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Disclaimer: I DON'T own Naruto or any of the characters mentioned in this story.

Hinata's Evil Side and Good Side talk in 'bolditalic' and are labeled.

Hinata talks in 'italic', and Sakura's inner thoughts are just 'underlined

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Hmm... I would just like to thank all the reviewers for reviewing, because that was a lot of reviews in one day D. Anyway, I would like to thank:

-Kanpai7440

-I like angst

-HyperAsianNinja

-megamikumori

-Hina-chancares8

-Danimals21

-winterkaguya

-Aliki

-KagomeMarie

-Suzume-kage

-kRaZyChangeoFHeArt

-DarkSmile

-dorcas

-Kuro-Shinzui-Ookami

Questions that were asked in reviews are answered:

Megamikumori asked, "Will Gaara fall in love with her?"

-This chapter will introduce the competition Gaara will have, and, yes, Gaara will eventually have the hots for Hinata.

Danimals21 said, "I don't see why Hinata's Sakura's friend with all the stuff she's done to Hinata!"

-To make it clear, Hinata is portrayed as a nice, forgiving person, so, eventually, Hinata's evil side awakens and Sakura is the one who will take the ultimate damage. Other than that, Hinata doesn't necessarily consider Sakura as a friend, but she was being nice to Sakura because Sakura and Tsunade were close. Now that she doesn't work for Tsunade anymore... we'll just see what Hinata does...

Winterkaguya asked, "Why is Sakura so malicious?"

-I personally don't like Sakura, and if you want to know why, go read it in my profile. Anyway, I decided to make Sakura into a person who likes torturing people for her own happiness in this story.

Also asked, "Was there something that she wasn't satisfied about with Hinata?"

-Since everyone likes pulling pranks and teasing the push-overs, Sakura chose Hinata. On top of that, Hinata worked for Tsunade, so Sakura got more advantage to torture Hinata just for fun without any consequences whatsoever.

Also asked, "Why on earth was Gaara adamant to have Hinata as his employee?"

-Gaara isn't much of a social person and people who work for him get scared easily. He's known Hinata for years (high school) and he knows that she gets intimidated, but, instead of running away, she just deals with the intimidation. That's a rare quality to find in the case for Gaara and it just so happens that Sakura figured out that Gaara needed a new employee. She decided that it was a nice chance to intimidate Hinata unto the edge of insanity.

Hmm, guess that's all of the questions. If you have anymore questions, ask in the reviews.

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If you asked Hinata what she was thinking at that moment when she saw Sakura for the first time that day, she would probably flip the birdie at you and then proceed to kick Sakura straight towards the moon, but, of course, no one asked, no one cared, and Hinata's anger dissolved quickly. Sakura was currently yelling out all the things that she would do with Hinata that day, and Hinata was visualizing every embarrassing predicament that could happen in each of those trips Sakura was planning.

You would also think that the voices in Hinata's head were panicking, but the evil side was too busy plotting and the good side was too busy trying to make Hinata calm:

Evil Side: It's our chance to do something to her, and I think that we should take it.

Good Side: Stop trying to corrupt the body's mind, evil. Don't mind the evil side, body, evil always tries to corrupt the good.

Evil Side: And haven't you noticed that everytime evil tries to corrupt something, evil succeeds at least once?

Good Side: Well, this time, evil won't succeed. Not with me carefully watching over the targetted body, at least.

Evil Side: I wouldn't be so cocky, good side. There are two reasons for that. One: If the body gets embarrassed, you get embarrassed. Two: If you get the body embarrassed, the body will listen to what the other side says. In other words, I got a win-win here, buddy.

Good Side: Look here, would you really want the body to lower herself in level to the level of that... that... thing

Evil Side: You should be the one that's looking! Didn't you pay attention when the body was remembering all those times that, that thing embarrassed her? It's not fair, and that should mean a lot coming from a person who doesn't care what's fair!

Good Side: I still don't think that we should do something vile...

Evil Side: Look, I'm not asking you to do something. I'm ordering you, and you don't have a choice. You know why? It's because you owe me one agreement. Now, it's time you take some lessons on being evil. First Lesson: Admittance.

Good Side: Admittance? I ain't admitting anything that has got to do with you, filth.

Evil Side: As I was saying, first, you need to admit that Sakura is wrong and must be punished.

Good Side: We know that Sakura is wrong, but I don't think that she needs to be-

Evil Side: SHUT UP! Now, REPEAT after me. I, the Good Side...

Good Side: I, the Good Side-

Evil Side: Admit that Sakura Haruno, the psychotic imbecile...

Good Side: -admit that Sakura Haruno, the -gulps- psychotic imbecile-

Evil Side: will perish in the pits of hell...

Good Side: -will persih in the pits of... wait, what?!

Evil Side: Ahahahaha... that was funny, anyway... will perish for embarrassing Hinata Hyuuga.

Good Side: -will perish for embarrassing Hinata Hyuuga.

Evil Side: Now, that wasn't that hard was it? The answer's no. Anyway, lesson two is : Art of Retaliation.

Good Side: Does that involve me hurting anyone?

Evil Side: You sad, sad child... Everything in this lesson involves the hurting of others... -maniacal laughter-

Good Side: ... get on with the lesson...

Evil Side: As I was saying... you need to master the art of retaliation so that the body can retaliate whenever Sakura hurts her physically or emotionally.

Good Side: How are you going to get me to master that? -.-'

Evil Side: I will give you a variety of problems and you will solve them by telling me what you would do in that situation. No forgiveness allowed.

Situation 1:

Enemy spills liquid onto self. You are currently drenched with sticky liquid known as soda. What do you do?

Evil Side: I will answer this question so that you know what to do. Ehem... In this particular situation, you take any liquid you see nearby and spill it onto her hair or dress. If no liquid is nearby, then you find nearby food and throw it on her. If that isn't nearby either, you proceed to beat up your enemy. Did you get all that?

Good Side: ... -cricket chirps- ...

Evil Side: Anyway... start doing your retaliation test...

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While all of this was happening inside of Hinata's head, Hinata was being dragged by Sakura. "Um..." It was Hinata, "Where are we going Sakura?"

"Oh, don't be afraid, sweetie." There was her sinister smirk again, "We're going to go shopping, ands then we're going to go for a nice lunch at this diner I just found out about yesterday. After lunch, we can go to my friend's place and I'll introduce you two, 'kay?" As soon as she said the last word, she winked.

"Can't we just hang out at a cafe' and then go our seperate ways?" Hinata's evil side was kicking in.

"What?" Sakura's eyes starting to water with fake tears, "You don't want to spend time with your old high school friend?"

This little commotion had caught the voices' attention:

Evil Side: Say 'hell no' with an extra emphasis on 'hell.'

Good Side: Just make up an excuse!

At this point, people were staring and Sakura was bawling. Hinata was looking very bad just standing there in front of a crying, young girl, so she said, "No, Sakura, it's just that Gaara worked me very hard yesterday and I'm really tired..."

"I get it, " Sakura interrupted, "You don't want to spend time with me, so you're just making up excuses, aren't you?!"

Evil Side: Well, duh!

"Sakura..." Sakura wasn't listening, she was just bawling, and the people were starting to glare at Hinata. "Sakura, fine, Sakura... I'm sorry, Sakura... I'll spend the whole day with you if you stop crying."

"Really!?" Sakura jumped up like nothing had happened before and started pulling Hinata into the mall. "We're going to have soo much fun, Hinata! I'll cover the tab, you just buy everything you want, 'kay? It's on Tsunade -I mean me... eheh.. heh..."

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Hinata soon found herself standing in the middle of an expensive clothing store.

"We should take that, and that, and that, and that, and that, and that, and oh! That too!"

Evil Side: Why don't you just take the whole freakin' store with you?

Good Side: ... Agreed...

Evil Side: OH.MY.EVILNESS! (A/N ... 0.o) The lessons are doing some progress! Anyway, on to the Art of Speech...

"Hinata? Why aren't you trying on any clothes?"

"I personally don't like shopping, Sakura."

"Aww, c'mon, Hinata. We're going to shop for an hour, so you have to try some."

" ... "

"Fine, if you don't want to try on any clothes, then you have to carry my stuff."

A mutter of, "...gladly..." was heard before the source of the mutter was buried in a heap of atrocious clothing.

"Come, Hinata! It'll probably take me an hour to try on all those clothes!"

Hinata scurried over to Sakura in hopes of finishing faster.

Sakura picked out one of the many outfits and went in the stall to change. Hinata, being the busybody she was, hung all of the clothes in her hands on a portable rack so that she wouldn't suffocate.

A minute later, Sakura came out with a rather... odd, if you will, outfit.

"What do you think?" It sounded like a squeal rather than a question.

"It's too... pink."

"You don't like pink...?" Sakura had started the fake waterworks again.

Evil Side: The time has finally come!

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"No, Sakura, I don't not like pink. I despise it with all of my being." The sentence was dripping with venom and sarcasm for the most part, but it was firm.

Evil Side: Finally...

"Umm..." Sakura was speechless for a second, but she recovered quickly.

"Maybe you were right about shopping, we should just go and eat."

"Sure, Sakura..."

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They were at the diner in no time, since Sakura rushed to get there quickly.

"Hey, Hinata. I'll order your food, okay? It's on me."

"Anything you say, Sakura." Now it was Hinata's turn to smirk in a sinister way -Sakura was scared.

"So..." Sakura began.

"So, what?"

"How have you been at Gaara's workplace so far?"

"Well, Gaara overworked me a lot. I was up the whole night sorting out files, bills, letters, and books. Then, as if my torture wasn't enough, Gaara asked me to go shopping with him so we could get some clothes that would fit the club uniform."

"Oh... so, what kind of clothes did you get?"

Evil Side: We got slut-wear, imbecile. You know, the things you always wear.

"We got two dresses and two outfits. Most of them were silk. All were dark colors."

"I see... Have you been enjoying it?"

"Enjoying what? The free clothes, or the work schedule?"

"The free clothes."

"Oh, well, I don't really like the kind of clothing the club requires you to wear. So, the answer's no. But, I appreciate the fact that he didn't force me to buy it with my own money."

"Yeah, but don't get used to him being all nice."

"Hmm, what do you mean?"

"I'm just saying that Gaara doesn't treat people nicely all the time. It's rare. Don't take advantage of it and don't expect it, either."

"Hm, okay, then."

A waiter walked over to the table and smiled. "May I take your orders, ladies?"

Sakura decided that she wanted to have a little fun. "Sure, let's start off with two cups of water. We'll tell you the rest after you bring our water."

"Alright, I'll be right back." With another smile, he was gone.

"Hmm, he's cute, right, Hinata?" It was Sakura talking.

"Whatever you say, Sakura..."

"As I was saying before, are you enjoying the work schedule?"

"No, in fact, it's worse than Tsunade's! I worked all night, and that's just saying today. Who knows what he'll make me do for the next... until the contract's over!"

Sakura smirked and sighed in fake disappointment, "Hinata, Hinata, Hinata... Don't tell me that you didn't read the contract before signing it."

"Well, actually... I kind of did..."

"Well, then, it's your fault on the most part."

"Yeah, that makes me feel a lot better, Sakura. But, then again, you were the one that set me up with Gaara."

"How can you blame me? I did you a favor, Hinata, believe me. Gaara probably just overworked you on the first day because his office was messy."

"We'll just see if that's true..."

The waiter came back and set two glasses of water with straws in them on the table. "Are you two ready to order now?"

"Yeah, we're ready."

"It's okay, Hinata, I'll order it. Hmm... we'll have one basket of french fries and one cheese melt sandwich cut in half."

"Hmm mm, is that all?"

"Actually, I've been wondering if you're on the menu as well, " Sakura added flirtatiously. (A/N I can't believe I actually wrote that... -dies due to shock-)

"Hmm, sorry, but I don't have an interest in you."

Sakura seemed to be taken aback for a second, but then, she settled by asking, "You have a girlfriend?"

"Hm, no. But you're definitely not my type."

"If you don't mind me asking, who is your type?"

The waiter seemed to be thinking for a second. After a moment, he had thought of a nice comeback for the sluttish flirt in front of him.

"She's sitting right in front of you."

He was gone in the speed of light.

"Ooh! Someone likes Hinata!"

"Whatever, Sakura, he was only trying to get you off his back..." She was trying to hold in her blush, but it only came out two times worse.

"I'm telling you! He likes you!"

"Sakura, it would be for the best if you just changed the subject."

"Fine, but, speaking of crushes... Do you like Gaara?!"

"Hmm? Were you even listening to what I was saying ten minutes ago? He overworked me the whole night! The answer to your question is a definite no."

"Whatever, I think you like him. Or will after I'm done with you..." The last part was mumbled.

"What was that just now?"

"Nothing, nothing, Hinata."

Sakura continued by asking, "Uhh... so... have you met Gaara's siblings yet?"

"No, but I think that I won't have the pleasure of denying that longer."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"That means that I'll meet them soon enough..."

"Right, I knew that...so do you-"

"Enough about me, Sakura. Tell me what's going on at Tsunade's workplace so far.

"Oh, Tsunade's place? Tsunade's place is currently in a state of chaos, because you're not there. Tsunade even thought about pulling some strings to bring you back, but I encouraged her to keep going on without you."

" ... ... I see... "

"But, not to worry! Everything was settled soon enough, because I found new co-workers to fill in your space."

The waiter had returned to give them their food. "Hmm, there's the french fries and here's the melted cheese sandwich. Do you ladies want anything else?"

Sakura said, "No, we're fi-"

"Actually," Hinata cut in, "I noticed that you don't wear a name tag, and that you look a lot like a boy that used to go to high school with us. Is your name, by any chance, Sai?"

"Hmm, you're quite the observer. Yes, I'm Sai, and if I remember correctly, you're Hinata?"

"Yeah, long time no see. It's nice to see some nice, familiar faces, Sai."

"Likewise. I remember you, but I forgot her. Care to refresh my memory?"

"She's Sakura Haruno. Used to be in the popular group during high school and now, she works as a-"

"As Tsunade's top manager."

A Lie.

But, then again, when did Sakura not lie in this fic?

"Hm, I see. I had break after I served you guys. Mind if I join you?"

Sakura hogged in to answer, "Actually, I mi-"

But Hinata cut in before Sakura could answer in a rude way, "No, Idon't mind, Sai." The statement was sealed with a superior smile directed towards Sakura.

"Fine, he can join in, but he can't eat our food..."

"It's okay Sakura, half of the food's mine anyway, since you decided to treat me."

Hinata cut her half sandwich in half and gave it to Sai along with some of her french fries.

"Hmm, aren't you hungry?"

"No, it's okay. It isn't healthy to eat a lot of fried food, anyway."

"Thanks."

Sakura was now fuming mad that Hinata told her off, took control, called her unhealthy indirectly, and was now ingnoring her. Hinata was definitely going to get it afterwards.

"So, what have you been doing all these years, Sai?"

"Well, after I got out of high school, I went to college, but, after I finished that too, I decided that I didn't want to major in anything. Luckily, I had kept contact with some of the boys, so I just started working here."

"Wait, so you're saying that one of our old high school buddies own this diner?"

"Yeah, you didn't know?"

"If I knew, I wouldn't be asking you..."

"Right, well, anyway, Chouji owns this place. He's the chef."

"So his dream was fulfilled?"

"Yeah, sure was. The guy was practically flying through the air when he told me the good news."

Hinata smiled. That certainly sounded like Chouji.

Now, it was Sai's turn to question Hinata, "So, what have you been doing all these years?"

"Well, I finished high school and college, but then I decided that majoring in something would take too long, so I just started working for Tsunade. Plus, name one person from our group that did major."

Both laughed genuinely and Sakura joined them in laughing with a fake one of her own.

"Anyway, I worked for Tsunade for a while, but Sakura set me up with working for Gaara."

"Gaara? You mean Gaara Sabaku?"

"Is there any other Gaara that we know of?"

"Hmm, guess not. What's he work as, anyway?"

"Oh, he owns a club. You should come sometime." She wrote down the address of the club on a napkin and handed it to Sai.

"Just say that you came under my request, okay? It'll go on my tab automatically, I think."

"Hmm, ok."

Sakura decided to cut in on both of their enjoyable chat with saying, "Sai, would you mind getting us the bill? I want to take Hinata somewhere so that I can introduce her to someone I know."

"Hmm, I have no right to stop you two from enjoying yourselves. I guess I'll see you sometime soon, Hinata." With that, he slipped his number into Hinata's hand and walked away.

"Would you mind explaining to me what you were doing ignoring me the whole time you talked to him?"

"You could have joined in on the conversation, Sakura."

"Whatever, I'm going to call my friend's manager so that he can arrange a meeting."

"Sure thing..."

Hinata decided to give Sakura her privacy while she was calling her friend's manager.

Sai had already come to drop off the bill and Sakura had put 20 dollars to pay for the meal and tip.

"Okay, I'm done with my phone call and he'll be expecting us in ten minutes. We should hurry, he's not a patient man, you know."

"Actually, I don't know, since you're still going to introduce me to him."

"Hmm, don't worry, Hinata. You already know him, but I'm sure you haven't seen him since high school..."

Evil Side: Interesting...

So, it's one of the old buddies, eh?

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Hmm that was the longest I've ever written for one chapter. I won't update unless I get 10 or more reviews. Hope you like it, ask questions and give ideas in the reviews if you have any. Bye.

Next Chapter: Sakura introduces competition and Hinata sees some of her old buddies from high school.

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