'Human thinking'

'Vampire thinking'

Dreams

It was a dark night when the rain storm hit, everyone in the village was advised to stay in their homes. However if there was one who didn't know this it would be a young heiress by the name of Hyuuga Hinata. The little six year old had snuck out of her room to wander the village and to paly in the forest beyond. She could always see the tops of the trees and wanted badly to know what was out there. So she waited until she knew that her father would be in his study and silently snuck past the other Hyuuga members walking by into the streets of Konoha alone. The day had stared out plesent enough, with the sun shining and the wind blowing softly, a nice day out to be on a adventure.

The villages were very nice to her, giving her small bits of food and even some jelly bun. They knew who she was and greeted her not with fear but with happiness and all kept their eye on her. When she strayed too far to certain areas, a villager would come to her aid and steer her in the right direction before moving on and letting a new person take the watch. Hinata was fully aware of this and although normally she wouldn't mind she knew that the villagers would never let her go into the forest outside of her home.

Hinata was able to duck inside an alleyway to think, though she knew she couldn't escape the villagers for long. The young girl sighed, they meant well but sometimes they could be so suffocating, there had to be a way out. Her answer came when she saw a merchant heading towards the village gate, there, that's how she'll get out. Taking a deep breath and steeling her nerves Hinata made a mad dash for the cart that the merchant was pulling and puled herself in, getting a little squashed in the process. After a while, the blue-black haired girl felt that she was far enough from the village to make her exit from the merchant's cart.

Once done with that the young girl looked around her to see the forest in all it's beauty. The sun dappled through the leaves, leaving great patterns to dance over the ground while the sounds of the animals gave a sense of wildness made the Hyuuga heiress long to see what was out there. With a smile the girl goes on to explore while not noticing the dark storm cloud covering the sky.

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Hyuuga Hiashi was not a happy man, no right now he was absolutely livid! Taking deep breaths, the leader of the Hyuuga clan searched high and low for his daughter. Why ddin't he think to place a guard outside her room to try and prevent this? Who knows where Hinata could have gone to or what trouble she'd be in? The long dark haired man continued to power walk through the village, interrogating all he came up against in an effort to find his daughter. He was stopped when the sky grew dark and a loud rumble of thunder sounded in the distance. Looking up just as a large raindrop hit his face, the man cursed quietly.

'Hinata, where are you?'

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Hinata jumped from tree roots and slid along the boulders that dotted the ground, having the most fun she had in months. The young girl didn't want it to end however a loud clap of thunder caused her to look up and see the darkened sky and the black storm clouds. Whimpering in slight fear, Hinata doubled back along the way she came but soon found with the world turning dark around her she couldn't find the path. Shaking her head and trying hard to stop her fear, the young Hyuuga trudged on before becoming startled as a large rain drop fell on her head. With a small gasp, the girl was now standing a torrent of rain that fell so hard she could barely see in front of her.

Soon Hinata's clothes became plastered to her body and while it was warm ealier that day, she found cold and shivering. Looking for any shelter, the girl did not notice three men watching her struggle through the storm.

"So, what do you two think? Is she a Hyuuga?" one asked, his eyes seeming to pierce through the rain and darkness to stare at the lonely girl.

"Of course she is! Didn't you see her eyes? It's a dead giveaway, her parents will pay a hefty price to have their daughter back safe and sound. But let's wait a little longer for her to tire herself out, she won't last much longer in this weather."

It was surprisingly another two hours before Hinata finally gave up trying to find her way home and had lodged herself into a hollow tree for protection from the rain. And yet her refuge was a uncomfortable one but for now all she could do was curl up and into a tight ball and hope the rain would past soon.

Hinata was just starting to fall into an uneasy sleep when a rustling that was enough to break through the rain alerted her to something outside of her refuge. Peeking through she saw a man walking by and in a moment of desperation, called out to him. The man turned around to see the rain soaked girl and held out of his hand.

"Here, come with me, I know how to get to the village."

Overjoyed to hear that soon she would be home, Hinata took the man's hand and together they went off but in the opposite direction. Hinata held tight to the man's hand while keeping her head down, they had been walking for a while now and she was beginning to tire. Her steps became slower until finally she stopped, panting. The man looked back and tried to get her to her feet but with little success.

"Come on, it's not much farther. Just a little more, I promise." the man tried to keep his voice light as well as trying to hold back a growl of annoyance. Damn kid.

Hinata looked up at him and with a sigh continued onward with the man following closely behind. 'This kid better worth her weight in gold twice over, 'cuz after this, I'm gonna need a drink.'

Finally the duo came upon a fork in the path, tipping her head to the side Hinata tried to remember if she passed a fork road once getting out of the cart but came up with nothing.

"Umm, mister? Are you sure you know the way of my village?" Hinata asked softly, the cold and wet made her falter and she moaned quietly in misery.

Behind Hinata, another man crept up on her holding a rope and quickly binding her hands together before she could react. "Sorry girly, but you're not going to your village at least not until your parents come with some riches to bail you out. Now here's the rules; you sit here nice and quiet and you won't get hurt, got it?"

The young Hyuuga had no choice but to obey and so she had the watched the men as they argued over who would run to the village with the news of ransom. It only seemed to get worse as the rain fell even harder, drenching the poor girl to the bone and causing her to pass out from the cold.

When Hinata was roughly shaken back into consciousness, she saw that only one of the men were there, the one who tied her up. For a moment she just stared blankly at him while he walked around grumbling about the rain, scowling at dark forest around them.

It was there that Hinata had a thought come to her half awake mind and it really didn't seem like it would get her far and at worse she could get seriously hurt. So with a small prayer, the girl lifted herself up and just as the man stopped and turned to her, she kicked him as hard as she could in the groin and started running. As Hinata ran she heard her captor let loose a howl of pain before crashing to the ground.

She didn't know where she was going and she couldn't even see that well but the girl knew that she didn't have much time to get away before one of those men started looking for her. Looking over her shoulder, Hinata wasn't aware of the uplifted tree root until her foot snagged on it and and she went tumbling down a hillside. The girl came to stop battered and bruised but luckily nothing was broken. Crawling on all fours while horribly dizzy Hinata wandered over under a tree where the rain couldn't penetrate it's thick leaves.

Flopping down with a tired sigh, Hinata despite knowing the danger, was about to fall asleep when a voice called out to her.

"Hey girl, what the hell are you doing out here?"

Hinata looked up to see a older girl about 14 leaning against the tree and glaring at her. Her hair was plastered to her skull as were her clothes, making her small and cold just like the Hyuuga but Hinata could just make out a fire in her eyes that made her flinch back.

"Well, aren't you going to answer me?" the girl growled, sounding more bored than angry until her attention was changed to something behind Hinata.

It was the man that tied Hinata up. "Hey you, give me that girl. She's with me."

At the sound of his voice Hinata crawled up to the other girl and clung to her, crying softly. Looking down and watching this the older female turned her gaze on the drenched man. "Looks like she doesn't want to go with you."

"Bitch," the man pulled out a switchblade and rushed forward towards the sitting girls with the older one showing no concern.

It all happened in a lightening flash, there was the sound of ripping flesh and a scream cut short before a heavy thud sounded close to Hinata. The little girl was then thankful for the darkness as she raised her head to where she thought the other girl would be. Just as she waas beginning to stand, her savior spoke up with a hint of a snarl in her voice.

"I hate people like this guy, they make my blood boil. So girl, who are you suppose to be?"

A/N: So the plot bunnies have been giving me grief on this story a lot so here it is. Enjoy.