"Mm..." Hinata turned over onto her back and stretched out her arms. She squinted as the sunlight streamed through the blinds of the window. She was in her bed, under the blanket, but the only difference was that she was naked and there were strong arms wrapped firmly around her. She rolled over so she was facing Naruto's sleeping face. She smiled as she remembered the night before. It was so perfect, and she never felt happier or more alive. She traced her finger and drew shapes on his chest as it rose and fell slowly and softly. She giggled at the sound of Naruto's soft and very subtle snores. She leaned up and kissed his lips softly as he started waking up.

"Good morning..." Hinata whispered.

"Hm?" Naruto squinted, "ah, it's so bright..."

Hinata chuckled as she unwound herself from Naruto's arms and walked to close the dark curtains over the blinds, which didn't do much for them.

"Hm..."

Hinata looked at him peculiarly as she moved back to join him in bed, "what?"

"Oh nothing. You look really hot." Naruto mumbled, earning him an eye roll.

"Well, I can always put my clothes back on, if that's what you want." Hinata smirked.

"Yeah, not happening." Naruto wrapped his arms around her again and held her close, "it's Saturday... I need to go."

"No, Naruto..." Hinata pursed her lips and wrapped her arms around his bare waist, "after last night... You know you can't leave me, not at a time like this."

"Well we don't know for sure if... You're... You know..." Naruto scratched the back of his neck, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have let what happened happen."

"Hey." Hinata held his face to look at her, "I don't regret a thing. Even if something does happen to me."

"Mhm." Naruto couldn't help but smile as she leaned down to kiss him again.

They were stopped when they heard the buzz of her phone on her side table. She took it, read the caller ID, and answered, "hello?"

"Hinata, it's me!"

"Oh, Sakura! Good morning."

Sakura continued, her voice was soft with a whisper, "so, uh, are you doing anything today?"

"Well..." Hinata looked at Naruto, "I was planning on staying with Naruto all day, but... Why? What's going on?"

"Wait." Sakura's voice sounded panicked and worried, "are you with Naruto now?"

"Uh-huh."

"Bring him, too. We're on the school campus."

Hinata was starting to worry, "what? What's going on? Who's with you?"!

"No time to explain, we're gonna get caught. Oh crap, gotta go. Please come quick!"

Hinata heard the click of Sakura hanging up the phone. She set it down and got up from her bed.

"Huh?" Naruto sat up, "what's wrong?"

"Something's happened. Sakura sounded like she was whispering, and she's there with someone, and..."

"Hey, hey, calm down." Naruto got up, "where are they?"

"They're at the school." Hinata quickly went through her closet, "get dressed. We need to hurry, I feel that something bad is going on..."

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"What are you two doing here?"

"You can't be sucking face behind the wall, can you? So lame."

"What the hell would you be doing? Clearly not putting people on the market, right?"

"Why you little eavesdropping parasite."

"Stop! Don't touch him!"

"Oh yeah? What're you gonna do about it, Princess? You're weak and useless!"

"Go to hell."

"Crap!! Dude, she's got a hard punch."

"What the hell?! She's tiny!"

Sakura stood panting as she clenched her bleeding fists. She had sent five hard punches to the faces of the five guys that she followed to the school campus. Not once did she remove her glare from the bastard that stood before her, "Sasuke, run while you still can."

"Nuh-uh. I can fight too, you know." Sasuke cracked his knuckles as he stood next to her, "you should go. Your knuckles..."

"I'm fine. I can handle it." Sakura hissed through clenched teeth, "right now I just want to beat the shit out of this guy. For what he did to Hinata. And he's still doing it, isn't he?"

The group dissipated and sure enough, the man standing among the other dealers was Hidan, "haha, well, you don't know what you're saying, kid. You're just a dumbass prostitute who goes out with every guy in school, right? First Sasori, then that Uzumaki shit, and now you're chasing Uchiha. What is wrong with you? And you, Sasuke. If Karin finds out you're cheating on her I will help her kill you. Boy wouldn't that be fun?"

"Shut the fuck up!" Sakura was pissed now, "dammit all, Sasuke! He's such a liar. Don't listen to him..."

"It's okay."

Sakura looked at him, and his face showed no emotions at all, "what?"

"I can stand my ground. And I know you can, too."

"But... None of it is true..."

"Well... Not all of it, at least." Sasuke looked at the ground.

"What..." Sakura felt breathless, "what are you saying?"

"That doesn't matter now." Sasuke regained his focus, "Hidan, you and your goons here need to get the hell out of here before the cops get here."

"The cops, you say?"

"We called them a few minutes ago. They're on their way."

"Well, we're going to have to hold you per ransom, won't we?" Hidan smirked, then snapped his fingers.

Before Sasuke or Sakura could run, two pairs of arms grabbed them from behind and held their hands over their mouths.

"Well, if it isn't Sakura."

"Sasori..." Sasuke choked as Kakuzu held his arms behind his back and pulled him away from Sakura, "hey, let her go!"

"You bitch!" Sakura tried to lash out at Sasori, but he'd already put her arms behind her back and held her head back before she could use it to hit him out of the way, "let go of me!!"

"Well, you've been a bad girl." Sasori grinned as he grabbed her hair and yanked her head back, "what should we do about that?"

"Wait there." Hidan called, "I'll finish up with Hinata, then we'll take care of her next."

"Oh no you don't." Sasuke used his free leg and kicked Kakuzu in the balls, then ran as fast as he could to get to Sasori, only to be yanked back by another one of Hidan's friends.

"Hey, it's Itachi's little bro, hm!" Deidara laughed as he had his arm wrapped around Sasuke's neck, ready to snap his neck, "why don't we pull our revenge on him?"

"Sasuke! Agh!" Sakura winced with pain as Sasori pulled her head further back.

"What do you want... With Hinata?" Sasuke coughed.

"It's none of your business." Hidan turned back to the three other men with him and continued.

"Sasuke! Sakura!"

Sakura's eyes lit up when she saw Naruto and Hinata running up to them, but then realization hit her, "wait!! Hinata! Stay back!!"

"What?!" Hinata stopped, but Naruto kept running.

"Sakura!" Sasuke managed as Deidara's arm started tightening, "get to her... First."

"Gah, fuck you, Sasori!" Sakura copied Sasuke's move, using her free leg to kick Sasori, then yanked her head away. To her misfortune, his grip didn't loosen, and she screamed out in pain when he tore some hair out from her head.

Sasuke watched in horror but immediately passed out just as Naruto threw a hard punch at Deidara then went to go help Sakura, "hey, you okay?"

"Y-yeah..." Sakura rubbed her sore head, "Sasuke... Is he..."

"He'll be fine." Naruto felt his pulse, "he's still breathing, just passed out."

"Naruto..." Sakura tried to get up, and once she made it to her feet, she held his shoulder, "take Hinata away before Hidan finds--"

"Too late."

They stared in horror as Hidan held his hand over Hinata's mouth and hands tied behind her back, standing not too far from them, the other dealers smirking and waving a small envelope in the air.

Naruto gritted his teeth. This was what he was waiting for, "Sakura. Stay with Sasuke and watch him."

"Where are you going?" Sakura whispered, "you idiot, don't do anything stupid..."

"I promise, I won't." Naruto smiled, but she somehow knew that that was a lie.

"So, Uzumaki, what is it you and Hinata came to talk about? Because what perfect timing, your little friends here worked as perfect bait." Hidan laughed, "we got what we came for."

"What's in the envelopes?" Naruto asked.

"Oh this?" The man holding it asked, "money. $1,000."

"For what?! You can't be serious..." Naruto was breathless, "Hidan you heartless bastard, you can't really mean..."

"Oh please, a thousand bucks for a girl is quite the bargain. A little overpriced, if you ask me."

"You know nothing!" Naruto simmered with anger, "someone you love is worth so much more than money! You can't just abuse it like that and traffic her off for money!"

"I can, and I will. Just watch me." Hidan shoved Hinata into the arms of another dealer and grabbed the envelope, "see? It's as simple as that."

Naruto watched as Hinata tried to break free, but the men surrounded from all sides.

"I heard this one's good in bed." The dealer snickered.

"You bastards..." Naruto muttered as he reached behind his back, "you're all just selfish, fucking bastards... You don't care about anyone by yourselves."

"What was that?" Hidan taunted, but they all froze, including Sakura and Hinata, because the next time they looked up at him, he was holding a gun pointed directly at Hidan, "ah, you can't be serious, Uzumaki."

"Hidan." Naruto's voice was like ice as he cocked the gun, "if I had a gun with two bullets and stuck in a room with Hitler, Bin Laden, and you..." He peered his eyes in pure hatred at the boy as the words dripped blood,

"... I would shoot you twice."