A New Story

Death Of A Legend:

The war was a battle fought of only two, in the end although he fell, he was victorious. Hokage, you will be sorely remembered in our hearts as the greatest of us all.

All the leaders of the Leaf whisper as they mourn, they understand the burdens carried in authority. Now they find themself under the strain of command, heavier because their Hokage is gone. Those whispers, they bit in as we mourned. "What will we do, how are we to recover..." not every mind was the same, many of us mourned for the times ahead, but, the village was broken, and some of us chose to focus on what could be done.

I was on my way to the medic core, many of our ninja were still injured and I wanted to go where I could help.

"Argies! Ergh...Hey Argies, where are you going?" An uncertain voice took me away from my curdled thoughts. It was Hinata, she was injured even before the conflict, though that and the pressures of battle did not prevent her from helping the Village.

"Hinata, are you going to the hospital too?" I smile as she stretched her neck up to look at me. It was an early morning; the sun hadn't yet warmed the still air. I could hear our footsteps on the coble road and there weren't many others around.

"My father said I should get my wounds treated so that I could be of better use to my team" she didn't falter as she said this, it was something that was normal for her to hear.

"I don't know, in your condition, I'm sure you could still defeat a few genin...hmm strange, I would have thought your clan had its own medic team?" Hinata almost fell over, her feet stumbling on the pebbles that scattered all over the ground.

"Do you really think I could?!" she looked to me for an instant hoping, but then quickly answered my question. "My clan does have a physician unit of its own but they are all helping aid the medic core with the injured"

"Well, good thing we are headed in that direction than... and it looks like we're just about there" Approaching the centre, I could smell a variety of scents, different medicinal herbs and flowers, the smell of wounds as well as ointments. There was so much activity, people visiting with blossoms and presents, and all the different medical experts.

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"Hello, could we make a book in to have Hinata's wounds looked at?"

The lady leaned over the desk to look at Hinata. "I see, although we have many patients, the majority sustained chronic injuries which don't need constant care. I'm sure staff will be happy to help you" The lady behind the desk indicated a direction in which a porter medic stood waiting; an escort to find a room for Hinata's inspection.

The porter medic unfroze his expression from formal to surprise. "You're that kid, you're alive? I thought you died when I couldn't find you, I was so worried, you... you little brat!" it was the medic from before, the one who told me to go to the shelters but I never did.

"I-I... " I didn't know what I could say to justify myself so all I did was lower my head. "I am sorry, I didn't mean to get anyone worried. I should have said something, told someone, but at the time I couldn't stand the thought of hiding in a cave" The medic was about to speak when Hinata shouted out.

"Stop it! We shouldn't be arguing, not when so many people lost their lives" a tear rolled down her face. It reminded me of all the rain that day, the Hokage died and so many were lost, a black night and a bleak mood. So many families had to continue on with suffering hearts and broken memories of happy times with loved ones who existed now only through thought.

The passage way stopped; all the people there stood motionless.

"Everyone is hurting, we all made choices that day. It feels so long ago." The porter medic's voices paused in sorrow for a moment, briefly, before continuing to speak. "The only way forward now is to do what we can. Help those we can and do our best to maintain what we have, the kinship and love our village has always possessed" The medic's speech returned everything to normal; everyone continued on with their duties and meetings. He and I held the same opinion, that we still possessed that quality and could still assist the Village back to power.