Spring Memories

PROLOGUE: THE ACCIDENT

He looked very much distraught when he came into the room. His face paled, with his tie long gone and several buttons loosened at the neck. He ran his hand through his raven black hair which was loose from his long ponytail, walking towards the small fragile long indigo haired young girl who was still unconscious from the accident.

Wires sticking out from her body like some kind of live machine, looking completely fragile with her pale milky flawless complexion and surprisingly, her skin felt so soft under his feathering touch.

I wonder what is the colour of her eyes. He wondered to himself, sitting down beside her bed, holding her left hand in his.

"Uchiha Itachi?" a feminine voice called to him. Itachi looked at the dark haired doctor.

"I'm Doctor Shizune and I've come to ask some questions," Dr. Shizune said as Itachi followed her out.

"Uchiha-sama," Dr. Shizune said, the moment the two of them are out of the room. "Our Jane Doe here is suffering from severe concussion with the exception of several cracked ribs and a broken leg."

"Is the concussion bad, Doctor?" Itachi asked seriously. His obsidian black eyes looked at the doctor.

Dr. Shizune just sighed and said, "We've detected some blood clots in right hemisphere of her brain and also some swellings on her medula oblongata which is dangerously close to her optic nervous system. We're certain that it won't be that bad as the swelling has begun to subside."

"Any side effects?" Itachi asked.

"The clotting would require a surgery to be performed, and we're not certain if it will affect her eyesight but I can assure you this, the chances would be good if the swelling have subsided before we can do the surgery and if it doesn't, chances for it to affect her optic nerves would be high."

"Is the operation necessary?" he asked.

"Absolutely, we need to decrease the pressure and with swelling slowly subsiding, I think we may have a chance to do it."

"Then do it," Itachi ordered.

Dr. Shizune smiled.

"I'll take care of the cost, don't worry your pretty little head about it, Doctor," Itachi said. "Since it was my fault that this happened."

"Alright then, Uchiha-sama," Dr. Shizune said.

"Oh yes, did anybody have started looking for her?" Itachi asked.

"No Uchiha-sama, but we've found out something from the remains of her belongings," Dr. Shizune said.

"What is it?"

"From what we have gathered, her name is Hinata, but there weren't any traces of her surname. The clothes she wore had the word 'Hinata' embroidered on it, so we assume her name would be Hinata."

Hinata…..Sunshine…..

Itachi nodded his head.

Thank Kami, at least we know what to call her now.

"Thank you Doctor, that will be all," Itachi paused as if he remembered something, "Doctor Shizune," he called out to her.

"Yes, Uchiha-sama?"

"I'd like you to keep Hinata's case personal away from my family's attention. I do not want them to find out about it. They know that I was involved in an accident, but just tell them that the situation has been cleared and there's nothing to worry about. If that is not too much to ask."