A/N: My cousin and I have had a disagreement so... I'll be doing the story from now on... that means I won't get the chapters up quick enough or typed out on my comp. So far, I'm working on chap. twelve so, you won't have to worry about it so far. I just thought to let you know. Also... events that happens from the first chapter happens after the whole Orochimaru thing and what not. So don't mind my confusion of what's going on... I'm still learning...

Chapter 2: Betrayal, a dying breath - a week later

When Yuki opened her eyes, she found that she was in a room she couldn't at first recognise, but she soon figured out that she was in the hospital. Flowers had been aranged beside her bed and a stuffed dog, that Yuki noticed as Pakkun, was sitting beside her head. With a shaky hand, she reached out and barely touched the dog, knocking it off the bed.

"Yuki," someone said as the door opened and Kakashi stepped through. "You have a visitor."

Yuki let her hand fall beside her and smiled as Kakashi shut the door slowly.

"I see you're awake..." Kakashi said as he walked over to her, bending down to pick the stuffed dog up and handed it to her. Yuki took it, gazing at the dog and not at Kakashi, messing with the ears. "You've been out for a whole week, you know?"

Yuki just nodded, bitting her lip as everything that happened came rushing back, eyes watering with sadness. Kakashi pulled a chair up beside the bed and sat down, enterlacing his hands together and resting his head on them.

"Kyora's been here multiple times to see you..." Kakashi said after a moment of silence. "He was the one who sent all these flowers... I came here a few times and caught him crying, saying he was sorry. What exactly happened?"

Yuki let her hand fall limp onto her stomach, glancing away from Kakashi, avoiding the question. It was all her fault... Kyora was only doing to save her... because if she dies, so too does the five- tailed demon sealed inside her and Yuki would finally be at peace. Yuki blinked when she heard Kakashi sigh heavily.

"It's okay to not want to talk about it, I understand," Kakashi said, sitting up straighter in the chair, stretching his arms. He let his arms fall into his lap and his eye bore at Yuki, trying to find the source of her silence. "Kyora said that you hated him. Is that part true?"

Yuki bit her lip, clenching her hands into a tight fist.She wanted to say that she could never hate Kyora... not for his attempt to make her happy and do what was best dispite what he thought. But she couldn't find the words to say that would ease the tension she could feel coming from Kakashi. She could only say what she had told Kyora... before this whole thing started.

"Betrayal... Realization, memory of a thousand dreams entwined together in a hopeless wish... Grief, where do the shattered peices of love lie when love and hope is lost... But love, comes at a price..."

"What are you saying?" Kakashi asked, suddenly on the edge of his seat, waiting for her to explain. "Are you saying that Kyora betrayed you?"

Yuki shook her head, shutting her eyes tightly. What was she supposed to say that wouldn't make Kakashi so worried? Kyora did what he had to to make her happy... she wanted it in truth... and she didn't want to be saved. She didn't feel like everyone else in the village... didn't feel normal and shunned with out them even knowing they were shunning her. She felt more like a beast... not even human. She even felt different from Naruto who seemed to be like her in more ways than one.

"Excuse me, Kakashi?" the door opened and the nurse peeked in, gazing at Yuki. "Visiting hours are over. You're going to have to leave and let Miss Yukino sleep."

"Oh, alright," Kakashi said standing up slowly, running a hand through his almost silver hair. He then turned to Yuki, brushing her hair out of her eyes. "Get better soon... okay?"

Yuki nodded and watched as Kakashi walked away from her bed, passing the nurse standing in the door way. She continued watching him untill he disappeared around the corner of the hall. Yuki sighed heavily and relaxed her body, trying to clear her thoughts. The nuse walked over and began to change the bandages wrapped around her stomach, smiling as she did so.

"You know, you're very lucky... not many would survive a kunai ripping that big of a hole in the stomach," she said softly, tossing away the bloody bandages and beginning to place new ones on. Yuki didn't say anything, just continued watching the closed door with intense eyes. "Kakashi must really care about you... he's been up here almost all hours of the day untill we make him leave."

Yuki quickly looked at her as the nurse said that, almost surprised at what she said. The nurse seemed to hint that this surprised her and smiled, fixing the blankets.

"Yes, he's been up here from dawn till sun- down... that is if Kyora beats him here, and that's normally always," she said, stepping back and bowing slightly. "But, out of the two, I say Kakashi is the one who cares the most... the first day you were in here, Kakashi stayed two whole days without sleep and food, just watching you. But, it's Kyora who's showed much grief... I'm sorry if I'm boring you. I'd better get going now."

Yuki glanced out the window, noticing it was snowing again and sighed. Glancing away, she saw the heart moniter beeping along with her heart rate and wondered what would happen if she cut the cord. She took the sissors that had been left by the nurse and reached for the cord, hesitating as the blades hugged the cord. With a deep breath, she cut...

A hollow ringing noise sounded through the room after a few moments.

He watched her, eyes empty and unsure of what to think about her. Sure, she seemed lonely as he did and seemed to be filled with very little words, but there was something about her that seemed off and wrong. In every way she was like him, but in more ways she was unlike him. She had people that loved her so much, they would sit there for hours and cry. It was pathetic really, that jounin would succumb to such emotions for a girl like... like her. It praticly made him sick and he wanted to burst through the window and kill her... end her misery. But, he was surprised that she cut her own cord, intending to end her life. He watched with narrowed eyes as doctors ran into the room and began cpr, hoping to bring her back.

"Hey, Gaara. Come on, we've got to head towards the Hokages place," A blonde haired girl called, gazing up the tree at Gaara. "Baki- sensei is waiting for us."

Gaara sneered as he let the sand take him and bring him to stand beside the girl. Temari smiled as she began walking through the crisp snow, fixing the purple scarf around her neck and Gaara walked slowly behind her, arms crossed in a way that said leave him alone. Temari glanced at him, a tight frown on her face.

"Who were you exactly watching in that hospital, Gaara?"

"No one..." Gaara replyed, narrowing his eyes slightly, avoiding her stare. To the people here, she was probably someone important and they all knew her, but to him she was no one of importance.

"Right.. what ever you say, Gaara," she said, showing no impatience. "Look, there's Kankuro and Baki- sensei."

Gaara and Temari neared them, noticing they weren't alone. A really weird old man was standing with them and had a weird look in his eyes as Temari aproached.

"Temari, Gaara," Baki said, nodding his head. "We're going to have to stay here for awhile..."

"Why? I thought once you got finished with delivering what ever you had, we'd leave soon?" Temari questioned.

"That's true... but, seems the Hokage of this village has reported that a snowstorm may hit by nightfall," Baki said, resting his hands on his hips and looking into the gray sky. "As you can see, it's already starting to snow harder as the minuets tick by. Master Jiriya has been so kind as to pay for our rooms at the hotel here... and food has already been paid for the hard week ahead of us."

"A week!?" Temari whined, slumping her shoulders slightly. "But I'm not made for cold weather!"

"Don't worry, Miss Temari! I can keep you warm!" Jiriya said, a perverted look on his face. Gaara glared at him, understanding full- well what that meant.

"Touch my sister..." Gaara said, shaking slightly. "And I'll kill you."

Jiriya stopped grinning and coughed, gaining his composure. Kankuro snikered at the old man, getting a look from Gaara that made him stop and look frightened.

"Sorry, Gaara."

"Right... Master Jiriya," Baki said, turning to him. "These children are siblings and the children of the Kazekage. Messing with them is like offering your soul to the dead. Is... that what you want?"

Jiriya stared hard at Baki, trying to figure him out and what his intentions were. Without getting what he wanted, Jiriya turned and pointed off into the distance towards a tall building.

"Well, that's where you will be staying. Room 416 and don't forget or they will throw you out wheather or not you're sand nin."

"Thanks, Master Jiriya... for your cooperation. Let's go, you three."

Baki walked off with the three siblings tagging along. Jiriya watched them closely, a serious look on his face. With a sigh, he turned and headed towards the hospital, knowing Kakashi would be there.

A/n: Baki is not their jounin anymore... he is the replacement Kazekage till Gaara can resume the title.