Legacy of a Senju (Sequel)

Chapter 33 🌙

Recap: She squints heavily at the dim lighting, her eyesight wavering heavily. "I-Isamu." Haru croaks out, tears already pricking her eyes. "What?!" Isamu asks, ready to do anything to help his summoner.

Then a tear streams down her face. "I-I can't move."

••Haru's POV••

If I were to put my feelings in it's simplest form, I would say that my mind is telling me to do one thing but my body is doing the other. I want to sit up an just hold someone because I went through the scariest moment in my life, but I can't.

Kabuto raised hell on me as if he had a personal vendetta. After the first time I fainted he brought me back to consciousness only to inject me again, and again, and again. Each time with a higher dosage than before. I felt myself becoming weaker and weaker each time I opened my eyes, he would hit me to see if I lost my capability to move yet. When I finally did, he would start taking my blood from me.

I was literally begging him to stop injecting me with those damn syringes, and I think that doing that only fueled him to do it more.

So when I open my eyes, I'm relieved and terrified when I don't see Kabuto peering over my face. All I see is a dim lighting above me. I squint a bit, trying to grasp whatever's happening to me when I hear Isamu's voice. "Haru!" He yelps, obviously happy to see me awake.

My heart drops when I try to sit up to embrace my wolf summoning but I can't. Tears start to flow from my eyes when my nightmare becomes a reality. "I-Isamu." I croak out, panic slipping through my tone.

"What?!" He asks, confused by my lack of sudden movement. "I-I can't move." I whimper, my worn out eyes filling up with tears all over again. The room falls silent when I say this and suddenly Shinji as at my side.

"Haru! What do you mean you can't move?!" He asks, worry and panic evident in his voice. I stare blankly as the dim light above me, the tears falling like a running waterfall.

"I-I can't f-feel my body." I stutter, mentally freaking out over my current situation. Shinji places his hand over mines and looks at me face for any kind of recognition "Do you feel my hand there?" He asks. I close my eyes and take a deep breath. "K-kinda." I reply, ready to break down once it dawns on me.

I've basically become useless.

Shinji's blue eyes widen when he realizes how serious my condition is. "I'll help you sit up then." I attempt at nodding, but a searing pain hits my neck to which I wince. "Y-yeah just do that." I say, opting to not make so many movements.

Shinji basically takes hold of my torso and pulls me up to his chest, I then lean against the wall with my legs not moving an inch. I don't look around the room, opting to stare at my lap and cry pathetically. The tears that were once streaming down my cheeks now land pitifully on my lap.

From the waist down I feel nothing, literal numbness takes over my legs. From the waist up is a different story. I could sort of feel, I think I could try to move but that would only result in immense pain.

Shinji stares at me for a moment before clicking his tongue "I know what I'll do." I don't look at him but instead continue to hang my head low. "W-what are you going to do?" I ask, curious to see what type of solution he'll make up for this mess.

He glares fiercely at the tears falling down my face. "Don't worry about it, in the meantime you take care of her until I get back." He says, peaking my interest. Who is he talking to? I thought he and I were the only ones in the room? Well, Isamu as well.

I gather all my energy possible and pick up my head, finally looking up to see Sasuke staring straight at me, leaning against the very same pillar Orochimaru was earlier before. I frown at him, opting to stay silent as the tears don't stop at all. In fact I think they've only worsened.