/Okami's POV/

-Flashback-

*Age 5*

"Mum! Mum! Mira mira! (Spanish for look look) I can play fast like my tutor!" I screamed as i continued to play the piano gradually faster. The other patients smiled softly at me when i beamed a smile at them. I knew that Mum wasn't near by but i loved to scream for her to see me play the piano. 'Maybe if i play faster then tutor Hayley will notice.' I stuck my tongue out as i focused harder on playing faster.

"Okami dear. Please play your violin. It eases my aches when you do." An old lady called out from the corner across of me.

"Miss Croton. It's not my violin. Don't you remember? A huge gaming studio i made a song for donated these for us to play!" I grinned softly as i rushed over to take her hands into mine. Nodding her head about to reply, She was cut off when another patient came up to us.

"Yeah but it might as well be your's. You're the only one that can play these instruments good!" A throaty chuckle boomed behind me. Looking over my shoulder, a tan young man stood over both me and the older lady. Grinning down at me, he motioned for me to continue playing the instruments.

After an hour of continuously playing, i ran out of the lounge room for patients and skipped down the hall. I waved to the nurses who had taken care of me since i was born. Turning the corner, i barely registered that the door to mine and Magenta's room was closed. 'Weird. It's never closed in case Magenta needs something.' Wedging it open in case they were examining Magenta, i peeked it open to hear soft cries.

"Doctor Nara! Mum! Da! It hurts! Please make it stop! Okami. Oka where are you?" Each out cry was followed with a whimper.

'Where's mum and da!' Pushing open the door farther, i ran in and stopped up next to the bed to see Magenta holding her chest in pain. Blood began dripping out of her nose and down her hospital gown. Coughs shook her small frame as blood spurted out of her mouth forcefully. Magenta cried out as she fell back against the bed frame.

"Gen. Gen what's going on? Why are you coughing up blood!" i screamed. Magenta could barely speak after her cough fit. Signing the word medicine, it was then i only realized that it was past noon. Nodding my head, i tore out of the room and down the hall to where they stored the medicine for everyone on this floor. Nurses ran after me when i forced my way into the room. Whipping around, i searched the cabinets for Magenta's name. Finding the six pills, i filled my arms with them and raced down the halls again.

"Okami! Where are you going with those bottles?!" Turning my head slightly, i watched as Doctor Nara stepped out of his office with a nurse trailing scared behind him. Not bothering to stop, i ran even faster. I blessed the heavens that i had left the door open when i had ran out earlier. Skidding to a stop, i watched as two nurses were holding Magenta down and trying to clear the blood out of her lungs.

"Get water now!" I screamed as i quickly peeled off the six bottle caps and poured Magenta's medicine into my hand. Jumping on the bed, i gripped Magenta's chin to pry it open and threw her medicine down her throat. 'Please don't let it be to late!' i cried as i was handed a glass of water and helped Magenta drink it. One of the nurses handed me a wet rag to wash the blood of my sister.

-End Flashback-

Opening my eyes, I dully noted that the bed i was in was facing the window so the sky was the first thing i would see.'Must be eight in the morning if the sun is barely above the mountains.' Pain flashed through my head as i sat up slowly.

"You shouldn't try to move just yet." A gruff voice came from my left side. Startled, I reached under my pillow for my knife i hid there only to find it wasn't there. 'Where's my knife!' I mentally screamed before tearing my gaze away from my empty hand to the hooded figure sitting next to my bed. There was a small ball of brown fur on his lap. The ball of fur shifted before a head appeared and chattered in my direction.

'Shukaku. Then if he's here, that must mean...'

"Gaara?" I mumbled as Shukaku dove off the lap and onto my bed. Pulling the hood off, Gaara nodded in my direction.

Shukaku purred against my stomach causing me to laugh. Sticking his wet nose under my shirt, i squealed as his head traveled further up.

"Shukaku. Behave." Gaara grumbled before turning his head to look out the window. We sat there in silence for a few minutes. I played with Shukaku while he stared out the window.

"Hey Gaara."

"Hn."

"Thanks again. For saving me last night i mean." I sighed thinking about what could have happened if he hadn't come. Looking over, i barely caught Gaara shake his head slightly before he pointed at me.

"You shouldn't thank me. I already told you. Thank Shukaku. He took off running into the alley so i followed to make sure he wasn't gonna cause trouble." He mumbled before leaning back against the chair to close his eyes. Nodding, i snuggled up closer to Shukaku, who purred even louder with satisfaction. 'Longest sentence i've heard him say so far without the "word" hn.'

Looking over, i was able to look over at Gaara without being a creep. There was a kanji tattoo for love on the left side of his forehead that was slightly hidden by his shaggy red hair that was a little past his ear. He had a slight tan that gave life to his complexion. I already knew he had jade colored eyes that were hidden by dark rings around his eyes. 'He reminds me of a panda.' Chuckling slightly, i moved my attention to Shukaku, who had somehow climbed under my shirt to poke his head out of the neck hole.

"Are you comfortable there?" I whispered as i pushed his nose back away from my neck. Flipping himself around to face the front, Shukaku chattered and watched the sun rise higher over the mountain. 'A good day starts with a blue sky.' Stretching, I looked back over towards Gaara to see he had sat up to stare at me.

"What?" I mumbled dumbfoundly. Shaking his head, Gaara pointed to the window before Hning at me. 'The least he could do is say nothing. Hn isn't even a word.' I felt my eye twitch so i turned to face the window again.

We sat there for another hour before a nurse came in. Nodding to Gaara, She set two plates of food on the table in front of him before turning towards me. The nurse jumped when she realized that Shukaku was in my shirt.

"Miss. There's a tanuki in.." She was cut off when Shukaku started to chatter angrily at her. Eeping, she scurried out of the room without another sound. Laughing, i petted Shukaku's head as a little reward. 'At least Shukaku tries to communicate with me.' Looking over, Gaara was still staring at me.

"So was there a reason you're in my room this early in the morning?" Sighing, I pulled Shukaku out of my shirt and placed him on my lap. Gaara Hned and looked away towards the sun that had risen barely over the mountains.

"Look buddy. If you're not gonna answer me then you can leave ok? I know you saved my life, and i am grateful, but the least you could do is tell me why you're here!" I hissed at Gaara feeling angry for no reason. 'When's the last time i played? I'm going to need it soon.' Shifting around so my legs were hanging off the bed, i prepared myself to stand only to freeze when the door opened. A young girl with four dirty blonde ponytails, who looked a bit older than me, skipped in through the now open door. A tall male brunette stood in the middle of the door way. Waving towards me, he waltzed right in to the room shutting the door after him and sat himself in the other chair across from Gaara. The blonde had sat herself next to me on the bed.

"There you are Gaara. We were worried when we didn't find you on the roof." The blonde stuck her tongue out and leaned back on her hands. Gaara shifted to glare at the girl. The brunette laughed and poked Gaara on the head. Gaara growled at brunette.

"Uh. Excuse me. Who are you?" Looking over to the blonde, i forced a smile on even though i wanted to cry because of the pain i was feeling in my leg and head. Even though the blonde and brunette were oblivious to my forced smile, i had a feeling that Gaara knew something was up.

"Oh. Sorry I'm Temari Sabaku. That idiot over there is my first little brother Kankuro. You probably know Gaara since he was here already." The blonde girl, Temari, stuck her hand out for me to shake after she finished introductions. Shukaku kept bouncing on my leg making me wince as i shook her hand. Nodding my head in Kankuro's direction, i heard more footsteps pass down the hall.

"You must be Okami. Sakura told us about you yesterday when she was done doing a check up on your sister." I felt my breath stop short when i heard that someone was looking over my sister. 'Do they know about Magenta?' I threw the covers off of me simultaneously throwing Shukaku onto Temari. Placing my good foot onto the floor, i held onto the bed frame and hobbled towards the door. Sadly i didn't make it halfway before i felt my legs give out underneath me. Clenching my eyes, i waited for the cold floor to rush up to meet me but it never came. Peeking open, i saw Gaara holding me around the waist.

"You'll hurt yourself more if you don't wait for help." Gaara grunted before picking me up in his arms. I could hear the blood rush up to heat my face.

"OY. Put her down!" A small voice came from the door way. Turning my head, i could see Magenta standing there with my bag that i always carried with me clutched tightly in her hands.

"Magenta!" I cried out softly before pushing myself away from Gaara to hang onto my twin's smaller frame.

"Oka. You have no idea how worried i was when i heard you were in the hospital! What happened?" Magenta began to question me as she placed me into a wheelchair that Temari had pulled out of no where. Wheeling myself so i could face my sister who took the seat next to Temari, i hung my head to think about how i was going to explain that i was nearly raped by six guys in an alley.

"What happened doesn't matter. What matters is that i was able to fix her foot in time." Another voice came from the doorway. 'Why is everyone deciding that they should visit me in the morning.' Twisting my head to the right, it took me a moment to recognize that Tsunade was standing in a doctor's coat and smelled of alcohol. It took me a moment before her words had registered in my head.

"Wait. You fixed my broken ankle?! I thought you were the mayor?" I screamed and pointed my finger at her in disbelief. 'There's no way she's the head doctor!'

Tsunade's eye twitched rapidly before she calmly walked up to me. 'I'm dead..' I felt my wheelchair being pulled back as i clung tightly so i wouldn't be thrown off.

"We need to talk Okami." With that, Tsunade pushed my wheelchair out of the room fast. Magenta ran after us with Shukaku growling after her. Tsunade didn't bother slowing down but only sped up when we rounded a corner.

"Miss Senju! W-Wait!" I heard Magenta scream as she jogged briskly after us.

"Tsunade stop! Magenta isn't allowed to run!" I screeched. Turning around in the chair, I pried Tsunade's arm off and momentarily forgot that the chair would keep moving. The wheelchair flew backwards and tossed me onto the floor. "Okami!" Magenta's footsteps rang louder as she ran towards me. Looking up in time, I saw Shukaku pass my twin and begin sniffing for anymore injuries. As Magenta slid next to me to check me over herself, Shukaku hissed at Tsunade, who only stared confused at me.

"This is why you need to talk. I don't care if you don't like to talk about your sister's health but if i am to help her survive than you need to talk." Tsunade stood above both me and Magenta before pulling the wheelchair to be in front of me. 'Might as well tell her.' I sighed.

"I kinda explained it a bit to her Sis. You just have to medically explain it." Magenta cooed softly as she helped push me into the chair. Fixing my glare on her, I held my hand out for my bag. Sheepishly, Magenta held it out before grabbing the handles of my chair.

Tsunade led us down the hall to a huge room. Pushing me in, Magenta whimpered as she moved to sit on my lap. I grunted with the extra weight on my lap and leaned to the right to look at Tsunade, who had just sat at her desk with a pen and notepad. Shukaku, who i forgot was with me, chattered around my neck after he got comfortable.

"Shall we begin from the beginning of your two births?" Tsunade said as she wrote something down. Nodding, Magenta shifted on my lap so i could be seen as well.

"We were born November 15. I am the older one while she was born an hour afterwards. Magenta had a weak heartbeat so they had to keep her in the hospital for a year. Mum stayed behind with Magenta while she sent off Da and me out. During the first four months, Magenta had many, what the doctors called seizures, but in reality it was her coughing up blood. At five months, they began to do a series of test to figure out what the matter was." I whispered as i began to fiddle around in my black bag. For a few minutes i stopped talking and nudged Magenta's back for her to take over.

"Oh. Um well i obviously don't remember it but Mum had told me before that they did a total number of 26 test on me. Doctor Nara was the sixth doctor that could actually help me out. He believed that it had to do something with the way my blood was reacting with my heart and he was right. My heart..." I had cut her off by pushing the six pills into her hand.

"Go buy a water bottle from the vending machine down the hall. And don't take the pills just yet. I wanna make sure you take them." I murmured at Magenta before pushing a dollar bill into her hand. Magenta gave me a confused look but didn't question me. It was a little rule we had between us; If i tell her to do something, it's because my reason for doing it must be good enough.

I tried not to use that rule on Magenta often. The big reasons I used it on her was because i didn't want her to hear or see something. The last time i had to force her to do something was that day i nearly lost her. I was pulled out of my thoughts when i heard the door close shut. I waited a minute till i was sure that she had left. Magenta had a habit of staying behind doors to hear conversations.

"Is there a reason you sent her out?" Tsunade questioned before pulling out a bottle. It smelled strongly of alcohol. 'Is she really going to be drinking that here?'

Nodding, I pulled out the equipment so i could draw blood from my elbow. I drew a out a bag and held it out to Tsunade. Tsunade gave me a confused look but placed the bag with the file she was writing in. I drew another pint and placed it with the icebag in my pack before i answered her question.

"Her heart is slowly but surely rejecting her blood. Magenta should have died at six months but because Doctor Nara remembered we're twins he was able to have me help in prolong her life span. We both have O negative blood and he believed that my blood could possibly be a substitute." Tsunade had stopped writing as soon as i said her blood was being rejected. It was still for a few minutes until there was a knock on the door. Tsunade bid them in.

A young girl with short pink hair walked in with piles of paper. She was grinning wildly as if she caught a prey.

"Good morning Shishou. I see you're here at your desk for the first time in a week. Shizune said that i was able to leave these here so you can do them." The rosette let the pile thump onto the desk. Turning around to leave, she froze when her eyes landed on me.

"Oh. Hello. Who are you?" The rosette's smile was gone. Her emerald eyes were calculating me and i wasn't liking it. I was usually the one to analyze people before announcing who i was. She had short pink hair but it was still longer than my chin length black hair. Her porcelain skin reminded me of a china doll that i had seen in a store on one of my music outings. It was weird to see another person, a girl at that, that had a variant shade of the color red. I had no doubt that it was real; My sister was another example of having that hair color being natural.

"Manners dictate that it is only polite if you introduce yourself first before asking someone's name." I replied after a moment of taking in her appearance. She seemed to be a nurse but i didn't remember seeing her when i was emitted last night.

The rosette's eyes narrowed the slightest before they opened really big. Her smiled had reappeared.

"Your Okami aren't you? Magenta's older twin correct? I'm Sakura. Sakura Haruno. I'll be your adopted sister from now on." The rosette, Sakura, beamed and stuck her hand out towards me. I looked at it for a moment before shaking it.

"Now that you're acquainted. Please go check on the patients. I have big information to talk about with Okami here." Magenta had walked in by the time Tsunade finished talking. Magenta smiled at Sakura before turning to me. I grabbed the water bottle, opened it, and signed the word medicine. Magenta held out her hand and threw the pills down her throat before she began to chug the water. Taking the bottle from her, i placed it inside the bag to use later for her other three rounds of medicine.

"Would it be possible to have Magenta go with you for a while? I wanna talk with Tsunade alone." I said as i turned to Tsunade and silently pleaded. She eyed me for a moment before nodding and waved the other two girls off. Magenta gave my shoulders a small grip before waking away with Sakura.

The door closed softly and i waited for Tsunade to speak. She however was waiting for me to speak. We stayed silent for a few minutes before she caved in and asked the question we all knew was going to be asked.

"So what is she not supposed to hear?" Tsunade questioned as she pulled another sake bottle from her bottom drawer. I looked away in disgust before i felt tears gather.

"Mum was heartbroken when i told her my plan when i turn eighteen. Da was sad but he understood my reason. Doctor Nara took some time convincing but he gave in after a while. Magenta doesn't know and i can't tell her." I cried softly. Tsunade handed me a box of tissues. Her office was silent besides my small sniffles. She didn't press me but waited for me to calm down.

"What is so bad about your plan that you can't tell your own sister?" Tsunade whispered as she coaxed me to drink the water bottle.

"I'm donating my heart to Magenta so she can live."

Hello! Sorry this was way over due! Anyways if you haven't noticed, i adopted another story so yay more stuff for you to read. Go check it out, it's called The Impossible Dreams Of One Sakura Haruno.

I'm currently doing a play so my afternoons are kinda being taken away sadly. I will try to update again soon! Hope you enjoyed!

Later!

~Yoshi