Author's Notes

Again, I apologize for any out of character moments; I try to keep them as close as possible. Thanks again for all of your wonderful reviews! I hope you enjoy the next chapter!

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Hinata woke up to the bright sun shining in the room and was saddened by the fact that Itachi was not in the room. At the foot of the bed, she noticed her regular clothing sitting there from when she had first come here. She stood up and walked over to them, picking up her jacket and holding it close to her chest.

'I forgot about these.' thought Hinata to herself as she went to the bathroom and began to change.

Hinata now stood there in front of the mirror, in the same attire she wore when she first came here which was quite ironic for her. She folded up the shorts and shirt Itachi had given her to use for pajamas and placed them neatly on the counter, unsure of what else to do with them.

As she stepped out of the bathroom, Hinata recalled the other clothes that Sakura had lent her which were in her room. She quickly walked into there and grabbed them, holding them close to her chest. She let out a soft sigh, today was the last day she would be here.

'Why am I not happy? I'm going home…' thought Hinata as she tried her best to fight back tears.

Thinking about her family helped so she stepped out into the hallway and saw it empty as usual. But one thing that struck her as odd was the fact that it was exceedingly quiet. There could always be at least one little fight going on between the organization members. She quickly walked down the hallway and into the main area, curious as to where everyone was since it was never this silent before. That's when she could hear a bunch of noise coming from the dining area.

Hinata walked over and meekly opened the door, peering inside and was hit with shock.

"SURPRISE!" yelled all of the maids, butlers, cooks, and organization members; all but Itachi who only stood there and smirked at Hinata's shocked face.

"Wh-what's g-going on?" asked Hinata who was stunned.

"You're leaving so we had to throw you a going away breakfast party, yeah!" said Deidara with a goofy grin.

Tears of happiness fell from Hinata's eyes as they began to hug her, one by one, saying of how they would miss her and how they were so happy to meet her. Even Sasori who was usually emotionless gave her a pat on the head and smiled at her.

"Th-thank you s-so much everyone, you're a-all very k-kind people." stated Hinata as she wiped away a couple of stray tears.

After an hour or so of the small party, the group began to thin out as people had to begin their work but none would leave without one final goodbye to Hinata, causing her to tear up even more. And soon it was only her, Itachi, and a couple of maids cleaning off the table.

"Are you ready to go?" asked Itachi as he patted Hinata's head who was still wiping away tears.

Hinata could only nod, fearing that if she attempted to speak, more tears would come. A small plastic bag was given to her for her clothes so that she wouldn't drop any on the ground.

Itachi led the way to the outside, stopping at the bottom of the steps, a little ways away from the limo. He looked back to see Hinata had stopped as well, gazing at the large mansion for the last time. Hinata put on a small smile so that she could walk towards the future optimistically and began walking towards Itachi but stopped when a loud gunshot echoed throughout the parking lot. Hinata's eyes widened in shock as did Itachi's, who fell to the ground.

"Itachi!" yelled Hinata as she ran forward and knelt by him.

Itachi was gripping onto his left shoulder, gritting his teeth and trying his best to get up to find out who shot him.

"Hinata, get out of the way." said a familiar voice behind her.

She quickly looked up to see the gray haired masked man known as Kakashi, standing behind her. Hinata shook her head, still in shock over what happened. Kakashi looked at her, confused as to why she would protect her captor.

"Sakura, I think he's brainwashed her. You and Naruto hold her back." ordered Kakashi, still pointing the gun at Itachi but was being blocked by Hinata.

"N-no, no you c-can't…" began Hinata as Naruto and Sakura each grabbed one of her arms and pulled her away.

Now that she was about ten feet away, Hinata could see Sasuke walk around from the other side of the limo and stand next to his brother, who was still on the ground in pain. She saw a devilish smirk rise the corner of Sasuke's mouth who proceeded to pull back his leg and kick Itachi where he had been shot. After kicking him, Sasuke bent down and tied Itachi's hands behind his back, so as to prevent any petty escape attempts.

"No!" yelled Hinata as she struggled against the two restraining her but to no avail.

Sakura and Naruto exchanged worried glances with each other, unknowing as to why she was so against the death of the man who held her against her will. But alas, they listened to what Kakashi said and would not let her go.

Sasuke then continued on with what they came here to do and grabbed a fistful of Itachi's hair, bringing him up to his knees, facing Kakashi's gun. Seeing this made Hinata struggle even more.

"No! Don't! P-Please stop!" cried out Hinata with tears falling freely from her eyes.

Kakashi cocked the gun, ignoring the pleas of the dark haired girl but did not quite fire yet as he decided he should do the right thing before killing someone off.

"Do you have any last words you'd like to say?" asked Kakashi, waiting to pull the trigger after seeing Itachi's nod.

"Hinata, I apologize for the times I've hurt you." began Itachi as he glanced towards the sobbing girl, his head still held in place by Sasuke's firm hand. "Even in the short time we've been together, you affected me more than I ever imagined anyone could."

"I-Itachi…" sobbed Hinata, unable to speak as feelings swelled up in her unlike ever before.

"Hinata, I love you." said Itachi with a smile towards Hinata.

"ITACHI!" yelled Hinata as the gun was shot.