A Tangelo-Flavored Death

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Chapter Two: To Hurry

Once at the hideout, Hinata tied up, the partners made their way to Pein's office, reported in, and then padded down the hard-packed dirt hallway to the building entrance, where Itachi paused, seeming to realize what he was doing in an absent-minded way, and turned back the way he came with a sheepish look in his eyes.

Kisame smirked, stepping outside.

"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?" yelled Temari into Shikamaru's face. "What do you mean, Hinata got attacked on the way here?!"

The lazy man sighed, then continued with what he had been saying. "Yeah, we tried to find her, but according to our sources the people who took her were... they were the Akatsuki."

Silence filled the room. Temari opened her mouth to say something, but no sound came out.

Kankuro, who had been pacing the room, glared at Shikamaru, and then started to grab his puppets off of the floor. He was going on Operation: Save His Beautiful, Big-Boobed Fiancée From Certain Death-- or so he thought.

The deer-man groaned unhappily before pointing out that Kankuro was wearing one of Gaara's outfits, and to boot, it was on backwards. "Little hasty, aren't we?" he muttered, not really wanting to know the answer.

Soon Kankuro was zooming through the forest like some weird slinky, and there were panoramic shots as well as some annoying close-ups on the trip. He sighed. The stupid layout thing was driving him nuts...

Back in the Akatsuki hideout, Pein was stalking evilly around the perimeter of the room Hinata was in. He stroked his nonexistent goatee in a gesture of thought. Hinata sweatdropped and rolled her eyes.

"So." Pein pointed at her, leaning back slightly, feet planted shoulder-width apart. "You want to know what you're here for?" She shook her head rapidly, but he continued. "Too bad; I'm telling you anyway."

eek, cliffie!

I just wanted to mention that I'm really, really grateful for the reviews, you guys! I've gotten three already, and I'm so happy about it! XD

This story will probably get updated on a fairly regular basis, seeing as I have the majority of it written out. Well, a lot.

I'm going to update on Fridays from now on, or sooner, if I get a review.

Preview of next time:

Hinata looked at him for about two and a half minutes straight before bursting into semi-muffled laughter.

Pein turned bright red and yelled at her ("You think this is funny?! I'll show you funny!") and then the door to the interrogation room slammed open, denting the wall. The man looked up at the interruption, face contorting in disgust, sighed, and facepalmed.

Hinata just stared.

'Say WHAAAAT?'