Hinata pulled on her jacket as a small noise disturbed the silence of her room. It was small rapping near the bottom of her door.
Hinata's eyebrows rose. She zipped up the jacket and opened the door a tiny crack. Nobody was there. Hinata was about to close it when something made a squealing noise.
Startled, Hinata looked down at her feet. It was a pig with a pearl necklace and a small red vest. Hinata's eyebrows rose even further.
The small pig wagged its curly tail and its eyes curved into somewhat of a smile. It stepped toward Hinata and grabbed Hinata's pant hem with its teeth and pulled Hinata out.
Befuddled, Hinata followed obediently and closed the door softly behind her.
Hinata's pale eyes skirted others' as she walked down the street. It was certainly an odd thing that a tiny pig was leading her down the everyday streets of Konoha.
Concentrating on avoiding other people's way, Hinata was surprised to suddenly stop and she looked up.
Hinata's eyes widened slightly. She was in front of the Fifth's office. Timidly, Hinata pushed open the heavy doors and walked in soundlessly with the small pink pig nudging gently at her heels.
Tsunade looked up from the paper she was studying at Hinata's quiet arrival. A smile crept over her lips. The pig snuffled happily and bounded onto Tsunade's desk. Tsunade petted it on the head. "Good job, Ton Ton."
Hinata bowed her head tentatively. "H - Hai, Tsunade-sama?"
Tsunade stood from her seat. "Hinata-chan, if you would assist me today," she smiled.
Hinata looked up, her eyes widening. "W - Watashi ka?"
Tsunade nodded. "You would be of much help to me," she said warmly.
Hinata made a small noise in her throat as she hesitated to answer. "M - may I ask what I would be doing?"
Tsunade waved her hand and she laughed at Hinata's worried expression. "Don't worry, you'll be helping in the medical squad. I have already spoke to Kurenai, but I could not get a hold of your father." Tsunade made a slight face of dislike at that.
Hinata's head moved slightly. "Medical…?"
Tsunade nodded again. "I believe that your Byukagan and chakra-seeing abilities will assist us greatly in the medic team."
Hinata blushed. "Anou…I d - don't know…" she stuttered.
Tsunade barely stopped herself from growing impatient and rolling her eyes. "Hinata-chan…kudasai."
Hinata's heart skipped a beat. Everybody knew, including herself, that Hinata was a failure shinobi. What made the Fifth want to have Hinata in the medical squad? Could it really be what she said? Or she just felt sorry for Hinata…
Shizune knocked and poked her head in. "Tsunade-sama," she said hastily, "you're needed in the north room."
Tsunade nodded and shifted her gaze back to Hinata' who clearly was thinking hard.
Hinata felt Tsunade's eyes on her, and she looked up into the Hokage's waiting face.
"Hai, Tsunade-sama. I shall assist you in any way." Hinata said steadily. After all, that was Konoha was all about. Helping each other.
Hinata stooped a small bow.
Tsunade smiled, and Ton Ton squealed approvingly.
"Yoshi. Let's go, Hinata."
Hinata nodded and followed Tsunade through to the next room.
Shizune pushed open a door and led the other two inside. They were in Konoha's hospital.
The nurse receptionist bowed and welcomed Tsunade. "This way, please."
Tsunade nodded and followed the nurse to a room where soft beeping was muffled. A bed was shoved away in the corner, and a heavily bandaged person laid there.
Hinata in took a breath as she peeked from behind the Fifth.
The bandaged person had dark hair, long dark hair. It trailed off the bed and dangled there on the edge. She was slenderly built. Hinata couldn't see the face well because bandages covered half of it. Blood seeped through the bandages and stained the sheets red. The person was hooked up to many machines.
Hinata swallowed a lump in her throat as they drew closer. It was a young female shinobi.
Hinata's eyes roamed her broken body. "How horrible," she breathed.
Tsunade nodded and placed a hand on Hinata. "This is your first job. You'll help me repair her chakra flow."
Hinata nodded and but her lip.
"You know what to do."
Hinata closed her eyes and performed several seals. "Byukagan," she whispered, opening her eyes. Her eyes had intensified, and veins crept from the sides of her face and to her eyes.
Tsunade held up a glowing hand. "OK, Hinata, tell me where."
Hinata's eyes searched the person's body again, this time more thoroughly.
"There," she said softly, pointing at the right side of the person's chest. "There is…" she narrowed her eyes, "a blockade in the charka path."
Tsunade's brow furrowed and she nodded. "As I expected," she muttered. Tsunade unwrapped the bandages quickly and ran her hands over the person's torso. "Naru hodo. Hinata, point it out again."
Hinata obliged, and Tsunade brought out a scalpel.
"How deep is it?"
"About eight centimeters"
Tsunade pressed the blade into the flesh and Hinata looked away. Her eyebrows almost met, and she bit her lip.
Tsunade brought out a strange, putty-like substance. Hinata's eyebrows furrowed further. Tsunade beckoned to Shizune, who was observing from the feet. Shizune brought forth a container, in which Tsunade dropped the thing into.
"Have that thing tested, Shizune. It seems like the same substance that we've been finding…" Tsunade murmured.
"Yes, Hokage-sama." Shizune bowed and walked quickly out of the room.
Hinata looked at the patient. Her chakra was flowing regularly, but weakly.
Tsunade placed a hand on the wounds on her body, her healing chakra already beginning to work on the person's body. Tsunade looked over at Hinata and smiled. "Good job, Hinata."
Hinata managed a small smile back, and de-activated her Byukagan.
"Now, we have other patients that need your help. " Tsunade said, smiling. "Go with Shizune, she'll tell you what to do."
Hinata's eyes were surprised. "W - more people?"
Tsunade nodded, giving Hinata a gentle push.
Hinata straggled into her bedroom and plopped onto her recliner.
It had taken her a whole day just to heal a few people. She had to walk several of them, and follow them around for a while and make sure they didn't over-exert themselves. Hinata also learned how to give stitches, receiving a few blows from frightened children that had nicked themselves pretty bad while playing with shuriken. She did not have to time to get ready to go home; Tsunade insisted that she hurried and got home and rest for the next day.
Hinata so badly wanted just to fall asleep on the warm, comfortable chair, but the daubed blood on her hands screamed to be washed off.
Without bothering to turn on the light, Hinata sighed and hoisted herself off of the recliner and stumbled to her bathroom. Hinata eyed her clock as she walked by. It read eleven forty-seven. Hinata sighed again. She was so hungry…and tired…and filthy….Hinata ran the warm water into the tub and took off her clothes.
She stepped into the blissfully warm water and sank in, savoring the tingling sensation on her tired body. She let out a pleasured sigh.
Hinata sank into the water and smoothed water over her dark hair. The water lapped on her skin, enveloping her whole body and engaging her in a harmonious aspiration. It was so warm…she wanted to stay there for a long time that way. Hinata felt her muscles slowly relax and she sighed contentedly. If only she could just fall asleep here, in the bathtub…
Hinata muffled a yawn. It was so comfortable as she was…she didn't need a bed. Getting out would be too troublesome and cold.
Hinata's eyes drooped closed. Fine, only ten minutes, though. Hinata gave a tired smile.
The water lapped softly on her chin, and the heavenly liquid soothed her exhausted body. Hinata just wanted to stay there forever…
The next thing she knew, her lungs were burning and she was sprawled on the cold floor, gasping for air.
In several rough movements, Hinata felt something dry brush against her body, then wrap around it.
A startled gasp escaped Hinata's pained lungs. The room was too dark to make out who or what it was. She heard only her own labored breathing; her eyes darted around the room.
Hinata opened her mouth to speak. A hand covered her mouth, and Hinata's eyes shot wide open.
Her head was searing; her eyes were watering; her lings were bursting, and she was not alone in the bathroom.
Hinata gave a muffled cry, and the hand clamped around her mouth tightened.
Hinata's arms were pinned to her side, and she felt something or someone on top of her.
Hinata attempted to cry out again; she felt a hand cover her eyes. Her muscles tensed, and she tried to lash out at whoever it was on top of her.
Tears leaked out of her eyes; she was clothed in naught but a towel, and she was alone in the house with a person…
Hinata struggled to free herself, ad felt a body and its arms hug her tightly. Hinata choked back a sob. Her freed hands searched the ground for anything to defend with, and closed around her crutch. She had left it in there again…she didn't think she needed it anymore.
Her other arm was still tightly pinned to her side, and she squirmed to free it.
The person hugged tighter, trying to hold her still, and something soft brushed against her cheek. It was fragrant and dark - Hinata strained her eyes to see through the hand.
Ragged puffs of breath danced beside her ear. The scent of pine and rain wafted from the person. Hinata's eyes blinked unseeingly, and as the tears wet the hand over Hinata's eyes, it flinched.
Her wet hair clung onto the sides of her face. The hand covering Hinata's eyes slowly let go.
Hinata blinked at the outline of a person, hugging her close to him.
Hinata's weak attempts of struggle dwindles down and she calmed, panting slightly.
The hand that had let go of Hinata's eyes replaced itself on Hinata's cheek. It soothed over her face, and cleared her cheek of the hair plastered there.
Hinata's breath caught in her throat. Her sight was fogging up….Or was it because of the humid bathroom?
The touch; it was so soothing, so calming, so gentle…yet Hinata could not help but feel that this was really wrong.
Her hand tightened around the crutch - she mustered all her strength and smacked the person across the back. It collided and the person let out a hiss of pain; he was caught off guard.
Hinata then felt his hands on her bare shoulders. She screwed her eyes shut and opened her mouth to scream for help, but before she could do that, she felt the broom yanked out of her grasp, and collide against her head.
Stars exploded in her line of vision, and Hinata gasped in pain.
Her hands fell limp to her side, and her eyes closed before she blacked out. And as Hinata's eyes closed, a warm drop of liquid splattered onto Hinata's cheek and rolled to the side.
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