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Chapter 02
"W-w-what! W-who? How? G-gah!" Hinata stumbled out of her bed and landed on the hard floor with a loud 'thump!' She then quickly backed away from the bed, trying to put as much distance between her and the intruder as possible. And then... something hard and solid stopped her from moving away any further. Her back was now against the wall.
The intruder managed to slowly straighten his arched back and stifled a yawn. He then began to ruffle his hair and lazily rubbed the side of his eye. The blanket slowly slid down the boy's body in response to his little gestures. The blanket stopped mid-way to his belly, which made the little Hyuuga's face redden. She hastily covered her eyes with her hands and let out a startled squeak.
"Wh-who are y-you!? A-a-and how did you get into m-my house?" her voice was shaky, the poor girl looked like she was about to collapse.
The boy paused for a minute,"Well... You can call me Sasuke. And no, I did not break into your house." He said with full honesty, but it was impossible to distinct it by his monotonous voice.
Hinata's hands fell down, she was without a doubt, a hundred percent confused now.
"W-well then, why are you in m-my-" Hinata's question was caught off soon by Sasuke's own.
"You don't remember? The cat you rescued yesterday?" he asked, to which Hinata hesitantly nodded.
"Y-yes, what about th-the cat? How d-did you k-know about h-him?"
"That cat you rescued the other day was me." He stated, Hinata stayed silent, the boy can't be serious right? She shook her head and managed to mumble out one word, "I-impossible."
Sasuke continued on, "You were the one who brought me here yesterday. And you were the one who treated my wounds."
He stretched out his left arm to prove his statement. Hinata's eyes stared at the sight in shock, but still... she wasn't quite sure about all this. Was this boy, Sasuke, speaking the truth? Is he really the cat from that night? Hinata shook her head in deny, "H-how can th-that be? You can't seriously be th-that cat that I rescued. That can't p-possibly be true."
He tilted his head slightly, "Do you want more proof?" he asked nonchalantly, she hesitated for a minute.
She really didn't want to do this... this whole role playing thing. She should be contacting the police station right now. Or better yet, cry for help in hopes that her neighbors would hear her. But she didn't, she couldn't. Why? Because her curiosity got the best of her.
She took a deep breath and put on a serious face... "I-i'll believe it when I s-see it." she bravely stuttered out. Sasuke gave a light nod at the girl's response.
"Very well." As Sasuke got off the bed, he discarded the blanket to the side. Now that the blanket was fully removed, the Hyuuga could see his exposed chest, which was also covered in bandages that ran down to his slim stomach. And that was when she almost saw it. Her face was now red, red as a tomato.
Hinata let out another squeak, she quickly closed her eyes shut and waved her hands in refusal.
"N-n-no! D-d-don't get up l-like that! You're n-not wearing any–!"
The flustered girl was cut off by a small meow.
She quickly snapped her eyes back open and turned her head to the cat that stood in front of her. The little feline tilted his head innocently and gave another meow to her. Hinata's eyes were the size of dinner plates and her lower jaw hung down.
"N-no way." She stuttered out, Hinata rubbed her eyes roughly and opened them again. The cat was still there, much to her disbelief.
The truth gave the little Hyuuga a major impact, she was starting to feel a bit uneasy. Hinata placed her hand on her head, the room suddenly began to spin. Hinata's body started to sway from side to side. Her white eyes started to swirl, and then-
Thump! Hinata's back fell flat on the floor, she fainted.
Everything suddenly became bleary, darkness returned to consume her once more... But before the darkness could fully take her, she saw the young boy again. His body hunched over her with an unreadable expression.
His mouth moved but no words came out, she didn't catch or understood what he was saying. Before she knew it, she was out like a flame.
Sasuke held on to the fainted girl, "You are very strange." he whispered.
The guy swiftly picked Hinata up and gently laid her body on the soft comfy bed. Hinata snuggled against the pillow and mumbled incoherent words to it.
He hesitantly brought his hand down towards her face and stroked the few strands of hair to the side, exposing her face. He lowered his head down to her and nuzzled his nose behind her ear, he greedily inhaled her scent that he came so fixated with. He exhaled and mumbled lightly, "And yet, I've found you rather interesting."
The seated man held a very grim expression on his his pale face, his index finger tapped repeatedly on the metallic desk. The men in white lab coats stood in front of him nervously, fear loomed over them as they helplessly waited for the man to speak.
"So what you're saying is, you haven't found him yet?" said the man in a low dark tone.
The scientists gulped and answered in unison, "Y-yes sir." They kept their heads down low, afraid to look up at the man's cold eyes.
"This truly does disappoint me you know? But lucky for you, your punishment won't be too brutal. Now leave, I have much thinking to do." He waved his hand to them in dismissal. The five bowed their heads low and left with their tails between their legs. By the time they left, the pale man eyed the stapler that lied next to him on his desk. His hand instinctively flung the object over at the wall, a loud crash was heard upon collision. Some of the staples fell out and met the ground, followed by the metallic stapler itself.
How did this happen? Why now of all times? He was so CLOSE!
Days have passed and there was still no sign of Sasuke, he wasn't sure as to how he got out. But frankly, he didn't give a damn. All he cared about now was getting him BACK. He clenched his fists tightly in irritation, his nails dug into his paper skin. He didn't pay mind of the stinging pain for he was too focused on one thing. Sasuke Uchiha, his runaway experiment.
The man gave out a violent exhale until he regained his composure. He sat down and rubbed the sides of his forehead, in hopes that doing so would help wash the stress away. He didn't want anymore wrinkles to form on his flawless face, "Where oh, where has our trouble making kitty cat gone Kabuto?"
As if on cue, a young looking man with grey hair and glasses approached right beside the distressed man. He appears to be scribbling a couple of words down on his clipboard, "Our men said that due to the location of our dead little pups, the boy somewhere within Konoha." Kabuto stopped his scribbling for a moment to adjust his glasses.
Orochimaru leaned his elbow on the handle and laid his chin on the palm of his hand, "Is that so?" he asked. Kabuto nodded positively.
"Now, how exactly are we going to get him back?" Orochimaru asked in a sudden different, and rather polite tone. The young man, Kabuto, went back to scribbling, "Some of our scientists suggested on sending out the new and improved hounds." he stated.
The paled faced man raised a brow, "New and improved you say? Why, I like the sound of that." The man straightened his posture, he began to rub his chin, "Bring out the new hounds will you please Kabuto?"
Kabuto nodded, "As you wish." the grey haired boy then grabbed what seems to be a communication device from his belt and dialed in a a few digits, the speaker buzzed and a crackly voice omitted from the little gadget.
"Yes?" it said.
"It's Kabuto." he said.
"What do you need?"
"I need you to bring the hounds up to the boss's office."
"Of course, right away." a beep ended the transmission, minutes later a knock was heard from the door.
"Come in." Orochimaru said with a pinch of excitement.
The metallic doors swooshed open, a tall man with silver hair and a mask that covered the half of his face entered with a few over sized dogs tailing right behind him. "You wanted to see them, am I right?" questioned the tall man. Kabuto nodded for Orochimaru, "That's right."
The masked man bowed and the affirmation and whipped his head at the dogs to get in formation. The hounds all formed a line, at the snap of the man's fingers, their noses pointed up high and their backs snapped straight up as their lower bodies leveled down to the cemented floor. A pleasing smile appeared on Orochimaru's face at the sign of total obedience, "Impressive."
He stood up and walked towards the hounds, he slowly walked around them and analyzed the canines' features from head to toe.
"Kakashi, you won't mind if I let them out to play for a while, do you?" said the man,
The man, Kakashi, eyed Orochimaru with worry. "Are you sure that's wise? They're not fully stable yet." Kakashi stated, trying his best to help Orochimaru reconsider. But it seems that it didn't work.
"Yes I am sure of it..." The longed haired man stopped with his walking and bent down to gently pet the oversized dog's head that satin front of him, "I'm rather curious on what these little creatures can do. That and how Sasuke can resist the urge to reconnect to his beastly self."
He stopped his petting and then unbuckled the straps of the muzzle that was wrapped around the dog's mouth. The muzzle clanged when it hit the floor, the sound of it echoed the room making the ears of the dogs perk upward. Orochimaru's lips formed a wicked smile as he gazed at the hound's enormous jaws.
He brought his finger up and traced the lining of its teeth. Up, down, up, down... In a zig-zag motion, he was careful enough not to get too close to the ends of the teeth, seeing that they're sharp enough to draw blood.
"What a site to behold. The wonders of what science could do, don't you agree?" Orochimaru mused to no one in particular, he gave one last pat on the dogs head before he stood up, wiping the invisible dirt from his knees.
"Kakashi. Are the hounds good at tracking?"
Kakashi nodded, "Yes, they are exceptional trackers. I'm assuming you want them to track down Sasuke?" He asked. Orochimaru shook his head, "Oh no, I do not want them to just track him. I want them to track the boy and drag him back here to me. Back home, if you will."
Orochimaru returned behind his study table and slumped down on his comfy seat, "And please do be gentle with him... I don't want him to get hurt, after all the trouble he has caused." he said rather half heartedly, with a hint of sarcasm that was not hard to miss.
Kabuto raised a brow, "Wouldn't it be troublesome to let them all run off by themselves? They will most likely harm innocent people during their hunt, or even worse, devour them."
Orochimaru rubbed his chin thoughfully, "Hmm. Yes now that you mentioned it, you've got a good point there Kabuto." He turned his attention on Kakashi, "Why don't you tag along Kakashi? Just to ensure that nothing goes out of hand. No need to let them all out, just one will do. I most certainly do not want them to make a ruckus out there and draw any further attention about us."
Kakashi nodded in confirm, "Understood sir. When do you want us to set off?"
"As soon as possible." he said, the masked man nodded and left with the hounds.
"Well, I think this is the best time for me to head back to work. Good bye sir." Kabuto followed the last dog out, before he set foot off the room he looked back at the pale man, "And please refrain yourself from damaging anymore innocent objects."
With that said, he was out of sight.
It was dead silent...
The man blinked a couple of times when he noticed this, he let out a low chuckle, "Wow. I didn't know my office was so quiet."
Orochimaru turned his seat around, making him face the back of the room that was covered with multiple plasma screens. One displayed a map of Konoha, another one showed a view of every Konoha's street surveillance cameras that his team managed to hack, and one displayed a radar screen. Yes. This man truly is determined on tracking down his lost experiment.
A creepy smile crept on the man's face, "Ready or not, here I come my little kitten."
to be continued...