Hinata sensei

The curse mark

5 years ago

Hinata was on a mission with her team in the land of spring; their mission was to escort a princess. It wasn't anything exciting, especially for a Chunin, but Konoha was short on men at the time. They were in the forest taking a break after being on the move for almost 2 days straight with little rest. They were on the countryside near a forest on the border of the land of grass.

"Man, that princess was difficult to deal with," said one of her peers, a boy around the age of 15, who had short brown hair. He was short for his age, and his appearance made it difficult to tell that he was the age he was; he looked younger. He had gray eyes and wore his headband on his right shoulder.

"Quit your complaining; it wasn't that difficult," said a man around the age of 20, who had blonde hair, his hair tied back, and a mustache. He looked like a man 12 years older than he was.

"This is bullshit; this is something that Genin could do, not something a team of Chunin. This is way above us," the younger man said arrogantly.

"Toki, that is the reason why you will never get promoted. Having contempt for doing what you consider to be a meaningless task is what's holding you back. I'm surprised you're even a Chunin at all," said the older man, who was named Saito.

"Kind of quiet, aren't you, Hinata?" asked Toki. She barely spoke on the entire trip. She doesn't speak much these days. It has been three months since the massacre. Three months have passed since then, and she doesn't want to think about it. She also was thinking about her promise that she hasn't been able to keep. Her promise to Kushina was to take care of her son.

"I don't speak more than necessary," Hinata said coldly. She had a reputation for being cold ever since the Uchiha clan massacre. She closed herself off, and her ability to trust in people was gone.

How can she trust anyone after what Itachi did? He killed one of her best friends and betrayed her in every way. What mattered was the mission, nothing else.

"Do you hear that?" asked Toki. "Hinata looked wondering what was the sound that she had heard," her teammate was not imagining things; she heard it too. Saito got up and got into a defensive position. Her teammates put their backs to each other to ensure no blind spots, just like they were trained to do. Hinata took out a kanai from her pouch and got into a defensive stance.

She heard another sound. It was moving again. She looked to her left, then she looked to her right, but no matter what she couldn't track the person who was watching. She heard laughing. It was a sinister laugh, something that sounded like something from a nightmare.

"Such easy prey," she wondered, "are you willing to entertain me?" She knew that voice; she remembered hearing it once when she was a child. There was no mistake about it.

Orochimaru appeared before them. He was exactly how she remembered him; it was hard to believe he was even human. Orochimaru terrified her, even at the age of 14, she was still frightened by the stories she had been told about Orochimaru and his cruelty. They felt like something straight out of a horror story, and some of the things she heard from survivors were exaggerated. It didn't matter to her at that moment; she was so scared that it took everything she had to not completely shut down.

"Interesting, the Byakugan princess. This should be an interesting experiment," Hinata had no idea what he was talking about. There were many ways this could end; she didn't believe for a second she could get out of it alive unless she was really lucky. Orochimaru is one of the Sannin. Orochimaru looked at her with amusement.

"You won't get out of this alive unless I deem you worthy, so let's play a game for my amusement. If you pass, I'll let you live," Hinata didn't believe anything he said. She had no intention of letting him live or her team; they looked terrified.