Hey guys, I'm so glad you all waited for me and are happy to see me back, you have no idea how happy I was to see that I still have regular readers even though I was out for so long. Glad you think I was worth waiting for. Love y'all, here's chapter 20!

Lexi's face wasn't the pretty, clear face that Shia had expected. No, Lexi's face was severely burnt. She had been unconscious for years, but the girls face wasn't healing. Her hair was black and looked freshly cut, as if one of the nurses was cutting it when it got long. Her eyes, one of the only things left untouched, were closed and looked innocent. As if they belonged to a small child. She had a cut on her arm, the cut looked like it was still bleeding, the bandages were freshly changed.

"Her arm..."

"Lexi stumps them all." Aki said, "This is the exact condition that she was in when I found her. The hair cut, the face, and the cut on her arm." He moved some hair from his sisters face. "No one knows what happened." A nurse came and called to Aki, "I'll be right back." Shia nodded and walked closer to Lexi's unconscious body.

"L-Lexi," She started, "I've never spoke to the unconscious, well, maybe when my brothers were asleep, but..." Shia let out a small laugh, "I don't know if you can hear me, or if you're soul is still in your body...But, I need to say this. Aki needs you, he needs you to open your pretty little eyes and save him. I know the dark side, I was stuck in it for years, don't send him into the dark." Shia glanced over at the door, making sure she was still alone. "I'll try and help, I'm sure I can find something." Aki walked in then.

"The nurse know to let you in," He said, "Aki had the right too, he was always hoping she'd wake up when he walked in."

"Thanks." Shia took another look at Lexi's burnt face. "Would you be mad if I tried to help her regain consciousness?"

"Mad?" He looked to his sister, "Shia if you found something you'd be my hero." A chill ran through Shia as thunder went off.

"I should get home," Shia said, "I'll see you later Aki, Lexi." Aki nodded as Shia walked out. When she got down to the main floor, thunder was booming off again.

"Shia." She turned to see Shikamaru, "I heard that you'd came here," He opened an umbrella, "Shall we?" They walked in silence till Shia suddenly stopped walking.

"Shikamaru, could you put the card on hold for a bit?"

"Why?" He asked, pulling her into motion again.

"You've read lots of books and scrolls, right?" He nodded as they walked up the steps to his house. "Have you ever heard of a jutsu or medical condition that make someone slip into a coma for years and nothing change about them?"

"Nothing change?" Shia nodded, "Shia what are you talking about?" She walked down into her room, Shikamaru following.

"I'll tell you in a bit, I've got to take a shower and get on clean clothes." Shikamaru nodded and walked into the kitchen. When she got out of the shower Shia pulled on a pair of PJ's and went into the living room, where she found Shikamaru had mad her a cup of hot chocolate and she sat down.

"So, what were you talking about?" Shia took a sip of her chocolate and looked over at Shikamaru.

"Well, I know of this patient,"

"Who?" She shook her said

"A patient," She said again, "She's been unconscious for years and looks exactly the way she did the day they found her." Shikamaru thought for a moment.

"What's she look like?"

"Well, her hair hasn't grown the entire time, a cut on her arm that was bleed that day is still bleeding, and her face was severely burnt-"

"Except for her eyes?"

"Yes a- how'd you know?"

"Well, I have read something about a jutsu that does that. It's ancient and the user probably didn't know what it would do."

"What do you mean?"

"Does this patient have a blood line jutsu or anything like it?" Shia nodded, "Then the user probably wanted to take that and knew that the jutsu, or something like it, would work. However he probably didn't know that it would burn her so badly, the fire that was used or someone coming in probably scared him and he ran off."

"Is there a way to wake her up?"

"Her?" Shia gave him a look, "Okay, okay. If, and I say again, if it's this jutsu it takes blood and chakra-"

"That's all?"

"The blood and chakra of a dead ninja."

"Chakra from the dead? Shika the dead don't have chakra."

"I know that." He said, "That's what makes it such a forbidden jutsu. It's nearly imposib-" Shia shot up.

"I have to go."

"Where?"

"Just call Aki! Tell him to go see his sister!" With that Shia was gone. Knowing nothing else Shikamaru did as he was told. When Aki hung up the phone Shikamaru left for the hospital.

"Shia what's going on?" Aki asked when he stumbled into the room, "What's so important?"

"He knew!" She said pacing the room, "Syaoran knew what was wrong with her."

"Shia, I-I don't understand."

"Aki, look at how many chakra crystals he left us! And I had his blood all over me! Look at this," She reached into her scroll pouch and pulled out a purple crystal. "It's mixed with his blood. It was a forbidden jutsu, to steal her blood line."

"I don't get how this helps."

"Shikamaru told me that it takes blood and chakra from the dead." Shia walked over to Lexi as Shikamaru moved into the room.

"You did hear it IF right?" He said, "There's less then a 1 in 1,000,000 chance that it's right."

"What are the side effects?" Aki asked, "If it's wrong?"

"Pain. A lot of pain."

"But she'll live?"

"Yes." Aki looked to Shia.

"You may be my hero." He said, walking over to her, "Do it." She nodded and place the chakra on her head.

"Please wake up Lexi." Shia forced the crystal into her head.