Strength for Love
Thanx for the reveiws guys. Just for that, you guys get Chapter 2 right away!!! Oh...and I have to confess that I already had this written a while back, I had just forgotten that this is supposed to be a SasukeXHinataXItachi fanfic. ' Anyway, R&R, okay!!!
Chapter 2: Sensei…
He wrapped his arm around her waist to keep her from struggling. In her head, she was screaming thoughts wildly, 'I should've known better than to have trusted an Akatsuki member! I'll die here and now...' She squeezed her eyes shut, expecting death...but instead she felt him slipping his fingers in between her neck and her headband, grasping hold of the headband. The screeching noise of metal scraping against metal echoed throughout the empty night.
He released her; as she slowly opened her eyes and looked down to see a straight line going through the middle of the leaf symbol on the headband. "But your training comes with a price…you must become a rogue ninja and an Akatsuki member."
She continued to stare at her headband as she thought it over...Naruto wanted Sakura, not her. Her father thought she was a failure and would prefer Hanabi take her place…but she would prove him wrong one day… "I…I accept."
Even though she couldn't see his face in the shadow of the tree, he was smirking, "Hold on to me."
She nodded and grabbed onto his cloak as he put an arm around her waist; this time more comfortably, causing her to blush. Suddenly they took off into the air with lightning fast speed, surely not even Konoha's best shinobi could go this fast.
The next thing she knew, they were standing on the outside gates of Konoha. "There's nothing here..." she stated in a confused manner.
He said nothing, but merely focused his chakra, made a few hand signs and exclaimed, "Expose no Jutsu!" Suddenly a campfire with a shark-like man sitting near it appeared out of nowhere. The man near the campfire was somewhat frightening, so she latched onto Itachi's cloak again. After sealing the jutsu back, they slowly approached the campfire.
Kisame noticed this immediately. He waved to them, and signaled for them to come over to the fire. They quickened their pace, tired of the night's cold nipping at them. Kisame stood up and offered a webbed, scaly hand to her, "Hello there, I'm Kisame, and who might you be?"
"H-Hin…ata Hyuu-ga," she answered in a low voice. He gave a bewildered look.
"Did you say Hinata…Hyuuga?"
She nodded as he glanced at his reflection her pearly orbs. 'Interesting, Itachi...very interesting.' he glanced at Itachi who watched Hinata with a certain look of possession.
Hinata turned to see the face of her savior without darkness clouding her vision. She immediately saw his Sharingan eyes staring straight at hers as a single though passed her mind.
"Sauske-san…" she muttered, as a strong scowl slide across his face.
"What about my brother?" his voice was strong and firm.
"He's your b-brother?" she asked, remembering the rumors of the Uchiha Massacre that had befallen the village.
His scowl loosened, "I am Itachi Uchiha."
A small , automatic blush crawled over her face, "S-should I ca-call- you Uchiha-sensei or-r Itachi-sensei?"
"Itachi," he answered. "We leave tonight."
"T-tonight?" she asked, already feeling drowsy and weak. He gave an annoyed look, at her weakness...practically identical to...Sasuke's
"It's not safe here, we're going to the Akatsuki Headquarters."
She remembered that it was dishonorable to question one's sensei, "Forgive me, Itachi-sensei."
"First lesson, never ask for forgiveness; even if you did something wrong."
"Yes, sensei," she bowed.
Kisame, who had been sitting and watching, retrieved his sword that he had stabbed into the ground. "Let's get a move on." Itachi and Hinata both nodded.
"Hinata-chan…"
"Oh…yes Itachi-sensei?" she replied, taken back a bit by how he was addressing her in such a familiar way.
"You're not fast enough to run, so get on," he said as he crouched down a bit, offering her a ride on his back. She blushed, and at the same time felt guilty at not being up to his level. She wrapped her arms around his neck as he propped his arms under her legs.
Kisame was getting a thrill out of watching how easily , but kept himself silent. He quickly put out the fire, and released the jutsu as they ran off into the night.
Tsunade sat at her desk, with Hiashi and Neji on each side of her, and seven of the rookie nine stood in her office. Sasuke leaned against the wall, bored as Hell; whatever she called them for was probably for some stupid reason. Sakura, Ino, Chouji, Shikamaru, and Shino merely sat in silence, awaiting Tsunade's news.
Naruto was getting very agitated, Tsunade had called them all there and she was just sitting there, being silent. "Hey, Obaa-chan! What'd you call us all here for?" he exclaimed as if he had better things to do.
She sighed, "Hinata-chan…has gone missing." Everyone gasped except Shino and Sasuke. Shino's brows went up, to show his form of shock. Sasuke stared at Tsunade with wide eyes, full of disbelief. No… not his Hinata, she wouldn't just leave…would she?
"What!?" Naruto exclaimed. "We've got to find her!" Suddenly, Kiba and Akamaru burst through her office doors.
"Hokage-sama! Akamaru and I found this in the training grounds! It's got Hinata-chan's scent all over it!" he said as he held up the bloody wraps she had used.
She nodded, "So…she was training."
Hiashi turned his head to her, "Last night, she left and didn't return. We sent over half the Hyuuga household to scour Konoha for her, but she was never found."
Tsunade scowled for a bit, realizing he had absolutely no remorse in his voice at all. Kiba ran up to her desk, "But that's not all!"
"Calm down, Kiba. I know you're upset."
"But it's important! She wasn't alone."
"You think she met someone and planned this?" Tsunade asked, filling Sasuke with anger and a little hint of jealousy.
"I don't think so… Akamaru verified that it was…Itachi Uchiha."
Sasuke's head bolted up at the mention of his brother's name.
"What!" he growled through gritted teeth as he walked up to the Hokage, pushing Kiba aside and slamming his hands on the desk.
Tsunade's mood changed from sad and depressed to serious and angered, partially at the hot-tempered Uchiha. "Find her."
"Yes Hokage-sama," everyone saluted as they disappeared except the seething Uchiha, Hiashi, and Neji.
"What the Hell was my brother doing with her!" he demanded, filled with anger, hatred, and pure envy. "I swear if he did anything to her…" he stopped realizing that Hiashi and Neji were both shooting dagger-like glares at him, and he had just practically blurted out his deepest, darkest secret.
"Well… Sauske, despite your… feelings about Hinata's disappearance, so far it seems that she ran off with him."
Sauske glared and growled as he stomped out of her office, "I'll find her myself…and kill him," he snarled.
She panted as she stood in the Hyuuga stance, a kunai in hand. Itachi stood in the Akatsuki training grounds, with her. She was covered in sweat and blood while he hadn't broken a sweat nor had she drawn blood from him. "From this moment on, Hinata-chan, you will train under me, and I will teach you the way of the Uchiha style. Once you've learned, you are to never use the Hyuuga stance again, that is until you have acquired the skill of an Akatsuki member." She straightened up and bowed.
"Yes sensei..."
Training begins as a new Hinata forms...oh, by the way, there will be a time lapse my dear readers...hope you enjoyed...cause Chapter 3 is up next!
- Jinx-Chan