Chapter 18

Later that week 'he' still wasn't out of hospital and his dog wasn't looking any better. I constantly went round to check but soon turned away most times when I usually saw Hinata or Shino in there. Ever since the encounter with Genma, Gaara is persistent that I don't go near them and that I stay at the hospital most of the time working on the in coming patients. Shukaku seemed not to be tiring and Gaara was running out of options. Temari had suggested locking him in another child but he flat out refused because of what happened to him. It seemed Shukaku was fighting most other countries but coming back to Suna to wreak havoc on his container. The Kazekage. I was tired and usually ended up collapsing in the house and having Hoshi carry me back up to my room. I knew Kankurou was at his wits end and Temari had read almost all the books in the library looking for a way to stop Shukaku. Today was the day I had dreaded since I arrived. I sat down on the Gguard Tower near sunrise with Hoshi next to me. In the distance I saw a group of fast moving Ninja's.

"Oi! Baki! People are coming!" I yelled over my shoulder at the man behind me playing Go. He stood quickly and looked out.

"Konoha Shinobi," he said seriously

"Nani?" I yelled at him

"Shukaku has attacked Konoha, I guess they had nothing left to but hide the Citizens, it's Jiraiya-sama and Anbu coming over," he added, I sighed and moved to sit on top of the gate to watch. I slid my cloak over my head and tied p hair. Since coming here I wear Suna clothes and usually that stupid dress because it allows movement but I refuse to drop the cloak. It stays. As they closed in move Shinobi lined the walls watching.

"You check it out Amaya," said Baki, I nodded silently "I think you can handle it," he said smirking, I laughed bitterly and watched them stop gradually.

"Ah! Jiraiya-sama," I said "What do I enjoy your presence?" I asked

"Who are you? Come down here now?" he yelled up "I have business here," he added

"Hai, I suppose your right," I shrugged "I'm only here as a replacement but I have to do a short interrogation to find out exactly what you want," I said laughing sourly and jumping down with Hoshi. We landed gracefully.

"It's good to see you, Ero-sennin," I said

"Ah! So you've read my book have you it re-" he started

"Shut up I don't care for that piece of shit," I growled and snapped at him

"Whoa," he muttered, I shrugged "If that's all?"

"Open the gates!" I shouted to the gatemen as they heaved the gates open. I turned and mounted Hoshi quickly and turned to lead them inside. The citizens of Suna looked out and watched them approach. Hoshi barked viciously at them and they turned away back to what they were doing. I smiled when I saw a single little child walking in front of us. Hoshi bent and picked the child up by his scruff of his shirt and brought him over to a woman who looked petrified.

"Please make sure he doesn't do it again," I said softly ruffling his hair as he reached up to pet Hoshi's nose. She nodded.

"Arigatou Sasaki-sama," she stuttered

"Please Amaya," I replied before waving and going back to Jiraiya who was perving on un suspecting girls.

"Perv get over here," I hissed

"So the rumours were true, Konoha's second devil child is born," he said seriously, I sighed and pulled my hood down and he smiled "Grown so much in the last two years have we,"

"Much more then you know," I said coldly "Now hurry Gaara's in a hurry and I have to go fix some dying people," I added laughing bitterly at thinking about the list of surgeries I had to do after lunch.

I dropped Jiraiya off to Gaara and went to the hospital. I did my rounds of the place and I finally went into 'his' room to check. Luckily no one was in there. I walked inside and cleared out the withering flowers and opened the curtains. As I moved to clean the table and tuck him in, something grabbed my wrist. I spun round quickly and saw it was his hand.

"This is where you went," he uttered quietly, I backed away,

"N-no! G-get o-off m-me," I stumbled as his grip tightened painfully; I pried at his wrist trying to get out of the room. "I said get off me!" I yelled at him and grabbed his own wrist.

"Why did you leave?" he said quietly again, his face and stomach were still bandaged and he couldn't see through the bandages over his eyes.

"How do you know it's me," I whispered slowly

"How could I forget your scent?" he replied "It's like poison," he added, I froze and turned bright red but luckily he didn't know. I laughed bitterly

"Me? Poison? Hah wrong girl Kiba-teme, I recall me as a nuiscence," I said "You still don't understand why I did all those thing," I added, he shook his head "I had to get you to hate me! So you wouldn't miss me, you'd hate me and move on," I cried finally getting his wrist off my own.

"I loved you," he said whispering, I froze as I turned

"Good luck with your life," I said coldly "We might meet again" I walked out the door and heard him shout.

"Amaya! No!" he shouted and I heard banging and a thump. I guessed he had fallen out of bed but I wasn't going to go help. I just carried on. A small bit of me seeping through as my heart wretched to help him once more.

He hit the floor with a thud and tried to stand. There was a stinging in his back and stomach. He ripped the bandages out of his face and felt the blood from wounds drip down. He didn't care. All he cared about was seeing 'her' again even if it killed him. He spoke true; she was a poison with no antidote. He stumbled out the door and saw her walk around the corner with her hood pulled up and the wolf of a dog, Hoshi. He ran as fast as his numb body would take him to the corner. She had disappeared into the main lobby of the hospital. He fell forwards slightly.

"Amaya! Amaya!" he shouted rushing through the crowds. His eyes were stinging and same with his back and stomach.

"What do you think your doing Kiba!" shouted someone behind him, he whirled round and saw Shikamaru, Chouji and Ino standing staring. He turned again and ran off through the doors into the burning sun. One thing on his mind.

I have to find her……….

In the streets people were walking and stared at the delusional Shinobi desperate to find the one who he lived for. Kiba's vision became blurred by the blood bleeding from his head and eye. He soldiered on around it until someone finally grabbed his arm. He whirled around and growled darkly to the person. It was Kankurou glaring at him. He fought viciously against the puppeteer even if he was weak he wouldn't be put down by the older man.

"Calm down Inuzuka," he hissed coldly to Kiba before he felt sand wrap around his body. Kiba yelped as it tightened around his bruised and bleeding body.

"Leave him Gaara, he is delusional," said a smooth voice behind his, he snapped his head to Gaara and watched as 'she' walked over with her hybrid dog "He lots too much blood in the fight,"

"Fine, make sure he causes no more trouble to my Village," snarled Gaara furiously before turning and dropping the now unconscious Kiba on the floor.

Hoshi hiked Kiba onto his back as we walked back slowly to the hospital.

Stupid, stupid boy! Why doesn't he understand I don't want him to get hurt!...

I was stared at as usual as I walked back into the hospital, but not by the nurses or doctors. By a certain group of Shinobi glaring furiously at me. Just as I handed Kiba over to the doctors Hoshi started cleaning himself and settled down I was approached by someone. I looked up and saw Sakura and Sasuke.

"Is he going to be okay?" asked Sakura

"Hai, he'll live just keep him in order," I said seriously "I cannot stand this place having another enemy other then the giant raccoon and psychotic criminals." I added looking up from my soaked cloak. Ino snorted as she approached

"And what are you? Most loved in the world?" she laughed and snorted

"I do what I like and I prefer to use the word emotionally challenged," I hissed standing up and glaring at her I wiped the blood on my hands on my cloak and thought of Gaara's warning I had gotten the night I attacked Genma, man he was pissed off, I sighed again "Is there anything you want Yamanaka-san?" I asked defeated and sat down again playing with a kunai, occasionally cutting my finger slightly. I just healed it as soon as it happened and watched as they winced as it happened.

"Why did you leave?" asked Sakura, I looked down then back up again

"You know Haruno-san, I forgot the reason a long time ago," I said softly rubbing the blood on my finger "But the only thing I regret about it now, is, I blocked out every happy memory I had there and replaced them with the bad," I looked up and watched as more of the old group formed around me, small and insignificant.

"He changed after you left," said Shino

"He demanded that a search party be made, but it was denied after Tsunade and most of the others-" started Tenten, I growled in frustration and stood

"After I what? Died! Admit it, you were all happy just to believe that I, the devil child had died!" I shouted and snarled at them, they backed away and I was about to pounce forward when I became paralyzed.

"Get off me Shikamaru!" I snarled at him

"Iie," he replied "Mendoksae,"

"Shintenshin no jutsu!" said Ino quietly. I watched in horror as her body dropped and was caught by Shikamaru. I felt me body start to move by itself and also felt another presence in me. I tried shutting her out of my head but soon she left and coughed bending down in her own body. I sneered at her and got onto Hoshi.

"H-how do y-you l-live with t-that much p-pain," she gasped

"Ah! I see you've opened you eyes to what my Clan lives with," I laughed bitterly "Congratulations Yamanaka Ino, you are the first person to EVER realise that. Now I hope you understand, if I were do anything with anyone, I will only inflict this pain on them; I don't want to see anyone suffer anymore! now do you see?" I cried and laughed bitterly at her and turned away "I'm going to go check on him, although he should be alright again by morning," I added quietly, I trotted out of the way towards the room 'he' had been put in again.

They watched her stride away on her hybrid and then looked at Ino who was crying into Shikamaru.

"What is it Ino?" he asked

"She lives with so much pain," she cried "I couldn't stay in there for too long, it hurt too much," she whimpered cradling her stomach carefully and slung her other arm around it. He sighed and picked her up and looked at everyone.

"None of you are to go near her until we figure out what to do," he said seriously "She is stronger then when she left, plus she has Hoshi with her, this will not turn out good for anyone who annoys her without Gaara or Kankurou here," he warned and turned and walked out with Ino wriggling still in pain.

I made my way down the hall reluctantly and when I walked in was immediately greeted by someone jumping on me and pushing me off Hoshi, in a snarl another white blob pushed him out the door so I was alone with my captor. I looked up and saw it had been Kiba who pounced on me. He hadn't seemed to have gotten his eyes bandaged again but his chest was again. I glared up at him but was unable to hold it against his fierce stare. I backed down again and looked away. He smirked and still stared at me. I felt intimidated by him now and dared not to fight back because I would hurt him and he could probably overpower me quickly.

"What is it?" I said in a bored tone

"I finally got you," he laughed sourly

"After getting yourself almost killed," I hissed "Stupid boy,"

"Man, don't you mean, I'm older then you," he said sticking his tongue out. I snapped at him making him turn serious again. He glared then spoke.

"Lie still and I won't hurt you," he said, I gulped slightly and closed my eyes. He pulled something out his pant pocket and tied it around my neck. I blinked and saw the scruffy pendant. I smiled slightly at it and moved and jolted his weak arm which made him collapse slightly on me. I blushed as did he as he tried to move again. I sat him up eventually.

"You stupid man, stupid, stupid," I muttered as I held him up weakly and moved him into his bed. As he sat down he grabbed my arm tightly and whirled me round, as I turned I came in contact with him. He crashed his lips to mine quickly. I froze as memories of all the good times I had had in Konoha came back to me. All I had blocked out. I mean not sounding cheesy but it was how I remembered it. I kissed back soon as he started to pull away. I moved my arms around his neck and a hand into his still scruffy hair. A single tear ran down my cheek as I kissed him. Not soon after I gasped for breathe and he moved his face into my hair which he had pulled down while kissing. I smiled and hugged him as tightly as I could.

"Why did I leave in the first place?" I muttered causing him to stop

"I thought I'd never see you again," he mumbled sadly as he rubbed the tears away

"I blocked out my memories of home," I cried sniffing slightly but a rogue tear came again

"Why?"

"I didn't want to miss everyone. I guess I hated myself too much to stay, but soon after I left I found the antidote to the poison in the Waterfall Village." I said "I was so happy but I couldn't return after what I did to everyone,"

"There were rumours that you were seen in different Villages, Tsunade dismissed them because she wanted to try to carry on for Konoha." He said kissing my temple "I was to say I'm sorry for anything I've done," he added still sniffing, I hugged him tightly then heard him utter something in my ear quietly and I froze "Because I love you so much," I soon smiled and realised something. Over the last 2 years, I had been cold, I had ignored all my feelings about Konoha, even forgotten my life in Konoha but I loved Kiba. I loved him as much as I could.

"I love you too," I replied cupping his face "More then you know and I can show,"

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