Hey guys! I'm back again! Did ya miss me? Well I would have had this chapter up a few days ago, but my internet stopped working and tech support wasn't too clear on the directions on how to fix it….meh. Little black box my foot! Anyhow, thanks to Eagle-Owl and Joanne and to all of my reviewers as well!
Warnings: For torture and blood.
Thanks again to xoayamexo for being my beta! (p.s. read the next part very carefully )
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It only took about ten minutes for the pair to get back to the camp but it felt like an eternity to Hinata. Her hurting leg was not appreciating being jostled around.
When they arrived, Toya threw the girl none too gently on the ground. His eyes were full of distaste, and Hinata was not looking forward to what was going to happen next.
"I trusted you girlie, and what do you do? You lie and try to escape." He sighed and shook his head. "You would have been better off just doing as I said. Now, I'm not one to enjoy another person's pain, but in your case I might make an exception."
The man took out three more slips of paper identical to the one on the Hyuuga's leg. The bounty hunter grabbed her arm and wrapped this one around it too. He performed a series of hand seals and now fiery pain lanced up and down her arm as well.
She suppressed a cry, but could hold on no longer as the same was done to her right arm and leg. Her body felt like it would explode, and she writhed in agony.
The man smiled and pulled out another ward. "I've got one more for your head girlie, but I don't think your body could take it. I really don't want you dying on me, but we're not finished yet. Not even close."
To prove his point Toya grabbed the Hyuuga by the collar and dragged her up to the same tree she was tied to before. This time he tied her up differently. He tied her middle, ankles, wrists, and neck to the thick trunk.
Hinata's whimpers filled the clearing that they were in. Darkness had long since crept over the landscape and the only light was coming from the fire and the stars and moon overhead.
Toya sat down for a moment, and seemed to be thinking to himself. He was muttering words that were lost on the Hyuuga's ears.
"That might get an interesting reaction, but I don't want to leave a blood trail. I'll have to bandage her up after so she won't bleed out. Yes, yes I think that's what I'll do."
The bounty hunter stood up and crossed over to the hurting kunoichi.
"Hey girlie, girlie…look at me when I'm talking to you!" He kicked the girl in the side and she looked at him. "That's better. I was wondering if you realized that this is you're fault." He laughed when Hinata attempted to glare at him.
He released the hold of pain on the wards. The blue-haired kunoichi's tremors eased a little bit. However, fear was evident in her pale eyes when she saw him conjure a kunai from his pouch of weapons.
"Scared girlie? I just wanted you to have a quick break before we move on to our next, ahem, lesson." He laughed at the frightened expression on the Hyuuga's face.
He gave her another couple of moment of reprieve before activating the ward on her left leg. She hissed in pain, but kept her eyes on the crazed man before her.
He used the kunai to cut off the pant leg of her caprice. She was left with a shorts length left of fabric on her leg. Then carefully, and avoiding the paper on her leg, he ran the kunai into her skin.
Hinata whimpered again. The sadistic man, with the skill of an artist carved a long diagonal line into the soft flesh. The wound bled freely. Toya smiled as the girl's breathing became shallow.
He 'drew' another diagonal line into her leg, and Hinata screamed.
"Hush. Hush girlie," the man now spoke soothingly. "It's far from over. Save your screams for later."
But Hinata could not. The pain from the cuts along with ward threatened to drive her mad from the agony. As the man cut a third, straight line her consciousness fled her. She didn't see that currently on her left leg was something that resembled a bloody form of an 'A '.
A few moments later, the kunoichi awoke to a splash of water in the face.
"You're not getting off that easy, girlie. We're not done yet." Toya deactivated the ward on her left leg, and gave Hinata another quick reprieve before cutting away the material on her pant leg similarly to the one on her left.
When he was finished he activated the ward only on her right leg. "Such perfect skin you have. Too bad, it won't be all that nice when we're done."
And again he began. This time the bounty hunter started lower and carved a vertical line into her leg. He went quicker this time, and soon two smaller diagonal cuts were 'drawn' onto the canvas that was Hinata's thigh.
Her screams pierced the night, but the cold man was unfazed by such actions. His navy eyes held no emotion as he finished the "Y" that covered the Hyuuga's right leg.
Once again, he released the pain from the ward.
As Hinata regained her bearings, she took a few deep breaths.
"W-why are you d-doing this?" Her voice was laced with pain.
Toya appeared to be stumped by this simple question. After few minutes of thinking he leaned in, next to the blue-haired kunoichi's face. "Because I can, girlie." He smirked.
Hinata looked on in fear as he cut off the long sleeve of her coat. As he was doing this, she was given time to think. 'All of this is giving Neji-nii-san time to catch up. If Toya's torturing me here, he won't be expecting an attack from Neji. I hope he comes soon.' A moment later realization hit the Hyuuga. 'No, Neji-nii-san can't come. The bounty hunter will use that gem on him, and then he'll be just like me. Neji, don't come. Please don't come. You've suffered enough because of me.'
The heiress was given no more time to think as the sadistic man performed the now-familiar hand seals.
Pain erupted through her left arm. 'I don't think I can take much more of this,' she thought to herself. And truly enough, after Toya had only carved two diagonal lines into her flesh, Hinata passed out again.
And again, no reprieve was given. Toya splashed yet more water onto her face and slapped her awake.
"What did I say before girlie? You are not falling asleep until we are finished!"
And again the bounty hunter resumed his 'art.' This time he dragged the kunai even slower than before. Then another diagonal line and he was finished with his third letter, "O."
For the second to last time he released the ward.
Hinata did not think she could stand this much longer. She remembered Naruto, her love, and tried to think of what he would do. 'He probably wouldn't have gotten himself into this mess.'
She groaned as Toya cut away her last sleeve, and prayed that after this it would be over.
"What's this? You don't like the lesson? You know, I'm giving you the special Hyuuga deal so you'd better be grateful." The bounty hunter smirked.
He activated the last ward and once again pain shot through her arm. For the final time he ran the kunai into her skin. A long straight line was carved into her soft flesh and then another horizontal one was too.
The message was complete, and the dark eyed man deactivated the ward stepped back to admire his work.
"From now on, you and whoever else sees you will know this: you belong to Toya."
Indeed, the bleeding letters spelled out the bounty hunter's name and Hinata felt miserable.
"Nothing to say girlie? Don't you like it? I made it just for you. Can't you say anything?"
Even if she could talk, the blue-haired kunoichi refused to give into the man before her.
"Then I'll make you." He activated all of the wards at once.
The pain was overwhelming. Hinata tried to hold on, to be strong like Naruto or Neji-nii-san. However after a few moments, the Hyuuga could be strong no longer.
She let out a pain-filled shriek. It hurt so much, she couldn't take it anymore; for the third time that night, she let the darkness take her.
Toya laughed and deactivated the seals. He turned and plastered up the seals on the trees surrounding the campsite. He would be alerted if anyone came near. He was quite sure that the girlie's friend, Neji was it, would come.
He smirked. Fighting that brat would be fun. Well, fun for him. The tricks he had up his sleeve were not beneficial to the Hyuuga at all.
He would be ready, and the Hyuuga would meet his end, he was sure of it. As the bounty hunter lay down for the night, he kept the pale gem in hand for extra protection. Little did he know that sooner than he thought, he would need it.
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Well, there it is. Sorry Hinata fans but I had to make Neji mad somehow. ; Yep, so reviews are apprieciated beyond reason! Thanks so much!
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