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Never Saw You Coming

Chapter 4: Her Reason

"My my Sasuke-kun, look at the wounds. If you carry on like this your body will start to deteriorate and those eyes will become meaningless to you, you'll never be able to reach Itachi's level of skill and power" Kabuto said, cleaning Sasuke's wounds.
"Don't think that just because you're slowly taking the form of Orochimaru that I fear you. I killed Orochimaru once before and I'll do it again" Sasuke threatened
Kabuto smirked at Sasuke "Funny, I heard that Itachi-san was the one who took out Orochimaru-sama. You really are in your brother's shadow-"
Although wounded, Sasuke managed to grab Kabuto by the collar of his robe and bring him to his face

"You've become rather impossible since the arrival young Hyuuga, Sasuke" Madara said as he entered the room "or let me rather say that you are more impossible than usual"
Sasuke let go of Kabuto and let him continue patching up his wounds, "you knew she was a Hyuuga/ Hyuga long before I realised, didn't you?"
"Perhaps. Would it surprise you more if I told you she is the heiress of the Hyuuga/ Hyuga?" Madara grinned under his mask
Sasuke's eyes widen in shock "which means sooner or later they are going to find us?"
"Actually no, they won't come for her" Madara answered
"And why is that?" Sasuke asked
"First of all she spent days lingering around Amegakure, in that time they would have without a doubt rescued her" Madara explained
"So why didn't they?" Sasuke looked at the bandages around his arms
"She's weak. The head of the clan must have thought it would be better if she disappeared and died somewhere" Madara explained
"She is next to inherit that position, it doesn't make sense, why let the only heir-" Sasuke argued
"That's because there are two daughters not just one. The younger sister must be much stronger than the older one." Madara interrupted
Sasuke remained silent for a bit "So they just cast her out and hope that she'd be forgotten? What about her friends? There have to be people that care about her, at least one person, judging from her nature I doubt that she was is horrible person"
Kabuto covered the last of Sasuke's wounds "Those questions are going to remain unanswered Sasuke-kun. Madara-san is thinking about the upcoming war not our guest, that task was assigned to you"
Sasuke got off the table on which he was being treated and walked to the door
"If it's one thing I do know it's that, she came knowing that she might be killed or kidnapped but it was a risk that she felt was worth taking. What she did not foresee was losing her memory along the way." Madara said not looking at Sasuke "remembering why she was after you may take some time but please bear with it-"
"For the sake of winning the war?" Sasuke interrupted
"That is correct. When she is better spar with her, there might be newer moves that the Hyuuga have developed that I am unaware of" Madara answered


Sasuke's room

An intense expression displayed itself on Hinata's face as she sat in Sasuke's dimly lit room. The name Hyuuga/ Hyuga circled her vacant memory, the name itself gave shape to mixed feelings within herself, feelings of both love and sadness, understanding why this was so was her biggest question. Her mind had taken so far from the present that she was completely unaware of Sasuke's presence as he entered the room and sat his wounded self on the floor. He studied the expression on her face 'forgetting everything even your past…I'd rather have that than remember what was taken from me,' Sasuke himself then fell into the thoughts of his own past "I'd rather forget….that pain"

Sasuke's words, although softly spoken, were enough to pull Hinata out from her thoughts "Sa-Sasuke-kun, are you okay? How are yo-your wounds?"
Sasuke stood up and walked to Hinata "Give me the forehead protector around your neck"
"B-But why?" Hinata questioned
"It will put all of us in danger if you're seen with that around your neck" Sasuke explained
Hinata held onto the forehead protector "I-I don't understand"
Sasuke sighed "I'm sure that even you have noticed that man wearing the orange mask, the man wearing the glasses and myself are powerful, not only that, we are wanted criminals"
"I-I'm afraid I don't qu-quite follow" Hinata answered
"The Fourth Great Shinobi World War has been declared and you will been seen as a traitor and there will be reason to attack the village from which you came from" Sasuke explained
"Is-is that because I am a...Hyuuga/ Hyuga?" Hinata asked trying to remain calm from the information that Sasuke had just divulged to her
Sasuke nodded "that is correct"
Hinata willing gave Sasuke her forehead protector, "I-I understand how that pu-puts me and the village in danger bu-but why is that dan-dangerous for you Sasuke-kun?"
"You do realise that now that you know what we are, we cannot allow you to leave, if you attempt to escape your life will be extinguished" Sasuke changed the subject
"I don-don't remember where my home is, s-so there is really no re-reason for me to escape" Hinata said
Sasuke said nothing further, he sat himself down at the other end of his dimly lit room, their conversation continued no further either and after some time the fatigue weighing heavy on him sent him off to sleep.

The floor offered very little comfort when it came to sleeping but it was something Sasuke had to grin and bear at least until the young Hyuuga/ Hyuga woman regained her memories, but even if she did and did what she came to do she'd have to remain there as their hostage, at least until the war was over.
His eyes opened the next morning to find that his blanket had been placed over him sometime during the night, his wounds stung as he leaned his body back onto the wall. He noticed Hinata sitting on the edge of his bed, her face displaying the same expression as the night before. A heavy sigh left Hinata as she placed both hands on her head in complete frustration.
"It's going to take some time, your memory will return bit by bit. It's no good if you try and force it" Sasuke suggested
Hinata looked at Sasuke and just slightly nod her head. She got up from the bed and walked to towards Sasuke. "D-do your wounds f-feel better today?" she ask pulling the blanket over Sasuke
Sasuke immediately smacked Hinata's hand away from him "Don't do that, I don't need you to mother me"
Hinata rubbed her hand "I-I'm sorry"
Silence filled the room for a bit "Did you remember something?"
Hinata shook her head "I-I can hear f-familiar voices in my h-head and remember some n-names, but I-I can't connect the voice to the names."
Sasuke slowly stood up "Like I said don't rush it, it will come."
Hinata nodded making no eye contact with Sasuke.
"Come with me" Sasuke ordered Hinata
Hinata said nothing and willing followed Sasuke.


Outside the hideout

Hinata was a got a little worried as they approached the clearing in which Sasuke trained and the fact that Sasuke had left his sword behind made Hinata uncertain as to what their trip was about. Sasuke stopped and stood under a tree that had little of its fruit left, he reached out to grab the closet one to him but the pain coming from his wounds prevented him from getting it off the branch. As much as she knew it would irritate Sasuke to help she stood next to him and grabbed the fruit he had tried to pick and handed it to him.
Sasuke took the fruit from Hinata's hand "This fruit is neither sweet nor sour, it tastes just right"
Hinata picked another one "Do-do you not like s-sweet fruit Sa-Sasuke-kun?"
Sasuke took another three fruits from Hinata "I don't like sweet things in general"
Sasuke sat himself down and ate the fruit. Hinata sat herself down a meter away from Sasuke.
"I came out for fresh air. I had you come with me because I don't trust Kabuto." Sasuke explained
"S-so you are n-not going to train today?" Hinata asking biting into the fruit
"I am training, I was told that resting the body is part of training as well" Sasuke explained
"I-I see" Hinata answered
"In a week these wounds should be closed and I will resume my training, you should be better by then as well, you should spar with me" Sasuke said
Hinata nodded
"Maybe doing so will return some of your lost memories to you" Sasuke suggested
"I-I hope so" Hinata said
"We'll just have to wait and see then" Sasuke bit into the last fruit

The rest of the day was spent sitting under the tree, both of them engaging a little in conversation. Since her arrival, since her he loss of her memories, for Hinata the day brought her a little bit of peace and serenity that her heart had been seeking for some time, although her soul begged for the return of her lost memories she remained calm and tried not to let it get to her. With her mind relaxed and at peace a small fragment of her memory came soaring back to her in an instant.
Sasuke watched Hinata as she sat up her face tensed more than it had before, before saying anything to her he waited for her to relax a bit "Did you remember something?"
Hinata looked at him and fell into a bit of a daze before answering him "S-Someone I really c-cared about was hurting…th-that person was hurting real b-bad" she paused "s-so I decided I-I would do something ab-bout it-"
Sasuke looked at her "Even if it meant death?"
Hinata nodded "Y-Yes, I can remember feeling desperate, e-even if it meant me dying a-along the way, I-I felt that I had to do something" she reached into her pocket and pulled the forehead protector that had a scratch on it "I-I took this with me" Hinata showed it to Sasuke. Sasuke gazed at it, remembering the moment his friend scratched it. Although his reaction to it seemed to be nothing, Hinata noticed his eyes parting a little and returning to normal at the sight of the item in her hand.
"Do you remember why you took it" Sasuke finally asked
Hinata shook her head "A-all I know is th-that it was really important to the person I-I took it from" she looked at Sasuke who hadn't taken his eyes off of the forehead protector "Sa-Sasuke-kun?...Is-Is there something familiar about th-this forehead protector? Do-do you know something?"
Sasuke looked away and remained silent before asking "Tell me, when you found me in Amegakure that day, although I didn't sense it but, did you intend to kill me?... Do you remember wanting to kill me?"
Hinata looked at the forehead protector trying to recall her lost thoughts and emotions, she finally, after some time looked at Sasuke, her face showing much uncertainty "I-I…I don't remember"