"Hinata!" a distant voice called out.
"Hinata! Wake up! Please react!"
The Hyuga girl's eyes slowly fluttered open and looked around. Lady Tsunade, Ino and Sakura were all surrounding her after they had found her on the ground unconscious.
"Are you okay?" Lady Tsunade asked her, looking into her lavender eyes. Although she wasn't Hokage anymore, she turned to being hospital administrator afterwards.
"Y-Yes…" Hinata replied rubbing her head. "Did— Kiba really lose his memory?"
All three of the doctors hesitated and glanced at each other. Finally, after a few moments, Sakura spoke up.
"Yes he did…" she said somberly. "And…he only remembers you."
Hinata gulped and put her head down on her hands. Ino bit her lip, and put her hand on Hinata's shoulder to try and comfort her somehow.
"Why me!" Hinata suddenly said, slamming her hands on the ground, making Ino jump back in surprise. "It's so surprising he somehow remembered only me…"
Lady Tsunade sighed deeply. "That's why we're going to do some studies with him. We're going to have a lot of appointments with him to MRI him, and do some CAT scans as well. Thankfully, he at least remembers how to read, write, and anything basic we all can do naturally. And we have to ask something of you Hinata…"
Hinata blinked, and somehow, she knew what the question was going to be as though she had instantly read Lady Tsunade's mind.
"Do you think you could—"
"Spend time with him so Kiba can r-regain h-his memory?" Hinata answered for her slowly.
All three doctors nodded and looked hopeful at Hinata. After a moment, she got up from the ground and looked out the window. It was now raining, and this made Hinata only more determined.
"I'm not going to be selfish… I will help my friend! I'm going to help him remember all of us! Or rather…the rest of our friends actually. But I promise that I will help Kiba regain his memory back."
Ino, Sakura and Lady Tsunade looked relieved and proud at Hinata's promise. They all went to her and nodded at her as their approval of her recent action.
"Excuse me?" Shizune said knocking on the door.
Everyone turned to look at her and she spoke again. "Lord Hokage is here. He's here to also see Kiba Inuzuka."
She stepped aside and let Naruto in. He came into Hinata's office and greeted the four doctors at the window.
"Are we ready! Let's go see KIBA!" Naruto practically yelled.
"Geez," Sakura said rubbing her ear. "Calm down! A Hokage is supposed to remain calm at all times too you know!"
"I know! But let's go, I'm worried about Kiba," he replied as Ino went up to him.
"We're all worried about him!" Sakura remarked in frustration.
Ino then led him out to go to Kiba's room and the rest followed behind.
The walk to Kiba's room was silent. Nobody talked and did not really have anything to say, especially as Hinata's eyes showed both determination and nervousness as she mentally prepared herself for the promise she had made awhile ago.
Finally, they had arrived at Kiba's room. They all stopped and looked at Hinata hesitantly.
"Are you ready Hinata?" Ino asked her.
She merely nodded, looking at the door with such determination in her pearly lavender eyes.
"Good luck then," Naruto said as he laid his hand on her shoulder.
"T-Thank you," she stammered. Hinata then took a deep breath, went up to the door and knocked on it. She heard the familiar voice she always loved say "Come in" so she pushed open the door and went in as Lady Tusnade only followed her.
Hinata blinked at the sight before her once she walked in. Kiba Inuzuka had a bandages wrapped around his head, his right arm was wrapped as well; there were stitches on his left arm and the rest of his body she could see was covered in minor scratches and cuts. Kiba was also in hospital gown and he seemed to have been looking out the window.
To Hinata's surprise and embarrassment, Kiba grinned at her as he eyed her intently. He continued that for a few more seconds before finally talking.
"Yep. Just like how I described you. You're Hinata huh?" he asked her politely.
"Y-Yes," Hinata stammered, though she tried her hardest not to. She also began to blush as she felt her face heat up.
"I could only see you when I was unconscious," Kiba explained as though he were talking of the weather. "You kept telling me your name… And during that time…you told me not to give up and wake up as soon as I could.
"When I woke up, I asked that lady behind you," he added as he briefly glanced at Lady Tsunade. "If there was any Hinata here. I told her everything I knew about you. Don't ask how and please don't think of me as some kind of stalker, but apparently I had every detail and aspect of you correct. I'm glad I was right and that you came to me! You're very beautiful by the way."
Hinata did not know how to respond to this sudden statement. She knew her face was a very bright red color at this time, and when she felt her balance fail her, Lady Tsunade immediately prevented her from falling as she whispered, "Don't faint!"
"Oh yeah, my name's Kiba by the way! You told me that too," Kiba chuckled.
Hinata couldn't help but smile at what Kiba had said. This gesture then made Kiba blush, smile back at her and look away shyly. Hinata then took her opportunity and stepped towards Kiba's bed side.
"Kiba," she started. "I-I do know you too actually. It's…a l-long story for right now, b-but trust me... We've been through a lot together, a-and I hope that I'll b-be able to h-help you gain b-back your memory."
Her dear friend then beamed at her. Hinata held herself back from fainting once again, and smiled back at Kiba.
"I'm glad a girl as beautiful as you is going to help me," he replied.
Just then, before either Hinata or Tsunade could say anything, a loud wail was heard outside of the room.
"I'M GOING TO SEE HIM! GET AWAY FROM ME! WE WERE NEVER DONE!"
The door then burst open and Izumi, Kiba's girlfriend, came running into the room, tackling everything in her way.
"Oh Kiba!" she wailed as she threw her arms around a bewildered Kiba. "Baby, are you hurt? Oh I hope you're okay!"
Hinata couldn't help but roll her eyes at Izumi's annoying behavior. She always hated the way Izumi acted with everyone! Especially her jealousy with Hinata. She had never done anything to anger Izumi and it bothered her the way she acted. Izumi had dark brown hair, hazel eyes, and had a nice tan to her skin and due to these things she always bragged that Kiba and her were soul mates.
Izumi then tried to kiss Kiba, but he pulled away from her and looked at Hinata with pleading eyes that almost made Hinata giggle at the irony before her. Izumi looked confused then looked back at Hinata.
She wrinkled her nose in disgust, and rolled her eyes. "What is she doing here?"
Hinata bit her lip, holding back her words. Luckily, Tsunade stepped in.
"She's here to help Kiba recover his memory."
Izumi looked more confused than ever. "What do you mean! He doesn't remember anything? But he remembers me, right sweetie?"
Kiba, (to Hinata's delight), pushed Izumi away who looked scandalized. "I'm sorry, but I have no idea who you are," he said.
His "girlfriend" blinked a couple of times, before laughing out loud. "That is funny babe. Real funny… Now, aren't you happy to see your girlfriend?"
Kiba shook his head, now starting to get annoyed. "I don't know how you are. I don't think I have a girlfriend… I only remember Hinata."
At his last words, Izumi turned sharply to Hinata and stalked towards her.
"So you're a witch now? You put a spell on my boyfriend so you can steal him from me? Is that it? Witch! Help me! A witch left my boyfriend under a spell!" she screamed frantically.
"A witch?" Hinata asked, as she gawked at Izumi. "How childish is that!"
Before Izumi could reply something hurtful, Lady Tsunade said sharply, "Look, he doesn't remember anything! Can't you understand that? Now, if you're going to make another scene like that, leave now! Kiba can't remember you!"
Izumi, frightened of Lady Tsunade, took a step back. She looked at Kiba, scowled at him, and finally at Hinata whom she glared angrily at before sticking her nose in the air and storming out the door. Hinata sighed in relief as she had resisted all this time to not punch her out the window.
Kiba then laughed. "She's weird! Well, anyways, where were we?"
Hinata giggled, and looked at Lady Tsunade for further instructions.
"I'm going to leave you two alone for moment so Hinata can explain anything you might remember," she said as she walked towards the door.
They nodded and once they were alone, Kiba then looked at Hinata, who blushed furiously again and said, "Well, Hinata, let's get started then. I'm all ears pretty lady."