Author's Note: I do not own Naruto. Now here is the next chapter. There should be two more chapter's, possibly three but I am pretty sure it will be two. Needless to say that isn't overly important. I am just trying to give you all an idea. I am also hoping to get this story done before I have to move just because I may be without internet and such for some time. Plus moving won't leave a lot of time for writing. The only problem I can see is the fact that I still have no idea how I want to end this story. It has been driving me crazy as I am torn between three different possibilites. Hopefully I can make up my mind some time in the near future. As for this chapter it answers a lot of questions but it is not my favorite. I think the reason I don't like it as much as I might is because I have quite a bit planned to happen in the next chapter and I am looking forward to writing it more than I was this one. Needless to say if you aren't happy with it either I apologize and hope the next chapter will make up for it. And thanks to all of you who have reviewed and added this story to alerts and favs. It really does mean a lot. So enjoy this chapter and thanks for reading.


"Not interested, is that so," Kabuto questioned as he moved around his car, trailing his hand along the hood. It was clear his intention was to get closer to her and out of reflex she took a small step backward. That only elicited a chuckle from his lips.

"I thought you might be interested in learning a bit more about Sasuke. I can give you answers."

Hinata froze mid-step in her retreat, her pale eyes glancing at Kabuto. One thing that she wanted was answers. She was dying to know the truth behind the mess that she had suddenly fallen into and she was dying for information about Sasuke. She wanted to know anything that would help explain his actions. Something wasn't fitting right and she wanted to figure it out. As Kabuto was Sasuke's teammate she had no doubt that he could give her answers but at what cost to herself. As curious as she was to solve the mystery that surrounded Sasuke, she knew she couldn't trust Kabuto. He was dangerous.

She finished taking her step backwards though she realized that for every step she took backwards he was taking one forward. The sinking feeling that she was prey and that he was her predator began to settle over her as she recognized the beginning of a chase. She would run and he would no doubt follow. She didn't know if she could outrun him but perhaps she could reach a place with more people before he could catch her.

Just then an angry gust of wind whipped past her, startling her with its bitter chill. She immediately felt a sense of dread well up in the pit of her stomach as the bitter wind brought about her awareness of an impending storm. For a brief moment her pale gaze left the silver-haired individual in front of her to glance at the sky. She wondered if it was possible for such imposing dark clouds to blow so quickly across the sky or if she simply hadn't noticed before. Either way the dark gray blanket of clouds seemed to quickly eat away at what little daylight was left and her skin tingled in the anticipation of rain. No doubt the skies would so open up on them.

Hinata's pale gaze drifted back to the face of Kabuto and for the first time, she was able to clearly read the intent in his eyes. His intent was malicious and that intent seemed to radiate off of him. Never before had she been so attuned him but not she recognized the malice with a practiced ease as if she was always the target of such a hostile emotion. However it didn't make sense. There was no clear path that he would have taken to have such strong animosity towards her. None of it added up. She was a street racer but there were plenty of others as well. There were others better than herself as well. What had she done to warrant this attention?

The realization that none of this was about her hit her quite suddenly. If only she was more like Shikamaru, she would have without a doubt already have reached this conclusion. The realization that she was caught up in the middle of something big, something that she didn't understand wasn't easy for her to swallow. All of this was because of something she had been unwillingly dragged into and yet she still had no idea what it was. She was without answers and only more questions and she was pretty sure that a certain onyx-eyed individual would be able to answer them for her. The problem was that at the moment, whatever it was that she was apart of, was threatening to swallow her whole, drag her under so that she never saw the surface again.

Hinata went over the situation in her head and found it rather strange that the weather so perfectly mirrored the situation she was in. She was on the edge of the storm. The storm had been building and building out of her sight, completely unknown to her. Now finally it was making its presence. It held the promise of a startling violence something that would undoubtedly shake her to her very core. And it had taken her up until this very moment, when the storm was directly around her, for her to realize the kind of trouble she was in. There was no where for her to hide, no shelter from this storm.

Hinata shivered though it was not from the bitter wind that continued to blow the clouds over top of them. She realized then that she felt rooted to the ground that she stood on, as if some invisible bounds held her there. She had the urge to flee but she didn't know what to do. She was frozen as the fear that she had been trying her best to suppress began to creep up on her. It was slow at first but like the blanket of clouds above her it took hold and slowly began to consume her. It wasn't allowing her to think clearly. It was going to get her killed. She swallowed the bile in the back of her throat feeling as if she could choke on the emotion that had so completely gripped her body. The panic and fear was oppressive as if it was crushing down on her with the intent to destroy her.

She needed to get a hold of herself. She needed to calm down and think rationally, but the onslaught of everything that had been thrown her way had left her severely unbalanced. She couldn't get a grip on the rising panic. Instead she wanted to scream. Her lips even parted, and just when she thought she would hear the sound of her terrified voice ripping its way past her dry throat, the roar of an engine seemed to swallow up all other sounds. Her mouth snapped shut and her gaze flew to the car as it swung into the parking lot at a dangerous speed.

"Sasuke."

As his name left her lips she swore she heard the low rumble of thunder in the distance, the storm threatening and nearly upon them. She recognized his car as soon as it had come swinging into the lot. Brakes squealed and the small of burning rubber reached her nose as the car swung to a stop between herself and Kabuto. The passenger window was down and she could see him clearly, his face holding a dark expression that was just as threatening as Kabuto.

The only difference was that Hinata wasn't scared of him. For all of the unanswered questions she really did trust Sasuke not to hurt her. Perhaps it was a fool's thought, but she would rather take her chances with Sasuke than Kabuto. There was no doubt in her mind that Kabuto was a bad guy, she hadn't quite made up her mind about Sasuke.

"Get in the car," Sasuke ordered not bothering to look her way. His voice held an icy chill to it, one that made her wonder if perhaps she was thinking all wrong. Was her opinion so biased of him that she failed to see something more sinister about him or was his attitude not a reflection of her presence but that of Kabuto's. So for a brief moment she hesitated completely unsure of anything.

"Hinata please." This time his voice was more pleading, the icy edge gone. For a brief moment his attention left Kabuto and his onyx eyes fell on her to make sure that she was listening to him.

Time seemed to slow as the events around her unfolded. She took a step towards the car, her intention to climb inside and hope for the best. She saw Sasuke look back towards Kabuto, his eyes widening as he did so. His hand moved for something as the glass of his driver's side window shattered. She didn't even realize that she had screamed as the sound of the gunshot reached her ears.

"Hinata," Sasuke yelled. She didn't think then, she ran to the car and threw herself headfirst through the open passenger side window. It was hardly graceful and she was half hanging out the car as Sasuke punched the gas, the wheels spun and for a moment they didn't move as there wasn't enough traction between the spinning wheels and the surface of the pavement. As she drug her legs in through the open window, the car shot forward. Another bullet shattered the rear window and she flinched as she bit back her scream.

She looked at Sasuke, his eyes narrowed in intense concentration as his right hand gripped a rather deadly looking pistol. Her own eyes were wide with fear and her whole body was shaking as he peeled out of the parking lot, his gaze locked on his rearview mirror. She heard the sound of screeching tires along with Sasuke's curse and realized that Kabuto was following them. She stole a glance at the passenger side mirror and saw his car peel out of the parking lot behind them.

"What is going on," she choked out, hysteria bubbling up into her words.

"Talk to me," she nearly screamed as he said nothing. He didn't look over at her, his attention was needed elsewhere, he was carefully watching Kabuto in the rearview mirror.

"How much do you know about what happened with my family," Sasuke suddenly demanded and it took a moment for Hianta to realize that he was attempting to explain to her.

"Not much," she admitted, her voice foreign sounding to her own ears.

"When I was younger my older brother killed my parents. I came home from school and found them both dead on the floor. My brother was arrested and confessed to the murders. Then a few days later the confession and the evidence was thrown out. I'm not sure who paid off the people that made the ruling happen, but Itachi, my brother, walked. I haven't seen him since."

Hinata wondered how any of that had to do with the situation they were in. She had known that he had lost his family at an early age and she had been fairly certain there had been a murder but she had not realized it had been his brother. At the time that Sasuke had lost his family quite a few rumors about what had actually happened circulated around the town. No one seemed to know much or at least no one seemed willing to talk about it. Just when she thought Sasuke was done talking she heard him draw in a shaky breath. She realized how difficult this was for him and while she wanted to tell him that they didn't need to do this now, she needed answers. She needed to know what she was in the middle of.

She looked back at Sasuke how grit his teeth as he swerved around another car, his eyes constantly flickering back to the rearview mirror to check to see where Kabuto was. He was trying to lose him but in the traffic they were currently in it was proving to be a difficult task.

"I swore the day that Itachi walked, that I would get revenge for our parents. So when I was sixteen I got into street racing. I knew that Orochimaru used to be part of the gang that my brother is supposedly in. I wanted to get close to him to see what I could learn about my brother. The thing was before I had a chance to even get close to Orochimaru I got arrested. I've been working for them the past year gathering enough to put Orochimaru away. It was that or jail and I can't find my brother if I am locked behind bars."

"You're a cop," Hinata stammered out in disbelief.

"No," Sasuke corrected. "I am an informant for them. I've been working for them and I just turned in enough evidence to them to put Orochimaru away for the rest of his life. The only problem is that he knows I rolled on him and now he wants me dead. He sent Kabuto after you because he knew about my relationship with you."

Hinata shook her head trying to take in everything he was saying. She had been right. He wasn't one of the bad guys. Still she felt like her head might explode as she tried to straighten out everything in her mind.

"How did they know to look for me? I mean you had a relationship with Violet. Not with me."

"I don't know how they figured out who you really were. I was hoping that by asking Neji not to say anything that your secret would stay safe," he said shaking his head. "I am really sorry Hinata. I should never have gotten you involved in this. I never meant to."

"Th…that was the reason you asked Neji no to say anything?" She couldn't help herself. She had to ask the question no matter how out of place it was at a time like this. She needed to know the answer.

"Yes I didn't want Orochimaru to find out. If you think it had anything to do with me finding out the truth you are wrong. I figured you out before Neji and Tenten told me. You kept me guessing for awhile but that night at the hospital I figured it out."

"How," she asked once again her tone that of disbelief.

"I guess you're easier to read when you're Hinata. You're not hiding behind some mask," he stated. He looked like he was about to say more when he jerked the wheel to the right and nearly avoided being hit by another car that swung in on their left.

"Shit," he cursed as he glanced in the mirror. "Looks like the whole team is here."

Sasuke swung off the main road, his intention to get the chase away from all the traffic. Hinata watched as four cars took the corner to remain on their tail. She tried to think of who he was talking about and vaguely remembered a few other people that she had seen with Kabuto before. There was two boys and a girl and all three of them gave her the creeps. Another shot ricocheted off the back of the car and a second shattered the rear light causing her to jump in her seat.

"Hinata I need you to drive," he said glancing over at her briefly.

She gulped but nodded. She wondered if she was going to be able to keep the car straight with her hands shaking so badly but she was going to try.

"Take the wheel," he commanded. She did as she was told and slowly began to scoot over so that she was leaning across him, her hands gripping the wheel. Her eyes locked on the rearview mirror as Sasuke started to inch over towards the passenger side.

"On the right," she yelled as one of the cars came up threatening to ram them. Sasuke punched the gas and Hinata maneuvered left so that all the car managed was to clip the rear bumper. She fought for control and managed to easily regain it, straightening the car out and taking over the pedals from Sasuke who successfully slid into the passenger seat. Just then his phone went off startling them both. Sasuke ignored the ringing and leaned out the passenger side window firing his gun, the rounds being shot off in rapid succession.

Hinata tried not to cringe each time the gun went off but she was finding it challenging. Sasuke's phone continued to ring as she took a narrow turn onto another empty street, accelerating off of the corner in a futile attempt to lose the pursuing cars. Another shot hit the car just outside the passenger's side window. Sasuke jerked back inside the car.

"Are you okay," she cried out frantically searching for blood.

"I'm fine just drive," he ordered as he slammed another clip into his gun. Sasuke's phone once again began to ring and Hinata reached a hand over to his pocket.

"What are you doing," he asked, his eyes widening slightly.

"I'm going to throw your phone out the window," she growled finding the ringing terribly distracting as she was trying to drive. Sasuke beat her to the phone and jerked it out of his pocket.

"At least use it to call the police," she stated as she pulled the emergency brake and took another tight corner.

"The whole police force is on the other side of town trying to bust Orochimaru. I guess none of them realized that the whole lot of them happens to be chasing after us," he said as he glanced at the phone.

"Now is not the best time," Sasuke said as he flipped open the phone and brought it to his ear. Hinata couldn't believe he had actually answered the phone. They were being shot at and he was on the phone. She wanted to scream at him and might have if she wasn't so terrified.

"Nara? There are four of them. Yeah, alright thanks." Sasuke dropped the phone into the cup holder and then spared her a brief glance.

"Shikamaru has a plan and right now we need some help. Head to the old abandoned warehouse on eighth," he said before climbing into the back seat. He kept low and remained ducked down behind the seat. Just when Hinata wondered what it was that he was doing, he popped his head over the top of the seat. He used the seat to level his gun and fired ten rounds in quick succession. She heard what sounded like a loud pop followed by another one. In the mirror she saw one of the cars swerve out of the pack and roll to a stop. It was Kabuto's car and she realized that Sasuke had hit his tires. He was going no where on his rims.

Another wave of rounds hit their car and she shrieked as the front windshield shattered. She swerved slightly and heard Sasuke let out what sounded like a combination between a hiss and a groan. She turned around as soon as she had regained control of the car to see him holding the side of his arm, blood pouring through his fingers. Her eyes widened and her normally pale skin turned nearly translucent.

"Sasuke!"

"I'm alright Hinata. It only got flesh. Just get to the warehouse."

Hinata nodded and slowed her pace as the came up on the final turn she needed to make. The decrease in speed was barely noticeable as it happened slowly. She watched as the three cars in pursuit crept up on them. They were nearly at her bumper when the turn became visible.

"Duck," she yelled as she pulled the emergency brake. The car wavered, threatening to spin out of control as the other cars flew past them. Rounds were fired into the car as the other cars zoomed past them. Hinata let go of the emergency brake and popped her head back up in time to make the turn, the other cars already past it as their brakes were applied.

She accelerated down the narrow road and jerked the car into the parking lot of the warehouse. Her pale eyes glanced frantically around when Sasuke's hand came up and pointed to the far end.

"Right there," he said and Hinata could see that the garage-like door was opened. She drove towards it and sped through the opening as the three other cars pulled into the parking lot still on their tail. The door was slammed closed behind the car as she hit the brake and barely managed to get the car to stop before she hit a wall.

"Come on," Sasuke said pulling on her arm as he opened up the door. He pulled her out of the car and she barely had a chance to let her eyes adjust to the dark warehouse when she saw Shikamaru, Naruto, Sakura, and Lee standing there.

"There's not much time. They aren't just going to sit out there and wait," Sasuke stated. Shikamaru nodded and tossed Hinata a set of keys.

"On my signal we go then," Shikamaru said and everyone nodded. "Good luck."

"Who needs luck when you've got all this skill," Naruto shouted pumping his fist into the air.

"The power of youth shall ensure our victory," Lee cried out.

Sasuke grabbed her arm and before she knew what was going on she was being shoved into the driver's side of Lee's car. Sasuke ran around to the other side of the car and climbed in. As he slammed the door shut, she looked over at him.

"What is going on?"

"When that door opens drive," he said pointing to the door in front of her.

"What about everyone else?"

"You'll see," he said with a smirk.

She was about to ask him more when the building seemed to come alive. The lights flew on and the doors opened up. She hit the gas as ordered and Lee's car leapt forward. As she pulled out of the warehouse she saw her own car peel off to the right with Shikamaru behind the wheel. Behind him a black Camero that she recognized as Jiraiya's came tearing out of the garage. Finally there was an electric green car that resembled the one she was in. It took her a moment to process that behind the wheels of those cars were Lee and Naruto. The four cars each peeled off a different direction and she realized immediately what Shikamaru's intentions had been.

Divide and conquer.


Okay so one note I want to make is the lack of police pressence. I know that it is highly unrealistic for a high speed chase to take place without the cops showing up but it always happens in books and movies or at least it seems that way. Either that or the cops do show up and get their butts kicked. I tried to give a valid reason for lack of police pressence but if that isn't good enough for you I apologize. The reasoning is just to add a bit more action to the story. Once again I hope you all enjoyed the story and thanks for reading.