Faded Memories

Hey everyone! (If anyone's still here), as you can tell, I've started a new story…

So maybe now that it's written down somewhere, I can finally continue WWC. Anyways, if anyone's reading this, it would be helpful to know if this story is any good, and if I should continue.

Thanks! If I get at least one or two reviews, I'll continue this story and update my other one, and you can be sure I'll read yours too.

Here's the basic summary of the story (It'll get better):

Sakura and Naruto are desperately looking for Sasuke, who's busy training with Orochimaru (for now). A new girl arrives in Konoha, and she seems to hold the answers they've been looking for. But she has some secrets of her own…

She was forced to leave Konoha 8 years ago, leaving everything she cared about. Her family, the few friends she had, but most of all, the one person who she felt truly close to. Now she's back, but there's a problem. She remembers nothing of her life as a ninja, or anyone that she knew before.

Slowly, with time and effort, she starts to remember the past and all the memories that came with it, good and bad. However, she gets captured by Orochimaru, who was one of the reasons she was sent away in the first place.

What does Orochimaru want with her? Could she be that important? And what about the mysterious guy that she encounters. He's supposedly Orochimaru's 'container', but then why does she feel like she knows him? Something terrible's going to happen... soon. Can she find out and stop it, or will it be too late?

Pairings: SasukexOc, Narutox(either Hinata or Sakura, you choose!) ... plus much more later.

Chapter 1: Staying Alive Is Easy, Right?

Crash.

A blonde haired boy went flying straight into a boulder. He couldn't break the fall, having used up most of his chakra.

Boom.

The boulder exploded into millions of pieces, flying in every direction. This was NOT good.

"Naruto!" a pink haired girl screamed, rushing over to his side. She placed her hands in front of him and a green light suddenly appeared, flowing straight into the boy's body.

He opened his eyes, grinning when he saw her. "Thanks Sakura-chan!" he exclaimed, sitting up. The pink haired kunoichi smiled, blushing slightly. "No problem. Just try to think ahead next time before attacking."

A gasp was heard behind them, followed by a laugh. Both ninjas turned around to find a silver haired man standing in front of a black haired girl, who was lying unconscious on the floor.

The man smirked. "Did you ever think you could win?" he whispered as he picked up the girl.

The blonde boy jumped up and ran charging at him. "Give her back you bastard!" he yelled.

A snake-like man suddenly appeared in between the two, stopping the boy in his tracks.

He had a gruesome appearance. The man had long straight black hair that went past his shoulders, a pale face the colour of snow (only not as nice as you may think), and puke yellow cat eyes. He rearranged his features; moving his lips into the shape of a smile, making him seem even more twisted than before.

"What do you want with her!" the girl, Sakura, shouted, getting into a fighting stance.

"More than you know…" he replied. "She will be of great use to me, just like a certain one of your other comrades…"

The blonde boy growled. He was talking about Sasuke. "Just what the hell is that supposed to mean?" He started doing a series of hand seals, getting ready to attack.

"Naruto, don't do it!" Sakura shouted to the boy. Naruto reluctantly stopped, overcome by a surge of realisation.

The man smiled even more, if that was possible. "Good choice. Her life is at stake." he nodded towards the girl that the silver haired man was holding. "One wrong move could mean her death. Right Kabuto?" he smirked at the silver haired man. Kabuto grinned.

"Yes, Orochimaru-sama. Indeed."

Suddenly, purple gas appeared, engulfing both men, along with the girl.

Naruto growled even more. "You-" he started, but both men, along with the girl, had disappeared.

"Come find us if you ever want to see her again. You might even get to see Sasuke-kun." Orochimaru's voice taunted. "We'll be waiting…"

"It's no use" Sakura, who had just appeared beside him, whispered. "They're gone."

"DAMN IT!"

Darkness. Total and complete darkness. It was all around her, swallowing her and everything else. The place was pitch black. Nothing could be seen, or heard for that matter.

After opening her eyes and looking around, that was what she saw. She had no idea where she was, why she was there (wherever there was), or of anything else for that matter. How long had she been here? Days, hours, minutes? She had regained consciousness only a few seconds ago, but who knew how long she had been out cold.

She needed to find a way out. She needed to get back to her team-mates. And she definitely needed to stay alive.

The girl shivered. It was freezing down there! She quickly did a series of hand seals, with the intention to start a fire, but before she even got a chance to finish the last seal, her arm started to glow. To be more precise, something on her arm started to glow.

The kunoichi looked at her arm with a look of confusion and surprise, which quickly turned to a scream of pain and anger. There was a bright green band on her arm, and it was draining all the chakra in her body. And on top of that, it felt like someone was whacking a hammer over her head. It felt like her head was going to explode. She glared at no one in particular (considering the fact that no one was there). Just great. She understood what was happening.

They had put a chakra draining device on her. Whenever she tried to use her chakra for something, like creating jutsus, the device would activate and suck up a portion of her chakra, also interfering in with the activity going on in her brain.

The girl scowled. 'If this keeps up, I won't have any chakra left. I won't even be able to think properly.'

The kunoichi sat there on the hard rock floor, deep in thought, trying to come up with a plan. After what seemed like an eternity, which in reality was only a couple of minutes, she decided to explore her surroundings to see if there was anything that would help. It was the only thing she could come up with at the moment. I mean, what good would it do to sit there all day and wait for someone to just stumble by. And even if someone did find her, she was sure that the person would not be on her side.

So, the black haired kunoichi tried to stand up. Not a good move. Her abdominal area seared with pain, and as she looked down, she realised that there was a huge gash, which was somehow bandaged up.

That's when it hit her. She had been kidnapped. Taken hostage. Captured. Call it what you will, but she was no longer in Konoha. Not even in the Fire Country. She was on a mission. And right now, she had done a pretty bad job of making it succeed.

As hundreds of thoughts flooded her mind, it seemed like footsteps were getting closer and closer. Just when she was wondering if she'd ever see her team-mates ever again, a creaking sound was heard and light flooded inside the place where she was.

Someone entered, and as they got closer, the girl wondered what was going to happen to her.

She was doomed.

"Sasuke-kun, I have a surprise for you." a voice called out. It was Orochimaru.

"You might be pleased. Then again, you might not be." Orochimaru said to his subordinate.

The Uchiha just merely glared at him, waiting for an explanation. Why bother speaking, when one look could easily get your thoughts across?

Orochimaru smirked. "We've acquired another shinobi from your old village."

The Uchiha just looked at him plainly. "Why?" he asked.

"They will prove to be very useful. You see, they are quite similar to you. Their advanced bloodline is somewhat similar to your Sharingan."

Sasuke took a few seconds to register what he had just been told. Advanced bloodline? Similar to the Sharingan? Ya right. The only clan in the village who possessed a bloodline even close to the Uchihas' were the Hyuugas.

"Byakugan." He said. It was more of a statement than a question though.

"Oh no… not the Byakugan. Something alike though. It's said the origin of their bloodline came from the Byakugan, as did your Sharingan. They are quite the survivor, just like you."

A different bloodline in Konoha, resembling the Sharingan, and Byakugan. Impossible. If there was a such thing, Sasuke would have had to have seen it before, right? And why didn't Orochimaru just say who it was? Enough with the 'they' and 'theirs'. He could be so troublesome.

"They?" Sasuke asked, getting irritated with Orochimaru.

"Well, she to be more precise. The kunoichi was with your ex team-mates when we took her. She wasn't badly hurt, but Kabuto's healing her. It seems that she was one of the only survivors of her clan as well. After most of her clan had been murdered, she was sent away from the village. However, that was eight years ago. Now she has come back. It's a good thing too. Her bloodline will be very useful to us."

Sasuke looked at Orochimaru. "Whatever." He replied. It wasn't his business what Orochimaru did, or who he planned on using. He only had one goal in life. To kill that certain man.

"You don't even care that someone else from your village is here. I thought you'd be happy. You're so hard to please, as usual. Oh well." Orochimaru sighed in an amused tone.

Sasuke ignored him and turned around. "I'm leaving" was all he said as he walked away.

As he walked down a pathway back to his room, he tried to dismiss the idea from his brain. Who cared if someone from Konoha had a similar bloodline to his, one that he'd never heard of? It wasn't any of his concern. But even though Sasuke thought that, a strange nagging feeling at the back of his mind told him that he had some clue as to who that kunoichi was.

'Even if it is her, what would she be doing back here? I thought she left… for good.'

Okay, I know this chapter was seriously boring, not to mention short. Nothing really happened, right? It'll get better, trust me.

Well, let me know if you liked it, even if it's just a little bit.

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And if people end up liking this story and I get at least a few reviews, I'll put up the next chapter tomorrow, maybe even in a couple of hours… so review if you like!

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Hinata4ever