Enjoy, kiddoes

It was about two hours after dawn when the meeting was finally adjourned and Hinata could not have been more relieved. The total atmosphere of the meeting was unyielding and stiff and made her distressed to even relax for a moment for fear of punishment. And the constant glances she received from Neji did nothing to alleviate the situation.

It was peculiar the say the least that her cousin even acknowledged her being present at the meeting, let alone stare at her from the time she entered to room from the time she left it. It was almost like a game Hinata consented; he would blatantly stare at her until she looked back at him and he in turn looked away. For the first time in awhile she was actually relived to be in the same room as the elders and her father, especially since she didn't want to be along with Neji again after their little "encounter".

She sighed quietly as she made her way through to compound to her room. Well, as least she could train in peace.

Kisame Hoshigaki leaned against an oak tree in a rather lazy manner. He continued to re-wrap the bandages on the Samehada for it had just dinned on fresh chakra. It was also a good way to release some of his pent up frustration of being left behind in the forest while his partner went to retrieve his "person".

He sighed.

The crunching of leaves and twigs alerted him that someone or something was coming.

Kisame stopped mid wrap and eyed the little boy shrinking away from him. The boy looked no older than about nine and he was covered from head to toe with what looked and smelled like animal blood and dirt. Twigs and mud matted his dirty hair and made his bright green eyes stand out oddly against the waste.

Pathetic and unanticipated.

The boy took another step back, his eyes wandering anywhere but unto his face. The shark demon smirked when he saw the little boys eyes travel over to a bloody mass of blood, tissues, muscles, bones, and organs.

Kisame laughed as he recalled killing his latest victim.

Ah, the taste of taste of blood and chakra, saccharine and satisfying.

He boy bit his lip hard until it bleed and he felt drop after drop onto his hands. It was obvious that the boy found it impossible to avert his eyes from the sanguine fluids.

All of a sudden Itachi appeared in front of him looking cold and smug.

"No." was his first answer to an unvoiced statement, but slightly implied.

"Yes." Itachi answered in a bored tone with a hint of defiance.

The boy found himself edging closer to it. The smell was unbearable. He could feel heat coming from it. Never had he ever been so disgusted. He could see a silver glint of a hitai-ate.

So this person was a ninja…

Itachi broke his glare from Kisame and followed his gaze to see a dirty looking homeless boy standing before a disgusting pile of… what was once a body.

"You killed freshly? So far from civilization?" Itachi asked, indifferent.

"You'd be surprised on what young people you can find out here. This one was barely his age." Kisame gave a hollow laugh and nodded in the boy's direction.

The boy began to cry silently.

They can kill children?

He fell to his knees and let his tears fall freely; if he did cry over this mutilated body, who, in the wilderness, would?

Kisame paid no heed to the child as he turned his attention back to his partner. "How much longer Uchiha?"

Itachi turned his gaze once again to the mutilated body before he answered, "Tonight." And with that, the Uchiha took his leave.

It was late afternoon when Gaara was finally satisfied with his kill. He sat on the Hyuuga compound roof idly licking blood from his fingers. He was awaiting Hinata's return from training with -what was left of- her team, this thought greatly amused Gaara. It reminded him of the great fun he had, had with the Inuzaka.

He smiled slightly as he watched the Hyuuga enter her room and lay on her bed. Gaara bit his lip as he felt himself becoming hard just watching her lay there. He slowly opened up her window and stepped into her room. Hinata felt weight pushing her mattress down and she immediately opened her eyes to see Gaara slowly crawling over her and straddling her hips.

She gasped and blushed when she felt the bulge in his pants grinding against her, creating friction and making her gasp. Gaara nuzzled her neck and made circles with his tongue all along her neck. Hinata whimpered as Gaara began to grind against her harder, making the mattress creak slightly. Suddenly Gaara leaned forward grabbing some of Hinata's hair as he whispered.

"…I'm going to make you scream."

Hinata tried to push him off as Gaara stood up quickly and frowned as he made his way to her window. A second later he was gone. She sat up and glanced around her room for a moment before the loud knocks on her door made her jump and quickly open the door.

Hinata slowly opened her door and peeked out a little before Neji abruptly shoved the door open completely knocking her back and made lose her balance. As she hit the ground she looked up quizzically at her cousin, who just smirked.

"Miss Hinata, I believe it's time for dinner," and with that Neji turned heel and disappeared.

Hinata slowly got to her feet sighed and followed her cousin to the dinning room.

'Wonderful'

Itachi slowly made his way into the Hyuuga's room. It was around midnight and Hyuuga had been asleep for a few hours. He almost snorted; how could they call one as weak as this, a ninja. Itachi quietly made his way over to her bed.

"Get up." He said, coldly.

Hinata awoke in confusion as she took in Itachi's figure and struggled to get up.

"W-what is this?"

"Do you know of the Sand Nin's doings?"

Hinata stared at him in awe and terror. "G-gaara?"

Itachi nodded curtly. "Are you aware of the things he's done?"

"N-no."

He seemed to except this answer for he nodded once again and made his way to her window.

"Do you want to know what he's done?"

At this Hinata took a step forward, "W-what has h-he done? T-tell m-me?" Hinata winced as she heard the desperation in her voice.

'Maybe he knows what happened to Sasuke.'

He stood with his back facing her as he scanned the compound grounds through her opened window. "If you want to know, I suggest you come along."

Hinata stared at him in shock. 'Leave with a wanted criminal in the middle of the night?' So many questions ran through her mind.

'What if he kills me?'

'What have I really got to lose?'

'Maybe he knows where Sasuke is'

Slowly she pulled on a shirt and a pair of pants over her night clothes and stepped into her shoes.

"Hurry up," he said shortly and vanished into the shadows.

Holds up hands Don't shoot! I'm sorry…meek smile I know it's been ages…I had Chapter Ten nearly completed on my PC, when it fell ill. It is currently awaiting surgery. So, I've have been force to submit to the archaic method of pleasing my mother for the privilege of using her PC. Tragic, I know…. don't worry, if I were you I wouldn't have any sympathy for me either…

I will get Chapter Eleven out ASAP, I swear…and I do, too…yup, every damn day…

I really need to stop thinking of Hidan oh so very much but I can't he's just too hot…I bet you could bake a cake on his chest, you know, while he's cursing you out.

Please read, review and all that crap…