Recap:
"Found you!" Said a voice from behind her. She turned around and saw Naruto, but then the next thing that she remembered was falling into a dark abyss
Deidara and Sasori noticed that something wasn't right. They started looking around where they sensed a presence. Then they felt another! They quickly ran towards the presences and found Hinata, fainted on the ground. There was a blonde boy kneeling beside her.
"Hinata… Oi, Hinata!" Naruto said to her
"What are you doing here?" Deidara demanded calmly
"Just finding Hinata and Ino" Naruto said, not knowing who he was talking to. He turned around and saw Deidara and Sasori staring at him
"AHH! The Akatsuki!" Naruto yelled as he got into a fighting pose. Deidara had a sweat drop on the backs of their heads. They just stood there as Naruto growled at them
"Do not take me lightly!" He said
"We aren't… we just don't feel like fighting now… well me at least" Deidara said
"Well too bad! Your going to fight me anyways!" Naruto yelled as he charged at them, kunai in hand. Deidara let out an exasperated sigh.
"Sasori, he's yours to deal with…" Deidara said as he disappeared and reappeared beside Hinata's side "… I'll take care of Hinata" he said and picked her up
"Keep your filthy hands off of her!" Naruto yelled as Ino came into the clearing
"Ino! Finally! Help me fight them!" Naruto said, relieved to see a familiar face
"Sorry Naruto, but if you already haven't noticed Hinata's clothing and my clothing then you really are an idiot." Ino said as she stood beside Sasori
"W-what? Why!" Naruto said, getting angry with Ino and Hinata, how could they do that to Konoha? He ran at Ino, his rage covering up his emotions towards his former friend. He wound up his fist and sent it flying at Ino. His fist collided with her face as she hit the ground
"I guess I deserved that, but Naruto, you have to understand our side of the story" Ino said as Sasori quickly stood in front of her protectively. She stood up and looked at him
"Well what's your side of the story then?" Naruto asked, annoyance clearly heard in his voice.
"Hinata and I have been planning for a while to go away and train. Hinata was disowned by her father, and now she wants to become stronger so she can be a true heir to the Hyuga clan." Ino said, telling Hinata's story, seeing how she was unable to speak for herself at the time, being unconscious
"Well that explains her side of the story… what about yours?" Naruto asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I am always the weakest on my team. Shikamaru has the wits, Chouji has the technique and I have nothing. I want to be acknowledged by them, by my fellow Chunins, and by my parents. Sure they know that I am not that good, but they don't really think of me any differently because I am nothing special… but I want to be different" Ino said
"Well that's your stories, but why the Akatsuki?" Naruto asked, not quite satisfied yet.
"We want to become strong, the legendary Sannin are training someone themselves right now, well Jiraiya is training you, Tsunade is training Sakura and I don't care about Orochiamaru. The Akatsuki were our only choice left, so we took it, and it's paying off well." Ino said as Naruto looked at her, taken back. His expression changed as he charged at her. Sasori spread out his arms as chains shot out from his body at Naruto, chaining him to a tree. Sasori took out some poison needles and embedded them into his arms. He charged at Naruto. Ino saw this and quickly jumped in front of Naruto, arms spread out.
"Sasori! Don't do it, please, lets negotiate with Naruto" Ino pleaded. Sasori stopped about an inch before her face and stood back in a huff. He stared at Naruto with a menacing look on his face.
"Naruto, please respect our wishes and let Hinata and I train for a while here, we will come back when we are ready to. In return the Akatsuki will not come after you for what is inside of you" Ino said, yes she did know about the Kyuubi, but did not consider Naruto any different than the kid that was annoying, but funny.
"But I can't just leave you here!" Naruto said
"Naruto, I'm afraid you must, Hinata and I are making the best progress here than we ever would with just training with our sensei's. If not then we may have to set Sasori on you" Ino said Sasori kept on staring at Naruto with a certain look on his eye's that made him shiver.
"Fine. If you don't come back within a half year period, I will seek you out and take you back by force!" He said as Ino nodded to Sasori and he unwound his chains around Naruto and because of that, Naruto fell to the ground.
"Alright Naruto, I will remember to try and not stay too long" Ino said as she wasn't actually sure how long it would be until she actually could go back to Konoha, let alone know how long it would be until Hinata was ready to go back.
She watched as Naruto walked away, not looking back at her. She couldn't blame him though. She turned back to Sasori.
"Sorry we couldn't finish our training." Ino said
"It's fine. Why did you protect him?" Sasori asked
"He is my friend. I couldn't let him get hurt in front of me" Ino said as Deidara and Hinata jumped from out of the tree
"So he's gone?" Deidara asked
"Yeah" Ino said with a small smile. She didn't know why but she felt safer around Deidara and Sasori than with Naruto or Sasuke. That's right, Sasuke.
"Hinata-san, are you alright?" Ino asked, looking concerned for her friend.
"Y-yeah, Naruto-kun just frightened me, that's all." Hinata replied
"Well… It's almost dinner time, Ino-chan and I still have to cook. Is there any specific things that you would like tonight?" Hinata asked
Deidara looked at Sasori, Sasori looked at Deidara.
"Could you maybe make ramen?" They asked
"Sure! Lets head back" The two girls said as they all started to head back towards the cave. Once they got inside Itachi and Kisame appeared. They both greeted them, only getting a small nod from Itachi and a small Hello from Kisame. They both went into the kitchen and started making up noodles, and everything for the ramen. They also cut up some pork and placed it inside of the ramen. The chopsticks were the first thing on the table, then glasses, then Deidara, then the ramen.
"Deidara, get off of the table" Hinata said sternly
"What if I don't want to?" Deidara asked
"Then no food for you" Hinata said after a small while of thinking. Deidara quickly got off of the table and sat down, Sasori sitting beside him.
"Itachi-san! Kisame-kun! Dinner's ready!" Hinata called out as the two appeared at the table. They all sat down as they begun to eat their ramen.
"This is really good tonight!" Deidara said
"it is" Itachi complimented as the two girls smiled to each other. Everyone ate the ramen and Hinata and Ino served some dessert. Everyone ate in silence, once they were done, Hinata and Ino both cleaned the dishes and then went to bed, as did everyone else. A deep slumber rose throughout the cave.