I didn’t get very far chasing after Shukaku. With little to no energy I had to stop and rest less than three hundred meters away. Suki and Kai had caught up with me and were now yelling about how I just healed and what could have happened and what not. I was tired and accidentally fell asleep while they were yelling.
The next thing I knew, I was in a hospital bed with several doctors pick and poking at me. I recoiled and yelled for them to all leave. They seemed to not hear me until their examination was over.
“He looks fine now that some chakra is back to circulating through him,” one of the doctors said calmly.
“Well, it’s nice to know that I’m not going to die,” I hissed.
“Hachi!” I heard a voice yell. I sighed and recognized it as Maki. “Hachi! Doctors did you just say he was going to die??? Hachi you are so not allowed to die! Do you hear me? Hachi! You still have clothes to fold and chores to do!”
Maki forced her way through the doctors and was at my bedside spastically yelling about Kai telling her that I was going to die and that I couldn’t die because if I did, she would have to raise Kai, and did I know what time it was? It was eleven-thirty three days after the incident had occurred. And did I know that Suki and Kai brought me to the hospital and that if I was going to die I had to write that all my stuff went to her. I sighed and tried to sit up.
“Hachi,” Kai said quietly. My eyes darted to him instantly. He was sitting in a chair not far away. “Hachi are you going to go back to normal now?”
“Ssssure Kai,” I answered, “Sorry to have worried you.”
“This is yours….” Kai said quietly standing up and handing me the chess piece. The black knight had been washed off and was shimmering black silver once again. Kai released it, and I was sure it was going to fall to the floor when it bounced like a bungee cord on black thread. “Do you know how hard it was to wash off all the blood?”
I laughed, but my side suddenly hurt.
“I wouldn’t do that if I was you,” Kai said, “Suki may have healed up all your wounds, but you have a lot of scarred tissue on your inner organs.”
“Hachi! Don’t ever do that to me again!” Maki yelled.
“Ok I get it…” I said my face resuming a monotonous expression. I took the piece and moved it around in my hand. A hole had been made through its neck and the string strung through. My teeth severed the string, and I tied it around my neck.
“Hachi what are you doing?” Kai asked a tad afraid I was reverting back to my emo self.
“I don’t want to forget what I almost did out of stupidity,” I answered.
Suddenly Suki and Shane burst through the crowd of doctors. I sighed again.
“Guess what!” Suki said excitedly, “I’m dating Isonade!”
“Crap!” I couldn’t help yelling, “I did die, but I went to Hell!”
Shane sighed, and Kai laughed. Maki looked confused.
“Now, now Hachi, me dating Suki won’t get in between us,” Isonade answered pushing his way through the now angry doctors.
Maki’s face took the form of shock.
“You did not just say that,” I said flatly.
“Now Hachi don’t be mean. I know that you need me, but you just have to share with Suki-chan,” Isondae smiled, “Don’t you remember what we did in…..”
“Hachi is a gay??” Maki said shock rising in her voice.
“Oh and who are you?” Isonade smiled giving Maki a kiss.
Maki’s hand formed a fist and socked Isonade sideways.
“Hachi!” Maki yelled, “Are you a gay??? Because if so….I’m ok with that…..I think…..”
“I am not a gay!” I yelled.
“Hachi! How could you turn me down?” Isonade asked.
I slapped Isonade before he could say anything else. Suki was blushing, and Kai’s face was beyond shock. Maki looked ready to kill, and Shane’s face was something else. I sighed and waited for Isonade to stop.
“Well sorry Hachi, but I have a duty to Suki and I’m going to take her to Hollywood for a while. You look like you wouldn’t be much fun to be with right now anyways. You should go on vacation with Shane and Kai here so Suki and I can be alone.
Shane looked ready to kill Isonade. I think Maki was ready to help him. I nearly laughed.
“Ya! Let’s go to Sypan!” Kai said happily, “I haven’t been in forever!”
“Ya and I can see some of my family!” Maki smiled.
“I guess the beaches would be nice…” Shane said quietly.
“Fine….” I answered.
