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Chapter 17:Hospital and Tears

half an hour later

Two bodies laid in the hospital beds. Around one, visitors had gathered.

"When is he going to wake up?"Temari whispered.

"How are we supposed to know?"Naruto asked.

"I wasn't asking you, dobe! I was asking Yumi since the doctor told her."

"She said he'll wake up within an hour to two hours."Yumi said emotionlessly as she looked at his heart monitor.

"I can't believe this happened! I hate being drunk! My head is pounding and I did that while I was drunk. I still can't believe I got away from Gaara's sand."Yumi thought to herself.

flashback

"...If you want her, you'll have to get through me!""Yumi squealed in the room.

"Bring it on, Destiny's Child."Sasuke teased. Neji quickly charged forward and went for Sasuke's stomach. He blocked the punch and struck Neji's jaw with his elbow. Neji quickly got up and tried to do a roundhouse. Sasuke blocked, dropped down and knocked Neji's foot out from under him. Neji was ready and landed on his hands, then his feet.

break in flashback

"Anyone know when that bastard Neji is going to wake up?"Kimiko asked.

"Why do you care?" Yumi asked.

" 'Cuz he did something, which we don't know what, to you, and I want to get back at him." she explained.

"He might wake up around the timethat Sasuke does."Yumi answered.

"Which is around now."Usagi said. The body in the bed stirred.

"Mmmm."Sasuke moaned,"Where am I?" He tried to sit up, but a hand on his shoulder stopped him. He looked up and red eyes met white.

"You shouldn't move too much yet."she said softly.

"Where am I?"he asked again.

'You're in the hospital."Usagi answered shortly.

'How did I get here? The last thing I remember is seeing Yumi and Neji."

"Uh..yeah..About that."Yumi said, reluctantly.

"What's wrong?" Yumi moved to the side and Sasuke saw Neji in the bed next to him. He had bandages wrapped in multiple places and Ammorie was sitting next to him.

"Ammorie. Why are you sitting next to Neji?"Gaara asked.

"I'm waiting for him to wake up so I can punch him unconscious again."she explained shortly.

"Oh. Okay."he said before he turned his attention back to Sasuke.

"No! Not okay!"Temari shouted,"Ammorie can't be hurting people whenever she wants."

"Why not? It's who she is...Just like me."Gaara defended.

Temari lost. She sat down with a 'humph' and glared at the floor.

"So...I have a question for Yumi."Naruto said.

"What?"

"How did they end up here?"

"Long story."

"We have time."Kankuro said.(He did get beat up by Temari but Yumi and Nurse Shizune healed him.)

"Well...okay."

back to flashback

Sasuke and Gaara crept down the hallway towards Neji's room.He felt the ground leave his feet and hit the wall behind him. He looked up at Yumi and slowly blackness obscured his vision. Gaara stepped forward and grabbed her from behind. She started to struggle to get out of his grip but he held on tighter. end of flashback

"Do you think something bad happened to Yumi?"Sasuke asked, more to himself than Gaara.

"We may have to fear the worse."

Neji's room

Sasuke slowly pushed open the door . They didn't expect what they were seeing!

Yumi sat on the floor, cross-legged, facing the doorway. Her hands were resting on her knees. She was rocking side to side a little, her head was tilted to the side a little. Her face showed confusion and her eyes had a distant look to them. Blood printed hands were on her cheeks, blood was smeared on her arms and covered her hands.

Neji laid on the floor in front of her. His hair was messed up and out of its ponytail. Bloody lines were on his arms and neck, obviously cuts. On his face was a smeared line of a darker blood, one that didn't belong to Neji.

"Yumi?"Sasuke asked cautiously. He slowly walked towards her. He knelt beside her as she looked at him.

"Did you see what I did Ducky? I hurt the bad guy. He was going to hurt me, he was going to do something bad to me." she said.

"Don't you think that was a little too far Yumi?"

"What do you mean Ducky? Didn't I do something good?"she asked.

"Yes you did a good thing now let's get you out of here." He picked her up and walked over to Gaara.

"He's still alive."Gaara informed as he stood up.

"He is?"Yumi asked, her eyes growing wide. She started to kick and toss her arms around,"No! No! He's supposed to be hurt really badly! He's not supposed to be okay!" Sasuke had to put her down because of all her thrashing around.

"Yumi! Calm down. "Sasuke shouted at her. "Not the greatest thing to do!" he realized as a fist came flying at him.

"Let me go! Let me go you meany sandman!"she yelled.

"Sorry Yumi but I gotta do this."Gaara sighed as he hit her pressure point and caused her to fall unconscious.

"What happened after that?"Naruto asked.

"Gaara got Ammorie and brought Sasuke here and me to Nurse Shizune."Yumi said. At that moment, a medic-nin walked in and walked over to Neji.

"This young man is lucky. If you didn't bring him here when you did, he would've died from blood loss or infection."she informed Gaara.

"Blood loss from scratches? And how from the infection?"Sasuke asked.

"The scratches were very deep and the lab results confirmed they were from finger nails. With the bacteria and dirt that was around him, it would've gotten infected."she explained. Everyone turned their heads and looked Yumi. She had her head down, her hair hanging in front of her face.

"Yumi?"Sasuke asked quietly as he placed his hand on her's. She jerked away and ran out of the room, tears flying behind her.

"Someone should follow her."Ammorie said.

"I will."Gaara volunteered as he stood up. He quickly ran out the door and in the direction that Yumi had.

(Sorry that a lot of things are with Yumi. I guess she's a main character? I'll try to get more of the others in)

Yumi

She ran as fast as she could to her car. She jumped in and started the engine. She slowly backed out of the hospital driveway and drove along the highway. She didn't exceed the speed limit, she didn't want to end up in the place she was running from. She was too busy with her thoughts that she didn't notice the black mustang behind her.

at the school

Yumi quickly parked her white convertible in the school parking lot and jumped out. She rushed through the school's double doors and made her way down the halls. All of a sudden she bumped into someone. She looked up and her eyes widened.

"Watch where you're going!" one of the girls yelled at her. In front of her were the only two American girls in the school, Ashley and Britney. Unfortunately she had bumped into Ashley.

"S-sorry."she said softly, tears still falling down her face.

"Aww. Look Ashley. The little baby is crying."Britney said in a childish voice.

"I don't have time for them right now!"Yumi yelled in her head. She got up and pushed them to the side, making both of them fall to the ground.

"Yeah, you better run you freak!"Britney yelled.

in her room with Gaara coming

Yumi was sitting on her bed, hugging her pillow to her chest, crying into it. There was a knock on the door and someone stepped in. Yumi couldn't tell who. Her lights were out and a very faint moonlight came through her window and onto the picture wall.

"W-who's there?"she chocked out.

"It's me, Gaara."a low voice growled. He stepped out of the shadows so Yumi could see him.

"W-why are you here?"

"I said I'd chase after you when you left from the hospital. You got everyone worried."

"S-sorry."she apologized quietly. Gaara heard a sniffle and knew she was going to start crying again.

"N-no. Don't cry." he pleaded as he went over to her. "To tell you the truth, I hate seeing girls cry."

"G-gaara?"Yumi asked.

"Yeah?"

"How come almost nothing ever seems to go in your favor no matter how hard you try?" she cried.

"I'm guessing this is about what the doctor said?" Yumi nodded her head.

"I didn't mean to hurt him. But I was drunk so I couldn't control myself, plus he made me break a little. I felt like killing him..when I saw the blood. My b-body wanted to see more, wanted to feel and hear his pain. I couldn't control it."Yumi said in between her sobs.

"The only thing I can say is: Forget about it. There's nothing you can do to change the past, no matter how hard you try."Gaara said softly, a voice rarely anyone heard.

at the hospital

"Well Uchiha, you seem just fine."the doctor said.

"So I can go?!" The doctor nodded,"Yes!"he said as he walked out of the room. He hurried down the levels and outside where Kiba was waiting for him.

"Ready to go?"

"Yep. Now let's get going. I need to see Yumi." Sasuke said as he jumped into Kiba's red convertible.

"Alright. Do you know why she was so upset?" he asked as he too got in.

"I don't know."Sasuke shrugged.

"I guess we'll find out soon enough."he said as he revved up the car and drove out of the parking lot.

back at Yumi's room

"You know what I've always wanted?"

"Hm?"

"When I'm depressed or crying, I've always wanted someone to hold me. They'd hold me close and comfort me and listen to me. They'd wait until I've calmed down to do anything."Yumi explained softly, occasionally sniffling or wiping away a tear.

She felt warmth around her and felt herself being pulled,"You know what...I've always wanted that too."Gaara sighed as he pulled her close.

Yumi sighed as she laid her head on his chest, tears continuing to fall.

20 minutes later

Sasuke walked into the girls' hallway, heading towards Yumi's room.

"I wonder why she was so upset earlier."Sasuke thought as he opened her door.

Gaara was sitting against the headboard, his arm lightly around Yumi, the other hand on her head. Yumi had her head on his chest. One hand was on his chest, the other was hanging on her necklace that she always wore.

"Gaara?"Sasuke asked.

"Shhh."Gaara whispered as he carefully lifted her up. Sasuke walked over as Gaara laid her down. She began to stir and opened her eyes.

"Mm. Sasuke."she whispered.

"Shh. Go back to sleep."he said. He moved her hair and kissed her forehead. Her eyes closed as sleep overcame her. Sasuke turned around and pushed Gaara out of the room.

outside

"She wasn't too much trouble, was she?"Sasuke asked.

"Of course not."Gaara said,"You know what?"

"Hai?"

"Yumi...is just like me."

"How so?"

"She didn't have to great of a childhood. But she did have someone to comfort her. But then, one day, they disappeared for one reason or another. Now she's living with only memories of them. That one day had changed her future completely and changed her as well."

Sasuke looked at the floor,"Seems like you understand her more than me."he said quietly.

"Maybe. But you're the one she belongs with, not me. She deserves someone better than me, and that person is you."Gaara defended.

"What do you mean 'better than you'? What's wrong with you?"

'That's for me to know and few others. Unfortunately, you're not included in those few."

"Oh. Sorry."

" 'S 'kay. Anyway...we should get some sleep."Gaara pointed out.

'Yeah. Isn't it weird that a lot of things seem to happen at night?"Sasuke laughed.

Gaara smirked,'Hai. I guess."

" 'Night Subaku."

" G 'night Uchiha."

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'Nother chapter. I already finished this on WordPerfect so I'm just copying and pasting it over. Sorry if it's not the best writing you've read but my other stories, mainly Konoha High, are better. I've gotten good reviews for Immortal Love too.

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