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Captured

"Ugh."

She slowly opened her eyes as she regained consciousness. Her eyesight was fuzzy and couldn't tell where she was. The room around her seemed grey. It was unfamiliar to her.

"Where am I?"

She tried to move her hands but they were tied up. Her wrists had a slight burning pain. Soon, her eyesight recovered.

Hinata found herself tied up among a wooden chair. The ropes were tight and rough. The room was white all around. It was the only colour seen other than her and the chair she sat on. To her right were stairs, leading to a door.

The door creaked open and her father entered the white room. He slowly walked down the stairs without any rush. There seemed to be no meeting among the other Hyugas.

"You're awake," he said calmly.

He seemed very calm but Hinata felt his anger surrounding her. He was very upset with her and what she had done. She could tell.

"Father," she whispered.

Hiashi walked to the bottom and then to her. He faced his daughter with angry eyes.

"Hinata, what were you doing? Neji had told me everything he knew!"

"I said this once and I'll say it again, I accepted death!"

He paced in a circle around the heiress before he spoke. "As the heiress of the Hyuga clan, I expect you to behave yourself, especially at the age of 19!"

"I don't care about being heiress. I just want to be with Naruto!"

"Neji had seen you walking towards the gates. He thought you wanted to run away."

"For two reasons, to be with him and to save the village! Oh, and I don't mind if he gets you. Life is better without you!"

He growled in anger. He knew Hinata might've been a bit rebellious to the clan but not this much. Wouldn't it be better for everyone?

"Hinata, stop this nonsense. We'll see about the marriage. If Naruto doesn't come back in two weeks than you will be married to Sasuke." He turned around. "Oh and you are not to go to tell him."

With that, Hiashi turned and headed for the stairs.

"Well of course since I'm tied up here!"

"Neji will come down in a couple of hours to set you free. By then I hope you have learned your lesson."

He left the room. He had no reason to stay in with her. There were better things to do than face the failing heiress. She wasn't as strong as her younger sister. He was surprised on the day he learned his daughter advanced to Chuunin. He finally felt proud of her. That was gone along with Hiashi. Hinata was only a failure and had received help from Naruto. Just thinking of him made him want to banish him from the Hyuga clan more.

Hinata was left to sit alone. There wasn't anything to do but to think and daydream of what would happen in the future. Not given the exact time of when he will come back, had she begun to worry. Naruto couldn't understand things easily. Two weeks wasn't what he needed. He needed more than that. She could only hope for him to come back soon, before the official planning of the marriage begun.

The grown up Sasuke only smirked at the sound of the good news he had just received. A marriage was planned and only his father or Hinata's father could stop it. His mother wouldn't do much but prepare it and delay it for a while. It didn't matter though. His mother was nothing. He knew she had gone against him because of his greedy behaviour, but the power he had compared to hers. As wife of the head, she could do little than his. He was going to be the heir of the Uchiha clan, not Itachi. (AN: In the olden times, women weren't allowed to vote for political stuff in Australia, this is what I'm doing here.)

"You may leave," he said.

The messenger got up and left without hesitation. Everything was finally going his way.

As planned, Neji came in two hours to give her food and free her from the chair. He explained to her that she was in a hidden basement.

"Why didn't anyone tell me?" she asked.

"This isn't just any basement; it is a place where secret meetings were held. It was also a place to punish some of the Branch family members. You can see faint blood marks on the walls."

He pointed out the faint pink in the walls. The washed blood was the remaining of the punished Hyugas.

"Neji-nii-san, when will I be able to be released from here?" she asked in fear.

"I'm afraid you will be here until tomorrow," he answered.

She froze. It was the blood she feared most. The white walls may eventually make her go crazy but the blood was more concerning than that.

"But…"

"It's Hiashi-sama's orders."

"Can I have someone stay here with me?"

"Hiashi-sama never said anything about company. I guess it would be alright. I'll ask Tenten since I need to take care of a few things Hokage-sama asked for."

"Thanks."

Another person came and went. A sigh escaped her mouth. The basement seemed like a, well, a mental institution. It was white all over and faint traces of blood.

Blood.

Memories of when she was with Sasuke haunted her. A cold shiver ran up her spine. She wished the memories would leave her someday. She didn't want to be haunted for as long as she lives.

Sasuke.

A planned marriage was just the thing to tip her off the edge. She was saved from him. She felt weak and useless to think of a second rescue from the same person. She was weak and always was in her eyes.

Naruto.

Did he care so much for her like he said he did? She was only a weakling that deserved nothing. He did everything to comfort her but what did she do to comfort him? She remembered his cheeky grin he had on his face all the time. A smile crept up her face. The memories of them together ran through her head. Her most treasured moment was the time when he asked for her hand in marriage.

'Of course he loves you, Baka!'

The door opened once again. Tenten walked down the stairs and almost collapsed on the last step in her sleepy state.

"Neji wanted me to be with you for the night," she said yawning.

"What's the time?" Hinata asked.

"Around eleven."

Tenten looked around for something comfortable of a sheet at least. She found a pile of dirty white sheets and slept on it.

"Tired," she said before she slept.

Hinata ate half of the food she was given and wondered what to do after. It was either sleep or think of something random. Her decision was to sleep. She stole a dirty sheet from the pile and wrapped herself in it.

"Goodnight Naruto," she whispered.

Chapter 8 is done! Well, isn't much to say but the usual. Please review!