All was silent, except for the sounds of the night around the three of them. Crickets and cicadas chirping in the trees, the occasional hoot of an owl. A rustling nearby, and Kurnonotsurugi looks, but it was just a raccoon in the bushes. He relaxed, but in no way does he let his guard down. It had been about an hour since they'd gotten back from retrieving their quarry, which was the red headed female, slouched against the trunk of the tree that Kuronotsurugi was currently perched in, keeping an eye out just in case they get any unwanted night time visitors. Just the amount of sleep he'd gotten earlier was enough to keep him awake for a couple days or more, so he was more than happy to stay awake as look out.<br/><br/>Every now and then he would look down at the girl who was beneath him, wonder who she was, what she was doing within Orochimaru's grasp, what she hoped to obtain. Was she even that powerful, what jutsu did she know? Where had she come from before she'd gone to Otogakure. Did she do what he'd been planning for months now? Or did she do something different? He couldn't help but think that what he was about to do once he got back to Konoha was similar to what a few of the enemies of the village had done before leaving, which made his stomach churn. He didn't want to be compared to them...no, he wanted to make his own mark, his own 'legacy' if you will.<br/><br/>As he sat there, he couldn't help but to think of things he usually didn't bother with, like who he was. He had known ever since he could walk that he was different from the people who had said they were his parents. And once he was talking properly, he could point those differences out. The Uchiha who were his mother and father had black hair, he had white. They had brown eyes, and his were blue and grey. There was something within him, that no other had. The only thing he had in similarity to his 'parent's were that he had Sharingan. And even then it was different, there were things he could do with this power that others could not. And when he'd reached age seven, he found that he could use Byakugan too. It wasn't a surprise that someone might have Sharingan and Byakugan, because if an Uchiha and a Hyuga were to have a child, they would be born with one in each eye. Though, since it was said to be weaker and somewhat of a hindrance, people avoided this.<br/><br/>He'd gone to them one day after he'd come back from the academy, after a group of kids had made fun of his white hair and small horns where his hairline and forehead met. They had said that there was no way he was an Uchiha, Uchiha had dark hair and dark eyes, and no way was there ever one with horns. So, he'd asked about it, and that was when they told him he'd been adopted, taken in when he was an infant. They'd found him when out on a mission in the forest, just set out on a rock, no one was around. He was all alone. And after finding that out, he knew he'd always be alone. He asked if they knew who he was, and unfortunately, they did not know his background. He'd even gone to the Hokage, and even though she'd said she had an idea, she wouldn't tell him just what she thought.<br/><br/>Tilting his head back to look up at the sky through the tree branches, he sighs softly. Ever since that day, his 'day of reckoning' as he called it, he's secluded himself, become colder, and refused to make friends with anyone. Why should he, when he didn't even know himself? That's when things started sliding downhill. Everyone who knew nothing always talked that he was going to do this or do that, and he was sick of it. 'I'M NOT AN UCHIHA!' he wanted to scream at them, scream and scream til his voice ran hoarse, and his lungs collapsed. But he stayed quiet, and simply gave them blank looks, before continuing on his way.<br/><br/>He'd show them all...just what he TRULY was capable of. Then, and only then, would they see.<br/><br/>A movement from below snapped him from his thoughts, and he looks down, wondering what was going on. The girl had shifted slightly, but from what he could see she had not woken up. But if she was moving now, it wouldn't be long until she was fully alert once more. Then they could get their information from her, and after they would decide what to do.