Hey guys! Gaaranobara let me adopt the story and its characters, so thanks for reading this adopted story :). The original Naruto Characters aren't mine, neither are Konoha nor any other village/country. At the start of each chapter I'm going to put a verse of poetry or song that fits in the chapter. Read and review!
You don't remember my name. Just once in my life Mary had a lamb. Just once in my life If I cut you down to a thing I can use
I don't really care.
Can we play the game your way?
Can I really lose control?
I think it'd be nice
Just to lose control, just once
With all the pretty flowers in the dust.
His eyes black as coals.
If we play very quiet, my lamb
Mary never has to know.
I think it'd be nice
Just to lose control, just once.
I fear there will be nothing good left of you.
Sasuke's point of view:
Monday, 1 am
Urgg, where am I, what happened? I can't open my eyes, but it smells like a hospital. How the hell did I get into a hospital?
Flashback to about 24 hours ago
He knew he was being chased, but they hid their chakra well, so he couldn't tell if they were skilled, if the person was alone, or even if it was a boy or a girl. Instead of wasting his energy by running, Sasuke decided to stop and confront his pursuer. Out of the trees walked a woman about 5 feet and 7 inches, and Sasuke had to admit, she was striking. With dark plum hair that flowed half-way down her back, creamy pale skin, and pearly eyes that seemed vaguely familiar, she was quite a beauty. Wearing an ANBU jacket that was cut short, a fishnet shirt under it, a VERY short black skirt, with her forehead protector used as a weapon's belt, from which her ANBU mask hung, and standard issue black sandals, the woman stared him down. She was from Konoha, her ANBU mask was a cat, but it was different than those Sasuke had seen before. The background was white but instead of the usual markings, the eyes were surrounded by thick black lines, and there were purple swirls that seemed a bit like mist. Whether this signified that she was of high-rank, or if Konoha had formed a new section of ANBU, Sasuke didn't know and didn't really care.
He'd just realized he was caught in a genjutsu. Cursing at his stupidity he thought, 'Damn, this ANBU is good! But was she sent to capture me, or did she find me by accident and decide to try to bring me back?' He took his katana sword and sliced a small indenture into his left leg, bringing him out of the genjutsu. A few feet ahead of him, the woman smirked, "So this is what the great Sasuke Uchiha has become? So distracted by a girl that he doesn't pay attention to the battle?" Sasuke then assumed that she had been sent to retrieve him. Such a bother, he thought to himself, you'd think that after 8 years of leaving, Konoha would get the message that he wasn't coming back. Sasuke sighed, and engaged the ANBU in battle.
After 30 minutes of fighting, both were running on their last chakra reserves. Sasuke had been hit a number of times in his pressure points, so his chakra network was messed up, but the ANBU woman had been stuck by chidori in her right leg, which was now rendered useless. Nevertheless, she had the advantage, because her chakra network was still functional. The ANBU was smiling, because she hadn't yet used her final weapon, but oh yes, she intended to. The purple swirls on her mask were because she was part of an Elite group of ANBU nicknamed the Kariire-jin, the reapers. At one point, the new Hogake, Hatake Kakashi, had realized that some people in the ANBU corps were much too dangerous to be mixed in with all the other ninja, so he formed this group, filled with those who had frightening blood-line limits, unnaturally high chakra, or even some who had no moral restraint. The woman was in this squad because of her unique chakra release, it had been thought extinct by her family, but by some miracle she had inherited it. Before she had been considered a weakling, a pathetic excuse for a heiress, but now she was feared. Yes because she, Hinata Hyuuga, had inherited the Shiton, the Death Release. It enabled Hinata to use any of the five main chakra natures at will, allowing her to use any of the blood line limit releases, including some of her own invention. It was one of these she had decided to use on Sasuke, but first she had to heal herself.
"Shiton: Iyashi no Hikari!" (Death Release: Healing Light). A jutsu of her own invention, it took the water, fire, and lightning chakras and somehow mended and healed the user's body while also restoring chakra. Sasuke stared in disbelief, Shiton? What the hell is that? He thought. Whatever is was, it must be powerful. He didn't have time to think because Hinata then ended the battle, "Shiton: Shounetsu Jigoku!"(Death Release: Burning Hell"), this combined all the chakra natures into one, and used up almost all the chakra she had gained, but it didn't matter because Sasuke was trapped in a genjutsu only she could take him out of, and it was a dangerous illusion, slightly similar to the Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique used by the Uchiha, the Hyuuga heiress had selected the jutsu for Sasuke for that irony. Picking him up, she lay him across her shoulders and made her way back to the village.
Omniscient point of view:
Monday, 6 am
Oh yeah, THAT was what happened. Well the woman must have released him from that horrible genjutsu. Something was bothering him though. In the genjutsu, not only was physical pain induced, but also mental pain. The ANBU had made him relive memories of his times at the academy, some of his fights with Naruto, that dobe, and other painful moments. How in hell did she know about those memories? A thought popped into his head, but he dismissed it immediately. No way in hell was this amazingly talented, dangerous, and not to mention beautiful, woman Hinata Hyuuga. Sure she didn't look bad, and he was grateful, though he never said it, that she wasn't another fan girl to reject, but even her family considered her a weakling. It could be her sister, Hanabi; he had heard she was more talented than Hinata, or perhaps another Hyuuga female.
Feeling that he could open his eyes, he slowly sat up and blinked. The same woman was seemingly asleep on a chair next to the bed. 'Damn that girl looks good, almost pretty enough to convince me not to kill her, but if she's sleeping on the job, she deserves it.' Just as he thought that, Hinata opened her eyes and coolly remarked, "Just so you know, I can hear everything you think. I wasn't asleep; my eyes need to be closed to perform the jutsu. Oh, and by the way, I AM Hinata Hyuuga." Sasuke's eyes widened to the size of pans and his mouth dropped. "Well" Hinata pondered, "We can just keep your naughty thoughts to ourselves, I'm sure your sensei wouldn't like to know that you've become a perv. Well come on then, my orders are to take you to the Hogake as soon as possible." Sasuke remembered that Kakashi had become the Hogake, lord he was NOT looking forward to a lecture. Then, as they were walking out of the hospital, he questioned, "Shouldn't I be handcuffed?" "No need" replied the heiress, "You're not going anywhere"
Ten minutes later
"Sasuke, I'm not going to lecture you, the Elders told me not to."
"Who are the elders now? No way are the old dust bags still alive."
"No, since my team mates aren't…..in the Country of Fire, Tsunade and Shikaku Nara make up the Konoha Council."
"Uhuh, and since you aren't going to lecture me, what did you call me here for, and why even bother capturing me, you of all people know that there wasn't truly any point in doing that."
"Because it makes Konoha look weak, having a missing-nin who has escaped capture for 8 years. I called you here to give you a choice. You can either go to an ultra-high-security-jail for the rest of your life, or you can chose to stay in Konoha and become a part of the Kariire-jin team that Hinata is part of; it is a special group of ANBU who are especially skilled. I'm sorry to rush you, but I need your decision now."
Sasuke pondered the options, no way in hell was he staying in jail for the rest of his life, and it would be hard to escape. On the other hand, Konoha disgusted him; they ordered his family to be killed. Yet again, his brother had agreed to do it. He had killed Itachi a few years back, but even with his thirst for revenge satiated, he still didn't feel quite whole. Whatever, he'd choose the lesser of two evils.
"I'll stay in Konoha"