||Kunoichi: Hinode|| Sasuke x Reader

Chapter 18: Preliminaries

(Y/n) stared blankly at the proctor. The proctor, Hayate, talked about the preliminary rounds. Every team's sensei stood behind Lord Third as he explained what was about to happen.

'(Y/n)...' '...' 'Come on, you can't stay silent forever... ' '*sigh* And you can't give that blank stare to everybody. Eventually, you'll have to talk to them...' '...'

(Y/n)...

(Y/n)!

The girl blinked a few times before she was brought back into reality. There she saw her team standing in front of her. "You seem out of it..." Naruto furrowed his eyebrows and puffed his cheeks at the girl. "S-Sorry, Naru," she forced a smile at the blonde. She looked back up in the direction of the jounins. One man caught her eye. He was pale and had dark brown hair. His eyes reminded her of snakes, sending chills down her spine. The man seemed to be staring back at her too. A smirk appeared across his face. A second later, she felt a sharp pain in her stomach. "(Y/n)!" Naruto ran towards her as he shouted in a whisper. "I-I'm fine... I guess I'm just hurt from the last exam... that's all," she forced another smile at him in efforts to try and reassure him. A small grunt came from behind the two. Both looked back and saw Sasuke holding the left side of his neck. "Please, Sasuke just quit... I don't want to see you hurt..." tears ran from Sakura's eyes. Worried, she rushed over to the Uchiha. "W-What's wrong...?" she looked at them both. The two genin's eyes widened in fear of not knowing what to say. "It's nothing, just a scratch is all..." Sasuke looked off to the side. "You're lying let me see," she instantly knew he was lying. Before anybody could say or do anything, she appeared behind the Uchiha. She quickly pulled down his collar, revealing a bright red curse mark. Her eyes widened, not wanting to believe what laid in front of her. "Sorry, Sasuke..." before Sasuke could react, she stood on her toes and tilted Sasuke's head backward as she placed her hand over his eyes, giving her a chance. (Y/n) bit down on the curse mark. The three tomoe began to glow a bright lavender as extra markings began to surround it. Sasuke trembled in shock as the Hatake bit down harder. He placed his hand over the one that (Y/n) used to cover his eyes and tightly held it. She carefully released her bite as a trail of blood flowed down from Sasuke's neck and (Y/n)'s mouth. Sakura and Naruto watched in surprise as she licked the blood off of Sasuke and off her own lips. "It's the strongest one I got right now..."

"So... It really is true..." The Third Hokage sighed in disappointment. "What should we do?" Ibiki looked on at the two. "We should take them out of the exams. Isolate them with Anbu bodyguards on them," Anko suggested. "You know very well that won't work with (Y/n)... Especially if the curse mark takes over... Who knows what she'll be capable of," Sarutobi looked at her. "It's not like they would do it so willingly. After all, they are a part of the Uchiha and Uzumaki Clan... You know how stubborn they are," Kakashi smiled at the three, "Plus, (Y/n) doesn't know she has the mark..." Anko looked at him skeptically. "How so?" she furrowed her eyebrows. "Amnesia. Anything that happened in the last few days is a blur to her," he explained in a low voice. "That is nonsense! It doesn't matter what clan they are from or if she is aware of it or not! I'll make them stop, by force if needed! The curse mark responds even when one's just building up chakra and attempts to forcibly extract your strength!" She spat at the jounin, "It's a wonder how they can endure it... One of them.... No, both of them should already be dead...!"

"You're in no condition to fight properly Sasuke! Even after what (Y/n) just did to you!" Sakura pleaded. "Shut up..." he glared back at her. "But you don't understand!" she continued. "Be quiet...!" he hissed at her. "But you've been enduring the pain this whole time, right?!" (Y/n) watched as the two argued. She quickly acted on the first thing that came to mind. She wrapped her arms around Sasuke's neck and smiled as her chin rested on his shoulder. Sasuke tensed up for a bit but soon grabbed on to her. "Sasuke...." she spoke softly into his ear. "Whatever choice you make, just know that I'll be here to help you through it... no matter what. And once you make that choice, make sure you don't regret it... no matter what choice you make..." her hug grew tighter. The pain of the curse mark faded away as a small smile curved his lips. "No matter what you say.... I'll still tell them about your bruise...!" Sakura slowly raised her hand. She was interrupted by Kabuto, who raised his hand before her. "Excuse me... I'll quit." he smiled at the proctor. Soon, he was dismissed. (Y/n) had a strange feeling coming from Yakushi as they exchanged glared. Sakura took this chance to raise her hand again until Sasuke held it down by grabbing her wrist. "We're staying...!" Sasuke shushed the pink haired genin. Tears began to well up in her eyes again as the two argued. (Y/n) drowned out the noise as she felt a disturbing aura.