Hands and lips trembled as one of the men with porcelain masks walked towards her, pointing his gun straight at her head. She was the only other person standing; everyone else had already dove towards the floor. Metal sheets had immediately risen to protect the tellers behind the counter, the door leading outside slammed shut; she heard the click as the locks slid into place.

Chills of absolute fear crept down her spine, paralyzing her. Hinata was just standing there, alone.

She could only watch as he approached her at a slow pace, getting closer and closer.

"What do we have here?"

His voice was thick with accent, from where, she couldn't recall. But it sent a whole new wave of terror washing over her. He reached a hand out, and she whimpered as he roughly pulled on her hair and moved behind her.

Raw tears flowed easily and freely from her wide eyes as sobs started to escape.

"Beautiful girl, you better shut that mouth. I'd hate to put a bullet through your brain."

Every cell in her body trembled as she felt the tip of a gun pressing against the side of her head. Doing her best to hold back the tears and audible sobs, her frame shook as he laughed darkly in her ear. The man forcefully moved her into the center of the lobby, as if she were on display. He had her head tilted upwards, before making her kneel before the other's being held against their will. The other man had everyone else sit cross-legged with their backs against the teller counters.

"Now, everyone better be quiet. I don't want to hear a sound from any of you. If I do, pretty girl will get her head blown off. You don't want that, do you?"

It seemed as though the oxygen she was inhaling burned her lungs, she couldn't get enough air. Her breaths came raggedly and she was feeling faint. Finally, he took the cold metal from her head, as he whispered quietly to his partner. She wished she were brave, that she was smart enough to get out of this.

She gasped loudly as the chilling sensation of hard metal was again pressed against the back of her skull. Every breath stilled to the point of her lungs feeling as they would implode until she took a slow intake, tears stopped coming, and there was only the feeling of that metal weapon pushing into her head.

The next deafening shot sent a ringing numbness through her right ear, it took her a second to realize they hadn't just killed her. Her vision swam as she finally heard small whimpers from the others, though she didn't dare move. Mentally checking herself; nothing hurt though there was still that ringing in her ear. But she was still alive, the blast must have come from the man behind her.

The other masked man whispered, "Where the hell is…!"

The one holding her at gun point interrupted lowly, "Shut up Tobi, watch your mouth."

Silence reigned it seemed forever afterwards. They hadn't demanded anything except silence; it was as though they were…waiting for something. In the back of Hinata's mind, it seemed to her that they were too calm, if they weren't she would have thought they did this on a whim.

But the porcelain masks, the thick body covering robes, their rather calm and confident demeanor made her guess that something else was planned. Were they after her, to use her as some avenue to get at her father and his wealth?

Or was it just coincidence, there was no way anyone would have known she would be here this morning.

She knew she had to keep quiet and think of something she could do to get out of this mess. It was hard to concentrate though when someone has your life in their hands. There was one thought blaring at her, she was ever grateful her sister wasn't here.

-halo-

"Hey bastard, snipers are in place, but no visual," Uzumaki's voice came over the radio.

Sasuke sighed, he really hated Naruto sometimes. "Copy that idiot, stay in place."

Itachi's brilliant mind had already memorized the blueprints of FireLeaf Bank; he found two possible entry points inside. His eyes now were constantly scanning the live feed his crew tapped into from inside the building. The perps were wearing long thick brown robes, covering everything but their faces which were hidden under white porcelain masks. One of them was pacing, and then he'd stop for a few seconds as if he was listening for something. The other man stayed in one spot, standing behind the kneeling Hyuga heiress while holding a gun to the back of her head.

He looked at another camera source, the one recording down on the employees who were locked behind the shields. One of them just picked up a phone. It was only a minute later when he saw the employee knock on the shield, then saw his mouth moving.

Uzumaki whispered quietly to him, "They are going to try to get one of them to come to the door so we can negotiate. They've been in there for half an hour already."

Itachi nodded, "They haven't made a move to get to the money…"

"…and they couldn't get out earlier because of the elite system the bank has, so they couldn't unlock the doors. They're trapped; we just need to get them out before they decide to kill somebody."

Sharp eyes never leaving the screen, he saw before they told him that the robbers weren't going to be cooperative. If anything, it looked as though the two masked men shared a laugh. Something wasn't right, yes the one was pacing constantly, but it didn't look like he was nervous, just moving to waste time; it was almost like a habit for the man. They were either not worried or insane, maybe both; and if that were the case, this situation just become explosively dangerous.

Itachi then hears Sasuke's voice over the speakerphone, "You are surrounded. If you let the hostages go we can talk." He already knew that it wasn't going to work. But it was protocol.

Then something happened.

Watching the screen on the computer he saw the man behind the heiress turn to face directly into the camera filming down on them. Itachi mentally cursed as he watched the man point towards it with his .45 gun. He heard the shot just as he lost the feed from inside, now all they had was the camera on the employees in the back. And they were all panicking.

Glancing away from the monitor, Itachi caught his brother's attention, "Sasuke, say nothing more. We need to get inside; we've wasted too much time. Naruto," the blonde looked over at him with a grin, "We're going in."

-halo-

Hinata jumped in her skin when the third shot rang out behind her, she couldn't help the fearful sobs and tears coming from her, she was openly crying. The others were all holding their ears and sobbing silently to themselves, listening in on the girl crying on her knees.

"Hey, Tobi thinks she looks kind of familiar," the one said.

The one keeping her at gunpoint was silent a moment, taking the time to look at her, "She does."

Chills crept down her spine.

"Who are you?"

Her lips trembled; she didn't think she could even speak.

"Tell us now before it's too late."

"H-H-Hina-Hinata," she stuttered out.

"Hinata who?" the man said pushing the gun harder against her scalp.

"H-H-H-Hyuga."

A slight pause before, "You don't say," he said chuckling easily to himself.

-A/N-

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