"Sasuke…Sasuke…"
That's all Hinata moaned in her state of unconsciousness. Sakura had her laying on a medical gurney in the Slave I as she examined her. Hinata was severely dehydrated and her muscles had weakened, but sakura knew it could be reversible. Not only that, she knew Hinata was healing herself. Her Force abilities had taken effect and began to heal her body.
But Sakura was thinking about Hinata's moaning, moaning Sasuke's name. What had he done to her? Did he brainwash her or something. Before, Hinata never gave one iota of Sasuke, now all she was doing was calling for him. Sakura was concerned about what Hinata went through these past few weeks with Sasuke. She had no clue what happened between the two, but she could guess that, since Hinata showed no signs of trauma or duress before the recent incident, she can only assume that Sasuke didn't bring any harm to Hinata.
That's another thing Sakura was concerned about, Naruto and Sasuke. She was hoping that they were okay. Sasuke may have left three years ago, but they were still teammates, family. And Naruto…Naruto. What if he got hurt and she wasn't there to help him? Just the thought nearly brought her to tears. She was now just embracing her feelings for Naruto, and he's running off to face one of the most dangerous Sith Lords on all of Mandalore.
Wait, what was she so concerned about? This is Naruto she's thinking about! He can get out of anything! Naruto's the descendent of the Fetts, the greatest bounty hunters in history and the most revered bloodline in all of Mandalorian history. It's in his D.N.A. to get out of any situation. She knew that he was going to be fine. Sasuke too.
Sasuke and Orochimaru were almost equals in sword play, but Orochimaru was older and more experienced. Despite Sasuke's new found power, he hadn't had time to train with it. He couldn't muster the energy needed to face Orochimaru. Right now, he only had his own skills, which were taught to him by the very Sith that he was dueling now. Orochimaru knew every move he had and that was Sasuke's ultimate weakness in the entire fight. Orochimaru would pin Sasuke's blade against the wall and punch him in the face. Sasuke stumbled back and put his focus back into the fight. Sasuke tried to constantly adjust his strategy in the fight, but Orochimaru was always one step ahead of each move. In turn, Sasuke was the one trying to defend himself.
Sasuke silently cursed himself. Here he was, the most powerful Force user in the entire Outer Rim and he had no idea how to use his power. He was mourning the loss of his brother that he didn't think about tapping into his new power. If he didn't, he knew he'd have the upper hand. But right now, he had to defend himself from his former master.
That was when Orochimaru found a weak spot in Sasuke's offence and kicked Sasuke's lightsaber out of his hand. He threw his hand out and Sasuke was forced against the wall. Orochimaru had Sasuke in his grasp and started to slide him upwards against the wall. He twirled his lightsaber and was about to strike.
He then felt a pinch in the back of his hand, and then all feeling in his hand faded. The numbness caused him to loosen his grip on his lightsaber and it fell from his hand. The numbness quickly spread from his hand into his arm. He let Sasuke go and grabbed his wrist. He saw a small saber dart sticking out of his hand. He turned and saw Naruto kneeling up with his right hand on his left gauntlet. A toxic dart, he knew it. Dirty mercenaries and their sneaky tricks, as he always thought. He felt nothing but rage towards Naruto. He tried to focus and force the venom out while focusing on Naruto and hopes to strangle him.
In his rage, Orochimaru forgot about Sasuke. Sasuke, recovering from the sudden impact of landing on the floor, remembered a certain technique he had that Orochimaru didn't. He used Naruto's distraction against Orochimaru. Sasuke held his hands up and lightning flared from his fingertips. Orochimaru was engulfed in lightning and was sent flying across the room. With Orochimaru being electrocuted, he lost concentration and the venom began to spread again. As he staggered up, Naruto was up to his feet. He ran over and gave Orochimaru a swift kick to the ribs. He then pulled Orochimaru up by his hair and decked him in the jaw. Orochimaru was sent staggering back, but Sasuke sent out more lightning bolts at Orochimaru. Orochimaur was once again sent fly, but Naruto clothesline him. Orochimaru landed on the floor with a loud thud. By now, he was losing feeling in most part of his body thanks to the poison. Most of the blows he was receiving weren't even felt. Luck for him because Naruto lifted him up and pinned him against himself.
"Do it!" Naruto shouted. Sasuke focused a small amount of lightning in the palm of his hand. It grew more and more until his hand wasn't visible anymore. He then charged Orochimaru and leaped up in the air. As he came down, he swung his hand around and gave a blow to Orochimaru's chest. The electrical charge rushed though Orochimaru and his heart exploded. That was the only thing he felt, the hard thump in his chest. Naruto let him go and Orochimaru fell to the ground, dead before he even collapsed.
Naruto and Sasuke looked down at the corpse, watching the blood pour out of him. They then looked at each other. They stared at each other for a moment. Sasuke could see it in Naruto's eyes; hope, betrayal, pain. A part of him hated himself for what he put Naruto through all these years. Naruto was his best friend, his brother, and he turned his back on him. But after this, he knew one thing; he was going to make it up to him. He reached out his hand. Naruto looked at it for a second then looked back up at Sasuke. Sasuke gave the blonde knucklehead his signature smirk. Naruto returned it with his bright smile and gripped Sasuke's hand.
Sakura heard a speeder approaching. Not wanting to take any chances with Hinata's safety, she grabbed her blaster and ran out of the ship. Much to her surprise and dismay, she saw Naruto and Sasuke ride up on Naruto's speeder bike, Naruto hurt. She ran up to them as they stopped. Sasuke said nothing to her, but Naruto got off and reached out for her to hold her. However, she ran past him, turning her blaster around. He turned and saw that Sasuke was trying to get off the speeder. That's when she hit him in the face with the backend of her blaster, sending him flying over the side of the bike. He hit the ground with a loud grunt.
Sakura walked around the bike and pointed the blaster at him, shouting, "Why is he hurt? What did you do to Hinata?"
"Whoa, whoa Sakura!" Naruto shouted, trying to calm her down. "It wasn't him! Honest! Believe it!"
Sakura looked down at Sasuke and she still had he blaster pointed at him. He only looked up at her. She looked at his face, past the fresh bruise she left on his face, it showed exhaustion and his eyes were slightly darkened and droopy from his duel. She heard what Naruto said, and if what he said was true and Sasuke didn't hurt him…
She lowered he blaster and stepped away from him. He slowly got up and wiped the blood from his lip. Sakura turned to Naruto, her angered face replace with concern as she dropped her blaster and wrapped her arms around him.
As Sakura and Naruto stood there, Sasuke ran inside the ship. He found Hinata laying on the gurney. He sensed her healing herself, but he was still concerned for her. He sat down on the makeshift seat and gripped her hand. He placed his lips on her hand and tried to use his energy to heal her faster.
"Sasuke, what happened?" Sakura asked, appearing behind him with Naruto. Sasuke didn't want to talk to her right now. He wasn't mad at her. No, he deserved the clobbering he just got from her. He wanted to focus on Hinata. But, this is Sakura here. She won't leave him alone until he told her what happened.
"Do you two think you are the only ones who can find love?" he asked Naruto and Sakura, still healing Hinata. "She's mine. I'm going to protect her no matter what. I will do everything in my power to keep her happy. Do you understand?"
Naruto and Sakura looked at each other. Neither one of them knew what to think about this. Sasuke and Hinata haven't even shared glances at each other when they were kids. Also, the last time the two of them saw Sasuke and Hinata together, Sasuke threatened to kill her. Whatever happened between the two of them, Naruto and Sakura knew that it was probably rather powerful. Right now the only thing that they needed to deal with was getting Hinata help and going home…this time with Sasuke.
The Slave I was requested to land in the square in front of the Hokage branch office. All three of them knew what was going to happen. Naruto and Sakura tried to protest, but Sasuke told them not to bother with it. The square was cleared of civilians and the ship landed, the crowd of people being held back by Anbu. When the cargo hold door opened, Naruto was the first one to walk out. He was bandaged up and his damaged attire was covered in a black poncho. Sakura followed him close behind. Behind them, Sasuke held Hinata in his arms as he carried her out.
Tsunade, Jiraiya, Hiashi, Neji, and Hanabi all waited for them with two Anbu and a medic with a medical capsule.
"What the hell have you done to my daughter?" Hiashi shouted at Sasuke as he approached the medic with Hinata. He softly placed Hinata on the capsule, not acknowledging Hiashi. He turned back to Naruto and Sakura, who were looking at him distraught. He gave them a look, as if he was saying that everything was going to be fine. He then turned to the Anbu and walked over to them. He held his hands out and they cuffed him.
Hinata began to stir and wake. As she woke, she saw Sasuke get arrested. The sight of him in cuffs gave her an adrenalin boost and she began to panic.
"W-wait! Don't arrest him!" Hinata cried out. Hanabi and Neji held her down as she tried to get up, trying to calm her down, saying things like "He can't hurt you" and "You need to rest."
"No! No!" Hinata begged. "He didn't do anything wrong! Please, let him go!"
"Hinata." She heard him say her name. He turned to her as the Anbu took him away and said, "It'll be alright. Never forget, I love you."
"No, stop! Please!" she begged as the capsule was being pushed away and Sasuke was taken to the prison ship. Naruto and Sakura watched him get put in and chained to the seat. He looked at them, not saying anything. The door to the ship slammed shut and took off.
Naruto and Sakura turned to the direction the capsule was going. They could still hear Hinata crying. They both listened as her begging turned to sobs. They officially knew that Sasuke and Hinata were truly in love. They had no idea how to fix this.
Ah, finally back with another chapter. Sorry for the wait, but I needed a break from the stories I'm writing here. I've got one more chapter planned for this, then I want to focus on Haunted, my most neglected story so far, and work on the sequel. Also, I've been writing some strange and horror stories on my DeviantArt. If you wanna check them out, just visit my dA account, BXVAce, and you'll find some of my work. Warning though, there's a lot of Garry's Mod pictures to navigate through. The stories are more like jabs at people I don't like, like Jerry Falwell and Jack T. Chick. If you wish to check them out, feel free to stop on by and give them a look. Also constructive criticism is welcomed. I want to get better at them.
Thanks for your patience. Ta-ta.