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Chapter 20

Minako leaped to the top of the building, landing gracefully beside Choji.

Brushing a few strands of her hair from her face, she asked looking at Ino with concern, "How is he?"

Ino shook her head as she bit her lip, "He'll die unless we get him to Tsunade."

Raido and Aoba shook their heads when Ino looked at them.

Minako stood up, placing her hands on her hips, she said, "I can teleport him there."

"But you've just learned how to." Aoba says

"She can do it." A deep voice said behind them. Everyone turned or looked up to see who was talking. "She can do it." the voice said again.

Minako bent down and placed Asuma's arm around her shoulders.

Asuma turned his head and looking at her said quietly with a smile, "This time it's you saving me."

Minako looked back at him, "Don't talk. We'll make it in time." She used one hand to create the handseals and vanished.

Raido turned to look at the stranger and asked, "How did you know she could teleport?"

"She is from the Shinduki clan." the stranger said.

"But I thought that clan was wiped out." Aoba said as he crossed his arms.

Shaking his head, the man said, "No, some one betrayed the clan. They went to live in different villages to preserve the bloodline. Minako's and Yamato's mother was a full-blood Shenduki."

Raido interrupted the man by holding up his hand, "But if Yamato is from a Shenduki mother how come he doesn't have the same qualities as Minako?"

"When Orochimaru did what he did, he suppressed the Shenduki qualities without even knowing it. Minako's powers awoke the night she was abducted. Her mother had control of her powers and she didn't see the attack coming because she didn't look into the future.

"Their mother could also teleport, but she never told anyone because of what had happened almost eleven years ago. The Shenduki were well known for their abilities to teleport and foreseeing the future. They were also gifting with longevity. That was the other reason Minako picked up the teleportation jutsu really fast." The man sighed and sat down.

"But how did Minato learn to teleport?" Aoba asked

The man said, "He just made a cheap imitation of it. He had to have anchor points. If you have noticed Minako doesn't need them."

"I did notice that." Shikamaru said.

"I have a question." Ino said.

The man nodded waiting for her to continue.

"Because Minako can see into the future she knew Asuma was going to get killed?" Ino asked.

"Yes, she doesn't have control of it yet. Nobody was around to teach her how to control it." The man stood up, "I need to be on my way, and you need to get back to Konoha."

The man vanished in a puff of smoke, surprising everyone there.

"He must be from the Shinduki clan." Aoba said.

"Let's get to the village." Shikamaru said, his voice deep with emotion.

Raido and the others took off heading to the village when they came across one of the teams. A young woman dressed in a short, form-fitted red dress, leaped from the tree and landed in front of them.

Picking up her head, she asked, "Where's Asuma?"

"Minako took him back to Konoha, Jade." Ino told her, "and we need to get back."

Jade signaled to her squad and told them to follow Raido and his team back to the village.

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"And it's all my fault." Minako sobbed into Genma's chest after telling him about Asuma.

Genma ran his hand down her hair, "Minako, it's not your fault. He still would have gone even if you had told him."

Minako pulled away from him and looking up at him asked, "Are you sure? Or are you just saying that?"

Genma looking at her said, "No. Asuma would have gone. He went because of his friend Chiriku."

Minako nodded and laid her head against his chest. A nurse came up and asked, "Do you want us to take care of your arm now?"

Minako said as she sat up, "No, I would rather wait until Tsunade or Sakura can do it."

The nurse asked as she stood back up, "Well then, do you want a drink of water?"

Minako nodded as she brushed the tears from her eyes with the heel of her hand. The nurse walked away and got a glass of water. Standing with her back to them, she pulled a vial from her pocket and poured a few drops into the water. Replacing the vial, she walked back to where Minako and Genma were sitting.

Taking the glass the nurse offered Minako drank all of the water down. Minako then laid her head back on Genma's chest and said quietly, "Hold me. Just hold me."

Genma complied and held her close. After awhile Genma's eyes started drifting shut. He tried to stay awake but finally gave into sleep. A nurse came over with a blanket and covered them up. Sakura and Jade found them like that later.

Sakura leaned towards Jade and said, "I wish I had a camera. They look so cute together."

Jade said, "Leave them alone. I'll be right back with my camera."

Jade turned around and ran to her house. Quickly going into her room she grabbed her camera off her dresser and ran back out. Getting to the hospital she gave the camera to Sakura because she was panting and they wanted a memorable picture.

Sakura adjusted the lens, getting it into focus. Then taking several pictures at different angles she gave the camera back to Jade as she smiled.

"Let's leave them there until Tsunade gets here with Asuma." Sakura said.

Just then Tsunade came in with Shizune, Ino, and the medics that Minako had sent to the Hokage house. They were carrying Asuma on a stretcher.

"How is he?" Jade asked quietly

"He'll be fine, now." Tsunade looked towards Minako and Genma, "If Minako hadn't come to me first we could have lost him."

Jade nodded in understanding. A nurse came up, "What about Minako's arm?"

"We're going to have to do surgery on it to realign the bones." Tsunade walked over to where Minako and Genma were sleeping. She placed her hand on Genma's shoulder and gently shook it.

Genma opened his eyes and blinked several time cause of the bright light. Then picking his head up from where it was resting on top of Minako's head, he looked at Tsunade.

"If you'll take her into the surgery room, we'll take care of her arm real quick. And if we aren't too tired we'll completely heal everything." Tsunade said gently.

Genma nodded and slipping his arm under Minako's knees got up and followed Tsunade and Sakura into the surgery room.