"Let the training begin.." Deidara started "... after we get a delicious breakfast in the morning." He added on as Hinata and Ino sweat-dropped as they walked to the cave for a good nights sleep.

In the morning everyone awoke early to eat then start a new training schedule.

Half a year later…

During the time frame of half a year, our two favorite Shinobi girls have grown in power increasingly. Kisame had a hard time fighting Ino while Itachi would have a hard time fighting Hinata. The two girls had two new headbands, not wanting to scratch the first ones they had, they had found two new headbands and put a cross in them, to symbolize that they were defiantly part of the Akatsuki. Hinata's stuttering went away completely as she gained confidence in herself to speak to others. Her Byakugan has become alarmingly powerful, maybe even more powerful than Neji's and he was probably a Jounin by now! Ino's strength has increased and she has become more educated in the art of creating tactics. Her strength can match Tsunade's strength, maybe even surpass the Hokage's. Both girls had great potential to become a Kage in anywhere really.

One morning when they were training they were training a bit harder than usual. The training session was cut short as a blonde haired Shinobi decided to interrupt their training.

"Ino, Hinata, its time for you to come home." A more matured voice said to them. They both knew who it was exactly.

"Sorry Naruto-kun, but we have new lifestyles." Hinata said, non stuttering

"Wait, Hinata? Did you just not stutter?" Naruto asked

"Yes I did, because of the people here, I have come to be more outgoing and not to be shy. These people have helped me master my Byakugan. Naruto-kun, please, just let us stay here." Hinata asked him as Ino nodded

"Naruto, as much as we would love to visit our beloved Konoha again, we just can't at the moment." Ino replied

"And why not?" Naruto asked, voice angered slightly, but he was slightly sympathetic towards his two friends.

"Because I won't let them leave." The leader of the Akatsuki said as he stepped out from the shadows and stood in between the two girls, his hat protecting his face from being seen, and his cloak protecting his body from being seen.

"W-who are you?" Naruto asked, more or less demanded from him

"Well I am the leader of this very powerful group of outstanding ninja's." The Leader boasted slightly, making the two girls smile a bit.

Naruto glared at the leader and his eyes changed to a blood red color for a Milo-second before turning back to blue. He clenched his fists at his side, and his face turned towards the ground. He started shaking slightly, and when he looked back up Hinata and Ino could see the look in his eye's that made their insides clench and tighten up.

"I guess I can't stop you by myself, nor get my friends back, but don't you worry, I will be back, and I won't leave you two here again." He said as he disappeared into thin air. Hinata and Ino let out a sigh of relief as the pain inside of them subsided and went away. They knew that he wouldn't lie, he would probably bring some of the most elite ninja's here to bring them back at any cost. Hinata and Ino however did not want to go back. Something inside of them told them that they couldn't leave, nor let them leave. And they didn't want to leave anyways. They had a place in their heart for every single member of this group of missing ninja's, even if it was small, but it was still there.

Deidara and Sasori had become the closest to the two girls, almost like older brothers. They would stay on their side if Tobi started to bicker with the two girls on how they were stupid, kind of like an overprotective way. As the half a year went by, the girls matured, Ino's hair had been just at her shoulders when they arrived, but now it's at her lower thighs. Hinata's hair had been grown out and was at her lower back, but she kept it tied up, just like Ino, so that when they were in battle, it wouldn't get in the way.

As Hinata, Ino and the leader walked back to the cave, Deidara appeared before them.

"What do you want?" The leader asked, slightly bored

"Uchiha Sasuke is fighting Itachi, and there is a seal spreading over his body. Itachi is having a hard time fighting him, let alone Kisame." Deidara said as Ino's and Hinata's eye's widened. The four disappeared and reappeared a little ways off from where Itachi and Sasuke were fighting.

Hinata looked at Ino, knowing that she still really liked Sasuke, but then when she read no emotion on Ino's face when she looked at Sasuke, she knew that she had to jump in. She ran forwards and activated her Byakugan. She started fighting along side Itachi, making Sasuke work twice as hard. A few minutes of fighting went by the three drew back from each other, panting slightly.

"Hinata, you've gotten way better." Sasuke said as his Sharingan shined a dangerous red color as she now noticed that instead of having two commas, he had three. His clothing had changed, he now wore a loose white shirt, which exposed his chest, He wore dark blue baggy pants and in the middle there was a purple bow type thing, which kind of acted like a belt.

"Same goes for you Uchiha." Hinata said coldly

"Why the harsh tone?" Sasuke asked, clearly surprised that Hinata of all people would speak to him that way.

"I know you went to Orochiamaru." She glared

"How do you know that I was even aligned with him?" he asked

"I know that seal that you have, don't act like I don't know who he is, nor what he is capable of. You left Konoha, meaning you broke more than just one heart. You broke the whole rookie nine's hearts, and Gai-sensei's team's hearts too. But the most damage that you inflicted upon was on Sakura, Ino and Naruto. You don't understand the fact that I will literally bring you down if you inflict any more damage upon those three, let alone anyone else." Hinata's cold reply answered as she charged at him, her breathing turned regular again and he was still panting a bit. She started to punch at him, then she started to seal up his Chakra holes. Once all of the holes were sealed up she kicked him into the tree, the seal upon his arm, body and face was receding.

"Uchiha, do you think you have become stronger?" She inquired.

"Yes, yes I do." He replied weakly.

"Well if you have become stronger then I have become phenomenal. If you truly want to become stronger, go back to Konoha. Stop thinking only for revenge." She continued as she went over to Itachi to see if he was ok. She noticed that he was panting a bit more than usual.

"Itachi-sama, you overused your Sharingan. You used your advanced technique didn't you?" She asked as he nodded. She slipped his arm over her shoulders as she saw Sasuke stand up and surprisingly he headed towards where Konoha was. She helped Itachi over to where the leader, Ino and Deidara were.

"Sorry Ino-chan. I know that he has caused you a lot of pain and I can't bear to see you in pain." Hinata said to her as she lowered her head

"Hinata-san, that was amazing. I couldn't even act like myself when I saw him. He has always been a jerk and I appreciate what you did for me." Ino said to her as she raised Hinata's head.

"But now, I think we should go and get Itachi in bed to rest. He looks extremely tired." She added on as Hinata and the Leader nodded and they disappeared into thin air with Deidara following them. They appeared in the cave and Hinata brought Itachi to his room. She had remembered how to get there from past experiences. She laid him down on the bed and stood up and started to walk to the door but felt a hand on her wrist stopping her. She looked down towards it and saw Itachi holding her wrist in his hand.

"Why did you jump in there?" Itachi asked her in a cold voice, but not as cold as he had talked to them before.

"Because, I had to set him straight somehow. I know you had been using your Sharingan earlier so it would only be a certain amount of time until you ran out of Chakra, trust me, I saw it." Hinata said to him

"Thank-you." He said as he drifted off into a slumber. She closed the door behind her as she walked into the main part of the cave to find Ino beginning to cook dinner. She jumped in and started cooking as well. Dinner was made and it was equally distributed among the members of the group, a plate was set aside for Itachi to eat later. They begun to eat and in the middle of the meal the leader brought out something from his cloak. It was two longer boxes and he held them out to the girls. They both took one box. When they opened them up, there were two necklaces. Ino's necklace had a gold chain and for a gemstone it had a sapphire with a small sign engraved on it. The sign was a character for Fierce fighter. Hinata's necklace had a gold chain as well, but the stone was a diamond with another small sign engraved in it. Her sign was elegance. Both girls put them around their necks and smiled at the other members sitting with them.

"Since all the space on the hands were taken, we decided to give you two necklaces instead. And also it seems more feminine." Kisame explained as everyone nodded. Tobi glared. Why did they get necklaces when he didn't even get a ring! It wasn't fair.

"thank you so much!" The two girls smiled as the necklaces were easily seen on their skin. During this little celebration that was happening all the Akatsuki members didn't notice the explosive tags that were behind the two girls until they started burning. They didn't find them in time as they exploded, hitting Ino and Hinata from behind. Deidara quickly ran to their sides and found the entrance to the cave was collapsing. He grabbed the two girls as Kisame ran to Itachi's room to grab the sleeping Itachi. The whole group ran out of the cave to find a large group of sand and leaf Shinobi awaiting them. Ino and Hinata stood up painfully as Itachi stood up, recovered. He activated his Sharingan, his expression was not too pleasant either.

"What are you going to do?" one of the Sand Shinobi called out to him

"You destroyed my dinner, I have to kill you." Itachi's cold voice said as the Shinobi closed in on the group of missing nin.