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Painting Reminiscences

Chapter 1

"What? We're going on another mission? But, we just got back from one!" Kiba stated in disapproval towards Tsunade with a restless tint to his already angry temper.

Tsunade didn't budge at his sudden outburst, all she could tell him was, "We're short on staff to help with this specific mission right now, so, deal with it!"

Kiba snarled underneath his breath before giving up on convincing the Hokage anymore than he already has on letting him and his teammates rest before setting off on another mission. She was right on being short on staff, but, he was really getting angry on them not getting a break from these missions.

"So..." softly spoke Hinata next to her hot tempered teammate, "What type of mission is this?"

Tsunade hinted, "Glad that someone is interested.", before shooting Kiba a nasty look his way.

Before she went on babbling, she continued in detail, "This is an A-rank mission."

"A-rank mission?" the members of Team 8 all said in unision.

"Yes, an A-rank mission." before Tsunade went on, she reached for a rolled up scroll, before tossing it for Kiba to catch.

"Rumor's going around between the Land of Rice and the Land of Sound that multiple killings have been shed in the surrounding villages. No one seems to know the full details, but, they know who may be behind the killings." Tsunade added.

Seeing that Team 8 shot her a questioned look, she continued on, "The one they think may be behind all of this is Sasuke Uchiha."

"What're you wanting us to do?" Shino asked in his usual emotionless tone.

"Since we're short on staff, I don't want you guys to fight. All you have to do is go to both the lands and ask around to see if any new information has been discovered."

Team 8 nodded in unision as to what they're needing to do. To all three teammates, hearing Sasuke's name mentioned in the mission, it must mean that this mission will be a hard one at that.

"What should we do if we run into him?" Kiba asked.

"If you run into him, do not fight him. But, if he attacks first, you have the right to fight him back." Tsunade added before continuing, "I want all of you guys to come back in one piece."

All three shinobi nodded in unision before Tsunade told them, "Dismissed!"

Rain trickled from the trees above as the blue haired kunoichi struggled to stay on her feet as she walked through the dense forest that surrounded her. Every part of her body ached in agony. She didn't know where to go, all she knew was that she needed to get somewhere safe. But the thing is, she didn't know where safe was since she didn't even know where she was walking. As she rested her body against a nearby tree, she closed her tired eyes. It had been raining the whole day. Her clothes were soaked to the bone that when the wind blew past her, chills would overpower her body. The only way to keep herself warm was to make a fire somewhere dry, but, she had no luck due to the forest limbs being covered in water.

After resting for a split second, she started to walk again, but, lost her footing when she triped over a tree limb that had fallen from the high trees. Landing straight on her stomach, her body seized up in trumendous pain. She couldn't remember why she was in so much pain, but, all she knew was that that she needed someplace dry to hang her soaked clothes. As she slowly walked with a limp while she clutched her right arm with each agonizing breath she breathed in, she still pushed herself to keep moving.

"Byakugan!" Hinata hollared at the signal her teammate Kiba had given her.

As the veins around her eyes bulged in response to her dōjutsu kekkei genkai being activated, she stayed hidden behind a tree as she looked straight ahead about 10 kilometres to see if she can see the figure that Kiba and his companion Akamaru had sniffed out. To her disbelief, the figure that they spotted earlier had already vanished.

"Can you see him Hinata?" Shino asked as he from another tree branch a few feets away.

Hinata shook her head in shame, "I'm sorry Shino, but, I lost him."

As Hinata stood there, the rest of her team met where she stood, "We can't sense him anymore. His scent had disappeared."

"Who do you think was targeting us?" Shino asked turning to look at Kiba.

"Don't know." Kiba answered with the shrug of his shoulders, "All we can do now is finish up the mission and give the details to the Hokage."

Shino and Hinata both nodded in agreement. Before they were about to take off to the Land of Rice, Hinata was about to let loose of her Byakugan when out of the corner of her eye, a shadow rustles through the tree tops above them. She could hear the footsteps stomp on the branches above, a slight screeching from all different directions.

"Above us!" Hinata warned her teammates.

Within her saying that, they split up in different directions away from the thrown kunai knives that pierced the tree trunk where they stood. Sizzling was heard from all their ears. Upon looking closer, paper bombs were strung to each of the thrown kunai's. Within the instant of all three seperated teammates covering their face, the kunai's exploded in a fire ball of smoke and lit up tree bark, blowing back the teammates even more farther away from each other.

Hinata's scrape covered clothing slammed into the ground hard, causing her to get the wind knocked out of her. As she tumbled over the beaten dirt, she steadied herself by her feet stopping herself from slamming into a nearby tree. As she came to a screeching hault, with her breath still unsteady, she slowly reached to her feet when the dust from her beaten body settled. With her Byakugan still activated, she scanned the area, but couldn't find her teammates anywhere. So, the only thing she could do, was stay where she stood. Remembering that if anyone where to attack them first, they have the right to attack back.

As the silence surrounded her, she kept her ears open for any sounds that can be misheard. Timed ticked by. Nothing. More time ticked by. Nothing. The misheard silence was agonizing to her ears because she didn't know who or when she'll be attacked. Silence still luminated around her, until she heard the same screeching sounds from before come from all different directions.

Hinata yelled, "Hakkeshō Kaiten!" before she started spinning at an alarming speed while her release of chakra enveloped her rotation in a blue orb, redirecting the thrown kunai's back in their original direction.

She could faintly hear sizzling sounds coming from the extra thrown kunai that came her way. As her Hakkeshō Kaiten let up, she took a glance up, "Paper bombs!"

Before she could react, they exploded deadly close, sending her a good feet away from where she stood, letting her beaten body slam furosiously through a couple branches before being slammed into a tree tunk. As the dust around her settled, her half lidded eyes peered around in disbelief that she wasn't able to stop the second round of kunai. Hinata went to stand, but, dropped right back down where she stood.

With her body already bruised from the fall earlier, she still was determined to stand back on her own two feet. Even if it killed her, she needed to get back to her teammates. As she finally reached her feet slowly, she began to walk with her Byakugan still activated. Her Byakugan was the only help she needed for right now. Making as much progress the best she could, Hinata could only get a couple feet ahead before her Byakugan reached it's limit, letting her normal vision take over within an instant. Within that time span, time seemed to have stopped as she could vaguely hear footsteps approaching from behind her.

Turning around, she seen that their were two figures behind her, "Kiba? Shino? I-Is that you?"

The sound of excitement filled her voice at the sight of her teammates being behind her. When the dust had finally cleared, it was confirmed that it was really them. A sigh of exhausted relief had escaped her at the sight of her friends'.

"Hinata!" Kiba took off towards Hinata with Shino following behind him, "Hinata, are you alright?"

A smile spread across her face while nodding her approval. Even though she was pretty beaten up, she was glad to still be alive. With Kiba and Shino just a couple feet away, she waited patiently for them to arrive next to her. With just letting her guard down, she was caught off guard by someone suddenly appearing behind her. Sasuke Uchiha. Before she could turn around to see who was standing behind her, a sharp strick to the side of her neck, hitting her Carotid Sinus. The hit was so hard that not only did it stop the blood flow to her brain, but, it also knocked off her headband. Kiba and Shino watched as their limb teammate fell straight to the ground unconscious.

"You bastard!" Kiba's temper boiled deep inside him as he reached to pull out a kunai knife from his pouch.

"Wait Kiba!" Shino shouted before Kiba threw his weapon, "If you throw it, you'll hit Hinata."

Kiba snarled in anger, "Dammit." before putting his kunai back in his pouch.

Sasuke stood there with a smile slowly spreading across his face. Knowing that they won't attack with their teammate was held hostage. Right infront of both Kiba and Shino, Sasuke bent down and drapped the unconscious konoichi over his shoulders.

"Thanks for the offering." Sasuke said with a haunted look across his face so terrifying that even Akamaru was frightened, "I'll take good care of her."

With clentched fists, Kiba didn't just want to stand around and watch one of his teammates being taken away. The only way to save her was to get her back with force. Even if it'll probably seriously injure her, he was willing to risk anything just to save his teammate.

"Let's go Akamaru!" Kiba shouted in absolute anger, with Akamaru's wolfly howl, they got ready for battle.

After a couple hand seals were swiftly made without a mistake, Kiba shouted, "Gatsuuga!"

Within seconds, both Kiba and Akamaru jumped high into the air, they began to spin. Sasuke watched as both the companions started spinning faster and faster until a tornado like funnel formed around their bodies. With their sharp sense of smell, they were able to distinguish their pray without hurting their teammate. Kiba and Akamaru went in for the kill.

With his Mangekyō Sharingan already activated, Sasuke was able to see the direction of which Kiba and Akamaru were coming from. When they came funneling closer, Sasuke jumped out of the way. He stared down below him to watch as Akamaru and Kiba dodge one another at the last minute. Instead of going down, Sasuke jumped even higher into the trees, taking off with the unconscious Hinata over his shoulders.

Thunder rumbled through the cloudy sky threatening more rain. It felt like hours since she started walking. After walking through some brush and some thorn bushes, scrapes reopened on her bruised skin as she walked through more bushes. Lightning lit the way as she stumbled through the brush..

Where am I too find a place to rest Hinata thought as she looked about her surroundings I have no idea where I'm going.

All that surrounded her were trees. Fog started to roll in as she continued walking. As her muscles ached with every step she took. She took a break under a nearby tree that looked dry enough for her to sit down. As she sat underneath the tree, she curled her sore legs close to her body to try and stay warm. As Hinata breathed in her hands, it started to rain again. This time it poured. Rain droplets soaked her hair, falling off of each of her strands like tears.

It was damp and cold where she stayed. The darkness that surrounded her made the cell even more creapier. Little lamps were lit by a single flame in the corner of the cell, iluminating what darkness was left for her to distinguish by herself. With the cool air raising the hair up from her neck, Hinata carefully opened her lavendar orbs.

"W-Where am I?" Hinata questioned herself as she looked around.

The cell smelled of mold and decaing walls. The smell quickly filled her nostrils as she breathed in. Hinata held back the urge to puke. With her mind still fuzzy, she tried to look around, but, the jolt of pain from earlier made her stop mid turn. Slumping her head down to make the pain go away faster, Hinata steadied her breathing while she tried to heal her injuries. But, she realized that her wrists were shackled to the cell wall by chains. Seeing that there was no way for her to heal herself, she tried her best anyways. Silence filled her ears, that is, until footsteps filled her ears. Jolting her head up in wonder, she listened carefully to realize that there was only one set of footsteps walking down the hallway, then, stopping at the door she stayed hidden behind. It was quiet, that is, until the door to her cell opened with a defined creek, Hinata closed her eyes so that she couldn't see who'd walked in.

"You're awake I see." said a very familiar voice.

Hinata didn't dare to look up. She didn't want to know who was talking to her. She recognized the voice, but, she still didn't dare look up no mater how much she wanted too. Silence fell over the two, Hinata got the courage to peek up to see who was talking to her. There was no one there.

An illusion? she questioned her mind as the thought of her mind playing tricks on her.

Her thought was cut short when a hand swooped from out of nowhere, grasping her chin, slamming her head back in to the brick wall behind her. Twitching from the sudden pain that enveloped her head, she peeked back open her eyes again to be face to face with the figure staring straight back at her with his emotionless black orbs.

Her breath hitched in shock, "S-Sasuke?"

A smile appeared on his face as he let go of her chin to push back the loose strands of her hair behind her ear, "It's been a while, Lady Hinata."

"W-What do you p-plan on d-doing with m-me?" Hinata spoke with so much hesitation in her voice that it made Sasuke smile even more.

"Not what..." Sasuke said enthusiastically before he began to lean in closer to her ear, he whispered, "But how."

Hinata tried to speak, "What're you ta-", but, her question was cut short by a forceful pair of undefined lips were upon hers.

Looking in shock and realization as to what was going on, she struggled to get his lips off of hers, but, her face was held strictly within his fingers as he forced enterance into her mouth with a slight flick of his tongue. With her heart beating fast with fear, she still kept on struggling. Sasuke pulled away as he gazed upon her flushed face of not only hesitation, but, of her being taken off gaurd of his sudden movements. With a smile still plastured on his face, he brushed another strand of hair behind her ear before doing anything else. Hinata tensed up as his hands explored every inch of her body ever so slowly. While one hand caressed her jawline, the other hand slipped down her thigh. Hinata jumped at the sudden press of the tips of his fingers down inbetween her legs. With her body trembling over of what Sasuke was doing, he used that same hand to forcefully open her legs.

"S-Sasuke...p-please...n-no." Hinata whimpered behind her tears as she could feel his fingers sliding underneath the fabric of her pants that seperated his touch from grazzing over what he was intending to touch.

S-Somone please...h-help m-me! her mind screamed as she feared what was going to happen next.

"Sasuke..." said another voice, but, this one was unfamiliar to her ears, "It's time."

With disappointment clearly written all over his face, he stopped what he was doing to stare back at her with his still-the-same emotionless black orbs, sending chills down her very spine. Before turning around to leave with the unfamiliar voice that spoke before, Sasuke stared back at the strickened kunoichi before him.

Leaning in, he whispered, "We'll finish where we left off later." into her ear before walking away.

Time seemed to fly by. She was held up in a cell, now, she was in the main hall of the hideout where she was being held captive. She limped her way through the doors to be greeted by another familiar face. The face she feared since she first encountered it during her Chunin Exam days. That face still haunts her until this very moment. He may have stood in the middle of the clearing, but, he seemed so close to where she could almost feel his breath brush past her neck.

"Ah, welcome Lady Hinata." said the huskily determined voice. None other than Orochimaru.

The look he gave her sent shivers throughout her whole body. His yellow orbs pierced through her pastel purple fear struck eyes. Hinata went to back up, but was stopped before she could go any farther.

"Aw, the poor kunoichi's stricken with fear." he spoke while he chuckled underneath his breath, "I like it."

Just hearing his voice was like a poison ripping through her very viens. His voice frightened her to the bottom of her very soul. Before she knew it, she was then sitting in a chair, her wrists shackled to the arms of the chair while her neck was shackled in place. They clinked together everytime she moved any part of her aching body. With a sleek smile across his pale skin, Orochimaru steadied his way to the struggling kunoichi.

"W-What do you p-plan on doing with m-me?" Hinata asked with anticipation in her voice.

Orochimaru knelt down before her to look her straight in the eyes, "What I'm after is none other than your very own kekkei genkai."

My Byakugan? she questioned her mind again, not knowing why he was after it.

"With your kekkei genkai, which grants their handler nearly 360 degree vision, x-ray vision, along with the ability to see the chakra's pathway system, it's a very useful ability indeed. Once I have it in my possession, I'll be able to reak havoc on not only the Hidden Leaf Village, but also, on the rest of the Hyūga clan as well."

Orochimaru reached to his feet, "The only thing I need to do now..." reaching into his pocket, he pulled out a small remote control with two buttons on it; one green, one red, "Is push this green button."

He watched as Hinata stared remotely at the little remote in his right hand, "When I push this green button, the extraction of your kekkei genkai will began. Also, every jutsu, every ability, along with all your memories will ceased to exist. You won't only forget hand signs or what jutsu you'll be able to do, but also, your identity will also disappear along with everything else. And believe me, this process is not going to be painless."

Hinata couldn't bear with hearing what all that he had to say. She feared him yes, but, what he planned on doing next was what feared her the most. Suddenly, a loud screeching noise rang through her ears. Hinata struggled to cover her ears, but, to no avail. With her head slumped down, she peeked through her lashes to see the hands of Orochimaru's index finger push down on the green button with a echoing click.

It was quiet. Too quiet. That is until the ringing in her ears stopped, but, was shortly replaced by electric shocks being sent throughout her body. She swung her head back in forth with so much effort that her head could easily just rip off her shoulders.

"AAAAGGHHH~!"

Tears dripped down her face effortlessly as more electric shocks convulsed through her body. Her body arched in the upmost posistion you can ever imagine, her heartwretched scream continued to escape her lips, echoing off the walls, filling his ears with desire. Not only was her Byakugan being extracted from her, but, her very identity was being erased from her very existance.

The thunder that crackled around her didn't help with the ringing in her ears. With every image she plays in her head, the ringing of bells would leave behind a excrutiating pound throughout her skull. She couldn't figure out why though, but, she wished that these images of whatever sort they are would stop spinning. The rain wasn't making it any easier either.

Once the ringing had finally calmed down, she managed to reach her feet in an effort to keep on going. Her body cramped up due to her being soaked with the continuation of the falling rain. In her point of view, it looked like the sky was crying. Crying for what reason though. With each step she took, she stumpled, but, she'd get back on her feet and keep pushing herself to no end. It was getting hard for her to breath since she's been exposed to the cold for this long. As her muscles continued to cramp with every agonizing step she took, she knew that that she cannot stop and rest. Lightning lit part of the way as thick fog began to envelope her self being.

There was nowhere dry for her to take a rest. She was determined to find shelter somewhere. Anywhere. With a single step forward, her leg gave out from underneath her, sending the aching Hinata crashing hard in the dirt. As she tried to get up, she was too weak to even pick herself up. Then, realization of hopelessness overcomed her. As Hinata laid there in the dirt, she turned her head to see what was infront of her. In the distance of the fog, walked three figures. At an attempt to say something, only silence slipped from her chapped lips. As she shivered violently, unconsciousness began to take over. Without warning, she was surrounded by darkness once again.

I-I was dreaming. In my dream, there was a girl with no memory as to where she was. I hope she finds her way though. It's scarey to not remember things that're important to you. I can see these three figures surrounding the girl. Two men and a woman. I don't recognize them, but, they seemed to recognize her from somewhere. I can see one of them talking, but, their voice seemed to be blurred. But also, I can see one on the men drape a coat over the girls as he hauled her on his back. I just don't get it though. Why do I suddenly feel warmer?

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