sasuhina- flyaway3

Fly Away PART 3

“What do we have here?” A snake-like man said.

Kabuto kneeled beside the dying girl and recognized her immediately. “Orochimaru-sama! She’s-“

“A Hyuuga, I know.” Kabuto saw in Orochimaru’s expression that he shouldn’t say anything about her identity yet.

A serious raven-haired boy was leaning against a tree with his arms crossed. “Let’s go. She’s dead, so she’s useless.”

“Just a moment, Sasuke-kun. I’m sure this girl would be an…interesting contribution to our cause,” Orochimaru said with a sly smile. “Let’s take her back home with us then.”

Sasuke sighed, and began forming summoning seals, but Kabuto stopped his hands with his own.

“The snake’s scales will open her wounds even more. It would be best if you carried her.” Kabuto said.

Sasuke groaned as he heaved the bleeding girl onto his back. He hated it when things like this happened. He could feel her blood stain his back, and could smell the metallic taste of it.

When they got back, Kabuto immediately had her set in a room so he could work on her. Orochimaru and Sasuke went to the dojo to train.

After a hot shower to wash off his sweat, Sasuke walked out to the hall with still wet hair. He pulled the door of the operation room open, and saw that Kabuto had finshed. Orochimaru was there, too, and was listening to Kabuto.

“She seems to have a loss of memory. She will not be able to remember anything that has happened before: her family, friends, and maybe her own name. Hopefully this will be temporary, but she definitely is a Hyuuga,” Kabuto reported.

“Very well. When will she wake?” Orochimaru asked.

“I don’t know. But it shouldn’t take long. However, Orochimaru, there’s something important that I need to talk to you about. Privately.”

Kabuto and Orochimaru turned to a corner of the room, and Sasuke saw Kabuto whispering in a quick excited manner. Orochimaru was smiling and his eyes sparked with interest.

Sasuke turned his cold black eyes on the injured girl. To his surprise, he found that she was awake, her eyes half-open. He could see that her eyes were a snow white color, and her lips were almost as pale as her skin. Dark long hair tumbled over the side of the bed she laid upon.

“What is your name?” Sasuke asked her aloud.

Kabuto and Orochimaru stopped talking, and turned to indeed find her awake.

The girl didn’t move at all. Her eyes closed once, then reopened to their half-open state.

“Do you remember?” Orochimaru asked curiously.

Slowly, she shook her head. Then her body moved, and she sat up, hardly wincing at the pain that stung her. Kabuto immediately pushed her back down. “Your wounds will reopen, and it took me enough time to heal you. Unfortunately you’ll have a huge scar in your back.”

The girl still didn’t say anything. Sasuke, irritated by her behavior, grabbed her by the collar, and growled, “You better say something, you irritating little-“

He was pulled off of her by Orochimaru who said in a cheerful tone, “Now, now, Sasuke-kun. You shouldn’t do harsh things to injured patients. Now, we need to give her a name.”

“How about Kuso?” Sasuke suggested in an annoyed voice.

Ignoring him, Kabuto said, “What about Kana?”

Orochimaru tilted his head. “It does fit. Very well, nice to meet you Kana-chan.” He offered his hand before the girl’s face, and she looked at him as if studying him.

“You have a long tongue…” the girl said emotionlessly.

Orochimaru laughed, and exclaimed, “She’s really a Hyuuga! Well, anyway, is Kana alright with you?”

The girl lowered her eyes from the snake man’s face, and nodded as if she was like a servant.

“When you have completely healed, I leave you in Sasuke-kun’s care.” Orochimaru said with a smile.

Sasuke jumped in fury. “What?! You’re making me babysit this useless…thing?!”

Kabuto smiled teasingly. “Her clan’s power does rival yours though, Sasuke. Maybe you could learn a thing or two.”

The snake man, and man with glasses left the room. Sasuke clenched his fists, and faced Kana.

“You…” Sasuke was at loss for words at the girl he hated so much now

“Me…” The girl countered.

“ARGH!” Sasuke stormed out of the room, in rage, and slammed the door behind him.

On the other side of the door, a girl raised a bandaged hand to her face, and sat up, despite Kabuto’s warning. She noticed that there was a glass of water left beside her bed.

Instinctively, she unwrapped her bandages on her hands, and took the glass of water, dipping her fingers in. Instantly, the water glowed lightly, and a wave of coolness swept through her slim fingers.

Kana removed her hands, and flexed them. They were perfectly fine…She was confused at how she could have known to do this.

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[Kabuto and Orochimaru’s conversation before]

“Orochimaru-sama! That girl….she’s part of the Akatsuki isn’t she?”

“Why, yes she is. But we are fortunate to have a powerful girl with no memory. It would be best if you didn’t tell Sasuke-kun who she is. He would kill her on the spot.”

“Hai, Orochimaru-sama. But while operating on her, I noticed that her wounds were inflicted by the Kyuubi. Its chakra was still lingering there, burning her.”

“Hmm…I see. Oh! It seems like she has woken up!”

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Kana had forced herself into the shower after many pangs of agony shooting across her flesh. Unwrapping her bandages, she let the cool water run over her skin, washing away the pain. Blood tainted the water that ran at her feet and threw the drain.

Kana noticed that she had a long scar on her back that seemed to run down like a blade. She pulled on some clothes that were provided for her, and walked out of the bathroom.

Kabuto was surprised when he walked into her room, and found her bed empty. Could she have…

He dashed out the door, and searched for the Kana urgently. What if she really didn’t lose her memory and-

“Oh? Kabuto, why are you running around in such a hurry?” Orochimaru said, appearing from behind some walls.

“It’s the Hyuuga. She’s not in her bed,” Kabuto panted.

Orochimaru raised an eyebrow. “Oh? Calm down, Kabuto. I’m sure she’s just wandering around lost. Who knows, she might run into Sasuke-kun. It’s a pity that he doesn’t remember who she is. Despite the fact that they went to the Academy and Chuunin Exam together.”

Meanwhile, Kana passed some prison cells, and was not slightly disturbed when some of the prisoners reached out to her, moaning. She kept her head high, and walked further on. She came to a large door, which she pushed open with ease.

Inside, was a training room. Ninja weapons and equipment of all sort hung on the walls. Scrolls were neatly stored in little shelves on the wall, and there were strangely colored bottles stored in a glass container on the wall.

She sensed another presence in the room, and when she turned her attention to it, she saw a kunai heading for her head.