Recap

"Why not?" he asked. She blushed for no particular reason and was just about to answer when she was interrupted by Zabuza's gruff voice. "Where have you been?" he asked with a tint of anger in his voice. "I….-" "She was waiting for us, back at the fountain." Haku interrupted. Hinata was surprised at his actions, but remained silent. Zabuza stared down at Haku; squinting his eyes as if to see if he was lying or not. Haku stared at his master with the same intensity, as if to prove his innocence. With a grunt, Zabuza turned his body and began to walk away. "Just don't do it again" he said over his shoulder. Haku let out a relieved sigh, he was sure he was going to get caught. He turned to face Hinata and gave her a stern look. "I lied to Zabuza, for you. Don't make me do it again." He began to follow Zabuza, with Hinata closely behind, grabbing his sleeve the whole entire way.

The hot bright moon gleamed in the night sky like a second sun, the stars twinkling just as bright. Brittle leaves crunched beneath their feet, the only sound that filled in the loud silence. Hinata held fast to Haku's sleeve, and Haku kept his mask, continuing to seem as he overlook her actions. In reality, though, he was having an inner quarrel with himself to keep the fire that tinged his cheeks pink at bay. As the seconds ticked on their camp came into view and he let out a relieved sigh, she would now release his sleeve and he wouldn't have to worry anymore. Then he walked to his sleeping bag and Hinata to hers. She was careful not to trip over her canteen; she kept one next to her bed ever since the "accident". She then placed the box carefully next to her bag and opened it up to peer inside. She gasped. The moonlight bathed the suit in a washed pale glow making it seem even more beautiful, and the crystal amulet decorated the box with specks of rainbow and glowed with a mystical aurora.

"What's in the box?" asked Haku, hearing her gasp.

"It's the battle suit that Ming gave me," she replied, "It's so beautiful"

"May I see?" he kneeled next to her.

She nodded and pulled out the fabric along with amulet and the ice kunai. Haku's eyes widened at the sight of the kunai and amulet.

"W-where did you get that?" he gasped, he only ever seen one in his entire life.

"Do, do you know what this is?" he asked facing her.

"A K-kunai made of glass?" He shook his head

"This is a custom made ice kunai, especially made to insert beads of chakara and…well, let me show you" he stood up, with the kunai in one hand and stood there silent for a moment. Slowly it began to glow and suddenly, without warning, he charged toward the nearest and slashed it, a loud cracking sound, like glass breaking followed afterwards. Hinata winced, mirror like shards were glowing on the floor. She looked to where Haku was standing and gasped. The entire tree, just moments ago completely normal, was frozen solid and broken, its frost crusted braches drooping from the weight of the ice.

"See?" he said, looking back.

"Though I didn't expect the insignia….."

Wait…WHAT?! Hinata rushed up toward to were Haku was standing. Sure enough, there was a logo that said Verizon Wireless (XD JK). It was a detailed picture of a single shard of ice with the kanji Love in front.

"I wonder…." She thought out loud, and lightly brushed her finger tips along it. It was cool against her skin and was strangely warm at the same time. She kept it there for a moment more before feeling a light pulse, like a tiny heart beat. She gasped and pulled back, shivers running up her spine.

"What's wrong?" He asked, suddenly worried.

"I-It p-p-p-pulsed" she stuttered, utterly freaked out. Hake raised an eyebrow.

"It pulsed?" he reached out for it and held it there for a minute.

"Hinata, nothings—"

"Wait"

A pause. After another minute he removed his hand and sighed.

"I don't know what you felt, but I definitely didn't feel a pul—Hinata, are you ok?" Suddenly feeling light headed and dizzy, she sat down to steady herself

"Ohh," she moaned, "I don't feel well."

Haku kneeled beside her, pushing all thoughts to the back of his mind.

"Hinata" he said, though she only heard a whisper as faint as the wind. "Don't worry, I got you, I got you"

Her face landed on his chest, he had meant it to happen like that. He could tell by the looks of her that she was going to black out soon.

"What could have caused her to react like this?" he pondered, his brow furrowing together in confusion as he held the limp girl in his arms.

"Haku" she mumbled

His named caught his attention and he turned her. Her face was pale in the moon, paler than usual. It was as cold as the light frost beneath his feat.

Wait, frost? He hadn't realized the sudden decline in temperature, but now that he though about it…

His hands were shivering, Hinata was unnaturally cold.

'This is not good' he thought to himself and rushed to her sleeping bag. He laid her gently and studied her for a moment. She was shivering, her lips a pastel blue. Haku brought his hands to cup her cheek and winced slightly as the cold stung him; it was ice cold, probably colder. He noticed that her shivering increased; she was having a seizure. Haku began to panic, this wasn't natural, something was extremely wrong. He ran for his sleeping bag and securely wrapped it around her convulsing frame. She felt so frail, as if she were really made out of ice. His hands began to numb with the contact of her skin, her clothes even.

'This isn't working' he thought furiously, she was loosing heat too fast. He held her close to his chest to try to warm her up with his body heat.

'She needs something warmer' he noted and brought her even closer. He stood up and jogged towards Zabuza's sleeping bag, it was empty. Haku didn't even question, he had something much more important to be concerned with.

He grabbed his master's sleeping bag and layered it on top of Hinata's and his.

It didn't help much.

He watched as her breathing began to turn into panting and her convulsions were getting out of control. "What can I do, what can I do?" he panicked and bit the bottom of his lip.

"God I feel so useless!!!" he yelled and pounded his fist into the ground.

Silence.

She had stopped breathing.

"HINATA!!!"

Sorry for leaving it at such a cliff hanger, and sorry for not updating as often as I promised, a year to be more exact…..

But I will try harder this time, if I don't get too distracted. I will be honest, it will be about another week before it crosses my mind to update again, unless my friend Miranda reminds me. You should thank her, she's the only reason I got my lazy butt to write this overdue chapter.

Here the link to her account to her website is on mine.

Visit her, she updates a lot more than I do and she is an amazing writer. Two of her stories got onto the top rated stories list on Quizilla. And yes, if you're reading this Miranda, I am bragging ;)

But seriously, review, I just might update more often.