We're almost done with the background of Nana. Don't worry, darling Feitan will come into play soon. I know all our energy has been focused on Hisoka but, that sly dog knew exactly what he was doing when he told her to come along. Sneaky sneaky. Enjoy!

Where am I…? She was floating in an endless sea of black. All of her senses were numb and a ringing echoed in her head. She felt so light as she laid there in the abyss. She couldn't feel her limbs and her eyes were having a hard time focusing in the dark. A flash of light was seen in the distance.

What is that?

The light slowly grew larger, brighter and soon engulfed her. Her body tingled as pins and needles shot through her fingertips and toes. She gasped for breath as a crushing feeling came over her chest and her body grew hot. Blinding, that light was blinding. The ringing in her head dissipated and the sound of muffled voice came echoing around her.

"Miss.."

What is that? Beeping intertwined with the voice.

"Miss…"

Fire seemed to flow in her veins and she curled into a ball, screaming. The blinding light made her eyes hurt. She clenched her eyes shut wishing for all of this to stop. She felt two arms slither around her curled up body, cradling her. She felt safe. Welcomed.

Wake up Nana. I have you now. No need to fear….wake up…

The figure whispered in her ear and she gasped, eyes shooting open. Nana's eyesight was blurry but she could make out white. She was surrounded by white. The beeping was louder this time and ringed in her left ear.

"Miss...Miss! You're awake! Oh thank goodness!" A woman's voice cheered.

"Ugh…" Nana groaned blinking her eyes a few times trying to grasp the situation at hand. No matter how much she blinked her eyesight still stayed blurred. "W-Where am I?" Her voice was hoarse and her mouth was dry.

"You're at the hospital in Swaldani City. Do you know why you are here?" Nana shook her head no, she couldn't remember a single thing, just darkness.

"What happened?" Nana rolled her head as she continued to lay down to look at the nurse. She couldn't see much but she could see the nurse's blurred figure turn her head behind her and shift before she looked back at Nana.

"You were found by a local traveler out in the woods. Do you remember why you might of been there?"

"No."

"Do you remember your name, Miss?" Her name, her name. She heard it whispered to her before she came to.

"Nana." The nurse stepped close to the side of her cot and leaned down smiling at her.

"Hello Nana, we're going to take care of you. Don't you worry." Nana's consciousness faded and she passed out again. The last thing that passed through her mind before she faded completely was…

"Cigarette smoke…"

"Good morning, Nana! Are you feeling better today?" Nana sat in her hospital bed and turned to smile at the chirpy nurse who came in to bring her breakfast and check her vitals.

"Yes, thank you Mai." Mai set the tray on the movable table and pushed it towards the sitting Nana. She turned to grab Nana's charts and started to scribble down her new updated vitals.

"Oh, I have those glasses for you. Here." Mai pulled a pair of large black rimmed glasses from her front pocket and handed them to Nana. Nana was ecstatic, she could finally see.

"Woah." She gasped as she put her glasses on. The world changed completely. She could finally see all the little details in the wall, Mai's beautiful aged face with shimmering green eyes. "Hi Mai." Mai laughed, tearing up a bit at the thought that this girl they had been all taking care of was finally getting better. The girl on the brink of death was on her way to walking out of here.

"Hello Nana." Nana gave her a small smile, tilting her head slightly to side and bringing her shoulders up in a shrug.

"Feels good."

"Are you ready to get up and stretch a bit?" Nana nodded, taking the last few bites of her breakfast before pushing the table away and throwing the thick blankets off of her legs. She wasn't where she should be with her weight but she was doing better than when she was brought here. Her bony legs finally got some meat on them, her ribs weren't poking through her skin as much and her face was finally round and full again. Mai still remembered vividly how she looked when she was brought here. Mai still cried about it when it passed through her mind. The sutures on her limbs showing multiple amputations, the scars covering her skin, her

"Alright, up up up!" Mai went to reach for Nana when she put a hand up to stop her.

"I can do it myself." She didn't like being touched. Nana slowly pulled her legs over to the edge of the bed and steadied herself, taking her time and building up her confidence in her ability to accomplish the task at hand. Her feet lightly padded when she dropped herself onto the floor standing with pride. Mai put away her chart and clicked her pen, putting it back into her blouse's front pocket. She crossed her arms over her chest and stood with her head held high.

"Good. Ready? Ten!" Nana closed her eyes and focused on her aura to keep it from leaking out and away from her. Quickly her body felt warm and cradled as her aura kept snuggled tightly against her body. "Zetsu!" Nana focused on closes off all of her senses to seem invisible. This one was extremely easy for Nana to accomplish because she was already closed off from the rest of her world. "Ren!" Nana smirked and set her aura flaring, whipping around the room causing her and Mai's hair to dance around themselves. "Less." Nana dropped the output of her nen. "More" Again, she raised it this time intensifying it even more than the first time. "Enough. Good." Nana reeled it in and smiled at Mai who pridefully smiled back at her. "You've been practicing."

"What else am I supposed to do here?"

"What else have you been practicing? Can you see this?" Mai lifted up her finger in the air. See what? Nana focused on her finger, a misty haze could be seen at the tip of her finger. "Focus your aura in your eyes. Gyo." Nana took a breath, holding it as she clenched her fists and focused her aura in her eyes.

"Three!" She sat back on the bed with a flop and sighed. "Oh man, my head…" Mai chuckled and moved over to Nana, playing with her blue hair that was growing out.

"You're a fast learner. You'll get there. Your hair is getting longer, it's beautiful." Nana scoffed.

"I want it cut. Cut it." Mai furrowed her brows and frowned.

"Why?"
"I don't know. Something just tells me I like it cut short."

"Can you remember anything? You have been here for six months now." Nana's eyes hardened and she racked her brain to see if anything came to her.

"Cigarette smoke and….and-" Her room door slide open hastily as a nurse came walking in.

"Nana, your eight am IV flushing!" Nana bent over as her head throbbed. She felt like she had been hit with a brick. A deep and crackly voice echoed in her head 'Eight.'

"Eight! I remember eight! Hachi!" She yelled still holding her head in her hands. Nana bent over more as the voice continued to echo in her head.

"Nana! Nana hold on honey, we'll get you through this." Mai was frantically grabbing Nana's curled up frame. Nana didn't even notice that she accidently pulled her IVs out or that her heart monitor was going through the roof.

Nana….Nana I have you…

You have me?

Yes, I have you now. Do not worry, no need to fear. I will take care of it for you.

You will?

Yes, you don't have to suffer anymore.

Suffer...I suffer?

Yes.

But…

Hachi.

Nana woke up to a dark room, the monitors were rhythmically beeping in her ears. Her arms were wrapped tightly in bandages and gauze. Nana slowly sat up and tried to find her glasses. "Where are they...I can't see!" Her hands frantically moved around tried to feel their frame in the darkness. She felt her hand grabbed and the glasses placed gently in her hand. "Thank you." Nana flipped the light next to her bed on and was met with a scowling Mai. She looked scared, terrified, worried. "Mai, what happened?" Nana searched Mai's face for any sort of answer but she didn't budge. "Mai?"

"Who are you?" Her voice was calculated and cold. Nana's eyes widened as Mai's words registered.

"What? Mai, it's me, Nana."

"Do you remember what happened?" Nana shook her head no, she couldn't find her voice in her tightening throat. "You mentioned remembering the number eight. You fell off the bed screaming while clutching your head. Your IVs came out." Mai paused and leaned forward. "You-You took out three nurses. You remember none of that?" Nana shook her head no, a bead of sweat slowly made itself down her forehead. "I want to test something Nana, do you trust me?"

"Y-Yes." Mai stood up and stared at Nana. She hit Nana across the face, not holding back. Mai needed to make sure her hypothesis was correct, she could not hold back otherwise it could change everything. She felt Nana's aura flare, but it wasn't the same as her normal soft and warm aura Mai felt when they were practicing. This one was wild, burning, and dangerous. It suffocated Mai, burning her flesh as it whipped around her. Nana slowly raised her head to look at Mai, her eyes blank and a wide sickening smile across her face.

"Who are you?" Mai barked at the girl. She needed her sweet Nana back.

"Oh, you make me feel so good." The girl purred rolling her head around letting out a satisfactory sigh.

"Who are you?" Mai bellowed again.

"I'm Nana." Mai drowned in fury and smacked the girl again.

"No you're not! Who are you!" She yelled. Nana laughed and her aura got even more wild.

"You know, you don't hit as hard as him but you still do a pretty good job. I'm getting so excited."

"Who? Who is he? Is he the one who did this to Nana?"

"Hmmm...perhaps. Or she did it to herself." Nana snapped her head towards Mai and grinned, her eyes psychotically wide. "I think I'm going to tear your heart out now."

"Hachi." Nana's limp body flopped onto her bed.