Midori Sato
5 days ago
As soon as she got the permission from the Raikage Midori was off. She didn't look back to see if the ANBU that were supposed to "guard" her were following. They were anyway and they would be able to keep up with her no problem, of that she was sure. ANBU were quite a different level than she was after all. But now she just ran. She had to see Deidara. She had to make sure. She had to be sure.
Deidara was fine.
Right?
One of the ANBU steered her to the hospital. She didn't know the way after all and within twenty minutes Midori was inside. Somehow she had the feeling that it could have been shorter if she had taken a different route. But who cared about that now. Deidara was the only important thing now.
She teared into the hospital. It must have been a slightly strange sight. A little girl sprinting in, eyes fierce, followed by a couple of mean looking ANBU. Midori clamped herself onto on of the first nurses she saw.
"I need to see Deidara," she said slightly demanding, "Deidara Yuhiko. He is supposed to be here."
The woman shot a slightlysurprised look to the ANBU. It was clear that this girl was in a slight panic. Gently she placed her hand on Midori's shoulder. "Is he a Chuunin Exam combatant? I don't know much about those, but they are held in the east wing. You can ask there, okay?"
With a nod and a thank you Midori set off again. Het feet couldn't carry her fast enough. Her heart was racing. She had to make sure he was alright. Finally she made it to the east wing. A Kumo ANBU was already present, something that should have bothered Midori, but for which she now couldn't care less. The ANBU was standing next to a doctor who stopped Midori as she walked in.
Midori took this chance to ask her question again. "I'm here to see Deidara," she said, this time a little bit calmer, "Deidara Yuhiko, he had a battle today and he was hurt. Can I see him?"
The doctor was silent for a moment as he looked at the girl. "I'm afraid," he said after the short pause, "that this won't be possible, ma'am."
"Why?" was Midori's immediate question. "Is he sleeping? Or are you treating him? If he is sleeping, I can be silent. Really. I can be. I've been practicing a lot this last year."
The doctor sighed and, ignoring the ANBU staring over their shoulders, kneeled down before the girl. "You can't see Deidara ma'am, because unfortunately mister Yuhiko didn't survive his battle."
A silence.
A deafening silence.
A horrible deafening silence.
A horrible deafening silence during which Midori just stared and tried to comprehent what the words meant that the doctor had just spoken.
"W-wh-what?" She stuttered. That couldn't be right. That couldn't be possible. "That... that cannot be true. You are a doctor right? You are supposed to heal him! People don't die during the Chuunin Exam. It doesn't happen. That is why you have doctors. That is why you have doctors! They heal people! They don't let him die!" Slowly Midori's voice started to rise and grew stronger. Her panic could be tasted in the air as with her voice drips of killing intent would ooze off her. It was unintentional, but it happened anyway.
Immediately the ANBU were alert, one forming the beginning of a seal while the other stepped closer to the girl. The doctor on the other hand didn't even flinch.
"Sometimes we can't heal people, ma'am." He said slowly.
Midori shook her head. "No," she said. "No." Her hands clenched into fist and her nails dug into the flesh of her handpalm. It hurt. But she didn't care. A shaky breath was drawn from the air. The killing intent didn't disappear. If anything it kept rising as MIdori tried to contain her tears, anger, confusion.
"Miss Sato, I have to insist you calm down," one of the ANBU said as he placed a hand on her shoulder.
"I am not going to-" The girp of the ANBU tightened. Midori knew what he was afraid of. He was afraid that she would blow. That she would be that bomb. That she would release destruction upon this village. But she would never do that. Deidara had told her she wasn't a bomb and she believed him. She wasn't a bomb. She was not. It angered her that the ANBU thought she was just going to give into something like that.
With an icy calm stare she turned to him. "I am not going to explode," she said. Her nails were drawing blood, she knew it, she could feel it.
"Then I suggest you show it."
"My teammate died!!" Midori's scream pierced through the silent hall. She looked down to her shaky hands that were stil clenched. "I can't... how can... I need to... How am I supposed to deal with this?! I can't... He can't die... He said he would be there for me... He can't... He can't..." Her breaths began to quicken and then the tears started to follow. The doctor still carried the same serene expression on his face, though it must be getting harder for him to breath with the killing intent in the room.
"Ma'am," he started.
"Im not a ma'am," snapped Midori.
The doctor smiled lightly. "Miss, then-"
Again Midori interrupted him. "Can I see him?"
The doctor shook his head. "That is currently not possible. Unfortunately. I understand that this is difficult to comprehent. And that this is a difficult time, but it is just not possible"
Midori looked at the ground. She wanted to stop shaking, but failed to do so. She wanted to stop the tears, but failed to do so. Then she realized something. She needed to tell Reyna. She didn't know. She didn't know that a Konoha shinobi killed their teammate. What was his name again? Nara... Shika Nara... A wave of anger washed over her. What right had he to kill her teammember. She knew that this was being unreasonable, but currently being unreasonable felt pretty good.
The doctor rose. "I'm sorry," he said again. "I'll get you more information as soon as possible. Unfortunately I have more patients to attend. If that was everything you had to ask."
Midori nodded. And sniffed. And nodded again. The doctor walked away, leaving Midori in the hallway with the ANBU. There was noise everywhere and yet to Midori everything seemed silent. Everything seemed dead. "I need to tell Reyna," she said out loud.
"Miss Azuma will be informed." The ANBU replied. They had slightly eased their stance when Midori had stood down too.
"But I should do it."
"An ANBU is already underway."
"Well can I then go and see her?" Midori asked.
"No."
Midori felt like kicking. And screaming. And crying. And being with Reyna. Why wouldn't the Raikage just let her go wherever she wanted. Why couldn't she see Reyna? Why couldn't she see Deidara? Why couldn't the tears stop? Slowly she leaned against one of the walls and sank down until she sat on the ground. She didn't care if it was weird. She didn't care at all.
"Leave me alone..." she mumbled to the ANBU. The man, or women, who cared even.., didn't go away. She hadn't expected them too. "I said leave me alone..." she repeated a little bit louder.
One of the ANBU shook its head. "We can't do that."
Midori pulled her legs close to her chest so that her eyes were just peering over her knees. "Just leave me alone a little bit then."
The ANBU shook his head again. Midori stomped her foot on the ground.
"Can't you just stand there or something!" It was not a question even though it was raised as one. The Killing Intent flickered for a moment, but then died as Midori pressed her face against her knees in an attempt to hide herself from the world. With wary eyes that Midori couldn't see the ANBU collectively took a couple of steps back.
Midori sighed and cried.
Apparantly this was as good as it was going to get.