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It's freakin' hilarious!
Okay, ANYWAYS... here ya go :)
"Katsu!" The clay spider exploded in the middle of the living room. This had been going on for what seemed like forever, and somehow, by some miracle, nothing had caught fire just yet.
Deidara stuck his hand back into his clay pouch. Hinata watched in fascination as the mouth on his hand chewed on the clay, then spat out a perfectly made sparrow. Deidara threw it into the air, and it began to fly about. "Katsu!" The bird exploded into smithereens.
"You're pathetic, you know," Sasori said with a sigh. "Wasting your time like this..."
Deidara scowled. "I disagree," he said, crossing his arms. "Look, Hinata's enjoying herself, right?"
Hinata smiled nervously. "S-sure..." she lied.
Luckily, Deidara didn't seem to catch on. "See? Don't act like you know everything there is to know about art, hmm."
Konan was the only other one there. She was flipping through what looked like a magazine. "Would you two shut up!" she snapped. "Nobody cares! And Deidara," she said in a disgusted tone, glaring over at the blonde. He gulped nervously. "You're the one that reincarnated Sasori! If you-"
"SHH!" Deidara hissed. "I did NOT!" He was now turning bright red. "Why would I even want him alive?"
Sasori smirked. "Because you just can't live without me," he said knowingly. "Who would you argue with? See, I know you all too well."
Deidara frowned. "I really hate you," he muttered, looking away.
"Which is why you brought me back to life," Sasori commented. "That's pretty normal, though, I guess."
The two glared angrily at one another, once again a lightning bolt between their angered looks.
"GUYS!" Konan yelled. "I want to read! But you just HAD to come and distract me!" She looked over at Hinata and shook her head disapprovingly. "You can hang out with these idiots, but I have more important things to do." And with that, she got up and walked away.
Deidara sighed. "Well, I'm bored, un. What should we do?"
"I know. Whoever kills Deidara first wins."
"No, Sasori! Seriously!"
Suddenly, Kisame walked into the room. "Hinata! There you are!" He walked over to her and playfully ruffled her hair. She instantly began to smooth it back down when he stopped, but the shark man didn't seem to notice. "Itachi is looking for you," he said.
Hinata gratefully jumped up from the chair she sat in, pretty happy to get away from the two arguing artists.
"Hey, hey, hey," Sasori said. "Wait one second." Kisame and Hinata stopped and turned around, to where Sasori stared suspiciously at the Hyuuga. "Are you and Itachi going out, or something?"
Hinata turned as red as a tomato. Kisame and Deidara smiled. "Yup!" they said at the same time.
"K-Kisame!" Hinata stammered in embarrassment. "We're not going out!"
"Are you sure?" Kisame smugly asked. "What about that one time you guys kissed?" he teased. "I filmed the whole thing. I have evidence!"
"Kisame! Shut up!" Itachi's voice came from behind. Then the shark man went flying all the way to the other end of the room and hit the opposite wall.
"Whoa, that was epic, un," Deidara remarked after a brief silence. Kisame was now unconscious.
"If you don't want the same treatment, then you should shut your mouth," Itachi suggested.
"What mouth! I have three!" Deidara said defensively and very seriously, causing Sasori and Hinata to hold in their giggles.
Itachi just blinked, not sure what to say to that. "Right," he finally said, sounding rather lame.
There was an awkward silence. Sasori looked as though he would explode with laughter any second at Deidara's idiocy.
"Well, let's go, Hinata," Itachi finally said, turning towards the front door. "I have something to show you."
Hinata couldn't help but smile as she followed Itachi. She looked back at the other three members. Kisame was still lying by the wall, blacked out, while Deidara and Sasori were back to fighting as though nothing had happened. Hinata sweatdropped at the strange sight.
xXx
Itachi walked behind Hinata, his strong hands covering her closed eyes. "We're almost there," he said.
"Kay," Hinata said. It was nice to be alone with Itachi, but what he was doing she also found very strange. First of all, he was acting very out of character. This was so NOT Itachi. She had never expected anything like this out of him. And secondly, she had never been surprised like this before. It was definitely something new.
"Alright, you can open your eyes," he said suddenly uncovering her eyes. Hinata instantly opened them, and felt as though her breath had been taken away. Surrounded by trees, she found herself in a broad field. Colorful flowers sprouted up from the ground everywhere. The grass was a dark, lush green and butterflies, dragonflies, and happy birds zipped through the air. There was a clear pond in the middle where frogs happily jumped from lily pad to lily pad. The sky even seemed bluer than it was before.
Hinata stepped foreward, taking it all in. Was this place real? She felt a nice breeze blowing through her hair.
"Well?" Hinata had almost forgotten that Itachi was with her.
"It's the most beautiful place I've ever seen," she breathed, completely awestruck.
"That's how I feel," Itachi said quietly, walking up beside Hinata and looking at the blue sky.
"How d-did you find it?" Hinata asked.
"When I first joined Akatsuki, I never spent any time inside the base. Instead, I just explored. So I found this place. It's where I always go to empty my mind." Hinata felt his fingers intertwining with hers. He began walking foreward. "No one else knows about it here," he said. "I've never told anyone. Knowing everyone in the Akatsuki, they'd destroy the place."
Hinata giggled. "You're right about that," she said. "It's remarkable here."
"It is," Itachi agreed. Hinata glanced up at him to see his thoughtful expression. He looked almost radiant as he gazed off into the distance. She remembered how terrified she was of him when they first met, how cold she thought he was. She never would have thought that she would ever get so close to an S-Ranked criminal in her life. Now here she was, with the killer of all the Uchiha clan, in a lovely field. And she also knew more about him than anyone else back in Konoha did. It was a really crazy thought.
"Hinata," Itachi suddenly said. "I just wanted to say... thanks a lot for... yesterday."
They Hyuuga's eyes widened as she remembered the previous day. Itachi had never showed such raw emotions before then, and it had been very unexpected when he had hugged her like he would never let go. It was especially shocking when she realized he was crying.
Was that even possible?
"I've never had anyone speak such consoling words to me. It felt nice."
Hinata blushed. "I-It was n-no problem," she said, clearly embarrassed.
Itachi looked down at her, and she thought she might have seen a smirk on his face. Just maybe. "You're so modest," he commented.
Hinata just blushed even more.
"I like that," he said, leaning down and kissing her forehead.
"W-well," Hinata said, "thank you for telling me the truth."
Itachi said nothing. They had reached the pond, and the two took a seat on the soft grass and marveled at the scenery before them. Itachi looked at the pond, then his eyes darted to Hinata. She was also looking into the pond. He remembered the last time he had seen her before he found her outside in the rain.
Hinata noticed Itachi looking at her. She smiled up at him then rested her head on his shoulder.
"Hey, Hinata," Itachi said. She looked back up at him, a questioning look on her face. "Don't you like to dance?"
Suddenly, Hinata felt her face grow red and hot. How did he know?
"I saw you dancing one time," Itachi confessed. "That mission you went on with the Jinchuuriki... I was walking and I saw you dancing on the river."
Hinata's face grew hotter as she remembered that she hadn't exactly been wearing her clothes when that happened. She looked away.
Itachi noticed her blushing. "I thought it was beautiful," he said. "Very graceful."
"Th-thanks..." Hinata murmured. No one had ever known that she loved to dance like that. And if they did, then no one ever mentioned it to her.
"Well? Why don't you show me?" Itachi asked.
"Wh-wh-wh-wh-what!" Hinata exclaimed.
Itachi pressed his fingers on her pale lips. "Shh," he hushed.
Hinata moved his hand. "I can't do that," she said, more quietly.
"But you've danced in front of me before," Itachi pointed out.
"B-but I didn't kn-know you were even there..." she said.
"I'm not going to criticize you," Itachi said. "And you don't even have to do it for long. Even if it's only for five seconds."
Hinata stared at the tempting water. Itachi's words rang in her head. He was right. He would never criticize her. She frowned. "Okay, fine," she said feeling defeated. Without another word, she stood up, took off her shoes, and walked right on top of the pond, taking a deep breath, not believing that she was literally about to perform. She started off with a graceful twirl. This is weird, she thought, catching a glimpse of the Uchiha as she spun around. She only snuck out at night to do this, and she ony did it for her own sheer enjoyment, not at others expense.
However, while she was lost in these thoughts, she didn't realize that she was getting quite into her dancing. Just like the night Itachi had seen her, there were ribbons of water that she guided with her chakra that spun around her. Her moves and posture was impeccably perfect, her grace indescribable as she leapt and twirled across the pond. Itachi looked at her mysterious face, that held more confidence than he had ever seen in her. He couldn't stop the small smile that graced his lips.
Suddenly Hinata stopped. She cleared her throat and brushed imaginary dust off her jacket. "Yeah..." she said awkwardly as a pink blush touched her cheeks. I got way too carried away!
"Why'd you stop?" Itachi asked.
Hinata fidgeted her fingers. "Because y-you said that I only had to do it for five s-seconds. I-it doesn't really matter." She walked back onto the grass and sat down like nothing had happened.
"Now every time I come here, it'll feel like something is missing," Itachi said. "If I could keep you here to dance forever, I would. You just topped off this meadow's beauty."
Hinata hid her bright red face behind her curtain of hair. She almost wanted to disappear.
However, Itachi brushed her hair behind her ear and planted a kiss on her cheek. Then another one. And another. All the way until he was kissing her on the lips. Hinata felt like her head would explode any second if she blushed any more than she already was.
When they pulled away, Itachi stared at Hinata looking slightly amused.. "I'm sorry," he said, brushing her cheek.
"You shouldn't be sorry," Hinata told him.
"No, I'm sorry for making you do something that you didn't want to do," he said.
Hinata smiled and played with the grass beneath her fingertips. "I-it's fine," she simply said.
xXx
Kakuzu counted his money on the coffee table. When he heard the door open, his head snapped up. He saw Itachi walk in, carrying Hinata, who was fast asleep. But, even though everyone knows that Itachi isn't one to steal money, that didn't stop Kakuzu from protectively swiping all his money off the table and running as fast as he could up the stairs, down the hall, and to his room. The whole time he was running, it sounded like a stampede of angry buffaloes. Itachi just sweatdropped.
Hehe, yeah, that was a really random ending... I just didn't know what to do after that, so... yah. Review! Review! OR ELSE!