When Hinata woke up, she felt the warmth of a fire. She sat up and saw a man with silver hair grinding up a plant. He looked extremely familiar, but she couldn't place a name until she saw his sound village forehead protector. Yakushi Kabuto. Orochimaru's right hand man.

"You're finally awake, Hyuuga Chan. You will be sore for a week or two but your injuries should heal without a problem." Kabuto said without even looking up.

Hinata didn't know what to say. She wanted to escape but she knew in her current condition, fighting or running would be futile. She sat silently and stared at the ground and tried to analyze her situation. She couldnt think of a reason why Orochimaru would want her, so why does Kabuto have her? Why did he save her?

Kabuto himself didn't really understand why he saved her. Again. He should just let her go back to Konoha since she really couldn't put up an interesting fight. But then again, he did kind of want someone to help him out at the hideout with all of the medicines and cleaning and such. She doesn't really look like she could say no if she was asked for help. Orochimaru probably wouldn't mind. Plus, she is kind of cute.

Kabuto glanced at her every now and then wondering if she would ever say anything. He noticed that she would look at him too but she would always look away really fast when she knew she was caught.

"You can look at me, you know. Thats what eyeballs are for. I'm not going to kill you."

Her eyes opened wide and she looked up at him briefly enough to see his smile before looking away again.

Kabuto packed his herbs in a small pouch on his waist and stood up. He brushed some sand off of his clothes and then walked over to Hinata.

"Let me check your injuries before we go."

Hinata looked up into his eyes with a confused face.

"G-Go? W-Where?" She managed to stutter out.

"Where? We are going back to Sound, of course."

She looked terrified. Why was he taking her back with him to Sound? Kabuto gently pushed her down on the bed roll and checked her injuries. She was healthy enough to travel so Kabuto helped her stand.

"I need an assistant back in Sound. You will do nicely." Kabuto stated pleasantly.

"B-But I want to g-go back to K-Konoha."

"Oh really? Thats nice. We will go visit one day."

Hinata couldn't speak. She was in complete shock at his words. There was no way she could escape this. She would have to go with him to Sound and then find a way to escape when she was fully healed. If she was still living by that time, that is.

Hinata decided her best best was to remain quiet and do whatever Kabuto wanted until she could find a good time to escape. So she did. Kabuto finished checking her wounds and got all of his medical supplies packed up and ready for travel. Then he looked at her face. Its seemed to Hinata like he was trying to read her emotions and determine whether or not she would try to escape. But she didn't know why he stared at her.

"Well, lets go." Kabuto said and waited for her to begin walking. They walked for a few hours without speaking at all. Hinata kept to herself and remained silent which was mostly routine for her, so it didn't really bother her. Kabuto as well stayed quiet. He didn't seem to expect her to say anything. After a while, they reached a small non-shinobi town.

"We will stop for a while so you can rest. You are probably hungry." Kabuto said with his little smile. Hinata remained silent and followed Kabuto to an small cozy looking Inn. Kabuto went up to the Inn keeper and exchanged a few words. The small elderly woman simply smiled and looked at Hinata.

"Come along now, miss. Your room will be this way. And welcome to Kimidori Inn." The woman gently grabbed Hinata's wrist and pulled her forward to the room. When Hinata steped in, she saw a big bed that looked extremely comfortable. Kind of like a cloud. There were lots of fat pillows and big puffy covers. If Kiba Kun were here, she was almost certain he would do a belly flop right onto the middle of it. She was glad that she could finally be alone to relax and think of a better and quicker way to escape.

The elderly woman left and closed the door behind her and Hinata sat down on the bed. She had no idea where Kabuto went but she didn't care. Her body hurt and she was glad that she could finally sit down. She wanted to die. The pain was everywhere. Even the big soft bed couldn't make the pain go away. Hinata scooted up to the pillow and laid down. She felt exhausted.

Kabuto walked past the Inn keeper and towards the room he rented. He turned around and smiled politely at the woman.

"How is she? Has she tried to run away?"

The elderly woman smiled back and said "Not at all. The poor girl is so exhausted that she fell asleep almost instantly after laying down and didn't even wake up when one of our maids dressed her in sleep wear."

"I understand. Thank you for keeping watch over her."

"Of course. It was no problem. Just make sure to come back again. We always wonder how long it will take for you to visit us again every time you leave. But out of all the times you have come to our Inn, you have never once had anyone with you. I'm glad to see that you have someone to keep you company now."

"Ahh, well I'm glad to have her as well. It will be a fine day when her illness fades and memory comes back and she stops trying to run away from me. I will make sure to bring her back when that happens."Kabuto lied.

"The poor dear. Please do visit more often and of course bring her along."

The woman smiled, bowed, and wished him a good night.

Kabuto walked into the dark room and closed the door behind him. He stepped closer to the bed and inspected Hinata. She was sleeping but her expression was not peaceful. She was in pain. Kabuto took out some of his medicines and a syringe and walked to a table that was by a window so the moonlight could help him see. He quickly mixed the ingredients and filled the syringe. He administered the medicine hoping she wouldn't wake up to see. The needle he was using was rather large and he didn't know if she had a fear of them or not. He watched her face and saw that her pained expression became more intense, but she didn't wake up.

"The pain should lessen, Hyuuga Chan. Sleep more peacefully." He whispered before cleaning his supplies and removing his clothes to wear pajamas. He walked to the other side of the bed and slipped under the covers and closed his eyes.

Hinata opened her eyes and silently cursed the sun for being so bright. She tried to pull the blanket over her head but she couldn't. She looked at what the blanket was stuck on and saw a body. A male body. One without a shirt on. One with a face that had eyes. Eyes that were open and staring at her.

"You, Hyuuga Chan, are a blanket hog." The man said before pulling the blanket over his head. "And you wake up too early. "

Hinata jumped up and scrambled to the farthest corner of the room. Realization set in and she remembered who the man was and where she was and why.

And as she remembered the past events, she also remembered the pain. It wasn't as bad now as it was then but she still didn't feel like moving much. But why on earth was he in her room. Didnt he have his own room?

"Ya-Yakushi San, wh-why are you in m-my r-room?"

Kabuto sat up in bed but pulled the blanket around him only showing his face.

"Your room? This is our room. I only rented one room. Are you going to stay on the floor, Hyuuga Chan?"

"B-B-B-But y-youre a b-boy." She stammered out with a face like a tomato.

"Yes. Yes I am. Thank you for pointing that out, Hyuuga Chan."

Kabuto scooted to the edge of the bed but still had the blanket around him. He stood up with the blanket and walked over to the window. He pulled the curtains closed and then looked to Hinata.

"Its 6. I'm going back to bed until 8. You should too. Once we leave, we wont be stopping again until we get to sound."

Hinata didn't move, only stared at the pile of cloth that was Kabuto. He walked back towards the bed and fell flat on it. He wiggled his way up to his pillow and curled up. One thing about Kabuto is, he hates mornings and he sleeps like a kid.

"You can stay on that filthy floor if you want. But I doubt your injuries will benefit from the germs and I'm pretty sure its not comfortable." With that, Kabuto closed his eyes and became silent.

Hinata resisted for a while until she thought Kabuto was asleep. She then snuck up and laid on the bed as far as humanly possible from Kabuto. She wasn't exhausted, but she could go for a few more hours of sleep. She didn't really know how far sound was from where they were so she figured her best bet was to get as much rest as possible so she could recover quicker and escape.

Just as she was about to fall asleep, she felt an arm wrap around her and pull her farther onto the bed. She looked up and saw Kabuto's sleepy eyes just barely open.

"If you sleep so close to the edge, you will fall and further injure yourself. Now for heavens sake I'm not going to rape you. Just get over yourself and sleep like a normal person or I will keep my arm around you until you do." Said Kabuto with an obviously irritated tone.

Hinata was kind of shocked at that but decided not to fight it. She curled into a ball and closed her eyes. She noticed his arm didn't move even though she didn't scoot away.

"Y-Yakushi San, I wont s-sleep on the edge. Y-You can let m-me go n-now."

"..."

"Y-Yakushi S-San.."

She heard quiet snoring so she looked at his face and he was indeed asleep. She tried to very gently remove his arm but his grip got tighter. It was like a finger trap. The more she tried to move the more his grip tightened. She was blushing heavily as she struggled to get the mans limb away from her body. After a while she gave up and closed her eyes.

'How on earth did this whole thing happen?' She thought to herself.

With that, Hinata fell asleep with a strange mans arm wrapped around her waist. And although neither of them would ever admit it out loud, they both enjoyed the warm feeling of being so close with another person.

Alrighttttt I'll make it longer than a two shot because I totally know what you mean when you say that all the KabuHina stories are short and lack recent updates. This chapter is a bit slow, but they will arrive in sound in the next chapter and Hina Chan will have to meet Sasuke and Orochimaru. I also plan to begin the open romantic feelings between Kabuto and Hinata in the next chapter. But since I decided to go slow with it, you're going to have to wait for a while for any ''fun'' stuff to happen if you know what I mean. Hahaha. Mannnnnn I still have to finally update my DeiHina story after months and my HidaHina story too. Jvnsdkjkjfdlgfdajhdaloljk I'll get around to it eventually. I'm like a slave. :'(

LOL well thank you for reading and leave me plenty of reviews.

I'll fix any grammatical errors laterrrrrrrrrr

Yayyyyy for crack pairingggggssssssssssssssss.

WOOT~~