Well to start off I'd like to apologize for not updating so quickly, I'm rather ashamed of it, it's been almost a month since my last update. But the schedule of a highschooler is very hectic, my teachers are very psychotic and if you don't believe me I'll tell you an incident that happened not that long ago, my AP English teacher totally flipped out because one of her blank tests had gone missing, she kept us hostage in the classroom for 15 minutes until someone either found it or admitted that they took it, and worst of all my Pre-calculus teacher Mr. Mata (for those of you that don't know Spanish 'Mata' means 'kill' in English, no lie) gave us a college level quiz and I'm quite sure I got at least a 20 on it. I don't think I've ever gotten a 20 on a quiz, I'm a total nerd T.T and I'm in HIGHSCHOOL not in COLLEGE, what psychotic teacher gives his students college level quizzes for a highschool course. But anyways enough of my horrible ranting, I'm sure a lot of you have more terrible tales about school.

Hiashi Hyuuga waited patiently in the hospital room for the doctor to come and release him. After a week of being hospitalized his body was finally back to normal.

"Uncle, are you going to go to St. Sarutobi's tomorrow?"

Neji's lucid voice broke the silence in the room, his light elegant eyes bore into the equally light eyes of his uncle. "Do you realize that she will never accept you as her father now?" he hissed.

Hiashi shot bullets at his insolent nephew and snapped with a cold voice. "What other choice was I supposed to take? You and I both know that she wasn't going to come back after our first encounter, if she ran away how am I supposed to redeem myself, keeping her safe in that hospital was the only way, Hikaru would have never forgiven me if I refused as well, you know that she was deeply hurt that I didn't tell her about Hinata in the first place."

"Redeem yourself so this is all about you!? You kept her locked up so that you could look like the good guy, so that you could feel better about yourself. So this has nothing to do with Hinata, your daughter, the one who's lived in a basement for sixteen years, the one who had gotten beaten by your whore" snarled Neji.

Hiashi stood up, his tall frame hovered over Neji like a menacing tower. "Don't speak of Tsuki like that, I don't know what really happened between Hinata and her mother but I find it very hard to believe that Tsuki would ever purposefully hurt a child, and either way Tsuki is dead, if she really did hurt Hinata what could I possibly do? It's not wise to hold a grudge against the dead. I agreed to put Hinata in the hospital because I want to make up it up to her. I want another chance to make her happy. But when she first saw me, she was so angry, I could see all the suffering and hatred in her eyes, and I knew that once she left that I'd never have another chance to show her that I can be a good father. I just want her to be happy Neji." Hiashi's weary eyes drooped and he sat back down on the bed resting his troubled head.

"What about Ms. Hikaru, you and I both know that she will never accept her as a Hyuuga. Uncle, how much do you think Hinata can take? Given her past it would be obvious that she has a strong mind, but in reality a person can only take so much before they break entirely, if you were truly thinking about her happiness then you'd agree to let her live with me and promise to never see her again." Neji boldly straightened his back looking at his uncle straight in the eye for a response to his ludicrous demand. "All of this is your fault Uncle, you've always told me to be a man and fix my problems with my own power, now it's your turn to do the same. Let her live with me."

Hiashi straightened his back and sternly stared at Neji. "Neji this matter is between me and Hinata interfere and I will not be lenient towards you."

"Uncle! You don't understand, her hatred for you is unmoving, no matter how much the wind howls the mountain will not bow down to it. You can't just force her affection on you."

Neji's body was rigid, he clenched his jaw and held his hand in a nasty grip as if waiting for Hiashi to strike him down.

"I'm not going to let her suffer anymore."

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In St. Sarutobi hospital a familiar doctor sat down on his desk and read the results for Hinata's DNA test, she is in fact the biological daughter of Hiashi Hyuuga. He was about to close the folders containing her results when suddenly his phone burst out in a singing ring.

'do-do doddle do do-do doddle do'

"Dr. Hidan speaking"

"Hidan, its Itachi. I've come for a status report on Hinata Hyuuga"

"Oh hey Itachi, the Hyuuga is doing fine. I do have some issues about her though. She shows signs of being in an unstable state of mind. She can reason pretty well and doesn't have a disorder as far as I've probed into but she's kept some of her feelings pent up, something tells me that she's actually gone into a psychotic breakdown before. That girl Kin, the one that got murdered, wasn't she killed because she was getting into a fight with the Hyuuga? Would you mind if I took a look at her body, I have a feeling there's more to her murder involving the Hyuuga girl."

Itachi raised a brow and leaned back on his office chair in curiosity. "What exactly are you implying Hidan, do you think that Hinata also took part of the murder?"

Hidan ran his fingers through his hair in annoyance. "The Hyuuga, she cries in her sleep, she's… apologizing to Kin, and she's almost always calling out your younger brother's name. Where is that little fucker anyways, this girl is always asking for him. I swear if I hear 'where is Sasuke?' again I'm going to kill myself man, currently the Hyuuga is under a 'no visitors' order but if a certain ANBU captain came and brought him with him you wouldn't technically be breaking that rule since you're an authority figure."

Itachi sighed from the other line. "Sasuke's been kept in a lock down of his own, I've asked for him to be locked in the Uchiha mansion until Hinata is released, when he found out that she was being admitted into the hospital he went into a blind fury, but maybe this visit will keep him calm down and about the victim's body if you want to take a look at it I'll have it sent to the hospital for a special analysis. How much longer until Hinata will be released?"

This time it was Hidan's turn to sigh "Well the thing about that Itachi, I have to go through all the procedures before I let her go, given her background there's actually a high chance that she could have gotten some sort of disorder, her release date may take a while"

Itachi growled from the other end of the phone line "Hidan this isn't the answer I've been wanting to hear, I want that girl out of there as soon as possible, you and I both know what happens to the patients in that hospital."

Hidan's brow furrowed and he deepened his voice. "Fucking Uchiha, what the hell do you think I'm doing here you piece of shit, I'm doing all I can do, if I do anything else it would probably have to be illegal, I can't just skip procedures, the Hyuuga is just going to have to bear with it, not all the tests are as horrible as everyone says and I'm sure the Hyuuga has been through worse"

Itachi paused for a brief moment. "Your procedures are too cruel Hidan, I asked you to take care of her for a reason, I'm giving you a month to make things happen. Good-bye"

Hidan slammed the phone on the receiver with a vicious hand and flung the entire thing across the room in spite.

"Fucking bastard." He hissed and left the room with an arrogant strut.

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The next morning Kin's body arrived to the hospitals forensics basement.

Hidan brought the victims body in the mortician room, the room itself was very large housing the many corpses of the dead residents that need to be prepared for their funerals. He examined the teen's body with a skilled eye. Her body had the familiar aroma of death lingering over it. Her once tanned skin had turned into a sickly pale color with just a hue of blue. The nostalgic smell of formaldehyde welcomed his sharp pale nose.

Her ribcage seemed intent to burst from the skin, her joints were stiff from rigor mortis, and her skin was rubbery and chalky. Hidan, with his face only a few inches from her body scanned it carefully from head to toe, as if looking for a lost eye contact then with rough calloused fingers he massaged her skin checking for hidden bruises that were not noticed. Making note of his findings he lifted the back of her head probing for bumps or concealed wounds that could have been hidden by her hair. Her face was almost beyond recognition, thick metallic stitches had been used to reconstruct what was previously known to be the face of a young teenage girl .After he completed the external examination he wrote down several comments on his clipboard with cold glass-like eyes.

Her right arm had all but been severed off completely and her neck had been broken as well.

With an oversized scalpel Hidan made a 'Y' shaped incision on her ribcage, the body had been emptied of all its internal organs by the previous forensic scientist at the police station, saving him the trouble of removing them himself. Hidan then began the internal search. He made small cuts in her inner throat checking to see if there was internal bleeding, the tissue was getting stiff but it was raw and fleshy none the less, it was a sure sign of strangulation. But Hidan wasn't sure if that was the exact cause of her death. Next he cut a section of her hyoid bone, a small structure that was similar to a wish bone. He smirked with open eyes at the interesting find.

This piece of bone if fractured was a sure sign that the victim had been choked. He held up the piece to find it damaged quite badly. She had indeed been choked quite viciously.

His next step after checking her internally was to check her brain for any cerebral damage. Stepping to his instruments he chose a rather gaudy electric saw and with it began sawing off the beginning of her scalp. He peeled away her scalp as if it were a plastic mask and examined the phenomenon of the human brain. There was no severe damage to the brain, at least none that were life threatening. He frowned as he lifted one her stiff gangly arms and noticed that the numerous wounds that littered her body were relatively fresher than the one around her neck. It was a curious find, he examined her pharynx closer and determined through years of experience that she was strangled about an hour before her death. Now why would Gaara Shubaku strangle her then chase her down and kill her, if it were Hidan he would have killed her then and there, but this damage of strangulation was not enough to kill someone, it was as if someone with weaker strength tried choking her but couldn't. Someone one relatively weak with small hands, perhaps with the strength of a young girl.

Hidan's lips thinned as realization came upon him, the clues were obvious now, Hinata Hyuuga had strangled this girl before she died, though the strangulation was not the cause of death none the less it proves Hidans theory.

Hinata had in fact had a psychotic episode and if she were to have another one there was nothing in his power that he could do to release her from the hospital.

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Hinata woke up abruptly from her cold and sweaty slumber, she was breathing heavily and her skin began chilling from the frigid air caressing her skin. Her nightmare had evolved from getting beaten in the basement to the night Kin died. Everyday she wondered whether Gaara would be okay, she hadn't heard a single word from him since that night.

Hinata sighed softly in her bleach white hospital bed, today was a rather weary day. Hours of having a doctor probe and question her drained the energy from her body. She wished for companionship over anything else. She raised her hands in front of her and began taking notice how two weeks in a mental hospital was affecting her body, her skin had acquired an even paler color since she was never let outside, her arms were littered in bandages from all the needles being injected in her, the soreness often made it difficult for her to sleep, it was harder for her to gain her weight since the hospital food was relatively tasteless and in small proportions compared to the massive amounts of food she'd consume during school. Her long hair had lost some of its sheen and luster since her baths were usually in cold water. Her stay in the hospital was growing more and more spiteful and no matter how much she tried to stay positive she just couldn't keep her smile up for long.

"Hinata?" a soft rapping at her door sent her bolting up with an eager look but her countenance fell as she realized that it was only her doctor, Hidan. The slender doctor with his light platinum hair strode in the room with a familiar whiff of arrogance.

"Oh it's just you…" she fell back on the pillow with a heavy sigh.

Hidan's face twisted into one of offense and shrugged his shoulders in mockery. "Little piece of shit, is that the way you treat the doctor who sweats over hot machines and cold needles just for his beloved patients"

Hidan's martyr fell on deaf ears as Hinata turned her back to him and continued staring at the wall. "What tests are we doing today, don't my arms have a chance to get rid of the soreness before you strike more needles into me" she raised her bandaged arm in emphasize and slung it back down.

Hidan let out a laugh of silver in the room that made Hinata jump. "Don't worry Hinata, today is much worse than needles. We're going to have to take a bone marrow sample. Since you haven't gone to a proper doctor as a child you're going to have to bear with 16 years worth of medical exams, and after all that we'll begin with the patient procedures, they can be kind of painful sometimes but a faithful Jashin follower like myself is skilled enough to know how much pain a person can take."

Hinata opened her eyes in shock and lifted her body with her mouth ajar. "You have a very cruel sense of humor Dr. Hidan, that's not funny even if it was a joke."

Again Hidan let out a rich laughter, as if he just heard the funniest thing in the world. "I'm glad you thought that wasn't funny Hinata, because in fact that wasn't a joke at all, now please follow me to the examination room so that we can get this over with."

Hinata reluctantly followed Hidan out of her room and down the same hallway, one way led to the dead end while the other led to her freedom. The cold hospital air penetrated her thin hospital gown and brought wave upon wave of chills on her skin. The narrow hallways always suffocated her with its crisp latex smell. Oh how she hated that smell.

She walked closely behind Hidan occasionally glancing back when she heard some of the other patients screaming. She sighed heavily as they arrived to the examination room, according to hospital regulations Hinata's bone marrow needed to be tested for abnormalities, though Hidan wasn't necessarily a heartless doctor none the less he was a man who worked with needles and other medical tools, neither of which were ever pleasant to be on the receiving end of.

"Okay Hyuuga, plant your ass of the bed and try to make yourself comfortable, this is going to take a while."

After about an hour of preparation Hinata laid down on the bed with an enormously large needle in her bone taking samples of her marrow. The pain was indescribable, her eyes were streaming rivers and her nails were impaling the pillow fighting with all her strength not to scream. Half a sob escaped her lips before she felt a cold clammy hand envelope her own, Hidan was looking at her with eyes full of interest.

"Bear with it, just a moment longer and I'll have all the marrow I'll need"

He rubbed his thumb around her knuckles making small circles, perhaps as small attempt to ease her pain.

"And we're done"

Hidan stood up from his seat and surgically removed the excessively long and thick needle from her arm, not before injecting a healthy dose of morphine into her to ease the pain away completely.

The surge of morphine brought Hinata into a lucid like state, all her pain went away in a flash, her mind felt as if it were in heaven like being drowned in fire and scorched by water. The only feeling comparable to this is when she's with Sasuke.

"How do you feel Hinata, do you still feel pain?"

Hinata looked at him with heavily medicated eyes and shook her head. "No"

Hidan half smiled and ran his bony fingers through his blonde tresses, "Well since you're medicated and probably won't understand half the things I'm saying I suppose I should tell you something important. I got a call not that long ago from Itachi Uchiha, he wanted me to tell you that your friend Gaara Shubaku is being tried for murder, if they find him guilty he'll mostly likely get the death penalty."

Hinata nodded off, her eyes were beginning to droop and slide into half lids.

"Hinata your friend is going to die"

Hinata only caught few words of what he was saying, something about her friends pie, or was it her friends goal rye. Either way she wasn't quite sure what he said, although what she did hear for certain was Gaara's name and with that she fell into a happy pain free slumber.

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A dark figure sat down on his satin bed, his room was in torrents, all of his clothes were thrown every where, his books fell on the floor like rotten corpses and the carpet was ridden with broken glass that came from pictures and frames that he flung across the room. His walls were in shards and ribbons.

How dare they lock him up, how dare they restrain him when Hinata was suffering.

Sasuke sat on his bed looking outside his window staring listlessly as the sun was going down. His face was cool and placid, his ruby eyes blazed with cold fire. It was strange how calm he was, the trashy room didn't fit his poised posture, it was like seeing a Dark King sit among a pile of filth.

His ears pricked as he heard the tumblers unlock and watch as the door creaked open allowing a beacon of light sting his deprived eyes.

"Sasuke?"

The entire room became like ice, Sasuke sat still and tense as if waiting to pounce, his eyes stretched to the ends of his lids, he head turned only at an angle where you'd have to squint to be sure he was looking at you. His dark raven hair fell over his eyes as he drawled like a vampire.

"Did you come here with a death wish older brother?"

Itachi stood there unfazed by his threat.

"What a mess you've made with this room Sasuke, that's not a proper way to act, how to you think Hinata would feel if you only causing others trouble"

He said it, the taboo word. Hinata.

Itachi stealthily dodged a flying piece of glass that was thrown at him, said glass shattered into numerous pieces as it smashed against the floor behind him.

"You aims getting better, that one was only a tenth of the way away from my throat Sasuke. But anyways I'm not here to talk, I've come with good news. How does a chance to see Hinata sound like?"

Sasuke ceased breathing for a fraction of a second. Did he just hear was he thought he heard?

"Wasn't she banned from having visitors?" he asked coolly, yet suspicion was lather all over his voice.

Itachi smirked in the darkness. "Have you forgotten who I am Sasuke, I'm Konoha's ANBU captain and Hinata is a special victim. As a powerful authority figure I can bring who ever I need with me to the hospital as long as it's for police business and today I just happen to need to speak with her. You can come if you like but seeing as how distraught you are perhaps I should have thought otherwise."

Sasuke looked at Itachi dead in the eye, he was searching for a flaw, any sign telling him that Itachi was lying, a twitch, a smirk, irregular blinking, anything. But he could sense none, so Sasuke took a leap of faith and answered.

"Take me to Hinata"

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Orochimaru sat silently in his cell, the place smelled of urine and death. His pale nose crinkled in disgust at the revolting odor. Cramped walls and metallic cells greeted his auburn eyes every morning for the past several days.

He was furious, after many years of manipulating the police for so long they had actually caught him, it was all that Hyuuga's fault. She ratted him out, she needed to die.

Orochimaru stared at the barred windows that imprisoned him, when the time was right he would seek his revenge. They wouldn't set him up for trail until they gathered all of their evidence, the feat in itself would take weeks, he still had time to escape. But he'd have to be quick, immensely quick. He needed to know where the Hyuuga was staying at, he needed to know if she was being protected.

Information.

It was the key concept to murder, knowing where you're victim is going to be, and the number of witnesses.

But for now Orochimaru needed to focus on his escape, the act of escaping was very simple, he knew he had an exit but he needed to make sure that no one else would be around to see him. The guards have six hour shifts with about 10 minutes between each shift in which the guardsmen would actually switch. Yet even with the 10 minute gap there was still plenty of time to escape since for each floor of the holding cells they only have about two guardsmen. Two guardsmen watching fifty inmates per floor, Orochimaru was placed on the ground floor and it just so happens that several of the bars from his window have become so corroded with rust that all Orochimaru has to do is tap it with his knuckles and it will break apart. The window itself was quite small but Orochimaru was a petite man to begin with, he could easily slither out of that window with ease.

It was all so easy, so simple, mere child's play to a man like him.

Hinata Hyuuga will die for sure.

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Sasuke walked vigilantly behind Itachi as they checked into the hospital doors, technically visiting hours were over since five, it was now eight, but Itachi had the authority to override that rule for official police business.

"You know from what Hidan tells me Hinata misses you a lot Sasuke" Itachi smirked playfully at his younger brother as he saw the definite hues of light pink spread across his cheeks in an embarrassing blush.

Sasuke straightened his back and ignored Itachi's sneering comments.

After a few minutes of walking through the hallways the Uchiha duo finally arrived at her door.

"Hey Uchiha!" both brothers turned their heads at the cold voice of Hidan. "Itachi I need to talk to you man. Oh hey Sasuke I didn't even see you, you damn fucker, almost scared the shit out of me. Go inside and say something to the Hyuuga, I need to borrow this bastard for a moment." Hidan signaled Itachi to follow him into a different hall leaving Sasuke completely alone.

"Psycho bastard" he whispered silently.

Quietly Sasuke turned the handle to her door and entered to find her sleeping. His breath escaped his throat in such a rush that he began feeling light headed. For the first time in several weeks Sasuke let out a soft smile.

Hinata's soft silhouette was outlined nicely from under the hospital covers, he had almost forgot how lovely she looked, the images in his head were nothing compared to the real thing.

He slowly walked to her bed, he was so close to her, her skin had gotten paler and her cheeks had hollowed out a bit but none the less she was still the same beautiful girl he remembered. With calloused fingers he stroked her cheek, outlining her mouth, caressing her lips. He patted her head running his hand over her smooth hair. Oh how much he missed her, she was a drug, narcotic, addictive, and deadly, yet he couldn't maintain his sanity without her.

Turning her slumbering head towards him he kissed her, capturing her lips, her skin was warm, her breathing was fresh. Her eye's fluttered open in butterfly kisses as she beheld him.

"Sasuke"

His infamous smirk was all she needed to confirm that it was indeed him.

In a burst of energy she flew towards him, her arms wrapped like branches around his neck, her body pressed like iron against his body in such a frightful strength, as if he would disappear any moment.

She pulled his face down towards her and pressed her lips against his, they were like fire. It scorched her own lips but she didn't mind, his burning lips felt so natural against hers. Her body was set a blaze by his warmth, oh how she missed his fiery arms enveloping her into a hell-like heaven. For once in her entire stay at the hospital she was quite glad that the hospital gown was so thin, it only meant she was that much closer to his heated aura.

She broke the kiss only to breath. "Sasuke how did you get in here?" by now her eyes were watering in joyous tears.

"Itachi brought me, are you okay? Are they hurting you here?"

Hinata looked at him with a watery smile, they weren't purposefully hurting her but none the less her body did ache terribly. But right now she couldn't feel the pain anymore, Sasuke was her morphine, he took away the pain and brought her to a happy state of mind.

"I-I'm fine" She took him in a tight embrace, soaking in his soul to last a lifetime. Unknowingly she broke out in a half sob, her body was shaking from the deprivation.

"I still haven't forgotten" he whispered. "I want to take you there"

Hinata's grip tightened at his words and hooked her arms around his neck again for yet another embracing kiss.

This time is was softer, gentler, he didn't crush her lips in eagerness, instead his scorching lips slowly enflamed her in a trance, she backed onto the bed as he hovered over her, slowly bringing her frame closer and closer to the hospital bed, he felt every curve of her body through her thin gown. It felt nice.

Sasuke climbed over the bed still holding her close to him, mounting her waist, he cradled her head in his palm while his other arm supported her back. One of her legs wrapped itself around his own, the feeling excited him. The thought of being so close to Hinata after they had been separated for so long was very appealing to him. Her hands traveled under his shirt, they were cold but it felt like heaven against his blazing abs. He nibbled on her neck earning soft sighs. His hand grated her back and trailed up her gown groping her thighs, they felt like velvet to his rough fingertips. Her breath blew against his porcelain skin in steamy puffs. It was driving his body insane with pleasure. He reached for her arms to try and coax the gown off of her body, so that he could see her naked body, soak all of her in before he left.

Yet as he grabbed her arm he heard her whimper in pain, it was the very arm that she had gotten the marrow sample from and in a sudden bolt of shocking pain she 'eeped' awakening Sasuke from his sensual thoughts.

"Did I hurt you?" he whispered with concern, the room was rather dark so he could not tell if her arm had bruises on it. He backed away giving her some space to breath and sat back on her waist careful not to discomfort her.

Hinata rubbed the bandaged arm with a crinkled face. "Sorry, it's just that I just had a bone marrow procedure done yesterday and it still hurts a lot." Her eyes watered as she tried to caress the palm size bruise that accumulated on her arm.

Sasuke took her arm examining it when suddenly a deep voice sliced through the room.

"Told you they wouldn't do it."

Sasuke sat there awkwardly on top of Hinata as both Hidan and Itachi came in with smirks of their faces.

"Damn Sasuke I lost $5 because of you, what the hell is the matter with you, a normal teen couple would have screwed each other twice before we stepped in." barked Hidan grudgingly taking out a crisp five dollar bill from his coat and flinging it at Itachi.

"Didn't I tell you, Sasuke and I use similar methods. If you want a girl you have to coax her in and completely take her in a trance, if Hinata hadn't of had that bruise and ruined the moment Sasuke probably would have had her. He isn't like you Hidan, you're more of an S&M then a Pleasure-er. If you were in Sasuke's place you probably would have ripped off her clothes the moment she hissed in pain."

Hidan laughed loudly and nodded his head vigorously. "Yea you're right, hearing Hinata right now totally turned me on"

By now Sasuke had already dismounted Hinata and stood gentlemanly next to her, his cheeks were painted a bright pink color as he tried futilely to hide his embarrassment.

"You guys are sick" he hissed, avoiding eye contact completely. "How long were you standing there?"

Itachi and Hidan glanced at each other and smirked. "Long enough…"

Hidan broke the awkwardness by plopping himself next to a blushing Hinata who stayed completely silent through their entrance.

"Well anyways Hinata tomorrow your dad is coming for a visit, he called this afternoon to confirm it. There's a strong possibility that they might come and release you from here, Hiashi Hyuuga asked for a private talk with you and from there you can decided to either never see him again or go with him back to Kumo and live there with the other Hyuuga's."

Hinata stared at the words uttered from Hidan's mouth.

Her father was coming tomorrow.

'RING RING RING'

Her moment of shock was interrupted by Itachi's phone.

"Captain Uchiha here."

Itachi indifferently listened to the speaker of the other line.

"How did he escape?"

Now his brows burrowed together in graveness, his lips thinned into a white line and his Sharingan thwarted his eyes with viciousness.

"Send out a warning to the other police stations immediately, I want police cruisers on the streets five minutes ago. For your sake you better hope we capture him understand Gekko."

With a quick snap Itachi hung up his phone and he looked at Hidan sharply. "Orochimaru has escaped from the station, I need to go back and call together my squad. Sasuke I want you to stay here, I won't have time to take you back home."

Itachi gave Hidan a strange look and the left room in a gracefully brisk pace. Hidan then glanced at Hinata and pouted his lips in a foreign manner.

"Hinata I'm going to allow the Uchiha to stay the night here and keep you company, Itachi probably doesn't want you to know this but Orochimaru has a deep grudge against you and there's a strong chance that he'll come after you. I have to inform the head of the hospital and finish my rounds so I'll see you in the morning. Don't do anything I wouldn't" and with that he winked and left.

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Orochimaru calmly walked through the atmosphere of the darkest part of the city. His stealth and agility was swift and fierce. He was looking for someone; someone that he knew had information.

"Orochimaru"

Orochimaru glanced at the man who was speaking to him. "You're rather early Kabuto."

"I didn't want to be followed, your escape is already making the ten o'clock news."

Orochimaru frowned in distaste. "Do you know where she is?"

"The Hyuuga is at the St. Sarutobi hospital, but I think there's an Uchiha with her."

"Which one?" he hissed.

"The younger one, Sasuke. Captain Uchiha already went back to the station, he's gathering the ANBU squad to hunt you down, they're going to be deploying the specialized Inuzuka tracking hounds, you have until morning at most."

Orochimaru set out a set of hollow laughs that caused Kabuto to cringe.

"Until morning huh, good that's all the time I need."

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