Itachi quickly realized that traveling with Hinata, Tobi, and Hidan was akin to babysitting toddlers that were hyped-up on sugar. He found that if he took his eyes off of them for a second he would have to keep Hidan from killing one or both of them. From what he could gather Hinata had taken all of Hidan's slights against Tobi and surprisingly Itachi personally. Apparently she made it her mission to annoy Hidan as much as possible; currently Hidan was in front of everybody, Hinata was a few steps behind him collecting rocks and throwing them at his head; Tobi was skipping next to her giggling at Hidan's misfortune. Three feet behind Tobi and Hinata was Itachi silently cursing himself for revealing to the girl that none of them could kill, maim or severely injure her until they knew what Leader-sama wanted to do with her; though he couldn't help admitting that watching Hidan get bullied by a slip of a girl was amusing.

Hinata's P.O.V

Hearing Tobi's giggles made me smile happy that I was amusing him and annoying Hidan at the same time. The smile dropped slightly as I felt Itachi's chiding gaze boring into me, it returned however when I saw that though his eyes were disapproving his lips were lifted in silent amusement, but all expression was erased when he realized I was watching him. Giggling silently I stopped waiting for him to catch up so I could walk next to him. He looked at me suspiciously for a moment, probably wondering if I'm going to throw rocks at him too. Shaking that thought away I looked up at him as I heard him ask a question.

"Did you need something Hinata-san?"

"No Ita-chan, I just wanted to walk with you." I gave him my most innocent smile, he didn't believe me if how he continued to look at me blankly was anything to go by. Rolling my eyes I gave into his silent request.

"Fiiine, when are we going to be there I'm bored?" I could almost feel his relief and exhaustion as he answered me.

"Forty-five minutes Hinata-san."

"Yes! Thank you Ita-chan." Satisfied with his reply I ran ahead to where Tobi was jumping onto his back with a loud cry of,

"Run Lolli-kun!" He instantly did so, as we passed Hidan I turned and stuck my tongue out at him laughing as he scowled. After five minutes Tobi finally asked me why we were running.

"Ita-chan told me we were close to wherever we're going, so if we run we can get there faster and Lolli-kun and Hinata-chan can play together."

"Yay, Tobi will go faster!" True to his word Tobi sped up… a lot. He was going so fast it almost felt like I was flying, he stopped so quickly I would have been thrown headfirst into the ground if not for my tight grip on him. Looking up to see why we stopped I saw what looked like a great wall of rock. Confused I looked to Itachi watching as he did something with his hands, they were moving so fast all I could see was a blur. I looked away from Itachi when I felt Tobi tugging on my arm; I was about to ask him what he wanted when I saw what he was pointing at. The huge wall of rock seemingly dissolved into nothing leaving in its place what looked like a house. From what I could see it was completely made of what seemed to be tinted glass making it impossible to see inside. I was trying to figure out how people are supposed to get in and out because I couldn't find a door or windows anywhere when I noticed Itachi was talking to someone. Turning around so I could see who he was talking to I almost gasped.

AN: I just want to apologize for the wait and say that I really appreciate everyone that has reviewed, and followed this story so far, I know updates are a little erratic and it's moving a little slow right now but it's about to pick up now that they are finally at the Akatsuki base. Also I'm really sorry about the short chapter and cliffie. Until next time :D