Kaji

When I came back out of the darkness I was in my bed. I struggled to open my eyes and look around. To my side is Sai with a needle and thread. He seems to be stitching something close to my shoulder... or was it actually my shoulder? My mind was numb as I struggle to remember what had happened in the last twenty four hours. That's when I remembered what happened. I was stabbed by that fucker Torako, the same guy I had killed twice now, and for some reason I'm sure he'd come back for me a third time. I shift my vision to look at what Sai was doing. I was right, he was stitching up the hole in my shoulder. It was disturbing how I couldn't feel his touch or the needle piercing my skin, come to think of it the only sense that seemed to be working right now were sight . I couldn't feel anything, I couldn't taste or smell the usual dryness of the air, and to top it off I couldn't hear the shifting of fabric as Sai moved or the pulling of thread through my flesh. It was scary only being able to see things as they happened around me. Sai seemed to notice I was awake because he suddenly turned to me after tying off the end of the stitches. His mouth is formed into a smile as he says something I can not hear. I know my distress is showing in my eyes because Sai suddenly looks worried and says another word. This time I can tell what he's saying

Kaji?

I try to respond but it seems my voice had gone too because the only thing that came out was air. I struggle to sit up. My eyes wide with fear, I tear the blankets off of myself and stumble out of the room and down the hall, forcing every movement as I go. When I reach the kitchen I pull out a paper and pen, then shakily scribble

I CAN'T HEAR, FEEL, SMELL, TASTE OR SAY ANYTHING!!!

the pen almost falls out of my hand as my numb fingers try to grip it. Giving up on the pen I show the paper to Sai who had followed me out to likely make sure I didn't fall over or something like that. He reads the shaky writing quickly, then shooting a quick worried glance at me writes

poison?

I nod. Knowing Torako, he would definitely sink to that level to get what he wants. Sai then continues to write

We need to get you to a hospital then! Do you think you can still safely use Inferno Step? I have no idea how to get to Suna or Konoha from here.

Once again I nod, the bastard wasn't out kill me, I knew that much for a fact, just impair me, so moving around or using moves that come naturally to me shouldn't spread the poison. Without another word being written down I half hug, half collapse onto Sai surrounding him with my shaky, unfeeling arms and let the fire decide were to take me.

Next thing I know I'm back in the apartment, collapsed on the floor, breathing hard. It seems the poison put a hold on my chakra flow as well. I don't bother moving and surrender once again to the darkness.

Saiyo

I was talking to Gaara about his little spaz earlier, when I hear a thump of someone collapsing in the main room. Gaara didn't seem to notice because he continues to scowl and mutter angry words to himself. Deciding that it would be better not to alert him I excuse myself, saying I was going to give him some time to think, then leave the room quietly. What I find is a big shocker. Sai is lifting up a VERY pale Kaji, who seems to be the one who collapsed a second ago. Her clothing is torn and blood soaked, with a sleeve torn completely off and a large slash through the aria covering her stomach. These major tares reveal red and purple skin held closed with makeshift stitches. He head flops to the side showing that she's passed out. Sai looks up worry written all over his face. He didn't even have to ask for help as I hurry over and support her other side. I look down as I put her arm over my shoulder and notice a dark black scorch mark beneath the two. Seems she had used up her last bit of energy to get them back here. Without a word or a glance to each other Sai and I head out the door supporting the limp Kaji between us.

Events from then on went by pretty quickly. Kaji was given a room in the emergency wing. The Hokage was contacted, for her abilities as a poison lady. Gaara was contacted, not only because it was his ANBU that was sick but it was his cousin. When Tsunada-sama finally arrived the poison was quickly diagnosed as a fairly common poison used for paralyzing the senses. This was then promptly removed from her system. Her infections were something else to worry about though, it seemed the only way to get rid of them was to let them go away on their own. During that time Kaji would have to remain in the hospital to keep a close eye on her condition. At most this would take another week or two... we hoped at least. A week later Kaji finally woke up again, she seemed to have regained her sense of touch and hearing, but still lacked the ability to speak and all of the other damaged senses. All this time Sai and Gaara rarely left her side, unfortunately as a Chunin I had missions to go on and couldn't always be there. The times I did visit though she was fully aware of her surroundings and even smiled a couple of times. Two days from the time she was supposed to get out of the hospital everything when downhill. Her lungs seized and she seemed to be having a seizure. This was also when she regained her voice. In a frighteningly high pitched scream she suddenly yelled out two names, then when still, her eyes wide and unblinking and the only movement being the quick raise and fall of her chest. I later found out from Gaara that the two names were that of her dead parents. After her episode everyone but the nurses were forced out of her room and told to wait in the waiting room. We were half way down the hall when we heard the blood curdling screams of the nurses. Running back and forcing our way back into the room, we arrived just in time to see a bloody Kaji starting to go out the window. She took one last look back at the room and at us. As her eyes, now completely black, hit us I feel a sickening feeling go down my spine. The feeling soon turns to an almost need to be sick as she crazily smiles showing blood stained teeth surrounded by lips covered in the blood of the nurses and what looks like bits of flesh. The picture of her face remains for a second, even after she disappears out the window. Finally getting to take in the room I see complete carnage. Originally there was five nurses attending to Kaji through all off the blood, guts, bits of tissue and limbs I could only make out three people's worth of recognizable parts, the rest of them were in tiny bits splattered on the walls, floor, and celling. This was the bloodiest scene I had ever seen, or at least I thought that until I heard distant screaming coming in the window.