Jenna lay in the infirmary motionless. Gaara stood near the window connected to her room. He watched her still form that was connected to IV's and occasionally stared at her heart moniter that slowly but steadily beeped, representing her heart beats. But the one thing that Gaara stared at the most was her face. Her eyes closed, due to unconsciousness, with tubes coming out through her nose and mouth.

Pain formed deep within Gaara's heart. Watching the person you love and care for in a hospital bed on life support only brought anger, sadness, and worry, which were the very things Gaara felt at that moment.

Cathy sat on the bench in front of Jenna's room. She stared at the ground, her face hidden. Naruto rubbed her back as Sasuke sat next to her on the other side. His deep black eyes showed concern for Jenna and for his teammate.

The room was silent. Even when Naruto, Sasuke, and Cathy arrived no one said a word. Nothing could be said about the situation. Jenna was hurt very badly. Her rib cage was crushed, injuring her lungs, diaphram, and most importantly her heart. Her liver was affected but not severly like her other organs. It was a miracle her spine was not affected. She was immeadiatly put on life support. Tsunade and many medic ninja helped with the healing and surgery. All that was left was for her to heal and for everyone to wait and watch what would happen. The one reason that had everyone silent was a good one.

There was still a chance that Jenna might not make it.

Small droplets of water started to fall from Cathy's sky blue eyes. She remembered when she and Jenna were still in their world, hanging out, being in school, sharing secrets and laughter, and she remembered their adventure in the Earth Country. How they would talk and insult the princess behind her back, when she was still mean that is, and how they talked to each other about strategies, how they would blast their ipods to full volume, making everyone panic and have heart attacks. She thought of all the times Jenna informed her on things she had no idea about, how she would teach her important lessons in life and the battle field. How Jenna always comforted her in her time of need and how she could always make her look at the bright side of every bad situation. How she could make Cathy laugh like there was not a care in the world. How Jenna always protected Cathy when she needed it and when she didn't even know she was bieng protected.

More and more tears fell, though her expression didn't waver, neither did her body. She just stared at the floor, scared that her best friend was going to die.

Naruto and Sasuke looked at each other, then at the girl in between them. Tsunade then came into the room. Gaara and Cathy didn't move. Sasuke got up and motioned for Naruto to stay with Cathy. He went over to Tsunade.

"So," he started looking over at the window, "Any good news?"

"She is recovering," Tsunade said softly, "We've healed her organs and repaired her broken ribs. The only thing we need to worry about is her right lung. It seems that it got torn by one of her broken ribs. We've done the best we could. With enough rest and further healing, along with occasional doses of medicine, she should be fine."

"I couldn't protect her."

All the heads in the room, except Cathy's, turned to the red head. He still looked into the room Jenna was kept in, keeping his back to them, "I was there. I had him in my grasp, but he still hurt her."

"Gaara," started Tsunade but was cut off.

"I HAD HIM! I HAD HIM IN MY GRASP AND YET-"

The room was silenced once again.

"Yet..." he muttered, pressing a hand to the glass.

Cathy's tears stopped.

"...When we hurt each other we should write it down in the sand, so the winds of forgiveness can make it go away for good"

Gaara turned to look at Cathy whose face was covered by her hair.

"...when we help each other...we should chisel it in stone, least we never forget the love of a friend."

Cathy raised her head to look at Gaara. Her sky blue eyes were surrounded by red blotches and clear, shiny tears ran down her cheeks.

"Jenna once said this to me when we first became friends," she said getting up and going to the window, "She told me this because I was and still am her best friend. She told me this to reassure me that no matter what I did or would do in the future and no matter what mistake I did or a mistake I would make in the future that would hurt her...she would always forgive me."

She took Gaara's hand, "For all the happiness, fun, and memories we share together she would keep in her heart for all eternity," She looked up at him, "Jenna is not the kind of person who would hold a grudge, especially to someone she cares about. She could never hate someone, especially you, Gaara, for an accident like this."

She turned her head to look at Jenna and he followed, "So please..." He turned back to face her, "Don't think that Jenna's that sort of person."

Tears began to slowly fall down the side of his cheeks as he engulfed Cathy in a hug. They both cried as Naruto, Sasuke, and Tsunade watched them, smiling at the touching moment. After they cried and regained composure Tsunade spoke once again.

"Because this has happened they obviously know you hold the amulets," she said standing in front of the teenagers, "So I have decided that you will all go into hiding in the star country in disguise."

"The Star Country?" asked Naruto, "How will that help? I'm sure there's tons of ninja all over the countries looking for these amulets."

"Exactly. So to keep you safe for the time bieng you are all going undercover."

"As who or what exactly?" asked Gaara.

"Glad you asked," said Tsunade smirking, "Jenna, due to her previous condition, won't be able to fight and will need as much rest and comfort as possible. So she will go undercover as a princess."

"Good," said Cathy, "So who will we be?"

"Kazekage-sama will be her body guard," she said looking at Gaara with a smirk.

"Fair enough," he said.

"What about me?" asked Naruto.

"You, believe it or not, will go undercover as a scientist on the brink of a new scientific discovery."

Sasuke and Cathy both held in a laugh only to fail as they both laughed, well Sasuke chuckled.

"Ha ha, very funny," he said in a sarcastic tone.

"And that leaves you two," said Tsunade pointing to Sasuke and Cathy.

"O-okay," said Cathy reagining her composure, "Who are we gonna be?"

"You two will be a newly wedded couple on their honey moon."

. . . . . . . .

"W-WHAT!?" asked Cathy in shock.

"You can't be serious!" said Sasuke with the same level of shock.

"Nope," said Tsunade, "It's obvious that Naruto and Cathy like each other so with this you'll be less noticable."

"But Jenna's a princess! How is that not noticable!?" asked Cathy.

"It was the best we could do," said Tsunade.

"That's way more noticable than our relationship!" said Cathy, who couldn't believe what was happening.

"SASUKE! YOU TRY ANYTHING AND I SWEAR I'LL DESTROY YOU!" yelled Naruto. Sasuke smirked in a devious matter. He grabbed Cathy and held her close to him.

"What's wrong Naruto?" asked Sasuke, grabbing her chin and lifting it near his face, "Afraid I'm gonna steal her away from you?"

Naruto's entire bieng was filled with anger and rage. His face wrinkled in anger as he grabbed Cathy away from him, holding her as tight as he could.

"DON'T YOU EVER TOUCH HER WITH THOSE FILTHY HANDS, TEME!" he yelled again.

"Sasuke, we don't have to act until we leave, so please don't tease Naruto and I like that," said Cathy waving her hand up and down.

"Whatever you say, Kappa."

"Sas-UKE."

"Cucumber."

"Who could stand to be married to you?" snapped Cathy

"Practically all the girls in Konoha," retorted Sasuke.

"Thankfully, I'm not one of them," said Cathy turning to Naruto and wrapping her arms around his arm.

"Yeah, that's 'cause you're a guy."

SNAP.

"What did you just say?" asked Cathy with a devil's face.

"Yeah, thank god I don't like you 'cause then I'd be gay," he finished as Cathy grabbed his shirt by the neck and lifted him in the air by it.

"You got something to say to me, Sas-UKE? 'Cause bring it! I'll destroy you mentally and physically!"

"Okay, Kappa."

Cathy, fed up with Sasuke, threw him hard onto the bench, took Naruto by the hand, and walked out of the room, but not before saying bye to sleeping Jenna and the rest. Sasuke regained his composure and also left soon after. Tsunade was about to leave.

"Kazekage-sama? Are you coming?"

Gaara turned to her, "No," he said looking back at Jenna, "I'm going to stay."

Tsunade went up to the window, "You can go in if you want."

"Thanks," he said quietly as he went inside Jenna's room. Tsunade turned to the door that led to the hallway. She opened and looked back at the two. She saw Gaara sitting in a chair next to her bed, holding her hand and softly stroking it with his thumb. Tsunade smiled softly as she closed the door and left the hospital.

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Okay, okay. I know it was a very depressing chapter but it's also been a depressing week. And the whole scene with Gaara and Cathy was a friendly gesture to reassure him that Jenna still loved him. I don't wanna hear or see any "OMG I am in love with GaaxCathy!!" NO. That is not going on in the story. I already get enough SasuxCathy stuff from my friends. The couples are NaruxCathy and GaaxJen! Lol. Only in this fan fiction though. XD

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In loving memory of Jiraiya! May he rest in peace! (cries) Dang, first Azuma, then Deidara, then Itachi and now Jiraiya!? C'mon! All the good charcters are dying!Sigh...well what can you do? Next chapter! The Star Country! Thanks for the reviews!

-PandaShark

The touching phrase Cathy told Gaara was created by Christian H. Godefroy.