Hey guys sorry this came out a little later than I planned, I kind of got writers block during the end and couldn't push through it, and OMG I just started my externship this week, and working in a bakery during the holidays! Is just horrible! 10-13 hour shifts every day, help me, but I hope you enjoy, the whole thing is in Gaara's POV.
Gaara's pov
I sat there in the hospital room, the doctors just left after applying medicine to my wounds and binding them. I sigh before relaxing back in the bed, wondering how I'm going to get out of here, sooner or later they are going to notice that they don't have any data on me. 'I wonder if the others are safe'
I shifted restlessly before getting up and walking to the window, which had bars covering it, I sigh before heading to the door and slowly inching the door open, taking a peak down the side of the hallway. I saw a nurse standing there with a clipboard but clearly not moving anytime soon. I slowly closed the door and walked back to the bed and laid down.
I stayed still for about 2 minutes before getting back up in frustration and stalked back and forth in front the bed 'I need to get out of here!' I was impatient, I had no idea where the others are, if they were safe or captured, if they someone found a way to get me and Kiba out, I know Kiba would probably have to stay here longer than me, but they will find out we are runaways before he gets his full treatment.
I walked back to the door again, creeping it open and saw that the nurse was gone, I slowly open the door enough to poke my head out to see no one was down the other way, before I stepped out, shriving at the cold floor 'dang it, another thing where are my clothes?' I just ignored the cold before continuing down the hall, stopping at the corner and peaking around.
Nobody, good
I continue moving cautiously before getting to a nurses station which had 3 nurses in it. I stopped thinking of my next course of action before suddenly a doctor came up to the nurse.
"Nurse, did you find the papers on those two boys that recently came in, we need to find out if he has any other previous medical condition" the Doctor said to one of the nurses closet to me.
"I'm sorry Seonsaeng but I can't find anything on those boys at all, I don't think they are from here" I cursed, I was hoping I had more time before they figure out we weren't from here but now all I need to focus on is getting Kiba and I out of here, I'll find the others later once the both of us are safe. I was about to back out to the way I came but stopped when I heard the doctor's next words.
"that's strange, we'll have to question them then, the boy who's immobilized is in the ER section, but he's about to be taken down to the underground section, the other one we were going to release since he has no further problems but I think we should give him over to the police, nurse contact the roe unit and have them get here so we can apprehend the boy." The doctor said before heading into my direction.
I panic and quickly entered the room that was next to me and quietly closed the door just as the doctor rounded the corner heading to an empty room.
I sigh 'so Kiba is in ER right now, but soon will be underground, I need to get to him before then'
"who are you?" I looked over at the bed to see a little boy, with brown spiky hair and black eyes, he was dressed in same white hospital gown as I was. I stood up and approached the bed at his side, the boy just looked at me with curiosity, cocking his head to the side.
"I'm Gaara, who are you" I replied, there was no reason to lie to the boy, it's not like he can do anything
"I'm konohamaru! Nice to meet ya!" Konohamaru grinned, showing off his little chipped tooth, which just made him all the more adorable.
"nice to meet you konohamaru" I said shaking the boys hand
"so, what are you doing in my room? Don't you have your own?" Konohamaru asked, learning back against the head rest.
"Well I'm trying to find my find friend, he's in danger and I need to get to him quickly" Konohamaru gasped, before his eyes began to twinkle
"so, like a rescue mission right! Right! Oh, but also a stealth mission, like a ninja! Where danger lurks at every corner, but never fear Gaara! The red head ninja can get past anything with his ultimate attack! Wait you're a ninja so you have the ability to become invisible and got super cool ninja powers that allows you to see thing around the corner or down the hall" I chuckle as the boy kept rambling on, reminding me a lot of Naruto but younger.
But I thought on how would I get to Kiba and get the both of us out of here, there is no way Kiba would be much help, so what do I do. I groaned in frustrations never realizing that Konohamaru stopped talking and was watching me intently
"Hey, maybe I can help you on your rescue mission!" I looked at the boy who was staring back at me with determine eyes "Yea I can help! I've been in this hospital my whole life, so I know it like the back of my hand, and I found out about cool tunnels that lead through the hospital!" I raised a non-existent eyebrow at that, if I could get Kiba and then hide in these tunnels to recuperate then get out of there, that could work but,
I looked at the boy, I couldn't get him involved in this, he's been here his whole life, that means he most likely as an illness that keeps him hospitalize, having move around my put his health in jeopardy.
"listen you can help" "YAY!" "but you can't come with me" Konohamaru whined at that
"what! Why not, don't worry I won't slow you down, I promise!" Konomaru pleaded closing his hands in a pleading manner while giving me the puppy dog eyes, I just shook my head
"no, your obvioiusly sick and I won't jeopardize your health like that, I would be very helpful if you can point me in the direction of the ER room and how to get out through these tunnels" I crossed my arms and gave him a stern glare, which he surprisingly matched
"I'm not sick! I'm just susceptible to illnesses easily, but that doesn't mean that I'm weak!" he countered back
"still you might catch something on the way or get hurt, I won't let a little kid like you get hurt for nothing"
"I won't get hurt! And besides the ER is a long way from here, and there are a lot of twist and turns that will get anybody lost, but I've been going through these tunnels for years so I can get you in and out, in less time for you to find your way through, which you might now because it's really confusing down there" I growled at the boy who smirk right at me, I didn't have time for this, the doctor probably already noticed I was gone by now and will soon move Kiba before I can get to him.
"fine, but like you said in and out, then you are coming back here to rest ok" Konohamaru cheered as I sighed, before he jumped up and moved his bed over, I helped when it seem like he was struggling.
Soon when the bed was pushed enough, Konohamaru bent down and picked up one the tiles that had a small enough crack that he could slip in two fingers to pick it up and move it over, reveling a dark hole that I assumed lead to the tunnels.
"does no one come in to check on you" I asked as he sat to get in the tunnel but he just shook his head
"there Is no point, I've been here enough that if I need someone I know to ring for someone, but other than that I'm usually just here by myself all day" he answered before jumping down. I soon followed after him, blinking in the darkness before light appeared from the flash light in Konohamaru hands.
We soon were on our way, Konohamaru rambling about different things to fill up the silence and I just let him, drifting into my inner thoughts.
I thought about this whole crazy adventure so far, I never thought my life would come to me being on the run to freedom, but I'm glad that we did, although it would've been better if a bomb hadn't dropped near us. This adventure has so far opened my eyes to many new things, including love.
I never really noticed Haku before, I mean I always thought that he was pretty looking but kind of soft spoken, but he was fun to hand out with, usually we would just find a quiet place to sit and read or sometimes talk about random things.
It wasn't until recently that I started to see him in a new light, like whenever he was happy, his face would look so serene looking, his lips will tilt up in a small smile, and his eyes, oh his beautiful eyes, large brown doe looking eyes. I'm not one for romantic words but I never felt like this before, this in love before.
I sigh 'Haku' I couldn't wait to get back with the others, I hope Haku Is ok, what if they got captured, or what if they were in trouble, no Sasuke would be able to get them out of any trouble, at least I hope, there are forces that are out of his control, but I'm going to put my belief in him to get the others out of any trouble that befalls them.
"hey so Gaara" I snapped out of my thoughts at Konohamaru speaking so suddenly to me
"ah yea Konohamaru" I replied to show I was listening
"so, why do you need to rescue your friend, I mean if he's in the ER then doesn't that mean he's got hurt really badly, so shouldn't you keep him there to get treated" I sighed as I knew this was coming sooner or later
"well yea but I fear that he won't get the treatment he needs because the both of us aren't from this town, we're from a different town and shouldn't even be here, so I need to get him out before they do something worse to him" I replied watching in the dim light as Konohamaru nodded to my words, which I highly doubted he truly understood.
"I see I see, so your run aways?" "yes" "and you got hurt trying to run away and was forced to come here" "yep" I replied with a popping P. I was growing tired of the questions
"hm ok!" and after that he went silent, we walked for about two more minutes before he finally turned a left, then a right, walked a little before turned right and splitting down the second tunnel of 4 choices, before FINALLY reaching up in a certain spot and pushing up, what I assume is a tile, slowly looking out, back and forward, before fully moving the tile and pulling himself up, with me coming up behind him and pushing the tile back.
We both stood up and looked around, we were in the ER section with 5 doors around us. I went and checked the first one to my left but came up emptyhanded, the 2 one I tried had an old lady in it, haggardly breathing before coughing, I slowly closed the door before going into the next one.
I slowly opened the door and sighed with relief when I saw Kiba there sleeping in the bed. He had different cables hooked up to him, and IV feeding him something inserted in his arm.
I walked over to the bed with Konohamaru right behind me. I stared at Kiba, he was sleeping peacefully, clothed in the same hospital gown that we were.
I gently shook Kiba, waiting patiently as he woke up
"wha?" Kiba blinked and looked around before focusing on me
"G-Gaara? Where am I" he asked, I helped him sit up, as he looked around the room and looking at Konohamaru before focusing back at me.
"you're in the hospital Kiba, what do you remember last?" I asked
"we, we were running from the airplanes? And then the bombs? And HINATA! Where is she" Kiba suddenly jumped trying to get out of the bed but Konohamaru and I held him back down, the alarms started beeping loudly above us.
"Shit, Kiba we gotta get out of here now, Hinata and the other are alright, but we won't be if we stay here" I yelled, taking off all the wires attached to Kiba.
Kiba winch as I took of the IV needle but didn't complain as I helped him out of the bed, his legs wobbly for a second before straightening up and following us out of the room. I helped Kiba limp over to Konohamaru who ran before us to open up the tile, helping him slide down the tunnel before following him, with Konohamaru behind closing the tile.
We waited a minute as Konohamaru turned on the flashlight
"ok this way guys" he said going in a different direction from which we came from.
I walked with Kiba hanging off from me, his arm around my shoulders and my arm around his waist and my other hand holding onto his arm around me.
We walked in silence for a while, just following after Konohamaru
"who is that" Kiba asked after what seems like forever, I looked at him staring at Konohamaru
"Konohamaru, he's helping me navigate through these tunnels since he knows his way through them" I replied back to him.
Kiba didn't say anything after that just focused on walking and being a burden.
I looked down at Kiba, who was hunched over a little from the apparent pain that was written all over his face.
"I'm not a hundred percent sure if the others are alright but I know Sasuke, he will be able to keep everyone safe, we just have to trust in him, and just to let you know, it was thanks to you that Hinata wasn't hurt at all during those bombs" I finished and focused my attention back to walking. I felt Kiba sigh in relief before redoubling his efforts to walk faster so we can hurry up and get out here.
It was another 2 minutes when I notice something, Konohamaru looked like he breathing way to hard, and there was a glitch in his step every now and then. Kiba and I looked at each other when we both realized this, before stopping
"Konohamaru" I called out making him stop and turn to look at me, his face was covered in a small amount of sweat but you can tell he was breathing hard from his gasp
"w-what is it, we are almost there" He asked out of breath, before coughing a little and hunching over. I quickly set Kiba down, who couldn't really stand on his own at the moment, before pushing the brat to sit down.
"see this Is what I was talking about, I didn't want you getting sick for me" I told him as I took a piece of my gown off and whipped his forehead, his eyes staring back at me with a glaze over it.
"i-it's ok, I'm fi-fine" He mumble but before I could argue with him and send him back to his room, we heard some shouting overhead and some distance away from us, we heard thumps as, I assume people dropping into the tunnels.
We all jumped at the sound before looking at each other, hearing the shouting leaving and coming towards us, implying that they are splitting up to look down here.
"see w-we got to hurry!" Konohamaru pushed me off and struggled to get up
"No, we got to go, you need to head straight back to your room, or get yourself caught but just tell them that you came down here by yourself and you didn't see us" I order grabbing his hand, but he just shook it off
"I can't, you don't know the way to the exit, I can rest once you guys are out" He glared at me with me glaring straight back
"why, why go through this when you clearly shouldn't because of your health" I asked calmly
"because I will never leave this hospital" He said quietly, looking down
"I've been stuck here my whole life, and I know that there isn't much a future for me, but you guys, you get to run away from your destiny and make a new one! And for selfish reasons I want to be a part of that, I want to at least be able to say hey I helped someone live the life they wanted! Not a life forced upon them by this stupid war! When I was little, I had gotten exposed to a leak that sent poisonous gas into my lungs and the doctors were able to get it out, but they couldn't fix the damage to my lungs and ever since then I've been confined to this hospital, when this war started last year, I lost all of my family, my parents, my uncle, and grandpa all killed by a village wide bombing" Konohamaru was crying at this point and I wanted to hug him and comfort him but the sounds were getting closer now
"Gaara" Kiba whispered behind me but I said nothing as Konohamaru wept in front of me
"fine, you can keep helping us, but after we get out, please get some help" I said urgently and Konohamaru looked at me and nodded before turning and walking again.
I went back and helped Kiba get up and we resumed walking, but a little faster than before, which took a tool on both Konohamaru and Kiba, who both started panting heavily from the exercise, I helped the best I could by carrying as much weight of Kiba's as possible but I couldn't do anything for Konohamaru, who was faltering in his steps and sometimes looking to be falling over, during those times I quickly shout out his name and that snaps him back up until it all happens again.
I was turmoil, both of my friends, yes both, were hurt and in pain, but if didn't keep going we'll be caught and they will know something is up for sure this time.
Finally, after what seem like forever, Konohamaru breathed a sigh of relief before coming a turn that led into a dead end, or what I thought to be a dead end.
He quickly went and pushed at a certain place in the middle towards the ceiling which opened an latch that he was able to push outward, moonlight flooded in through the man size space. Konohamaru was breathing hard, falling to the ground.
"shit" I quickly put Kiba down, who slumped against the wall while looking at Konohamaru who was breathing raggedly now, his eyes closed, but blinked open when I touched his shoulder.
"y-you go-go" he broke into coughs as I helped him on his back, he was pale, very pale, his eyes dulled to a gray color and his skin felt clammy and cold.
'I knew I shouldn't have let him come' I thought I was wiped the sweat from his brow with the sleeve of my hospital gown.
"gotta ge-get" I shushed him
"don't speak, we can rest a little" but he just shook his head, and opened his mouth but before he could speak again, we heard shouting and stomps headed our way. Kiba and I looked at each other, before looking back down at Konohamaru. He just smiled at me slightly
"I'll be fi-fine" he said
"what, we can't just leave you here" I shouted panicking slightly as the voices got closer, but Konohamaru just pushed me away
"they wo-won't do anything" he said breathing hard from trying to speak
"Gaara" Kiba said, struggling to get up, I looked from him back to konohamaru, my eyes slightly widening
"no Kiba, I refused to leave him like this"
"they won't kill him or anything" Kiba argued, wobbling over to us and resting a ran on my shoulder
"he's ri-right" Konohamaru tried to speak again but got interrupted by another coughing fit
"they fin-find me all the t-time down here" he said wheezing "I'll be ok" I stared into his eyes, feeling my heart breaking, here this boy who risked everything to help us, I just couldn't leave him to die, what if they find out that he helped us and kill him for that!
"go" he said weakly, tears started to stream down his cheeks
"live" he said before falling silent, his breathing was ragged with every breath he took as he passed out from the excursions. I let his head softly down on the ground.
"don't worry Gaara, he'll be ok, Once they find him, they'll take him back and get him treated alright" Kiba said, I nodded to his words and slowly got up, walking to the small hole before looking out to see we were at the side of the hospital, the side that led to the forest surrounding the town.
I ducked back in before nodding to Kiba and helping through the hole, it was just a small gap near the roof of the underground tunnel, leading to a what seem like a hole from the outside perspective. Kiba was able to crawl through before turning around and helping me get through right as I got through and closed the small doorway was when the men following us turned into the alcove, I heard distance shouting of finding them, breathing a breath of relief before turning to Kiba and running into the forest for coverage, Kiba still limping slightly but able to keep up with the fast pace for a short time.
We quickly hide behind the trees, waiting to see if someone saw us, after nothing, we headed deeper into the trees, but still close to the town.
"we will rest here for the night since you are still injured, and tomorrow we will try to find the others alright" I said to Kiba as we walked, him holding on to me, trying to find a place to rest
He just nodded, focusing on staying upright and walking.
It wasn't till half an hour later when we could a little alcove in a tree, it was small but abandon. I let Kiba in first before following after him. I pulled some leaves and branches to block the bottom half of the entrance from little critters, but couldn't really do anything for the top half with the limited resources I had found.
I turned back to Kiba to seem resting on his side, breathing hard.
I crawled over to him, and rested the back of my hand on his forehead, feeling how hot it was but seeing Kiba shivering got me concern.
"c-cold" Kiba whispered, I just nodded at him before laying down, taking him into my arms, I know that if he weren't coherent he would never agree to this, but this is the only warmth I can provide him right now. Slowly Kiba soon stopped shivering before falling into a deep sleep, and soon after that I followed.