Sasuke opened his eyes wearily. He sat up and rubbed his sore head and yawned. He got up to stretch but stopped as soon as a sharp pain shot straight through his shoulder. He cringed and sat back down on the cot he was sleeping on.

Wait, where am I? Aw man! That wasn't a dream; that was real! I really did leave the village. And I did beat the living crap out of Naruto! So…am I already at Orochimaru's?

Sasuke's thoughts were interrupted by something not quite a knock but a brush against the door that was cracked to the room he was in.

It was a girl. She glanced at Sasuke with her slim bright olive face into the door and her long sink jet-black hair fell sleekly around her face. Her cheeks had a slight flush to them and she had bright-black eyes that were very familiar to him. They looked at him shyly through the long, thick black strands of hair that glowed around her. Sasuke continued to marvel at the girl thinking the entire time that he knew her. But at the same time, he didn't know her. He couldn't remember anyone being like her in his past. As he continued to stare at her, he then realized just who she looked like. But, it was impossible to recognize her because he had buried her in the very back of his mind many years ago.

I swore I'd never remember her no matter what. I remember the pain of losing my family, but the pain of losing that little girl, was a whole new level. Why would I want to remember that much pain? Yet, I need to know who this little girl is. I hate not knowing who she is. What if she really is the girl I think she is?

Sasuke's body broke out into a nervous sweat and his heart rate increased rapidly. His hands that were balled up into a fist next to his legs were sweating profoundly and his fingernails were digging into the palms of his hands; causing them to bleed. Then the girl's eyebrows went up and she opened the door all the way to reveal herself. She was wearing black skinny jeans with no shoes and a simple black tank top.

"Ah! Um, your hand," She began as she walked over to him nervously with a medic kit.

Sasuke lifted his hand and looked at the blood that was smeared over his palm. He then looked up at her as she stood over him and sat the kit down beside him. She opened it and got out alcohol and wipes along with some cream and bandages. Sasuke never said anything; he just stared at the girl who was now wiping the blood from his hands and smearing the medical cream over the cuts.

"How did this happen?" The girl asked as she bandages Sasuke's hands slowly.

"Huh? Oh, um. I, I don't know," Sasuke said slightly stuttering.

The girl didn't say anything as she then packed up everything and then looked at Sasuke.

"Do you need anything?" She asked on her way out.

"Just answers," Sasuke said starting to regain his surroundings.

The girl turned back and looked at Sasuke one last time before shutting his door.

"You'll have them soon enough, Sasuke."

"You'll have them soon enough, Sasuke."? How does she know my name? Is she with Orochimaru? No, that's impossible. She just doesn't have that type of aura around her. She seems so…so different from the other's that accompanied Orochimaru.

Then Sasuke's door creaked open again and the girl was back again carrying a tray with food and juice. She smiled and brought in the food tray and sat it down on the table next to his bed.

"Here, you need your strength," the girl said scooting the table over Sasuke so he could eat.

The table was the kind you find in a hospital when someone was hurt or sick and they needed to eat in bed. Hakura scooted the tray closer to the Uchiha boy and encouraged him to eat it.

"Um, thanks," Sasuke said as he took a bite of the cereal.

The girl just smiled at him; with confused Sasuke. Sasuke frowned at the girl and she raised her eyebrows at him.

"What?" the girl asked.

Sasuke continued to just frown at her. Finally the girl began to frown back at him mockingly.

"Who are you?" Sasuke finally asked.

The girl seemed a little bewildered by the question and laughed a little.

"Who do you think I am?" she asked back.

Sasuke frowned again.

"One of Orochimaru's henchman? Er- henchgirl," Sasuke said taking a drink of his juice.

Her eyes got real serious and after about a minute of silence, she finally laughed again.

"Orochimaru? You're funny. Now drink your juice and be quite," the girl said tapping Sasuke's juice glass.

Sasuke sighed and chugged his juice until it was all gone. Sasuke looked the girl in the eye again and looked at her hard.

"No more games. Who are you and where am I?" Sasuke asked in his most dangerous tone.

The girl laughed and Sasuke's anger rose.

"But we always used to play games, Sasuke! You know I love games," the girl said smiling.

Sasuke began studying her face for any clues at all to help him figure out who this girl was. Then it struck him. All the memories hit him and his head began spinning at an unbelievable speed and he gripped his head painfully and closed his eyes.

"-uke, Sasuke! Hey, are you ok?!"

Sasuke fell back onto his pillow and fell back into a deep sleep. Only instead of nightmares of his brother, they were all memories of his past; his past with a little girl with long black hair and round, sorrowful yet happy black eyes. He couldn't see her face but he knew that he knew her. Itachi was throwing her up in the air and then catching her again and they were both smiling and laughing. She had a marking on the back of her shirt…a very familiar marking. Ever so familiar…