I'm really, really, really sorry… My hands were tied up! Really people should stop recommending me new animes I never get my fanfictions done since I easily become addicted to anything new if it's good enough! Sorry personal rant…
Light in the Darkness Chap. 10
Though danger lurks around you
Wake up to me
For I'm always right here to guide you
Though you've always been fire and I, ice
I now love you from day to night
'Twas the time you're eyes had shone
To me the time that we have known
My heart flustered in that gentle smile
I knew from then on you were mine.
Haku's POV
'Oh Gods, they've been out for 4 hours already. What if Hikari couldn't snap Sasuke-kun out of that damn snake's control or that she also had been consumed by it? Oh whatever God there is out there, please bring them back…' I thought to myself as I cradled Sasuke's head on my lap. Just after Hikari used the jutsu that was supposedly only Ino's family can do, we had settled into a clearing making camp. We were in no such rush, we all had our set of scrolls now but no one was willing to go the tower first as we were worried about Hikari and Sasuke. Sasuke ran a very high fever whilst unconscious, blaming the curses seal, He looked in pain but we haven't seen any sort of reaction but of pain. We were vulnerable prey to the predators of the forest and from other competitors.
True, they could've just gone on but I just can't seem to explain it, how it all happened. How we, twelve different people of different backgrounds and personalities just meld into a make-shift family. But we knew one thing, Hikari is the tie that bound us and frankly, none of us were willing to let go.
I then felt Sasuke-kun started steering awake. I looked down to him and I felt immense relief spread through my body.
He opened his eyes and said "I must've died and gone to heaven 'cause I'm sure I'm seeing angels…"
End of POV
Sasuke's POV
I started to wake up feeling the massive headache that built up because of the damn snake. I slowly opened my eyes; it wasn't that bright so I knew I was not in a hospital as it had the reputation to be blindingly white. A face was hovering over me and I thought 'I must've died and gone to heaven cause I'm sure I'm seeing angels…' The angel was blushing, I must've said it out loud, and it was cute. Wait she looks like… Haku! Shit! I sat upright and we involuntarily head-butted.
End of POV
They held their heads with their eyes closed with their faces mere inches from each other. They opened their eyes and blushed, seemingly forgetting that they were in the company of Project XII. Everybody then laughed at the two for not noticing them.
The two sprang apart and blushed tomatoes.
Everybody else just laughed at the two, quickly lightening up the somber mood. But one person stayed as he was after a twitch of his lips gazing at the scene in front of him. On his lap was the girl of which inhabited his dreams, of which everyone was worrying right now.
Hikari slept, dead to the world, on Shikamaru's lap. Unlike Sasuke, she was just fine, looking like someone that was just having a very good sleep.
"Hey Sasuke, was Hikari successful?" Kiba asked breaking the silence after their laugh.
"Yeah, I got Orochimaru's promised power without his influence." Sasuke replied looking at Hikari with a smile.
"You're welcome." Hikari said opening her eyes to show that she was already awake.
Everyone smiled blindingly, happy that she was awake.
"Ne, Hikari how did you use my family's jutsu?" Ino asked.
"Yes, we're quite curious since even if it isn't a bloodline one should still need to be a blood relative from Ino's dad." Haku said.
"Well, not many know it but we might as well be sisters, Ino." Hikari said.
"Wha? How?" asked a bewildered Ino.
"When I was young there had been only ONE assassination attempt to me since my identity was kept secret. And even then I am not Kyuubi's jailor but somebody knew about me and like many other villagers he tried to kill "Naruto" but knew who I was. He still thought that I held the Kyuubi and was only hidden because I was a girl. He succeeded." Everyone gasped at the news.
"B-but how? You're still here." Kiba blurted out.
"Yes, I'm still alive as you can see but that night I was badly injured. I was mortally wounded since I was still a child back then. The Hokage bought me to the hospital but I had no blood donor, no one had the same blood as me that is until Inoichi-san volunteered Ino-chan. You see, I have an AB- blood type; it was the negative RH factor that was rare here not the AB blood type. Luckily, Ino's mother was not really of Fire Country and had a negative B blood type and Inoichi-san had type A. So in conclusion Ino had the possibility an AB- blood type, luckily she did." (A/N: Not true, I made it up to cover up the Yamanaka technique Hikari used.)
"Thank the powers then Hikari. Coincidences like that are rare enough but even rarer for it to tangle up in just one person. You have the worst of lucks don't you?" Shikamaru joked.
"Shut up!" Hikari said her face puffed up, pouting, she turned away from them. This action earned a laugh from all the genins and Shikamaru just poked her side knowing she was ticklish resulting with an "Eep!" from Hikari earning another bout of laughter from the others.
As they continued to laugh Hikari smiled a knowing smile.
"Alright then, everyone report! What has happened the time that Sasuke and I have been unconscious and how many days do we have left?"
"There had been 3 ambushes since you have gone unconscious. One from the sound team as well as the two rain teams that we already had encountered and got our scrolls from. There are 2 more days until the end of the exam." Neji reported.
"Good, then let's make haste I want to rest for a day before we get out here and train for the final round."
"Ryokai!" The teams then stood as one and destroyed any evidence of their stay at the clearing and made a run to the tower. Unknown to them a pair of eyes watched their every move. A pair of glasses glinted before the eyes couldn't be seen anymore.
'Looks like this will be quite a troublesome situation.' The figure thought.
