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"May your love never end
And if you need a friend
There's a seat here alongside me"
-Roads Untraveled by Linkin Park
Hospital Stay
Kakashi and Obito both stood next to the hospital bed Haruka currently laid on.
"What's wrong with her?" Obito asked Kakashi. Kakashi shook his head and placed his hand on top of hers.
"I don't know. Minato-sensei won't tell me anything. Raijin won't tell me anything. The nurses won't tell me anything. Nobody's telling me anything and it's pissing me off!" Kakashi yelled out. Obito shrank back, unsure of what to do. A few seconds passed until Obito started talking again.
"You're not the only one who's mad about not knowing. I want to know what's wrong with her too. So does Rin." He whispered out. Letting go of Haruka's hand, Kakashi sat down on the chair next to the bed.
"You don't understand… She's family, whether I like it or not." He whispered to Obito, showing a rare case of emotions. Obito opened his mouth to comfort his teammate, but Rin opened the door to the room, her eyes obviously red from a night of crying.
"I-Is she okay?" Rin asked.
"I don't know. I think she's just chakra exhausted, but I'm not so sure." Kakashi whispered out. Rin sighed and closed the door behind her, placing the flowers she brought into a vase. "I brought food for you guys." She said, handing Obito the bag that contained food and drinks.
"Thanks Rin!"
"I'm not hungry." Kakashi declared.
"I don't care if you're not hungry Kakashi-kun. You need to eat whether you like it or not. Minato-sensei told me that you haven't been home for the last few days. That probably means you haven't eaten much." Rin's face soften. "I understand you're worried, but do you honestly think Haruka-chan wants you to starve yourself?" Kakashi stared at Rin for a few seconds until he sighed.
"Fine." He stood up from his chair and stuck his hand in the bag that Obito was currently holding.
"Thank you. Now, let's eat!"
Minato ran his fingers through his hair and sighed.
"Minato, what are we going to do?" Raijin said, walking next to him.
"I honestly don't know. We could always seal off this power, but we'd have to know what's causing it." He said to Raijin. They were currently walking in a hallway towards Haruka's hospital room. "I could ask Kushina to help me. She knows a lot more about sealing than me, and I know quite a lot."
"Well, the only thing we can do now is wait for the Pup to wake up." Raijin said. Minato smiled when he sensed that Kakashi, Obito, and Rin were in Haruka's hospital room. He opened the door to her room and his eyes widened. Kakashi still sitting in the chair but his head was lying on the bed while holding Haruka's hand. On the side of the room, Obito and Rin were both sleeping next to each other against the wall. Minato smiled and closed the door carefully, not to wake up his students.
"We can come back later." He said to Raijin. Raijin nodded his head and started walking towards the third floor with Minato right behind him.
Kakashi quickly woke up and looked around, only to notice that Obito and Rin were still sleeping. Cursing himself for falling asleep, he looked at Haruka, who was still asleep.
"Please wake up." He whispered to her. He looked down at his arms, which were now bandaged from the incident a few days ago.
"You left me! You made a promise but left me!" Haruka screamed at Kakashi.
Wincing at the memory, he gripped her hand harder and looked down, feeling tears form in his eyes.
"…Y-You're hurting my hand Scarecrow." He quickly looked up to see the red eyes of his friend looking at him. Kakashi remained silent while Haruka tried to move her body into a sitting position. When she winced, Kakashi quickly got out of his chair and gently pushed back down.
"You haven't called me that in years." Haruka smiled at him. "You're such an idiot. You need to be more careful next time."
"S-Sorry." She said, her voice cracking from not using it for the past five days. "Don't c-cry Kakashi." His eyes widened and he wiped away the tears that were forming in his eyes. Haruka looked over at where Obito and Rin were sleeping and her eyes widen. "They're h-here too?" She said, shock apparent in her voice.
"Yeah, why wouldn't they be? I wasn't the only one who was worried about you. Those two have been in and out of this room for the past few days."
"I've been so mean to them, so cold." Haruka said, her face showing guilt. "They have no reason to be here, yet they are because they're worried for me." She turned her head back and looked at the ceiling. "I've been such an ass toward you for the p-past few years Kakashi too. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." She said. Kakashi's eyes widened when he saw that tears were falling from her eyes. His hand automatically moved to her face and wiped away her tears.
"Get some rest Haruka. You'll need it." He said to her. Haruka remained quiet and Kakashi realized she had fallen asleep again. However, she seemed more… relaxed, almost peaceful. Seeing this as a sign for hope, Kakashi smiled. He quietly walked out of the room so he could tell a nurse that Haruka was awake.
"Wait, what do you mean I can't leave?"
"It's as simple as that. You can't leave." I shook my head. There is no way I'm staying in this hospital for another day, no matter what Kakashi says.
"I don't care. I'm leaving and you can't stop me." I stood up from my bed, and with my quivering legs I took a step forward, only for my legs to give out on me the moment my foot was off the ground. Luckily, Obito was standing near me and quickly came to my rescue.
"That's why you idiot." I glared at Kakashi as I put my arm around Obito so he could help me back to my bed. After I got comfortable in my bed I turned my head toward Kakashi.
"So what happened to your arms?"
"What do you mean?"
"Your arms, idiot. You have them bandaged like a mummy." Kakashi looked at me weirdly.
"Do you… not remember?" It was my turn to look at him weirdly.
"…Why would I remember how you got hurt?" Kakashi looked like he wanted to say something, but Obito suddenly jumped in front of Kakashi and looked at me.
"Um… are you hungry Haruka?" I was kind of surprised by the sudden change in conversation, but I decided to go along with it.
"Sure. Can you get me something? I'll eat anything. This hospital food is disgusting." Obito nodded his head.
"Come on Kakashi, let's go get food!" Kakashi groaned.
"But I don't want to."
"Oh well, let's go!" Obito grabbed Kakashi's arm and dragged him out of the room. The moment they left the room, I pushed what little chakra I had into my ears.
"You remember what Minato-sensei said right?" I heard Obito's muffled voice.
"Yeah, but I expected her to remember-" Kakashi said.
"But he told us not to tell her anything. That it might cause her to-"
"I know. I won't mention anything anymore then."
"Okay. Well, let's go get food. I'm hungry." I stopped my chakra to my ears and leaned my head back to the wall. Kakashi expected me to remember something, but what?
I was currently in my hospital bed, bored out of my mind.
"Pup, how are you feeling?"
"I'm fine." I said to Raijin, who was currently sitting next to the bed.
"Are you sure?"
"For the last time, yes!" I sighed. "Actually, could you help me walk to my mother's room?" Raijin's gaze softened and he stood up.
"Alright, let's go." I sat on the edge of the bed and grabbed onto Raijin's fur. I struggled to stand up and I had to wrap my arms around Raijin's neck.
"Thanks." We progressed slowly. I could barely walk, so I basically had Raijin walk me. "Raijin, what happened during training?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, you guys keep telling me that I have chakra exhaustion, but that's impossible." Raijin turned his head toward me. "I was only using taijutsu while I was training."
"I don't know then. All I know is that you were found passed out from chakra exhaustion."
"I know you're lying." He looked down at me.
"I'm not though."
"Yes you are! You smell weird." Raijin suddenly stopped walking and I almost fell down.
"You can smell that?"
"Yeah, it's so weird lately. For example, while I was brushing my teeth, I ran my tongue across them and I noticed how sharp my canine teeth were. I ended up cutting my tongue." I looked up at him. "What really happened Raijin? What's wrong with me?"
"Nothing's wrong with you. I promise, okay? I'll tell you everything when we get back from your mother's." I looked down, disappointed that I couldn't know now. "It's time you go and see her again, isn't it?" I nodded my head and we walked towards my mother's room.
"Hey, Raijin, how long has it been since I've been out?"
"Well, you were out cold for about five days. But when you woke up, you had to stay in bed for another five. You can count Pup, do the math."
"So… ten days."
"Yup."
"Damn, that's a long time."
"It sure is Pup."
By the time we finished walking up one flight of stairs, I was about ready to pass out.
"R-Raijin…"
"Are you okay Pup?" Raijin asked. I stood there panting while holding on to Raijin, trying not to fall.
"Do I look fine?" I managed to wheeze out between my panting.
"Pup, do you want to ride-"
"N-No. I need to get better." I coughed. "This is helping me." I started walking down the hallway that I was very familiar with while Raijin helped me. When we reached my mother's room and I opened the door, someone was already there.
"Hello Haruka." Raijin growled and moved in front of me.
"Dad?" My father smiled at me and then looked down at my mother.
"What the hell are you doing here Hiro?" Raijin growled out.
"I just wanted to see my wife." His hand hovered above her cheek.
"Don't touch her!" I shouted out, my voice slightly wavering. He sighed at looked over at where Raijin and I were standing.
"You don't have to worry that much Raijin. I'm not going to hurt Haruka. That's not the purpose of me being here." Anger flared up inside me and it caused me to growl. My father looked at me and smirked. "Oh my, you're growling?" My right hand quickly covered my mouth and my eyes widen from shock. "It seems like it's a new thing, isn't it?"
"N-No, it's not." I lied.
"Your reaction states otherwise." My father said to me, still smirking. I felt a sudden wave of fatigue come over me and my legs buckled under me, causing me to fall onto my knees. The only thing that kept me from face-planting to the floor were my hands that shot out in front of me to prevent hitting the ground, which also caused me to look at the floor.
"Haruka!" I struggled to open my eyes but when I looked up, I noticed that my father was holding something that looked suspiciously like a seal.
"You're the child, the one in that prophecy." He whispered out. Raijin growled and continued to stare at my father while trying to help me stand. "Huh, I guess that Uzumaki wasn't lying when he said that this seal would detect people with special chakra."
"Don't you dare-"
"You are such a nuisance Raijin." My father interrupted. He pulled something out of his kunai pouch and shot Raijin with a senbon.
"Raijin!" I shouted out. I tried to stand up, but without Raijin helping me I was failing miserably. Having no other choice, I started crawling towards his body that was on the floor. My father looked over at me and laughed, something that made me cringe while I crawled.
"Don't worry; I didn't kill your little pet. The only thing that was on that senbon was a sleeping drug." When I reached Raijin, I took out the senbon and flung it somewhere behind me. I felt like crying and that was something I did not want to do, especially in front of my father.
"W-What do you want with me?" I said as loud as I could. But then I remembered what he said not even five minutes ago. "Actually, what were you talking about, me being the child in the prophecy?"
"Oh? Raijin here hasn't told you?" I shook my head. "Your teacher too?" He opened his mouth to say something, but he quickly looked to the side, as if he heard something. "I wish I could stay here longer and tell you my dear daughter, but it seems that the Anbu have noticed my presence." My eyes widened.
"Wait, I need you to tell me-"
"Can't do that, now can I? I'll see you soon." My father smiled and shot a senbon at me. There was a sudden pain in my arm. Then, there was nothing.
"Hey idiot, wake up." I groaned and turned to my side, trying to avoid being poked again.
"Kakashi, don't poke Haruka. Also, calling someone an idiot isn't nice."
"But Sensei, she's awake."
"She's awake? Wait, Minato-sensei said not to poke her Kakashi!" I groaned again and pulled the blankets up to cover my face.
"Idiot, I said wake-" I opened my eyes and the memories of what happened flashed through my eyes. I quickly shot up from my covers and stared at the people around me.
"Where's Raijin?"
"I'm right here Pup, nothing to worry about." I looked around and saw him lying down on the floor. I pulled the covers off my body and tried to get out the bed to walk over to where he was, but my legs couldn't support my body and I fell backwards onto the bed.
"What the-" I groaned and pulled my pillow across my face. "Why can't I walk yet?" I grumbled into it.
"Please be careful Haruka-chan, you're still recovering." Rin said to me, worry etched on her face. "You were in a comatose state for another three days." I tried standing again, Obito decided to help me by grabbing my arm to make sure I didn't fall.
"Did you get taller?" I looked up and asked him. I don't remember him being taller than me, but I honestly wouldn't know. He blushed and rubbed his head sheepishly with his free hand.
"I don't know actually."
"Oh, okay." I pointed at where Raijin was. "Help me there. Uh…please?" I said, almost forgetting my manners. Raijin stood up on his legs to walk over to where I was but I waved my hand to tell him to stay there.
"Sure Haruka." I looked at his hand that wasn't occupied and I noticed that his hand was shaking.
"Are you okay Obito? Your hand is shaking." He quickly looked at me and his eyes widened.
"N-Nothing's wrong!"
"Are you sure-" I saw him look at Minato-sensei who was standing next to Raijin quietly. I decided to let the matter go and I saw the relief on Obito's face. It may have taken a while, but I finally managed to get to where Raijin was.
"Thanks Obito."
"No problem Haruka." He said to me with a smile as I got comfortable on the floor.
"Guys, why don't you go get Kushina?" Minato-sensei looked at me. "She's been wanting to see you Haruka." I looked at him in surprise. Kushina? She wanted to see me? He then looked at Kakashi. "That also means you Kakashi." I heard Kakashi groan, but it was quickly interrupted by Obito's cheering.
"Yes! Kushina-nee, here we come!" He dragged Kakashi out of the room while Rin quietly followed them. The moment they were out of earshot, I looked at Minato and Raijin.
"So, anything you want to tell me?"
"...Well, Kakashi became Jounin."
"What?!"
A/N: Hey guys! I'm pretty proud of this chapter and I don't know why, but I am. So have you guys noticed that Haruka kinda changed? She's a little nicer now (if you call it that). It's all because of her mental breakdown in the last chapter. She'll still be pretty cold, but better than before. Her breakdown made her realize that she really wasn't living her life. Hehe. The next chapter will continue from where the conversation between Haruka, Minato, and Raijin took place. Already got chapter 15 written out! xD
So my dear followers, I don't remember when, but when "In Time" reached 50 followers, I wanted to do something special like a one-shot! But none of you guys asked me to do anything *tears* Dx So I'm asking again (because I got more followers, yay!) Anything in particular you guys wanna see? A possible future between the characters? Au's? I'll take almost any suggestions! (I won't write lemons, I have no idea how to write them.) So please tell me either by review or PM! I'll be putting the stats of Haruka and Kakashi down below for anybody that's been confused about their ages :) That's about it! Hope you enjoyed this chapter :D Leave a review and don't forget to follow/fav! Until next time~
Aotomi Haruka
Family
Aotomi Akiye:
Jounin, inactive.
Aotomi Hiro:
Jounin, nuke-nin, ties with Iwagakure.
Birthday
November 27
Current Age
13
Rank
Genin: Age5
Chunin: Age 6
Height
160cm (5ft 3in)
Weight
43kg (95lb)
Hatake Kakashi
Family
Hatake Sakumo:
Dead, cause of death: seppuku
Hatake Hanako:
Dead, cause of death: unknown
Birthday
September 15
Current Age
13
Rank
Genin: Age 5
Chunin: Age 6
Jounin: Age 13
Current Height
159cm (5ft 2.5in)
Current Weight
44kg (97lb)