"She's very beautiful, her red hair in the curtain bangs style, her black eyeliner and her shapely body, man... she's really cool... haha". Kosuke thought, still a little stoned from his long recovery period, with a crooked smile.

Kosuke hadn't noticed, but his trance of thoughts had caused him to stare directly into Yamada's face without realizing it.

"Kosuke?" Yamada said.

"Huh?" Kosuke replied, still in his trance.

"Is everything okay?" Yamada said with a mischievous smile.

Kosuke realized that their eyes were staring at each other, blushed slightly and said.

"AhHhHh yes..." Kosuke said awkwardly and looked away from the window.

"Haha" Yamada laughed mischievously.

...

"Are you like my caretaker? Are you a nurse?" Kosuke asked.

"Humph >:(, Is that a nurse's uniform Mr. Kosuke?" Yamada asked uncomfortably.

"AhHhHh i'm... I'm sorry, I don't know, I'm new here in the village..." Kosuke answered awkwardly.

"Hm... I'm an elite ninja in the military of Amegakure, I've taken part in several wars including the one that's going on now" Yamada said.

"IS THERE A WAR GOING ON NOW?"

*Tush

"Shiiii" Yamada said and covered Kosuke's mouth.

Kosuke blushed again at the surprise.

"It's not public knowledge that Amegakure it still fighting small battles in the middle of the country so that the people don't get desperate during a time of war, our village's economy is already quite small compared to the big nations, so creating more public fanfare would only make things worse..." Yamada said with a pained expression.

Kosuke stepped back and understood the situation.

"I thought you already knew that, whiz boy" Yamada said with a mischievous look.

"She keeps calling me boy, how old is this grandma?" Kosuke thought angrily.

"Hanzõ never told me about this, we've had so many problems in the last few weeks, I had no idea that we had a war on top of it" Kosuke said confused and worried.

"Things are getting better Kosuke, the battles are calming down and the nations are discussing a truce, but no one is gaining anything from all this..." Yamada said sullenly.

"You said whis boy... why? What's that?" Kosuke asked.

"Oh, so... there were rumors that you fought alongside Hanzõ and managed to survive, it started with the Shinobi Force of Amegakure, probably went out to everyone's family who heard about it and eventually spread when I noticed that a lot of people were talking about it... is it true that you fought with Hanzõ?" Yamada asked.

"Oh... I fought with him, not against him, but I did" Kosuke replied.

"Against whom?" Yamada asked curiously.

"Well... I don't know if I can tell you... I'm sorry" Kosuke said awkwardly.

"Huh..." Yamada mumbled disappointedly.

"It's okay, I respect you" Yamada said.

"No offense, I just don't know if Hanzõ would scold me because of that..." Kosuke said.

"Relax, it's okay, trust your sensei" Yamada said, soothing Kosuke's uneasiness by making fun of him.

"Sensei..." Echoed in Kosuke's head.

...

"SENSEI!" Kosuke shouted.

"AH!" Yamada was startled by the shout and screamed in surprise as well.

"What?" Yamada said.

"Sensei UuUuUuh… I want to talk to my sensei, INARA, is he okay?" Kosuke asked very worried.

"Oh Inara you say? he's fine yes/" Yamada said and was finally cut off.

"WHERE IS HE?" Kosuke said with a twitch in his eyes.

"Ah... yes... he's here in the hospital in another room" Yamada said.

"CAN I PLEASE SEE HIM?" Kosuke asked, holding Yamada's arm and pleading to she.

Yamada could feel his arms shaking and his eyes flickering.

In Kosuke's mind, after he regained his memories, there were flashes of Inara's face, disfigured and bleeding on the ground after the impact.

Kosuke looked confused at Yamada in his trance and a tear ran down his cheek.

"Eii" Yamada said worriedly.

"It's okay, he's fine, calm down... (Yamada stands up), come here, let's go see him" Yamada says and helps Kosuke out of bed.

Kosuke, using two hospital crutches, goes to Inara's room where he was staying.

In room 103, Inara's room

When Kosuke opened the door, he saw a cloth partition in the middle of the first bed in the room, Inara was lying on the second bed.

Kosuke's heart was beating fast because he was worried about his sensei.

The closer he got to Inara's bed, the faster his heart was beating.

When he turned around completely and saw the whole bed, Kosuke saw Inara watching the window on the left side of the room, opposite to Kosuke.

"... ..." Kosuke flickers for a moment, watching Inara.

*Tuck Tuck

Kosuke lets go of his crutches and before he can fall, he lands on Inara's right side, hugging him and crying.

"Heyyy calm down!" Yamada said, worried about Kosuke.

"Ouch!" Yamada said, still slightly bruised from the hug.

"Oh! Oh! Ohhh! Kosuke, you look great!" Inara said proudly.

Kosuke lifted his face from Inara's belly and looked up at him, still hugging him.

"I thought I lost you too..." Kosuke said, his eyes shaking and tears streaming down his face.

Inara loses his smile a little when he realizes what he meant to Kosuke, Inara becomes a little embarrassed but at the same time very sweet, Inara looks at Kosuke on his lap for a moment, smiles again and says.

"I heard about everything you did, I'm alive because of you man, I'm proud of you!" Inara says with a gentle smile.

Inara hugs Kosuke.

Author note

10 chapters ahead at p@treon.com/persima

If we hit 100 power stones by Saturday, I'll post 1 extra chapter

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