*A/N: This chapter begins BEFORE the time skip of 3 years, WHERE HINATA JUMPED INTO THE RIVER.. and I could tell this is a NASTY one, be careful. It caused me to change the rating of this story from original T to M. I apologize I made a character I like look bad in here. You've been warned, don't blame me.. love you guys! Happy reading!
Games of Fate
You were there in my life..
A shadow past all phantoms..
When you touched my heart and soul..
You vanished into nonexistence..
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Mass of bone and still bleeding flesh..
Buried under the clear blue water instead of..
Scrapes of earth soil..
No pain was there..
For I accepted the dread..
With wide open arms..
But why was I alive?
Death didn't terrify me as it should..
But why the lights of life..
That blinding my eyes..
Gives me the chills?
"anh! A-aaah.. S.. Sasuke.. m-more.. faster.. onegai~!"
Slow deep grunts of pleasure from Sasuke and moaning of Karin's voice calling out the last Uchiha's name was heard from the tightly closed tent. Juugo paid no heed to it while he practiced his jutsu far away from the tent, standing on a clearing. It was getting darker out there, since the sun was down, and Suigetsu who went to the water fall way deep in the forest wasn't back yet. Not that he wanted to, but he was terribly not in the mood. He was growing really pissed off with Karin, she's acting like a total slut lately, she even broke up with poor Suigetsu to get the Uchiha. Always clinging onto Sasuke, she talks, thinks and even dreams about Sasuke all night, it was an obstinate obsession and it was getting worse. Now that the Uchiha is granting her long time dream for a night with him every now and then, she's getting even worse. Well that bastard Uchiha was also no less, he sleeps with girls who beg him to for his own pleasure, he hardly speaks to them, well in bed, he was a man of action rather than words.
Juugo stared huffing his breath tired from his training. He had already set up the camp fire and was training to perfect his jutsu since he had nothing more to do. Calming his own breath, the said man walked out of his training spot to the campfire set outside the tent. He sat and gazed far into the woods waiting for Suigetsu's return.
'SPLASH!'
Shimmering water splashed as he hurriedly fetched them in his bottle, to get some water back to his team mates. One of his bottle hit something, with a bonking sound, in the darkness he couldn't make what was it. The white haired nin stretched out his hand to get the floating object on the surface of the water. The 'something' that he had seen floating upon got his attention as he widened his eyes as it floated near him.
"oi, Suigetsu! Your late! how long do we have to wait?!" Karin yelled.
The red haired kunoichi was just out of the tent, correcting her shorts after finishing off her business with Sasuke in tow at her back, having his katana shoved under his belt. Juugo rolled his eyes, and was surprised when Suigetsu brought something else in his arms other than bottles of water. Sasuke was getting annoyed with her yelling around so he opted to get far away from her. Juugo scrambled his feet to his white haired team mate.
"who is this?" Juugo questioned.
Suigetsu simply shrugged and said, "how should I know? I just found her at the water fall..". putting the female in his arms below to the ground.
Juugo moved his fingers over her battered form, he moved her indigo blue hair that was adhered to her face. Karin neared them and stood in between Juugo and Suigetsu, looking down at the battered woman with a hand fashioned on her hips. She scowled down at the woman for a while before turning to Suigetsu.
"why did you bring a corpse here?" she asked.
Suigetsu didn't bother to answer her, he looked at Juugo and asked, "how is her condition Juugo?".
The yellow haired man's face contorted as he watched the girl worriedly, "she's too much wounded.. it's a miracle still, to be alive.. but her pulse is weak.. she might die in any moment.".
"well then, throw the body back from where you found it." Sasuke said monotonously.
Karin, Juugo, and Suigetsu turned to see the Uchiha up on the tree, eyeing them down.
"But she's still alive.. we coul-" Suigetsu pestered but was interjected.
"Just throw it away, we're on the run.. I don't want a group of leaf nin to track us again." Sasuke said firmly.
"did you know who she is?" Karin asked pointing at the female.
Sasuke rolled his eyes closing them he leaned on the bark of the tree, he mumbled something incoherently, "she is a ninja from Konoha, a Hyuuga at most, people would be looking for her. Just throw that trash away.".
Suigetsu sighed, he eyed the woman pitifully, "but she has the eyes.. don't you want to use them?" Juugo asked.
Karin questioned, "what eyes?"
"Byakugan" Suigetsu said.
Sasuke didn't mean to get bothered by it, he simply grunted and closed his eyes leaning high on the tree. Suigetsu reluctantly brought the body he had found back to the water fall putting it where it was earlier. Yes, indeed, the girl was still.. but, barely alive. Her life would end at any moment, there is nothing much that they can do about her, there was no medical nin in their group and Karin's chakra can heal if only she was bitten.
He sighed taking one last glance at the woman before going back to the tent far away from the fall, 'I'm sorry.. Whoever you are..'.
'poof… tap, tap, tap..'
A man appeared behind a dissipating white smoke, contrasting with the dark night forest surrounding. A pair of legs stepped closer to her body, tapping softly against the ground as he walked, standing a step away from her in distance. Sasuke crouched down to her, he stretched his hand moving her hime styled fringe away from her forehead, he inspected that the cursed bird cage seal wasn't on her. Deducing that her Byakugan will be a valuable and precious organ to toss it away, the silent Uchiha was annoyed with himself for having to take this woman.
She was breathing, yet very shallow, her heart beat is reducing, Sasuke examined. He watched her as she suddenly began to gasp for air, the girl was trying her best to stay alive, her eyes flickered open with a pained scowl and a cracked moan, her eyeballs searched around. Probably looking for where she was. Sasuke sat there with an indifferent scowl on his face as he saw her eyes widened when she sensed his presence. She blinked at him, her lips parted to say something but she wasn't strong enough to handle the pain. Yet the woman didn't give up.
"ugh…..U… U-chi.. ha..-s-..san " she managed to breath.
She tried to lift her hand but it was on vain. Before her hands could reach the Uchiha it dropped down, Sasuke than moved his gaze from her hand to her face. She was still. Her eye balls unmoved with a lone tear escaping from her right eyes travelling down to her very pale cheek, her eyes were half lidded, those white eyes with lavender hue stared at him lifelessly, and she wasn't breathing anymore. Her demeanor was extremely pale and ghostly for staying out in the cold water for too long in that condition. Her face and body stiffened and the color remained eerily grim. Yet still, that woman was wearing a smile. It was that smile. He had seen it before.. The last time Sasuke remembered to see this exact smile was when.. HE smiled this way looking at him too, but his eyes was closed.
'Doki!'
His heart skipped a beat with a twinge of pain lingering into it. He scowled at her, touching his chest where he felt the pain a second ago. He wasn't able to feel anything before, not even his heart for too long. What was the feeling just now? How could that happen? How could it be possible for a dying weakling like her be able to exert pain in his heart? She doesn't even worth anything to him. He barely knew her, let alone speak. If he remembers correctly, he had the same effect when he realized the truth about Itachi. His brother, he felt this exact same feeling when he knew the truth. But why this weakling here could make him feel that again? who was she to him? why the hell would he feel this for her? DAMN IT! He gritted his teeth in bubbling anger, frustration began to arise, how could a dead corpse annoy him? He trembled in rage and grimaced in disgust as he eyed her with his already activated sharingan, glaring holes at her fiercely. She was just a pathetic Hyuuga! Not even worth to be comparing to his deceased brother not even in thoughts! She could never get close! Heck this slut doesn't worth it! BUT WHY DAMN IT?!
He lifted his hand with his palm burning with chakra of electrifying lightning in a very small amount, flashing its light in the darkness. He scowled down at her, he was hesitant for a moment before he tore her mesh shirt open, revealing her chest and plunge the little chakra infested in his palm, straight through her heart. Due still having electrical responses in body even after death, hearts could still function involuntarily, knowing that he pushed a bit of his chakra into her. He wasn't really sure what he was doing but he was sure about one thing.
'how dare you pain me? So happy that you're finally dead aren't you?' his mind growled.
"you pathetic Hyuuga! Revive!" he yelled with anger.
He lowered to her level and breathed in air, opening her lips apart he pushed his air into her esophagus, pushing and forcing the lungs to work. After several tries, Sasuke set his butt down on the dusty ground, exhausted. He exhaled and looked at the stiff Hyuuga. His eyes widened when..
"aahhh!" Hinata gasped.
Sasuke smirked looking at the breathing Hyuuga, he moved her over his shoulder saying something, "live and get tortured for making me feel guilty, you *bleep*.".
She was there floating in the air but it was only for a minute, she felt something pushing her back to her body, when she looked behind to see who it was.. there was a figure smiling at her, warm onyx eyes filled with kindness, she frowned sadly before she could ask anything to Itachi, she was back in her very body again. She saw another Uchiha, his younger brother was sitting by her side, having an accomplished, proud, and evil smirk attached to his face. She felt her stomach lurch taking in the sadistic look on his face. Hinata could really understand for what was happening here, she wasn't sure what she heard from Sasuke, she made him guilty? She didn't understand. She was too tired and her fragile, broken body couldn't support her life with his chakra for long.
Birds chirped in the sunlight, wind gushing through the atmosphere brushing the shading trees along with it. Hinata could hear them, sheltered under a tent, she was placed on a stiff but warm futon bed. She didn't remember how she got here..
~Hyuuga Hinata's POV~
My heart trembled with its beating echoing through the rib cage, feelings surged from the pit of my stomach.. my tears leaked at the corner of my eyes, painstakingly telling me, that I was still very much alive.
I tried to break the painful knot in my throat acting like a barrier barring me from speaking with my voice. I couldn't let out even a groan. I felt my painfully battered body, it was wrapped by a lots of bandage with herbs. I looked around trying to take in the unfamiliarity. The last thing I remember was seeing Uchiha-san.. I was happy, afraid but I determined to tell him to come to Konoha. But I was too weakened. Even breathing took me a lot off effort to do. I saw his stabbing glare on me, pain was starting to take me over, unable to fight it, I let my last breath whispering his name but nothing else.
I met Uchiha-san's elder brother Itachi-san, he was pushing me down below, I was shocked and thrilled to see him again. I couldn't make out of his efforts, his glance was so kind and caring. The next thing I saw was Uchiha-san. I felt fear igniting in me when I saw the sadist look on his face. He muttered throwing me on his shoulder carrying me somewhere, I couldn't really hear of anything he said but the word guilty. I wondered why he said that word to me. Again eyeing my wounds, I was shocked to learn what I was wearing. I couldn't help to feel my darkening cheek and the light-headedness coming at me. It seems Uchiha-san had treated me, and dressed his cloths on me. I realized the Uchiha fan symbol on my dark blue kimono. I wonder why, he saved me.. I cant help but to feel overwhelmed by Uchiha'san's kindness. I have to thank him..somehow.. I have to.
~end of POV~
Hinata's thoughts were disturbed by the commotion outside the tent. She couldn't see it or activate her byakugan for she had lacked her chakra reserves to do so. She tried to wriggle to exert some movements but no. She couldn't, not at all. She felt tired for just doing so.
She sighed, "ugh.." she could hear her own moan.
She was perplexed to see a girl burst through the tent, looking at her with darting red orbs. Hinata blinked not knowing what had happened.
-outside the tent-
"what?! you brought her back and treated her wounds? But why Sasuke?" Karin pried.
"yeah.. you asked me throw her body away last night.." Suigetsu added.
The silent Juugo looked at the stoic-masked mute Uchiha and said, "I wonder what had made you do that..".
Taking in Juugo's point, Sasuke said in his monotonous voice, "she wasn't sealed."
Suigetsu narrowed his glance on the Uchiha with a scowl, "huh? What?".
Sasuke walked away stretching his back from sitting too long he said, "her eyes could be more than useful, not to us, but to Orochimaru.".
"Oh! Good idea! Way to go Sasuke!" Karin brightened.
Juugo said, "so you're using her as a bait to get Orochimaru?". Sasuke nodded his head.
"she'll be used as an experiment! Oh shit!" Suigetsu trembled thinking of that snake sennin and how cruel he could be.
Juugo nodded, "that's the only way to gain his trust, remembering that Sasuke tried to kill Orochimaru once.. bringing an unsealed Hyuuga could persuade him to get on our side."
Karin questioned, "hmm.. she'll be a great help to us.. but how will Orochimaru could use her?".
Sasuke answered, "the Hyuuga had protected their secrets with the seal, since her eyes are not sealed, the secrets can be unveiled. The byakugan of a noble house Hyuuga was the only thing apart from my sharingan that Orochimaru had yet to experiment.".
Karin looked at Sasuke smiling at him, with a blush tinted cheek, Sasuke didn't bother her. Karin narrowed her eyes at the Uchiha's back, she didn't know why, but she felt something was different about Sasuke's chakra. She watched him, last night when they were intimate.. even then, he was cold and darkened, his chakra held its intensity of darkness that was never rivaled. But now, it seems kinda little different. That change was faint, but it was definitely there. His deep voice ringed bringing Karin out of her muse.
Sasuke turned to Juugo, he said, "get packed, we're moving back to Takigakure. Suigetsu, Karin or Juugo, either of you have to carry the heiress, decide it yourself."
"WHAAAT?" Karin and Suigetsu yelled at the Uchiha's retreating back.
~End of chapter 3~
The couple at the end of chapter 2 was.. (drum roll)..
WINNER KawaiiKURLY-san! Yes! You're correct! It is Uchiha Sasuke and Hyuuga Hinata.
To answer your question lona 1949-san, yes. Naruto-kun realized his love for Hinata-san, and Sakura-san knows his changed feelings for the Hyuuga heiress.
*the forbidden word* in chapter 2 was: L.O.V.E = love!
WELL, SASUHINA ON DE WAY!
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