*Hinata's POV

Its been two days since Shikamaru and Naruto have gotten back to me on anything. I was growing impatient and Sakura could tell. She tried reassuring me every way she could think of, but it was useless. I needed leads, and, I needed them quick.

I decided to pay Shino a visit to see if he had any work for me. I was grateful that he did. I needed to retrieve a gold ring, a family herlom, stolen from a very high ranked man, who was close with Shino.

The place was down right creepy; dark and ominous even with the merry music blarring throughout the building. 'Must be celebrating,' I thought.

It wasn't too hard to blend in with the crowd. Shino had given me an exquist evening gown so no one could be skeptical of me. The gown was a shimmery silver with gems trimming the bottom, around my waist, and along the top; the gems themselves must have cost a fortune! the same gems decorated my necklace, earrings, the clip holding my hair in a high bun, and even along my short heels.

I clanged all the way to entrance and was greeted by a butler. I gave a kind smile and continued inside. Now this was some party. Expensive dishes, the delicious to the fancy, were plentiful with glasses full of champaigne traveling the floor. A bulter offered me a glass;I thanked him and took one, using the glass as an easy cover for scanning the place.

"Ello darling," a man with graying black hair and a very 'rich man' attitude said to me. You could tell he was a sleazy guy. "I don't believe we've been formally introduced. I am Demetrie."

He kissed my hand and I had to resist the urge to gag. I smiled sweetly and introduced myself. Now why would I use my real name? Simple, he'd never recognize me after this party.

"There you are deary!" I'd recognize that voice anywhere. Naruto put his arm on my shoulder and slyly winked at me. I gave him a 'what the hell are you doing here' face. "Oh pardon me, I'm Naruto; I've been looking everywhere for you, Hinata."

"Oh you have, have you?" I asked skeptically. 'Haven't been looking very hard,' I thought sarastically.

"My apologizes, is this your husband, Hinata?" Demetrie asked a bit disappointed.

"Oh! No Naruto's my-"

"Fiance, sir."

'What!' I thought and gave Naruto a quick glare but quickly recomposed myself and gave a small smile.

"O-oh, yes," I decided to play along; better my cover. I quickly switched my ring on my right hand ring finger to my marriage finger to act as an engagement ring. I shyly flashed my 'engagement' ring so he could see.

Demetrie said something about tending to other guests and excused himself. What a relief.

"You look pretty good, Miss Hinata." Shikamaru said, leaning casually against the wall.

"Yeah Hina you look amazing!"

"Oi! Naruto she's our client, don't be rude," Shikamaru scolded.

"Thank you both," I chimmed in. "Now what are you guys doing here! You're suppose to be helping me find my cousin!"

I decided not to make a scene of it. "We'll talk later, I have a job to do." With that, I went to scan the dancefloor. I caught a glimpse of a man with a fairly pricey ring on his finger, but, I needed to get a closer look before I could be sure. I quickly grabbed Naruto and dragged him to the dancefloor.

"H-Hinata w-w-what are you doing?"

"You're my fiance, right? So I want to dance," I answered simply and placed my arms around his neck. Naruto placed his hands on my waist and we danced along the others. I kept my eyes glued to the man who I suspected was the one I was looking for.

"Trying to get a closer look at that guy?" Naruto suprised me when he whispered in my ear. I nodded.

"Yeah, but I still need to get closer." He casually lead me closer to the man and I spotted the stolen ring. I whispered in Naruto's ear and he grinned and nodded. He twirled me close to the man and the woman he was dancing with and we quickly and smoothly partner switched.

I was slightly suprised; the man was Demetrie. He chuckled and said something about long time no see. I mildly laughed and I narrowed my eyes at him.

"You're such a charming man, Demetrie," I said flattering him. I leaned in and whispered in his ear. "You're so...eroticlly appealing."

I caught the lust in his eye. Damn, you rich old types aren't hard to figure out. Eventually, Demetrie took me upstairs to his "private couters" for only his most favorite guests. 'Yeah, where you bang your cheap whores,' I thought.

I stood in front of his giant window which had the moonlight pouring out and around me. Demetrie came up behind me and wrapped an arm around my waist. "Now Hinata, your fiance won't hear a word of this."

His hot breath tickled my ear and the smell of Scotch filled my nostrils. I turned slowly and wrapped my arms around his neck seductively.

"You're right, he won't." A moment later, his eyes went wide and he fainted. I never resorted to killing unless necessary. I calmly bent down and took off the gold ring and put it between my breasts. Demetrie's body was placed on his bed with a bottle of Scotch in his hand. I smirked content with the cover and went back downstairs.

"Job well done?" Shikamaru asked lazily leaning against the stair railing.

"Yepp," I replied and scanned the room for Naruto; no where to be found. "Well I'm off, oh and Shikamaru?"

He finally met my gaze. "We will talk later." He only sighed and nodded while I left to give Shino his "friend's" ring.

The next day, Shikamaru and Naruto's office was my destination. Naruto ment well but it was obviously he was the one who found the clues while Shikamaru was the brains and figured them out. I needed them to get a move on things. Plus from my work last night, I had another helpful hint from Shino.

As I passed by the market, something caught my eye. My eyes grew wide and my heart raced. 'Neji?' I reacted quickly and made my way through the crowd of people to get a closer look. However, once I made it to the stand I needed, he was gone.

I ran as fast as I could to the detectives, slamming through their back door which lead straight to their office. Shikamaru looked suprised by my hasty entrance.

"E-ello, Miss Hinata," he greeted nervously. "Nice to see you."

"S-stop calling m-me Miss," I panted harshy trying to catch my breath. I waited till I did and leaned into his desk. "I saw him!"

"Eh? Oh, ello Hinata, you saw who?" Naruto came in two coffees in hand.

"Neji! I saw him in the market!" I was so overwhelmed and excited and their bored expressions were beginning to annoy me. "Helllllo! Did you not hear me? I said I saw my cousin!"

"W-we heard you, Hinata," Naruto replied. He didn't sound too enthusiastic as he usually was.

"What's wrong with you guys?"

"Calm down Hinata," Shikamaru leaned back in his chair and crossed his arms.

"You guys aren't telling me something," I narrowed my eyes at him. "Tell me!"

Shikamaru looked at Naruto and he shrugged. He looked up at me. "The reason we took so long in telling you anything..."

I listened closely and stared hard back at him, waiting for him to finish.

"Because, Neji is dead."

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