Shikamaru, Naruto and Hinata all finally arrived at the village. Naruto looked at Hinata; she had a smile on as if everything was alright. Naruto just shrugged and looked over to Shikamaru. "Yo Shikamaru, where are Itachi and Kisame?" Naruto said as he folded his arms and put them behind his head. Shikamaru looked over to him and sighed "they are supposed to be like 4 miles away from this village but they often come here." Shikamaru said as they walked a little ways into the village. Hinata blushed as soon as she heard Itachi's name. "Why do I feel so light headed? I mean it was only a kiss..." she thought as she stared off into space. Naruto looked at her again; she had her hands to her face and was blushing. "Ok then..." Naruto had said as he picked up the pace. They checked with the villagers and met back at a tavern for the night. "Oh man I'm bushed, nothing but asking questions to stupid old geezers who don't know anything" Naruto complained as he stretched and flopped on his bed. "Hmm...Interesting that they only show up in one particular spot, a tea stand..." Shikamaru said as he sat on his bed and looked down puzzled. Hinata had gotten a separate room for more privacy. She sat down on the soft bed and looked to the ceiling, "was it really a dream?" she asked herself as she fell back on the bed and sighed. She got changed into her PJ's and crawled into bed."I just hope it's not a dream..." she said as she slowly closed her eyes. But then they shot opened a she quickly sat up in bed "wait what am I saying? He's a betrayer of the leaf village, why should I like him?" She asked herself as she put a hand to her head. She looked over at the window and sighed again, "why am I feeling like this? The last time I ever felt like this was...was...never..." she said as her eyes filled with tears. She huddled herself in a little ball and wept silently, her confused feeling left her astray in her mind.
The next morning Shikamaru and Hinata went to the tea stand to where the Akatsuki members were seen at; Naruto had to be left behind at the tavern because the Akatsuki were looking for him as it is. But Naruto evidently left the tavern and explored the village a bit. "Man there's no action around here" he complained as he put his hands in his pockets and kicked a small stone. He looked up to see not too far from the village entrance were Kisame and Itachi coming. Naruto's eyes widened as he quickly ran to the tea stand where Shikamaru and Hinata were at. "They're coming!" he yelled to them as he ran straight past the stand back to the tavern. Shikamaru sighed a bit and looked to Hinata, she nodded and they took their table. Just as the report had stated they came up to a table and ordered some tea. Shikamaru had his back turned to them, Hinata could see them. She noticed Itachi looking over at their table, she quickly turned her head."Did they see us?" Shikamaru said in a low whisper as he stiffened up a bit. "I'm not sure..." Hinata said as she continued to avoid direct eye contact with them. She glanced back to see them leaving already, she slightly gasped and looked to Shikamaru and nodded. They waited a few seconds before they started tailing them. They kept switching their positions from the alleys to the roof tops but Hinata had a bit of a feeling in the back of her mind something was wrong or that something bad was going to happen. They were traveling after them in the forest now, Shikamaru looked towards Hinata, and he gave her a bit of a signal. When he looked back the Akatsuki members were gone, his eyes went wide as he glanced around quickly. They got to a clearing and still no sign of them, Hinata's heart started to race as her uneasy feeling got worse. That's when she felt breathing on the back of her neck, before she had the chance to look, a kunai was held up to her neck. She had squeaked at bit for Shikamaru to have noticed. His eyes grew wide to see it was none other than Itachi, before he took a step Kisame appeared in front of him with his toothy smile. "It's best if you tried not to move" Kisame said to him slowly putting a hand on his giant sword's handle. Before he could lift the sword Itachi had yelled "Kisame! Save it for later he is of no concern to us right now" this caused Kisame to stop. Kisame slightly sighed and as he looked dissatisfied at his partner. "Let her go Itachi!" Shikamaru yelled to Itachi. Itachi simply looked at him and slightly smirked "if you want this precious Hyuuga then you bring us the Kyuubi boy" Itachi had said to him as he tightened the kunai knife on Hinata's neck. Hinata was on the brink of tears on how scared she was. Shikamaru cursed himself for being so careless. Itachi had grabbed Hinata and put her over his shoulder taking off with her. Kisame followed behind him and slowly came up beside him "do we really want to bring this girl with us? I mean what will we do with her in the mean time when their getting the Kyuubi kid?" Kisame asked as he looked over to Hinata with a frown. Itachi simply didn't respond as they made their way further and further into the forest. Hinata started to become worry on what might happen to her, when the image of her and Itachi kissing popped into her mind and she blushed. "What have I gotten myself into" she thought as they slowly arrived at their destination.