Author's Note
I hope you enjoy chapter three of The Shy and The Malignant!
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Hinata kept running with stray tears falling down her face as the fact that she couldn't go back hit her hard. After a bit of running she could hear the sound of running water and so she began to slow down, figuring she had gotten pretty far away from the 'Sasori' guy. With a few more steps a stream came into her view. Hinata walked over to the water, cupped her hands, and after dipping them in she drank the cool water from her hands. She knew it wasn't sanitary but right now she just wanted to cool her burning throat.
"She runs fast for someone not like us." said an energetic sounding voice in the woods.
Hinata gasped and quickly turned around. Not seeing anyone, she looked from side to side for the mysterious voice.
"Good going, Naruto! You scared her!" she heard a female voice yell.
"Wh-who's there?" Hinata asked in a terrified voice as she continued to look around for the voices.
Her body had been turning along with her head and she now faced the upstream area. Hinata heard the sound of something hitting the ground behing her several times and so she quickly turned around to see three people standing upright from a crouch.
Two of them were smiling at Hinata while the other was looking in a different direction with a frown that seemed plastered to his face. There were two boys and one girl. The first boy she noticed had blonde hair, blue eyes, and was wearing a bright orange jacket with dark brown pants and orange shoes that matched the jacket. The girl had pink hair with green eyes and she was wearing a jean skirt with a red top and ankle high black boots. The final boy had black hair and onyx eyes to match; he was wearing a dark gray shirt with a black jacket, blue jeans, and black shoes.
Hinata took a step back fearfully, unsure of this group because she didn't know if they were here to capture her or if they were going to help her. The pink-haired girl noticed her uneasiness and waved her hands in a nervous manner.
"We're not going to hurt you! We're here to help!" said the girl while still waving.
Yeah, we're against those freaks, believe it!" said the boy with blonde hair pointing in the direction of the park.
Hinata relaxed a little when they said they were against the ones chasing her.
"By the way my name's Naruto!" the blonde continued talking.
"I'm Sakura and this is Sasuke!" said the pink haired girl also introducing the other boy who just replied with a 'Hn'.
"It's n-nice to m-meet you! I'm H-Hinata!" replied Hinata smiling as best she could considering the situation hadn't really left her in a smiling mood. She then continued by asking "W-what's happened t-to everyone?"
"We think the Akatsuki stole something from another bad organization that's led by a man named Orochimaru. And that something was a strange concoction that could change someone's personality completely to follow the orders of the person in command." said Sakura explaining things as best she could.
Hinata gave her a questioning look.
"A-akatsuki? Orochimaru? Who are th-they?" she asked innocently, unaware of what was about to happen.
All of the sudden Sasuke got into a fighting stance. The others followed and Hinata looked at them questioningly, wondering if she had done something wrong.
"W-what's wrong?" she asked fearfully.
Hinata looked at the trio who was glaring at her…or was it past her? She slowly turned around and once turned she saw the red head from before that had been called 'Sasori-Danna'. She let out a small gasp of surprise and was about to run but was grabbed by the wrist again. Hinata looked back at the others with a look of desperation in her eyes. She could hear one of the boys let out a low growl but was unsure as to which but all three of them were glaring at the one holding her hostage. Sasori held Hinata in place by keeping a tight hold around her waist and arms with a gun placed up to her neck.
"What are you doing meddling in things that you shouldn't be messing with?" he asked them keeping that apathetic face on.
"We're here to take you down! Believe it!" said Naruto with a determined smile.
Seeing the small gave Hinata a small ray of hope in terms of escaping. Sasori raised the gun from her neck and fired off three shots at each of the trio.
"N-NO!" yelled Hinata, not wanting them to die because of her.
But they trio swiftly moved out of the way, scaring Hinata with their inhuman speed.
'How did they do that?' thought Hinata fearfully and amazed at the same time.
The trio soon realized that it had only been used as a distraction as Sasori was quickly running off with Hinata slung over his shoulder. Hinata clutched onto his shoulder as best she could with both her hands and raised herself up a bit to look to the front to see that she was heading back to town. She quickly looked back to see the others slowly disappearing since they knew they couldn't fight a whole town of citizens.
"P-please don't t-take me back..." Hinata asked in a quiet and begging voice.
She didn't receive an answer but she guessed it had been a 'No' considering he was still running. They soon arrived at the town once again and Hinata saw everyone she once knew and loved dearly with blank stares, as though they were moving corpses. A tear found its way down her cheek as she faced the ground with closed eyes, not wanting to see her mother and sister the same instead of the happy people that they had been.
Sasori walked through the crowd as they stepped aside, creating a path up to the stage. Once up there, he let Hinata fall off his shoulder, earning a small gasp of surprise from her since she had been concentrating on not looking at the blank faces. She looked up to see the blonde guy from before smiling down at her.
"She's cute, un!" he said with a smile as he bent down slightly to get a closer look at her.
Hinata shrinked back a bit, knowing that after what these people had down to her family, that they probably couldn't be trusted.
"She's scared, yeah." he said as he looked at her with an innocent face and a cocked head.
"And she has every reason to be." said a voice from behind the blonde guy.
Hinata shrank back in fear even more as her blood ran cold, recognizing it to be the one from last night. The man with long black hair and vibrant red eyes stepped around the blonde and looked down at her. He looked at Hinata for a moment and then remembered who she was, a small look of surprise on his face.
"You're the same girl from last night." he said with a smirk as he bent down on one knee and grabbed Hinata's chin once again with his hand.
"How's your jaw feeling?" he asked with a growing smirk as he clenched her chin a little tighter, but not as much as he had last night.
Hinata quickly turned her head away after feeling his grip tighten, causing him to let go of her. She didn't want to get hurt again. She looked at him to see him giving her a small glare but before she could say anything, he stood up and looked down at her as though she was a waste of his time.
"Why didn't you eat anything?" he asked with a small sigh as he had expected everyone in town to take part in at least a little bit of the free food.
"I-I wasn't h-hungry." said Hinata in a shaky voice, looking away from that harsh gaze of his.
She heard another exasperated sigh come from him and then he spoke again.
"I suppose I could always have the mixture injected into you." he said in a thoughtful tone, deciding what to do with her.
Hinata heard the blonde speak up as he said "That'd be a waste, un."
"I didn't ask for your opinion, Deidara. But you just may be right, she could be useful for something, being the only one who isn't brain dead in this town." Said the red-eyed brunette.
"Why not turn her into a servant, Itachi-sama?" said Sasori as he glanced at Hinata and then back at the one called Itachi.
Itachi closed his eyes for a moment with crossed arms as he thought about the options that were open to him. With a smirk he opened his eyes and looked at Hinata again.
"You get the honor of becoming my personal servant." said Itachi with the smirk still on his face.
Hinata looked at him in horror as she had expected to become a mindless being like the rest but instead, she was going to be his servant?!
"B-but why m-me?" she asked as she looked at him fearfully.
A loud smack could be heard across the park as Deidara flinched back and Sasori kept his apathetic face as always. Hinata raised her hand to her reddened cheek and looked at him again with a questioning look and tears in her eyes.
"You will refer to me as Itachi-sama, understand?" he said in a low voice with a cold glare and a frown.
Hinata shakily nodded her head, now looking down at the ground, not wanting to look at him whatsoever.
"Good, now let's go." he said and she heard him beginning to walk away.
Hinata saw a pair of feet in front of her own and so she looked up to see Deidara holding a hand out to her. She cautiously took it and was pulled up to her feet.
"W-where are w-we g-going?" asked Hinata in a quiet voice as she followed both him and Sasori down the steps of the makeshift stage.
Deidara looked back at her with a smile and said "To your new home, yeah!"
Hinata looked at the ground sadly and looked to see the townsfolk being directed by someone. She could hear a loud voice of the speakers that was telling everyone to go to their homes and wait for further instructions. The man on the stage was quite the odd color.
'Blue?' she thought to herself as she continued to look at the person.
He was dressed in big black pants and a black vest over a long white sleeved shirt. He also had short dark spikey blue hair with shark like eyes. Hinata looked ahead again to see Itachi step into a sleek black limo, probably the same one as last night. Sasori stepped in as well while Deidara waited for her to make sure she wasn't running away. She let out a soft sigh and climbed into the vehicle.
Hinata could see Itachi sitting at the very back and Sasori on a side seat, just looking at the window. She sat down on the seats opposite Itachi and felt the limo shift from more weight as Deidara stepped in and after he closed the door, he sat down next to Sasori. She looked at Sasori and Deidara who seemed to be having a one-sided conversation as Deidara spoke and Sasori only sat there, only adding a comment in every once in a while.
Hinata dared a glance at Itachi who was staring at her with those red eyes. She quickly averted her gaze and looked out a nearby window and watched as the trees and buildings flew past, she watched them fly by as she was being taken to her new 'home'.
