I awoke quickly after someone had screamed in my ear. I sat up and looked around the white hospital room. Gaara was barely waking up and asked,"Are you okay?"
"Didn't you just hear that?" I asked. He looked at me strangely,"Heard what?"
"There was a girl screaming.. I swear she was in here with us,"I said looking underneath the bed. He smiled slightly, wrapping his arms around my waist, and lifting me towards him. He hugged me tightly,"It was probably a nightmare."
I turned to face him and buried my face in his neck. The door then swung open and Kankuro Kitty and Temari were standing at the doorway. Gaara and me stared at them with wide-eyes and considering the way I was mounted on Gaara, Temari had every reason to try to kill me. But because Gaara's explanation worked out well, we got away with it even though it was really for nothing.
After everyone left the room and as I changed into some black shorts and shirt with gladiator shoes, I heard Kutsu arguing with someone out the door in the hall. I walked over to the door and placed my ear against it.
"What do you mean leave?"
"It was decided by the council, I'm sorry."
"She is in no condition to be on her own! So what if she's from that clan? It doesn't matter anymore if she doesn't even remember!"
"And what happens if she does? What do you propose we do?"
"Nothing! She is not the type of person to hurt others! No matter what happened in her past!"
"We have no choice. We cannot risk it!"
I backed away and couldn't help but feel that it was indeed me. My heart stopped for a moment. Although it's only been about three weeks since I've been with Gaara, I felt like I've known him my whole life and being away from him would kill me. I didn't want to lose him. He was my first friend. I couldn't lose him. The door knob was twisting and I ran towards the window. I jumped out the window once I opened it and landed on my feet.
I ran even though at first I didn't know where to. I then decided to just run until my legs were tired and until my body would collapse. I didn't care whether I just left from a hospital, sick. I wanted to stay near him. He was my friend. Gaara was mine. He was the one I wanted to keep forever. No matter how selfish. He was my precious one. To lose a friend, would be like losing myself. I had a sense of belonging and if I were to let go, I would lose that place in this world. And although I've lived my known life all alone satisfied that way, I was honestly afraid. I was afraid of losing it. I wasn't just Kurami from nowhere and anywhere. I was Kurami, Gaara's friend.
Kutsu's POV
It was almost dark and I looked around desperately throughout the village for Kurami. I didn't understand why she didn't want to be found. Unless she heard my conversation with Baki...
No, she wouldn't run for something like that anyways.
I reached the entrance of the village and looked out towards the sand. It was bare and empty. I jumped down and walked around aimlessly. I was frustrated with her. She was a good kid and she reminded me so much of my little sister. But... she was too fragile. She had no direction even though she was strong and determined once she found something to follow and chase after.
To think, she was from the Saeki clan. The blood users. Or how they were nicknamed: the vampires. To think she was the only survivor of that incident. To make it worst, I was involved with her. The day of the battle, could she have used her powers against me?
And somewhere deep inside me, there was a pain. I lost my little sister in that battle. To one of her kind. Although it wasn't because of her, I felt anger towards the painful truth. Someone I considered to fill in the missing hole in my heart that my sister left, was one of the reasons why that hole appeared in the first place.
I shook my head. Kurami wasn't like that. She was an innocent girl with no past trying to find a future. I punched the wall next to me and it shattered into dust. My head couldn't take too much. I let go of my resentment towards the clan and worried about finding my friend.
It was dark now and I thought of all the places she might want to be. Then I felt ridiculous. I walked over to the Sand Siblings home. I knocked on the door and Temari opened the door. "Kutsu-san, how can I help you?"
"Is Gaara home?" I asked. She looked annoyed,"Is this about the brat?"
I nodded,"I'm afraid so."
She sighed,"Come in."
I walked inside and looked around. Kankuro came down the stairs and smiled,"How are you Kutsu?"
"Annoyed,"I smiled. He nodded,"I'll go get Gaara."
He walked upstairs and in a few seconds Gaara had came down. He stood at the end of the stairs and looked at me a little surprised,"Yes?"
"Kurami ran away from the hospital earlier. I looked all day for her. I feel kind of stupid not realizing where she would have gone at first,"I chuckled. Gaara looked at me wide-eyed,"She isn't here if that is what you're implying."
"She's not?"
"No."
We all looked at each other and quickly ran out. I was in the lead, running and skipping over the houses towards the village entrance. Gaara then said grimly,"She's near. And so is the person that attacked her last time."
I looked around quickly, scanning everywhere. We jumped on top of the barrier wall to look farther from inside and out the village. Then in a few moments, a large gust of wind came and a man covered in a black cloak stood before us with Kurami dangling unconsciously in his arm.
He asked,"So who's first?"
