Experimenting Flowers

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Recap from Chapter 4:

Finally, she reached a room with someone inside. The room was dark like the other rooms but she could feel a little warmth radiating from the room or something like that. She walked in, cautious. "Ano, excuse me. Can somebody tell me how to go to the medical room?" she asked slowly and softly. No one replied. She grew a little nervous and quickened her pace to look around the room. Suddenly, she felt her toe hit something hard and she tripped onto a stone bed that was similar to the one in her room. She groaned in pain as she felt her toe throbbing.

It took her mere seconds to realize she had landed on something soft. She. Had. Fallen. On. Someone. That 'someone' grunted and stirred.

End of Recap

Chapter 5: Guardian and Devil

Hinata hurriedly got off the person she rudely disturbed. She stood stiff as a piece of chipboard, bowed deeply and muttered a formal but hasty "Sorry" before rising. She did not like bowing to the person in front of her. It exposed her neck, which made her shudder. That person could just slit open her neck or stab a kunai in it. Hinata was not being overly paranoid. One should really assume that everyone in Orochimaru's lair to be ruthless killers with a quick temper.

Her white orbs were met with crimson Sharingan eyes which made her feel weak in her knees. Fear rose to her throat as she found herself unable to say anything else other than a stupid "sorry". The pair of red eyes stared into Hinata's eyes. Hinata's eyes were no longer fixated onto them. She was avoiding the penetrating and frightening gaze of the Sharingan user.

"Look at me," Sasuke broke the silence, speaking.

Hinata's eyes immediately found their way to Sasuke's sharingan. She shuffled uncomfortably in her position as she felt Sasuke looking at her as if deciding whether he should kill her.

"Who is Naruto to you? Who are you to Naruto?" Sasuke asked her abruptly.

Hinata stopped her shuffling, stared squarely at Sasuke. She was baffled at his random questions. Flushing at the mention of Naruto's name, she kept silent. No way she was going to tell Sasuke about Naruto. She did not tell anyone before.

"Tell me," Sasuke urged. "Or I'll kill you," he continued as his eyes darkened.

Hinata seemed to have stopped breathing after he uttered his threat. After a few seconds, he heard her squeak, "I l-like N-Naruto," (a/n. made her stutter. Couldn't resist. ) He smirked. His threats really scared her, and he liked it. Not that he liked threatening her, he like it when people fear him. Oh yes, he was sadistic.

Sasuke was fairly satisfied with Hinata's answer. This girl loved Naruto. Naruto really deserved all the love. He was the most cheerful, nicest, strongest person Sasuke had ever known. Naruto tried to bring him back to Konoha, but Sasuke ended up injuring him seriously. To Sasuke, being an avenger was the important thing in his life, more important than Naruto. However, years of being under Orochimaru made him realize the value of their friendship. Naruto treasured him without wanting any rewards. Orochimaru wanted him for his body. He was guilty, and was ready to make amendments.

He sighed a little as he gave himself a title of "Hinata's guardian".

Hinata looked curiously at Sasuke as he sighed and his eyes, which usually were emotionless, had a hint of friendliness in them after that.

"Sasuke, why did you ask?" Hinata asked cautiously, somehow relieved.

"Naruto's an important person to me. I will protect him. To protect him, I'll protect you," Sasuke said simply.

Hinata blinked. She did not quite understand how the mind of the Uchiha prodigy worked. How did protecting Naruto become related to protecting her? Nevertheless, the way Uchiha said he would protect her assured her. Grateful, she bowed deeply and said, "Thank you very much." Sasuke was slightly amused at her formal antics but not a hint of it was shown on his handsome face. "Hn," was all he said.

"Ano, where's the medical room?" Hinata asked, remembering she had to get there.

"Three rooms down this passageway," Sasuke replied.

Hinata bowed again and turned, ready to leave the room. "Be careful of Kabuto," Sasuke warned as she walked out of the room.

Hinata stopped at the door and said without turning back, "I will. Thank you."

Shikamaru was in the Hokage's office ten minutes after the Fifth Hokage called for him. He listened to Tsunade tell him everything about Hinata's disappearance.

"There were no clues?" Shikamaru asked Tsunade once again. He heaved a sigh and began to rack his brains for an answer where Hinata could be. "How troublesome," he muttered, ignoring the killer looks the Hyuuga prodigy gave him.

That was when as a messenger knocked on the door of the office. "Come in," Tsunade barked. "Hai!" the messenger opened the door. He looked flustered and worried.

"Hokage-sama! There's a report from the villagers in Muzuka near the outskirts of Fire country stating they caught a sight of one of the shinobi from Hidden Village of Music carrying an unconscious Konoha ninja!" the messenger said worriedly.

Tsunade frowned deeply and stood up suddenly. She slammed her hands on the table. "Damn you Orochimaru! What are you up to?" She shouted.

Hiashi's eyes were wide. He was ashamed that Hinata was weak, but that did not mean he would not care if one of Orochimaru's dog caught his daughter!

Shikamaru narrowed his eyes. "That Konoha ninja may not be Hinata. However, that ninja may know Konoha secrets which should not be for other shinobis outside the Leaf," Shikamaru stated, ignoring another glare from Neji.

Hinata walked slowly to the medical room. It was quite far away from Sasuke's room as the three rooms were separated far from each other. Hinata was relieved that it was far. She was not prepared to see Kabuto after the intimate incident they had a few hours ago.

Coming to a stop, Hinata turned to her left. She reached the medical room. Putting her hand on the cool metal knob of the door, she twisted it slowly. What would await her? Another one of those horrible blood-taking needles? She shuddered involuntarily.

Silence. There was no one inside. Hinata heaved a sigh of relief. Kabuto was not there yet. She let herself into the room and walked around. The room had a medicinal smell that held no comfort. It reminded her of a hospital, which in turn reminded her of a hospital. She touched a pair of tweezers which was lying on a tray.

Mistake. As soon as she touched it, a hand from nowhere snaked around her waist, holding her a familiar chest. She stood stunned, as he spoke silkily into her ear, "You shouldn't be touching these things. I just sterilized them." She trembled slightly at his warm breath in contact with her ear. Blushing furiously and trying to slow down her fast beating heart, she thought to herself, "Why me? Don't FAINT, HINATA!"

She did not faint this time. Instead, she struggled out of his grip and turned to face him. "W-What a-are you d-doing?" she asked, trying to make herself sound forcefully. She failed miserably because of her stuttering. Kabuto smirked at her, his glasses glinting, hiding his eyes.

"Having fun?" he whispered seductively.

Hinata froze. "This is not fun!" she raised her voice as she spoke.

Kabuto chuckled. "You WILL have fun," he said as he wrapped his arms around Hinata, pulling her close. "Time to play Doctor now, patient."

A/N: LOL. Kabuto's a sick pervert. OMG. This whole thing is like… fluffy. -.- And you should realize by now- I don't like writing about the Konoha side… BUT I HAVE TO! Heh.

BlackSMILES: Alright! Review please!

Itachi:… This story is horrible. Review the other one. The one with me in it.

BlackSMILES: Narcissist… You are just in love with yourself, aren't you?

Itachi: No, I am supposed to like Sakura later on in the story. Wonder who is the SLOW writer who kept delaying that…

BlackSMILES:… whatever Ita-Idiot. REVIEW THIS STORY.

Itachi: And the other one.