Shikamaru sighed as he sat down; he looked over to Naruto who was busy pulling up potatoes and putting them in a basket. "Come on Shikamaru we don't have all day" Naruto had wheezed as he stood up and cracked his back a bit from his slouching position. Shikamaru simply looked at him and nodded, he stood and grabbed the hoe that was nearby and started to rake at the ground. Slowly he pulled up a potato and tossed it in the basket. Naruto went back to work too, "I just hope Hinata is alright..." Naruto said with a bit of a worried face. Shikamaru looked at him and nodded again, he wiped his forehead and went back to the potatoes. Itachi had glanced around sensing the ninja's presence going away little by little, till it was entirely gone. Kisame had let out a sigh of relief and shook his head. "A good thing head quarter isn't that far away huh Itachi?" Kisame had said as he glanced over to his partner. Itachi simply kept his head facing forward and didn't even give a nod to his partner. Kisame simply shrugged it off and his eye's then caught sight of Hinata. She was clutching to Itachi with a bit of a worried look on her face, Kisame looked at her weirdly and then looked forward. 'THWACK!' the second he took his eyes off her, he smacked into a tree branch. Itachi simply looked back to his partner who was now rubbing his nose from the impact of the branch. He smirked a bit and shook his head he continued ahead. Hinata had slightly giggled at the hurt ninja and stopped when he turned to her with a glare on his face. Kisame was cursing under his breath; out of all the stupid things he had done he had to run into a tree branch. He got up still rubbing his nose and continued after Itachi.
Shikamaru came home drowsy and exhausted from his day of labor. He collapsed on his bed and let sleep consume him, he then started to dream or in his case have a nightmare. He was laying in the grass on a hill side, looking at the clouds like he always did when a giant Tsunade in the sky came to his view. The bright summer day turned to a dark one fast, the winds whipped the hill side as he quickly got up, staring at Tsunade " This is all your fault Shikamaru!" the giant had yelled making a earth quake and when he didn't think it could get any worse, she had pointed at him and giant potatoes dropped out of the sky. Shikamaru was running now trying to avoid these potatoes at all costs when he heard pounding. He awoke to see it was day light again and that he had landed on the floor. The pounding increased, he grumbled as he got up rubbing his head, and opened the door. It was Sakura, she had a bit of a smirk on her face and he knew it couldn't be good for what Tsunade had in store for him. Sakura, Shikamaru and Naruto all arrived at the Hokages office. Sakura lightly tapped on the door to on hear a grumble meaning come in. They came into the office, Naruto yawning and Shikamaru rubbing his temples from a increasing headache. Tsunade waved Sakura off and looked to the two ninja's, she sighed and shook her head handing Shikamaru their next assignment. Shikamaru looked grimly at the folder and looked to see what was in store for them today. "Great...more potatoes..." he said as he looked up at Tsunade, who was too busy with paper work to look up. She simply waved them off and sighed, Shikamaru knew that Hinata's kidnapping had put alot of strain on the Hokage and that is was difficult to deal with. Naruto looked over to Shikamaru; he had a disappointed look on his face. As they walked out of the office and on to their hard labor of pulling potatoes day began.
Itachi and Kisame had arrived at a dark cave; Hinata could sense the evil aura as they neared the cave. Her grip slightly tightened as they got closer and closer. Itachi had stopped and put down Hinata, he then pulled out a cloth he wrapped it around her eye's preventing her from seeing anything. "Sorry, but rules are rules" he whispered as he put on his cloak and tied up Hinata. Kisame looked over to his partner shaking his head with a smirk on his face. "Is she your woman?" said a voice behind them; Itachi and Kisame had looked to see Zetsu forming out of the ground forming into his regular shape. Itachi simply looked to Hinata who was slightly worried at this point now and nodded. Kisame's smirk grew even more as he was now laughing at him. Itachi gave him a cold stare before he stopped laughing; Zetsu had simply shook his head and looked back to Itachi. "Pretty young to be your woman" he said while walking up to the two. "I prefer them young and besides I see great potential in this one" Itachi replied as he lifted her on his shoulder. Kisame looked weirdly at his partner then looked back to Zetsu who was now in front of them heading into the cave. Hinata was blushing at the conversation she just heard and slightly shook her head, she then felt Itachi rubbing her back as if he was trying to comfort her. They slowly walked down the darken tunnel, with only a few torches lit. The cave slowly turned into an underground cavern as they descended further. Zetsu stopped and pulled on a nearby rock revealing a secret entrance. They slowly arrived at a large door Kisame nodded and opened the door; Zetsu had then begun to walk away leaving the two behind. Itachi had entered the room and Kisame had shut the door. It was dark and damp when a voice was heard. "So you have finally returned from your scouting Itachi and Kisame?" the voice was ominous and a bit dark and you could see through the darkness of the room two eyes staring back at Itachi and Kisame. They both nodded and bowed to this figure; the eye's then fell upon Hinata then back at Itachi. "Is she yours Itachi?" the figure said as it laughed a bit; Itachi nodded, Kisame was slightly smirking again. The eyes darted a bit before they disappeared into the darkness but the voice was soon heard again. "Make sure you keep an eye on your woman Itachi...and don't let your feelings get in the way" the voice had said as it finally faded away. Itachi simply looked up and nodded again as he turned for the door. "So...she is going to be your entertainment till we get the Kyuubi kid?" Kisame said as he followed his partner out of the dark room. Itachi had simply looked towards his partner nodded again. Kisame had simply laughed a bit as they went to their chambers for the night. Kisame's and Itachi's rooms were next to each other as they slowly approached their doors. "Hey Itachi do me one favor will ya? Try to keep it down if you know what I mean" Kisame said with a bit of a smirk as he opened his door a slowly closed it. Itachi simply shook his head as he entered his room. It was lightly dim in his room, a big bed sat in the far off middle of his room as a dresser and a desk were on either side of the room. Itachi had put down Hinata and took off the blindfold and the rope. Her eye's slowly adjusted to the light as she looked at the dim room. She was then embraced from behind; she turned to see Itachi and blushed. His eyes were closed as he simply opened them and looked at her. They stood there staring into each other's eyes for what seemed like hours till Itachi set his sight off of her's. She sighed a bit disappointed and looked down, she was then picked up bridal style and placed on the bed. She looked to Itachi nervously and blushed even more. He took off his cloak and set it on a chair not too far from them. He then plopped down beside Hinata and fell back. Hinata watched as he fell, he looked over to her with a bit of a smile. She blushed even more when she was pulled towards him, her head rested on his chest, feeling his chest move up and down slowly. She slightly nuzzled up against him and started to drift off to sleep and the last thought to have run through her mind was 'maybe being captured isn't so bad...'