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Hinata's eyes widened at the sight of her sensei that had abandoned her.
Is this really happening? I must be dreaming!
"You little bastards," Kisame said with a smirk. "I wasn't expecting to see you guys here. Itachi, I told you that we should've killed them off!"
Itachi just stared straight ahead with his usual poker face, not responding to Kisame.
Hinata looked over at the furious Kiba, Akamaru, and Naruto, and a ready-to-go Shino. Then her eyes whipped back to Itachi. Hinata felt slightly hot as she noticed he was staring intently at her, narrowing his eyes. Bring it on, his sharingan seemed to say in his calm voice.
Hinata stepped foreward in front of her comrades, spreading her arms protectively in front of them. She grimaced at her opponent.
"Huh? Hinata? What are you doing?" Naruto's confused voice sounded behind her.
"Yeah, Hinata! What do you think you're doing!" Kiba asked, aggravated. Akamaru barked in agreement.
"Let me take them," she said, her voice dangerously low.
"No way, that's happening! You'll get crushed if you won't let us help you!" Kiba yelled.
"I think I can handle it," Hinata said, slightly aggressively. "Don't tell me I can't do it!"
"Let her handle this alone," Shino's deep voice now joined in. "If she needs our help, then we'll give it gladly to her."
"But-"
"Let's just have faith in her. She'll be fine." Shino defended.
"Yeah, Kiba! Anyone can do anything they set their mind to. Believe it!" Naruto said before running up to Hinata to give her a shoulder massage. "You got this, champ," he said to her.
There was a short silence before Kiba finally gave in. "Fine," he said. "But Naruto, get back over here!"
Naruto's hands were suddenly off of her shoulders. "Whoa! Hey, Kiba! What was that for!" Naruto was now yelling.
"Interesting," an unexpected calm voice said. The three Konoha ninja looked up, nearly forgetting the enemies. Itachi was looking intently over at Hinata still before he stepped foreward. "Kisame, why don't you let me take this girl on?" It wasn't much of a question, more of a command.
"Should I take on the others?" Kisame asked, licking his lips. "How about the Jinchuuriki?"
Kiba frowned before stepping protectively in front of a psyched Naruto. "I'd like to see you try," Kiba growled as Akamaru joined him, growling as well.
"Go for it," Itachi said. "Just leave the girl to me."
Kisame smirked before turning to the three boys. Without hesitation, he ran towards the boys, swinging his sword dangerously around. "This is no sweat!" he remarked.
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Itachi narrowed his eyes. They spoke to Hinata.
Now then, show me what you've got, they said.
Hinata smirked. Thist was just like training. She leapt up high into the air, doing a front flip on the way up. She performed a series of hand signs.
"Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!"
Itachi heard something crashing through the trees until a furious dragon crafted of water was in front of him, ready to attack.
I see, Itachi thought, swiftly dodging the attacks. She got the water from the nearby pond...
The dragon whipped it's tail around, sending Itachi crashing into a hard tree.
I can't use my fire jutsu to fight it off, he thought, dodging another attack. He quickly devised a plan.
Hinata's Byaakugan was turned on. She once again sent a vulnerable Itachi crashing into another tree, this time pinning him against it. She completed another series of handsigns. "Water Prison Jutsu!" she yelled.
The dragon wrapped itself around Itachi, creating a water prison. Wow, that takes a lot of skill, he thought, looking up at the blurry image of the girl who had captured it. Just then, he disappeared in a cloud of white smoke.
"Huh? A shadow clone?" Hinata looked up with her Byaakugan to see Itachi, jumping out of a tree armed with a kunai. As he fell, he tossed the kunai at Hinata, who quickly defended it with her open palm. The next thing she knew, her and Itachi were immersed in a close combat battle. The Hyuuga's kekkei-genkai allowed her to see Itachi's vital chakra points. She clenched her teeth and jabbed her two fingers into his stomach. Unfortunately, before they were able to strike, Itachi snatched her wrist and kicked her in the stomach, sending her flying across the forest. Now it was her turn to crash into a tree. Hinata slid down the tree and fell to the floor. Her eyes temporarily closed until she felt a presence. She opened them and quickly stood up, dusting herself off.
The next thing she knew, Itachi had her pinned against the tree once again. He was standing so close to her, that his lips brushed her ear as he said to her, quietly as possible, "I'll see you tonight."
Then he was gone.
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Itachi walked back through the forest where he had left his comrade to fight the three boys. What he saw was Kisame, lying nearly unconcious on the ground, and the Jinchuuriki's eyes flashing a violent crimson red. He blinked, and his eyes turned back to a calm blue before they closed and he fell face first on the ground.
"Hey, Naruto!" Kiba yelled kneeling down next to his friend, Shino joining him. Kiba looked up and noticed Itachi. He frowned. "You'll pay for this!" he said furiously. "You'll never get Naruto!"
Itachi walked calmly over to his own friend and lifted his wet body over his shoulder. "Calm down," he told Kiba sullenly. "We were just leaving." And with that, the two Akatsuki members were gone in a puff of smoke.
Kiba sighed with relief. "Nice work Shino, Akamaru," he said patting his dog on the head. Akamaru gave him a sloppy wet kiss. Kiba smiled, then suddenly an expression of worry came about him. "What about Hinata?"
Shino suddenly stood up, picking up the unconcious Jinchuuriki bridal style. "I'll take care of Naruto for now," he said. "You go and find Hinata."
Kiba hopped on Akamaru's back. They bounded through the forest, searching intently. Kiba drew in a deep breath through his nose. Akamaru stopped, sniffing the air. Kiba looked down at his best friend. "Do you smell that, buddy?" Akamaru barked, as if to say yes. "It's Hinata! Come on, she's close!" Akamaru began to run in the direction his and Kiba's nose led them. Soon enough, the trees revealed Hinata, standing stiffly against a tree. Her pale eyes were widened in shock, and a cold bead of sweat dripped down her face.
Kiba quickly hopped off of Akamaru's back and ran over to Hinata. He stood in front of her, but she didn't seem to see him. It was as if she were looking straight through him. "Hey, Hinata," Kiba said, gently shaking her. She didn't move. "Hinata, it's me! Wake up!" He shaked her more aggressively, but she still looked frightened. What did he do to her! Kiba furiously thought, planting his lips on Hinata's pale ones. He pulled away from her after a few seconds, taking a good look at her. Now, she was looking tiredly at him before her eyes closed and she began to fall face first to the ground just as Naruto had. Kiba quickly held out his arm, catching her on her stomach. He facepalmed with his other hand. "Great, that's two of them now," he said glumly.
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