Aika opened her eyes to see a white ceiling above her with a dimly lit light as to not hurt her eyes, she was in the hospital.
"I'm.. alive.." she mutters
"Aika you're awake!"
Aika looks over to see her big brother, he himself was in bandages from what looks like a bad fight but there he was, sitting next to her bed.
"Naruto.." she says
"Hold on" Naruto runs out of the room and could hear him shouting down the hall "Sakura! Sasuke! Haruto! Kakashi-Sensei! She's awake hurry up!"
Naruto came back into the room and soon entered her teammates and sensei.
"Hey kiddo how are you doing?" Kakashi asks
"I'm alright.." she replies quietly "what happened?"
"A lot" Sasuke sits next to her and puts his hand against her forehead "you're a bit warm still, that fire of yours is really hot"
"You're all injured" Aika says looking at all of them "why aren't you resting?"
"We're alright, we were more worried about you" Sakura tells her
"Gaara lost control of Shukaku and was rampaging in the forest" Haruto explains "Naruto brought him down there"
"...Shukaku?" Aika asks confused
"The one tail beast, Gaara's a jinchuriki like Naruto" Kakashi clarifies
"...he was a jinchuriki" Aika grips the sheets, which Haruto and Sasuke noticed
"Yeah, but your big brother took care of things like always" Naruto grins "you were rushed to the hospital by Kakashi-Sensei, he burned his hands carrying you"
"huh really?" Aika looks up at his hands which were indeed burned, not too badly though "I'm so sorry sensei"
"It's alright" Kakashi waves his hand "it was an after affect of phoenix soul, your body temperature was super high from all that fire, who taught you that dangerous jutsu"
Haruto quickly turns his head away and whistles.
"A scroll I found" Aika half lies
"a scroll?" Kakashi questions "on your kekkei genkai?"
"mhm" Aika nods and looks outside "it's raining.."
"I bet it's because the heavens are crying" Kakashi says looking outside "saddened by the loss of a great man"
"Loss of a great man?" Aika looks confused
Naruto looks down "the old man.. he's dead.."
"L-Lord Hokage's dead?!" Aika shouts sitting up but feels a lot of pain in her side "ah"
"Easy" Sasuke grabs onto her shoulders "you're gonna reopen your wound, be careful"
"..but.." Aika looks down
"Come on everyone Aika just woke up" Kakashi speaks "the funeral is soon and Naruto should help Aika change"
"Yeah" Naruto agrees
The group all left the room except for Naruto, he then helped Aika change into her clothes for the funeral. He knocked on the door once they were done and the group walked back in. Sasuke walked over to the bed and picked up Aika.
"S-Sasuke" Aika hold onto him to not fall
"let's go" Sasuke says ignoring her
"Hey Sasuke I can carry her!" Naruto shouts
"You're injured more then I am" Sasuke walks out the door "I got her"
Kakashi chuckles and follows him out
The sky was dark, they soon arrived to the funeral. Everyone was depressed with their tear stained faces. The group stood next to each other, Konohamaru was sobbing loudly while Iruka comforted him. Sasuke placed Aika down on her feet, she leaned against his chest and he put his arm around her shoulders.
They all began to remember what the Hokage was to them. He was practically everyone's grandfather who was willing to risk his life to ensure their safety. He was one of the nicest people they'd ever met. Aika stared at his casket thinking about all the trouble her and Naruto caused him as they grew up..
Standing in a line, they all walked to his memorial stone and placed down a flower, giving a small prayer, Aika and Sasuke walked up together. Her lip quivered as the rain began to pour down. She soon broke into tears, Naruto and Sasuke both hugged her holding back their own tears.
Once the funeral ended, they all walked home. Sasuke surprisingly decided to walk with Haruto, Naruto and Aika.
"Did the doctor say Aika was alright to go home?" Sasuke asks quietly
"yeah" Naruto replies looking up at the sky "she can't do any training or fast movements until she's fully well though"
"Hear that" Sasuke puts his hand on top of Aika's head
"yeah" Aika nods
"Don't worry Ai, you'll be back to normal soon" Haruto says
"...I wanna go train" Aika says walking ahead of them
"You can't" Sasuke grabs her arm "what did we just say?"
"I don't care" Aika pulls her arm away from him and looks at them "If a minor injury like these stops me for weeks then I'm no ninja"
"It wasn't a small energy!" Naruto shouts
"Ai you got pierced through your stomach" Haruto says "it wasn't small either, I'm surprised you didn't pass out within seconds, you pushed yourself too much, you can't-"
"I can!" Aika shouts
Sasuke remains quiet, knowing well that Aika feels similar to him.. she feels weak.
Naruto growls "Aika-"
"Shut up you stupid jinchuriki!" Aika shouts
Haruto and Naruto's eyes widen, Aika turns and runs away.
"Aika!" they shout
Sasuke stops the two from following her "I'll talk to her"
"...are you sure?" Haruto asks
"yeah, Naruto you go home and cool off" Sasuke instructs "I'll bring her home"
"...alright" Naruto agrees hesitantly looking sad
Aika kicks a tree and falls in pain from her side "ah"
"You idiot" Sasuke sat on top of the tree she kicked "they said no training for a reason"
"I didn't ask for your opinion!" Aika shouts at him from the ground
Sasuke jumps down "tell me that after you stand up"
Aika blushes in embarrassment.
"you can't can you" Sasuke sighs
"shut up!" Aika shouts
Sasuke bends down and picks her up "does your side hurt?"
"y-yeah" Aika avoids looking at him
"I'll take you to the hospital" Sasuke says as he begins walking
"t-thank you" Aika leans into his chest
"So, why are you mad at Naruto?" Sasuke asks
"I'm not-"
"You called him a stupid jinchuriki, how come?" Sasuke asks
"...i hate jinchuriki.. they're all stronger then me because of their stupid tailed beast!" Aika shouts angrily "It's not fair! I've been training my ass off lately and I'm still not stronger then them! Any normal genin I can easily defeat or at least tie with! So why do they get to be stronger because of those things inside them!"
Sasuke's silent for a bit before speaking "I get it, it's not fair, and that's why I'm going to get stronger.. to defeat them"
"You can't!" Aika shouts "They're always going to be stronger!"
"Then we train harder!" Sasuke shouts
"What's the point?!" Aika shouts
"To live you idiot!" Sasuke looks down at her in his arms "..every day their could be an attack like this last one.. do you know how worried I was about you! You were unconscious the minute the attack started from your fight with Gaara! You could've died!"
"Sasuke.." Aika looks surprised
"Don't worry about getting stronger" Sasuke stops walking and looks into her eyes seriously "cause I will be the strongest, and I'll protect you"
