Deidara glared down at the piece of paper the was crumbled up in the trash can in their bedroom. He didn't want to be nosy but Ino had been acting very strange ever since they had come to this city. Not to mention the fact that he had seen her hugging another man, while blushing deeply. He frowned at the thought, he has been with Ino for a good five years now and he couldn't have been any happier with anyone else. He shook his head reaching his hand into the trash bin taking out the paper, opening it slowly his eyes began to scan the words.

I'll pick you up from Sungs Restaurant around six this evening and from there we can go to the party.

I can't wait to see you, I had a lot of fun the other night

The blonde growled to himself balling up the paper and throwing it back into the can. He knew that wasn't Ino's hand writing, if it is one thing he hates about being in a relationship it's being cheated on. He has been in this sort of situation time after time with previous girlfriends and it makes him sick to his stomach. Lately he has been thinking of cheating himself but knows that he couldn't get himself to do that no matter how much he would want to.

He sighed loudly to himself. "I should just go to the party, but dammit...I don't even know where it is" He growled to himself. He then thought about how the guy wanted to meet Ino at that restaurant. He smirked to himself realizing what he had now known what he would do.

Xxxxxxxxxx

The silver haired male was watching Hinata intently throughout the entire ride to her relative's house. He had noticed how many quick glances she would give the raven haired male, to how times she would blush every time his hand brushed up against hers or to whenever he would smile warmly at her every once in awhile. He knew something was going on but when he looked closely at Sasuke he didn't seem to notice any of Hinata's facial expressions towards him, almost as if he were...clueless. He looked over at his other three band-mates; he figured that they wouldn't have paid it any attention like he would. Maybe Shinichi would notice something and then Kiba shortly later but Naruto was dense, it would take him decades to see it. He couldn't help but to smirk at his little sunshine. He had come to think of her as a younger sister over the course of the time that they had known each other, she is such a sweet innocent girl.

He watched her as she knocked on the soft softly waiting for Neji to open the door. Once the door opened just like almost everyone assumed that Neji would open the door but was surprised to see a female open the door. The dark brown haired female blinked her eyes looking at everyone until her eyes landed on Hinata. "Hinata? Is that really you?"

Hinata nodded her head with a smile on her pleasant face. The other female grinned widely as she threw herself on the female Hyuga, embracing her tightly in her arms. "Kami! I haven't seen you in such a long time" She said happily, pulling herself back from the hug to get a good look at Hinata. "My, you have grown into such a beauty. I bet you have all sorts of guys lined up ready to get a date, huh?" She joked, playfully hitting Hinata's shoulder.

Hinata blushed deeply shaking her head. "A-Ano...not really" She whispered softly. The girl just grinned turning her head to the males behind Hinata, her eyes widened while looking at them all.

"Oh! Please forgive me and my rudeness. My name is TenTen, I'm Hinata's cousin-in-law...well soon to be cousin-in-law" She blushed deeply. Hinata seemed shocked about the news as did Sasuke and Juugo but before anyone could say anything after that Neji showed up at the door.

"TenTen who are you-" He paused in the middle of his sentence when he noticed everyone at his doorstep. His white eyes gazed over at Juugo, Sasuke and Hinata. He hadn't expected to see them more so Hinata, he hadn't seen her really ever since they first moved here and that's five years ago. He had always been too busy to even try to meet up with her.

"I was stopping by to come visit you and decided to bring along Hinata and her friends" He motioned while looking behind him at Naruto, Kiba, Shinichi and Kakashi. Neji looked back and nodded his head at the four acknowledging him as they did as well.

The Hyuga male walked towards Hinata into he was only a few inches away from her and embraced her tightly into his arm. "I haven't seen you in such a long time. You have no idea how much I have missed you" He whispered into her ear. Hinata smiled happily snuggling closer to her favorite cousin.

"I've missed you too Neji-niisan"

The males along with TenTen watched the two family members with smiles on they're faces. "I think we should continue this inside, wouldn't you think?" TenTen asked everyone.

"Agreed" Sasuke sighed tired of standing outside. He was beginning to wonder would either Neji or TenTen would invite them all inside instead of standing outside like some idiots. Once they were all inside TenTen motioned for them to follow her into the living room. Neji glanced over at the Uchiha with a frown on his face. "What are you doing here, Sasuke?" He asked clearly not liking the fact that he was inside his home.

"I came with Hinata, is there a problem?" He asked while looking else where as if Neji weren't important. Neji growled lowly to himself getting ready to say something but stopped when he felt TenTen give his shoulder a squeeze. He sighed to himself and said nothing. He and Sasuke did have their moments when they would get along but at other times they didn't. He was a love hate relationship between the two and it has always been like that. They're stoic personalities often tend to clash with one another.

Hinata shook her head at the two as she parted her lips to speak. "A-Ano, Neji-niisan and TenTen-chan I would like for you to meet my friends. Naruto-kun, Kakashi-kun, Kiba-kun and last but not least Shinichi-chan" She smiled at her four close friends. Neji looked at the all with a look of displeasure on his face, he didn't approve of Hinata having all male friends but then again growing up from what he could remember Hinata had never befriended any female friends, always males.

"Nice to meet you all" He glanced over at TenTen who was gazing intently at the four males. "What are you looking at so hard, hunny?" He hissed out the last word.

TenTen blushed deeply quickly shaking her head. "No, it's just that I've seen them somewhere before. Do you guys model or something?" She asked, causing Sasuke to let out a chuckle. All males excluding Kakashi glared at him.

"What's so funny teme?" Naruto glared.

"Yeah! We're not good enough to be models or something?" Shinichi questioned with a deep frown sketched across his face while Kiba nodded in agreement. Sasuke said nothing but continue chuckling to himself causing Hinata to let out a giggle as well since she had never seen Sasuke this tickled before about something. Once they heard her laugh Shinichi and Naruto put on they're best puppy dog face.

"Y-You agree with him sunshine?" They both asked while gazing into her pure white eyes.

Both TenTen and Neji's eyebrow twitched once they heard they nickname that came from out they're mouth. Hinata shook her head furiously. "N-No, I think that you four would make good models" She smiled at them warmly causing all the males in the room to blush with the exception of Kakashi, Juugo and Neji.

TenTen cleared her throat becoming annoyed since no one has yet to answer her question. Kakashi looked up at the brown eyed girl. "No, we aren't models. We're a band called The Unions. You might have of seen us play or seen a poster of us" He exclaimed.

"That's right! My friends and I go to your show every once in awhile when we weren't too busy" She looked over at Neji with a wide grin on her cheeks. "I can't believe they're actually in our home, Neji" She squeezed his arm in excitement. Neji just rolled his eyes not really caring who they were.

"So all of you are friends with my little cousin?"

"Yes, sunshine is like a sister to us. Well to me she's like a older sister, she's so cool and friendly. We always look after her so don't worry none of us are interested in her in that way" Shinichi stated. He had a feeling that Neji was getting to that, so he had to quickly inform him that they were just as protective of her as he would be. He noticed the look of approval in Neji's eyes causing him to smile.

"Oh! Hinata-sama I almost forgot. Since your here I have something to give to you" Hinata looked up at Neji noticing how he stood up motioning her to follow him. She stood up looking back over at Sasuke and the others telling them that she would be back.

Sasuke watched her leave the room not noticing that a certain older male was watching him as well as Juugo. Sasuke couldn't deny his feelings for Hinata any longer; he knew that they were clearly there. He was just trying to ignore his feelings that he has come to have for her, for nearly five years now. His relationship with Sakura was starting to become very irksome to him. He loved her but the love that he has for her is slowly fading. The fact that Sakura accuses him practically everyday of cheating on her with Hinata isn't helping the situation get any better. He had known that Sakura has a lot of trust issues with guys since all her previous boyfriends have always cheated in the past. But Sasuke wasn't a cheater; he wouldn't dare cheat on any girl. He knows cheating is wrong and would feel terribly hurt if he was ever cheated on. So to him why cheat on someone, knowing that you would cause them pain?

On the other hand Hinata was currently hurting for the whole Deidara thing. To be honest, he has never seen Hinata in such a sadden state before so he didn't know how react almost towards her. He just wanted to hold her in his arms and tell her that everything would be okay, that he is here for her. But he could never get himself to do it. He would feel guilty afterwards for even hugging her in such a way. He doesn't want to hurt Sakura, just seeing her cry everyday because of how she feels second to Hinata always makes him feel bad. During the end of an argument the two normally have make up sex or just lie in the bed together in each others arms.

He knew nothing of Deidara but Uchiha Sasuke could tell anything about a person just by looking into they're eyes. And if it's one thing he had noticed about Deidara while looking at him, the look in the blonde's eyes as he looked at Hinata clearly stated that he cares a lot about her. He didn't know what Hinata felt for him in that way and never thought to ask because he doesn't want to ruin what they have. She has become his best friend and he doesn't want to ruin anything. The fact that he already has a girlfriend would make things far much more complicated than what it already is, if he were to ask Hinata how does she feel about him. But only if he had known what she does feel truly feels about him.

"Sooo, you guys sure are silent" TenTen's voice snapped the raven haired male out of his thoughts. He leaned back into the couch with his hands behind his hand.

"Well what do you expect? Most of us guys that are in the room now are quiet with the exception of those three idiots" He smirked while looking over at the blonde, the green haired male and the brown haired male. All three glared at him sticking they're middle fingers up at them. Sasuke just smirked at the three, he wouldn't admit it but all three of them were like his brothers. He really cared about all of them, especially Shinichi and Naruto.

Xxxxxxxx

Hinata stared down at the letter Neji had given her just moments ago. "I stopped by uncle's a few days ago and he told me if I were to ever see you to give you this. It's from Sasori" He spoke to her. He noticed how her eyes had widened as she quickly opened the letter and began reading it.

Dear Hinata,

It's been a long while hasn't it? I hope you haven't forgotten about me over the past few years because I haven't forgotten about you or Deidara. You're probably wondering how do I know where you live, huh? Well your father is doing business with some people in the company I work for. I had been shocked to see him in the Suna, he is still the meanest man I have met. I thought he would change over the years but I guess not. He has told me that he hasn't seen you in almost five years now, but that Neji tries to keep in touch with you if he can. I hope your doing well, wherever you are.

I also heard about you and Deidara, I'm sorry that had happened. I can't believe how stupid Deidara can be just to end the friendship over something so stupid and dumb as that. Deidara isn't the smartest guy out there, you know? But I know he clearly knows that he had hurt you dearly for what he had done. The next time I see him I'll give him a knockout punch for you! It's a promise. He shouldn't have treated you like that, you're his best friend, we all for friends...well we're all separated now. But I do have some very good news. I'm suppose to be coming up there were you are on Friday 23rd. A lot of people from the Suna are meeting up at this big formal party, it's going to be very boring but I have to go since my boss had chosen me to come with him. Hopefully if I have time I'll get to see you and maybe Deidara. I had heard he is there as well...the ass!

I'm going to close here now Hinata, I hope to see you soon. Not a day hasn't passed that I don't think of you or Deidara. You have always been like a sister to me and you still are. I love you dearly Hinata...

Love, Sasori

Hinata finished reading the letter placing it down on the table looking up at Neji with widened eyes. "T-Today is the twenty third isn't it?" She asked. Neji glanced over at the calendar while nodding his head. Hinata stood up quickly looking down at her watch. She couldn't believe that Sasori was going to be in the Tea Country. And judging by what he wrote it almost sounded as if he were going to the same formal party that she was going with Gaara. "It's almost seven now!" She looked up at Neji in a alarmed way causing him to panic.

"What's wrong? Did something happen?" He asked in a concerned tone.

She shook her head. "N-No, it's just that I need to get home. I have somewhere that I need to be" She exclaimed running out from the kitchen into the living room looking at everyone. "A-Ano Juugo-kun I need you to drive me back home...fast" Everyone looked at her with arched eyebrows.

"What's going on Hina-chan?" Sasuke asked while looking at her.

"It's nothing; I just have to g-go home. I'm suppose to be going somewhere today around seven" She explained causing TenTen to grin deviously.

"Oh? Going on a hot date perhaps?" She asked causing Sasuke to frown as well as the other males in the room. When Hinata said nothing but blush they all gaped at her. "No way! You are, aren't you? Kami! I knew that this day would come soon. So who is the lucky guy?" She asked eagerly. Hinata looked over at Sasuke noticing how he was looking at her with widened eyes but his expression was unreadable. She looked away blushing unable to take his stare any longer.

"It's not like that, I d-don't even like him in that way" She explained. "Juugo..." She said once more. He just nodded his head standing up from his seat. "Okay, let's get going" Everyone nodded they're heads while standing up. Shinichi and Naruto were curious as to where Hinata was going and with whom, but just as they were going to say something they both felt Kakashi push them forward slightly.

"Hey!" Naruto shouted at the taller male.

Kakashi looked down at him. "You two move so slowly whenever your walking in front of me, so if you would be so kind and sped up your pace?" He asked in slight annoyance. Shinichi pouted and stuck his tongue out at the male while Naruto growled and just began walking faster.

Hinata said her goodbyes as Neji promised to come visit her someday. Once they all were back inside the limo Juugo began to speed off trying his best to hurry up and get back to Hinata's apartment building.

Xxxxxxxx

Sasuke groaned to himself as he drove back to his place. He was practically thrown out Hinata's apartment as well as everyone else besides Juugo since Hinata kept saying how she had to get ready. He groaned to himself wondering if Hinata really was going on a date. His thoughts went back to Kabuto, wondering if it could be him. He known that he likes Hinata just by the way the guy stares at her almost as if he were undressing her with his eyes. He didn't like the look in the silver haired male's eyes whenever he looked at Hinata. He had almost gotten into a fight with Kabuto once when he had noticed that the male was staring at Hinata's backside very intently when she was walking. "Stupid teme..." He mumbled to himself.

Buzz

Sasuke almost jumped up in shock when he felt his phone vibrate. He was lucky that no one was in the car to see that, he would have been embarrassed to be caught jumping up from shock. He pulled out his phone from his jacket pocket, flipping it open to see that it was none other than Sakura who was calling him. He was thinking rather or night should he answer it. If he answers it everything would be fine but if he doesn't he knows that Sakura would think that he is doing something that he shouldn't. One thing he hates about her...she blames him for everything and always accuses him of something he hadn't even done.

He sighed to himself finally deciding to answer the phone. "Hello Sakura" He said into the phone.

"What took you so long to answer?" She asked in a curious tone. But by her tone he could easily tell that she was thinking he was cheating.

"I'm driving Sakura; it will take me awhile to answer. Do you want me to get into a car accident from me trying to hurry up and answer your call?" He asked his voice devoid of any emotion. He was getting tired of her...he honestly was.

She remained silent from a moment as if she were thinking what to say or could be thinking about his emotionless tone. "Well, I was just calling to check up on you. I'm sorry about earlier..."

"Yeah, you're always sorry. You know what Sakura" He started. Sakura could feel her heart stop for a moment; she could tell that whatever he was getting say was going to seriously hurt her. "I'm tired of you always accusing me of things I'm not doing. I'm not cheating on you with anyone; I would never hurt you in anyway. You should know that by now. After five long years I would think that you would know that. How would you feel if i were accusing you of being with that male friend of yours? Your always talking about him and you know how I don't like hearing you talk about other guys. It's always Ryo this! Ryo that! I'm getting sick of this shit Sakura..." He trailed off giving her time to let his words sink in that he just told her.

"A-Are you breaking up with me...Sasuke-kun?"

The male Uchiha sighed pulling into a stop once he hit a red light. "No, I'm not...but if you ever bring up Hinata about me cheating on you with her then it will be over" He stated seriously.

"...Okay. I'm sorry I-"

"I don't need to hear your "sorry" right now Sakura. It doesn't help. And when I come home, I don't want to see you there" He exclaimed hanging his phone up on her. He tossed his phone to the passenger's seat. He was very heated at the moment. He could have finally had his chance to break up with her but he didn't. And why, because he felt guilty. He hadn't done anything wrong but yet he always feels like this. He hates it...he really does.

Xxxxxxxx

A soft knock came to her front door; she looked over at the door with a nervous look. She had known that it was none other than Gaara on the other side of that door. She walked over to the door placing her hand on the doorknob nervously before slowly opening it. She couldn't help but to blush at the sight of the red head. He was dressed in a black and white tux with black leather shoes on, but his facial expression clearly stated that he was very uncomfortable in what he was wearing.

"A-Ano, come inside" She motioned, as she opened her door more. He nodded his head walking inside her apartment looking around for a few seconds before looking back at her. He handed her the dress that was draped across his arms.

"Here, I hope you like it. My sister was trying to help me but she has a trashy look when it comes to dresses and I don't want my date walking around with me looking like a slut" He exclaimed noticing how she blushed a bit. He rolled his eyes shoving the dress at her again. "Well take it! I don't have all day" He exclaimed with a frown.

She nodded her head becoming nervous from his mean stoic personality. "H-Hai, I'll go try it on now" She said taking the dress from out his hands rushing to her bathroom. He sighed to himself placing his hand on his forehead trying to relax himself. He didn't want to lash out at the girl, he doesn't care for her too much but he needed her to come with him on this date. Wrapped up in his own thoughts he hadn't even realized that Hinata had come out of the bathroom.

"A-Ano..." She trailed off while blushing.

"Finally I thought you'll take forever in that-" He stopped talking when he looked up at her. She was...beautiful, he sure did pick out a wonderful dress for her to wear. It was a light blue long dress with a white line that started from her side all around to the bottom of her dress on the over side. The dress had a split on the side but not too big wear he could see anything if she moved in any kind of way. The split was just above her knee, and she had applied a light eye shadow on her eyes and a tint of massacre under her eyes with some lip gloss. "You look very...pretty" He said turning around quickly to hide his blush from her.

"A-Arigatou Gaara-san, and thank you for the dress" She said softly.

"It's nothing, come on we have to get there, we're running late" He said opening the door not bothering to wait for her. She quickly grabbed her keys and purse and ran after him closing and locking her door in the process.

Xxxxxxxx

The blonde haired male watched as his girlfriend and the other male hug each other while the pony tailed male leaned in closer kissing her gently on her lips. Deidara squeezed the steering wheel tightly at the sight of his fiancée with another male. He was going to drive off but remembered that he was planning on following them. Tonight will be the night he finally confronts Ino about what he has been seeing. Now that he thinks about it was all her idea to come to the Tea Country. He had been thinking that it was to come to see Sakura but Ino hasn't even been hanging around the pink haired girl all that often since they have arrived.

"So this was all planned, huh?" He frowned to himself noticing how they were driving off. Deidara started up his car and began following them as well.

Xxxxxxxx

Once they had arrived at the huge house Hinata couldn't help but to stare up in shock but was taken out of her shocked ordeal when she felt Gaara grab her hand. She looked up at him in pure confusion but noticed the look he gave her. He wanted her to pretend as if they were close but not close as if they were dating but close enough. She just nodded her head looking away from him to look around trying to see if she could spot Sasori anywhere.

"Ah, I see you and your date made it" Hinata looked over to see Temari staring at Gaara with a wide grin.

"Shut up Temari. Where is your date? Oh that right, he's bringing someone else" Gaara smirked when he noticed Temari's hurt expression. Hinata looked at Gaara in shock, she was surprised to hear him say something so hurtful to his sister. She snatched her hand away from the red hand who looked at her with widened eyes.

"G-Gaara-kun, that wasn't very nice. T-Temari-san I'm sure whoever he is that he will be here" She explained to the dirty blonde haired female. Temari looked at Hinata and smiled softly at her.

"Thanks Hinata-san, but Gaara is right" She trailed off looking else where. "He is coming here with someone else from what I know" She said sadly. Hinata could feel her pain and knew how she was feeling at the moment.

Gaara smirked at Hinata, he had to admit she had some guts and she seemed to know just the right words to say to someone. His green eyes looked over to notice just the male that they were talking about walking in with his date. Gaara stared at her, she was actually not that bad looking but then again she wouldn't be the type who he would date. "Looks like your lover boy is here now" He smirked grabbing Hinata's hand once again pulling her along with him leaving Temari standing there by herself.

She decided to walk over to him and talk to him and his little "date". She put on a fake cheery smile as she waved him down. "Oi! Lazy bum, I haven't seen you in awhile" She smiled at him. Shikamaru looked at her and frowned at the nickname but he then spoke.

"Yeah same here, I've been um...busy" He stated with a blush looking down at the woman beside him. Temari finally looked over at her as her eyes widened slightly. She had seen her with that guy at they're concert once; she was told that Ino was that guy's girlfriend or fiancée or something. If so, what she is doing here with Shikamaru.

"Ino, right?" Temari asked while narrowing her eyes at the blue eyed girl.

"Y-Yes..." She replied. She couldn't believe that out off all the places that Temari the lead singer of her favorite band would be here. Ino clearly doesn't remember her from the time her and Deidara had went to they're concert. Shikamaru notice the look in Temari's eyes as she looked at her and was going to comment on it but stopped when he heard someone call out to him.

"If you'll excuse me, I must be going now. It was nice seeing you...Troublesome woman" He smirked at her while Temari frowned at him but then a light blush appeared on her cheeks. Ino seemed to have noticed the exchange and as soon as they were out of Temari's hearing range she began questioning him about her which lead him to ignore all of her questions.

Without seeing where she was going Ino had bumped into someone. "Oh! Gomen, I didn't see where I was walking" Ino quickly apologize to the person. Shikamaru sighed shaking his head.

"Sweetie, you are so clumsy. I'm terribly sorry Miss" Shikamaru said to the blue haired female.

"Oh it's no p-problem-" She stopped looking at Ino in shock. "I-Ino-san?" Hinata called out to her causing Ino to freeze. Shikamaru smirked down at Ino pulling her closer towards him, planting a kiss on her temple.

"You sure are the popular one here" He whispered in her ear but noticed how Ino wasn't speaking a word. He looked down at her placing his hand on her shoulder. "Oi, are you okay Ino?" He asked with concern lacing his tone.

"What are you doing here? Is D-Deidara-kun here?" Hinata asked. As soon as that name slipped out of Hinata's lips Shikamaru knew that something bad was bound to happen. He looked over at Ino who has yet to speak. "A-Are you cheating on him?" Hinata asked in a low whisper.

Shikamaru took the time to speak up this time. "No, she isn't. I'm merely a close friend of hers. And who might you be? A friend of hers or Deidara?" Shikamaru asked trying not to let anything be known.

Hinata looked over at him for a few seconds before looking back at Ino with a harden glare. "I'm not her friend; I just met her a few days ago. As for Deidara...he use to be my best friend but we're no longer friends to personal reasons. But that's none of your concern, sir" She stated looking back at the lazy male who frowned at her not liking the fact that the female Hyuga was glaring at Ino.

"P-Please don't tell Deidara...please..." Ino begged.

"Why shouldn't I? If you know anything about Deidara you should know that if there is anything he hates, it's cheaters. Almost all of his girlfriends that he had previously dated all cheated on him. Heartbreak after heartbreak...his heart can't take much more"

"Listen, I don't know why it matters to you. You said it yourself that you're not friends with the guy. So why butt your way in between this. Just keep your mouth shut as if you haven't seen anything, got it?" Shikamaru threatened Hinata.

"Is that a threat?" Hinata asked becoming proud of herself from not stuttering.

"Yes it is" He glared down harshly at Hinata while holding onto Ino, becoming highly annoyed with the woman. Gaara seemed to have noticed the little scene before him while he was talking with his father. He excused himself through the crowd quickly making his way towards the three. He stepped by Hinata's side looking over at Shikamaru and Ino.

"Is there a problem that we have here?" Gaara asked.

Shikamaru looked at the red head. He knew that Gaara was the son of the most powerful man in the Suna and the fact that this was his father formal party, he didn't want to get into any trouble but he was in a pissed off mood at the moment and didn't care. "Yeah, tell your bitch to keep her mouth shut about things she doesn't know" He sneered at the red head.

Gaara eyes narrowed and just as he was about to say something he noticed someone come up from behind Shikamaru and tap him on his shoulder. Shikamaru turned around only to be met with a fist. "Shika-kun!" Ino yelled out. The male stared down at Shikamaru who was glaring up at him.

"No one disrespects Hinata in any kind of way" The male stated in a serious tone. Shikamaru quickly stood up ignoring the people's eyes glued on them.

"Or else what?"

The other male leaned in closer towards him glaring holes into his eyes as he parted his lips to speak. "I'll kill you" He spoke in a bone chilling tone. Shikamaru said nothing but it was clear that he frightened by his words, he grabbed Ino and began walking away. Hinata looked over at the person who just defended her as he eyes widened.

"S-Sasori-kun?" He nodded his head as he was soon embraced by a pair of arms. He chuckled to himself as he wrapped one arm around her hugging her back. "Good to see you...I didn't expect to see you here at my father's formal party" Hinata let go of Sasori looking at him with widened eyes before looking back at Gaara.

"Y-You mean to tell me G-Gaara is your-"

"Brother...yes I am. I was just as shocked as you are now when I found out. I just found out about four years ago" He explained to Hinata. Now that she looks at Gaara he does look a lot like Sasori, with the exception that they both have different color eyes and Gaara's hair is a tad bit darker than Sasori's. "Sasori had told me about you last week and it sounded an awful a lot like you, so I told him and it turned out that I knew you. He explained to me that he was coming here for the formal and I told him I'd bring you"

"So is that why you asked me to come with you? I mean the r-real reason" She asked. She had known that Gaara hates her guts and for him to ask her of all people to come with him here was out of place to her.

"No" He replied simply. "I'm going to give Shikamaru a little talking to. I'll let you to catch up on talking or whatever..." He mumbled as he walked off. Once he was gone Sasori looked down at her and grinned.

"It's good to see you. You look the same...in some areas" He chuckled when he noticed her blush.

"...Pervert" She muttered while covering up herself. He smiled to himself placing his hand on top of her head ruffling her hair.

"I'm just messing with you. So that was Deidara's girl, huh?" He asked as he watched her nod her head. He merely shook his head; he hated the girls Deidara always seemed to go for. They were sweet in the beginning but within the next weeks they would be demanding and rude towards Hinata. But whenever Deidara was near they would act so sweet and innocent as if they did nothing wrong and of course Deidara would believe it. And then they would cheat on him...it always happened.

"Come on let's talk somewhere where people aren't being nosy" He stated with a glare while looking at the people that were surrounding them.

Xxxxxxxx

Deidara had finally found the formal party but the only problem is that he couldn't get inside. He had to be on the list to be able to get it and that was just pissing him off more. He had to know what Ino and that guy were doing. He glared at the guard who was standing in front of the door. "Look sir, I'm going to have to ask you to leave"

"But I'm telling you, my girlfriend is in there! I have to get in there" He yelled out at the much taller male. His eyes looked behind the man to see Ino walking with the male as Gaara had quickly grabbed the male and punched him hard in the face causing Shikamaru to fall to the ground. Deidara watched with wide eyes as Gaara was on top of Shikamaru pounding hits to his face. The guard had turned around noticing the fight as he called for back up to stop it. Deidara took this time to slip into the building.

He watched as they pulled Gaara off the beaten up male. "Damn bastard! What the hell is wrong with you Gaara?" Shikamaru yelled out at Gaara.

"You! That's what's wrong. You don't ever call any girl out of her name like that" He glared deeply at Shikamaru.

"P-Please just stop fighting" Ino pleaded not even realizing that Deidara was standing near watching them. Gaara looked over at her as his glare hardens.

"Just shut up! Don't think I don't remember you from before; you were there with Hinata before. You think Hinata will keep what she knows now from your so called "boyfriend"? I don't think so" Gaara looked back over at Shikamaru who was wiping the blood from his nose. "And as for you, your lucky my brother didn't kill you for calling his best friend Hinata a bitch" He glared one more time before walking away.

Deidara's eyes widened once he heard that Hinata was somewhere around here but then his eyes narrowed when he realized what he had called Hinata. "Oi!" He called out making Ino and Shikamaru turn around to see Deidara staring at them with a smirk on his face. Ino's eyes widened, realizing that the day couldn't get any worst.

"Dei-kun..."

"I thought I told you not to call me that anymore" He stated. "So this is the guy that I have been seeing you around with. Secret little meetings every now and then...yeah, I have seen the two of you together before but decided not to say anything about it until I was for sure and now I am sure"

Shikamaru looked at Deidara; he thought that the male was going to attack him in any giving moment because if he was he was going to be prepared this time unlike the other times when he had been taken back by surprise from the attacks.

"Ino I have done everything for you and I don't see how you could do this to me"

By this time tears were streaming down Ino's eyes. "Please, it's not what it looks like"

Deidara snorted. "That's what everyone says, yeah. I honestly don't care when this happened or how it happened; the point is that it did happen. And I trusted you Ino and you go and do something like that to me? Heh, if you honestly think I'm going to give you a second chance you've got to be crazy" He smirked at her before turning around getting ready to walk away.

"Deidara...please wait!" She called out to him to stop him.

He stopped walking turning his head over to the side to glance behind himself to look at her. "We're over Ino" He whispered lowly as he took off his ring dropping it on the floor. "Maybe you can be happy with that loser over there" He stated as he walked out the building, completely forgetting that he had heard Hinata was here. Once he left Ino feel to the ground crying while Shikamaru didn't know what to do at the moment.

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As Deidara was walking back to his car he heard a familiar voice. He stopped walking and turned his head to see a male talking with Hinata. Seeing this gave him enough thought to walk over there. Once he walked over there his eyes widened at the person who was standing beside Hinata. "S-Sasori? Is that really you?" Sasori looked up at the blonde with a smirk on his face.

"Yeah, it's me. Who else is it gonna be" He grinned. Deidara smiled walking over towards the male but Sasori held up his hand motioning for him to stop. "Before you step in further towards me, I promised our little Hinata here something" He stated while looking down at the female Hyuga with a smirk on his face causing Hinata to look down at the ground.

Deidara looked back and fourth from Hinata and Sasori. "What? What did you promise her?" He noticed how Sasori was making his way towards him bit with a serious expression that was causing him to take steps back. "J-Just what are you thinking of doing?" He questioned the red headed male. And before he had knew it Sasori had ran up to him punching him hard in the face. Deidara stumbled back a bit glaring up at Sasori.

"What the hell was that for?"

"That...was for Hinata" He simply explained while looking back at the female with a smile on his face. Deidara looked back at her noticing how she wouldn't meet his eyes. She was still hurting and he could clearly see that.

"What did I do?" He grunted.

"You ended your friendship with her all because of something she confessed to you years ago. What kind of idiot are you Deidara?" Sasori questioned. Deidara looked off to the side trying to think of the right words to say but he couldn't think of anything to say. Sasori noticed this and scoffed but he then he smiled softly. "But it's good to see the both of you again. I was beginning to think that I wouldn't ever see you guys again once five years passed but where we are" He smiled placing his hand on top of Hinata's head ruffling her hair.

She smiled letting out a giggle while Deidara smiled happy to have Sasori back. "Oh, your little boyfriend Gaara beat up Shikamaru for you" Deidara scoffed out.

Hinata blushed bright red. "H-He isn't my boyfriend and if you'll e-excuse me" She said rushing past Deidara to go find Gaara. Sasori watched her walk back into the building as he looked back at Deidara.

"So your little girlfriend was just some slut, just like the rest of them, heh" Deidara frowned as he ranked his hand through his hair. He was tired of dating women if they just continued cheating on him leaving him to have to dump them.

"Yeah...she was"

"But Hinata-chan isn't" Sasori mentioned in a bored tone.

"What's that suppose to mean?" Deidara snapped. "I don't like her in that way!"

"Hm? Is that so? Well I guess that's a good thing then maybe some other guy will steal her heart" He smirked noticing the look in Deidara's eyes when he said that. "I'm going a diner, want to come with me? We can catch up, besides this party is boring" He said in a dull tone. Deidara nodded his head as he and Sasori began walking back to his car.

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The female found Gaara sitting down in a secluded room by himself sitting down on the couch. "A-Ano...Gaara-kun I had heard what happened. You didn't have to-"

"It was nothing, don't thank me. If my brother cares enough about you to defend you then I would too. But don't think I did it because I like you" He explained. But with the way he was fighting Shikamaru would make others think he were defending his girlfriend if not someone he liked. It was true, he didn't like Hinata but one of the things he wouldn't admit to anyone was that she was actually a very nice girl once you actually talked to her and she is the type of person that doesn't deserved to be talked about. He looked up at her noticing how she was shifting nervously while standing there in front of him. He sighed and yanked her down to side beside him.

"Listen, you want to know the real reason I asked you to come with me?"

"Y-Yes"

Gaara looked almost as if he didn't want to say anything to her but he exhaled loudly turning his head to face her. "Kabuto is a person who I work with in our band but that doesn't mean I like him. But he is someone that I can tolerate. You like him, right?" He asked noticing the blush on her cheeks rising.

She nodded her head. "Yes, I do. H-He is a really good guy..." She trailed off thinking about the male.

"That's the thing. He isn't the guy you think he is Hinata" He stated. He noticed the confused look in her eyes when he said this.

"What do you mean?"

"Well for one Kabuto is a liar, he lies about everything. I never trust him and neither do my brother or sister Temari and Kankurou. Second he uses people...jut like he is using you" He said softly.

Her eyes widened as she looked into his eyes. "U-Using me? But why would he do that? W-Why?"

Gaara shrugged. "That's how he is. The guy has a girlfriend, which I'm pretty sure that he hasn't told you about yet. He uses people all of the time mainly girls. The girl that he has been dating now, they have been together now for almost ten years and he cheats on her practically every moment he gets. He normally goes for the really easy girls but you...you're different. Your shy and quiet and he saw you as a challenge to the point where he has become obsessed with you" He noticed that her eyes were becoming watery. He was use to seeing girls cry since his sister often cries about Shikamaru, so he sort of knew how to handle it.

"If I were you i would end everything you have with him. Ignore him if you have to, if that doesn't work then I suggest keeping me in mind" He smirked at her.

"W-Why you?" She asked as she sniffed trying to keep herself from crying in front of him.

"Because...I know how to handle him" He stated. He and Kabuto have gotten itno serious fights before which all lead to him going to the hospital to get something taken care of. Gaara didn't have a good temper and is easily ticked off by things he doesn't like. A very good example is earlier today when Shikamaru disrespected Hinata right in front of him. He hates it when men call women out of their name and Hinata being how she is, he knew that she wouldn't have done anything about it. He was going to seriously hurt him right then and there but his brother had done it for him. But of course he had to get his hits in as well but he knew he went a little too far but he couldn't help himself.

He stood up looking down at Hinata. "Come on, let me take you home" Hinata nodded her head but she reached out for Gaara catching him off guard she gave him a quick hug.

"Thank you Gaara...for today" She smiled as she let go of him.

He looked down at her for a few moments before breaking out into a smile. "Your welcome Hinata"

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It was late in morning and the Uchiha couldn't sleep at all. He stared at his digital clock that was on his nightstand, sighing loudly to himself in annoyance. "Four o'clock in the morning and I have yet to sleep. Ugh" He growled to himself. He sat up in his bed picking up the phone and began to dial a number. He knew if anyone was up at the moment it would be him.

"Hello?" He heard the voice on the other end speak.

"Hey...Aniki" Sasuke muttered. He hadn't really been talking to his brother that much due to they're rivalry that they had towards each other at times. But if it was anyone who he would turn to for advice for anything it would be him.

"What are you doing up so early?" He asked with a chuckle. "Shouldn't you be in bed little brother?"

"I can't sleep, I have a lot of my mind. Aniki...I don't know what to do anymore" He stated honestly.

Itachi listened to Sasuke's voice, it almost sounded as if he were in a breakdown. "What's going on? Girl problems?"

"Yeah, it's me and Sakura. I don't know what to do anymore. She keeps accusing me of everything" He listened to Itachi's voice let out a light laugh.

"Ah, that annoying girl? You're still with her?"

Sasuke frowned. "You're not helping at all"

"Sorry, what is this about?"

"I don't know...I just need some advice"

"Well you have been with her for over five years and it's going on six soon. If you truly love her then stay with her, if not then don't force yourself to be in a loveless relationship with her, understand?"

Sasuke listened to his words noticing that what he had just said is true and he now knew what he needed to do. "Hai, I understand Aniki, thanks" He exclaimed.

"No problem. now get some sleep"

"Hai" Sasuke spoke as he then hung up the phone with a satisfied expression on his face. Tomorrow will be the day that he will deal with everything and say what has really been on his mind these past few years.

Okay, sorry about my late update, I'll try to update faster if I can. As far as the pairing goes in this story for Hinata, I'm still not quite sure who I'm going to pair her up with in the end of this story. Either between Sasuke or Deidara. I do already have a lot of SasuHina stories now but i'm not sure. I guess whoever you guys would like to see you with the most is the person I may chose for her to be with in this story.

So please leave reviews and I'll update the next chapter as soon as I can xD