To Heal a Broken Heart (Sequel to Torn Between Two)

The next morning, I was already up and having a cup of coffee to start off my day. I was pretty tired from the mission last night since I got back so late. 

My mind started shifting to the masked man I encountered on my mission. I was too confused to even bring him up to the Leaf Village Council in my report. 

My gut told me that he was the one who killed Rika Hirako, yet he was acting like a child. I don't understand what his deal was.

The more I kept pondering, the worse my headache was getting. I took another long sip of my coffee and someone started knocking on my door. I stood up to go see who it was. A smile broke out on my face when I saw it was Naruto and Jiraiya.

"Hey guys, did you just get back?" I ask.

Naruto nodded. "Yup! Grandma Tsunade is already meeting with the Council,"

I motioned for them to come inside, so they slipped their shoes off. Thankfully, I redecorated the living room not too long ago, so any pictures that would raise questions from Naruto were out of sight. 

"Did you just call her 'Grandma Tsunade'?" I smirk. "She's not gonna like that name, you know,"

"Yeah, yeah," Naruto shrugged. 

Jiraiya told me about how their mission was a success and all that. 

"Is she going to be able to check on Kakashi? I went by his place last night to check in on him, but I saw that he was gone. So then I asked the hospital and apparently, they wanted him back over there since he woke up to check for more injuries," I ask.

"She will," Naruto reassured. "She also promised to heal Sasuke and Bushy-Brows too,"

They both had to get going after a couple more minutes of catching up and I decided I would get going too so I could go visit Kakashi. Even though they informed me that he was back there, they didn't let me visit since visiting hours were over. 

When I got to the hospital, the nurses were running around as if they were busy.

"Hello, can I help you?" The receptionist asks.

"I'm here to visit Kakashi Hatake," I replied.

She nodded and looked down at a binder on the desk, then told me what room he was in. I walked down there and saw Guy was already leaving.

"Oh hey Guy," I greeted. "Were you visiting Lee?"

"I was just coming back from checking on Kakashi, but I'm about to go check on Lee now," He replies, with a hint of sadness in his voice.

I looked at him sympathetically. It was sad seeing the most cheerful guy in this kind of mood.

"Well I was told that Tsunade is here already and that she'll be able to check on all of them," I said, trying to raise his hopes.

He looked slightly hopeful and then started walking to Lee's room. I walked inside Kakashi's room, seeing he was passed out still. I thought he was awake?

I sat down on the chair next to his bed and started reading a magazine that was on the end table. I know Itachi used his Tsukuyomi on him, so that must've really taken a lot out of him, considering it's psychologically damaging.

As I waited for Tsunade to come and heal him, I couldn't focus on the magazine since the masked man was on my mind again. I just didn't understand who he was and what he wanted from me. 

Clearly, he was capable of killing, so he wasn't some idiot that he was portraying to be. I started passing out.

I looked around me, seeing that I was back outside. I was running in the trees. Why was this familiar?