Mshinata: I love all your reviews!!! It makes me so happy that everyone loved the second chapter. –Squeals and blushes-

Sasuke: Pshh…well I didn't! I got slapped by sweet Hina-chan! –Angry marks-

Itachi: You were being very rude and forceful. No wonder she hates you. –Smirks-

Sasuke: She doesn't hate me!

Itachi: How do you know?

Sasuke: I just do!

Itachi: Angel-eyes56 said I have a lead in winning Hina-hime's heart. –Smirks-

Sasuke: I have a lead!

Itachi: And what's that?

Sasuke: …

Mshinata: Well, I'd hate to interrupt your little cat fight but on with the story! I do not own Naruto or any character specified in this fan fic.

"This is not good." Tsunade said picking up a newspaper. She was sitting at her desk with her legs crossed.

"How did they even find out?" Shizune asked worriedly. She stood in front of Tsunade's desk.

"It only happened this morning and now it's in the paper?!" Tsunade's voice was rising with anger.

"Are you going to fire Hinata-san?" Shizune asked.

Tsunade sighed.

"No…she's only a rookie model. Let her do whatever she wants. This is nothing compared to what Sakura has done." Tsunade said laughing nervously.

"That's true! This will be all forgotten tomorrow." Shizune said with a confident smile.

Let's just hope so. Tsunade and Shizune thought to themselves.

oO0Oo

"She slapped Sasuke-kun!"

"How dare you slap my future husband!"

"What did he ever do to you?!"

"You were even lucky to get to model with him!"

"Hey, back off." TenTen said with murderous eyes.

The fan girls shuddered and ran off.

TenTen and Ino sighed.

"I'm sorry about that Hinata-chan." TenTen said. Their arms were linked with each other as they entered the restaurant. Hinata was wearing a lavender dress that had no sleeves. It was long down to her ankles. (I don't know how to explain this so…um…her thighs were showing from the openings from the dress. You know…on the sides of it. Lol…) Her hair was up in a bun while her bangs hung loosely bordering her cheeks. Ino was wearing a dark blue kimono-like dress that went down to her knees. Under that, was a tank top that was the same color. TenTen wore a white dress with the long sleeves disconnected. (For example, like Sasuke's or Ino's.) The dress was down to her knees. Ino and TenTen's hair were both in pony tails.

"So why are we here again?" Hinata asked.

"That stupid Itachi-san didn't tell you the news again." Ino sighed. "Tonight, we have a dinner with the Akatsuki Company."

"The Akatsuki Company?" Hinata asked.

"It's the company that Itachi-kun works for." TenTen said.

"Why are we having dinner with them?" Hinata asked.

"Well…for one, they were thinking about having a fashion show. The other reason is that I think they want you in a movie." Ino said.

"Are you dining with the Akatsuki Company this evening?" a handsome young waiter asked.

"Yes." TenTen answered as they unlinked their arms.

"This way please." The three girls followed a waiter to a room that said VIP. "I'm sorry that they're not here yet."

"That's quite alright. We'll wait." Ino said as she sat down at the table.

"If they're thinking about doing a movie, then I won't be apart of it." Hinata said as she sat down next to Ino.

"Why not?" TenTen asked as she sat down next to Hinata.

"I can't act. When I accepted this job offer, Tsunade-sama specifically said, "You will work as a model." I don't remember her saying that I have to be an actress." Hinata said.

"You should have read the contract then." Ino laughed.

Hinata sweat dropped.

"My…my cousin read it." Hinata sighed.

"Did he tell you anything about acting?" TenTen asked.

"He just said the usual things models would do." Hinata said.

"Oh well. It is a usual thing a model would do anyways. It's a good way to show off your designer's clothes." Ino cupped her cheeks and sighed dreamily.

"That's a bad thing then." A familiar voice said.

Ino sighed.

"Hello Sakura." Ino said crossing her legs and arms.

"Hello Ino." Sakura gave a sweet smile. But Ino knew that underneath that sweet-toothed smile was an evil smirk. She sat down next to TenTen.

"Hey guys!"

"Oh great…he's here." Sakura mumbled to herself. Naruto gave her his famous charming smile but she ignored it.

"Hn."

"Sasuke-kun, you're here!" Sakura said with sparkling eyes.

Naruto sat down next to Sakura, but she pushed him off.

"Sit next to me, Sasuke-kun." Sakura said patting the seat. He ignored her.

"You can take my seat, Sasuke-kun." Ino said and moved a seat over.

Damn it Ino… Hinata thought to herself. Sasuke took Ino's seat and was now sitting between Ino and Hinata.

Hinata clenched her fists while beads of sweat rolled down her face. She looked down at her fists. I can't believe I slapped him! I'm such a horrible person. Maybe I should apologize. Hinata took a peak at Sasuke and he had his eyes closed.

After Naruto got up, he sat down next to Sakura again. Sakura was fuming with anger and gave Ino a glare.

They make a cute couple anyways. Ino thought to herself as she looked at Hinata and Sasuke.

"Looks like the gang's all here, hn." A guy with blond hair with half his hair in a pony tail and the other half down said. He had side bangs that covered his left side. It was like seeing Ino's long lost twin.

"It's good to see you again, Deidara sempai." TenTen said.

"Likewise, hn." Deidara said and took a seat next to Naruto. "Sasori no dana, it's the new model!" Deidara pointed to Hinata.

A guy with red hair and dark brown eyes stood next to Deidara. He stared at Hinata for a few seconds and then smirked. He walked over to where Hinata was and lifted up her chin with his hand. He moved her face to face his face.

"Our new doll is cute." Sasori plainly said.

Hinata blushed.

You had to admit, Sasori was pretty handsome…maybe even more handsome than Itachi!

"Sasori-kun, let's get to business." Itachi had taken a seat next to Ino.

"Right." Sasori gave Hinata one last smirk and sat down between Deidara and Itachi.

"Where are the president and the others?" Ino asked.

"He will not be attending this evening. As for the others, they have some business to take care of." Itachi said.

The waiter from before delivered them their food, and the Akatsuki seemed to be the only ones doing the talking since they were such a powerful company. If you made one little mistake in front of them, they'd kill you. Everyone else ate peacefully.

"So Hinata-san is it? You must be very proud to have received a job offer as a model from Tsunade-sama. She's a tough cookie after all, hn." Deidara said. "What I also heard is that every guy in that area you live in has a little crush on you, hn." He said cheerfully.

"Well…I guess so." Hinata said nervously.

"Get right to the point." Sasuke said. "Why did the president call us here?"

"As usual, you are rude like Itachi-kun." Deidara sighed. "I guess you brothers have something in common after all, hn."

Sasuke clenched his fists underneath the table but hid his anger from him. He hated it when people compared him with Itachi.

"Deidara, Sasuke-kun has a point." Sasori finally said.

"Okay okay. I get it. The Akatsuki have been thinking about having a fashion show…sounding interesting girls and guys?" Deidara scanned the table.

"You know I wouldn't miss a fashion show for anything. I'll do it." Sakura said raising her hand.

"How about you TenTen-san?" Deidara asked.

"Sounds interesting…but I'll only do it if Hinata-chan does it." The whole table looked at Hinata.

"Well…okay." Hinata smiled.

"Hey, how about us guys?" Naruto pointed at himself and Sasuke.

"Naruto-kun, you and my brother will be the judges." Itachi said sipping his wine.

"Wait wait wait…it's a competition?" TenTen asked surprised.

"It would be interesting if it was one, hn. Besides, the president thought it would be a great idea!" Deidara said excited.

TenTen sighed.

"Fine…"

"Who ever said I wanted to be a judge of a stupid fashion show?" Sasuke asked rudely.

"I asked Kakashi-kun and he approved of it. Since he is your manager, he makes the decisions. So in other words, you can't have a say in this…foolish little brother." Itachi said. His words were dripping with evil and an urge to torture Sasuke.

Sasuke gritted his teeth.

"Hn."

"We haven't decided on when the fashion show's going to be…but what we do know is that we want to make a movie before the fashion competition starts, hn." Deidara said.

Hinata snapped out of her thoughts.

"We thought it would be a great way to introduce our new model after all, hn." Deidara said smiling towards Hinata.

"Oh…well…I think it's a great idea too." Hinata gave a nervous smile.

"Then it's settled! All of you here except for Ino will be in the movie!" Deidara said excited.

"…since when do you make all the decisions? Make sure everyone wants to be in this movie you idiot." Sasori said sipping his water.

"I'll be in it." Sakura and Naruto said.

Now I'm DEFINITELY not going to do it. Sasuke thought to himself.

"We'll do it! Right Hinata-chan?" TenTen said putting her arm around Hinata.

"Of course." Hinata said.

"Brother…are you going to do it?" Itachi asked with the sweetest smile, but Sasuke knew it was filled with hate.

"Kakashi sensei already said that he was going to do it, so he has to." Deidara said happily.

Damn that old pervert… Sasuke thought to himself.

"Okay now that we know everyone's decision, you are all dismissed!" Deidara said it as though he was dismissing a class.

Everyone stood up to leave.

"You coming, Hinata-chan?" Ino asked.

"I have to use the restroom." Hinata said heading towards the women's restroom.

"Do you want your nee-chans to come with you?" TenTen asked.

"I'm fine." Hinata smiled and entered the restroom.

"Okay, we're going to wait in the car!" Ino called out and with that, the two girls left.

Hinata sighed and looked in one of the restroom mirrors over the sink.

"I can't believe I'm going to do a movie…"

"Well keep dreaming 'cause you're not going to get the lead part." A voice patted her shoulder.

Hinata jumped and turned around.

"S-sakura-san…I didn't see you there." Hinata said shakily.

"That's alright. You know…Sasuke-kun doesn't like girls like you." Sakura said looking in the mirror next to Hinata's.

"It doesn't matter. He doesn't have to like me to work with me." Hinata said.

"You hate him or something?" Sakura said checking her make-up.

"It's not that."

"Then what is it? You have to tell me, his future bride." Sakura said.

"…I don't know. I guess we don't have a lot in common." Hinata said loosening her bun and letting her hair flow freely.

Sakura smirked.

"Well that's good. I'd hate to hurt you since you're new to this joint. Not to mention, everyone loves you." Sakura said heading towards the exit.

"…why would you hurt me?" Hinata asked scared.

"…if you were flirting with my Sasuke-kun, you would be my enemy." Sakura left the restroom.

Hinata just stood there.

"And to think she was just hiding her kindness with cruelty. I guess being cruel is just her." Hinata pondered for a moment. She left the restroom.

Hinata left the restaurant scanning the parking lot for her friends.

"Guess they parked far? I'll just call them." Hinata reached into her purse to get her cell phone when someone tapped on her shoulder.

"S-sasuke-kun…you…you startled me." Hinata turned around to face Sasuke leaning on the restaurant's outside wall.

"Here." Sasuke gave Hinata her cell phone.

Hinata just stared at him like he was a stalker or something.

"You dropped it when you stood up. I thought it was yours because it was under your chair." Sasuke said. Hinata slowly took her cell phone back and he put his hands in his pockets.

"Sasuke-kun…Gomenasai…I mean…for slapping you." Hinata turned around the opposite direction. "I was just…being stupid."

Sasuke's arms snaked around her waste and hugged her from behind.

"S-sasuke-kun!" Hinata was blushing furiously.

"No…I'm sorry." Sasuke rested his chin on her shoulder.

"…for…for doing what?" Hinata asked confused.

"For stealing a kiss…your kiss. I know…it was wrong. I shouldn't have done that." Sasuke said. "Will you forgive me?" Hinata turned to face his face and saw him with pleading dark black eyes.

"Why should I forgive you when you should be forgiving me?" Hinata asked quickly facing the ground.

"Would you forgive me if I was your friend?" Sasuke asked squeezing her tighter.

"…I've never really considered us to be friends…" Hinata said confused. "We just met…"

"I'd take another chance, take a fall, take a shot for you…" Sasuke said dreamily.

…why does this…sound so…familiar? Hinata thought to herself.

"Hinata-chan…don't you remember?" Sasuke sounded as if he was pleading for help.

Hinata snapped. Everything seemed to come back to her. Sasuke…whom she loved so dearly…Itachi…her brother figure…and everything else…

"Sasuke…kun…" Hinata turned around and hugged him. She started to cry. "You…you left me…"

"I promise…I won't ever leave you again. Gomen." Sasuke hugged her back. You have no idea…how much I-

"It's time to go home…Hinata-sama." A voice spoke behind Hinata.

Hinata jumped and turned around.

"Neji-niisan…" Sasuke turned to Hinata then to Neji.

Neji?! Sasuke had an expression of shock. He looked so much more mature and had grown so much.

"Uchiha, it's nice to see you again. What's not so nice is that you're sexually harassing my cousin." Neji said pulling Hinata behind his back.

"Please Nii-san…Sasuke-kun wasn't doing anything." Hinata pleaded with him.

"Then why were you crying?" Neji asked.

"She was so happy when she got the lead part in a movie we're making." Sasuke said.

N-nani? Is he trying to…cover for me? Hinata was surprised at what Sasuke did. He didn't usually save people, but I guess he's changed since then.

"You got a lead part?" Neji asked now facing Hinata.

"Um…hai! That's what the dinner was for." Hinata sweat dropped.

"Well then," Neji turned to face Sasuke again. "It was nice seeing you…Uchiha."

"…likewise…Hyuuga." Sasuke said. They stared at each other for a moment.

"Let's go Hinata-sama. I already told your friends that I'm taking you home." Neji said as he got a hold of her arm and dragged her off towards his car. Hinata looked back at Sasuke with an apologetic look, but he understood and gave her a curt wave. She smiled back and followed Neji out to the car.

oO0Oo

Naruto was driving in his car while Sasuke sat on the other seat.

"That took you a while…you know…apologizing to Hinata-chan." Naruto finally said.

Sasuke kept quiet. He was happy that Hinata remembered him. He just didn't want to show it.

"…why did I even take you to the dinner in my car?" Naruto sighed.

"I didn't feel like driving." Sasuke said bluntly.

"Wow…that's one of the best things I heard from your mouth today." Naruto said rolling his eyes.

"Just keep your eyes on the road…you dope." Naruto winced at that word. He hated it when Sasuke called him that. It was like going down the road of old horrible memories.

For the rest of the trip to Sasuke's estate, they both stayed quiet. It was nice for once for Naruto to shut up.

Naruto stopped the car. They arrived at Sasuke's estate. Sasuke was walking to his front door.

"Aren't you going to say thanks?" Naruto called from his car.

"Hn." Sasuke slammed the door shut.

"Fine, be that way." Naruto pouted and drove away.

oO0Oo

"I'm home!" Sasuke called out.

"Welcome home, Sasuke-sama." A girl with black hair tied in a pony tail with a strand of hair dangling in front of her face bowed. She was wearing a maid outfit. She had bangs bordering her cheeks like Hinata had hers. Her eyes were aquamarine like the ocean.

"Where's Itachi?" Sasuke asked as he took off his jacket and gave it to the girl.

"He's not home yet." The girl replied and put it on a hanger in the closet.

"Okay good, thank you Isumi." Sasuke said and walked to his room.

"Anytime." She smiled.

Isumi was a 12 year old girl who Itachi found in the streets. She was abandoned and needed a home. Itachi brought her home and she owed her life to him. Isumi said she would be their maid and the two guys agreed. She was a pretty calm girl for a 12 year old. Usually, 12 year old girls would go crazy over guys. I guess when you're abandoned in the streets; you don't become interested in those kinds of things.

Sasuke liked Isumi like a little sister. He liked her better than Itachi, because she always reminded him of his childhood with Hinata. It was filled with laughter and fun. Of course what Sasuke hated was that she favored Itachi more than him. Why? Well…because he saved her of course!

But enough about Isumi, let's get back to Sasuke in his room.

Sasuke pulled out a picture of him and Hinata. They were 12 years old. He smiled. That was when they transferred to Konoha Middle School.

He looked under his bed and found a box. Sasuke opened it and grabbed a black notebook. He blew off the dust.

It's been a while since I've read these… Sasuke smirked at himself for being so corny. He opened the notebook and started reading a random page.

"What's that, Sasuke-sama?" Isumi asked looking over his shoulder. Sasuke jumped.

"Nothing." He hid the notebook behind his back.

"Let me see it."

"No."

"Why not?" Isumi pouted.

"You're too young to understand."

"Oh, so now it's age then? I'm 12 and you're 23. Eleven year distance isn't that far you know!" Isumi said.

"Tch."

Isumi sighed.

"I promise I won't tell Itachi-dono." Isumi said.

"…I still don't trust you." Sasuke said slowly.

"I've been your maid for quite a while now. I think you know that you can trust me." Isumi put her hands on her hips.

"…it's only been two months." Sasuke sweat dropped.

"It's about a girl isn't it?" Isumi asked with beaming eyes.

"No, it's not." Sasuke had a tinge of blush across his face.

"It is! Who is it? TenTen, Sakura, or Ino? I've always disliked Sakura. She's so mean to me. But if you like her, I guess I have to accept it." Isumi said crossing her arms.

"…none of the above." Sasuke plainly said. He twitched at her last comment.

"…really?"

"Yes, really."

"…wow…so this is like…"love at first sight" right?" Isumi asked.

"No…I've known her ever since I was 12." Sasuke said.

"How come I don't know her?" Isumi asked.

"…" Sasuke couldn't respond to that. There was just too much happening when he turned 13. Isumi couldn't understand.

Isumi saw the look of depression on her master's face and understood.

"I won't bother you anymore, Sasuke-sama." Isumi bowed and was leaving his room.

"…you want to know what this is right." Sasuke pointed to the notebook. He said it as though it was more of a statement than a question, because he knew he was going to regret this.

"Yes!"

"Here." Sasuke threw the notebook at her. Isumi caught it.

"…are you sure, Sasuke-sama?"

"Yeah-"

"YAY!!!" Isumi ran straight to her room and locked the door.

Sasuke sighed.

"Twelve year olds." Sasuke rolled his eyes and dropped on his bed.

To be continued…

Mshinata: Isumi is just a made up character. Don't get any ideas. :x

Sasuke: She's a 12 year old maid…

Mshinata: So? Negi Springfield is a 10 year old English teacher in Negima?!

Sasuke twitches

Sasuke: …what a weird show.

Mshinata: He's so cute! –Squeals-

Sasuke: …

Ino: Give the writer nice reviews please!

Mshinata: By the way, the poem that Sasuke recited to Hinata when he was hugging her was a verse in the song Apologize by One Republic. I thought it fit them best at the time. :D