Bloodlines

Chapter 21 – Life and Death

Kitai pouted and sat down with her mother. Hinata looked off into her own world. Kitai noticed her mother's frown. "Mother…"

Hinata stood up. "Their back…"

Kitai furrowed her eye brows. "How do you know?"

"I can feel Naruto's chakra entering the village." Kitai got up and they went to the hospital. They could see many ninja come back. Kitai eyes brighten when she saw Naruto limping into the village. She ran ahead of her mother. Sakura appeared next to Naruto.

"My team will take all of the hurt ninja with us" She commanded. "Everyone else still come by the hospital for a physical" They nodded and half disappeared. Kitai ran up to Naruto.

"Naruto, you're back!" She hugged him. He nodded. Hinata walked up.

"Where is Sasuke?" Hinata asked. Naruto frowned. She stared at him. Kitai looked between them.

"Naruto…did something happen to my father?"

Naruto clenched his fist. "He went with Sakura team…" He looked up at Hinata. She nodded.

Jinsei walked through the village. He yawned. Kitai smiled and ran into his arms. They fell over. "You came back!" She smiled.

"Of course I would…" He looked up. "We should head to the hospital"

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Hinata, Kitai and Jinsei walked into room 203. Hinata pushed the curtain back and there was Sasuke. He was laying there still and cold. Hinata stared at him. Kitai looked at her mother. "What is wrong with him?"

Sakura and Naruto walked in. "He used a lot of chakra… we believe he put himself in a coma to recollect himself"

"When will he come out of it?" Kitai asked.

Naruto chuckled. "Whenever he feels like it"

She frowned and slapped her sleeping father. "Wake up Dad!" He didn't move. Hinata smiled.

"He is so selfish" She sighed. "Might as well let him rest, he will be good as new in a few days"

Everyone left. Hinata stood beside him. "You better hurry and wake up" She stared down at his paling skin. "You have too much to live for"

Hinata wasn't a fool. Sasuke wouldn't put himself into a coma. Sasuke didn't like to rest. He was hardheaded. He would have wanted to surprise her by coming home early. Her felt a tear roll down her face. He had to live.

She needed him to live.

She looked at his heart monitor, was a slow and getting slower.

She rested a hand on his heart, letting their chakra flow in and out of each other. She noticed her chakra had changed colors again but instead of dark purple it was a ghost white. She absently touched her stomach. "I need you…" She kissed his cool face. "We need you…"

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Kitai and Jinsei walked about the town. "How was it?" He looked at her. "The war?" He smirked.

"I don't remember"

"How don't you remember?"

He smiled and touched her cheek. "Do you remember what I told you before I left?" They sat at a bench that was covered by a large Sakura tree.

She blushed and looked down. "I do…"

"I guess I should do something about it, huh?"

She looked up. "I g-guess so!"

He reached into his back pocket and knelt down. Kitai gasped. He smiled up at her and looked down. "It really bothers me you don't strapped your shoes on right" He strapped her shoes again. She frowned. He sat up. "What?"

She turned away from him. He hugged her. "Are you upset with me? I just came back from war and stuff…" She smiled.

"I hate you…"

He chuckled in her back. "You couldn't hate me if you tried" She turned to his face. He sighed. "I am too cool"

"Whatever jerk!"

He opened the box there was a stone, it was a yin and yang necklace but instead of black and white it was black and green. He smiled and pulled it apart. "It reminded me of you" He gave her the black piece. "It's onyx and emerald" He tied it behind her neck. He put his side on.

"It's beautiful"

"Yeah, well… I did miss your birthday" He nodded. She hugged him.

"I don't know anything about you…"

He raised an eye brow. "What do you want to know?"

She smiled. "Everything…"

He smirked. "Everything?"

She nodded. "I want to you… My mother knows my father…"

He folded his arms. "I don't like being compared to other people" He looked at her. She blushed and muttered 'I'm sorry'. He nodded. "I like order. I enjoy sitting in silence." He paused. "That's it."

She pouted. "I want to know your quirks!"

"My quirks?" She nodded. "Let's see… I can't bake if I have to make it. I love shrimp, fish, beef, pork but I hate shrimp and beef flavored things. My best dish is an empty one. I love to make people feel awkward. I hated boxers because it's too loose and open. I hate when poetry doesn't rhyme"

She giggled. "Is that it?"

He sighed. "I like when the moon is full, I can never finish breakfast. I like to sing really girly songs when I'm alone and I love this girl, like everything about her! The way her nose wrinkles when she smells something weird. I love when her eyes get big when she learns something knew, I love her little giggles and I think I may be addicted to her."

She paused. "Really…"

He shook his head. "No."

She gasped.

"I don't sing"

She punched his arm. "You're really mean to me!" He grabbed her chin and leaned in. Her eyes closed. His lips touched her forehead.

"Goodnight Kitai…" He stood.

"Jinsei!" He turned. She grabbed his face and pulled him down into a kiss. He wrapped his arms around her. She groaned as he bit her lip softly. He kissed the corner of her mouth and trailed down her neck. She gripped his shoulder. "Jin…"

He kissed her forehead, nose, chin and then her lips. "I'm going to leave now…"

She gasped when he pulled back. "Why?"

He smirked. "I don't want to break the trust your father has in me" He kissed her again. She blushed.

"I don't understand…"

"If only you knew…" He turned. "Later!"

She stood there dumbfounded.

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She walked to the hospital to check on her father before she went home. Hinata was sitting by the bed, her body was arched over his body. "Mommy…" She called shakily.

Hinata looked up. Her eyes were blood red with crying. She looked over at his heart monitor. It was turned off. "Ki-chan…"

Kitai bit her lip. "D-dad…"

Hinata started crying again. Kitai walked over to her father. His face was pale and cold. She pressed her fingers to his throat.

Nothing.

She felt nothing.

Hinata shook her head. "Kitai…"

It felt like something was lodged in her throat. "Mommy…" She held her chest and a scream let her lips. Everything went in slow motion. Sakura came in and started trying to restart his heart. Naruto was pulling her out the room. She was screaming but nothing was coming out.

As far as she knew… her father was dead.

Sasuke was dead.

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