sasuhina- lovestory chapter 11

PART 11

The fire easily devoured the entire army and snapped at Zurui.

Sasuke’s feet were nailed to the ground. That’s impossible! That technique…only Uchihas can use it!!

Zurui looked at Hinta with intense hatred, but she didn’t even seem to notice. In fact…she didn’t even look conscious.

“I’ll take you all to hell with me!” he howled, and with his last strength, he pulled his hands together with a single seal.

A sudden explosion erupted in the middle of the building, and Sasuke understood what Zurui intended to do.

The building was on a cliff. Part of the cliff supporting the building shattered to pieces. A crack formed in the middle of the room, and one side was crumbling and falling to pieces. The side with Zurui and Hinata.

Sasuke cursed, but then saw Hinata slump to the ground. Zurui slipped off the edge and fell to his death. Hinata also fell.  

“Hinata!!” Naruto cried out desperately, but he couldn’t leave for he had Sakura to take care of.

Without thinking, Sasuke jumped off the safe side, and lunged at Hinata who was falling. He wrapped his arms around her, and then he fell too.

Focusing all of his chakra, he used it to decrease the impact. But they were falling from such a great height, and he didn’t think they could make it. He closed his eyes preparing for great and intense pain.

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Everything was red. She felt fire eat away at her arms. It was like she was falling, too.

Hinata felt arms hold her tightly. With that touch, the fire subsided, and she could see a little better. Although things were still blurry, she could make a figure with black hair and white skin.

Hero-kun?

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Sasuke snapped his eyes open. They were still falling, but the girl in his arms had moved, placing one hand unconsciously on his chest.

It was a comforting hand, and it gave his strength. He increased his chakra, and unleashed his seal. Leathery black wings sprouted from his back, and slowed their falling.

Well, they weren’t falling anymore, more like flying.

With his eyes, he searched for shelter, and finding a cave, arrived at one.

Gently, he rested Hinata against the stone wall, and sealed his cursed form.

He used the last of his chakra to set up a small fire, to keep them warm. Sasuke crossed his legs, and rested staring at the girl before him.

So many questions he wanted to ask her. How could she use Amaterasu? Why did she seem so familiar?

His eyes defined her. Pale skin, long silky dark hair, gentle fingers, and obvious grace. He wanted to reach out and touch her face.

Sasuke furiously shook the thought out of his head. He felt stupid for thinking of such a thing unlike him. Still…

He saw beads of sweat drop from her forehead. Crap, don’t tell me she’s sick now.

He scooted closer to her, and rested a hand against her forehead. She relaxed and her temperature cooled at his touch.

He sighed, feeling that this girl was troublesome. He was about to move away, when he felt a soft hand on his arm.

He gazed at the girl who had her arm out. She had her eyes closed but she whispered hoarsely, “No…Don’t go…Hero-kun…”

Sasuke felt as if millions of hammers had blown his head. Hero-kun?! Did she say that??

“Alright, I’m here.” He stayed where he was, and saw a smile brighten her sickly face as she relaxed.

He strained to hear her speak more, but she was sleeping peacefully now. Sasuke clenched his fist. He would have to wait until she woke up.

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Hinata felt a comforting familiar warmth beside her. It was…Hero’s presence.

She didn’t want him to leave, to go forever, to leave her alone.

Her hand lashed out and held onto his arm. She wanted to scream for him not to go. Maybe she didn’t, but she couldn’t tell.

“Alright, I’m here.” He stayed…

Hinata smiled in relief.

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“Sasuke-san?” Sasuke opened his eyes from his deep meditation, and found himself staring into large white eyes.

“You’re awake.” He stated simply.

“Y-yes, but where are we?”

Sasuke sighed but explained all that had happened. How Zurui had caused half of the building to explode, how he had to catch her from death, and how he found this cave.

“When you are feeling recovered, we’ll go search for those two.”

She nodded, and silence filled the cave.

Sasuke, unable to hold back the question, inquired with a clear of his throat, “Hinata, how can you do Amaterasu? It’s a technique only the Uchiha blood can do.”

She looked at him sadly. “When I was little…I had surgery. Two days after the surgery, I suddenly began growing weak. The doctors said I was dying, and the only way to save me was by using the blood of a strong clan other than Hyuuga.

“The day after my surgery was the Uchiha massacre. They took some of the blood then, and used it on me. I was against it, because I didn’t want to use spilled blood. Blood of innocent people. But I was too weak to fight back. But I never knew that the blood enabled me to use Amaterasu.

“Two years ago, I was looking through some scrolls in the library when I came across it. I wanted to try it, so I asked Naruto-kun to help me. But in the end-“

Her voice suddenly choked, and tears sprang to the corners of her eyes. Still, Sasuke pressed on. “What happened?”

She gulped, and answered in a hoarse voice, “Naruto-kun was terribly injured. It wasn’t as bad for me, I couldn’t use my arms for a couple of days. But after that day, I swore I wouldn’t use it again.”

Sasuke glanced at her motionless arms, and she caught his gaze. She faked a smile, to hide her pain, and said, “It doesn’t really hurt. I just can’t use them.”

“Wait, you said you had surgery. Why?” Sasuke asked. Could it be-

“I was born blind. Surgery immediately then would have killed me, so then I had it when I was 8 years old.”

Sasuke gulped and he wanted to ask Hinata more questions, but she was uncomfortable and automatically changed the subject.

“Sasuke-san, if there was anything you could change in the past, what would it be?”

He smirked a isn’t-that-obvious smirk. “I would have killed Itachi before he could kill my clan.” His face softened when he asked back, “What about you?”

She was quiet for awhile. Then she answered strongly, “I would have never had my surgery. If I didn’t, maybe, just maybe I could still be with my best friend.”

Sasuke froze. Now for the big question. “What was your friend’s name?”

“It’s funny though. I never learned his name. I never wanted to, afraid that he would change the way he was if I did. So he let me call him Hero-kun.”