Hi, I know I've been gone for awhile on not updating "Between Her and Them" but I just didn't feel like it. Iono, I've been going around reading other fanfics on my own and you know what, I wanted to do a Itachi/Hinata master and maid one. I've drawn pictures to promote my story because I draw my inspiration from drawings or other people's work. So go take a look at them.

Alright that's it. Thank you for all the reviews that I have received from Between Her and Them, I hope you enjoy my new story. Don't read it if you're not into Sakura/Ino bashing and Itachi/Hinata. If I find someone saying they dislike the pair, I'll tell you to refer back to this spot.

Alright. I do not own Naruto or any characters affiliated into the story. I just do this.

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Itachi-22

Hinata and the rest of the gang-20

Chapter 1

Bathing was one of the few times that Hinata would be allowed some quietude. She had spent the day running around the home of the Uchiha estate in which she occupied as the master's head maid. Today had been an important day for her master. Today, most of the Uchiha relations including her master's family had visited for a special occasion. Her master's parents decided that their eldest son should take a wife, and therefore invited their close friends along with their eligible daughters to his home that day.

Hinata was not one to indulge in the politics of the Uchiha's but she could definitely tell that her master had not been pleased with the arrangements of that day.

Earlier that day…

"Hyuuga-san!" boomed a voice from outside her door. Hinata quickly scrambled from her bed, forgetting her state of dress as she opened the door.

Her eyes widened as she realized who the speaker was. "I-Itachi-sama!" She noticed that his eyes narrowed at her lower body. She then realized that she was still in her sleeping wear, which consisted of a large over-sized t-shirt that ended at her mid-thigh. 'Oh no…' "I-I'm sorry I-Itachi-sama!" Hinata squeaked hiding the bottom half of her body behind the door as she managed to give her master an apologetic look. She saw that he still didn't tear his gaze away from her body as she realized a second thing- it was pretty cold and her ample bosoms had made a faint outline through the thin t-shirt. Hinata squeaked again in embarrassment. 'This is BEYOND embarrassing.'

"Hyuuga-san," Itachi started again, this time looking at her in the face. "I need you to get dressed and wake up the other servants. I have important tasks for you all today. Tell them to be in the dining room in ten minutes."

"Yes Itachi-sama," Hinata bowed her head as Itachi walked swiftly away. From the sweat forming at the brow of his perfect masculine face, Hinata could tell Itachi was distraught-perhaps by what he was going to inform them about at the dining room.

After dressing into proper attire, consisting of her maid garment and a white fitting apron, Hinata briskly left her room to awake the other maids at the early hour. Though she may have the title of head maid, Hinata was no dictator in the realm of domestic service in the Uchiha home. She gave orders accordingly to Itachi and only ensured that the tasks he ordered would be completed efficiently and pleasingly. Her demure attitude did not take away from the simple fact that she was loyal to Itachi, especially when one of the other servants spoke ill of him. Hinata could recall many times in where certain other maids had shown their unpleasant temperament. A specific maid named Kin. Hinata was not oblivious to Kin's conspicuous dislike and envy of her relationship with the master. Though Hinata denied that there was any sort of relationship, Hinata decided to hide the fact that Itachi and her were almost good friends when she had first arrived at his home. Itachi didn't choose favorites, he chose people he trusted, and having to know Hinata the longest, of course he trusted her the most. Hinata shook away these distracting thoughts and swiftly went down each corridor, giving light knocks to each room and the announcement to be ready, prepared and present for their master's instructions in the dining hall.

A few minutes later, Hinata had made her way toward the dining hall for her master's instructions, passing his office along the way.

"I do not agree with your terms mother. It seems unfitting that a grown man like myself should be 'hooked up' with females through you, my mother," Itachi said coldly. Hinata knew she shouldn't be eaves-dropping on her master's conversations, but the door was slightly ajar and Hinata had never heard Itachi speak to his mother before.

Hinata took a very little peek inside his office, she noticed that his back had been turned and he was leaning slightly on his maple wood desk with one hand on the telephone set, and the other placed irritably on his head. "I do not recall ever giving my permission for you to showcase me to your pathetic tennis friends and their spoiled little daughters' mother. I would appreciate it if you cancelled your arrangements to visit my home today, along with telling your friends to high-tail it and to take their pathetic excuses of female saplings back to their homes." Hinata was no stranger to Itachi's coldness and bold speeches. She rarely faced it herself but she had witnessed many events in where Itachi had spoken like such to an unfortunate maid or butler who irked him the wrong way. As Itachi continued to speak to his mother, Hinata realized that their conversation might end quickly and her master might notice her presence, so she made haste to the dining hall herself.

As she arrived, she was glad to see that many of the servants were already there. She did not want to displease her master in any manner, especially after hearing a bit of that conversation. As the last of the servants arrived, Hinata ordered all of them to present themselves in the formal line, warning them about a possible enraged master of theirs. Just as Hinata was standing in her place, the door of Itachi's office room slammed open, and out came a boiling hot Uchiha.

"I have many tasks for all of you today. Unfortunately, my Uchiha relations will be visiting my home today, along with a few…guests. I want this home to be more than presentable, food variety to meet no limits, and all of you to welcome each guest that enters this house with utmost respect, no matter how little you yourself will receive." Hinata could see Itachi's internal rage; must have been from what he and his mother were discussing about. "Far worse than the numerous tasks that you guys have today, is that I need all these tasks to be completed within the next two hours, because that is when the first of our guests will be arriving. Anyone who appears to be slacking off just the slightest or showing just a little bit of disappointment, will be fired, re-hired and fired again for my amusement. Is that clear?" Itachi gave a hard gaze as he looked down each servant in their respective spot. "Now go." With the last statement, each of the servants quickly went to work, a few heading toward the kitchen, and the others heading to decorate the home. Hinata was about to walk away herself when she found someone had yanked her arm.

Hinata was about to push away the incoming intruder until she felt hot breathing on her neck and her side warmed by the body of someone else's who she quickly realized was her master Itachi. "I trust that you will monitor everyone's activities and progress Hyuuga-san," Itachi said slightly loosening his grip on Hinata's upper arm. Hinata was a little flushed to say the least but her master had done this many times in the past out of the blue.

"Y-yes, Itachi-sama," Hinata assured with a nod and a small smile to her master. She breathed a sigh of relief as Itachi released her arm completely. He acknowledged her reply with an inclination of his brow and went his way toward his master bedroom upstairs, perhaps preparing himself to meet his own family.

Hinata indulged in her task of preparing the food for the guests. A few incidents in the past persuaded Itachi to have Hinata cook all his meals. One day, the maid Kin volunteered to prepare their master's meal and Itachi was so displeased with Kin's performance that he flushed the meal down the toilet himself; a true embarrassment to Kin and a warning to others with bad culinary skills. After that, all the servants decided that any food not eaten by them would be prepared by Hinata.

As the hours past and the supposed onslaught of incoming visitors to Itachi's home reared closer, Hinata stopped her tasks to check the progression of the other servants. She knew that with an angry Uchiha, none of the servants would dare do anything that would remotely make their master mad. The decorations to Itachi's home made it very grandeur and more fitting for an Uchiha of his caliber. Tables were set, seats were prepared, and the draperies were all changed to the more splendor and luxurious fabrics and materials. With thirty minutes left before the first visitors would appear, Hinata went back to finish her own task. In two hours, Hinata had prepared enough food for a party of over two hundred people. To emphasize Itachi's order for food variety, Hinata had prepared small portions of many different kinds of hand picked snacks including cucumber sandwiches to even sushi. As the minutes eluded away, servants came into the kitchen to bring out her snacks for the party.

With five minutes left to spare, Hinata went back to her room to make herself more presentable, dressing into a cleaner maid outfit. As she placed her foot on the landing of the stairs, the doorbell had ringed- the first of Itachi's visitors were here. Hinata made her way to the front-door entrance and turned the knob slightly to open the door. As the door slid wider, Hinata's pale, white eyes widened as well. To say the least, Itachi rarely had visitors. Most of Itachi's visitors appeared at his home on business occasions, and that was notably it. From the small encounters that she had with Itachi in the past, she learned that he had a younger brother that was her age, and a very demanding and controlling mother and father.

However, for Hinata's first time, standing in front of her was a man she knew had to be Itachi's brother. At the door was almost a near replica of Itachi, except his dark, ebony hair was shorter and he lacked the deep lines that adorned Itachi's face. The man looked at her and gave her a wry smile. Hinata immediately gave him a smile back. "W-welcome to Uchiha Itachi's home visitor, please step inside and have a seat," Hinata said nervously as she realized that this man, was a blood relation to her master. Hinata quirked her brows as she saw the man cover his mouth a little.

He chuckled. "Haha, no need to be so tense. I understand my brother's a strict man but I didn't know he had his poor little servants memorizing speeches for the good of our family." Hinata gave a slight chuckle back.

"I-I'm sorry. Itachi-sama doesn't actually require us to memorize anything; I just t-thought it might be courteous to have a g-grand welcome," Hinata ended noticing the man had been giving her a warming smile. Like her master, the man in front of her was very handsome. They had to be brothers, so of course good looks would be inherited by him as well.

"Well…?" the man trailed.

Hinata gasped, "Oh! Hinata, Hyuuga Hinata sir." She saw him give a pleasing look. She noticed as his eyes roamed from one end of her face to the other side. She blushed a little to his actions.

"Well Hinata-chan, it's a pleasure to meet you. My name is Sasuke, Uchiha Sasuke of course, and I'm your master's younger brother," Sasuke said extending his hand out. Hinata timidly took his large hand in hers and gave it a firm shake. "That's one heck of a grip you have there Hinata-chan," Sasuke gave another light chuckle as he continued to hold her hand. Hinata noticed and started to blush even more. Her blush darkened again as she saw that Sasuke brought her hands up to his delicate soft lips and give it a light kiss. "It's a very great pleasure to meet you, Hinata-chan," Sasuke said as he ghosted his lips over Hinata's hand again.

"Little brother, she is not a toy for you," came a harsh voice from behind Hinata. Hinata quickly shook off Sasuke's hand as she realized Itachi was behind her, and appearing to be even more mad.

Sasuke straightened his posture. "Of course she is no toy Itachi, Hinata-chan is my new friend," Sasuke said smoothly giving his brother a somewhat accomplished look. Itachi narrowed his eyes at the familiarity that his brother had addressed toward Hinata.

"Hyuuga-san is my Head Maid and much to your chagrin, little brother, she is nice like that to everyone, so you're not quite her friend yet," Itachi retorted placing a deathly grip on Hinata's right shoulder. Hinata winced a tad bit but the contact was securing. Sasuke's smirk vanished and was replaced with a frown.

"I don't think that is for you to decide dear brother. On the other hand, let me inside already," Sasuke remarked taking a step inside. "Dear Hinata-chan, will you lead me to where the guests are to occupy," Sasuke said as he once again took Hinata's hand into his own. The grip on Hinata's shoulder tightened even further. Hinata glanced up to look at Itachi only to have him give a harsh stare back. Hinata understanding her master's dislike of his brother's forward attitude with her shook Sasuke's hand off.

"Of course Sasuke-sama, if you would like to foll-"

"No need to be so formal Hinata-chan, just Sasuke would be fine," Sasuke interrupted. Sasuke gave her a reassuring smile while Itachi gave menacing stares to his brother.

"Y-yes, S-Sasuke-san, right this way," Hinata started to walk toward the living room which was adorned with the new decorations and tables full of Hinata's food. As Sasuke and Itachi walked behind Hinata, Itachi couldn't help but noticed that Sasuke had been staring at Hinata's legs, and his eyes were moving higher.

Sasuke enjoyed his view from behind Hinata, but he much preferred to see her face. Originally Sasuke was contemplating about not coming to this quick arrangement of his mother. He just received a phone call only hours ago about this arrangement, and he finally decided to come when he heard that Itachi would have to select a wife-to-be. Sasuke couldn't miss out on seeing who his brother will choose. When he had arrived, he was breath-taken to say the least, by Itachi's maid, Hinata. She was perhaps the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. If it wasn't for the fact that she had an apron on and served Itachi, he would have believed her to be a model of some sort. Then again, Hinata in a maid's outfit seems pretty naughty. Yes he had been staring at Hinata and her legs. She had beautiful long legs and to match that, beautiful long locks of dark bluish hair. He could tell she wore very little make-up, perhaps she realized she didn't even need it or she was just being modest. Either way, she was gorgeous and Sasuke had become immediately attracted to her. I wonder if Itachi kept her around for sexual purposes…hell I would have. With that last thought, he felt a small kick in his shins. Sasuke turned up to give his brother a glare. "What?" he snarled out.

"I advise you to stop peeping at Hyuuga-san," Itachi whispered narrowing his eyes.

"S-Sasuke-san, if you would like to have a seat. A-apparently, you're the first guest so you will have to w-wait for the others to arrive," Hinata said offering him a small smile. "There are snacks around the tables if you find yourself getting hungry." Sasuke nodded in acknowledgement. He grabbed a stuffed mushroom from the table nearest to him and plopped it into his mouth. His eyes widened in delight.

"Compliments to the chef," Sasuke said pleasingly as he grabbed for another one. Hinata's smile widened.

"T-thank you S-Sasuke-san," Hinata once again bowed.

"Wow, you cooked this? Did you cook all of these?"

"Y-yes I did. All the food here have been p-prepared by me."

"I'm going to do a lot of eating today then. I don't think my personal chef is as good as you are."

"P-please don't fill yourself up on o-only mushrooms then," Hinata giggled. Itachi's brother was so nice. Surprisingly nice considering how exteriorly cold Itachi was. On the darker side, Itachi was seething with anger. Here in front of him was his brother enjoying his time with his head maid. Should he be jealous that Hinata appeared to like Sasuke's compliments more? Didn't he compliment her on her cooking before? No you haven't. Well he didn't need to since he already made it clear he only wanted her cooking. Why should he even get jealous about their friendly interaction? Just because Hinata is talking a lot more to Sasuke than he and Hinata had ever spoken. She's just my head maid. Itachi had had enough of their jolly happy time.

"Hyuuga-san, can you please excuse us for awhile. I haven't spoken to my brother for a long time and I need to have a moment to recollect with him," Itachi said grabbing for Hinata's hand and giving it a light tug. Hinata blushed again; every physical contact with Itachi always made her a little warmer.

"I-I'm sorry for keeping the t-two of you a-apart I-Itachi-sama, I'll take my leave. It was nice meeting you S-Sasuke-san," Hinata bowed and quickly left the room. Sasuke gave his brother a long cold glare.

"Itachi, you just had to go and ruin the fun didn't you?" Sasuke gave a long exasperated sigh, reflecting on his short moment with Hinata. Itachi took a seat across from him.

"What are you doing here Sasuke?" Itachi said not even bothering to look at Sasuke.

"Honestly, I'm here to see the chicks that mom's round up for you. I heard that they're from some big company family like ours, so they have to be attractive," Sasuke said smirking.

"Hmph, like I would care. I'll probably be disappointed with over-spoiled brats," Itachi said resting his head on his hand. "Does mother not realize that I will not choose anyone that she has picked out?"

Sasuke gave a laugh, "Come on, mom's always been like that. Thinking she knows what's good for us and who we should be with. Honestly, I already have my choice." Itachi narrowed his eyes at Sasuke. Sasuke raised his left brow to meet the glare, "So how long have you had Hinata-chan?"

"Why are we discussing about Hyuuga-san?" Itachi retorted irritably.

"Since I'm not going to be the heir to dad's company, I don't need to wed with some gal from another company. It's not like I'm getting any younger, I might as well start looking for my 'one-true love,'" Sasuke finished giving a small scoff.

"She's not available."

"Oh does she have a boyfriend then?" Sasuke inquired knowing fully well Itachi was bluffing.

"No but I would prefer not to have my head maid date my younger brother. It would distract her from her duties," Itachi finished knowing fully well himself that what he said was just bs.

"So you like her then?" Perhaps Itachi was protective or perhaps he did like Hinata, might as well find out.

"I do not," Itachi said impatiently.

"Itachi, you and I both know that Hinata is one hell of a girl. She's hot, she's beautiful, she's naturally beautiful, she's intelligent from what I can tell, and she can cook up a meal. Did I mention she's hot? Honestly, I can't believe you haven't taken her for a go yet," Sasuke said relaxing himself on the sofa chair.

"Little brother, I actually have morals. I don't screw around with my employees and servants. Yes she is all the above as you said, but why would I make moves toward her?" Itachi asked Sasuke, while pondering himself as to why he never made advancements toward her like he wanted to.

"Because you always look angry at me when I make moves at her. I can only start imagining that my brother has a thing for Hinata," Sasuke said almost nonchalantly. "Besides, since mom and dad have already selected some girls for your bride-to-be, you should let me have a chance with Hinata." For once, Itachi did not know how to respond. Certainly he knew this day would eventually come, but never would have believed that he held such a strong bond to the Hyuuga girl. He wasn't ready to just 'hand' her over to his brother. Did his brother even deserve such a great woman? No.

"What happened to the girls that use to flock around you? Weren't you dating one of those harlots?" Itachi inquired, hoping to break Sasuke's morale.

Sasuke gave a sigh in response. "For the books, I never dated any of those girls that use to follow me everywhere. They were admirers, not possible lovers. I couldn't even bring it upon myself to even touch one of them. If I did, I knew they would never leave me alone. In fact brother, I've only dated like one or two girls," Sasuke rubbed his hand over his face, unbelieving that he told his brother of such a humiliation. Wait a minute, I shouldn't even be embarrassed. "You know, I actually have never heard of you being involved with any girls before."

Itachi nodded in response. He wasn't ashamed of being a man that has never been in a relationship. If he so wanted a girl, he could simply just snap his fingers and the gold diggers and even the college graduates would come squabbling at his feet. Why date all the fish in the sea when he was just looking for the one woman wise enough to float on the boat? "I have high standards. None of which any girl has yet to meet," Itachi said stoically.

"Ah-ah-ah, none you say? What about Hinata? Does she not meet any of your standards? If not I'll tell her," Sasuke laughed.

Hinata… Itachi thought back on his loyal maid, and almost near friend. Too bad his thoughts were interrupted by a series of loud rings at his door. Unfortunately for Itachi, his mother and father had arrived, and along came their friends and eligible daughters.

"Itachi! It has been too long since you last visited your mother," Mikoto exclaimed as she wrapped her arms around Itachi's neck and gave him a tight, smothering embrace. Itachi couldn't hate his mother; she did take care of him from infancy to prepubescent years. He just couldn't stand her controlling personality, something that both his mother and father retained. He may have loved her, but this was unsightly for a man that held too great of a stoic persona.

"I have been busy with the work that the sub-company brings in," Itachi lied. He didn't want to visit his parents. They always nagged at him about the new tasks that they wanted to dawn onto him.

Mikoto knew it was a lie as well. "Well, Itachi, since you're also too busy to find yourself a worthy spouse, your father and I were considerate enough to rally up a few eligible and compatible ladies," she finished, waving her hand indicating for her guests to step inside.

Itachi's black eyes swiftly averted his gaze from his mother to the new forms entering his home. He noticed the adults of his 'would-be' wives entering first; perhaps his choices were friends and decided to stay behind and chat? The first young female he saw had a distasteful shade of bubble pink for her god awful hair color and stood about seven inches shorter than his own height, if it weren't for her ridiculous high heels. She was tightly fitted in an oriental dress that appeared to cut off right after covering her unmentionables. She had what most people would consider as beautiful teal-blue eyes, but according to Itachi, it looked too fake and much like her, fake all in itself. Chatting and following right behind Pinky appeared to be another female of equal body proportions and plasticity. She had the annoying pretentious blonde hair that adorned most of the nit-witted spoiled daughters of rich men. She too had blue eyes and like her friend Pinky, the gown adorning her body was tight and short. No other formally dressed youthful female followed behind them. So I have to choose from these two? Mother, I lose hope in you again.

"Welcome, please come in and make yourselves at home," Itachi said overbearingly, leading them to his living room where Sasuke had been waiting for the guests to show up.

Mikoto glanced to see Sasuke already situated in Itachi's living room. "My, you showed up before we did Sasuke! It's so nice of you to be here for your brother," Mikoto said walking over to Sasuke to give him a light pinch on his cheeks. Sasuke shook off his mother with a tsk.

Sasuke gave a small sigh and turned to find the eligible girls that Itachi would have to choose from. Like the big disappoint that had hit Itachi earlier, Sasuke had caught site of two, unpleasant looking females. To stop himself from bawling onto the floor and crying his eyes out in an abrupt hysteria, Sasuke stood and introduced himself to the incoming guests. "Hello, my name is Uchiha Sasuke. I'm very fortunate to meet all of you today."

The two girls squealed at the amazing duo of brothers. They were hot, oh so hot and oh so rich. Sasuke looked up to get a better look at the two females. Eyesores…

Mikoto decided it was time to introduce her guests. She introduced the parents of the eligible daughters first to Itachi and detailed him on the company that they came from. "And the daughter of Haruno-san is Sakura-san," Mikoto introduced, presenting Sakura.

"Nice to meet you Itachi-kun, I'm Haruno Sakura," Sakura batted her eyelashes and pushed out her bosoms in a manner to acquire his attention. However, like her appearance, it failed to capture his attention.

"It is a pleasure to have you at my home today, Haruno-san," Itachi bowed, emphasizing 'pleasure' through a clenched jaw, but of course Sakura didn't notice as she imagined how many ways she could please the handsome man. Itachi stood straight again to see that the girl still didn't stop her attempts to throw on a sultry appearance in hopes of gaining his interest. In an attempt to have to stop looking at the horrid thing, he turned his attention to the next girl.

Mikoto received the indication to continue the introductions. "And of course, daughter of the wonderful Yamanaka family here is Ino-san.

Ino abruptly shoved Sakura to the side.

"Hey!-"

"Hi! It is my pleasure to have the chance to meet with you today Itachi-kun!" Ino squealed in excitement, hoping to show Itachi how interested she was in him. But unbeknownst to her, it only fueled his anger toward his mother's poor selection. Itachi bowed yet again, not to be formal but to avoid having to look at the girls longer than he had to.

"As do I Yamanaka-san," Itachi replied closing his eyes, hoping a miracle would happen when he opened them. Unfortunately, it didn't.

Itachi sat next to his brother as the two families sat across from him and his family. His father discussed heavily on the possible trading agreements that can occur between the families if Itachi were to wed one of their daughters.

"That brings into question Fugaku-san, about the possibility of another possible marriage," Ino's father brought up.

"Another possible marriage? What are you speaking of?"

"Well your heir is only obligated to choose one bride. We have two eligible daughters here today and you two eligible sons…" he trailed, giving inferences to the Uchiha family already.

"That is very true Yamanaka-san; I can see where you're going with this," Fugaku said turning to Sasuke.

"Father, you're not implying that I should…" Sasuke said almost unbelieving. Never in hell…

"That's exactly what I'm implying Sasuke. The girl that Itachi does not wed should wed you," Fugaku responded in a matter-of-fact manner. r once, Itachi did not know waht h Hinata,your bride-to-be, has a thing for Hinata,"ake Hinata for himself.

"Like brother, I would prefer if I can have the freedom to decide who my own bride will be," Sasuke snarled raising his voice.

"Well like your brother, you both have not been able to present spouses of your own. As good parents, we found people who are compatible-"

"Compatible?! What do you two know about compatibility?!" Sasuke hollered standing up. "Must we need our parents to decide who we are to marry when we're grown men ourselves?!"

"Sasuke, calm down," Itachi said smoothly giving Sasuke a glare. "You'll make our guests feel uncomfortable, and that is far from what I want." Sasuke returned Itachi's glare, giving him an 'I don't give a crap' response.

"I am not the heir father; I should not have to auction myself off for the better of the company when I am not heading it. Allow me at least to find my own wife, and I will do it soon if that is to please you both," Sasuke sat back down, realizing he needed to reason with his parents before he made a fool of himself in front of other people.

The other family stayed silent, except for the two young girls giggling about the thought that it was a win-win situation for both of them.

This was not how it turned out to be for Itachi. He was hoping for his parents to bring in some educated rich girl that was at least decent in physical attributes, but of course his hopes are always so crushed. Instead, his curious idiotic brother came to visit him, flirt with his maid, and became trapped into possibly marrying the second monster that he will decide to reject. I need to find a way to avoid marrying one of these females and I need to do it pretty soon.

"Enjoy yourself to some food, Yamanaka-san and Haruno-san, I need to speak to my family for a moment. Excuse us," Itachi said indicating for his parents and brothers to move to the other rooms.

"This tastes really good Sakura, are you still on your diet though? Because this food is pretty good," Ino said excitingly as she just started to notice all the plates of food surrounding them.

"I'll have some but I need to check on my make-up real quick. Maid! Is there any servant around here? Gosh!" Sakura screeched. If she got married to Itachi, she will order five maids to be at her hand and feet at all times like she currently has at her own home.

Hinata heard the order from the kitchen and rushed immediately to the living room. As she neared, she noticed a group of people chatting away with one another and specifically two younger females. The order must have come from one of them.

"You there, show me where the bathroom is," the female with the pink hair ordered. Hinata noticed that both of the females had eyed her from head to toe, giving her displeasing looks.

"Y-yes, r-right this way," Hinata answered, bowing her head down. Hinata noticed they were annoyed by something so she did her best to try not to displease them further.

"Oh and tell the servants to bring more of this-whatever it is," Ino shouted picking up the now empty plate of salmon croquettes.

"O-of course, I'll i-inform them right away," Hinata responded leading Sakura to the nearest lavatory after telling a nearby butler to fetch more croquettes.

Meanwhile, in the other room, the Uchiha family was battling it out against one another.

"Sasuke you will never raise your voice against your parents do you hear me?!" Fugaku screeched.

"Father, I will not comply with your wishes," Sasuke said coldly, not willing to back down.

"Sasuke, you might not head the company like your brother but you're still a valuable asset to our company's well-being," Mikoto retorted, defending her husband's decision.

"Those two girls that you guys have selected will do nothing to help our company," Sasuke puffed out crossing his arms.

"Those two ladies out there are gorgeous young daughters of our friends. If you and Itachi were to wed them, their parents will be more willing to work with Itachi in the near future when it comes to sharing resources," Mikoto defended, eyeing down Sasuke, almost daring him to speak again. Itachi noticing that the argument will only continue because his whole family was stubborn as heck, decided to speak up.

"Mother, I appreciate that you and father have taken the time to find these…ladies for us, but if we can find compatible spouses that meet your standards, while also benefiting our company, then will you tell your friends to take their daughters home?" Itachi stood his ground as his father and mother looked at him, getting angrier at the matter.

"That will not be possible Itachi. It will be an embarrassment to both their families and ours if we were to just tell them to go home when they have already visited you," Fugaku reasoned.

Itachi thought for a second, deciding on what he should do. Finally an idea came to him. "They may enjoy our company for the rest of the day, and I'll inform the ladies that I will take them on outings, but I will also be courting other possible candidates as well."

Mikoto couldn't believe her own son. "Itachi, how are you going to inform two young girls that you need time to think about their offer and at the same time, go see other females? You're breaking their egos."

Ego that needs to be broken…"Mother, I just want to make sure that the spouse I wed will be the right one. I know that you hope to benefit the company by choosing these ladies for us, but what if I can actually find someone that can benefit the company more? There are plenty of large companies in this country that have eligible daughters; you only brought the ones that you're close to. I want to see all the possibilities before making my decision."

Itachi saw his mother and father sigh, "Fine. Do whatever you wish, but we expect the both of you to find wives within the next few months, or you will be forced to choose from the two we have selected," Fugaku warned.

"Yes father," came from both the Uchiha sons.

As Mikoto and Fugaku left to rejoin their guests, Itachi and Sasuke stayed behind to have a little quick discussion.

"Nice save there Itachi," Sasuke sighed in relief.

"You didn't do much to help little brother," Itachi snarled back. "Besides, we still have to go back in there and tell those two families." Itachi leaned on a sofa arm nearby.

Sasuke sat down, rubbing his forehead and acquiring the feeling that a headache was coming. "Yea, let's just get this over with. Crap, why do they have to be this unattractive? The way they gave those looks…" Sasuke felt a shiver go down his spine from the memory.

"All the more reasons to go find ourselves better wives," Itachi trailed behind Sasuke's remark.

"Yea…" Sasuke sighed but got up and headed back into the living room.

As they made their way back, they noticed that Sakura had Hinata trailing behind her, heading towards their direction. "Go tell someone to go and turn up the AC in this house. I feel like if I sweat again, my make-up might smear," Sakura barked before she realized the Uchiha brothers were in front of her. "Oh, hello there Itachi-kun, Sasuke-kun," Sakura purred, "Are you guys done talking to your mom and dad?"

Sasuke and Itachi gave her hard looks. Itachi was cold to most of his servants but he was never harsh to Hinata. She didn't deserve anything remotely mean to be done to her, and he wasn't about to let some spoiled brat start doing as she pleased.

"We are done Haruno-san, if you will, please join us back at the living room," Itachi started, glancing in Sakura's direction to answer her question. Sakura gave him a sultry smile in return. "Oh and Hyuuga-san, I feel that it might be a little too chilly for our guests, I don't want them to be cold, so can you please turn up the heat a little bit?" Itachi gave Sakura an extremely fake smile, trying to show genuine sincerity for her well-being.

Hinata gave her best smile to Itachi before complying with his wish. "Y-yes Itachi-sama," with that, Hinata left. Sasuke smirked at his brother's actions too. Ah, revenge is sweet.

"If you will Haruno-san," Itachi said leading Sakura back to the living room. Sakura smacked herself internally. Upon arriving, Itachi saw that his parents were already speaking to the other families. He decided it was the time to announce his plans. "Now that we've all congregated again, I would like to inform all of you of our plans," Itachi gave direct looks in the eyes to each of his guests to get their attention. Hinata arrived back in the living room to deliver the croquettes that Ino had ordered earlier. She noticed Itachi was starting to speak so she attempted to elusively slip away from the room.

"Wait there maid, stay here in case I need something else," Ino ordered waving her off with her hand. Hinata bit her lip, hoping Itachi wouldn't mind having her presence there.

However, Itachi did mind her being there. He didn't want Hinata to hear his plans…he didn't want her to hear how he was going to court a bunch of ladies. Itachi did not want Hinata to see him as a playboy. He coughed again to try to get rid of those thoughts. "I'm very grateful for all of you to visit my home today. I hope that you'll be spending your remaining time here enjoying the fruits that my home delivers. I understand that there are two very beautiful young women here today that will possibly become my wife," Hinata felt her breath hitched, "however, I have had a recent discussion with my family and I want to inform the rest of you that I shall court these two lovely young ladies, along with daughters of other companies." Hinata couldn't breathe anymore. What Itachi was saying…was all too much for her. She tried to keep herself calm as she listened to what Itachi had to say. "And I will make my decision within the next few months," with that Itachi sat back down next to his brother Sasuke.

Hinata stood stiffly behind the seat that Ino occupied. Exteriorly, Hinata looked calm and pleasant but inside; she was anything but calm. Hinata took deep breaths to calm herself as she realized the day was not going to be over for awhile.

Thinking back on the events of the day, Hinata blew the bubbles that had formed around her. She had ran all around the house, trying to please the two young ladies that Itachi was going to court. Hinata wasn't going to lie to herself; she held great feelings for Itachi, feelings of one day becoming his wife and being by his side whenever he needed her. The information that she received today just blew up that fantasy. A fantasy… But like Itachi, Hinata knew this day would come. She was a maid, nothing suitable for someone of Itachi's caliber. If only I didn't run away from father's demands…Hinata stopped herself before she thought any further about her past. What was done was done. Nothing can be changed about her past decisions, and nothing can change the fact that she'll never be able to be next to Itachi's side as a loving spouse and partner…

Hey, I hope you enjoyed the first chapter. Please inform me if you see any errors in my spelling or grammar. Literary criticism is desired, dislike of character pairing will be directed to the introduction. :D For a picture reference of my story, please visit my profile to get the link.

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