Author's Notes

Thanks again for the reviews! I hope I was able to get this next chapter out quickly enough and I will begin the next one as soon as I can! I hope you enjoy it!

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A feeling of dread rushed through Hinata's body as everything suddenly seemed to start moving in slow motion

A feeling of dread rushed through Hinata's body as everything suddenly seemed to start moving in slow motion. She knew there was no way to catch herself, especially without dropping the tray onto Itachi's face. The tray which was slowly slipping out of her hand was swiftly taken from her, not by gravity, but by another hand smoothly sliding underneath it and lifting it up, holding it in the air so that it wasn't falling anymore.

But then there's Hinata, still falling. When she fell, her face hit something soft which she guessed was not the ground as she was still somewhat upright. Her face was pressed against Itachi's upper chest, with her arms on either side of the chair, hanging limply, and she was kneeled in between his legs. Realizing this fact, her face turned as bright as the red kimono she was wearing and so she jumped apologizing with her head down.

"I'm s-so s-sorry! I d-didn't mean t-to do that, h-honestly! I'm j-just n-not used t-to walking in s-sandals and s-so I tri-" said Hinata in a stuttering rant but she was cut off before she could continue.

"Silence." said Itachi being more calm then she was expecting.

He set the tray down on the table still in a calm demeanor and stood up. He seemed to tower over Hinata as he glared at her, the anger in his eyes betraying his calm act. An intense silence hung in the air throughout the room, no one making a sound, and all eyes on both Hinata and Itachi. But the silence did not last long as Itachi's sharp voice spoke.

"You are to go and wait in your room until further notice." he said in a stern voice with arms crossed.

Hinata gulped, nodded and bowed down as she had learned in school was customary in Japan. With her face still red, she quickly went to the doors opposite of the kitchen, opened them and once she went out, silently closed them behind herself. She leaned against them for a moment, breathing heavily at the fear that coursed its way through her veins which made her heart beat fast and her blood run cold.

A small tear crept down her face as Hinata missed home already more then she could presumed she ever could. And on top of that, it was only her first day here. Her eyes trailed over to the large dark wood double doors that led there way outside. The thought of escaping flew through her mind and she knew it would be simple enough.

'Open the doors, run as fast as I can...' thought Hinata to herself.

But she knew if she did that now, she would most likely be caught in no time. Plus she didn't want to find out what would happen if she wasn't in the bedroom when someone came to get her.

Hinata wiped the tear away and made her way toward the stairs, not really paying much attention as to which way she was going but just more or less letting her feet guide her. After only ten minutes of walking around, she realized that she recognized this hallway to some extent and soon found the door which led in to what she was pretty sure was her room.

She extended her hand and lightly grasped the handle and slowly opened the door just a crack and saw that it was her room. With a sigh of relief, Hinata opened it more but stopped at a new sound. The sound she heard sounded like screaming, but muffled as though it were further away. She listened intently, being able to hear it again allowed her to figure out where it was coming from.

Hinata looked down the hall which eventually led back to the staircase and she started to walk down it. She passed many doors until she stopped at one from which the voice came. As soon as she reached out to touch the handle, one last scream erupted from the room and all was silent. Knowing that she should turn and leave, knowing that she should just go to her room and wait as she was told to do, and knowing that the screaming was not a good sign, she couldn't help but grab the handle, twist it, and slowly open the door.

When the door was all of the way open, cold terror swept over Hinata's body, her knees giving out from under her, causing her to fall on them. Even tough the floor was hard, hitting her knees on it didn't even make her blink, it couldn't be compared to what her eyes were set upon. The room was mostly empty. A dark reddish-brown color was splattered all over the walls, strange markings were drawn on the dark floor in black, and in the center of this blood covered room was a single table. A table on which lay a mutilated corpse of what used to be a young woman, some of her body parts missing and mostly naked save for the more important parts covered with tattered and bloody cloth. Blood dripped from what Hinata guessed was fresh wounds and landed on the floor into a puddle with a steady dripping sound.

She couldn't breath. She couldn't move. The horror that lay before her put her in a frozen state which she couln't get out of.

'And sh-she was...j-just...just alive...' thought Hinata as she slowly came back to her senses, remembering that the woman had been screaming.

Wanting to get away from this bloody sight, Hinata mentally yelled at her legs to move and she slowly figured out how to work them again. Hinata stood up and turned to run and leave when she automatically hit something on her first step. She fell backwards and landed inside the doorway, her hand hitting a puddle of blood. She quickly retracted it from the puddle and looked at her blood covered hand as though it were a foreign and horrific object to her.

Hinata looked up to see what she had run into and her gaze landed upon someone she had already seen earlier. It was that strange man who was half black and half white. Before she hadn't gotten the best look at him but now she saw his features more clearly and noticed something else that was strange as he spoke. The black half seemed to be the only one speaking when she could hear his voice resonate throughout the room.

"Let's eat her." Stated the black half.

But the black side was contradicted as the white side then spoke.

"We cannot, she is Itachi-san's servant." Said the white said who definitely seemed more polite.

Hinata's mind had temporarily forgotten what was behind her as it was currently filled with confusion.

"Itachi-san wouldn't care, he doesn't care about the girls he gets as servants, that's why we usually get to eat them." Said the black side in an attempt to get the white side to agree with him.

"Maybe your right, she does look quite tasty." replied the white side as the man continued having a conversation with himself.

As things began registering as to what was going on, Hinata found her voice and said one simple word.

"W-why?" she asked in a quiet tone, fearing the answer but still wanting to know.

"Why the girl is dead, it's because we were eating her." replied the black side in response to her question in a matter of fact tone.

She was even more confused and terrified but before she could ask any other questions, the white side of this odd man began speaking.

"She was to be a virgin sacrifice but when Hidan found out she wasn't a virgin, he said we could eat her." said the white side calmly.

"She isn't all that tasty and we're still hungry..." said the black side as he began raising his arm towards Hinata.

Knowing that she shouldn't stay around much longer and heeding Itachi's warning, Hinata quickly got up and ran past the man and towards her room. She could hear harsh laughing as she opened the door to her room and jumped inside, closing it behind her. Hinata had your back to the door and let herself slide down into a sitting position. She held her knees to her chest and began crying, wishing it was all over.

Hinata's sobs soon quieted down and she continued sitting there, clutching her knees, with her mind going over and over of what she had seen. Her thoughts were interrupted and the horrific image temporarily faded as a small knocking sound echoed through her room. It wasn't from the door but the window. She shakily stood up and hesitantly walked over to the window, hoping it wasn't that person coming to eat you. Her clammy hand cautiously reached up and grabbed a small section of the curtain and she pushed it open just far enough that she could see outside.

What Hinata saw shocked her. It was the three from before. She remembered their names to be Sakura, Naruto, and Sasuke. The one called Naruto had a wide grin on his face as he waved to her while the other two to seemed to be on guard, watching for signs of danger. Hinata unlocked the large glass door after opening the curtains all the way and opened the door.

"Y-yes?" she asked in a small voice, unsure of what they wanted.

"We're here to help you escape!" said the orange-clad boy in a somewhat hushed voice.

Joy and happiness spread throughout Hinata's body, easing her fears for the first time today but it all came crashing down as her bedroom door opened and in walked Itachi.