I refuse to put a disclaimer here cause everyone should be bright enough to know that I don't own Naruto. I'm pretty sure that's why this is called FANfiction.

├Part Twenty-One┤

Normal POV…

I stared down at my hands, the odd markings twisting around my fingers. I was in the hospital yet again. My hand played around with the bed sheets.

I was allowed no visitors once again. Besides the people who knew, of course.

Now someone who wasn't supposed to know, knew. He didn't know exactly what just yet but it was only time that he would come in here asking about it.

There was a knock at the door and I looked up.

A nurse came in, smiling apologetically at me, like most of them do. God how I hate hospitals…

"You have a visitor," she said and looked towards the door. I was expecting Sasuke to enter but no, it was Kakashi.

"Hello," I said and leaned back, feeling relieved.

"Hey!" he said, smiling with his eye closed and tilted his head slightly, "That was a close call."

I looked up after studying my sheets with great interest, "What do you mean? He SAW," I said.

He shook his head, "Not that, you nearly died. Had he not have been there, you would have been a goner," he said and walked to my bed, sitting at the edge of it.

I sighed and looked to my right, "It wouldn't have mattered," I said, "It would solve a lot of problems."

He gave me a stern look, which once again looked odd on his face, "Don't say that," he said, "You still don't get it, do you?" he asked.

I looked him in the eye, "And what am I supposed to get? That people supposedly care for me all of a sudden?" I asked.

"Yes," he said, "They do. Many people DO care. You just blind yourself so you don't see it. You just don't WANT to see it. You consider it a weakness and a bad thing if you have friends. It's not such a bad thing you know."

"You've told me this a lot," I said while rolling my eyes, "Don't YOU get it that I. Will. Not. Change?" I asked.

He shook his head, "You are impossible," he said and got up, walking to the door, "You've got another visitor by the way."

"But I don't want…" My eyes widened as someone came in the room, "…any…" I finished as I saw Sasuke Uchiha enter. Especially him…

"Hey," he said. Kakashi winked and closed the door after him. He's pure evil…

"Hi," I said and glared to my right again, "What do you want?"

"Bad mood?" he asked, "But I'm not going to come back later if you're gonna suggest that. First-"

"You want questions answered, right?" I asked while rolling my eyes.

"Sort of," he said, "Maybe not the kind you have in mind. Why do you cover yourself so much?"

I looked at him funny. I really HADN'T been expecting that one, "Look at me," I said and stood up on my bed and spun around, "Don't you see?"

"Yes I see," he said as I saw his eyes travel to my arms to my legs and then to my face again, "But why do you keep it hidden? Is there a specific reason?"

I sighed and sat down, "I just don't like anyone to know. Not everyone like me keeps themselves covered," I said as I thought of my sister.

"There are more with those markings?" he asked.

I looked at him, "Yeah, my family. Were, actually. There were more with these markings," I said, "Why?"

"Just curious," he said.

I smiled meanly, "You know that expression that curiosity killed the cat?" I asked.

He shrugged, "I don't think you'd kill me," he said, "Now why do you have markings on you?" he asked.

I sighed, knowing he was right, "I'm just born with it. They grow with how experienced I get. It's part of my family thing," I said.

"So let me get this straight, you don't want anyone to know that you have these odd markings even though your entire family had them and didn't cover up so much so YOU cover yourself up all the time and now your family is dead?" he asked.

"Yes," I said getting ticked off.

"Are you pissed at me?" he asked, looking me in the eye.

"Yes," I answered while glaring at him.

"May I ask why?" he asked.

I rolled my eyes, "Because you ask so many God damn questions about me and my family that you don't even NEED to know about and you are so damn persistent with them!" I yelled in his face. While yelling at him, I had grabbed his shirt, pulling him closer and literally yelling in his face. I was so angry that the markings covering me started to glow a faint purple that got darker and they started to move. They moved towards my hand but didn't really go anywhere besides getting more squished together until my hand looked as though it were glowing.

"Holy shit!" Sasuke said loudly as he stared at my hand.

"Uh Sasuke?" I asked and he looked at me. I released him and said, "Take off your shirt."

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