What would you call this? A ficlet? Oh, whatever.

Technically, this is a small (insert proper term here) that shows how events might have turned out if the Naruto super team back in the Rescue Sasuke arc had failed and had all died. The idea came from a fanart by LevyResputin on DA, who you all should pay a visit to, 'kay!

WARNING: LANGUAGE BECAUSE TAYUYA LIVED...

Sakon felt so utterly elated that morning. Having finally taken over Konoha, the Sound was in celebration, in its own way. There were no festivals, and no smiles. It was all in everyone's mind: his or her own happiness.

After killing those brats who came after Sasuke, everything had gone easy after that.

Well…

The Sound ninja dug into the pockets of the jacket that belonged to the dog boy he killed, and pulled out a photo of who he guessed where his teammates. There was the hot teacher; the guy with glasses, and in a red pen, a girl had had a heart traced around her face.

"I guess it's his girlfriend." Sakon had said earlier when the Sound 5 had regrouped in celebration of their victory. Uchiha was even there, acting all broody in the corner.

"It looks to me like he likes her, and she doesn't like him back." muttered Jirobou, only to be scoffed at by Tayuya.

"You dumb shitheads, she's blushing in the fucking picture! Of course they're together!"

"They're not together." came the cold reply from the newest member. Sakon still had to adjust to the fact that Kimimaro was dead, and this guy was their new leader.

"You know them?" asked Kidoumaru, scratching his head with one of his arms.

"The teacher is Yuuhi Kurenai, who is currently in a relationship with Sarutobi Asuma. The boy with the shades is Shino Aburame, second strongest of our grade. The guy you killed was Inuzuka Kiba. The girl is Hyuuga Hinata." Sakon raised his eyebrow. "Hyuuga?"

"Yeah. I think she was the only girl in that damn village that didn't have a crush on me."

"See, you fucking dumbshit, they're totally together!"

"She blushes all the time. It doesn't mean anything," said Sasuke coldly, taking the picture and looking at it. He then glanced at Sakon, who raised an eyebrow, as if asking "what?"

"You like her, don't you," muttered Kidoumaru with a mischievous grin, but Sasuke scowled at him darkly. "I don't like anybody." the Uchiha muttered, "She likes my best friend, who I killed." There was silence.

"She's gonna hate your guts so bad." muttered Jirobou. Sasuke shrugged. He walked to the door, but before he left, he looked at Sakon.

"When we take over, if you bump into her, she'll know you've killed him."

"How?"

"She gave him that jacket. He'd never take it off."

Sakon almost twitched at the memory. The Uchiha still had many ties to Konoha, though he was severing them one by one.

The onslaught of Konoha had been chaotic. Now, the Sound ninja were herding families, picking out the most apt individuals, the younger the better. When they had gotten to the Hyuuga clan, he immediately spotted the girl in the photo behind a multitude of the clan members. Tayuya was doing a pretty good job of cussing out what Sakon guessed was the head of the family. A smaller girl was trying to escape from the Sound ninja explaining to her she had potential to be strong and all that shit. But Sakon kept staring at the girl in the photo. She was staring back, eyes gradually growing wider and wider in realization.

To Sakon's surprise, as well as everyone else's, she stormed out of the crowd of protective family members.

"Heiress!"

"Hinata-sama!"

Her eyes full of rage, sadness, and tears, she stormed at the man who had killed her teammate, only to be suddenly be held back by an annoyed Tayuya.

"Stop moving, you little bitch, or I'm gonna have to fucking kill you!"

"Tayuya," said Sakon, "I know what she wants." He pulled the jacket off, and held it out for her to take. "You gave it to him, right? I'll give it back." With trembling fingers, The Hyuuga heiress took the jacket she had given Kiba, and hugged it, sinking to her knees on the ground.

"The little cunt is so weak, crying like that," muttered Tayuya with distaste, yet at the same time trying to help her up. A female unity of some sort, Sakon guessed.

"Yeah, but she has potential." he said carefully, placing his hand on his chin in a thoughtful pose, "If she built of the determination, or if she was mad enough, she could really go far." He looked at the girl again. "I can see it in her eyes. She wanted to really kill me."

"Uchiha did warn you, fucktard," Tayuya scoffed, "Anyway, are we going to get a Hyuuga or not?"

Sakon looked at the little girl still struggling a little ways away, and then at the family. It was large, as was expected, but none were coming to their supposed heiress' aid. Even the father seemed more intent on getting the younger one back. It seemed to him that him and his team might have killed the only people that really, really cared about her.

"Not today," he finally said, "Let them all be. When the need arises, then we'll get one."

Hinata looked up at him, tears still sliding down her cheeks. He looked down at her. Dog boy sure knew how to pick one...

"I liked that jacket," he said, "Take good care of it."