Chapter 12 (Saiya POV)

"I have to see her!" a woman's voice yelled in the distance.

"Shh, you'll wake her up," another woman said in hushed tones.

"I don't care if she's asleep or in a coma; she'll understand," the first woman retorted.

I snapped my eyes open and looked around. My room was empty but I could hear footsteps coming down the hall. The door was thrown open and in walked in Zina! I sat up quickly and Zina came over to me and hugged me.

"Saiya! I missed you so much!" she said while she was hugging me.

"Why did you join Zina?" I asked when we broke apart.

She sat down on the bed across from me. I observed her appearance: the black robe with the red clouds, and dark purple nail polish.

"I joined so you wouldn't have to," Zina said quietly. "You have people here who you love, and who love you too."

"So did you Zina! You had me," I said sadly.

"You're a ninja," Zina explained. "If you would have joined, you'd have been punished by death. I'm just a civilian. I won't get that bad of a punishment."

I sighed. "You're right. And you and Kisame have a thing going I assume?"

"Yup," Zina blushed slightly. "I got something for you."

"What is it?" I asked curiously.

"You'll get it soon," Zina promised. "It's a way that you can keep in contact with me no matter what."

"Thanks Zina," I smiled.

"I better get going," she hugged me again. "I'm sure your lover won't be too happy to see me."

I got confused at this; my lover?

"Who's my lover?" I asked confused.

"Kakashi?" Zina said, looking at me funny. "I've seen the way you look at him."

"Fine Zina, you win," I said, shaking my head with a smile.

"I have to go," Zina said suddenly and stood up. "Keep in touch sweetie!"

She jumped out the window, just as the door opened.

"You're up," I saw Kakashi walk in holding a bouquet of flowers. "Does this mean you're ready to go back to work?"

I shook my head no.

"Really? You seem to be doing fine though," he said, putting the flowers in the vase on the night stand.

I laid back down in bed. "I'm so tired though. You're going to make me work in this condition?" I put on my puppy dog look.

"You're evil sometimes," he said, sitting down onto the bed.

"And I know you love me for that," I said with a small smile.

"Yes I do," he said. "Who was here before me?"

"Who said anyone else was here?" I lied easily.

"Don't try lying to me Saiya," Kakashi turned serious. "It was Zina wasn't it?"

I sighed and put my head down, "Yea Zina dropped by; but only Zina!"

"Why didn't you keep her here?" he asked, staring me down.

"She left before I could do anything!" I said grumpily. "And don't you dare ask me to turn on her! She didn't want to join! She joined to save me."

"Save you?"

"She's not a ninja; her punishment wouldn't be death; if I had joined, my desertion would be punishable by death," I said softly. "Promise me you won't tell anyone she came to visit."

"Fine, I won't tell," he said hesitant. "But that doesn't mean I can't look and follow."

"Kakashi!" I said, punching his shoulder, then looked around again. "Why the hell am I still in this hospital?"

"Okay okay, just calm down," Kakashi said quickly. "I won't do anything stupid okay? And you're here because of extreme fatigue and stress."

"Fatigue? I know where the stress comes from but the fatigue?" I said exasperatedly.

"You were worried and stressed about Zina, and you were in charge of parts of the Chuunin exams, I guess your body couldn't handle it," he said shrugging.

"Come to think of it, I didn't get any sleep the past month," I said thoughtfully. "Now that I know Zina is safe, and Chuunin exams are over so…" I trailed off.

"Yes, which means you have more time to go do you what you want," Kakashi said.

"Mhm, I just hope I don't get any surprise missions," I said, closing my eyes. "I even quit my job at the bar."

"You worked at a bar?"

"Yea, you didn't know that?"

"Nope. I should have visited. Why did you work at a bar?"

"It gave me good money. Plus I can catch criminals who came in."

"So you worked at the bar for money?" Kakashi said raising his eyebrows.

"Yea, and I love to get mad at people," I said. "Working at a bar gave me reasons to do that."

Dr. Halloway walked in at this point, and the look on his face completely creeped me out.

"Well, it looks like you're doing much better," the doctor said, a little too happy for my taste.

"Yea, I guess that's a good thing," I said quietly.

"Well,, err.. Mr. Hatake, could you give us a moment please? I have to discuss some confidential issues with Saiya," Dr. Halloway said.

I could tell that Kakashi didn't want to leave, but once the confidential issues came up, he had to leave. Only family could stay for those things and he wasn't family.

"Well Saiya, do you have any family that you can contact?" Dr. Halloway began.

"None that I know of," I said icily.

There was something about this guy; he really got to me. My gut was telling me to watch out.

"I'm just going to check your heartbeat," he said, putting his stethoscope into his ears and putting the bell onto my chest.

After a while, I started to realize that the "good doctor" wasn't looking for a heartbeat anymore.

"You per—" and all of a sudden, a hand was over my mouth and the doctor was on top of me, preventing me from moving.

He calmly put his clipboard to the side and took out some medical tape from his pocket. My eyes widened as he taped my mouth shut. My arms and legs were free so I started kicking and scratching. I felt a sharp pain in my side and I instantly began feeling tired. I tried to struggle but I could feel myself falling out of consciousness.

"Just go to sleep, you won't feel a thing," Halloway said lustfully.

I tried to speak, but I couldn't move my mouth. He began taping my hands and feet together so I wouldn't be able to struggle as much. I was trying so hard to stay awake and not slip off. An idea came to my head; I lit the tape on my fire, using my…ability, and burned the doctor's hands.

He screamed in pain, and that's when Kakashi burst in, with two nurses at his tail.

I felt the tape being removed from my mouth and I felt myself being lifted up.

"Saiya, Saiya say something please," Kakashi pleaded.

"Something," I managed to whisper out and I laughed softly right before slipping away into the welcoming darkness.

A/N: She seems to be passing out a lot lately doesn't she? So I just looked at my chapters, and apparently my website isn't posting. So, check out my profile for the website! This chapter is so much longer and I am so proud of it. :D I finally got a review! Thank you Niaana for that (: Keep following! Keep reading! And find me on Facebook. AmiOfResplendence. 3