A/N: Er... enjoy.
Disclaimer: mwa ha ha... blah blah... yada yada... (translation: I don't own Naruto... but I sure am evil!)

Chapter 21: History Repeated

"Why not? I'm a missing-ninja from the Hidden Leaf. You're no ordinary Inuzuka..."

Before the Shinigami finished Hana kicked him in the stomach. The Shinigami flew back.

Hana struggled to stand up, and the third ash gray dog bounded up.

"So I'll die right? I still have to bring you down with me," Hana gasped, and made hand seals.

"Gatsuuga!"

She and the Haimaru Sankyodai spun faster and faster towards the Shinigami. He smirked, pulled out his katana, and blocked them. Both Inuzuka and the three dogs slipt from the Gatsuuga state to their normal ones and felt the sensation of flight then pain as they smashed into separate trees. Hana coughed, sending crimson droplets to drip, one by one, onto the ground. A dark mist surrounded them.

Why the hell won't these damn soldier pills work!

"What the..." the Shinigami started.

Kakashi and Itachi landed besides her.

"About time..." Hana coughed.

Kakashi felt her pulse, "He poisoned you already?"

"Slow and painful death..." Hana's voice was slowly disappearing.

God dammit!

Itachi stood upconnecting his fist with the Shinigami's jaw. Hana felt the world start spinning, and she closed her eyes slowly. Kakashi shook her, "Hold on Hana!"

Kakashi stood up, ready to fight and Hana could feel the ash gray dogs curl up beside her. It hurt. It hurt a lot. The poison was strong; she never felt such pain like this. She cried out in agony, unable to hold it in.

"Good bye..." Hana whispered to the dogs.

They whimpered moving closer, licking her wounds.

"Say... goodbye to Kiba..."

Hana remembered Kiba. Kiba depended on her. Kiba needed her alive. Who was going to care for the boy while Tsume was on missions? Who would bring him to eat dango and ramen? Kiba would be alone. She couldn't do that to him.

Hana could not die.

Holding onto the tree she struggled to stand. She watched through half-lidded eyes as Itachi and Kakashi copied the Shinigami's movements perfectly. Hana saw as the fire rebounded on each other causing an explosion. And as Kakashi performed genjutsu and Itachi attacked, they didn't notice the overturned tree over their heads.

"Release!"

Hana watched as the tree fell.

Kakashi stared in horror. History was repeating itself. He stared at the body, the body that pushed him and Itachi out of the way. The body of the girl whose side was crushed... exactly like Obito so long ago.

Hana tried to smile up at Kakashi.

"I... was going to die... I might as well... save some lives."

But Kakashi couldn't see Hana. He only saw Obito where Hana lay. He saw Rin crying over his body, not Itachi, shocked so he couldn't move. And he saw the Fourth Hokage attack the rock ninja, instead of three dogs tearing cloth and flesh off a stunned Shinigami.

Itachi was the first of the two ANBU to finally realize what was happening. He stood up, pushing the tree off Hana's body. But Kakashi knew... just like he knew so long ago, it was futile. Itachi lifted her up, carrying her in his arms.

"Finish him off," he ordered. Kakashi, in a daze, nodded standing up. Before Itachi disappeared in a pop, he stated flatly, "She won't die. She's no ordinary Inuzuka after all."

Kakashi turned to the Shinigami.

"Die, you bastard."

He held his arm, and blue light appeared, cracklinglike lightning. The Shinigami's eyes widened, seeing his death.

"Chidori."

Itachi ran, jumping from roof to roof towards the Konoha hospital.

"I told you not to interfere."

Hana was motionless. Itachi didn't have time to stop and check her pulse. He increased his speed, running into the hospital. One look at Hana and medical ninja appeared, pulling Hana into the emergency room. Itachi followed.

They injected antidote after antidote into her body. Itachi turned around as they pulled off her shirt and wrapped bandages around her chest.

Half an hour later, the medical-nin left, leaving Hana unconscious, a tube in her arm, checking her pulse through a machine. She wore an oxygen mask and her heart was beating slowly.

"I'm sorry... Inuzuka-sama can't have visitors..."

The door opened.

"He's with me," Itachi said slowly.

The nurse sighed, "I have to report this to the doctors."

"Go ahead."

The nurse bustled off. Kakashi walked forward looking at the girl.

"She's alive?"

"Barely."

Kakashi was silent. Itachi knew exactly what was going through his mind. If he didn't leave Obito, maybe he would have survived too.

"Kill him?"

"Escaped."

"You let him escape?" Itachi smirked. Kakashi had gotten considerably weaker lately. Kakashi frowned.

"No."

"You used the Chidori?"

"Yeah."

"How did he escape?"

"Barely...genjutsu."

Itachi was quiet. It was better not to bother Kakashi right after he let a criminal escape, and when he witnessed something similar to one of the most tramatic events he had when he was younger.

"How... did she survive both?" Kakashi said slowly.

Hana opened an eye, and whispered, "Because someone needs me alive."

Itachi noticed Kakashi smile behind his mask. Hana fidgeted, her voice barely there.

"Damn tube. Hurts like hell."

"You had a tree fall on you and poison injected at the same time and you're complaining about a tube?" Kakashi said amused.

Slowly, Hana broke out into the infamous Inuzuka grin.

"Damn straight."

"You're a stupid girl," Kakashi said, his voice still light. "Just leave the fighting to us and that would have never happened."

Hana began to protest, but she suddenly got quiet and drifted off to sleep.

A/N: Wheee! Hana's still alive!

But... dun dun dun... the SHinigami is still out there... hope you liked!