Chapter 85: II Chapter 40 – Figurines

Sometime later and an ample amount of food eaten, the medics whom the children only let close to them once they put away their uniform and were wearing normal clothes, even then they had to treat this carefully. 

With agreement from Shikaku-san and Tsukiko pressuring on them in the middle of organizing to restructure of Konoha after being smashed into ruins, they arranged a provisorial stay for them. Izayoi, the childrens leader taking the courtesy with the suspicion of someone betrayed once to often.

After they were settled there and given whatever necessities could be thought of, the entire issue was postponed until the village would be standing again and business as usual would return. 
This caused Gene after having settled the children to now sit in the hospital waiting room until Seiyus parents and brothers were gone to see her friend. 
The neon lights above her only worked half way and after a quick visit from Itachi who was looking after his father's condition and Minato, who was already back among the living, holding his little Naruto in arms singing sweet nothing's to the crying baby she still sat there and listened to people crying, others rushing by or visiting their loved ones. In short the Hospital was bursting from all corners, the doctors looked like they needed a night or two of sleep with panda circles under their eyes, caring yet again for another emergency case that was brought in. 

Gene at some point turned to helping the nurses and helpers carrying the injured, and bringing out water bottles to whoever required them, even people like Shisui, whose Medic-Nin abilities were on the level of stopping a bleeding was sent from one post to another, running, to make certain a few patients survived long enough until a proper medic could look after them. 

The sun was already setting, Seiyus family still hand't left but was instead discussing something with a nurse who was visible annoyed and occupied with another patient barking back at them something Gene didn't understand, things went past in a blur, time lost it's meaning somehow, and she didn't feel even tired as she worked and waited. 

At some point Tsukiko joined in, she looked horrible, tired ad quite a bit older, she had an aura around her that resembled an old battle wary warrior that was much unlike her usual behavior. Tired, dark eyes that looked at corpses as if it was an everyday occurrence she started working alongside Gene and helped where she could, even Itachi joined in. In the end, the three kids were made responsible for transporting the injured from point a to point b. Some of them whimpered in pain, others died while they were transporting them, the smell of pain, blood, metal and medical equipment was ever present and did not vanish. 

As Seiyus parents finally left the three of them excused themselves and went to visit him, a pair of empty eyes were looking at them, and Tsukiko punched the glass with dreadful force as Itachi forced himself to look. Gene almost turned away but in the end she refused to do so, instead she kept looking, and stared at what had been her friend and now seemed to be little more than en empty shell of the shy but friendly boy they had barely known and still pulled a teacher chicken stunt with them. It all seemed too far back, happening so long ago even tough it had barely happened yet, stretching out her hand she signed feeling wary and exhausted. 

Seiyu, this, and then there are the kids and the issue with which clan I should belong to, now that I am officially recognized a Genin and becoming an Adult. 

She swallowed and looked at Seiyu feeling so damn lost. Behind them someone walked closer, and she turned around and saw Seiyus twin brother who had red rimmed white yes looking at them. 

"Can I request something from you?", he asked of them. 

"Depends.", Tsukiko answered. 

"Spare him this...", he took off his headband and a green Seal became visible. "... Please, take him where the Hyuga main family cannot reach him." 

Tsukiko hissed in a sharp breath until nodding at him. "I try, but I cannot promise anything.", she answered. He nodded before leaving them behind, and Itachi moved his hand to the glass wall between them. 

"I am thinking of joining the Anbu." he said. "Protect the Village from such things in the shadows." 

"And what will become of our goal, a team with the three...four of us?", Gene asked and looked at Itachi. "I don't want to throw it away. Alone, we are strong, but you know it, Tsukiko knows it, alone we will not achieve victory, and we need victory if we want to be strong enough to prevent any of this from happening again."

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Both of them looked at her, tired and beaten, much more so than before but none of the two spoke against her, both knew she was right, alone there was no way they could  achieve victory alone, everyone needed help at some point, friends, allies and back up.

Looking at Seiyu Gene gashed her teeth. "I won't ever watch something like that ever again.", she muttered, Tsukiko and Itachi next to her humming in agreement, from behind a few steps echoed, and she saw Shisui and Kakashi coming up from behind them looking as beaten as the other three.

"Neither will We.", Kakashi patted Tsukikos head and Shisui hugged her from behind as Itachi stood there with a sign. 

"Hey, could four stop making me envious."Itachi muttered, "I am the only one here without a better half."

Gene went beet red and Tsukiko raised an armored in geta foot and rammed it into Itachis back. "Moron!"

Bang.

A small sound came from the room in front of them, and all of them turned their gaze towards Seiyu and stared at a small chess figurine in his hand. 

All of them went silent and Tsukiko Whistled. 

"It seems we got our first real Clue, Genevieve, to whoever is playing games with us."

"You think so?" Gene looked at the chess figurine sceptically.  

 

 

 

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