Shin was locked in battle with their target. His giant shuriken sent up sparks as it clashed against the Iwa spyās sword over and over. She was very good at kenjutsu and even better at espionageāwhich was why she had been marked for assassination as soon as Konoha realized she was a double agent.
His brotherās voice cut through Shinās concentration. āNii-sanā¦ā the boy cried, his voice filled with quiet desperation. The child had been looking for an opening to join the fight when a second, unseen opponent attacked him.
Horrified, Shin watched in his peripheral vision as his brother crumpled to the ground. Blood poured out of the boyās exposed stomach. This was Shinās worst nightmare: his brother was in mortal danger, and Shin couldnāt reach him.
Summoning all of his strength, Shin swung his great shuriken in a powerful arc. The Iwa shinobiās head toppled from her shoulders. Her body fell, spraying Shin with blood. The scream from the second attacker left no doubt that Shin had just killed the love of his life.
The Iwa man lifted his sword over Shinās brother to kill him in revenge. But before he could, the older boy flung the giant shuriken, infusing it with his chakra. It spun right through the man. The two halves of him crashed immediately to the ground.
āOtouto,ā Shin panted. He ran to his brother, lifted the gore-covered weapon back onto his own shoulders, and then turned the boy over. How much of this blood was the manās and how much was Shinās brotherās? Shin poured water from a flask over the boyās wound to clean it. The blood flowed right back out like a river.
Shinās heart plummeted through the ground. His hands were suddenly clammy and shaking. He did his best to stitch the wound and bandage it, but even that didnāt stop the bleeding. His poor brother began to cry, even in his swoon. Shin took a moment to rub his back and comfort him.
āShh, itās okay, otouto, Iām here,ā he said. Hopefully the fear wasnāt apparent in his voice. āLetās get you some help. Youāve gotta stay awake for me, okay?ā
He lifted his brother and took off through the treetops, thanking Kami that theyād found the double agent close to their village.
Clinging onto the light of his brothers face in the darkness of his subconscious. He could hear it. The true voice of his brother calling out to him. Protecting him. Telling him that he was there for him to get him some help.Ā
Never had he ever clung this much to his life. He was never this close to death before. His body losing a river of red.
Yet he still clung to the voice of the elder through the dark. While a happy setting played in his mind. A smiling Shin and a smiling Sai.Ā
Bright smiles leading him back home.Ā
Real smiles in his wake.Ā
āNii-san...ā A soft groan leaving his weakened body as he lifted his head. Black eyes half open.Ā
A bright light shining and blinding his vision. Blurs of grey and figures clad in white uniforms surrounding him.Ā
āWh-Where are we? What happened?ā Mustering up the strength to speak and begin propping himself up in the hospital cot he held his stomach where a sharp pain was tearing through him. He groaned a little louder, groggy from waking after hours.
The last thing in his mind was an ambush. After that he was confused as to where he was or how he got hurt.Ā
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