The two girls woke up the next day to start their old routine. It had become a habit for them even back at Konoha. They cooked the normal breakfast that they usually cooked here, toast and some bacon and eggs. They set the table and Deidara was there first, yawning and stretching.
"Good-morning Deidara!" Ino greeted as she set the food in front of him and he woke up fully, having smelt the wonderful food in front of him. He ate it all fairly fast and was just finishing as everyone else came to the table to eat.
"Is it normal for you to be finishing your food before all of us?" Hidan asked
"I guess so." Deidara replied as he rubbed the back of his head with a small smile.
"I guess we will have to just get used to it won't we?" Zetsu sighed as they nodded. Ino and Hinata ate their food quietly, listening in on the conversation, showing their smiles after they swallowed their food.
"So what did they have you do when you were captured and taken back to Konoha?" Sasori asked
"Well we were on guard duties for I can't even remember how long. Then we just were sent on a mission and now we are here. Tsunade now knows of our power though, she said that we had to show her or our duties would be on for even longer." Hinata said
"Doesn't seem too harsh, from my point of view anyways." Tobi said as a smug look came up onto his face. Ino and Hinata's temperaments sparked with a small intention to hurt him badly. Scratch that, they really wanted to kill him now. He had been smug to them whenever they were there, even when they were being nice to him.
"Why don't you go and be under Tsunade's watch on guard duties for as long as we went?" Ino flared
"What if I don't want to?" Tobi asked, a even more smug look coming onto his face
"Don't push it Tobi…" Kisame muttered under his breath
"Sorry what was that? I couldn't hear that comment." Ino asked
"I was just saying that she put you on those duties because you were too we-" Tobi was cut off by Hinata punching him brutally in the side of the jaw. Her strength has increased a lot and now she was pissed off.
"What was that for!" Tobi yelled
"You know what." Hinata's voice said back to him in a dangerous tone.
"Leader! Do you hear the way that they are treating a higher ranked member!" He yelled
"Hinata, do your worst. Tobi, I have had enough of you, sniveling up to me, trying to act like a spoiled rotten person. You disgust me." The leader said as Tobi's eyes widened as Hinata pulled him out of the cave.
"I'll be a little bit." She said sweetly as she then walked out.
"What are you going to do? Hit me with one of your pitiful punches?" Tobi asked with another smug look on his face, which turned to pure horror as Hinata was in front of him, Byakugan activated, as she then punched him in the face, he would surely have a broken nose by now. He stood up shaking. How could she get so strong in that time frame when it took him about three years just to acquire the strength that he has now? Before he could answer that question he was slammed up into a tree, Hinata started hitting him in all of his chakra holes, blocking the pathway towards the other chakra holes. He let out a small yell of pain as he fell to the ground, no longer being able to use his chakra.
"Who's the weak one now?" Hinata taunted as she punched him upside the head a few times before his whole side of the head was bleeding. He stood up, eyes widened in fear as Hinata didn't even look like she was breaking out in a sweat yet.
"Run and never come back." Her dangerous tone said to him as he took this chance and ran as far away as he could. He tripped on some fallen logs and rocks, but got up as fast as he could before running again. Hinata walked back inside the cave with a small smile on her face.
"I hope you don't mind that he won't be coming back any time soon." She said while standing beside Ino.
Deidara collapsed to his knee's in front of Hinata.
"You don't know how happy I am to hear that Tobi is no more! He annoyed the hell out of me!" He said as he clasped his hands over hers.
"You two are truly gods!" He said
"Goddesses'" Ino corrected
"Sorry." Deidara said smiling sheepishly. He stood up and noticed a glint around their necks.
"So you still do have the necklaces that we gave you." He said, voice softened from its usual tone
"I wouldn't leave it anywhere but around my neck." Ino said
"If I took it off and left it in my room father and Neji-nii-san would find it and interrogate me." Hinata said
"It's just like Hiashi to do that." Itachi murmured to himself
"Ah, I see. Did anyone see that necklace around your necks?" The Leader asked
"Not that I know of." Ino said
"That's good, we wouldn't want our favorite two girls being attacked by questions now would we?" The Leader asked as the rest of the group shook their heads. The leader looked around with a solemn look on his face.
"now that we have everyone here, we must complete a new mission." he said as everyone looked towards him
"Orochimaru is on the loose and is biting who ever he suspects might make even a slightly good subject out of the weaker ninjas." The leader said
"So we must all assassinate him before he goes to far?" Sasori asked
"Correct. We leave in ten minutes from now, gather what you need and meet back here as soon as possible." the leader said as everyone disappeared and appeared in their rooms. Hinata and Ino grabbed their pouches, which were full of scrolls, Shuriken and explosive bombs. They grabbed their kunai holsters and fastened them onto their legs and surprisingly they were the first ones back. Itachi and Kisame came next, Itachi had similar weapons like Hinata and Ino, while Kisame only really had his sword and some kunai. Sasori came out holding two puppets on his back covered in bandages and Deidara brought his clay pouch. Everyone brought what they needed and embarked on their mission.
The formation that they were in wasn't a line, but a scattered out one. Although a line formation is good, with the Akatsuki they work better spread out. Within a hour of traveling they had reached the border to Sound and were crossing into Orochimaru's territory, they would have to keep their guards up for now, or face being attacked. Itachi led the way towards the area which Orochimaru would be in, since he had been in the Akatsuki before, Itachi knew where he would like to go. For a two hour traveling time they were taking a short break outside the Sannin's hideout. They would catch their breaths before they would go in for a attack. Everyone was rested up in a few moments and then entered the hide-out. They didn't see anyone until a group of five people showed up.
"Long time no see…" Said a slithery voice
"Orochimaru." Itachi glared