Vanilla
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Finally after a weeklong study for my exam, I am now in front of the pc again. I took my last exam today but unfortunately had a practice for the cheer dance and actually, I just came. The clock says 10:15 pm. God! The practice had taken too long. Anyway, tomorrow's Saturday leaving me no choice but to finish the chapter tonight.
GOMENASAI MINNA! I have my declamation to memorize for Monday too leaving me really, really no extra time. I feel exhausted and sleepy too. REALLY, really sorry if I disappoint you!
Let's end the apologies. I'll start the story now…
Chapter III – Black, Red and BlueHe stopped. Finally.
Hinata assured her position from the man. Not too far yet enough to start a move. Pulling out a shuriken from her holster, she made another calculation of the plan then took a deep breath.
Approximately, with enough force of her soft fingers, she threw the metal slicing through the chilly air, a sign of a near rain in the darkness of the night.
The man jumped. To allure the man by making a noise will surely alarm him and eventually his guard would weaken, that was a well-fixed part of the plan. But as Hinata saw him moved to a distance and made a flutter of sound from the dried leaves in the ground, she found herself hiding in a tree trunk too with heart beating than usual, pulse quickening.
The plan… Hinata thought as a kunai now slid through her hand …what was it again? With the numbing coldness stinging on her perspired cool skin giving her more trouble, she realized it wasn't she forgot the whole idea. Confidence had started to thin out as the fact of being alone, far from her team destabilized her goal.
She swallowed hard and she could almost feel like there was something stuck on her throat. She ignored it and focused.
Glimpsing back again, she saw the man still alarmed and like she predicted, let his guard down specifically on the back. The grip on the metal tightened, the mission was there again.
This time the kunai was thrown with full determination, not mere as a part of a calculated move. And when the man received a nice cut on his cheek, Hinata knew it was time. She ran a circular path around the man hiding behind the trees in a pace like there wasn't any other chance. There wasn't really in the first place. With a distance of forty feet away, she stopped behind him. She can't helped a small tired smile form in her face as if she'd struck the best spot in that moment like no one in the world.
A deep breathe before she peeped behind the tree. Surprisingly, a porcelain-like mask with an animated façade was the one who looked back, face-to-face. As for her, she almost lost her composure and stumble down.
A chuckle came behind the mask "Stupid little brother of mine…" He laughed again "Frightened by a little girl"
Brother? The statement immediately bothered her but it slipped on her mind as soon as it had gotten in. There was no time to let her guard down. Before the man could do it first, she made her stance in juken and without another second, the attack came.
"Tsk" The scent of the threatening rain was there and he despise it would fall no sooner and he thought sooner wasn't enough to find her.
It wasn't his habit but now he just realized he had raised a thumb between his lips for the longest time while biting the skin there. His eyes were switched to sharingan since they had left their previous spot.
"Sasuke, what's with the hurry?" He didn't look back. He had no doubt someone would ask because obviously he was more or less meter away from everybody. But he didn't much care even their questioning eyes hadn't much done the job.
"We're a team and everyone is as important as the group itself. Hurrying is out of question, Sakura" He replied from the random of answers that appeared on his mind and if his subconscious side was now acting, with enough time he surely had given her a free session discussing that losing an eye to Hinata was much worse than her grave. Much worse.
Yet now, it would be the worst if they couldn't find her.
Momentarily, Sasuke stopped landing on a branch in an odd halt. And when he paced again, he knew with a speed like that, none was able to follow him on the back. He sensed her finally.
She moved with uncertain steps while her hands were opened on the moist trunk of the tree for enough support. Her posture was yet not composed but she needed to run before they found her first. It was just like those children in the street play. The only difference in their Hide-and-Seek was here everything was true and blood stood for it.
She clamped on the next tree and moved with cautious steps. Hinata fidgeted in the sight of crimson eyes. It reminded her nothing but blood yet the emotion reflected there was as clear as a cloudless sky. His eyes then switched back to normal before he came rushing to her side.
She was almost on her knees when pairs of arms held her. He didn't care if her blood did quite a good job staining his shirt "Why did you left?"
"Please leave…" Her soft voice never failed to voice out, eyes closed already in exhaustion "They're coming"
Sasuke bit her lower lips. He hates it when someone looks as if the condition was unmanageable for him "I can't"
Slowly, her eyes opened once again to hear that indifferent voice from a usual stoic Uchiha. Orbs in the hue of the darkest night looked back at her, a smile on his youthful face complimented it "I can't," He repeated, eyes locked.
The first drop of rain fell on her cheek and it sting her skin in pure coldness. She thought there was only rain but the fact wrapped her. She too was crying.
"Gomenasai" She tried to raise a hand to dry away the tears. She wasn't close enough to him and being the Uchiha's crying shoulder was so much for her. No one really was, even her father "I thought I was strong enough to do it alone. I thought—"
She stopped and it seems the air had thicken, enough to be able to cease the moment. She fixated a stare in those cerulean eyes behind Sasuke's back and she didn't know what expression the blonde was giving with that face.
His heavy pants filled the air and it didn't take another second for Sasuke to realize there was someone in the group who managed to catch up. And worst of all, he wasn't the one Sasuke wanted to be there.
He looked around to see Naruto stunned as he held the bloodstained body of Hinata.
Hoot! Let's end this here. I really feel sleepy and I had my organization to attend tomorrow in the school. Damn, its twelve o' clock already. Only had six hours to sleep. I'm really, really sorry for the short chapter. I'll give a longer chapter next one. Ja!
Before I forgot. THANKS FOR ALL THE REVIEWS!