Ashalita Phoenix
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This is the last chapter... I feel sad to end it but I must
Chapter Sixteen: Gaara's Rainy Day
“Ashley, don’t go… Not now… You said that you will wait for me. You better keep your word. Damn it, you can’t leave… I know you are strong, you can pull through this.” Gaara cried. “Please come back, I love you so much. Don’t leave me…” Everyone watched him clinched onto the inert body, soaking her with his endless tears. “Please…”
“Why are you crying?” A weak voice said. He let go of her and found her angel eyes staring straight at him. “Did something happen?”
“Ashley…” Gaara cried, cupping her face. “You’re alive…” He hugged her tightly. “I thought I lost you.”
“Gaara…” She said. What’s going on here???
“Thank goodness…” Alexia said. Then the nurse came with the air tank. “Gaara, help me with her. I need to do the surgery on her.”
“What?” Sasuke said. “Who paid for the surgery?”
“I did…” Aleria said. “Everything is paid for.”
“Ashley, you better not leave us.” Gaara said, lifting her up.
“I have a good life waiting for me, why will I run away from that?” She said, giggling. Gaara followed Alexia and left the room.
“Well, we have to take this scumbag to the Police Force.” Itachi said.
“How did you know he will be here?” Sasuke asked.
“Well, we were tracking him for awhile now. I mean forever.” Sasori said. “Itachi and I were undercover agents of the Police Forces. We joined the Akatsuki to get close to Orochimaru and save Aleria.”
“Wait… You two are agents…” Naruto said.
“Yeah and I ended up being the guitarist while Sasori the leading vocalist.” Itachi said. “We also had some help from Aleria. She was the one to tell us to come here. She was still spying on Orochimaru.”
“It will be a lot easier if Ashley remember anything but she had an injured on her head that cause her to have amnesia. She doesn’t know anything about the car crash.” Aleria said. “So she couldn’t help with the investigation.”
“Aleria, I am so sorry that I doubted you.” Sasuke said.
“No, you were right Sasuke. I was being a horrible sister to Ashley.” Aleria said, smiling. “I thought I was doing the right thing, making her hate me but all I did was given her pain.” She placed her hand on his shoulder. “She is lucky to have you, to have all of you.”
“Aleria, we have to go.” Sasori said, grabbing her hand. “I am glad that you set things right.”
“I know…” She said. “So you finally have the guts.”
“Yeah…” He said, kissing her on the forehead. “I do…” He walked away, helping Itachi with Orochimaru. “See you all later.”
“What was that about?” Sakura asked.
“Nothing…” Aleria said, giggling. “Well, we should all leave right now.”
“WAIT, HOW ABOUT ASHLEY?” Sasuke snapped.
“She is under the hands of the greatest doctor in Konoha. Ashley will be fine. You all need some rest.” Aleria said, smiling. “She will probably be awake when you all return and she will love to hear your stories.”
It has been two weeks and the operation was a success. Ashley was unconscious, lying peacefully on the hospital bed. Everyone came to visit her, talking to her as if she was awake. Sakura and Ino always brought flowers. Lily and Chouji brought basket of fruit while Shikamaru tries to sleep beside her. Temari will hit him, causing him to collapse of the floor. Well, you can’t blame him. He is after all lazy. Naruto will try to wake her up by shaking her roughly and Hinata will always try to make him stop but he wouldn’t listen. In the end, Tenten will punch him to the ground and Neji will have to help him along with Kiba and Shino. Rock Lee will appear and start to scream about youth then again Tenten will punch him, letting the boys once again aid an injured person. Everyone cared for her. However, the one who visit her the most was Gaara. He will always play the red guitar she gave him, strumming it gracefully for her. The nurses will spy on him singing and playing next to the sleepy beauty.
“Oh he is so cute…” One nurse said, sighing with awe.
“He is so dreamy.” Another nurse said, also sighing. “That girl is so lucky…” After his song, he will leave and come back tomorrow. It was the same routine every day. He will visit her before he goes to school and visit her again after school, hoping for her to wake up. Then one day, he didn’t visit her. He didn’t come to see her. “Lady Alexia, I am worried about the red head that comes to visit her. He hasn’t show up yet and he never missed a day without seeing her.” Alexia was checking her pulse, making sure she was breathing well.
“He will be fine. He is just a needs so fresh air.” Alexia replied, looking through her charts. That mechanical lung is amazing. I wonder why it’s expensive. It works like the real thing. “Anyway, do you have the dress?”
“Of course but I don’t know what it’s for.” The nurse said, giving her the dress. It was a baby blue dress decorated with blue ribbons. Alexia placed it on her bed.
“You will see…” Alexia said, staring at the window. It was raining. “She loves the rain.”
“Hmmm???” The nurse said, looking dumbfounded.
“Come on… We have a lot of work to do.” Alexia said, walking out the room. “So little time…”
“WAIT FOR ME LADY ALEXIA…” The nurse screamed, racing towards her. “LADY ALEXIA…”
“It’s raining… It’s been awhile.” Temari said, staring outside the window. “I hope Gaara is alright. He hasn’t come home yet.”
“He is not a little boy anymore Temari. He can take care of himself.” Shikamaru said, sitting lazily on the sofa.
“I know… I know he can manage but it’s his emotions that worry me.” Temari said, turning to him. “It already been two weeks and Ashley is still unconscious.”
“We just have to be patient.” Chouji said, sitting beside Shikamaru. “The surgery took a lot in Ashley. As long her life in not endanger, it’s perfectly fine. All we need is to wait.”
“I know but I just hope she can wake up.” Temari said.
This place is so damn quiet even for me… I miss her. Sasuke thought, sitting on the sofa in his living room and staring at the ceiling. “Damn I am so bored.”
“You miss her don’t you?” A voice said. He turned and found his older brother.
“What are you doing here?” He asked. Man, he is so annoying…
“I have every right to be here. This is after all my home too.” Itachi replied calmly. “I had a day off today. I already dealt with the Aaron’s murder case. Orochimaru is in prison for life.”
“How about his company?” Sasuke asked.
“I heard his successor Kabuto will take over.” Itachi said. “I have to look into it to see if he is clean.”
“I highly doubt he is.” Sasuke replied. “I sense he is just like his stupid boss.”
“It’s amazing though, how Ashley can still be alive.” Itachi said, changing the subject.
“Hmmm…”
“I went through her medical files and found a lot of amazing stuff. All her injuries from the crash were critical and not a normal human being should even survive but she did. Also, the truth is that when the car crashed Aaron carried her body and hid her in a bush. I don’t know how she managed to walk a few miles from the scene.” Itachi said. “Well, everything ends well.”
“Itachi, you talk too much…” Sasuke said, looking annoyed.
“You just wish she was here to school you.” Itachi teased.
“NO…” Sasuke snapped.
“Don’t worry… She will come back soon.” Itachi said, turning to the window. It was raining. “After all, it’s raining.”
Hmmm….Is that light?
It’s so bright… I don’t hear a thing…
Did something happen???
Ashley opened her eyes slowly and found herself in the hospital. “How long I was asleep?” She said, walking out of her bed. She walked sluggishly to the mirror. “My hair??? It’s longer than before. Was I out for a month?” She then looked around the room and found the dress on the bed. “I need some answers.” She swiftly put on the dress and stared at the window. She then let out a grin. “It’s raining…” What a beautiful rainy day…
Gaara was standing on the cliff, leaning against the metal rail. He was all soaked wet but he didn’t care. He was staring at the flowers. You always love the rain… I couldn’t see it. He looked up in the sky, watching the rain fall. Now I do… But at the same time it only brings painful memories. I lost you and it was raining. Thank God I didn’t. He then turned his gaze back to the meadow. I need a new memory, a happy memory. “The rain is beautiful…”
“I know right…” A voice said. “I told you it was beautiful.”
“I must be losing my mind. I am hearing her voice.” Gaara said, running his fingers through his wet hair. “I think I need to get some sleep after this.”
“You are not losing your mind.” The voice said. “You are pretty sane to me.”
“It’s like she is right here.” Gaara said.
“I am right here…”
“I know, in my heart right? I didn’t think you are going to be in my mind too.” Gaara said.
“Actually, I am right behind you.” The voice said. He turned and found a soaked Ashley in the blue dress. She was smiling at him. “Hello Gaara.”
“Ashley, is that really? Or my mind is playing tricks on me.” He said, looking shocked. He cupped her face and stared into her eyes. “It is you…”
“Of course… You thought it was a ghost or something.” Ashley asked, giggling. “Well, you wouldn’t feel anything if I were one. Your hand will go through my body.” He was still shocked. “Gaara, are you okay? I am not a ghost, I swear.”
“When did you???”
“I love the rain…” She interrupted, looking up at the sky. “I don’t want to miss it. I’ve realize I’ve been out for two weeks. I must have missed a lot of rain.” She then turned back to him and smiled. “I never thought of seeing you in the rain though.”
“I guess you made me love the rain too.” Gaara said, smiling back. He pulled her into his arms. “I missed you.”
“I missed you too.” She said, hugging back. She then pulled back. “I am kind a disappointed in you.”
“Me???” Gaara said. “What did I do?”
“You promised me that you will teach me how to ride a bike.” She pouted, crossing her arms and looking away.
“Well, I can’t do that when you are about to die can I?” He replied. “And besides, we have all the time in the world now.” She turned to him. “So I can teach you how to do a lot of things.”
“Even ride a motorcycle…” She said.
“I will think about that.” Gaara said.
“You are no fun at all.” She replied. “You sound just like my father… Always treat me like a….” Then Gaara bend down and kissed her, stopping her from saying anything. He then pulled back and all she did was stared at him and blushed. “Wow…”
“I love you Ashley…” Gaara said.
“Gaara, I have something I need to tell you.” Ashley said, looking at him. “Something very important…”
“What is it?” Gaara said, looking worried. “You are not dying again.” Then Ashley jumped and splashed him with the muddy puddle in front of him. He was all muddy. “What the…”
“Catch me if you can slowpoke…” She cheered, racing away in the rain.
I love the rain… Gaara thought, smiling. Now I have a new memory in the rain… He then raced towards her. “You better run… You are in big trouble if I catch you Ashley.” She was giggling as she tried her best to get away from him.
“LADY ALEXIA, ASHLEY IS GONE…” The nurse screamed. Aleria and Alexia raced in the room and found an empty bed and an open window.
“She snuck out the window like old times.” Aleria said, giggling. “She doesn’t like the hospital very much.”
“But she loves the rain…” Alexia said, smiling.
“But Lady Alexia, how about the patient?” The nurse said. “Should we send a search party to find her? She jumped out the window for heaven sakes and it’s the second floor.”
“There is no need for that.” Alexia said. “She will be fine…”
Chapter Sixteen: Gaara's Rainy Day
“Ashley, don’t go… Not now… You said that you will wait for me. You better keep your word. Damn it, you can’t leave… I know you are strong, you can pull through this.” Gaara cried. “Please come back, I love you so much. Don’t leave me…” Everyone watched him clinched onto the inert body, soaking her with his endless tears. “Please…”
“Why are you crying?” A weak voice said. He let go of her and found her angel eyes staring straight at him. “Did something happen?”
“Ashley…” Gaara cried, cupping her face. “You’re alive…” He hugged her tightly. “I thought I lost you.”
“Gaara…” She said. What’s going on here???
“Thank goodness…” Alexia said. Then the nurse came with the air tank. “Gaara, help me with her. I need to do the surgery on her.”
“What?” Sasuke said. “Who paid for the surgery?”
“I did…” Aleria said. “Everything is paid for.”
“Ashley, you better not leave us.” Gaara said, lifting her up.
“I have a good life waiting for me, why will I run away from that?” She said, giggling. Gaara followed Alexia and left the room.
“Well, we have to take this scumbag to the Police Force.” Itachi said.
“How did you know he will be here?” Sasuke asked.
“Well, we were tracking him for awhile now. I mean forever.” Sasori said. “Itachi and I were undercover agents of the Police Forces. We joined the Akatsuki to get close to Orochimaru and save Aleria.”
“Wait… You two are agents…” Naruto said.
“Yeah and I ended up being the guitarist while Sasori the leading vocalist.” Itachi said. “We also had some help from Aleria. She was the one to tell us to come here. She was still spying on Orochimaru.”
“It will be a lot easier if Ashley remember anything but she had an injured on her head that cause her to have amnesia. She doesn’t know anything about the car crash.” Aleria said. “So she couldn’t help with the investigation.”
“Aleria, I am so sorry that I doubted you.” Sasuke said.
“No, you were right Sasuke. I was being a horrible sister to Ashley.” Aleria said, smiling. “I thought I was doing the right thing, making her hate me but all I did was given her pain.” She placed her hand on his shoulder. “She is lucky to have you, to have all of you.”
“Aleria, we have to go.” Sasori said, grabbing her hand. “I am glad that you set things right.”
“I know…” She said. “So you finally have the guts.”
“Yeah…” He said, kissing her on the forehead. “I do…” He walked away, helping Itachi with Orochimaru. “See you all later.”
“What was that about?” Sakura asked.
“Nothing…” Aleria said, giggling. “Well, we should all leave right now.”
“WAIT, HOW ABOUT ASHLEY?” Sasuke snapped.
“She is under the hands of the greatest doctor in Konoha. Ashley will be fine. You all need some rest.” Aleria said, smiling. “She will probably be awake when you all return and she will love to hear your stories.”
It has been two weeks and the operation was a success. Ashley was unconscious, lying peacefully on the hospital bed. Everyone came to visit her, talking to her as if she was awake. Sakura and Ino always brought flowers. Lily and Chouji brought basket of fruit while Shikamaru tries to sleep beside her. Temari will hit him, causing him to collapse of the floor. Well, you can’t blame him. He is after all lazy. Naruto will try to wake her up by shaking her roughly and Hinata will always try to make him stop but he wouldn’t listen. In the end, Tenten will punch him to the ground and Neji will have to help him along with Kiba and Shino. Rock Lee will appear and start to scream about youth then again Tenten will punch him, letting the boys once again aid an injured person. Everyone cared for her. However, the one who visit her the most was Gaara. He will always play the red guitar she gave him, strumming it gracefully for her. The nurses will spy on him singing and playing next to the sleepy beauty.
“Oh he is so cute…” One nurse said, sighing with awe.
“He is so dreamy.” Another nurse said, also sighing. “That girl is so lucky…” After his song, he will leave and come back tomorrow. It was the same routine every day. He will visit her before he goes to school and visit her again after school, hoping for her to wake up. Then one day, he didn’t visit her. He didn’t come to see her. “Lady Alexia, I am worried about the red head that comes to visit her. He hasn’t show up yet and he never missed a day without seeing her.” Alexia was checking her pulse, making sure she was breathing well.
“He will be fine. He is just a needs so fresh air.” Alexia replied, looking through her charts. That mechanical lung is amazing. I wonder why it’s expensive. It works like the real thing. “Anyway, do you have the dress?”
“Of course but I don’t know what it’s for.” The nurse said, giving her the dress. It was a baby blue dress decorated with blue ribbons. Alexia placed it on her bed.
“You will see…” Alexia said, staring at the window. It was raining. “She loves the rain.”
“Hmmm???” The nurse said, looking dumbfounded.
“Come on… We have a lot of work to do.” Alexia said, walking out the room. “So little time…”
“WAIT FOR ME LADY ALEXIA…” The nurse screamed, racing towards her. “LADY ALEXIA…”
“It’s raining… It’s been awhile.” Temari said, staring outside the window. “I hope Gaara is alright. He hasn’t come home yet.”
“He is not a little boy anymore Temari. He can take care of himself.” Shikamaru said, sitting lazily on the sofa.
“I know… I know he can manage but it’s his emotions that worry me.” Temari said, turning to him. “It already been two weeks and Ashley is still unconscious.”
“We just have to be patient.” Chouji said, sitting beside Shikamaru. “The surgery took a lot in Ashley. As long her life in not endanger, it’s perfectly fine. All we need is to wait.”
“I know but I just hope she can wake up.” Temari said.
This place is so damn quiet even for me… I miss her. Sasuke thought, sitting on the sofa in his living room and staring at the ceiling. “Damn I am so bored.”
“You miss her don’t you?” A voice said. He turned and found his older brother.
“What are you doing here?” He asked. Man, he is so annoying…
“I have every right to be here. This is after all my home too.” Itachi replied calmly. “I had a day off today. I already dealt with the Aaron’s murder case. Orochimaru is in prison for life.”
“How about his company?” Sasuke asked.
“I heard his successor Kabuto will take over.” Itachi said. “I have to look into it to see if he is clean.”
“I highly doubt he is.” Sasuke replied. “I sense he is just like his stupid boss.”
“It’s amazing though, how Ashley can still be alive.” Itachi said, changing the subject.
“Hmmm…”
“I went through her medical files and found a lot of amazing stuff. All her injuries from the crash were critical and not a normal human being should even survive but she did. Also, the truth is that when the car crashed Aaron carried her body and hid her in a bush. I don’t know how she managed to walk a few miles from the scene.” Itachi said. “Well, everything ends well.”
“Itachi, you talk too much…” Sasuke said, looking annoyed.
“You just wish she was here to school you.” Itachi teased.
“NO…” Sasuke snapped.
“Don’t worry… She will come back soon.” Itachi said, turning to the window. It was raining. “After all, it’s raining.”
Hmmm….Is that light?
It’s so bright… I don’t hear a thing…
Did something happen???
Ashley opened her eyes slowly and found herself in the hospital. “How long I was asleep?” She said, walking out of her bed. She walked sluggishly to the mirror. “My hair??? It’s longer than before. Was I out for a month?” She then looked around the room and found the dress on the bed. “I need some answers.” She swiftly put on the dress and stared at the window. She then let out a grin. “It’s raining…” What a beautiful rainy day…
Gaara was standing on the cliff, leaning against the metal rail. He was all soaked wet but he didn’t care. He was staring at the flowers. You always love the rain… I couldn’t see it. He looked up in the sky, watching the rain fall. Now I do… But at the same time it only brings painful memories. I lost you and it was raining. Thank God I didn’t. He then turned his gaze back to the meadow. I need a new memory, a happy memory. “The rain is beautiful…”
“I know right…” A voice said. “I told you it was beautiful.”
“I must be losing my mind. I am hearing her voice.” Gaara said, running his fingers through his wet hair. “I think I need to get some sleep after this.”
“You are not losing your mind.” The voice said. “You are pretty sane to me.”
“It’s like she is right here.” Gaara said.
“I am right here…”
“I know, in my heart right? I didn’t think you are going to be in my mind too.” Gaara said.
“Actually, I am right behind you.” The voice said. He turned and found a soaked Ashley in the blue dress. She was smiling at him. “Hello Gaara.”
“Ashley, is that really? Or my mind is playing tricks on me.” He said, looking shocked. He cupped her face and stared into her eyes. “It is you…”
“Of course… You thought it was a ghost or something.” Ashley asked, giggling. “Well, you wouldn’t feel anything if I were one. Your hand will go through my body.” He was still shocked. “Gaara, are you okay? I am not a ghost, I swear.”
“When did you???”
“I love the rain…” She interrupted, looking up at the sky. “I don’t want to miss it. I’ve realize I’ve been out for two weeks. I must have missed a lot of rain.” She then turned back to him and smiled. “I never thought of seeing you in the rain though.”
“I guess you made me love the rain too.” Gaara said, smiling back. He pulled her into his arms. “I missed you.”
“I missed you too.” She said, hugging back. She then pulled back. “I am kind a disappointed in you.”
“Me???” Gaara said. “What did I do?”
“You promised me that you will teach me how to ride a bike.” She pouted, crossing her arms and looking away.
“Well, I can’t do that when you are about to die can I?” He replied. “And besides, we have all the time in the world now.” She turned to him. “So I can teach you how to do a lot of things.”
“Even ride a motorcycle…” She said.
“I will think about that.” Gaara said.
“You are no fun at all.” She replied. “You sound just like my father… Always treat me like a….” Then Gaara bend down and kissed her, stopping her from saying anything. He then pulled back and all she did was stared at him and blushed. “Wow…”
“I love you Ashley…” Gaara said.
“Gaara, I have something I need to tell you.” Ashley said, looking at him. “Something very important…”
“What is it?” Gaara said, looking worried. “You are not dying again.” Then Ashley jumped and splashed him with the muddy puddle in front of him. He was all muddy. “What the…”
“Catch me if you can slowpoke…” She cheered, racing away in the rain.
I love the rain… Gaara thought, smiling. Now I have a new memory in the rain… He then raced towards her. “You better run… You are in big trouble if I catch you Ashley.” She was giggling as she tried her best to get away from him.
“LADY ALEXIA, ASHLEY IS GONE…” The nurse screamed. Aleria and Alexia raced in the room and found an empty bed and an open window.
“She snuck out the window like old times.” Aleria said, giggling. “She doesn’t like the hospital very much.”
“But she loves the rain…” Alexia said, smiling.
“But Lady Alexia, how about the patient?” The nurse said. “Should we send a search party to find her? She jumped out the window for heaven sakes and it’s the second floor.”
“There is no need for that.” Alexia said. “She will be fine…”
