Draco was trying to keep up the brave front but when she saw the look on Orochimaru's face she began trembling in fear. Draco heard what Orochimaru said about how she had something he wanted and that he would get it by any means necessary, including torturing and killing everyone she held dear to make her come back. Draco wanted to back away from Orochimaru but she was frozen in fear, she couldn't move.<br/><br/>Draco flinched as Orochimaru reached out his hand but that was when she saw him get burned by flames made of darkness that seemed to mold itself to her skin. Draco knew that this was the work of Renkaji as she sensed his chakra within the flames. Draco watched as Orochimaru's hand was burned again when he tried grabbing her a second time. Draco heard Orochimaru's words before he retreated, she was still shaking.<br/><br/>Draco hugged Sasuke shaking, she wanted comfort from her older brother figure. Draco remembered how cold Sasuke was towards her when they first met, he always seemed to be in a bad mood when she tried to talk to him but she didn't pay any mind to it. Sasuke had once even screamed at her for being so carefree and ignorant to other peoples pain and suffering. Draco remembered clearly what was said.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Draco and Sasuke were on their way back from a mission, it had been a success but it seemed like they had been struck by bad luck on the way there. The had been attacked by bandits, the map had gotten blown away and landed in a river which made it unusable, their food rations had been stolen by animals when they were fighting the bandits, and Draco had gotten a pretty nasty cut on her shoulder but she didn't seem to be trouble by it at all. She had laughed and kept saying things like "Oh well, we'll figure it out." Sasuke had finally had enough of hearing her say that and he started yelling at her when they were closer to the Leaf Village, "How can you be so carefree?! Are you so blind to pain and suffering that you can't feel it?! Does nothing bother you?! Would you not even care if your friends got killed?!?!" Draco had simply replied, "I'm not blind to pain and suffering, I have felt it for most of my life but I try to not let it cloud my judgement or dwell on it too long. I do it so that I don't feel sorry for myself because that won't change anything. I tend to try not to focus on tragedy because if that's all you focus on then that will be all you can see, you'll be blind to the little joys in life. If you stay stuck in the past then you won't be able to focus on the present or the future, you won't move forward. I would be upset if my friends got killed but, sadly, I would not be able to hate the killer, no matter how much I may want to. Hatred is not an emotion I can feel, so I focus on learning from my past experiences to do everything within my power to prevent it from happening again." After that one moment, Sasuke seemed to become less and less cold towards her.</span><br/><br/>Draco held onto Sasuke and said, "Sasuke-Nii... Did you even think about coming home while you were gone? Did you ever miss the village? Or anyone in it?" Draco was curious to know this, she wanted to know if he actually missed anyone from the village.