Chapter Ten:
Sakura brushed Hinata's long purplish hair the next morning. Hinata purred in delight and it reminded Sakura of a cat getting its ears scratched. The door opened to their hotel room and Sasuke and Naruto entered.
"Good morning," greeted Sasuke as he walked over and kissed Sakura's neck making her giggle at the soft touch.
"Morning," she said and turned to Naruto, "Good morning Naruto." Naruto smiled back at her.
"Good morning," he said. Hinata's ears twitched slightly.
"Sakura, what's 'good morning'?" she asked with a tilt of her head. Sakura smiled softly at her.
"It's a phrase people say to each other in the morning. It's being polite," she answered.
"Oh . . . then . . . good morning," said Hinata. Sasuke and Naruto both smiled at her.
"She must have been hit hard," muttered Naruto and Sasuke gave him a glare.
"So . . . what are we going to do?" asked Sakura as she turned to the two boys. Hinata was playing with the brush like a child who found a new toy. Sasuke sighed.
"There's nothing we can do except giver her new memories," he said.
"I understand now," said Naruto as he stood beside Hinata, "A fresh start." Sasuke nodded in confirmation.
"Should we tell her about you being her brother and Naruto being her boyfriend?" asked Sakura. The two boys looked at each other.
"Yes to the first and no to the second," said Sasuke seriously. Naruto growled.
"What? Why not?" Sasuke glared at him.
"You are not worthy enough for her."
"That's absurd!" yelled Naruto. Hinata flattened her ears to her head and flinched slightly.
"Sakura . . ." she whined. Sakura glared at the two glaring boys in front of her.
"Both of you stop it. Now," she said sternly. Sasuke's eyes darkened a bit as he turned to her.
"Sakura . . ." he said warningly, "Don't speak to me in that tone."
"Sasuke . . . you're scaring her," she replied a little softer as she went over to comfort a scared Hinata. Sasuke sighed and looked at her with softened eyes.
"Sakura, I'm sorry," he whispered. Sakura glared at him again.
"I want to go home, Sasuke. I can't be here anymore now that Hinata has completely lost her memories. Who were those vampires and what do they want?" said Sakura.
"The leader, Orochimaru I presume, said that they are called the Hebimedes. As for what they want . . . I don't know," replied Sasuke. Sakura started to tear up.
"Sasuke, I want to go home! I can't take it anymore. I think . . . we need to split up." Sasuke growled loudly and Hinata hid behind Sakura.
"No. I refuse to let you leave me again," said Sasuke. Naruto looked between the two. He didn't want them to split up. Sasuke and Sakura are destined for each other. He looked over at Hinata to see her gripping Sakura's shirt tightly, "I will make sure of it."
"Sasuke just stop! Look at what's happening. I need to leave, Sasuke. I'm going back home to my family and I'm taking Hinata with me."
"No!" Sasuke growled ferociously, "You and Hinata are to stay with me!"
"Sasuke!" Naruto yelled, "Let her go! She wants to go home so let her!"
"Quiet, Mutt! This has nothing to do with you!" yelled Sasuke as he turned his head to glare at him.
"Of course it has something to do with me. I love Hinata!" Everyone went silent after that confession. Hinata looked at Naruto questioningly.
"What is love?" she asked. Naruto sighed and looked at her sadly. Hinata looked up at Sakura. Sakura glanced at her and sighed.
"Come on, Hinata. We're leaving." Hinata nodded and grabbed their bags. Sakura glanced at Sasuke sadly before walking out with Hinata in tow.
Sasuke punched the wall so hard that it left a huge hole in it. Naruto looked out the window waiting for him to calm down a bit.
"Dammit!" yelled Sasuke, "Dammit!" Naruto glared at him.
"This is entirely your fault," he said. Sasuke glared back at him.
"How do you think this is my fault, Mutt?"
"You existing is the problem!" Sasuke growled at him.
"Watch it, Mutt!" Naruto growled back at him.
"If you hadn't lost control like you did saying that Hinata and I can't be together, they would still be here!"
"Now is not the time," said Sasuke now calm, "We have to go after Sakura and Hinata before the Hebimedes or anyone else gets to them. If they went to Sakura's home, then her family will be in danger as well." Naruto gasped in realization.
"You're . . . right."
"Of course. Now come on." After that said, the vampire prince and the werewolf leader left to find their mates.
Sakura and Hinata got off the plane in New York City. Hinata looked around in awe. Sakura tied a bandana around Hinata's head to hide her ears. She grabbed her hand and led her through the busy streets.
"What is New York City . . . our home."
"Home?" asked Hinata. Sakura nodded and they arrived at a medium sized house. She knocked on the door.
"Coming," called a gentle voice. The door opened to reveal Sakura's mother. Mrs. Haruno gasped, "Sakura?" Sakura smiled.
"I'm home, mom," she pulled Hinata next to her, "This is my best friend, Hinata." Mrs. Haruno smiled warmly at Hinata.
"Pleasure to meet you. You girls come on inside." They went inside and placed their bags in the living room. Hinata giggled as she pressed her hands against the cushions of the couch. Mrs. Haruno looked at Sakura with question in her eyes. Sakura pulled her mother aside.
"Mom . . . um . . . Hinata lost her memories." Mrs. Haruno gasped.
"What? How?"
"She . . . uh . . . hit her head . . . hard. Now she's like a new born child. She doesn't know anything or anyone except me."
"Poor dear."
"Yeah. I wanted to come home for a while and bring her with me."
"What about her parents?" asked Mrs. Haruno. Sakura looked away from her sadly.
"She doesn't have any parents, mom." Mrs. Haruno put a hand up to her mouth.
"Oh my."
"Sakura?" Both mother and daughter looked over at Hinata. Hinata held up a pillow, "What's this? It's fluffy." Sakura cleared her throat.
"That's a pillow, Hinata."
"Pillow," repeated Hinata hugging the pillow to her. Sakura looked back at her mom.
"See what I mean?"
"Yeah." The door opened and Sakura's grandfather and little sister walked in.
"Sakura!" squealed Rini as she ran to her big sister, "I missed you." Sakura hugged her.
"I missed you too, Rini."
"Ah, Sakura. You're home," said her grandfather smiling, "How's college?"
"Great actually." Her grandfather looked over at Hinata.
"Who is she?" he asked curiously. Mrs. Haruno took her father into the kitchen and explained the situation to him. Rini looked at Hinata.
"Hi," she said. Hinata looked at her and smiled shyly.
"Hi."
"Wanna play with my toys with me?" Hinata smiled again and nodded.
"Sure." Rini led Hinata up to her room where they stayed playing. Mrs. Haruno and her grandfather came back into the living room.
"Where's Hinata?" asked Mrs. Haruno.
"Upstairs playing with Rini."
"Poor girl," said her grandfather, "No parents and now . . . no memory." Sakura nodded sadly.
"Yeah," A thought came across Sakura's mind, "Oh yeah. If anyone calls and their name is Sasuke, tell him that I'm not here."
"Sasuke?" questioned Mrs. Haruno.
"A boy from college," said Sakura with a blush when her mom gave her a look.
"A boy, huh? Is he handsome?"
"Mom!" Mrs. Haruno laughed softly.
"Don't be afraid, Sakura. Love is a scary thing." Sakura blushed again at her mother's words. Her grandfather huffed.
"He better not have hurt you." Sakura shook her head.
"He didn't." Mrs. Haruno smiled.
"Well . . . I'll start dinner."
An hour later, they all sat around the kitchen table and began to eat their dinner. Hinata played with her food until Mrs. Haruno told her that it's for eating not playing. After dinner Sakura helped her mom clean up and then headed to upstairs to her room with Hinata. Hinata sat on the bed as Sakura took a shower. Hinata played with the pillows when Sakura came out. Sakura had on pink pajamas while Hinata had on lavender pajama set on.
"Okay, Hinata. Time for bed." Hinata nodded and got under the comforter. Sakura slid in after her. Hinata yawned and fell asleep.
Before she could fall asleep, Sakura heard a noise outside her window. She slowly got up and went over to her window. She saw nothing as she looked outside. Sakura shrugged and got back into bed and fell asleep.
Orochimaru stood in the darkness of the woods. His golden snake eyes gleamed in the dark. Mai stood beside him, her eyes glowing darkly. Orochimaru's followers sat around them waiting for their leader to give them orders.
"When shall we strike, Lord Orochimaru?" asked Mai. Orochimaru smirked.
"As soon as we hear word from our werewolf accomplices," he replied.
"The ones who killed Prince Sasuke's mate long ago?" asked the white haired follower, Kabuto.
"Yes," answered Orochimaru, "Soon we will get rid of them and then we can take over the human race and the vampire kingdom." Mai giggled.
"Ooh! I can't wait," she laughed, "I want to play with the puppy leader." Orochimaru smirked.
"You will, Mai. You will." Kabuto smirked as well.
"I wouldn't mind tossing that little half-breed around either," he said.
"You two can have your fun, but to all of you, Prince Sasuke and his mate is all mine," said Orochimaru menacingly. Mai's eyes flashed and her fangs grew longer.
"I'm hungry," she said, "I feel like having human blood right now." Kabuto smirked.
"I'm with you. Let's get a bite to eat." Orochimaru smiled.
"I agree. Who else is hungry?" His other followers hissed, "Well then . . . let's go." They all ran to an abandoned building where they small the fresh blood of human men, "Let's make this quick."
"And then I said . . . no but your wife sure did love mine!" exclaimed a drunk man and his friends laughed loudly.
"That wasn't so funny," purred Mai as she appeared behind them. The drunken man looked her up and down.
"Hey, what's a pretty thing like you doing here alone?" he asked. Mai smirked.
"I'm hungry," she answered. The drunken man smirked.
"Well I'll feed you. I'll feed you good." Suddenly all the lights went out and their screams of terror filled the night.