"Who...are you" askes Suzuma
She takes her fan
"This...is...your...fault..." says the man
His eyes turn rock brown as he throws the guards off of him, and he swings his rock sword at her. She opens her fan and blockes his sword
"What in the hell did i do" askes Suzuma
"Its your fault Kaji's like this" replies the man
His arm turns to stone and he prepares to swing a punch at her
"...Tsuchi...s-stop this...now" says someone nearby
Suzuma jumps back
"What...the" says Suzuma
Tsuchis arm returns to normal and his sword vanishes
"Suzuma...are you...ok" askes the man
The man walks toward her, and she sees its Kaji with another sixteen year old boy keeping him balance
"Kaji" says Suzuma
She looks back
"What..Kaji...i.." says Suzuma
"Are you ok...Suzuma" askes Kaji
"Yes i am brother" replies Suzuma
"Good" says Kaji
He turns to the man that attacked her
"Tsuchi...didnt i tell...you never to attack...shinobi...unless they attack you first" says a very weak Kaji
"I'm sorry Kaji...Suzuma can you forgive me" askes Tsuchi
"Yes i do" replies Suzuma
Suzuma bows. Tsuchi bows back. The man that was helping keep Kaji balanced walks over to you and bows
"Hello, my name is Hakumei Takai. Its nice to meet you" says Hakumei
"Its nice to meet you as well..." says Suzuma
She bows and looks over at her brother
"...something wrong" askes Kaji
"i want you to not be like this..." replies Suzuma
"You dont...want me to be like...what" askes Kaji
"I dont ever want to see you in pain ever again" replies Suzuma
He hugs her
"Suzuma..." says Kaji
She hugs him back. He holds onto you
"How about...i promise to..." says Kaji
He pulls away from her a little and puts one of his hands on her cheek and looks her in the eyes
"To..never...go through this much pain...unless its to protect you" says Kaij
"Thats a promise..." says Suzuma
She smiles as she hugs on to him tighter. He smiles and just stands there hugging her
"...Suzuma..." says Kaji
"Y..yes.." says Suzuma
"I...i want you to...promise that you...you won't put your life...in danger just to save mine...seeing you hurt is far worse than loseing my life" says Kaji
He holds onto her as tight as he can
"B..but why..i dont want you to die..." says Suzuma
"I don't want to...either...b-but..." says Kaji
He slams his eyes closed and swallows deeply...and she can feel his heart beating rather quickly, and then start to slow with blood running down from his mouth and falling onto her shoulder...but he refuses to let her go
"Alright..i won't do that ever agian...i just don't want to see you like this" says Suzuma
"Heheh..." says Kaji
He starts breathing quickly
"Suzuma...there is something you should know" says Hakumei
"What is it" askes Suzuma
"Kaji's heart and one of his lungs were run through by Kokuzoko's blade...i dont want to scare you, but...he should be dead right now" replies Hakumei
"B..but...h..how..is..he still standing..." askes Suzuma
"We don't know...but i'm guessing that there is something in him...a small piece of his heart...that he is useing to stay alive...but we dont know how long it can hold, im sorry but...we dont know if he'll survive" replies Hakumei
"N..no" says Suzuma
She crys. Kaji holds onto her and weakly wipes away her tears
"Don't worrry...i...i promised you...that id s-s-stay alive..." says Kaji
He falls into her arms, alive, but to weak to move
"Kaji..." says Suzuma
She picks him up
"...sis..." says Kaji
"Hold on Kaji, i'll go get Lady Tsunade she'll be able to heal him...Suzuma, please...dont let him die" says Hakumei
"I"ll keep healing him the best i can" says Suzuma
She starts to heal him. Hakumei runs to Tsunades office, and returns to the hospital with her
"Good work Suzuma...i'll take over from here" says Tsunade
"Thank you Lady Tsunade" says Suzuma
Tsunade sends her and Hakumei into the waiting room
"So your the sister hes been looking for all these years" says Hakumei
"Yeah i am" replies Suzuma
"Kaji would talk about you alot when we weren't training" says Hakumei
"Really..." says Suzuma
She smiles
"You and Mizu were the only two people he cared about...he loves you...your the only person he has in his life now" says Hakumei
"I just hope he is still going to be alive..." says Suzuma
Sshe looks down at her feet
"I never knew of him till today" says Suzuma
"Really...if he knows you, how didn't you until today" askes Hakumei
"He left me with a family" replies Suzuma
"I see, so you must be younger than him. Where did he leave you" askes Hakumei
"With a family in the Suna...i'm fifteen" replies Suzuma
"Oh...two years ago he took me to Suna. He went to one house and one house only, there was a really angry lady there...was it your house" askes Hakumei
"Yeah...that would have been my mother..." replies Suzuma
"I see" says Hakumei
They hear a scream from Kaji's room
"I hope hes ok" says Hakumei
"So do i..." says Suzuma
"Oh i have something for you" says Hakumei
"What is it" askes Suzuma
He reaches into the pocket on his cloke, and pulls out a pendant. He opens it and shows her it has a picture of her when younger on one side and one of Kaji on the other
"He told me to hold onto it for him, but i think he'd want you to have it" says Hakumei
He hands it to her. She takes it from his hand and admires it. Then tears fall down from her eyes as she thinks about if her only family may die
"Its his most prized possetion" says Hakumei
Suzuma smiles. At that time Kaji walks out...with Tsunade behind him. He walks over to Suzuma, notices she has the pendant, smiles, takes it and ties it around her neck
"Hey sis" says Kaji
"..y..your...alive" says Suzuma
She jumps up and hugs him. He hugs her back
"Thanks to Tsunade, if it wasnt for her i'd be dead right now" says Kaji
"Its nothing i have been doing things like this for..." says Tsunade
She gets cut off as Suzuma hugs her. Kaji starts to laugh a little
"Heheh, Suzuma" says Kaji
"Yes" replies Suzuma
She lets go of Tsunade and looks over at Kaji
"I better get going" says Tsunade
She starts to walk off
"Thank you and goodbye Lady Tsunade" says Kaji
He looks over at his sister
"You better take care of that pendant sis, its very inportant to me...but not as important as you" says Kaji
"I wont let it out of my site, i promise brother" says Suzuma
She smiles. Kaji smiles back, puts his arm around Suzuma and starts walking toward the exit to the hospital