Chapter 7:
Recap
After for some while of running out of the perimeter, Team Taka finally found Sasuke. He was leaning against the tree, calmly. As they tried to rest something suddenly came out of the ground…
"My, my… you guys look so… exhausted. They might have put up quite a fight, ne?" he complemented them… Sasuke just glared at him…
"About time you showed up. I was getting quite irritated about you following us around." He retorted
"Now, now Sasuke-kun, Madara was just making sure you guys are alright," then he looked at Sasuke, "and still on our side." Sasuke just stared back, and started walking away.
"Don't wander off too far, Sasuke." He said
(~_~)
"They'll be fine. Besides… I doubt it if Sasuke would want to come back… just yet." Madara said… with a very wide smile, behind that mask of his.
(~_~)
"We were at the forest looking for an insect and then we saw his comrades that he doesn't consider as one…back to the story… we were talking to them then Akamaru barked at the tree, Kiba looked up and saw him." Hanabi answered him…
"Thank you, Hanabi. But what I can't understand is why you have to fight. He could have just ran away and left them… but he didn't." Kakashi said…
'Maybe there is still hope for him then.' He thought to himself
(~_~)
"Who are you?" she finally asked…
"Your worst nightmare." Then he knocked her out…
But before completely passing out, her sub consciousness had suddenly remembered something…
A voice of a young boy…
"You'll be a great and strong woman someday…Hinata-hime."
And then she heard it again…
His laugh…
Then all she saw was pitch black…no more… no less. She was captured, yet again.
End of Recap
Kakashi and Hanabi were sitting at the restaurant waiting for their order. Few minutes passed, the order has arrived and yet she still has not come back. Hanabi was getting kind of worried.
'What if Hinata-neechan fainted at the restroom? What if she was still in pain or the poison's still-'but her worried thoughts were interrupted by Kakashi. He noticed Hanabi's tense posture. He could hear her cries from her breathing patterns. He could see very clearly from her tight-fisted hands she was dead worried about her sister.
"Why don't you go check up on your sister? She might be hungry right now. Remember, she hasn't woken up or rather eaten for two days." Kakashi said with a smile… but he knows it is not like Hinata to make everyone feel so worried about her. Even if she did get into a situation, it would not be good for him to just go inside a girl's comfort room, who knows what thoughts might get inside his head like…
"Hai, Kakashi-sensei, I will go and check up on her." Hanabi said and stood up realizing that if she was really that worried, why she wouldn't just go to her sister. Her father's hard attitude was really rubbing on her, bit by bit.
She went to look in the comfort room, and she was surprised on what she saw…
Konoha's hospital
The air was tense around the lobby, because of that people tried to avoid them. They saw they were exceptional ninjas, and they were having a very, very, serious talk.
Naruto and Sakura were facing each other. None of them moved and inch. The rest was around them, waiting to hear what they had to say to each other. Waiting to hear about what had happened the day the team Kakashi was reunited, but again broken. Naruto was the one to speak first…
"Doushite? Sakura-chan, why did you lie to me?"
"I would never tell that kind of a lie Naruto." Sakura replied still looking down…
"But you just did! You told me something that was meant for Sasuke-"
"It wasn't a lie!" Sakura said in an outburst…
They were all shocked, Sakura was now crying. Tears wouldn't stop from flowing.
"Everything I told you was the truth! I just realized it now! You were the one that makes me happy, you were the one I can always count on. You were my light Naruto! And yet I was just there… pulling you down… giving you all my pain… that day I promised I would end it, yet I couldn't bring myself to do it, there was still that faint ray of hope… our tomodachi, Sasuke-kun, would still return to us." She finished, and everyone there was just astounded with Sakura's release of her thoughts.
Naruto could just stand there, with a mixture of happiness, sorrow, and guilt. Happy, he was happy, that all his chasing around Sakura has finally paid off. Sorrow, he was pained to see that only a few people would still believe Sasuke could return, his friend, who was once everyone's idol, is now everyone's most wanted criminal. Guilt, yes, he was guilty, for he does not know what to say to Hinata, it would be such a hard blow on her.
"Sakura…" Ino was the one to speak after that she approached Sakura then hugged her…
"Baka Sakura, I thought you were the smartest person amongst us. But then again, Shikamaru was always one step ahead of your brain. Demo, you need not to shoulder that feeling anymore, we're here we are yours, Naruto's, and Sasuke-kun's friends." She smiled at Sakura. For the first time, Sakura had seen Ino's sincere smiled again after many years. Ino was her first friend, she couldn't forget that, and without second thoughts she pulled Ino into a tight hug.
"Ino's right Sakura-chan, demo, you must be forgetting my nindo." Naruto said with a smile and his nice guy pose, "I don't go back on my word, believe it!"
"Hey, I have a suggestion," Shino said, "Why don't we go visit Hinata?"
Restaurant
'Slam'
Hanabi had opened each cubicle door by force. Her sister wasn't there, then where could she have gone. They never saw her go out. Then where'd she gone? Then, something in the corner of her eyes got her attention.
Blood
There was blood on the window of the comfort room, and she knows, even Kakashi could have gone through it, so she was down to only one choice…
Her sister was abducted… but who, why, where, and how was the question.
Her sister never screamed for help, and then she possibly was threatened or knocked out. Then they probably went through the window to not get noticed, and probably she was wounded somehow on the sharp edge. She was probably abducted by a cloud-nin again, but the Raikage's here, they wouldn't act on it yet… so it probably was an s-class criminal. Sasuke? Not a chance. But then who… her mind was racing now, and she ran out of the CR. She found Kakashi, Naruto and the others already there, but she just couldn't hold it anymore…
"Hinata-neechan is gone!"
Konoha's Forest
Meanwhile, team taka was relaxing while they still weren't summoned to return. Recalling their latest fight, they had quite a good laugh… Sasuke wasn't paying any attention to them at the time, and wasn't enjoying even if he was…
"Hahaha, I couldn't help but remember that last fight we had!" Suigetsu shared,
"Besides, she seemed a better opponent than you Karin! She had quite a skill, and if I were to choose which among you would last the longest in a fight, I would pick her! Too, bad I didn't know her name." he sighed…
"Oh really? Wasn't I the reason she was defeated and we escaped? Are you really that thick-headed?" Karin rebuttal with Suigetsu…
"Oi! I fought with her most! Besides she was distracted, so minus points for you."
"And I fought four opponents!"
"And they were just kids!"
"Are you trying to start a fight with me?" they both said sending currents to each other…
"Hinata." They both were shocked…
"Who?" Suigetsu said, not quite getting why Sasuke suddenly blurted out a name, everyone too was exchanging looks with each other…
"Her name is… Hinata." Sasuke finally said, and then everyone was surprised as Sasuke turned around to leave…
"Be careful this time." Those were his last words, and team Taka was left there surprised…
"Ne, what do you think Sasuke-kun's up to?" Karin asked them, they just shrugged…
"Well then, now I know her name, and looks like your little Sasuke-kun is quite attached to her." Suigetsu said teasingly, which made Karin angry again and they continued to fight...
Juugo on the other hand was just there watching them fight. He looked back to the trail where Sasuke had left and decided to follow him, but then suddenly Karin and Suigetsu's fight was getting quite intense, he just tried to stop them, at least…
With Sasuke
He was walking there all alone in the forest. They were a pretty good distance very far from the gates of Konoha, but still within its boundaries. He sat up on the tree and tried to think of something else, but his mind cannot help but wander off to his talk with Madara…
Flashback
Sasuke had cursed under his breath when he heard Karin yell. He definitely need to get to them first before they do, if not… they'll be in trouble. Just as he was about to get past them, something grabbed him from behind, he glared at it… more like him.
'What's he doing outside of the hideout?' Sasuke thought…
"Ah, Sasuke… I was wondering how I can talk to you." He said
"And now isn't the time." He said and tried to run again, but he held him back with a firm grip…
"No- now is the time. You see, while they're out there trying to escape those Konoha ninjas, it'll give us the time to talk privately."
Sasuke stared at him, and his mask. He didn't really like him at all but… he's going to need him, if he wants to restore glory to his clan. He stopped, turned around and followed him for a while… this might be important, and it better be important or he'd just waste his time listening to some pointless talk. Madara gripped his shoulders tightly and had sat him down on a rock…
"Now how about if we start about them." He said and sat across him and, Sasuke started listening…
"Now what?" Sasuke said finally listening…
"I knew that'd get your attention. Listen, the more we will let them live, the more they can manipulate people… like how they did to your brother." Sasuke clenched his fists… he knew that already…
"And?" he asked…
"You wouldn't want others now going on the same way you did now, would you?" Madara finally stated...
"What do you mean?" Sasuke was now giving his full attention…
"As you know, the Uchiha clan isn't the only clan that has a pretty good reputation inside the village. There is also the… Hyuga Clan." Sasuke stared at him, he didn't get a thing what he was trying to say, but he knew about good reputation…
"The Hyugas would never betray the village; they're stubbornly loyal to that ridiculous village." Sasuke snorted…
"You don't have to plot a coup d' 'etat on the village to impose a threat on the village elders. The Hyuga clan is growing more powerful inside that village, and that alone can overthrow them."
"Even so, the Hyugas are too skilled. No one could assassinate their whole clan."
"Then what about getting one of them betrays them? And ask help from others? Won't that be such a blow to them?" Sasuke now glared…
"None of them will-"
"How about Hyuga Hinata?" Sasuke was now surprised…
"What do you mean?"
"Wasn't she always their laughing stock? She was the weakest amongst them, yet she endured it. What if the elders make up such a story that Hyugas were planning to destroy Konoha? Hmm? Ever thought of that, she would do anything to protect that village from her family… the same thing Itachi did."
"Enough! Just what are you trying to prove from this?" Sasuke exclaimed…
"Even others can be affected; by these elders Konoha has… anyone could be a victim of their schemes… anyone including her."
Sasuke just stood there with his bangs covering his eyes…
Madara then disappeared…
End of flashback
'There is no way, she could do it even if she would ask help in assassinating her clan… she's too kind… and that's what makes her weak!' Sasuke thought with full anger and resentment towards Madara. Who does he think he is? Just some tool used to assassinate people? Tch, he could do better than that… he could assassinate those damn pests before Madara could even tell him kill them. He didn't need a motivation to start his killing frenzy.
So what if Hinata would be assigned to kill her clan? It's their clan not his… but still… Madara's words echoed in his mind…
"You wouldn't want others now going on the same way you did now, would you?"
His clenched fists grew harder… he couldn't believe it! Madara saw right through him! He's going to use that to get to him… instead of Madara being his tool, he was being the tool. He ran towards Konoha as swiftly as he would, being cautious not to get caught…
With Hinata
She woke up being tied to two posts, very tight as a matter of fact. Her two hands were placed above her tied to both posts and so were her feet. She guessed it was just so he could see she had nothing up in her sleeves…
Her mouth had a handkerchief too which makes it difficult for her to talk. She looked around trying to see if her kidnapper was there, she activated her Byackugan…
They weren't far from the village, and there he was… just leaning on his back smirking, it angered her. What was he smirking about? What did he even need her for?
'Here I am once again, I just woke up from a terrible fight and now I'm kidnapped! Trouble must like me a lot!' she thought as she looked down…
'No wonder I'm such a failure… I'm just a burden.' But then a voice disrupted her thoughts…
"now, now princess, you'll get the pleasure of meeting me later, once I've had a good view of you, and a bit of fun… but it'll be most enjoyable if I were to suddenly skip to the last meeting phase… he he," he removed the cloth from her mouth, "now… phase one, let's talk." He said finally lowering down to see her face.
"What do you want from me?" she asked
"Simple, what every other man in that wretched prison would." Her eyes widened….
'No!'
"I'm lucky I get to escape and kidnap you, but I'll be most fortunate if I was to receive a bit of pleasure from you. After that you'll get to go home."
"Please don't-"he slapped her straight across her face…
"I didn't say to skip to faze two, princess! Man, cooperate a bit will you?" he glared at her, "Back to business, once you get to go home, expect me to go to your room and we'll be having fun for the rest of our lives! That way I'd get back to how I was living before I went to that prison."
"Do you always do this to your victims?"
"Yeah, and sure as hell they were screaming for more! Ah, good times, good times. Those pleasures of moans… ah, I'd like to hear them once more… and it'd be much sweeter if I was to hear it from you!" he said poking her wherever he'd want…
"Okay, now let's go to faze two. Give me a reason that I would let you go."
"But you said-"
"Ah so you are willing, but how do I make sure you'd not let me down after this time?" he said now groping her, she squirmed uncomfortably…
"You've got fifteen minutes before I go back and hear your pleas of cry, and strip you off from your clothes clean." He said then licking her face, then down biting her neck, then hugging her tightly, and making her feel his erected organ pressing against her…
She then tried best to be calm and think of a way to get out of these bondages before she gets violated. As he left, she activated her Byackugan again. No one was coming yet, she then tried to untie herself but the knots were too tight and she was quite having a difficulty…
Back with Sasuke
As Sasuke was still quite far off from Konoha, he notices something in the corner of his eye. It was shinning, and he stepped closer to have a better look…
It was a forehead protector from Konoha…
"Must have fallen off their foreheads then…" he muttered to himself, "but the smell of this… is familiar." He saw on the ground footprints which indicated that this person was in a hurry, but it also shows it was carrying something… or someone…
Konoha
"What do you mean she's missing?" Neji exclaimed…
"She's missing! I meant exactly what I said!" she said…
"Are you sure you looked in there properly?"
"Go in the restroom and see for yourself then! You'd be quickly mistaken for a girl." Hanabi stated,
"Why you little-"
"Guys stop it!" Kakashi finally said…
"We can't help it if Hinata's gone already. We must hurry up and look for her." Kakashi stated and looked at the young people around him…
"Well, then, let's have a buddy-buddy system." He said smiling…
"WHAT!" they all exclaimed
Akatsuki's Lair
Madara just got back from his talk with Sasuke. He thinks he'd done well. He finally has Sasuke under his control, and now everything is falling into place. Itachi isn't there to stop him…
Now, that he has everything under his control, now he has to work on those dead bodies of the ex-jinchuurikis he has… they'd be so much useful after he has done this technique that he just stole…
He has lots of things to do about this day before Zetsu, Kabuto or Taka come back. To finally set his Moon Eye's Plan, he's going to start reviving those dead jinchuuriki's…
"This is going to be a long, long process…" then he grinned at the back of his mask…
With Kabuto
He was looking around the lair of the Akatsuki. Similar to Orochimaru's lair though… just less complicated. He then entered a room inside it; he looked around and saw a large statue, with many eyes, just closed. Then there are the hands of it. Two hands, all fingers in straight position… if he could remember it well, this was the statue where they'd kept the captured tailed beasts. Each of the fingers represents each member of the organization. He took a closer step to it, and placed his hand on one of its eyelids…
Then incredible pain suddenly jolted up to his body. Incredible chakra shot him with such pain; he guesses it was all of the hate and pain of the bijuus gathered up inside it. These seven demons of destruction were all sharing the same thing. He then sensed a presence behind him…
"I was looking for you." He stated…
"Didn't know that you were going to need my services right now… Madara… or is it Tobi?" Kabuto said finally facing him…
"Call me whatever you want then… it is just a name."
"Demo, the name Madara is very powerful don't you think? That's why you'd prefer using it too."
"Enough! I was here to ask a little favor from you."
"Oh? And what may that be?"
"I need you… to bring me the bodies of those we have extracted the bijuus from."
"Oh, what for, if I may ask?"
"I need not to tell you, but I may be able to show you."
With Hinata
She finally got tired with her jutsu…the ropes were just too thick, and she was exhausted with her chakra control. The chakra needle technique was a difficult jutsu, and no matter how sharp she makes them, it would take a lot of time before she could break free from the psychotic old man.
'How I wish I was Sakura this time, sigh, wait! Sakura could always control her chakra and channel it into her arms and hands to produce a healing jutsu, but it could also be the strength she uses during fights! But, I only have a few minutes left… I wonder if I could do it, plus these ropes are also slightly damaged which would make it easier for me to break free if I was to succeed… but it's better than any other plans I have!'
Filled with determination, she then channeled all her remaining chakra to her arms and hands… once she breaks free, she'll be out of here for good…
'I just hope I'll make it in time.'
With Sasuke
He didn't know why he was doing this in the first place. There he was plotting to kill someone, and he is stopped in his track by just some familiar smelling forehead protector. He's definitely going crazy. He strolled down hoping that he wouldn't get in any mess after this. And once he's done looking he would run back to Konoha as quietly as he could and kill those meddling old geezers.
"What's gotten into you Sasuke? Huh?" he was surprised when suddenly there was a man that just went right pass him angry…
He followed him inside a cave…
"Ah!" a girl screamed as he heard it, she just got slapped…
"Thought you were going to escaped me huh, princess? You think I was that dumb to just let you get away?"
"No please!"
"Oh no because of what you did I'm going to the last phase, get ready to scream."
"Nooooooo!"
Sasuke tried to look but he would get caught, seeing the forehead protector being able to reflect he used it to look at them….
His eyes widened at the sight…
'Hinata…' his bangs covered his eyes, and without any delay as the man was nearing to touch Hinata, another surprise came in contact with them. Sasuke had used Chidori sharp spear to set a boundary between Hinata and this old man…
"Oi! Who do you think you are messing with me?" Sasuke just kept on walking towards them, not saying a single word. His eyes were focused only on Hashimi.
"Do you know who I am, kid?"
"No." Sasuke finally answered halting…
"Well then I am Tsukiyo Hashimi! And I am more, ah!" he was surprised
'Such speed for someone as young as him.' Hashimi thought
"Any last words… Tsukiyo?" he looked down, and saw Hashimi's pleading scared eyes…
"No please!"
'Splat'
Blood was all over the ground….
"You should have thought of that before messing with Hinata, now get a taste of your own medicine." He muttered lowly then turned to meet Hinata still tied to two posts. He also noticed it was slightly dent and the ropes damaged, he then looked at a panting Hinata… clearly stunned by his actions. Cutting the ropes down Hinata was brought back to reality as the ground hit her hard…
"Sasuke-kun I-"he then knocked her unconscious, and carried her off bridal style towards Konoha. He then looked at her, as he went out of the cave.
Sasuke's POV
How is it that I am here rescuing this weak kunoichi from a village I hate so much? What the hell is happening to me? Am I really this vulnerable? No one and I mean no one has ever made me save them for these past two years, let alone someone that has never asked for any help.
So why did I save you? What's so special about you anyway? You're just plain pathetic you know that? Sigh, what's done is done. And I just killed a man… for you. Someone who was trying to hurt you.
"What are you doing to me… Hinata?"
Now here I am running to Konoha, not like I wasn't planning to. But this is just ridiculous. I wasn't planning on returning her to Konoha at all. I was hoping to get in minutes ago, but I just had to be distracted by her…
"Why are you so weak? Why can't you just stop being so nice?" I snarled at her lowly. It was getting annoying actually. From here on where I stand I can clearly see Konoha's gates. Better mask my chakra so they can't sense me.
End of Sasuke's POV
With Rookie 9 and others
They were searching high and low around the village for Hinata, but still no clue. They didn't know where to look for her or any clue, only that her faint trail of scent was leading them slowly to her. Kiba and Ino were the only ones sticking together for tracking purposes.
"You sure you know where you're going dog boy?" Ino asked him haughtily…
"Well, maybe you could sniff your way to Hinata then to be sure?" he then replied both sending glares at each other when they suddenly noticed that Moegi was coming close to them…
"Moegi, why are you in such a hurry?" Ino asked
"I just saw…pant… Hinata-neesan, gulp, at the gates of Konoha." Moegi said catching her breath…
"Come on lets go." Kiba said rushing to the direction of the gates. Ino thank Moegi then followed Kiba, leaving Moegi still gasping for breath and waving at them
Well… there you go minna-san! Hope I didn't get in your nerves for waiting this re-written chapter. It was very busy here and I was having a writer's block. So sorry but anyway… here's a chapter for you and I am hoping to see your reviews for my story…
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