Author's Notes

Thank you all so much for your reviews! I love to read them and they inspire me to hurry onto the next chapter right away. Some have made me laugh, others make me hurry to get out the next chapter as soon as I can, and others have helped me to think out the next chapter. Thank you! I know Itachi is still really mean to Hinata right now but it will get better, I promise! I'm sorry if any of the characters have been a little out of character but I hope they match up okay! Thank you all for reading my story and continuing with it! I hope you enjoy the next chapter!

Begin

"Well?" said Itachi as he continued to stand there and smirk with crossed arms.

Hinata looked away from his gaze to the ground.

"I w-was shown to my r-room and was t-trying to f-figure out what a-all the d-doors were and I f-found your r-room." She replied nervously.

Itachi walked over towards her and stopped once he was directly in front of Hinata, and she could tell because she could see his bare feet close to the bed she was on.

"But that doesn't explain why you were looking in my bathroom door." he said as he leaned over, placing a hand on each side of Hinata.

Hinata blushed fiercely as he came closer and so she scooted backwards, fully on the bed now, with her knees helping to keep space between her and Itachi. She looked at her legs with her red face to avoid seeing his smirking one.

"I w-was wondering whose r-room that w-was a-and I h-heard the w-water and s-so I..." she started trailing off with her stuttering growing worse as she grew more nervous.

Hinata felt the bed shift as Itachi brought one knee up along with his other one next. She peeked up slightly to see him slowly crawling towards her, and so she crawled back, not wanting the distance between the two of them to be closed.

"And so you…?" Itachi asked as his smirk grew.

Itachi knew that he was making Hinata tense. He could tell from the stutter and the fact that she was crawling away from him and so he continued crawling forward.

"And s-so I w-was j-just…" she said as she continued backward, not sure of how to put in to words that she had let her curiosity get the better of her without sounding stupid.

But before Hinata could find the right words, her hand that she was placing behind her to pull herself farther back, didn't hit bed but air. She fell off the bed, landing on her back with an 'oomph'. She lay on the ground with her arms stretched out at her sides and her legs still halfway on the bed. Hinata could hear a chuckle coming from the bed and turned a million shades of red, feeling embarrassed for having forgotten that sooner or later, the bed would end.

Hinata sat straight up and looked across the bed to see that Itachi had gotten off and was looking at her with a smirk and suppressed laughter. He outstretched his hand and lightly tapped the silver bell with his forefinger, making it let out a small chime.

"This bell is connected to a string which leads to my room. Whenever you hear you are to come immediately. Understand?" he said as he crossed his arms again and looked down at Hinata with a serious expression.

"Y-yes, Itachi-sama." Said Hinata, not forgetting to address him properly since she didn't want to feel the pain of being hit again.

'She's learning quickly.' thought Itachi.

He was remembering the last girl he had chosen to be his private servant had not been a good listener at all so this was quite refreshing to him. Itachi turned and left through the same door he had entered and closed it. He then proceeded to get dressed and get ready for tonight's dinner.

'Th-that was s-scary…' thought Hinata as she let her head rest against the bed and let out a relieved sigh that she had gotten away from him unscathed.

She placed her hands on the bed and pulled herself up, and turned to sit on it. Hinata wondered what to do now that she was here, in a room connected with Itachi's along with a bell for her to run and cater to his every whim.

As she sat there, contemplating on what to do next, Hinata had been letting her gaze travel around the room and then noticed something she hadn't noticed before. She stood up and walked over to large black curtains which felt as though they were made of a thick and heavy fabric when she touched them. Hinata hadn't seen them at first because the dark color had blended in somewhat with the dark blue walls.

Hinata grabbed each one at the center and pulled them apart, being greeted by bright sunlight and a large balcony. She looked through the windows, which she realized could be locked from the outside but they didn't seem to be at the moment. She grabbed the handle of the large glass window and pushed it down, releasing the latch and letting the door slide open with ease.

She stepped out onto the balcony, which was made of the same dark brick as the rest of the mansion, and took in deep breaths of the fresh air. Looking down the wall, Hinata noticed another large set of glass doors which were covered by black and so she guessed that to be Itachi's room. She saw a bench that was crafted of black iron with several elegant designs everywhere on it along with elegant legs. Hinata walked over to the balcony rail and looked down and let out a surprised gasp.

She looked across a large garden filled with many colorful flowers and trees that were exceedingly beautiful. There was a stone pathway that led through the garden from what she could see lined with flowers that were every color imaginable. Tall trees were placed here and there, giving people in the garden some privacy. A tall hedge also surrounded it, which blocked further outside view. Hinata could only see what she guessed to be about a third of the garden but nevertheless, it still took her breath away.

"It's a nice view isn't it?" said a voice behind Hinata which made her turn around sharply with another small gasp.

She saw a man who was half black and half white; he had green hair and cold yellow eyes. He wore baggy green pants with several chains hanging off of the belt loops along with a dark leather jacket over a black shirt. The look he gave her sent chills down Hinata's spine and so she knew to stay alert. He had noticed her gasp and looked at Hinata more closely as he took a couple of steps closer.

"I'm Zetsu." he said and then waited for a moment as though he were waiting for an answer from Hinata.

"Oh! My n-name is H-Hinata." she said quietly after she realized she had been staring and looked to the side again but her gaze turned back to him as he came a bit closer and bent his head down slightly.

"You look tasty…" he said in a hushed voice and Hinata looked at him with a scared face, unsure of what he meant by that.

Before anything else could be said, another voice interjected.

"Zetsu." said Itachi in a low tone, knowing that his subordinate would understand.

Zetsu turned and looked at Itachi with a blank stare and nodded. The black and white man walked over to the balcony and jumped off, easily landing on his feet and walking away as though jumping from those heights was normal. Hinata watched as he walked away and then remembered Itachi was behind her.

Hinata turned and watched as Itachi stepped towards the balcony railing and once there he leaned on his elbows with his forearms laying against the stone railing. She noticed that he was wearing another black suit with a dark red shirt and black tie, the same outfit that she had seen him wearing on the first night she met him. Standing next to him, she lightly placed her fingers on the railing as she looked over the edge and into the garden into which Zetsu had disappeared.

"Zetsu is one to not be alone with." said Itachi as a warning, knowing that he had lost one servant to the cannibal a couple years back.

Hinata couldn't help but shudder as she wondered what could have happened, not knowing the true terror of what Zetsu could really do.

"Th-thank you…" she said quietly, not knowing if she was about to be killed or not but she had decided that thanking him was only right since he did help her if she was about to be hurt.

Itachi had looked over at Hinata, somewhat surprised to hear words of gratitude come from her after having kidnapped her but she hadn't noticed his glance since her gaze was kept at the garden, hiding her blushing face.

"I can't lose my new servant so soon." Itachi said with a smirk. "Ah, speaking of which, follow me." he added on and began walking towards the doors to his bedroom he had so silently come out of before.

Hinata followed obediently, hoping she wasn't in any sort of trouble. She stepped into his room and closed the door but decided to leave the curtain open since the bright sunlight seemed to ease her fears. She continued standing by the glass doors as Itachi walked over to his closet which had mirrors on the doors, opened them up, and began switching through the hangers which held many dark suits.

He soon found what he was looking for and pulled it out. He walked over and held it out for Hinata to take. She took the clothing hesitantly and saw it to be a kimono which was normally worn in Japan, not her country.

"I like the Japanese traditional style more than this country's 'modern' style of maid dresses. They're to short for my taste." Said Itachi nonchalantly.

Hinata looked at the red material that created the kimono and gazed in awe at the stitching that was done beautifully, she looked and saw a pair of shoes dangling from a string that was tied around the top of the hanger with straps that had same design as the kimono and where the foot was placed, looked like fake wood.

"I-it's beautiful…" said Hinata in complete awe as she gazed at it. 'It really is beautiful but it won't look any good on me…' she thought since she felt that she was never much to look at. Plus, red didn't really suit her.

"You are to keep it clean since it's the only one you get and you are to wear it every day, whatever you wear at night, I don't care." said Itachi has he began to explain the rules of her new job. "Also, no leaving the house unattended, going on the balcony alone is fine but that's it." he stated, adding on to the rules.

Hinata looked at the kimono sadly, knowing that going outside wouldn't be something that would happen often.

'At least I'll have the balcony to go on to…' she thought in an attempt to cheer herself up.

She nodded to show she understood the rules and then remembered that she was supposed to address him as –sama but when she looked up to apologize she saw him walking towards the door that she guessed led out of the room and into the hallway.

He turned his head to look back at Hinata and said "Get dressed, I want you to bring me my dinner tonight."

He closed the door behind him and Hinata just remembered that she had no idea where the kitchen was. She quickly went back to her own room, making sure to close the curtains and doors to Itachi's and hers, and quickly changed into the kimono.

Hinata didn't untie it at all but slipped into it from the bottom since she knew that once it was undone that she wouldn't be able to piece it back together. She decided to look at it closer later so she could figure it out but right now she didn't have time. She put her short hair up into a small ponytail and also put a red ribbon that matched the kimono around it. She had found the ribbon in the vanity and decided to use it. She guessed it to be there from the previous girl.

Once done getting ready, she stepped out into the hallway and then looked left and right nervously.

'What do I do now?' thought Hinata in desperation as she looked down the long hallway, unsure of where to go since Tobi had moved so fast in taking her to her room.