5 months later...

Tsuki watched the person in front of her. She couldn't believe how fast things had declined after the fight.

Tsunade, the new Hokage, had spent day and night trying to heal him. She even tried waking him up and nothing had happened. All in vain now.

She had visited him once a day since the attack. And today was the worst. She slammed her fist on the bedstand.

"Damnit! I should have been here!" The last time she had been here, his heart had been beating. Now there was nothing. Just complete and utter silence.

listened to the loud beep of the machines by Tenshi's bedside- one of them was loudly proclaiming that Tenshi's heart had stopped, but Tsuki was no medic-nin, and didn't know which one. Nurses and doctors flooded in as soon as it did so, and Tsuki watched them try to revive him. To no avail. She watched as the main medic swore and then threw the defibrillator into the wall, squeezing his eyes shut with frustration as he put his hands behind his head.

She stood and watched as Tsunade came running to all of the commotion, stopping short when she saw Tenshi's body laying still on the bed. Her face hardened into a mask, and she proclaimed the time of death, before turning on her heel and leaving the room. A nurse took her aside, offering her a cup of tea. Tsuki scorned it, frowning at the obviously new medic-nin. How was a cup of tea meant to make it better? A cup of tea wasn't going to bring Tenshi back to said so to the nurse, who looked like she was about to burst into tears. She rushed away, and Tsuki just sighed and then put her hands to her head, shutting her eyes.

"Why?" She yelled, slamming her fist into the wall.

"Why?!" Her voice started to escalate, and she hit the wall so much her hand started to bleed. Shizune heard her and ran over, taking her aside and healing her hands. Much to the surprise of the people around her, Tsuki burst into tears. She was past caring. Shizune tried to sooth her, sitting her down in a private room away from everyone else. Those who knew Tenshi were being informed of his death, and soon arrived, shocked to see Tsuki crying. They weren't loud tears, and she didn't sob- they just trickled down her cheeks as she stared blankly into space, arms hanging loosely by her sides. Unfortunately for Tsuki, none of them knew her well enough to comfort her. She had a loose friendship with Kakashi- if they ever saw each other, they would exchange pleasantries; discuss latest missions, but that was it. All of the others were just faces that hovered around her, murmuring things that were meant to make her feel better, but all of their voices just mixed together into a single noise in which Tsuki couldn't distinguish individual voices. In the end, she just bowed her head, shutting her eyes. This cut off the voices immediately, and they back away, letting her breathe. Tsuki never realized how much effort it took to take a single breath, and she felt she was being crushed, suffocating. She'd never lost anyone before- not like this. Her parents had died when she was too young to remember, and then her aunt, who lived in a small village near Konoha, had moved into her home and then raised her. But, there was no love between them- just a mutual understanding. Like two strangers forced to live together under one roof. Her teammates were all fine and well. Itou was in the ANBU still, and Tsuki remember telling Tenshi about him. And, there was Binasu, who was a Chuunin teacher at the academy, having a brilliant time there. Tsuki didn't have many close friends. So, to lose Tenshi-She buried her head in her hands. She didn't want to think about it.

I wish to thank The Golden Fire-Lily for writing this amazing Chapter. Please do take a look at her profile and story Dragon's Blood. It is full of interesting plot twists to the original story. And tune in for the next chapters.