Chapter 11
They took her to Tsunade as quickly as their feet would take them. She quickly put her hands over her to assess the damage that had been done, "Good Lord! Shizune!"
"Hm?" She said looking up over her cup of tea.
"Go prepare a healing seal! Immediately!"
She dropped her cup of tea and ran from the room as the cup shattered on the floor.
"I shouldn't have sent you…"
Jaku shook his head, "It was a good learning experience for them. They did need to learn that this kind of thing could happen to them."
Tsunade stood up, "We'll need to get some of the medical nin's and get her down to the seal right away."
Jaku threw Haruko over his shoulder and took her down to the room to wait for Tsunade.
She came down a few minutes later with a group of the best medical nins she could find. She pushed open the large doors to the room and walked inside. Haruko lay in the center of a gigantic seal in the dimly lit room. Her hair fell sloppily over her eyes and her mouth was open slightly.
The medical team took their positions around the seal and placed their hands on the floor in front of them, "You all keep her as stable as you can while I do this," Tsunade instructed, "You must concentrate on that while I place her bones back into position, understood?" They all nodded and Tsunade knelt down next to Haruko, "Here we go…"
Jaku, Kaoki, and Tomaru sat outside the room, waiting on any news about their wounded team mate. Both Kaoki and Tomaru had one arm in a sling. Iruka paced nervously up and down the long hall, "What's taking so long…" He muttered.
"You should sit, Iruka." Jaku said, trying to keep his voice as calm as possible. Iruka opened his mouth to say something just as the door to the seal room swung open.
Tsunade staggered out, a sad, yet horrified look on her face. She cleared her throat, "Iruka…I need to speak with you…" She led him a little way down the hall, away from the earshot of the others, "We were able to fix most of her injuries…but in my hastiness to finish, I'm afraid I've made a terrible error…"
"What?" Iruka said quickly.
"The chakra point in her left shoulder…I've caused it to over fill…and explode…"
"Bu…wha…?"
"That arm…Unless we can find some way of repairing it…may end up being useless to her as a Shinobi."
Iruka fell to his knees on the cold floor, "So she can't get any chakra to that arm at all?"
"I'm afraid not…"
Hi slammed his fist into the wall, "SHIT!"
Tsunade turned to go, "We'll be taking her up to a room shortly…you should probably come stay with her…"
"Right…"
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A few hours later Iruka was sitting at Haruko's bedside. Tsunade stood with her hand on his shoulder. A huge black bruise was spreading from the burst chakra point and down her arm.
She dug her hands into the mattress as she opened her eyes. Tsunade and Iruka leaned over her, "Haruko…" He said his voice a bit shaky.
"W-what's happened….My arm…"
"It's alright Haruko," Tsunade lied, "There was a small complication, but everything will be okay." She walked quickly out the door and into the hallway, followed closely by Iruka, "Why'd you lie to her!"
"There's no point in worrying her. In her condition it would only crush her. I'm going to ask the Hyuuga family if there's anything they can do to help her," She sighed, "Keep an eye on her, hm?"
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A few hours later Jaku walked into Haruko's room. No one else seemed to be there at the time. She opened her weary eyes and looked at him, "What…is it Sensei…?"
"They've taken Akira captive," He sat down, "He tried to sneak into the village. They took him to a holding cell until they decide what to do with him. I just thought you might like to know."
"R-right…" She winced.
"Are you alright?"
"It's just…my arm…" The bruise had spread down to her elbow.
"Should I go get the Hokage?"
"N-no…It's alright…I just need to…rest…" She closed her eyes.
"I'll leave you alone then." Jaku said, and he quickly left the room.
Haruko opened her eyes again. They were a kind of light purple color. She slowly sat up and put her hand on her head. Pain swelled up there, "What's happening to me…?" She put her hands to her mouth, "Fangs…?" She rolled out of bed and managed to get to her knees before a sharp pain ripped through her skull, she grabbed her head, "AHHHHH!"
The door swung open, and Genma, who was keeping guard of her room, ran in. He stopped when he saw her glaring up at him, "Wha…?" She sprang up and tore through him with two kunai she'd been keeping concealed. He fell limply to the ground and Haruko made her escape out the window of her room.
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Akira sat in a small cell, staring between the thick bars. A shadowy figure walked in front of his cell, "I see you couldn't stay away." He said smugly.
Purple eyes glowed in the darkness, "You'll pay boy…This body deserves vengeance…"
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"Time for your medicine, Haruko!" Tsunade said. As she walked into the room she dropped the bottle of medicine. It shattered on the floor, "Genma!" She knelt down, "What happened here?"
"Ugh…Something happened…to Haruko."
"Haruko?"
"Her eyes….they weren't hers…"
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Haruko slammed Akira against the back wall of his cell, "I'll kill you for what you did to this body."
"What the hell is wrong with you!" Akira yelled. She closed her clawed hand around his throat. In desperation he grabbed her arm with his hair and pulled it back, leaving bloody claw marks on his neck, "Who the hell are you!"
Her eyes glared, now even deeper purple than before, her pupils had thinned to cat slits, "You don't deserve to know."
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"I think I know where she went," Jaku said, "I told her where Akira was being held."
"Oh god…" Tsunade whispered.
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Haruko had gotten her hands back around Akira's neck and he was back against the wall, which was now cracking around him.
Suddenly she was yanked backward. A pissed off Tsunade held her tightly in place. Akira fell limply to the floor.
Haruko fought like crazy to get away from Tsunade, "Let me go!" She hissed.
"I think not." She slammed her fingers into her back, causing her to fall to one knee. Then took out a large needle and stuck it into the back of her neck, injecting a clear bubbling liquid. She knelt there on the floor for a moment, seemingly stunned by what had just happened, then fell forward, unconscious, onto the cold stone floor.
Tsunade picked Haruko up, then turned to Kakashi who had gone there with her, "Put Akira in the prison. And make sure they keep a close eye on him."
Kakashi nodded and a couple of other Jounin rushed in. Tsunade made her way back to the hospital with Haruko.
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That's chapter 11. Sorry it took me so long to update! I just had a really severe case of writer's block, but the last few chapters will be up soon!