When my feet stopped I looked up to see where I was. Almost to my dismay I was back at the front of the hospital. Sighing I went back inside, having the courtesy to use the door.
I headed over to the staircase and decided, in my boredom and lack of things to do, I counted the stairs.
"Okay. There are two flights between each floor and each flight has 16 stairs. That means 32 between each floor and 96 to the 3rd," I said to myself.
When I reached the third floor I realized with astonishment that I was right, and that I talked to myself.
"Well, who else is there to talk to?" I reasoned with myself. Walking into the hallway, shaking my head at my behavior, I saw someone turn into my room. I didn't see who it was though, and curiosity got the better of me.
I ran down the hallway without making a sound, and jumped through the wall next to the door.
Standing next to my bed and the physical me was Naruto. The expression on his face was one of pain and astonishment.
"You can't do anything to help her Naruto," said Kakashi from the doorway. He had shown up without us noticing.
Naruto turned around and I wasn't much surprised to see one of his determined faces. "Sure I can. I can train hard to not disappoint her when she wakes up." The first true smile since I had been in this form appeared on my face and my fist shot victoriously into the air.
"Thank you Naruto!" I yelled. Kakashi, however, did not appear convinced.
"She may not wake up." Naruto's face fell and my mood plummeted. Naruto walked out, crestfallen. Kakashi watched as Naruto walked by him, and then he took Naruto's place by my bed. He just stood there, confusing me. Soon enough though, he sighed and walked out of the room without a word.
I felt tears come to my eyes, and to try to keep them back I paced back and forth across the room, occasionally not quite making the turn and going halfway through the wall. Then, something dawned on me.
I stopped in the middle of the room, and as hearing a voice was a comfort, I spoke aloud, "If I can go through walls, I shouldn't be able to stand on the floor." Sure enough, I began to plummet through the floor and even through the building's foundation.
The first thing I noticed was that, unlike before, I felt the ground beneath my feet. Venturing out of the darkness, I saw that I went right through the pavement and rested on the dirt beneath it.
Without even thinking about it, I suddenly raced towards the forest that surrounded Konoha.
"If I'm right…" Getting outside of the gate I walked up to a tree and reached forward, slowly, hesitantly. Confirming my suspicion, my hand touched the tree. There was a small pond within sight, and I walked over to it excitedly. Getting down on my knees I put my fingers down to the water, and sure enough my fingers felt the coolness of the clear liquid.
I watched as the ripples spread out from my fingers and then thunder cracked through the air and created even more ripples across the pond's surface.
"Damn," I whispered, jumping up and running back toward the village. When I got the paved area my feet did not go through.
It didn't take me long to figure out, of course. "If I want it to be solid…ish," I added as an afterthought, thinking of how I didn't feel the pavement, "it will be. Natural things however I can always touch."
Lightning flashed through the air, and thunder cracked immediately afterwards. Then the rain started. As I could still touch the natural things I was able to get wet, and like everyone else on the street I ran faster to avoid a total drenching.
I reached the hospital fast enough to only become damp, and when I did I saw Neji walking up the stairs. I ran again and caught up to him and then I began to follow him as he ascended the stairs.
He had a slightly hasty nature, and therefore the 96 stairs did not take long at all to climb. The two of us turned into my room, side by side, him being able to go through the door. He glanced at the window, and although we heard the rain crash against it, we could not see outside as it was fogging up.
I gasped as an idea hit me. I walked over to the window and wrote in the condensation, 'Neji it's Tenten.' He blinked, startled, and walked over to the window.
"Tenten? Are you really there?" I would have preferred to nod, but I knew that he couldn't see it.
'Yes,' I wrote. Apparently he had an idea, because he activated his Byakugan, without any warning. Then a slightly astonished look appeared on his face.
"I believe you. I can see you faintly. It looks like chakra your is just creating your form." I nodded, not really understanding, but happy that someone could see me.
I looked at my self that was on the bed, hoping Neji would be able to take a hint, and he obviously did as he looked over to the other me.
"Someone else's chakra is in your body." Confused, I tilted my head to the side slightly. He smiled slightly at my action, which only further confused me.
I walked over to the window and wrote on it, 'Hinata.' I looked at Neji to see his expression a bit downcast. I knew he wasn't that fond of Hinata but what had to be done had to be done.
When I saw that he was looking at me I crossed my arms stubbornly. He nodded and I smirked, victorious.
"Yeah, I guess you're right. She might be able to help us. Let's go." Suddenly I realized that if he were to go out somewhere and talk to me, invisible to the normal eye, he might be considered slightly strange. So of course I turned back to the window.
'You can't talk to me outside.'
"I realize this." Wanting to get back in my body, I walked to the door. Looking back over my shoulder, I saw that he had not even budged an inch. I put my hand on my hip impatiently and once again, twice in one day which must have been a record, he smiled at me, and followed reluctantly.
