It had been me and Neji's tradition to go up and spend every winter vacation at Jiraiya's ranch in the high desert of California. And this year was no different. Except for the incident that occurred.

It was about two in the morning when I heard my phone going off. I drowsily picked my phone up to answer the call. It was Sakura...

*Sakura? What's up?

-Hinata... I'm so sorry I should have never let him over there. We could have caught him when we were helping Temari...

As she kept going on, I got more and more confused.

*Sakura. Calm down OK, now tell me what happened.

I heard her take a deep breath, letting it out shakily before continuing.

-About an hour ago, we all got a text from Temari saying she was sorry and that if anyone wanted to say goodbye, she would be on the bridge by the freeway. We all knew what she was talking about so we all ran down to the bridge. By then we all tried to keep her from jumping but Naruto went onto the outer side with her and talked to her. He managed to get her over before trying to get himself over, when he did, his foot slipped and he fell over.

My heart stopped, my grip on the phone tightened as I was in horror at the endless possibilities running through my head.

*Please tell me he's not dead

Tears started stinging my eyes as I sobbed a bit

-No, he's alive thank god. But he's in the hospital right now. We knew how much you would want to see him so me, Ino, and Kiba are driving up there to pick you up. What's your address?

I told her my address.

-Ok, by way of Ino's GPS on her phone, we should be there in about 45 minutes. So pack a few days worth of clothes just in case.

*Alright, call me when you're out front.

With that, she hung up. I put my phone in my pocket as I stood up, walking to the living room. And once I'd sat down on the couch and soaked everything in, I felt my heart break in my chest and every emotion that was rushing around had stabbed into me as I cried silently.

I stayed like this for who knows how long before Neji and Jiraiya came out.

-Hinata, what's wrong? Why are you up right now?

I told them everything. And they just stood there, feeling pity and sympathy no doubt. But Jiraiya walked away as Neji came and hugged me, but I cried even more. The military officer came back after a few minutes with my duffel bag and my guitar case.

-They should be here soon, go put some clothes on, its cold out right now.

I smiled as I started to cry again, and I pulled them both in for a tight hug, Neji began rubbing my back as I tried to stop crying.

*Thank you nii-san, and you as well Jiraiya-sama

-Anything for my Hinata-sama.

Jiraiya just nodded, kissing the top of my head. We stayed like that for a moment, my phone went off in my pocket. Pulling it out, Sakura's contact showed on the screen, so I answered.

-Hey, we're out front right now.

*Kay, I'll be down in a sec

And with that, I hung up. I looked at Neji as he brought a hand up to my cheek.

-Call me if you need anything, you know the rules. I chuckled a bit at that last part.

*OK mom

I picked up my stuff and gave them both a quick kiss on the cheek.

*I'll call you when I get there.

-No you won't

*... I probably won't...

All they did was nod as I turned and walked out the door, gently walking down the staircase so I wouldn't wake any of the neighbors.

Once I got down, I looked up to see Kiba in the front seat with Ino and Sakura in the back seat. I set my stuff in the bed of the truck and got in the back.

*Let's go please. I want to get there a little before visiting hours.


So, little bit longer a chapter. R and R please!