Forgotten

Chapter 16: Faceless Man

Sasuke hovered over me shaking my shoulders. I gasped and then blushed when he chuckled at my reaction.

"I know I'm not the prettiest thing to see in the morning but give me a break." He joked helping me sit up and brushing some of my sweat matted hair out of my face. "You okay?" he asked after a moment of silence.

"Yeah I'm okay, just a little shaken up." I replied and smiled over at him trying to reassure him. However, he didn't seem very reassured. Nevertheless, he pushed me back down on to the mattress and rolled on top of me.

"Well since I'm on bed rest for a week why don't you stay with me all day?" He smirked giving me a wink.

I glared at him and shook my head disapprovingly. "I am a lady Mr. Uchiha." I answered coldly rejecting his offer.

"Cold." He mumbled as he rolled back off of me when I pushed on his chest. "Then what are you going to do while I lay here and do nothing."

"I'm going to help the Kazekage with anything. I am the best medical ninja in Konoha. I might as well put my skills to good use while I'm here."

"I don't like you working with Gaara. However, with you working your healing magic around him might do him some good. Maybe he'll develop a personality." Sasuke reamarked.

"Sasuke!" I ridiculed throwing a pillow at him as I got up to head to my room to change and get ready.

"Hinata!" He yelled back catching the pillow and cocking it back ready to fire it back at me. I screamed and ran out the door shutting it quickly behind me just as I heard the faint 'thump' of the pillow connecting fiercely with the wooden door.

I made my way down the hall to the very end where my room was. I walked in and almost ran out. Right when I walked it in the corner of my eye I say the faceless women crying in the corner, but when I turned my head and looked, it was empty. "My minds just playing tricks on me." I said to myself as I went to the bathroom to shower and change into my usual outfit.

When I was ready and walking out the door I took a quick glance toward the corner where I thought I saw the women. Again nothing was there. It was only a dream. I walked out of the complex and to the Kazekage's office asking what I could do to help with any wounded soldiers or medical emergencies that are far from the resources surrounding Suna.

"You can work in the Emergency Ward of the hospital. A team went out a couple days ago and came back in rough shape with a couple survivors." Gaara said not looking up from the documents in his hands.

"What happened to them? What was there mission?" I asked stepping forward not meaning to be a snoop but to find answers to what could be helpful in healing the patients.

"I would like to know the same thing. They went out into the desert to search for those who may have gotten lost in a sand storm. They came back with the survivors but I haven't gotten a clear story on what happened. I want you to figure that out." He said the last part while looking up to stare directly into my eyes. Under is fierce gaze I bowed and promised to do what I could to help the men survive while learning the story behind their injuries.

The Kazekage dismissed me and I went straight toward the hospital only a couple blocks down the dusty road. When I stepped in and told the nurse that I was here to help she sighed in relief and grabbed a large stack of medical folders of patients and handed them to me guiding me to the Emergency Ward. As we walked she told me that what I was about to see may be disturbing and frightening but that I should hide any sign of fright so that I don't worry the patients.

"What is so bad that I would be scared? I've seen millions of patients some with half their limbs missing. I think I can handle about anything." I told the nurse.