lone-wolf987: LOL. Don't worry… Hinata is going to be Kabuto's!!! LOL!

Rcr: But she'll definitely have time with Sasuke! AYE. It's going to be a love triangle. LOL

MaHaLnAmAnKiTa: hehh. Thanks for reviewing!!

NOTE: Hinata's not going to stutter here… Can you people imagine her speaking in her shy and stuttering voice? Loll. I guess it's taxing for you people to read her 'stutters'? so… she's not going to stutter in this whole fic. That ok with you peeps?

Experimenting Flowers

Chapter 3: Anxiety

Recap from the previous chapter:

Kabuto pushed Hinata forward and said, "Sasuke, let me introduce you to Hinata-chan."

"Somebody, please save me from this hell," Hinata thought in her mind as raven-haired boy turned his head to face her, with his sharingan activated.

Uchiha Sasuke let his eyes roam up and down the Hyuuga. Hinata felt herself stiffen. What was Kabuto talking about when he said something about DNA? Sasuke stopped looking at her. She felt herself relax a little. Sasuke turned his crimson eyes to Kabuto. His perfectly chiseled face contorted into a beautiful frown.

"Why is she here?" Sasuke asked, his voice sounding dangerous, ready to explode.

Kabuto remained oblivious (or rather pretended to be oblivious) to Sasuke's tone. He had not told Sasuke and Hinata about what he planned to do. He shrugged his shoulders and said casually, "She's going to make you stronger. She's going to help you defeat ITACHI. Using her genes, I can merge Sharingan and Byakugan together. You will be invincible." Kabuto knew this would work on Sasuke. Telling him this would help him defeat Itachi was the best way to persuade Sasuke. He was easy to manipulate.

Both Hinata and Sasuke's eyes widened after they heard what Kabuto told them. Sasuke widened his eyes in excitement. He would be one step closer to his goal, one step closer to killing Itachi. A maniacal smile materialized on his handsome face for a few seconds. Hinata widened her eyes in horror. Why her? This sounded illogical and immoral to her. Two Kekkai Genkai (Advanced bloodline limit) in one person. It was not natural and Sasuke, he would definitely not go around doing good deeds with it. This spelt trouble, MORE trouble after Orochimaru took over Sasuke's body.

That evil man will destroy Konoha once he got that powerful. No, she would not let his happen. Yes. She made up her mind. She will stop them and starting to plot a plan in her mind.

Kabuto stared in amusement as he took in the two different reactions of the Uchiha and Hyuuga. Sasuke broke the silence in the room by speaking up five minutes after Kabuto made his plan known. "Orochimaru-sama knows of this?"

Hinata, not being the smartest ninja ever, blurted, "NO! You can't do this!" Both Sasuke and Kabuto turned their heads to the quiet kunoichi who finally spoke since Kabuto and her came. Kabuto smirked. "Who are you to stop us?" He challenged the girl who was getting more nervous in every second passed. Her clammy palms was raised to the front of her chest and she started fiddling with her fingers. She did not know what to answer. Kabuto was right. She could not stop them. She was weak. Lowering her head, she bit her lips, tears threatening to pour out from her ivory eyes.

Kabuto put one of his long fingers under her chin and lifted her chin up so he could see her. Hinata blinked back her tears. "Fear, I see fear in your eyes," he whispered as his face inched closer to hers. She did not like it at all. It made her uneasy and more scared. It was nothing like the dream she had of Naruto, moving closer to kiss her.

The tension between them grew as his black eyes bore into her cream ones. She was desperately trying to look elsewhere, anywhere but into Kabuto's eyes. It was stifling. She needed to escape. She knew she was not pinned down by anything. She knew and she ran out of Sasuke's room. She ran and ran into the dark hallways. The whole place was like a maze. It was a few minutes later when she realized she was… lost.

In Sasuke's room, Kabuto smirked. "Seems like I will be able to have fun for sometime," he said, turning to Sasuke to see his reaction.

"Hn," was Sasuke's reply and he was back to polishing his kunai.

Meanwhile in Konoha, the whole Hyuuga clan was worried about Hinata. She had not been home for three days. Where did she go?

A very flustered Hyuuga Neji ran to the Inuzuka's residence to speak to to Kiba.

"Kiba!" Neji called, relieved to see Kiba. Perhaps he knew where his cousin was.

"You saw Hinata in these few days?" Neji asked, crossing his fingers and hoped for an answer he wanted. Neji was supposed to protect the Hyuuga heiress. The Hinata he cherished was missing. He vowed to himself he would protect her more than ever after the chuunin examinations. Not because she was a member of the main family, but because she was his beloved cousin.

Kiba shook his hair. He said, "Didn't see her in three days, after me and Shino left her in the forest after training. She said she wanted to train some more."

Neji grabbed the dog trainer's shirt as he almost shouted to Kiba, "Hinata's missing! Why did you people leave her in the forest?!" Akamaru, which was beside Kiba, growled and posed in an attacking stance.

Neji calmed down significantly after the outburst. It was unlike him to be like this. He let go of Kiba's shirt and apologized.

"Gomenasai," Neji said.

Kiba was not listening as he absorbed what Neji just almost shouted out. "Let's go find Shino," Neji said. Kiba nodded and followed. Shino gave them the same answer as Kiba.

The three boys grew more worried. Where could Hinata be? Did someone harm her? Could she have gotten into an accident? "Hokage, let's find her," Neji suggested. The trio ran to the Hokage's building almost instantly.

"Hinata, please be safe," Neji thought as he narrowed his eyes, sprinting to the Hokage's office.

Hinata could not see her surroundings. The candles of the hallways suddenly extinguished. She put her hand in front of her, trying to rely on her sense of touch to find her way.

Damn, she cursed inwardly.

She squeaked softly as an arm wrapped itself around her waist from behind. The strong arm pulled her into a chest. A man's chest. She struggled, thrashed and kicked. The person grabbing wouldn't budge. She screamed as loudly as she could. Her screams came back to her as echoes bouncing off the walls.

"I recommend you not to scream. You wouldn't want to meet Orochimaru," A low husky voice warned her. She closed her mouth instantly. She recognized that voice. Kabuto. A man. Her shy nature kicked in and she blushed deeply as she realized she was in Kabuto's embrace. She cursed inwardly as she began to feel dizzy.

Of course, she fainted. In Kabuto's arms.

Author's Note: AHHH. FINALLY I AM HERE. Ayee! GOMEN for being so slow… LOL I write super short chapters. But at least I update pretty fast? Eh, right? Haha. AYE. I have so little reviews I am feeling depressed. Check out my other story, CRIMSON HATRED!

Sasuke: So… you like that girl?

Kabuto: Kind of.

Sasuke: Why?

Kabuto: -.- I don't know.

Sasuke: You won't do anything bad to her eh?

Kabuto: LOL maybeeee. Winks

Sasuke: gets excited Can we share?

Kabuto: duh... HELL NO.

Sasuke: '(

LOLL. I wanted to make Sasuke ask Kabuto if they will share Hinata…. But that's so OOC right? Hehhh.