A Forbidden Love

Chapter 23 The letter

Hinatas POV
As Yoshitsune continued to quietly sob against my hand i conjured up some strengths didn't even know I had. SLowly but surely my eyes fluttered open and I took in my surroundings. I was in some kind of makeshift hospital under a big huge tent I assumed. My room was closed off from the other rooms with 4 big sheets. I assumed that me and the other people that made it out from the fire were in rooms exactly like mine. There were monitors all around me and there was Yoshitsune sitting at my side. His hand was clutching mine tightly. My heart swelled at this simple gesture. His head was buried in my sheets at my waist. I heard his quiet sobbing and my heart nearly broke into a thousand pieces. I was in some kind of little white gown that a nurse must have placed me in. Breathing hurt more than any kind of pain I have ever experienced before. I looked down at my wrist and saw that it was plugged up to some kind of drip. I frowned at the fact that there was a needle in my arm. I hated needles with a passion. I spied an envelope at the foot of my cot and frowned. I tried to call out to Yoshitsune but my throat hurt really bad and no sound would come out. The oxygen mask on my face was a pain and and a blessing all at the same time. It was a pain because it helped to muffle my voice and it was a blessing because it helped me to breathe. When I tried to move I couldn't move... My waist or middle section of my body was unable to move. Something was holding me in place and keeping me from moving at all. I realized it was more than likely some super strong medical tape. My whole body felt weak and injured. I could barely move and I couldn't even talk. I looked down at Yoshitsune and smiled. I squeezed his hand light enough that he froze on the bed and slowly looked up. His mouth was slightly ajar and his face was wet and sticky from his tears. His eyes were bright red and blotchy. How exhausted and relieved he was at the same time showed on his face. "Hinata..." He said relievedly. He brought his lips to my hand and kissed my hand. "I thought I lost you ..." He murmured sadly," I thought I was too late..." I shook my head no. He sighed in relief again and said,"the doctor said you would be okay... They said you would wake up and come back to me... I have been going crazy waiting for you to open those beautiful blue eyes of yours..." A small blush came across my face and he said,"there it is... That adorable little blush of yours... I missed that so very much... They said you should take it easy. No stress for the next few days... Oh and also your voice... They said to rest your throat and voice for a bit and not talk until you are able and ready to... Your injuries-" he said swallowing tightly and replied in a tight voice, "-aren't too serious... Just a couple burns and your...-" he couldn't even get the words out it hurt him so much.. "- your ribs are badly bruised on the right side and three of them are broken.. Which would explain why you have tape on your rib cage that wraps around you and why you have such difficulty moving... So anything you need baby.. I'll get for you."he said sweetly. I nodded and pointed to the letter at the foot of the cot. He understood and then grabbed it and handed it to me. He opened it for me and handed it to me. The envelope was slightly burnt... But otherwise looked freshly written. I raised an eyebrow and he said,"it's from your mom... The emperor came in while you still weren't awake and laid it there. I haven't touched it since... I figured you wouldn't want me to touch it...." I smiled at his sweetness. How could I have gotten so lucky to have him... I quickly pulled the letter out of the envelope, unfolded it, and began reading at once.

Dear Hinata ...
My dearest daughter ... There is something you should know... I was wrong to keep it from you and I am sorry I wasn't sure all these years if my assumptions were correct but after seeing you and her tonight and over the years and after getting the results from the DNA test I was right.. This is something your father and I never told you and for that we are so very sorry... Long ago your father and I had a child... Yes we had you but... This was... Before you... It was about one year before you were born hinata.. We had another girl ... We were ecstatic to have her... And then we found out 3 months later you were going to be born.. And during those nine months before you were born one horrible night someone broke into our castle and stole her from us.., we looked for years but by then it was too late. About the time you were four we had come to the orphanage and found a little girl who's parents had abandoned her... We brought her to the castle and allowed her to live with us.. She looked like our baby that was stolen long ago that night... So we raised her over the years along side you and to this day you two have been best friends... And you know that baby girl that was stolen... Her name is Jasmine... And she .... Is your sister.
I'm sorry we never told you ... It was very wrong of us... I wanted to tell you in person but if something were to ever happen to me before you knew I wrote this letter so that you could read it one day so that you would know.. The truth. And the truth you now know. I love you and your sister with all of my heart and have since the day you both were born and have never stopped. I love you hinata. I love you too Jasmine. And don't you girls ever forget it. Take care of each other. You are sisters and that is what sisters are to do.
Love,
Mom

I read the letter about three times before I could believe what I was reading. So I have a sister... And it's Jasmine... And they never told me... For eighteen years they couldn't have found a time to tell me.. That I had a sister... I mean I would rather have had the truth earlier on.. Instead of being bitch slapped in the face over and over again time after time with more secrets and more lies. My eyes were watering with tears and Yoshitsune was cut off mid sentence."hinata what's-" just then a nurse barged in breathing heavily. "Princess ... You need to come with me... Immediately... It's your mother..." My mother?! "What's wrong with her?" Yoshitsune asked for me as if he were reading my mind. "The empress... Her heart... It's failing... Which means... She's dying.." Yoshitsune and the nurse said at the same time the last two words. She's dying. That's all I could hear. All that was echoing through my mind. She is dying.. My mother is dying... And Jasmine.. She just will have found her mother and her mother is dying right now... This is my worst nightmare. My head was racing along with my heart ramming against my chest. My breathing was rapid. Too much stress. This is too much for my weak body. My eyes grew heavy and then closed again. The last thing I heard before I blacked out was Yoshitsune screaming my name. And then everything went black.