Tea Country Hospital (open to all)

[::Himiko::]

Himiko had followed the groups of Medics to the hospital next to the arena. She looked on as a badly injured Rowidren laid upon the stretcher. The trip to the hospital was quick, but very quite.
Himiko was indeed happy to know that she had ascended to the title of chunin now, but that was the last thing on her mind. She was more concerned with the well being of herself and Rowidren.

The medics asked that Himiko wait in another room now, as she entered the hospital. The whole placed glowed with an eerie sterile white. She was guided and taken into a room by two medics, and could see Rowidren be taken away to another room down the hall. They attended to Himikos wounds, placing there green glowing chakra upon her skin, and giving her a through check.

They spoke to her, but Himiko would nod and answer there questions without words. In about an hour or so she would be all healed up, which meant that she could leave.
But Himikow couldn't leave without checking in the room the Rowidren was in.
"I have to know he is ok....." She mumbled to herself.
She soon found herself grabbing her puppet and walking down the hallway. She used a change of clothing that she had brought with her and changed before she checked on him....

[Kinz]

The slits in Rowidrens eyes cracked. A bright wight light flared in. He squinted as he began opening his eyes. He tried moving and felt pain everywhere. "Just sit still. We'll be done in a minute. Just rest and we will tell you when you can move."

Rowidren's eyes were starting to adjust, but he wished he was still unconciouse. The burning pain, and dizziness was excrutiating. He could see a green glow coming from 3 people standing over him. He might have been smart enough to figure out they were medics, but the pain was overcoming. Or was it? He felt less and less agonized. His eyes were no longer blurry, and he could see the blood I V connected to his arm. He realisedd they were the med ninja from the chunnins. He could see his Banryu in the corner and felt relieved that it hadn't been left behind. Then it hit him. He had lost his first fight, and it was a very importent one too. He wasn't so much dissapointed in not being a chunnin, but more so in the loss itself. He had been totally out classed from the beginning. The cuts on his legs were gone and the senbon that were lodged in his back were sitting on a nearby table. They were cleaned now cause he realized that his blood was no longer on them. He still felt dizzy from the loss of blood, but most of his burns were gone too. The medics said, "You'll be fine. Just lay there resting and we will come back to check on you soon. Do not touch your I.V.!!" This doctor was very unfriendly but he had to be strict. Rowidren relaxed and began thinking of home. What was going on there?

[::Himiko::]

Himiko was about to open the door marked "Rowidren" on its front. "This is it" she said. Just as she was about to open the door, a few medics opened it for her, rushing by the young girl and not paying much attention to her. She held the door open as it swung open and slowly walked inside. There would be Rowidren, hook up the various medic supplies and IV's.
She wasn't sure if he was awake or not, but that didn't stop Himiko form entering and grabbing a chair. She pulled the chair over to his bed and took a rest, looking at the boy and smiling.

"Save your energy for now. You can talk to in a little.....
I just thought it be a good idea to pay you a visit here. Heh, you were a really good opponent Rowidren, really good....
I just thought you should know that...From the moment you entered the arena and greeted me so friendly, I knew that...maybe you weren't ready to be a chunin just yet. Your mind wasn't prepared for the harshness of the shinobi world....

My father always told me that...., once you wore that head band, and entered the battle field, you had to forget apart of yourself...you had to forget the softness in your heart for that moment, just for that moment though..... I know that its weird for me to enter this room, and begin to preach to you about some kind of philosophy. But I thought you should now.
I won not because my skills are better then yours or anything, but because i could read you so well. I fought you, and it felt like your heart was on your sleeve. You need to be stronger than that in a shinobi world...
I know your can still become strong, and there is so much to be learned in this world. You can still be a chunin, just....you have to grow a stronger heart....and maybe learn a few more strategies on the battle field more heh..."

Himiko smiled. She hope her words effected Rowidren, and settled deep into his mind. Hopefully, he would understand, and become more inspired to become a chunin next year.....stronger then ever before....

[Kinz]

Though Rowidren's eyes were closed, he heard every word. They made sense but he could not help himself. Without opening his eyes, Rowidren would suddenly speak after Himiko talked. "That softness is what gives me the power to be a shinobi. It gives me the ability to think of all I have, and will have to protect, and forces me to endure to do so. You fought a good match too, but do not pitty me, for I am the one that pitties you and your loss of self. That softness that you mentioned earlier is what makes us unique. That is what drives us to our goals and achievements. I am sure it drove you at one point, and maybe it will again, but without the "weakness" in your heart you will not last long in this world. You were better then me today, and I recognize that, but tommorow is another day." Rowidren had grown a mischievious smirk across his face, like he was ready to prove his so called weakness was actually one of his strengths. He laid there still with his eyes closed listening to the breath of both him and her. They were in unisen.

"Himiko, I never got a chance to congradulate you. So...congradulations. You will make an excellent chunnin. Anytime you need someone to have a friendly match with, or anything else, you know where to send the message." The grin had been replaced by a look of total seriousness, and Rowidren opened his eyes a looked at Himiko. Slowly the smirk returned and he said, "I hope i didn't damage that puppet to badly."

[::Himiko::]

Himiko was surprised at the boys response. His words held a great truth, and soon Himiko was beginning to rethink her own principles and philosophies. During battle, she had always allowed herself to become a colder, more tactical person,..never realizing what she was fighting for. She fought to win, and nothing else.
Though she did not express it upon her face, Himiko had hit an epiphany of some sort. She had to rethink what the meaning of a true shinobi was, she needed to rethink her life...

"Your wiser then you let on Rowidren, and all your words are true. I know that you make a great Chunnin soon" responded Himiko
She chuckled at the boys eagerness, and determination. That is what she wanted to see in the end. A person who grew strong with ever battle, win or lose.
With a smile, and a thank you, Himiko smiled at Rowidren as he congratulated her. His expressions would change shortly after as he asked her about her puppet.
"Heh...don't worry, My puppet can take a beating. In hour or so, she be good as knew" Smiled Himiko.

"I'll be sure to drop by Leaf one of these day, and maybe we can spar and fight all over again" said Himiko. She was happy to know that she left Rowidren on a good foot, and gave him a simple wave before she left the room.

{exits}

[Kinz]

As Himiko left Rowidren waved good bye. "Have a good journey." He would say, not really meaning home, but more so on the path of life. It made him feel good to be called wise for once. People had always called him studious, and intelligent. But true wisdom was more then that. It gave him a sense of accomplishment.

After Himiko left Rowidren shut his eyes again, and rested. After 3 days of hospitalization he had had enough. Rowidren was pretty much recovered, but the doctors wanted to keep him over night for observation. They had already retrieved his belongings from the hotel for him, so Rowidren packed them and thossed on a new set of cloths. Then he strapped Banryu to his back, and snuck out the window. He was headed back to leaf. The travel was not slow. He poored chakra into his feet. He reached the boarder before midnight, and the village by daybreak. He went straight home and slept the day and night away. Happy to be home.

[Marii K. Kazeraikou]

Marii made it to the hospital. Her sweater was ripped up at her sleeves, and the light green cotton and flannel shirt was stenched with blood. Even more blood was trinkling down the left side of her face, despite that the girl tried to dry it away now and then.
'I don't feel good....probably blood loss' thought the Genin and went to the counter. "Excuse me, but where can I go to get my cuts healed? Two of them are quite deep and have been bleeding a bit for 45 minutes or so" asked the blonde. "Uhm....lemme see....go to the third floor and first door to the left" said the red-haired woman.
"Arigatou" smiled the Kazeraikou and went up to the third floor and went in the first door to the left. There sat two shinobis (probably Chuunins) from Konoha; one of them had a deep cut in his leg while the other had got a similar one in his arm. Next was an ANBU with a cat mask that had a nasty cut in his stomack area: blood had stenched his cloth in the same way as the kuinochi.
Then, a young man with light blue hair entered. "ANBU? Please come here" said the man and showed the ANBU in. After a few minutes, the shinobis from Konoha was called in (the ANBU member had probably used teleportation or something). "Marii Kino Kazeraikou...Cloud?"said the young man. Marii stumbled in, and sat down on the bed while a brunette woman examined her body. "You've got a slightly deep cut on the left side of your face, a superfical cut on the right side and a deep gash on your right arm. You've also got a lot of bruises and a lot of mud and blood on your clothes plus an extremely low chakra level (10%). Chuunin exam?" asked the woman. The Genin grinned and nodded.
"OK.....just give me some minutes" said the brunette and made the blonde lay down while she healed her cuts. "Eat this pill, it will restore your blood loss" said the medic. The girl swallowed it. "And you shouldn't do ANY type of training the next 24 hours. Go to bed early and eat properly, and your body should be fine. You should get a new shirt too" said the woman.
"Domo arigatou" said the Genin, only wearing a black T-shirt. She went out, and looked on Kamis room. 'Guess I can't visit him before tomorrow....he got a lot more injuries than I' thought the girl and went back to the Chuunin exam hotel.

[colbaltknight]

(I don't know if I should be posting here but here I go)

Kami was soon rushed into the room by a group of medics. He hade numerous puncture wounds to the body and was beaten pretty bad. He was wheeled in slowly since i wasn't an emergency. The head medic went to the desk and said, "we have another one looks likes he's pretty hurt too, what should we do with him." The recieptionist then said, " ummm, put him in that room over there and he should stay over night untill his wounds heal."

Kami was then wheeled to the room and put on to a bed. Kami then rolled over and went to sleep.

[Marii K. Kazeraikou]

((This one was supposed to be written before I left Tea, but here it goes)).

Marii went into the room the boy was sleeping. His face was paler than the last time she saw him, and white hair was spread around his head like a small halo. 'I can't wake him up....guess I should leave this one' thought the girl and laid a bento box wrapped in a small, light blue cotton scarf with blue-gray rain drops scattered around it. The brunette laid it on the small nightstand. It had a note attached to it:

'Kami-kun. When you read this, I'll be in Cloud. Eat this when you're heading home to Rain. PS: You can keep the scarf I knitted around it....you'll probably find a use for it. I'll visit you next time I'm in Rain.
Marii'.

She went out, hoping he would recover quickly.

[colbaltknight]

(sorry for the last short post Had to rush to finish it)

After Marii left in the middle of the night the mourning came as fast as the day before hade come. Kami had slept through the night and was thuroughly exausted. Uncle came into Kami's room and flicked on the light (it was still dark in the room). Hey, Hey! wake up come on. Kami rolled over and looked at his uncle. What the hell are you doing I'm in the hospital for a reason. Oh come off it, you always could heal flesh wounds easily they just scab over into a bruise. Now get up we have to leave right away. Uncle poked at kami's cuts that were now bruises. Ow ow, fine I'm up. Kami hoped out of bed and sliped into his normal clothes but he did this slowly because of his injuries.

Ok were are we going. Ok I have just recieved word that there has been an inaugaration of a new Kage do to Corrin sama's abcents. Who is it. Kami went back and sa on the bed and began putting his shoes on. It's Kininata. Kami stared at his uncle, Thats great thats all we have to leave for? Ya it is. Uncle looked away from kami over out the window. I don't want to tell him what dangers await him at the Aistyn clan ritual but he's going to have to find out sooner or later uncle sighed and got up and went over to the night stand were the bento box was. This is for you, it was left by some girl. Kami took the box a read the note. Cool. now i'm ready to go. Kami opend the box and began eating it as they left the hospital and went on thier way to the Rain country