Chapter 6: Kiba – Save Her In Time

"Hold on a little longer Hina, PLEASE! I CAN'T LOSE YOU!"

Shit, I should've moved faster. Damn me and my feelings. I'm a shinobi for god sake's, a Jounin at that. And I over-looked her health because of my stupid feelings. Lifting her almost lifeless and weightless body, I sped towards the hospital, with Akamaru following closely behind.

I couldn't lose her, not when she needs me right now. Holding her close to me, I feel her faint ad rapidly decreasing pulse underneath my fingertips. Although I knew that the hospital was two minutes away, it suddenly felt like 1000 miles away. How could it be so far when Hinata needed help now?!

Pushing forward even more, I felt helplessness creep into my sub-conscious and panic set into my heart as the thought of a life without Hina, her life lost like this, entered my imagination. Feeling one single tear roll down my cheek, knowing it contained the most emotion for the life or death of Hinata.

Akamaru's bark brought me back to reality and signified the nearing of the hospital. Reaching the hospital doors, I started yelling.

"HELP! SOMEONE PLEASE HELP! IT'S HINATA! SAKURA, INO, TSUNADE, SOMEONE HELP!"

All at once, there was a rush of nurses and doctors rushing towards me and Hinata's frail body. What seemed like hundreds of bodies surrounded us and closed us in. Almost ripping her from my arms, they didn't seem to click at how much a fragile state she was in. Placing her on a trolley she was rushed into the Immediate Care unit. Rushing after her, I was stopped by Tsunade.

"Kiba, as much as you want to help and be there, you wouldn't be much use in beside the nurses and doctors. I want to speak to you later about what the hell happened!" she was frustrated. I couldn't blame her. After all that Hinata had achieved, why would she do this and prove her father right?

"Hokage-sama, I beg of you, don't inform her family yet, I'll explain later but please don't tell her family."

Looking at me as if I'd said it was my doing Hinata was in there, she only nodded. Letting out a loud sigh, she looked to the floor.

"Fine, but you better stay here, one of the nurses will take you to where you can get changed. And send your mutt home, I understand he's your nin-dog but he shouldn't be in this part of the hospital unless he's injured."

Only just realising what she meant with Hinata's delicate blood seeping through my clothes and onto my skin, I couldn't deal with the thought of her blood anywhere than inside her body. Stupid I know, but hey, wouldn't you feel the same for the girl you … the girl you love. Looking to the ground to hide my emotions from Tsunade, I was grateful that she took my plea into consideration.

"Thank you Tsunade-sama"

Turning her back on me, she went to help Hinata, the only thing I wanted to do in the damn hospital but couldn't.

Her life was now in danger, because of me. Because I let my stupid feelings blind me to the fact that the blood in her body was slowly leaving her and killing her.

"Goddammit!" I said viciously through my teeth and slammed my fist into the wall beside me, startling the nurse coming toward me

"Ts-Tsunade-sama sent me to give you these" she whispered as she dropped the scrubs onto the floor and ran away.

I couldn't blame her. Almost everyone's presence in here was annoying the hell out of me. Even Akamaru.

"Go home boy, tell Mum what happened … well …. Nah, tell her that Hinata got hurt and I'm waiting to see if she's ok"

With a nod of approval from Akamaru, he sped off towards the entrance and towards our home. With that, I turned towards the bathroom to get changed.

I knew that they'd want my clothes as evidence to check if it was me that caused Hinata's pain, the thought that plagued my mind since I got in this damn hospital, so I placed them in a plastic bag that was with the scrubs. Pulling on the trousers, I looked at myself in the mirror.

"You're a coward, you couldn't even get her to the hospital in enough time," my grip tightening around the sink I never knew I was holding onto, "you're useless, she'd never want anyone like you! Why would she want someone who puts feelings before anything else! YOU'RE A USELESS COWARD WHO CAN'T EVEN GET ONE THING RIGHT FOR HER!"

Raising my fist, I slammed it into the wall, creating a crater that even the moon would be proud of.

"KIBA INUZUKA!"

A/N

I am so so so sorry for the delay in putting this chapter up. I have been so busy with uni work it's unreal -.-
I will make it up to you guys, in the next chapters :)
As always, the brilliance that is Naruto and his fellow characters belong to Masashi Kishimoto
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