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Now by request from Lex07Gaa I will give a quick recap of chapter 7.
Last time on Discarded Lovers: The stranger who was chasing Hinata, Shino and Sasuke was actually Neji. He upon his arrival to them, Neji expressed to the team that he did not like the fact that Sasuke was there, Hinata (in her stale mood) agreed with Neji. Sasuke was left confused. An argument broke out between Sasuke and Neji, and during this small exchange of words Hinata left on her own, back to Konoha.
Shino, Neji and Sasuke then chased after her, they then heard a scream. Sasuke was the first to go to her rescue but was tricked. Shino and Neji were pre-occupied by the enemy on the other end, so Sasuke was left alone to help Hinata. During the battle Sasuke noticed Hinata's attempt to commit suicide and Sasuke intervened everytime. Sasuke was attacked and the cursed seal of heaven activted, he screamed uncontrollably and this brought the memory back for Hinata. Sasuke chased after her and at the last minute Sasuke once again saved Hinata which lead to him say something to Hinata which brought her (a little bit) out of her stale sphere.
Neji and Shino arrived to find Hinata bandaging Sasuke up, and putting him on her back. Seeing this really unnerved Neji.
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'W-what is h-happening?' Sasuke asked his subconscious self
Hinata soared from tree to tree, leaving deep shoe impressions on each branch
'I-I feel like I-I am being c-carried…why a-am I being c-carried? ...w-who is carrying m-me?' Sasuke continued to ask himself
"Hinata-sama, please slow down!" Neji weakly shouted to Hinata who was far ahead of him and Shino
'mhmm…t-that smells nice, l-like cherry mint' the smell of Hinata's hair made Sasuke produce a smile, but a weak one 'This s-smell makes m-me feel like i'm safe…'
"Come one Neji; lets pick it up, we are almost at the main gate" Shino looked back at Neji who was panting heavily
'But… I-I-I feel a b-bit wet. W-w-why am I w-wet?' Sasuke felt wet but he was unsure why or where he was wet
"Hinata how far are we from the gate of central Konoha?" Shino picked up speed to get close enough to Hinata to ask her
"We're almost there, just 878 meters left" Hinata said activating her Byakugan
'I-I was fighting…f-fighting to protect…b-but whom?' Sasuke asked himself trying to recall what had happened
Shino looked back at Neji, who was panting even more heavily "I'm going to go help genius over there…" Shino decreased his speed to help Neji.
Shino put the Hyuuga genius' arm around his shoulder. Neji kept quiet. "The least you could say is thank you." Shino commented
Neji just stared at the unconscious Uchiha who was on the long haired beauty "Why? Why does she feel the need to carry him?" Neji dropped his eyes toward the ground
'this…this is bad, he is still bleeding heavily' Hinata continued to pick up speed feeling Sasuke's blood seep through her jacket and onto her skin 'I must get to Sakura she's probably the only one who knows how to treat Sasuke…oh no wait, she and…they're still on honeymoon.' Her head dropped and she looked at the ground in despair.
Sasuke broke Hinata out of the thought of the newlyweds "H-h-hinata? W-where is Hinata?" He weakly opened his eyes after realising what had happened.
"I-I'm here S-Sasuke. P-p-please don't talk, w-we are home a-and, I-I-I will f-f-find s-someone to help y-you. S-s-so please, please hold on" Hinata pleaded with Sasuke
The four Konoha ninjas arrived in Konoha just as the sunlight touched the village.
Neji and Shino headed in the direction of the Hokage's office while Hinata veered in the opposite direction.
Realising that Hinata was not going in the same direction as he and Shino were headed; Neji stopped "Hinata-sama the hokage's office is that way. Where are you going?" Neji pointed.
Hinata fished for the letter that they had gone to fetch in her ninja pouch and threw it to Shino "I am going to the hospital, give Tsunade the letter and brief on what happened…I cannot go with you as Sasuke needs attention now"
Shino and Neji watched as Hinata disappeared round the corner.
At Tsunade
'Maybe I should have sent another team to back them up. But I couldn't, they all needed to rest first.' Tsunade's mind raced as she thought of the mission in the Land of Rice Fields and the survival of the ninjas she sent.
She bit the end of the pencil letting the bits bitten off connect with her wet tongue 'Its been two nights already. Maybe Neji slowed them down like I said he would, or maybe Sasuke was so out of shape that…arg no! This is not working...I need to have faith in them'. Knocking on the door quickly separated her from her thoughts "Come in"
The first sound she heard was panting. She then saw Shino walking in then Neji followed soon after, trying to hide the fatigue and powerlessness his body obviously showed.
"Good morning Tsunade-sama" Shino greeted Tsunade, placing the letter on her desk
She looked at the door waiting for Sasuke and Hinata to walk in "Where are Uchiha and the Hinata?"
Neji glance at the floor. Shino looked at the letter on the desk
The silence from Neji and Shino made her very nervous 'did they die? Why these two so quiet?' she clenched her fist which was flowed by a hard slam causing vibrations on the desk "Where are they?! Are they dead?! I want a brief and I want it now!" she shouted in anger
Neji lifted his head "I caught up with these three…then we left to come home. We were attacked but we managed to defeat the enemy."
Tsunade narrowed her eyes at the Hyuuga genius "That is not what happened. Shino tell me the truth"
Shino crossed his arms "We left the village; Hinata pushed us to move faster. Sasuke began falling behind, I insisted we rest, she was reluctant but we did. Neji then came, he and Sasuke had a small argument and then Hinata left us. We tried to follow her but we were attacked. Neji and I fought but Neji was exhausted so I took over, while Sasuke ran after Hinata. What happened between them, I have no idea, but Sasuke is injured and Hinata took him to the hospital"
Tsunade felt a little calmer now that she had heard the whole story "So they are safe, that is good"
Tsunade bit her nail "How is Hinata? Is she still…?"
Shino let his arms fall to his sides "She seems that the mood still lingers but she seems to be coming out of it"
Tsunade was confused "But how? Who snapped her out of it?"
"Uchiha, it was his fault in the first place" Neji answered gritting his teeth
Shino shifted his gaze toward Neji "But it's not completely gone. Its still there somewhere inside her"
Neji clenched his fists tighter; he could feel the pressure of his nails on his palms 'damn that left over…he's got Hinata-sama in his clutches' he spoke to himself '…what's this? Its becoming dark' Neji suddenly felt weak and felt the heaviness in his eyes as he felt his body drop toward the ground.
Shino let his bugs catcht Neji before he could hit the ground.
"So he was a burden after all" Tsunade said got up from her seat and examined the unconscious Hyuuga genius.
"Shino call a medic and please go to the hospital for a quick check up then go home and rest" Tsunade ordered Shino
At the hospital
Hinata barged into the hospital carrying an unconscious Sasuke on her back 'Where is everyone?' She scanned the area looking for someone to help her, but the halls were empty "H-hello is a-anyone here? Anyone?!" she shouted running in the hall way.
"S-s-sasuke are you o-okay?...Sasuke?" she called to Sasuke but he didn't respond "S-sasuke please hold on, I w-will find someone" she was getting tired as Sasuke weight made it harder for her to run
'I-I should put him down b-but I don't want to ...W-why… Why don't I s-seem to w-want to leave him a-alone…W-w-why?' her eyes began to sting.
Hinata turned round a corner and another and another, the tears without her realising flew toward Sasuke, hitting his face "H-h-hello?! I-Is anyone h-here?...P-please help me" the words coming out of her mouth were embedded with desperation. She turned another corner and as she lifted her head she saw in front of her, blonde strings of hair swing across her face.
"AHHHH..." the blonde screamed before realising who had given her a fright "DAMN IT Hinata, don't do that…what's wrong? Why you crying?...What happened?" she placed her hands on Hinata's shoulders
"P-p-please…PLEASE help Sasuke. H-he has been h-hurt real b-bad" Hinata tried to catch her breathe. Notifying the blonde the urgency of the situation
The blonde got up and walked behind Hinata and she saw Sasuke "Oh my, this is bad"
Hearing the blonde say that made Hinata feel as though her heart had a pin pushed through it "P-please Ino, you've g-got to be able to d-do something" the tears found their way out of Hinata's eyes.
Ino nodded "Help me put him on this stretcher" Ino attempted to pull Sasuke off Hinata's back "Huh? ...what's this?...H-he won't let go…b-b-but he's unconscious."
Hinata turned her head toward Sasukes "I-I-Its okay Sasuke…y-y-you will be in g-g-good hands…s-s-so you can let g-g-go of me"
Ino again pulled Sasuke off Hinata's back; this time he let go "Oh my…Hinata your jacket is covered with so much blood. We have to get him to surgery now before we lose him"
Ino called for medics to help her take Sasuke to surgery "You have to wait outside Hinata. We will take it from here"
Hinata unwillingly agreed and sat down on the bench near by.
Inside the operating room
"Give me AB+ blood and scissors stat" Ino ordered
Ino was handed the scissors and she slowly began to cut the bandage that was wrapped around Sasuke's stomach.
Fire symbols crawled up Sasuke's body from the back of his neck, across his face. Sasuke woke up and began to scream.
"Sasuke stop it. Please stop moving Sasuke! You are only making it worse" Ino tried to calm Sasuke down but he didn't stop squirming "Hold him down and administer 5ml of the Nara anaesthetic, HURRY UP!"
She and two other medics held Sasuke down while another administered the Nara anaesthetic 'This damn seal…I hope what happened in the forest of death that day doesn't happen again. I remember the way he mercilessly broke that Sound ninja's arms…"
A medic broke Ino out of the thought of that memory "Ino-san, he is stable now. We can begin"
"No, he is not. We can't start until this seal has been suppressed…we can't have it start up again during surgery" she began to let her hands dance seals of jutsu "Suppress!" she place index finger on seal of heaven on Sasuke's left side above his shoulder "Okay, lets do this"
A medic wiped Ino's forehead and they begun the surgery on Sasuke 'but someone else was screaming while Sasuke was…I'm sure of it. Could it have been Hina…?'
Outside the operating room
Hinata paced up and down the hallway. She began to remember the first night she first talked to Sasuke, she remembered how he had given her a wonderful comment then she remembered the wedding 'I felt so alone that night but he was there with me. I wasn't alone he comforted me…' She had vanished so deep into thought that she didn't notice all the people walking past her while she paced up and down the hallway of the hospital.
"Hey Hinata. How are you?" a familiar voice greeted Hinata however Hinata did not hear it "Hinata hey? Are you okay?" the person laid their hands on Hinata's shoulder to snap her out of thought
Hinata immediately broke out of thought when she felt hands upon her shoulders "S-S-Sasuke? Y-you are o-okay, I-I was so w-worried" she opened her arms and wrapped them arm the person who snapped her out of thought.
"huh? Sasuke?...Hinata I think you a little confused here. I may look like Sasuke but I'm not…sorry" the Sasuke look-a-like smiled correcting Hinata
Hearing this Hinata let go and quickly turned her back away from the Sasuke look-a-like, hiding the blush that had crept onto her cheeks "I-I-I'm sorry Sai…I didn't m-mean to get y-you mixed up with S-Sasuke"
"Its okay…but why is your jacket full of blood? You okay?" Sai asked looking at the blood on the back of Hinata's jacket
Hinata turned around to answer Sai's question "Shino, Sasuke and myself w-were sent on a m-mission. O-on our way b-back we met up w-with Neji and were a-a-attacked soon after" Hinata dropped her head toward the floor "S-S-Sasuke got h-hurt trying to p-p-protect me" her vision was blurred by the tears sliding down her face
Sai pulled her close to him to give her comfort "Its going to be okay…Is Ino in the operating room with Sasuke?"
Hinata just nodded, she was unable to answer 'W-why'd he r-risk his l-life like t-t-that?' Hinata thought, questioning Sasuke's actions
"Well then if Ino's there then Sasuke will be just fine…trust me" he tried to give a little glimmer of hope to Hinata
Hinata was beginning to calm down 'Why? Why am I here still here? Why am…'
The sound of Sasuke's screaming made Hinata uneasy again 'No! What are they doing to him?'
"S-S-Sasuke!" Hinata walked toward the door of the operating room
"No wait Hinata, calm down! ...It's going to be okay" Sai held Hinata from entering the O.R
"T-t-they're hurting him…l-let me go Sai!" Hinata struggling to break free from Sai's grip
"There is only so much you can do Hinata please let Ino and the medics handle this"
Sai tried to hold Hinata back from breaking free and entering the O.R
However Hinata just kept forcing herself "STOP IT! PLEASE…Sai LET ME GO...I CAN'T" she pressed her hands on her ears, trying to block the sound of Sasuke's screams.
Sai still held her tight 'What's this? Is she trying to run to Sasuke or away?'
'No…Sasuke please stop screaming' Hinata's breathing began to increase rapidly
"Oh no! She's having a panic attack…" Sai realised what was happening to Hinata. He slowly loosened his grip on her "Hinata, its okay please calm down" but Hinata's breathing was getting worse 'Its Sasuke's screaming…I have to get her away from here". Sai picked Hinata up and ran with her in his arms outside. Sai put Hinata down "Hinata, look at me and breathe slowly"
Hinata lifted her head looking directly at Sai, she did as Sai instructed, she slowly calmed down and her breathing returned to normal.
"How about I take you home? You don't look so good" Sai looked at Hinata with concern.
"N-n-no, t-thank y-y-you but I somehow feel t-that I n-n-need to stay here until S-S-Sasuke wakes up" Hinata looked toward the hallway of the hospital 'Please survive Sasuke Ino'
Back in the O.R
"Okay things are looking good" Ino said 'But why was Hinata screaming like that? I think it was Hinata, it sounded like Hinata…yes, it must have been her' she asked herself, as she remembered hearing mixed screaming before operating on Sasuke 'I mean I overheard Tsunade talking about how Hinata was back in that harsh personality but when she got here she was crying and not harsh like Tsunade said…' Sasuke's voice brought Ino back from thought
"H-H-Hinata, please d-don't go" Sasuke muttered in his sleep
Ino stopped and looked at Sasuke "But how? He is under anaesthetic, he shouldn't be talking"
"H-H-Hinata, c-c-come back" Sasuke continued
Ino then continued stitching up Sasuke's stomach 'Come to think of it…what happened to Hinata's screaming?...I hope she is okay. Did Sasuke's screaming remind her of that incident?...did she run away?'
"H-H-Hinata…" Sasuke just would not stop
"Sasuke, it's going to be okay. Please try to relax" Ino told the unconscious Sasuke 'Damn, Hinata I hope you are still here. I don't see Sasuke getting better but If he's calling for you then maybe you being here might help him'. Ino cut the stitch string off "Okay people we are done, the rest is up to the patient"
The other medics nodded, as two of the other medics wheeled Sasuke out of the O.R and put him in a private ward
Outside the hospital
Sai returned with water for Hinata, but she wasn't where he had left her 'Where did she go?' Sai then looked toward the hallway and saw Hinata walking there. He followed her. "Here Hinata, here is your water" he handed the water to Hinata who's face was filled with anxiousness.
As soon as Hinata saw Ino she ran towards her "I-I-Ino, how is S-S-Sasuke?"
Ino smiled at Hinata "He is just fine but I think you should go to him; during the operation he kept calling for you, asking you not to leave."
Hearing Ino say that Sasuke was okay made Hinata breathe a sigh of relief but also hearing that Sasuke was calling for her made her blush.
Ino tensed her face up "Hinata, I not saying that he is completely out of danger though. The power of the seal reacted badly with the alcohol in his system. It may take time for him to fully wake up, but so long as he hears your voice he might just fight this"
Sai put his hand in Hinata's shoulder "See, I told he was going to be okay"
Hinata gave Sai a smile "T-t-thank you for s-staying with me…a-and helping m-me too" after saying this she left Ino and Sai to go see Sasuke, to the one who risked his life for her.
Hinata brought her face closer to his "Will you? Will always be with me? I don't want to be alone anymore…" she cried hoping Sasuke would answer.
Well everyone thats chapter 7 for you. Will Sasuke wake up? Will he be the same again? find out next time on Discarded Lovers (alter ego:" thats so cheesy")
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