days he did it. What happened afterward was when the trouble really started. The company stood Itachi up; they didn't pay him. So Itachi had to go hide and going Akatsuki. He still probably holds a grudge, and Sasuke holds a grudge because the company blackmailed him into killing his parents. Also, Sasuke hates Itachi for what he did.

"It's all kind of weird how it turned out. But that's all of it. Now you tell me what happened"

Hinata wrote on the notebook telling him what happened minus the whole Sasuke kidnapping part. Akatsuki can get all the blame, but strangely, she did not want Sasuke to get in trouble.

Since tomorrow was the weekend, and it was technically already the next day, Hinata fell asleep in record time.

That's the end of chapter 11! Thanks for reading this far into the story. Don't forget to review and tell me what you think because the story can't get better without feedback!

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