Sorry for the late update. Thank you to whoever reviewed the latest chapter. Please read my new Naruto fanfic ' The First Steps ' It's a GaaHina fic, slightly dark, but is probably more romantic. Anyway enjoy this chapter!

Deidara whined," I barely talk at all in this chapter! Same with Hinata,un!"

Sasori said," I'll get like 2 lines if I'm lucky.

Me: Shush this is a very important chapter.

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I REWROTE LAST CHAPTER. MUST READ IT IF YOU HAVEN'T OR IT WON'T MAKE ANY SENSE

Who knew the great Itachi was looking for a flower on a mountain, with a infamous group. Not to mention he's doing this with Temari's best friend and Ino's love interest. Fate sure is interesting that way. Its always surprising people and its unpredictable.

The Akatsuki were looking for the flower for hours now! It was getting late, and it'll be impossible to find it in the dark.

Hidan was cursing up a storm. " Fuck this shit! Maybe we'll find it faster if Deidara will get off his ass to help us " It wasn't just Deidara though, it was also Hinata, but she couldn't really help in this situation anyway.

Konan was looking at all the flowers slowly. And if she found a flower she has never seen before, she looks at it for at least five minutes. Zetsu was pretty hopeless himself because he was eating some of the flowers. Zetsu could've eaten the flower they were looking for all we know. Tobi...Tobi looked like he was...skipping.

Deidara said," Hey I'm keeping Hinata company, yeah. Konan isn't even doing anything ! "

Hidan said," What do you mean. She's doing an awesome job. " Hidan said confused obviously too blinded to not notice.

" No, open your eyes dude! She's been spacing out and staring at one flower for ten minutes already,un!"

" Wrong! Its only been 4 minutes and 37 seconds dope!" Meanwhile Konan was too distracted to hear that creepy comment. Deidara sort of backed away from Hidan slowly.

Tobi stopped the arguement by shouting out," I found it! " Everyone shot him a strange look. Who knew Tobi would be the one to find it. " I found it an hour ago, but Tobi just wanted to hang out here more."

All the boys took turns chasing Tobi trying to beat him up, but Tobi was too agile and nimble to be caught. Pein gave up and just asked Tobi to give him the flower. Tobi handed it over quickly.

The flower didn't have any fancy, extroidinary petals. It looked lkinda plain, yet elegant. This flower was the most special flower in the world. Pein and Konan were the only ones that knew what it did and how much it was worth.

Itachi mumbled," Okay we got the flower, now lets leave."

Deidara made a clay bird once again and everyone got on.

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Temari and Ino were at the Akatsuki lair.

Ino complained," Where are they!" she was stomping her foot impatiently, " I'm sure this is the right lair! I mean who else would have a lair in this dump?"

Temari sighed," I don't know, its almost dark too." Temari looked up at the sky. And now it was an orangey color.

"Well they should be here soon, right? So in the mean time lets jsut talk!" Ino smiled happily

Temari groaned. All she did today was hear Ino talk! It was all about a guy named Zetsu. I mean how long did she know him? A day? " All you ever talk about is Zetsu. Before you were flirting with Sasuke non stop. "

Ino pouted," Zetsu's different. He actually pays attention to what I say and cares. " Ino was spacing out for a moment and asked " How bout you? I heard you were talking to a totally hot guy that day too."

Temari gaped," Who did you hear that from?"

Ino smirked" I heard from a certain annoying, pink haired girl. " Ino saw Temari smacked her forehead in frustration, " Oh so I see your not rejecting the fact that he's hot. I heard from Sakura that he's a better and older looking version of Sasuke Uchiha"

Temari's face flushed red," I-It's not like that! We were just...talking. " Ino's face showed that she wanted more details. " Okay so he's a totally charming guy. I kinda want to meet him again. " Ino sqealed while jumping up and down. ' Gosh I'm going to kill Sakura when I get back'

"That boy must be great if he can get a reaction like that from you." Before Temari couldn't really argue. He was nice, and very different from Shikamaru, she heard a crash and turned around. ' 'No doubt they are the Akatsuki '

" Ino its them " Temari gave a serious look to Ino. Ino nodded but soon saw who was on the bird. It was Zetsu! There was nobody else Ino knew that looked like that.

" Temari! It's Zetsu! " Ino gave an excited and happy to look to Temari. Temari looked for a guy that looked the way Ino described him. ' Green hair, black and white face, resembles a plant...yup that was him alright. I guess Ino really didn't make that up to shock me' Before Temari could say anything Ino rushed towards him without any of the Akatsuki members not noticng.

Temari spotted Itachi...and Hinata! She ran after Ino and cought up easily " Ino! Priorities first. Hinata is here." Being a tiny bit air headed, she was shouting out Hinata's name. Hinata heard voices and regonized them quickly.

The Akatsuki were confused and Sasori was saying how they should never have Tobi fly again, When Hinata jumped off the bird without any help and ran towards the strangers. They had one long group hug. Itachi and than Zetsu jumped off and walked towards them with the rest of the Akatsuki still confused. Ino sqealed," Zetsu! I missed youuu sooo much!"

Zetsu replyed, " H-Hi Ino. I missed you too. Than he gave her a crushing hug.

Ino said," Your kinda crushing me." She sweat dropped," And you smell really good. Kinda like flowers." So Ino buried her face in Zetsu's shoulder. Zetsu get rid of the venus fly trap-like plant around him temporalily.

" Temari, I'm glad we could meet up again" Itachi said with a gentle smile

' Why did he have to be so annoyingly charming' Temari smirked " Well we were here on a mission to retrieve Hinata. But since we came all this way. Hinata looks really happy and I guess we can stay here for a couple of days. Its good to see you again too. "

" I have no problem with that."

Hidan screamed," Can somebody tell me whats going on here!" Itachi explained the situation to them excluding the fact that he was really glad Temari was here.

Kisame sighed, " So much happened today. Lets just get everyone inside and everything sorted out. "

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Pein said," First things first. Hinata, this flower can cure your blindness. "

Hinata put on a shocked expression," Y-your kidding me"

Pein shook his head," Thanks to Konan's research. We found out that there was an extremely rare floer that could cure almost anything! "

Hidan said," Woo! Konan that's amazing!"

" I-It was nothing," Konan said stuttering slighltly. ' My chest and head feels really weird when I'm this close to Hidan now. Do I have some strange diease? I never had this feeling when I was with him before'

Ino said excitedly," Ohhh your not gonna be dissapointed in what you see in that cutie! That blonde guy over there is like pretty cute and your pretty adorable yourself "

Hinata blushed slightly.

Deidara said," Congratualations Hina-Hime."

Konan started to make the special tea from the flower carefully. And when she was done, she poured it into a teacup. Deidara blew on it gently to make she it wasn't gonna burn Hinata's tongue. Hinata closed her eyes and drank slowly from it.

Hinata opened her eyes carefully and couldn't believe it! Everything...she could see everything perfectly clear. The world was so much more beautiful than she culd ever imagine. Hinata laughed while crying, and hugged everyone. Even Sasori felt touched by this moment.

Deidara lifted her up in the moment. " Ino was right. I'm not dissapointed at all" She giggled and Deidara spun her around.

Pein gave Hinata a mirror so she could see what she looked like. Hinata was a little shocked about how her eyed looked, but got used to it. After that Hinata examined and memorized everyone's face happily. Tobi hugged Hinata tightly and suggested they play a game.

Though Hinata admits that everyone was a lot more...different than she thought. She doesn't judge people by their looks though.

Sasori groaned," I'm tired. I think we've all been through enough today. "

Tobi protested, but everyone was already feeling sleepy.

Pein said," I don't think we have any extra rooms for Ino and Temari though, and every room can only hold 2 people in it. Hinata is already sharing a room with Konan. "

Ino piped in cheerfully," I can share a room with Zetsu!" Zetsu didn't mind that. He was still trying to register the fact that they have to share a bed though.

" Temari can come stay with me," Itachi said.

" No! " Temari said quickly. She couldn't picture it!

Itachi came behind her and held her waist, " Come on. I won't do anything darling...tonight" Itachi mibbled her ear. ' I just can't help it. I haven't seen her in ages'

Temari's face resembled a strawberry and so did everybody's elses faces in the room. "...Only if you don't do anything or touch me." Itachi wasn't gonna give up and Temari could see that.

Itachi cheered silently in his head ' Yes!'

Pein coughed ," Now that thats settled. Goodnight everybody. "

..

In Itachi's room*

Temari looked around his room. It wasn't as messy as she thought it would be.

" Itachi asked," Do you want to sit down and watch a movie with me?"

" What kind of movie?"

" A really scary movie." Itachi answered simply. Itachi could see Temari stiffen up after he said that " Or are you too scared to watch it?" Itachi said mockingly.

Temari didn't want to sseem like a little kid compared to him and said," I'm n-not scared of anything!" without thinking. Itachi thought ' She took the bait ' while smiling evily. Itachi was a true gentleman, but also liked to mess with people that interested him. Itachi was extremely interested in Temari.

" Okay than lets watch ' The Grudge ' Itachi isn't afraid of this movie at all, but he knows that Temari will be scared.

Temari wasn't going to back down now. The last time Temari watched a scary movie was when Gaara wanted to rent one. It gave her nightmares for months! She was glad Gaara enjoyed it though. " Fine " ' I'll wipe that smirk off his face '

Itachi played the movie on his t.v. and skipped the previews and than sat next to Temari on his king sized bed. She was already terrified half way into the movie. Itachi was grateful she wasn't a screamer. Temari was clutching Itachi's shirt. " Hey hold on any tighter and my shirt might rip. Plus your nails are digging into my skin. "

Temari ignored that because they were at the scariest part of the movie now and was now clinging on to Itachi like her life depended on it.

" You know I think it would be easier if you just sat on my lap," He teased. To his surprise she did. Their was the tiniest hint of a blush on his face. ' She's lighter than she looks. I don't know how much longer I can take this ' " I think we should be going to bed now " Temari agreed quickly by nodding her head. ' Wow she's cute '

They got into bed together, a pillow seperating them. Temari couldn't sleep after watching that. " Itachi I can't sleep"

He turned around and said,"Are you scared? " He already knew the answer, but he thought he should be polite and ask anway.

She answered sheepishly," A little"

" Yeah me too " He lied to make her feel better. " How about we just talk for a bit "

Temari gave him a smile. Not a mocking smile, but a genuine one. " I wouldn't mind that"

So they did talk. They talked about what they liked, what they did, and just had a lot of fun together. This is the side of Itachi that a very select few of people can see.

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Zetsu and Ino yawned. ' She sure talks a lot, but she's so outgoing and energetic. '

Ino has liked many boys, despite her young age and went straight to the point," Zetsu, do you like me?"

Zetsu didn't know what to say. No person let alone any girl would ask him that. Everyone usually avoided him because he looked so strange to other people," I like you very much. "

" What do you like about me? And do not say everything because that is answer is so like cliche. "

Zetsu had to think about this because he really did like everything about her. His peaceful finally found the right words." Your blonde hair, because it's the color of the sun. Your heart because it looks past my...well looks. Your eyes are beutiful like the sky. "

' No boy has ever been so nice to me! Choji is pretty nice, but he likes food too much' Ino said," Yeah I like you a lot too, but ya know I can't stay here forever so would you wait for me? When we meet again, you would like me no what I looked like, right?"

Zetsu took what she said all in. ' She likes me too!' " You sure have many expectations. I can do all of that, no problem. Just promise me you want fall for another guy?"

Ino laughed quietly," No way will I find someone like you." Ino snuggled into his chest and started sleeping instantly.

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Hinata was very fidgety in her room. She just couldn't get used to the fact that she has her eyesight back! Maybe her father will approve of her now.

' I'm not too sure if I ever want to leave '

She yawned loudly. Konan asked," Are you okay?"

" Y-Yeah I'm perfect."

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Tsunade was thinking what could have happened to the two young girls. Now that they have more of the experienced ninjas back, she could go send them to find Hinata, Ino, and Temari. It has been over a month since they lost contact with Hinata, and a few days with Ino, and Temari.

' Who knows what kind of trouble they could be in at this point' Tsunade didn't know how just how wrong she was.

Tsunade had 5 of the most elite ninja in Konoha and the Sand Village go on a search for them. It should only take two days tops to go bring them back.

Love it hate it? The next couple of chapters mat be longer cause of Ino and Temari. Please read my other fanfic 'The First Steps'. Please review?