A/N: Hopefully I can start updating at a good pace once more. This chapter is a short one to help me get back into the swing of things. So without further waiting her is the next chapter. Please review if you enjoyed the story so far =).

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or the characters.

Tenten let out a small sigh while sitting on the edge of her hospital bed swinging her feet. When they had returned the Hokage wanted both her and Ino to get checked out to make sure they were cleared to continue with missions and such. She was waiting for the nurse to come back, she hated hospitals the sitting the waiting the boredom that came along with it. She sighed once more allowing herself to fall back into the bed, her eyes traveled up to the ceiling where she just studied the white pattern upon it. As soon as she started to zone out she heard the door to her room open.

"Good news Tenten you are free to leave." The nurse gave her a warm smile as she started to turn to leave the room once more.

"Excuse me nurse" Tenten called out making the nurse stop mid-step out the door. "I had a friend possibly come through here earlier can you tell me if she is still here?"

"I do not see why not, follow me and give me her name I can check for you."

Tenten slid down from the bed following the nurse towards the desk. "Her name is Temari, I know she was possibly hurt earlier today but I do not know if she would still be here."

"One seconded." The nurse picked up a clip board scanning the names a small frown came onto her face as she turned towards Tenten. "She is in room 210."

"Thanks!" Tenten turned not waiting to see if the nurse had anything more to say as she took off down the halls coming up to hallway that held room 210 she could see Tayuya sitting outside with her head in her hands, her quick pace of walking started to slow a bit.

"Tayuya you guys are still here? Is everything alright?" Tenten finally came to a stop beside the red head as she tried to peak into room 210.

"Eh, I don't know the nurses said something about poison and how they had to put Temari to sleep in order to stop the spread or something like that… like to slow her heart rate or I don't know…" Tayuya let out an annoyed sigh "Sakura should be back by sometime soon I am sure she can explain it all or fuck…"

"Poison… She is asleep now… What the hell happen?" Tenten started to feel herself getting angry over the whole mess.

"Well where to start." Tayuya let her eyes drift towards Tenten's her eyes seemed blood shot like she had been uneasy since she had left Tenten and Ino all those hours ago. "We showed up to see both you and Ino trapped. We over heard the two men talking about how they needed to get rid of their target." Tayuya brought a hand to rub at the back of her neck turning her head a bit, a crack could be heard. "Pretty much after that was said the one man threw a Kunai at your head… Temari not thinking jumped out to stop it catching it in her hand…" Tayuya stopped to allow Tenten to think over the information.

"And that Kunai was poisoned." Tenten finished the thought as Tayuya just nodded. Tenten's anger finally spilled out as she allowed her fist to come into contact with the nearby wall. "God damn it." Was all she said as she opened the door to the room and walked in.

Minutes turned to hours and still she sat in a chair by the blonde's bed just watching and waiting unsure of what she would say once the girl woke. She had watched as different nurses came in some only to jot down notes another to change sheets, one even asked if Tenten was in need of anything but she just quietly shook her head and said no thank you. She watched as the sun set out the wind and got lost in her thoughts. How she was still weak, how even after all these years she couldn't be strong enough not to be caught. She wasn't strong enough to keep another from getting hurt. Here lye Temari in place of her…

"I know you are asleep but you are a Baka…" Tenten lightly laid her head down upon the bed as she vented to the sleeping girl. "Why did you have to do this to yourself?" she started to turn her head back and forth she had been stuck with her own thoughts for far too long. "Really Temari why didn't you just let me get hit, I should be in this bed and not you." She allowed her eyes to close as everything from the past few weeks started to flood her mind. Her eyes started to tear up as she kept them shut, her body started to shake. Then she felt her heart stop, as a hand was softly place atop her head.

"You know you could wake the dead talking like that." A soft voice could be heard as Tenten lifted her head bring her hands up quickly to try to wipe away the traces of tears that were threating to spill if left alone.

"Temari…I…I" She tried to speak but the words just didn't come out. Temari brought up her hand to cup Tenten's cheek.

"Shh, It's fine just hand me that water please." Nodding Tenten grabbed the glass of water, handing it slowly to blonde she took a long swig of it. "Much better thank you." She offered Tenten a soft smile.

"One moment I will get the nurse…" after saying that Tenten jumped out of her seat heading out the door. It didn't take long before she was back with Sakura this time. Tenten stayed back a bit as Sakura come up to Temari looking her over.

"Alright so good news is we were able to stop the spread and you should be back to your old self in a week or so." Sakura raised her clip board and jotted down a few notes. "Though you will have to take some medication with you, thankfully you got here in time, that was slow acting but deadly. You should make sure to take your medication every day. To insure you make a full recovery I am going to suggest to the Hokage that you have someone watch over you for the week. Ok?"

"I can do it!" Tenten almost yelled before letting her eyes drop to the floor. "I mean it is the least that I can do since I mean…" She just trailed off at the end.

"That's fine; I will let the Hokage know so she doesn't put you on any missions. You are free to check out once you fully wake up." With that Sakura took her leave.

"Are you sure about this Tenten? Last I knew you didn't want to be anywhere near me…" Temari raised a brow in question.

"Don't make me change my mind; I am only repaying a favor… Let me know when you are ready I am going to see if I can go pick up your medication early." Temari just let out a soft laugh as she watch Tenten leave the room unsure of what this next week would have in store.