SASUKE'S POV
"So how is she going to be?"
Tsunade sighed before glancing at me. "As you know it took an extremely annoying amount of time to fix her up, but I think she's alright now."
I growled. "You think?"
"Oh don't give me that tone you twerp. She's going to have the huge scar on her back for the rest of her life and she's probably in a worst state of mental health than before but other than that, yes she'll be alright."
"That doesn't sound very good to me…" Naruto mumbled. I agreed wholeheartedly.
Hinata spoke up. "Can we see her?"
"Only one visitor," Tsunade said glancing at me. "And I have a feeling they'll be no arguments on who it'll be."
Naruto chuckled. "Yeah, I at least forgive him."
I rolled my eyes. "Is she conscious?"
"No, but feel free to voice any thoughts aloud anyway. She might still be able to hear you and just can't respond. Her nerves were pretty shot when I patched them up."
That caused me to wince slightly but I nodded and entered Yami's room. She was in a typical ugly hospital room and I had to say, the vision of her having tubes and wires in her skin disturbed me slightly.
"Hey," I whispered taking a seat next to her bed. She didn't respond of course. She looked like she slept peacefully. "I can't believe you got yourself into this mess. Then again, it's pretty much my fault. I'm the one who didn't come home until late." I paused a moment, clearing my head before speaking again. "I'm so sorry for everything that happened between us Yami. I didn't leave directly because of you, you must know that. I needed to get stronger to protect you. Sure I still want to kill Itachi, but when I asked you to be my girlfriend I wasn't even thinking about revenge anymore. You've changed my life for the better. I should've just stayed and let you train me like you were. Now look at you." I grabbed her hand and started stroking it softly. "Remember when things were so much simpler? When we were young and I would go over and play at your house with your sister Nia watching us? Those moments and everything after you came back into my life were the best things to happen to me and I don't want anything changing that. I love you Yami."
I sighed to myself after my little speech. I doubt she heard me, and it would suck if I had to repeat myself to her. That's the first time I told her my feelings, which are still pretty foreign to me. I'm use to the cold and heartless side of myself, not the warm and loving side Yami brought out.
Suddenly, I felt her hand tighten around mine. My eyes widened and I looked up to see her staring at me. She didn't smile, but her big brown eyes were staring at me with the warmth they had years ago.
"Are you all right?" I whispered. She nodded her head weakly, gazing down at our hands. I quickly removed mine. "Sorry, I couldn't help it."
She stared at me for a moment, before reaching out to me slowly and grabbing my hand. The corners of my mouth turned upwards for a moment before looking at her confused.
"You forgive me?" She nodded. My eyebrows furrowed. "You can't speak?" She shook her head, then her eyes widened in panic as her other hand reached to her throat feeling for something that wasn't there.
"I have your necklace and ribbon," I told her calmly. "They weren't destroyed, since Roya actually just put them on another table."
She winced at the mention of Roya and her eyes dilated a little. I stiffened, hoping I wasn't going to end up talking to Akuna, but her eyes went back to normal and she sighed. I kissed her hand and the corners of her lips almost turned upwards.
Her nerves must be so bad she can only make certain motions. I'm so glad that bastard is rotting in hell now for what he did to her.
She rubbed my hand and I smiled softly at her. "I'm glad you're okay now. I killed Roya for you." She puffed her cheeks at me cutely. Knowing Yami, she wanted to kill him. "Think of it this way Yami, when you're better and can go on missions you get to take out your anger on the bad guys." Her eyes lit up instantly and I chuckled at that. She's such a child sometimes.