'thoughts'

"words"

noises

Hinata- 17

Sasuke-18

Happenings

Recap:

Through the dark a hand reached out from behind Hinata and dark red eyes glowed. Sharingan eyes glowed.

Chapter 8- Information

Shikamaru was walking around Konoha with Temari. "I'm bored. You're boring," Temari complained. "This is way too troublesome," Shikamaru muttered. Temari rolled her eyes.

"Soo…how's the Uchiha doing?" Temari asked hesitantly. "So you guys came to talk about Sasuke?" Shikamaru sighed, "He's okay…it seems he has a liking towards Hyuuga Hinata though." Temari looked surprised.

"Neji's cousin? That shy Hyuuga that likes Naruto?" Temari asked suspiciously. "Yeah…her, but I think she likes Sasuke now," Temari gaped and Shikamaru shrugged.

"I'd never believe that unless I see it myself," Temari said shaking her head in disbelief. "Me too," Shikamaru muttered back.

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"Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked," Are you okay?" "Go away Naruto. I don't want to talk to you." Sakura muttered.

The 'couple' was in Sakura's dimly lit room. "Sakura-chan what's wrong?" Naruto asked his expression carried a worried look which should never be put on our happy, cheerful friend. "Why would you care?!" Sakura spat out savagely. Naruto nearly jumped. "I'm…worried about you," Naruto murmured looking very sad.

"Pfft yeah right, as is anyone cares about me!" Sakura yelled angrily. "Wh-what are you talking about Sakura-chan? I care about you," Naruto walked closer to her bed. Though the light was dim, Naruto noticed that she had a few dried tears on her face.

"Yeah right. Lies. Everything is a lie!" She screamed. Naruto stood there, shocked. "What are you saying?! Are you sick Sakura-chan?" Sakura scoffed. "As if…Make sure that damn slut, Hinata, stays away from my Sasuke-kun. Oh and I've only been using you," Sakura sneered. (A/n Excuse me Sakura? Shut up.)

"What!" Naruto asked incredulously. "Hinata's not a slut, and Sasuke likes her AND they are getting married." Naruto raged. Sakura's eyes narrowed. "Married? Tch, that's just crap. I know Sasuke-kun and he wouldn't marry someone as pathetic as her," Sakura growled.

"If you think that then you don't know Sasuke," Naruto fumed. "If you really know him then you'd notice that he only likes weak people. So he could have a reason to always protect them…and because Hinata's…not so strong, he likes her." Naruto said. "He'd never let her go," Naruto glared at her. Sakura had a skeptical expression on. "And as for you using me…I could go on in life without you," with that Naruto slammed her door and left.

"What does he know?" Sakura laid her head on her pillow and fell asleep.

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Sasuke fumbled with the lock. 'Damn thing' he thought. "Hinata come here," Hinata instantly came to him. The hand behind her pulled itself back into the darkness. The eyes flared angrily.

"Can you help me?" Sasuke glanced at her. She looked pale with fright. "What's wrong?" he quickly demanded. Hinata shook her head. "N-nothing…" she murmured quietly. Sasuke glanced around the hallway. "There you go," Hinata stood holding the key and the doors were open. "Thanks Hina…" Sasuke wrapped his arm tightly around her waist. She seemed to like the comfort. He couldn't help but notice she was shaking.

Once outside he quickly asked her what happened. "…I…th-think something was w-watching us…" Sasuke quickly noted that the 'us' must have meant 'her'. Sasuke thought for a second. "Why would you think that?" he finally asked. "When you called me to you…I…s-saw something r-red…" Hinata murmured. "So what was it?" Sasuke asked, slightly curious.

" Sharingan eyes," Hinata whispered. Sasuke's face went rigid. The very first thought that entered his mind was 'Itachi'.

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"Tsunade, what happened to Itachi and Orochimaru!" Sasuke banged his fist on her table. Tsunade looked up, clearly surprised. "Uh…um…well…"she stammered.

Hinata stood in the corner of the room, frightened. Almost immediately after Hinata's words processed through Sasuke's mind he dragged Hinata here.

"What happened to them?" he asked his voice containing and angry calmness.

"They…died. Well they should be dead. Orochimaru couldn't take your body because the justsu went wrong somehow and his soul went somewhere. Where? We don't know. And then Jiraiya killed Itachi when Itachi tried to kill Naruto. Why do you want to know? Why is it so urgent?" she asked.

Sasuke stood there a second then grabbed Hinata's hand and left, Tsunade yelling after them. "So they're dead." He stated bluntly. Hinata noticed his voice was shaking slightly. "Um…" Hinata was at a loss for words. "What did you see then?" he asked as they reached the Hyuuga Manor. "I d-don't know," Hinata mumbled. Sasuke knew she wasn't lying. Why was she shaking so much earlier? No one could do that even if they wanted to. She was so pale also.

"M-maybe…it was one of the U-uchiha's who l-lived there b-before you," Hinata shivered as she suggested that. Sasuke muttered a small,"Impossible."

"Let's sleep," he pushed her onto her bed and lay down next to her, wrapping his arms around her petite figure. Hinata's eyes widened in surprise, but she didn't say anything. Hinata took note that they hadn't changed into any night clothes. She was kind of happy about it though. Especially if Sasuke slept in only boxers. She dozed off next to him and he held her closer. "I'll always protect you. No matter what," he whispered next to her ear. She smiled and snuggled closer to him.

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