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.