The phone call

( Sasuke's point of view )

I was sleeping in my bed when I hear my phone begin to ring. I open my eyes and look over at the alarm clock on the nightstand, it reads 3:23 AM, I groan.

Who the hell would call me at 3 in the morning? I answer the phone and close my eyes again wanting to go back to sleep, "Hello" I say half asleep."Sasuke" I hear Itachi's voice say in the other line.

"Itachi? Why the hell are you calling me so early in the morning for?" I say into the phone angry at having my sleep interrupted. "Sasuke its Hinata" I hear him say. I open my eyes and sit up on my bed, "What about Hinata?" I whisper with a lump in my throat.

"She's here in the hospital," he says. As soon as I hear that I get up and begin to put on my shoes and jacket. "I'll be right there," I say and hang up. I drive to the hospital in my t-shirt and sweatpants.

When I get there I yell at the nurses and threaten a couple of them before they tell me what room Hinata is in. When I find out which room she's in, I run to it and slowly open the door. Not knowing what is waiting for me inside.

I see her laying on the bed, her eyes closed. I walk closer to her, She has bandages wrapped around her head and neck. She has a bruise on the right side of her jaw and a cut on her lip. Her lips look dried and chopped, they didn't look anything like that when I last saw her a couple of hours ago. She looks paler and her skin is clammy.

I pull one of the chairs from the other side of the room next to her bed and sit down. I slowly and carefully as if she were fragile glass I grab her right hand with both of my hands. I look at her hands and notice the dirt on them and how cold they are. Her hands were never cold. Nothing about her was ever cold.

The door opens but I don't look up to see who it is. I hear their footsteps walk toward me, it isn't till I feel a hand on my shoulder do I look up.

Itachi looks back at me, he squeezes my shoulder. I look away from him and back at Hinata. "What happened?" I whisper. "A couple brought her in, they said they found her on the ground on their way back from a date. We checked her, she has a bad head wound and bruises around her neck... We suspect that she was mugged" he says sympathetically.

"I was at another hospital at the time and as I was leaving she was brought to their emergency room when I realized it was her I told the ambulance to take her here," he says.

"From the bruises around her neck, we can tell that she was choked until unconsciousness or almost," he says while looking at the bandages around her neck. "Is she going to be okay?" I ask dreading the answer.

"Currently she's in a coma, whoever did this hit her pretty hard on the head. We won't know how extent the damage is until she wakes up... if she wakes up..." he corrects himself.

I look up at him, "if she wakes up?" I repeat as my heart drops to my stomach, he nods his head dejectedly. It's a possibility she may not wake up...

I turn to Hinata, "Have you called her family yet?" I ask. From the corner of my eye, I see him shake his head, "Its late plus I thought you would want to have a moment with her alone first..." he says.

"Thank you, Itachi..." I say honestly, he nods his head. "Whenever you're ready..." he says and squeezes my shoulder one last time before he leaves the room.

I still keep my eyes on her, I reach out and pet her hair, moving her bangs to the side. "Hinata... I promise you... I'm going to find out who did this..." I whisper to her as tears slowly start forming in my eyes, I feel a lump in my throat. "I'm not going to let them get away with doing this to you..." I whisper hoping she hears me.

I do a small miserable attempt of a smile, but how good of a smile can you show when all your filled with is sadness and sorrow. As I look at her laying in bed with tubes all around her and machines helping her stay alive.

A single tear goes down my eye, I quickly wipe it away. "Just please wake up..." I whisper and slowly stand up. I kiss her forehead lingering there for a couple of seconds before pulling away.

"I have to go... I'm sure your family wants to see you..." I say as I touch her face one last time, and with a heavy heart walk out of the room.

( Naruto's point of view )

I'm sitting on the kitchen floor staring at the clock, looking as it ticks. It's 5:05 AM, I continue to look at the hand move and then it's 5:06 AM. My eyes are tired and my lids feel heavy but I continue to stare at the clock as I slowly descend further and further into insanity.

I move my attention to the clean wood kitchen table, on top of it lays the bat that has my wife's blood on it. I keep my eyes on it, fearing that if I look away someone might come and steal it.

I stand up and walk toward it, I pick it up but as soon as I feel it against my skin I drop it as if it were on fire. The phone starts ringing scaring me, I walk toward it and slowly answer it. "H-Hello," I say with a lump in my throat.

"Is this Naruto Uzumaki?" I hear a female voice on the other line asks. "Yes," I say, have they figured it out already? I clear my throat, "Hello Mr. Uzumaki Im a nurse from Uchiha hospital, I'm sorry to tell you but your wife Hinata Uzumaki sustained some injury's and is currently in our hospital" I hear her tell me.

I look toward the bat on the floor, "Hinata is in the hospital?" I repeat still looking at the bat. "Yes, that's correct, we believe she might have been physically assaulted," the nurse says.

"I can't imagine who would want to hurt her... I'll be right there," I say then hang up not waiting for her answer. I walk toward the bat and pick it up, this time not dropping it. I walk out the back door that leads to the backyard.