A/N: I own Kiya, Tia, Sophie, Jayden, all students of Athena High, and all employees and guests at the restaurant. Any other characters, I do not own. That goes to the writer of Naruto.


"Sakura is awake!" Temari came out of the bedroom and saw the two boys on the couch sit up suddenly.

"Really?" Kankuro asked surprised.

"Then that means she could help heal Kakashi..."

"Don't count on it Naruto," Temari interruped. "You heard Kiya, she doesn't want any one to see his face and only her be healing him. Besides, she still has a concussion from hitting her head, she can't focus her chakra properly."

"Oh..."

"It's about dinnertime, would you two go and get food again?"

"Sure Tem."

Kankuro got to his feet and pulled Naruto with him and they left quickly. Temari sighed in relief before her eyes went to the door on the other side of the room. She took a breath before walking over to the door and knocking quietly. She heard the door unlock and it cracked open, revealing her youngest brother.

"What is it?" Gaara asked, his voice quiet.

"Sakura just woke up. How is Kiya?"

"She's been asleep since lunch. Kakashi is pretty stable at the moment," he replied.

"That's good. Naruto and Kankuro just went down to get food for everyone so I don't know if you want to wake her up yet or not," Temari whispered.

"I'll wake her in a couple minutes. She over-exhausted herself and used a lot of chakra to keep healing them. Have you asked her about her leg?"

"Naruto did it, when the Kyuubi was released. His claws hit her leg when she put a seal on his brow to seal the Kyuubi away. It's bad Gaara..."

"I'll have a look at it when she wakes up," Gaara whispered and Temari nodded. Then he closed the door.


Gaara looked over at the sleeping girl on the couch and had to really look in order to see her in the dark room. Gaara sighed before going over to her and touching her shoulder, but she didn't stir. He shook her shoulder a couple times and found a kunai being pointed between his legs.

"Back away," she hissed, her voice groggy and Gaara saw her eyes slitted open.

"It's just me, Kiya," Gaara replied calmly. "No one is threatening you..."

"Gaara...?" she opened her eyes all the way and put her kunai away. "Sorry, I'm not used to people waking me up. How is he?"

"There have been no changes, since you fell asleep four hours ago," Gaara replied as she sat up. "Temari asked me to look at your leg to make sure it is healing well."

"Alright," she yawned and laid her head against the back of the couch.

Figuring that she was allowing him to help, he knelt next to her legs and carefully lifted her injured leg up so it was propped on his knee and started to unbandage it carefully, feeling her twitch in discomfort every time he was pulling the bandages off the top of her leg. As the last bandage fell away, he pulled off the gauze and his eyes widened in surprise at the gashes.

"It's not as bad as it was last week," she muttered groggily.

"It looks painful..."

"That's exactly what Temari said," Kiya laughed as she got to her feet. Gaara watched as she walked over to the bed, her weight barely on her toes as she moved. "It hurts less when it's bandaged."

"I see..." Gaara watched as she sat on the bed and grabbed the washcloth and wrung out the cold water in it before placing it on his brow. "Kankuro and Naruto should be back soon with dinner."

"Alright," Kiya whispered, her voice distant. "His fever has gone down, that's good."

"Do you need anything?" Gaara asked.

"Would you refill my canteen and also get me fresh water to be able to clean his wounds?" Kiya looked over at Gaara who nodded and picked up the bowl and canteen then left. "Thank you."


Sasuke heard movement in the other room and heard water running. He sat up and looked around and saw Sakura sitting up partially with pillows propped behind her and she was looking out the window at the fading sun. He slowly got out of his bed and walked over to her even though he felt some discomfort and sat besides her and touched her uninjured arm.

"How are you doing?" Sasuke asked and she looked at him.

"How long have I been out?" she asked quietly.

"A week, I woke up only an hour ago," he replied. "Do you feel any pain?"

"Not really, my arm hurts but I can feel a foreign chakra helping heal it."

"That would be Kiya's chakra," Temari came in with two trays of food. "She's been working night and day the past week to make sure everyone was healed, she is pushing herself really hard."

"How's Kakashi?" Sasuke asked as she set down the two trays on the bed.

"He's still unconscious but he is stable," Temari spoke with a small smile. "When I talked to Gaara, Kiya had been sleeping. His fever is also going down so everything is good."

"How bad was it?" Sakura asked.

"None of us have seen him," Naruto spoke as he came in with Kankuro. "Kiya has only let Gaara in."

"It says something when a week ago, Naruto lost his lunch seeing the two of you when Kiya got you all here," Kankuro chuckled. "Kiya has been working hard. I bet you're all glad that Tsunade has been teaching her medical jutsus."

"I sure am," Naruto smiled.

"Where is she at?" Sakura asked.

"In Kakashi's room right now. Since we finally came since Naruto asked for a team from Suna to come help, she hasn't left his room," Temari sighed. "Eat so you can regain your strength and chakra."

"Naruto, hand me my pouch," Sakura spoke and Naruto quickly replied. She searched in her pouch for a minute before pulling out a container of pills. "Give these to Kiya, they will help her stay alert as well as help heal her chakra depletion."

"Alright," Temari smiled before standing up and pushing Kankuro out of the room.

"When did Kiya show up?" Sakura frowned.

"She had been sent to us an hour after we had left and she came when the battle was mostly over," Naruto replied as he sat on the edge of the bed. "She resealed the Kyuubi and finished off our enemies. Then she brought us all here and has been taking care of us since. The sand siblings didn't come until earlier today."

"Wow... Even I don't have that kind of endurance," Sakura frowned.

"She grew up a hard life before she came here," Naruto sighed. "Kankuro told me that she had been abused in her world because she was dark-skinned. She learned to survive before she even knew about chakra and all that."

"She definitely carries a heavy burden on her shoulders," Sasuke spoke as he started eating.

"Indeed," Sakura replied as Naruto pushed her food towards her so she could eat as well. "Thanks Naruto."

"We are a team after all," Naruto shrugged as he got to his feet. "I'm glad you guys are doing well."


Gaara saw Naruto come out of the other room with a small smile on his face, but knew it wouldn't last. He carried a burden of the feel of being useless while his teammates were severely injured. Gaara entered Kakashi's room and saw Kiya recovering Kakashi's face. Her skin seemed lighter than normal in the dark and Gaara frowned as he set the bowl on the nightstand next to her. He touched her brow and felt a cool sweat.

"Are you okay?" Gaara frowned as he crouched in front of her.

"Yeah..." she whispered as her eyes closed. She fell forward and Gaara caught her and fell back because he wasn't balanced.

"Kiya...?" Gaara asked, but got no reply Using his sand, he was able to stand up with Kiya in his arms and carried her out of the room, making sure to close the door and lock it behind him and laid Kiya on the couch. "Temari!"

"What...?" she came out and gasped seeing Kiya. "What happened?"

"She just passed out as I was talking to her," Gaara frowned as Temari came out and touched her brow.

"She has a fever," Temari sighed. She got up and hurried into the room that Sakura and Sasuke were in and Gaara saw Temari helping Sakura off the bed and brought her into the room. "She just passed out talking to Gaara."

"It's just exhaustion," Sakura whispered as she checked Kiya's vitals. "She... What happened to her leg?"

They all looked at her leg and saw that it was unbandaged.

"The Kyuubi did it," Temari whispered quietly so Naruto wouldn't hear as he ate his ramen in the kitchen oblivious. "Is this bad?"

"The Kyuubi's chakra has toxins in it," Sakura whispered. "I remember being attacked by it and it wasn't pleasant."

"What do we do?"

"There isn't anything we can do. Since she was attacked by a jinchuuriki, it will be twenty time slower to heal even with chakra," Sakura whispered. "It needs to be bandaged though, we can't let it be open to air where bacteria could get into her wounds."

Temari went to her bag and pulled out several bandages and wrapped Kiya's leg carefully as Naruto came into the living room. Gaara sighed when he saw Kiya stir and opened her eyes.

"What's wrong with Kiya?" Naruto asked.

"I'm fine," Kiya answered as she sat up slowly. "I just need to eat."

"You need to take one of these as well," Temari spoke as she pulled out a container of pills.

"They will help with your depleted chakra and help you stay alert," Sakura replied and the girl took one and swallowed it before getting to her feet and limping over to the kitchen where the rest of the food sat. "You shouldn't push yourself so much Kiya."

"I can't, there isn't enough time," Kiya muttered as she ate her food quickly. "Gaara will you take that tray into the room? I'll be right there."

"Alright," Gaara replied before obeying.


Temari walked into the kitchen where Kiya stood, gripping the counter as she stared at the floor.

"What do you mean there isn't enough time Kiya?" Temari whispered.

"If I don't completely heal him soon, I don't think he will wake up," Kiya hissed. "His heart rate and respiration counts have decreased. Several of his wounds were around his heart and lungs, I fear that the severity of it is effecting him."

"Let us help..."

"No!" Kiya snapped. "I will not compromise his secrets. I only uncover his face when I feed him but if it remains covered all the time, it will also effect his breathing."

"You're too prideful..."

"No, she's not," Sakura spoke as she came into the kitchen. "She has healed Kakashi the most every time she comes on a mission with us and he is hurt. She is only following Kakashi's orders from some time ago when he had a severe facial wound. We cannot help heal him Temari."

"But Sakura, aren't you all being stubborn? What happens if you loose your captain because she isn't quick enough?!"

"It won't come to that," Sakura smirked. "I have faith in Kiya. Those pills I made specifically for her because of her elemental side. To anyone else, they are ineffective."

"Interesting," Kiya smiled. "Well I need to go re-clean Kakashi's wounds."

"Good luck," Sakura called as Kiya limped away.

"Sakura..."

"Only she can do this," Sakura interrupted. "She knows the best way to heal Kakashi, I have only had to heal minor wounds for him. Give her a little slack and believe in her like you do Naruto when he is being a stubborn ass."

"Hey..." Naruto came in and frowned. "That wasn't nice."

"It was a reference," Sakura laughed. "Temari doesn't believe that Kiya will be able to finish healing Kakashi."

"Oh, then okay," Naruto smiled. "She has taken on my motto to never give up. We all need to just believe in her and her abilities."

"Okay," Temari sighed and smiled slightly.