Chapter three
"She'll
be fine Kakashi." Haruka interrupted Kakashi's inner turmoil near
the KIA stone.
"She was right there in front of me..."he
sighed "Haruka she was SCREAMING! How many times have you heard
Kaiya scream in pain?"
"Tsunade will take care of her..."
Haruka's hand rested on his shoulder.
"She's insane! To
save Kurenai..." he mumbled angry.
"Yes she is." Haruka
nodded "But she is my friend and you feel THAT for her..."
"I
couldn't help her..." his voice grew louder and he got up angry
"She was right there, she was hurt and now Tsunade tells us this
about her condition... Haruka... it's... her screams..."
"It's
okay Kakashi... she'll be okay, trust her."
"She was in
pain!"
"Tsunade says she isn't anymore..."
"But..."
"It's
okay... she'll make it, she always does... have a little
fate."
Kakashi sat down again, Haruka by his side as it became
a habit now. Both friends supported each other about Kaiya, and they
always would.
Genma
was alone in his room staring at the ceiling. His sister was n the
hospital and Haruka was nowhere to be seen. That made him depressed.
Sure, he was the one she slept with instead of her boyfriend but...
he felt as if he was the one being cheated on. Sure, he was Konoha's
most known womanizer, but to her was different. He ravished tons of
women, even if he was still young but none compared to Haruka; if
there was a perfect woman that was her. At least in Genma's mind it
worked that way. But Haruka wasn't his. Actually he knew she'd
never be so never bothered in breaking the facade.
He was happy
he could tap that but... so dead inside every time her boyfriend got
near...
Kaiya
woke up alone in a white room. Her torso was bandaged but she didn't
recognize the wrappings, which obviously meant they weren't hers,
so she was at...
"The hospital." She sighed.
Just the
act of breathing gave her pain, but she dared lifting her hand. It
was gloved so she moved it to her mouth to remove the glove. Wincing
in pain she gave up and let her arm fall back into her first
position.
She was starting to panic: alone, unable to move in the
hospital. After a few deep breaths to calm herself down she knew
she'd have to get up.
"Move..." she whispered to herself
before bringing her hand to her face and taking the glove.
"Finally!"
Her hand was also bandaged and she couldn't feel
a thing, except for the pain in her body.
"I'm living every
ninja's dream..." she chuckled "Ouch!"
Moving as slowly
as snail she got up, wincing in pain ever few minutes.
"Naked,
slow... what a joyful moment." She panted.
"You're not
naked you are bandaged." Tsunade chuckled. "And you should be in
bed."
"What happened?" Kaiya asked, and sat back on the
bed.
"Poisoned senbon." Tsunade explained "Meant for
Kurenai."
"This is too much damage for a freaking
needle!"
"No. The damage is from yourself. The senbon went to
your chakra flow and altered it. By using your fire technique you
triggered your own chakra into doing it from inside and not
stopping."
"So..." Kaiya smiled softly to Tsunade, and
stared out the window "When am I going to die?"
Tsunade's
face twisted into a shocked expression as the young girl talked about
her death so lightly. Then it hit her, she was a skilled kunoichi,
one that left her village when she was still a little girl, and faced
things that even Tsunade didn't want to think about...
"There
is a choice."
"hn?" Kaiya inquired.
"You'll die in
a few months... but I can do you a surgery, I know I can, and if you
survive it you'll live."
"A few months is equal to a few
missions in the name of the village..." Kaiya pondered.
"No."
Tsunade looked at the kunoichi. "You can't go on missions like
this, and the surgery has to be done quickly, if you choose it."
Tsunade got up and left Kaiya alone.
Being a ninja was her life,
but did she really want to risk it all in one day...? Slowly she got
up and walked of... she had to think.
