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A/N: I was having a hard time writing this chapter. I know how I want it to be, but it's not easy writing it in English. I hope it won't be too difficult for you guys to read this chapter.
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Kiba woke up to a white room.
As soon as the boy realized he was still alive, he bolted up on his bed. His brown eyes darted around the room to see where he was and more importantly, to find his teammate. The white walls and machines besides his bed let him know he was at the hospital, but that fact didn't relieve him at all. In fact, he was even more worried. Usually, teammates would be put together in the same room, unless they're in critical condition. Hinata not being here could only mean that she was seriously injured, or Sasuke had successfully kidnapped her. Although it wasn't confirmed yet, he knew it was the latter, because Sasuke was too strong to be stopped. The only person who could stop him was Naruto, and he hadn't even been there. He was busy begging Tsunade to let him go after his friend, didn't care that he had never had any success before.
Sasuke was the one kidnapping her, but it's his fault to let that happen. He could have saved her, if only he had been stronger. Sasuke was cruel and cool-hearted, who knew what he could do to her? He certainly wouldn't kill her, because if he wanted, he would have done already, but there were things that even worse than death. Would he torture her, just for fun? The big question was why he kidnapped her. There were only two reasons Kiba could think of. One was Sasuke want Byakugan. Her bloodline limit had always been the reason for her kidnapping since she was a child. And the other - the one that he absolutely dreaded, was Sasuke want to restore his clan with her.
Kiba had to suppress an urge to throw up at that thought. As much as he wanted to deny, the second reason sounded more plausible. Everyone knew Sasuke had two goals. One was to kill his brother and the other was to restore his clan, which would need a woman. Now he had accomplished the first goal, finding a woman to restore his clan with sounded like a fair thing to do. And just think about Hinata, she was pretty, she was strong, she came from a prestigious clan and she possessed Byakugan. If Sasuke had a child with her, that child would possess two bloodline limits and become the ultimate weapon. Overall, she was the perfect candidate to become Sasuke's mate.
That bastard! Kiba squeezed his fist tightly at the thought. He winced as a pain shot through his left shoulder and only then did he realize he had bandage all over his body. He tried to leave the bed, but could only move his upper body, from his waist to his toes was immobile. He had never wished he had Naruto's fast healing ability as much as he did at this moment. Sasuke could torture her or even rape her right now, and here he was, immobile and useless in this room. And where the hell was Naruto? He had to tell Naruto about this, about his precious friend kidnapping his another friend and he was better not taking Sasuke's side this time. Because if he did, Kiba swore he would kill him with his bare hands.
Kiba tried to move again. He wasn't going to give up. If he couldn't walk, he would crawl. If he himself couldn't fight, he would find help. He couldn't stay here and be useless while Hinata was suffering somewhere.
"I'm glad you're awake." Tsunade's voice stopped his struggling. The blonde woman walked to him and following her was his teammate Shino. "I know Inuzukas don't like being immobile, but your burns are pretty serious, so try to stay still for once."
"Tsunade-sama…" Kiba began. "You have to listen to me. Hinata, she was…"
"That's exactly what I'm here for," Tsunade said. She sat down on the chair beside the bed with her arms crossing under her chest. "She has gone missing. I've sent several units to search for her, but they haven't found anything."
"When I got to you, Hinata has already gone. The explosion made it impossible for my bugs to track her. And you're seriously injured, so I took you back to Konoha first." Shino said. The guilty could be heard clearly in his voice. He had abandoned Hinata to save Kiba, and although it was the right thing to do, it didn't lessen his guilty.
"Don't feel guilty," Tsunade said. "You've done right. If you had done otherwise, you might have lost both of them." Then she turned to Kiba. "Now tell me everything you know. Hyuuga clan has been bugging me forever since…"
"Sasuke's kidnapped her." The three words successfully silenced the room. Tsunade's eyes widen and Shino's shoulders tensed.
"What did you say?" She said in surprise.
"Sasuke's kidnapped her," Kiba repeated. "I know it's hard to believe, but I saw it with my own eyes." He began reciting what had happened, didn't leave any details out. If they wanted to find Sasuke and rescuing Hinata, they would need any bit of information they could gather. Sadly, there weren't much. When he finished, silence once again fell over the room, until Tsunade's voice broke it.
"I guess it's unnecessary to ask why he kidnapped her, right?" As the two boys nodded their heads, she continued. "Either he wants Byakugan or an heir, but I'd like to think he wants both."
"Tsunade-sama, we have to find her immediately. The more we delay, the more Hinata suffers." Kiba said urgently.
"I know, but this isn't an ordinary kidnapping. This is Sasuke we're talking about." Her voice became sterner, daring the two boys to say otherwise and she knew they wanted to do just that. These kids didn't care that they're in a complicated situation. The only thing they cared about was getting their female teammate back, even if it could cost them their lives. And as the Hokage, her job was to stop them from doing something reckless. "We need a plan."
"We don't have time for a plan." Kiba almost yelled at her. "Hinata is in danger. Who knows what that bastard is doing to her. He might have been torturing her right now as we're talking."
"Do you know dangerous Sasuke is? Even if we find out his whereabouts, there is no guarantee that we could defeat him and rescue Hinata. He might as well kill everyone who finds him." Tsunade could barely contain her frustration. Really, it's like she was talking to Naruto right now. "And I can't afford to lose any more shinobi."
"Kiba, calm down. She's right." Shino stepped in as he noticed his teammate was about to protest. Though he looked calm and composed, under that surface was a storm that was raging. If something happened to Hinata, he could never forgive himself.
"First, I would need to inform the Hyuuga clan about this. Hiashi surely will have my head on his plate when he knows Sasuke has kidnapped his precious daughter, but what else could I do?" Tsunade let out a sigh. "He's her father. He has the right to know."
"What about Naruto?" Shino asked.
"Knowing that Sasuke has kidnapped Hinata would only fuel his determination to search for his friend, which could be both a bad and good thing, but…" She sighed. "He is the only person who can handle Sasuke, so we, of course, will need him."
"Tsunade-sama, how much time do I need to fully recover?" Kiba was hoping that if he recovered fast enough, he could be part of the rescuing team. Even if he couldn't fight, he could still be useful by using his nose to track Hinata's scent.
"It'll take at least 3 weeks," Tsunade said. "And no, you won't join Hinata rescuing team."
"But I…" He started protesting.
"I said no, Kiba." She raised a hand indicating this was final and she wouldn't change her mind no matter what he said. "The team needs strong healthy shinobi, not an injured one who can't even move on his own."
Kiba had to bite his tongue to stop himself from groaning in frustration. While they were planning to rescue Hinata, he couldn't even move his legs. The feeling of being useless filled his stomach and it made him want to vomit. If only he was stronger…
"Kiba," Shino's voice pulled him out of his depression and a hand was put on his shoulder. "If you can't be a part of Hinata rescuing team, at least have faith in her. She's a strong girl, she won't let Sasuke win without fighting."
Kiba's brown eyes looked up at his teammate in surprise. That was one of the longest sentences Shino had ever said to him. The boy usually didn't talk much, but when he did, it always had a big impact on people. Shino was right. She was a strong girl, she would fight and she would survive.
Tsunade gave them a nod of approval. Besides Shikamaru, Shino was one of few shinobi who she could trust in situations like this one. Not easily being invoked by emotions, he definitely would make the best captain for the rescuing team. She already had a list of shinobi in her mind for this team.
Her fingers gently massaged her temples, trying to not wince as she felt a headache was coming. This was exactly why she had been drinking more and more since she became the Hokage. After 2 years of searching for Sasuke without any result, she finally got wind of him, but not in the way she wanted. Of all people he could kidnap, he just had to kidnap the eldest daughter of the Hyuga leader. Although she wasn't an heiress anymore, she still played an important role in the Hyuuga clan.
Naruto had been searching for him everywhere, had been trying everything in his power to convince the other Hokages that he could be trusted. Although no one knew where he was, at least he hadn't caused any troubles for these past 2 years. By kidnapping Hinata, Sasuke had destroyed everything Naruto had worked so hard for. His chance of being pardoned for all the sins he had done was slim to none, though it's not like he would ever care.
Tsunade raised a hand to her chin, the wheels in her head were turning rapidly to ponder over the situation. She was worried about his motivations. Although she herself had said it was Sasuke want Byakugan and an heir, something didn't feel right. Kidnapping someone and force them to bear his child wasn't something Sasuke would do. Actually, she even thought that he didn't want to have kids and would let Uchiha clan die with him. Now, after 2 years, he suddenly changed his mind and decided to have kids? No, it couldn't be simple like that. Somehow, she had a feeling that there was much more behind this whole thing than she could ever imagine.
She felt warm.
Her pale eyes fluttered open. The first thing she saw was a grey fabric which her face was burying in. She felt confined like something was wrapping itself around her. She tried to move but moving only made it hold her more tightly. The girl had to suppress a gasp as her face was shoved to its chest again. Wait? Chest? Is it a human? Her pale eyes traveled up, passed a neck, a chin, and finally settled on a male face.
Her breath hitched in her throat before she screamed in terror. The man's eyes opened immediately at her high-pitched scream but before he could process what was happening, her feet kicked him right at his abdomen and he fell out of the bed on the ground with a loud thud. "What the hell?" He grunted, putting a hand on his abdomen to ease the pain there.
Hinata was in sheer panic. He had stolen her first kiss and now he even slept with her in a very… compromising position. Being a very shy girl, the closet she had ever got to a man was when she slept next to her teammates and of course, they never had their arms around her waist and her face buried in their chests.
She scrambled backward gracelessly and tightened the blanket around her body. The only good thing was that she still had her clothes on. If she wasn't, she was sure she could die right here. He had been sleeping with her, that was obvious, but what else had he done while she was sleeping? Her head was running with thousands of images and none of them was innocent. Her face was red as a tomato and her heart was racing in her cage ribs so fast she could even hear the pounding sounds in her own ears and it wasn't a comfortable experience at all. The worst thing was she might faint at any time and she definitely wouldn't want to faint when he was around. "What did you do?" Her bad habit of stutter suddenly disappeared along with her shy nature. She swore if he did something while she was sleeping, she would strangle him to death.
"Calm down." He said as he climbed onto the bed. He noticed the girl was scooting to the corner, trying to keep as much distance from him as possible.
"WHAT DID YOU DO?" She yelled at him and he tried not to wince at her high voice. God, where did the shy girl go? Now she was acting like a crazy woman. He had thought he could tolerate her because of her shy and quiet nature, but it looked like he was wrong. She was just as loud and annoying as other girls, at least she was when she got mad.
"I didn't do anything." She looked at him for a moment before deciding he was telling the truth. Well, he had to say the girl was quite naïve and credulous, or she was pretending to be and would strike a palm at him when he wasn't paying attention.
"Where am I?" She looked around the room with an anxious expression on her face. It was a small room which had a bed, a wooden table with a glass of water on it and 2 chairs. "Why am I here?" She averted her eyes from the glass to look at him, waiting for an answer.
"You're here to keep me alive." He said, maintaining eye contact to show her that he wasn't lying, although he was sure she was thinking he had gone insane, not was lying.
"What are you talking about? I don't understand." Her browns frowned in confusion.
"I have to kiss you to replenish my chakra." He said with a hint of frustration in his voice.
"W-What? Are you insane?" He was kidding her, right? There was no way something like that could be possible.
"I wish I was." He said as he started leaving the bed to get himself a glass of water. He felt her gaze following him but didn't say anything more.
"H-How? W-Why?" She asked, finally calm down enough to lose her hold on the blanket. He didn't look like he would jump on her anyway.
"It's all Orochimaru's doing." He began and when she didn't say anything, he took it as a cue to continue. "When I was sixteen, Orochimaru told me he was developing a potion that not only can maximize my power but also my future kids', but I didn't really care at that time because I already had the cursed seal. A week later, I killed him, or at least I thought I did. He is still alive though." He suddenly looked straight at her eyes, indicating that things were starting to get serious. "Five days ago, I went to Orochimaru's old hideout to search for something that could give me power. It has been abandoned for almost 3 years and of course, he wasn't there anymore. At his old lab, I found the potion he had told me about, and I took it thinking that it can give me power."
"But it doesn't, does it?" Her voice was low as she started seeing where things were going to.
"As it turns out, he's been obsessed with a hybrid between an Uchiha and a Hyuuga for a long time. Orochimaru chose you because your bloodline is strong and the potion was meant to make me feel attracted to you. What he told me about the potion giving me power is a lie. But, I killed him before he could perfect it. The potion is imperfect. And the result is, it doesn't make me want you, it depletes my chakra and the only way for it to recover is kissing you." As he was talking, he could feel an urge of killing filled his entire being. Even when he wasn't around, Orochimaru still managed to fuck his life up.
Sasuke had to admit it's partly his fault though. If he hadn't been too reckless and impatient to gain power, he wouldn't have taken the potion without examining it carefully first. He guessed Orochimaru could never expect him to return to his old lab and took the potion, and when he knew, he certainly would laugh at his face for being too stupid.
"If you took the potion when Orochimaru wasn't around, how do you know you have to kiss me to replenish your chakra?" She asked. Her anxiety level was increasing steadily.
"I can feel it. As soon as I took the potion, I know I have to kiss you to replenish my chakra, and if I don't, you know, chakra depletion means death." He paused for a moment before continuing. "And we have another problem here."
Hinata's ears perked up at this. Another problem? This problem was bad enough, now they had another one? Her life surely couldn't get any worse. "What problem?"
"Aside from kissing you, I have to stay close to you to maintain my energy level. It's not as serious as the chakra depletion, because I won't die like I will if I don't kiss you, but I'm weak without you. The further I'm away from you, the weaker I become." He explained. "That's why I slept with you earlier."
"And the potion weakens me when you kiss me, right?" She mused, finally understood why she suddenly became tired while kissing him.
"I'm afraid so. Orochimaru probably wants to make it easier for me when I, you know, do it with you. He knows you won't let me have sex with you without a fight." Sasuke winced inwardly as he continued. "But it only takes half of your chakra to fully replenish mine, you still have a half left, so it won't be a big problem." Orochimaru had calculated very carefully. He let her have half of her chakra left because... well, sex might be exhausting for a petite girl like her. His mentor was really a sick bastard.
Sasuke noticed her face was getting red and she immediately tightened her hold on the blanket around her body. Just the mention of sex was enough to make her fluster. "How could it not be a big problem?" She cried out. "A half is…"
"I'll protect you." He cut off her words and her face was even redder than before. She knew he did it for himself, not because he really cared for her, but when he said it like that, it really made her fluster, and she inwardly scolded herself for that.
"But if it only takes half of my chakra to fully replenish yours, why did I pass out the last time? I'm supposed to still have half left, right?" She asked, trying to ease her fluster by changing to another topic.
"Did you have a fight before you found me?" He asked and when she nodded her head, he continued. "Some amount of your chakra had been used in that fight, plus half of your chakra the potion depleted from you made you only had ¼ chakra left, thus you passed out due to exhaustion."
"So the potion has an effect on me through you?" She muttered quietly, not really expecting a reply from him since it's already too obvious.
He looked at her to gauge her reaction. She could cry, could say he was a jerk and it's all his fault not hers for all he cared about. If she's willing to help him, then that's good, and if she wasn't, he would force her just like he did when he stole her first kiss. Sasuke would never tell anyone this, but he actually enjoyed the kiss, and he wondered if it's the potion making him feel that way.
He had survived the Uchiha massacre, had made it out alive in many dangerous situations and had even been through the great shinobi war, how could he let himself die over some stupid kisses? His brother had sacrificed a lot to give him life, the least he could do to repay him was to live that life, even if it meant he had to kiss this girl who had had a crush on Naruto since she was a little girl. How ironic it was.
"Where is Orochimaru? He made that potion, he certainly can fix it, right?" Her calm reaction surprised him, but just a little bit. She, after all, was the former heiress of the Hyuuga clan.
"That's exactly what I'm about to tell you. We need to find Orochimaru and have him fix me." He said.
"Do you know where he is?" Only years of Hyuga upbring kept her from crumpling right here.
"He's in the Lighting Country, and don't ask me how I know. I have my way." He said as his hand pulled a folded map out from his pocket. He spread the map on the table and motioned for her to come over and have a look at it. However, the girl didn't move at all. She looked like she had been frozen to the spot.
"The L-Lighting Country? I-It will take at least 4 months to get there." She cried out in hopelessness. Please God, let this just be a nightmare!
"Well, that's the only way." He shrugged. If she thought she was the only one suffering from this then she was wrong. He didn't want it any more than she did.
"No, it's not." She exclaimed. "How about we return to Konoha and let Tsunade-sama fix you. She is the greatest medic in the world, I'm sure she can help you."
"I can't go back to that village." He frowned.
"Why not? Naruto-kun really wants you back. He's never stopped searching for you in these past 2 years." She tried to convince him, to show him that returning to Konoha would be their best option.
"I'd rather die than return to that village." He almost growled out every word.
"Why can't you just save us lots of troubles by putting your ego aside and returning to Konoha?" She started to get frustrated. He was such a stubborn boy.
"I said we go to the Lighting Country and find Orochimaru and we'll do just that." He said, indicating that this was final and there was nothing she could do to change his mind.
"You're not in the position to demand here." She pursed her lips to a thin line. "If you don't return to Konoha, I won't let you kiss me."
"Oh, really?" He smirked, looking at her with a hint of amusement in his dark eyes. "Remember how you're powerless against me when I stole your first kiss?"
Her face immediately burst into flame and she stuttered in embarrassment. "T-That's different. I let m-my guard d-down because I thought you're… mmm." She couldn't talk anymore, not when he was kissing her. He was fast, too fast she didn't even see him move before he was in front of her with his hands encradling her face and his lips pressing on hers. She started struggling against him. Her hands were put on his chest to push him away, but it's futile because he's much stronger than her. She could push him as much as she wanted and he still didn't move an inch.
One of his hand left her face to wrap around her waist pulling her closer to him. Her breasts were pressed against his chest and he had to admit that it was a nice feeling. He, after all, was still a man. The girl was quite stubborn though. She was still struggling against him even when he already locked her in his arms. He could feel her hands pushing at his chest, but as he deepened the kiss, they stopped pushing and squeezed the front of his shirt instead and he wondered if she was aware of that.
A small whimper could be heard as his tongue entered her mouth. It intertwined with hers, trying to get it into his mouth, which of course she refused to. She bit him, but that only made him kiss her harder. In fact, he quite liked it when she bit him. He liked it rough.
His hand tangled in her indigo hair, tilting her head upward to get a better access to her mouth. He wondered if he should push her lay down and straddle her like the last time because she was a little too short for him and his neck was getting hurt from bending too low.
He licked her bottom lip before gently sucking at it. She gasped when he bit her lip, making it impossible for her to close her mouth no matter how desperately she wanted to. Her hands were meant to push him away, but now all they were doing were feeling the taut muscle in his chest through the thin fabric of his shirt.
Her lips felt nice and soft against his and that was one thing he wouldn't complain about. She had a nice body too. It fit perfectly in his arms and although she was a little too short for him, it's not a big problem. They could always kiss on the bed with him straddling her, or her straddling him, both were fine with him.
Sasuke only stopped when they're out of breath. Her lips were red and swollen from all the kissing they'd been doing. Her face was flushed and her shoulders were trembling helplessly. Her hands were still gripping his shirt tightly and she looked like she wanted nothing more than to slap him really hard at his face. He didn't know why, but when she got mad, she looked… cute. He quickly banished that thought though. The word cute didn't exist in his dictionary.
"See?" His breath tickled the side of her face as he whispered huskily into her ear. "You can't stop me."
"Y-You…" She began, but it seemed she couldn't get a word out. Her pale eyes were glistening with unshed tears and he actually felt bad about it. She was probably thinking that he's the biggest jerk in the world and she was right. He really was the biggest jerk in the world. He was about to open his mouth to say something but stopped when she abruptly walked past him toward the table.
She grasped the glass of water between her dainty hands and squeezed it with all strength she had left. He shrugged, thinking that she was just frustrated and wanted to throw a tantrum, but as some cracks appeared on the glass, he finally realized what she was trying to do. He rushed toward her, but it's too late.
The glass broke in her hands. Small pieces of glasses fell on the ground and she only kept the largest one. She saw him rush to her and he was fast, but when he reached her, she already had the large fragment of glass press against her neck. "Return to Konoha or I'll kill myself."