"You did…what?" Itachi asked Sasuke for the fifth time in disbelief. "You really are my idiot brother…" Itachi muttered as he massaged the bridge of his nose. This was all too bothersome. Apparently Hyugas made Uchihas stupid for some reason.

Sasuke fidgeted under the gaze of his brother. This was all Itachi's fault anyway. Yes, blame Itachi, then he wouldn't feel as guilty about his actions. Who was he kidding? How could he blame Itachi for what he did? Sighing, Sasuke looked at his brother, hoping he had a plan. That's when he noticed that his neat and clean brother looked rather ragged…and smelled awful…

"Brother…why exactly do you look like crap?" Sasuke asked.

Itachi choked on his breath at the question. He was hoping Sasuke wouldn't notice anything and that he would not have to explain anything. Unfortunately, his brother wasn't that big of an idiot.

"I ran into Neji Hyuga…drunk…he was not happy." Itachi said, leaving out why Neji was rather pissed at him. Couching, Itachi turned the attention back to Sasuke, "Now did anyone see you doing…that?" Hopefully no one saw, and it would be much easier to fix.

"Urm…Prof. Hatake…caught me…that's why I was running…" Sasuke murmered in embarrassment.

'Kakashi?' Itachi thought. Kakashi was a pervert so maybe this would be easy to keep quiet…

"I'll have a chat with him…till then, act like nothing happened…though try to stay out of trouble…" Itachi said.

Truly, Hyugas made Uchihas fools for some reason.

- - -

"You want to do what?" Neji asked Temari again.

"You heard me the first time." Temari replied. Really her proposal wasn't that out there! Was it?

"Hyuga will not agree to it." Neji said, closing the matter.

"We won't accept anyone else." Temari said.

One word could be used to describe Neji and Temari…stubborn.

"Tell me again why Hanabi is no good?" Neji asked.

Sighing, Temari spoke, "She's too young for Gaara. And Hinata is just the right age."

"We have other women in Hyuga close to Hinata's age. Why must it be Hinata?" Neji questioned again.

Temari swallowed. She really did not want to bring up Gaara's unstable mind and that he would only accept Hinata. But this damn Hyuga wasn't giving her a break!

"It seems we are at an impasse, Temari. I suggest we meet later to discuss this further." Neji said. He really wanted to look for Hinata, but this damn woman wasn't letting up. Of course he couldn't tell her that Hinata was missing either.

Both narrowed eyes at each other. This discussion was far from over.

- - -

"Nnngh…" Hinata groaned as she snuggled into her pillow. She felt so sleepy, but her pillow was so comfy…and smelled like a man.

A man…

Her pillow was NOT supposed to smell like a man!

In a flash she opened her eyes and say up. She wasn't in her room! She…she had been kidnapped!

"Yo." A male voice said.

Panicking, she threw the pillow at the voice and screamed, "No!"

Squeezing her eyes shut, she cowered on the bed.

"Well…by that reaction, I'm guessing you're fine now." The voice said.

It was familiar. Opening one eye, Hinata peeked in the direction of the voice.

Professor! Her professor kidnapped her?!!? Oh my goodness! What was the world coming to when professors kidnapped their own students!

"You scared me for a minute, you were getting pretty feverish." He said. "Mind telling me what happened this time?"

What happened?

Oh…my…

Hinata frowned as she recalled the events of earlier.

Neji…he…and that man…he…

Tears welled in her eyes.

"Not again…" she whispered before breaking down in tears.

Kakashi gulped. He never did well with crying women, or crying at all. That's why he wasn't a counselor. Maybe he should call Kurenai…she was a counselor after all…and a woman…she would be able to handle this better. But then he would have to explain why he had a female student in his apartment crying. He really didn't want to deal with Kurenai's death glare. She just would not believe he wasn't a pervert, well a big pervert.

"Hey, hey..shhhh…it's ok…" He tried to soothe as he sat next to his student. Lamely placing a hand on her head he was surprised when she turned and sobbed into his chest.

"N-Neji…he-he…and K-Kabuto…he…" Hinata blubbered as her tears soaked the front of Kakashi's shirt.

'Neji? Who was Neji?...Kabuto…' Kakashi grew annoyed at that name. He had heard rumors about Kabuto and none of them were good.

"Shhh…calm down, it's alright now. Just tell me what happened. This is the second time I find you passed out. I can't help you if you don't tell me." He said.

Hinata pulled away and tried to dry her tears. He was right, she had to tell some one, but would Kabuto fail her?

Hinata shook her head to clear her thoughts. She was nervous and insecure. Was she weak because of this? Was it her fault?

Kakashi saw her conflict on her face. 'She probably doesn't want to tell a man…especially if a man caused all this trauma.'

"You can always speak with Kurenai…she is your counselor, she can help you." He said. He didn't care who did it, but Hinata needed help.

'Kurenai? Maybe…' Hinata thought. To be honest, she had forgotten all about her counselor. But Kakashi seemed to really care. Maybe he could help her too. He had picked her off the ground twice now. And he was her professor. She could trust her professor…right?

Taking a deep breath, Hinata decided to tell Kakashi a little bit.

"H-He…um…Neji…h-he set me up on a b-blind date…"

Kakashi raised an eyebrow. She was going to talk to him? This was good. He could help her and make sure this didn't happen again.

"w-with Ka-Ka-Kabuto…" Hinata blushed. This was actually rather embarrassing to say out loud!

"he, I think he d-drugged…um…me"

"Who is Neji?" Kakashi asked. He needed as many facts as possible.

"Oh! H-He's my cousin…he c-came for f-family weekend…I um don't r-remember what happened after I saw K-K-Kabuto…" Hinata said as she turned a bright red. Well she could vaguely remember having a strange dream about Sasuke, Kakashi, and Naruto, but she didn't think she needed to tell her professor about her odd fantasy.

Kakashi inwardly breathed a sigh of relief. Ok so she didn't remember Sasuke or that small incident in his bed. Good. He would just have a small chat with Sasuke on controlling his inner pervert.

"And…umm…" Hinata wanted to tell him about before…but she couldn't bring her self to voice what happened the first night.

"It's all right. I'll talk with Kurenai, and she can help you." Kakashi said as he noticed Hinata becoming more withdrawn. "It'll be easier to speak with a woman." He said with a smile. Well Hinata thought he was smiling. He was still wearing his face mask and head band.

'I wonder what he looks like with out it.' She thought. 'I'll bet he's handsome!' She couldn't help but smile a bit at her silly thought.

Kakashi was pleased to see her smile. 'She's cute when she smiles.' He thought, and then quickly banished the thought from his mind. It wasn't appropriate! He was her professor!

Coughing, Kakashi stood up. "I think you should get back to your dorm. I'm sure your cousin is worried." He said. He didn't want to shoo her out, but he was becoming uneasy having a female student in his apartment…alone…

Neji!

Hinata groaned. Her cousin no doubt would be frantic right now. "Ah, yes, thank you for helping me." Hinata said as she quickly made her way out. Hopefully Neji wouldn't be too mad at her running off!

Watching the door close behind her, Kakashi sighed. Too much work. Getting up to go through his garbage he found his new book. There was no harm reading it now that she was gone after all.

Pale jade eyes and red hair could be found by the tree near Kakashi's apartment. He hadn't meant to eavesdrop, he just wanted a place to relax and meditate. But he had heard snippets of the conversation. Well one name stuck out. Kabuto. Apparently his threat was not taken seriously. He would have to remedy that.

- - - - -

A.N.

Um…the Burning Crusade is now out…so instead of updating I'll prolly be playing…

Sorry! I'll still try to do a few updates a week!