The unconscious Kakashi was placed on a now normal and humungous Akamaru carefully and they all went back to Konoha at top speed
"Hey guys! What's the rush?" Izumo asked as they passed through the gates
"Kakashi needs medical attention immediately!" Sakura yelled back
"Oh"
They all rushed immediately to the hospital and nearly shoved him in the emergency room. They were hearing yells on blood and shattered bones and guts, they all worried, especially Kurenai, she was crying and Hinata was comforting her. Tsunade finally came out and Kurenai was the first to stand up and ask her what's wrong
"So, is everything ok?"
"Far from okay. He has 3 shattered ribs, a deep 5 cm cut on his stomach and since it was hit in the left side, his heart-"
"It stopped beating?"
"No, it's just beating too slow than usual. That's gonna be a big problem when fighting it. Don't worry, he's got a chance to live...in about a 47% chance"
Everyone was shocked, they know that he could never survive with that chance
"Only a miracle could help him retain what he was before" she added
Their hearts sank, Kurenai and the others were only able to view him from outside, and there they saw him inside with loads of machines working on him, as if he was an in-progress robot
Kakashi, I hope you'll feel better soon, Kurenai thought
3 weeks later
Kurenai's been visiting Kakashi for 3 weeks and he's been in the operational room since then. She once visited him until 12 mn and went home through the empty Genin street
It's been 3 weeks since Kakashi's been injured, and he hasn't been getting any better, maybe I should go and visit him for a bit, Kurenai thought and she dressed up and went to the hospital
At the hospital
Kurenai was at the reception desk and asked the woman working there
"Excuse me, where is Kakashi Hatake?"
"Oh, he's in a regular room now, he's in room 305 on the 3rd floor" the woman replied
"Thank you" Kurenai said and went up the stairs and she finally arrived at his room and she found there Tsunade was inside patching up Kakashi with bandages around his stomach
"Knock, knock" Kurenai said as she entered
"Hey Kurenai, what brings you here?"
"The usual, just visiting"
"Oh, ok..don't worry, this time, you can stay as long as you want" Tsunade said as she went out of the room and left Kurenai alone with him. Kurenai held his hand again and held it tight. Kakashi was carefully opening his eyes so much that Kurenai didn't even notice because she was crying
"K-Kurenai...w-what're you d-doing here?" Kakashi asked with a weak voice, however Kurenai was unable to hear it
"Kurenai...KURENAI!!" he said in a much louder voice, but not really yelling
"Kakashi" she whimpered
"Hey, what're you doing here?"
"I've been visiting you ever since"
"Oh"
Naruto, Sakura and Hinata barged in (or mostly Naruto) and have gifts and flowers for Kakashi
"Yo, sensei!" You feelin' any better?" Naruto greeted as he placed the wrapped box on the table next to his bed
"Yes, but not so soon" Kakashi replied as he showed him his bandages
"Oh"
Suddenly, Kiba and Shino went in too, and seemed it was very crowded considering it was just a small room
"Hey!!What's goin' on?" Kiba greeted
"Well, I'm recovering quite nicely, and Tsunade said I'll be out in 2 weeks, and I'll have to wait 1 more week to get my next mission" Kakashi said
"Good luck with that then"
"You know, I still haven't answered your question" Kurenai told Kakashi
"What question?" Naruto wondered
"If I'm in love with him" she replied
"So, what're you waiting for? What's your answer?"
There was a long silence, until Kurenai finally spoke up
"........Yes"
Everyone was practically shocked, especially Kakashi, though he's been expecting this, but he's still dumbfounded, and so was Naruto and Kiba who both got a nosebleed
"Y-Yes?"
"C'mon, you heard me, didn't you? Yes!"
Then Kurenai kissed Kakashi deeply and she didn't even mind the others once again. The 2 girls were sighing and blushing, while the boys were trying to ignore it, but possibly couldn't
"I love you, Kurenai, and only now did I realize it, and I really am gonna shout it out to the world someday" Kakashi whispered to her ear after they backed away
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I ain't endin' it here, but I'll upload the next chapter today though, and sorry I skipped so many details, please forgive for that
