Hanging by a Moment (Private Vivi)

Akina's eyelids fluttered, and she realized that she needed some medical attention. The wounds were worse than she thought. She felt warmth in her left hand, and managed to look at Viper with a sad smile. "I think, despite my efforts...I failed you again."

The girl gestured to her legs. "Sorry, but, could you carry me to the hospital? It's really starting to hurt." She tried to smile, but winced instead.

Viper sighs, "You did not fail me, I went a little to hard to show you what would happen in a real battle should that happen."
Viper gets to his feet but crouches low, he slips his arms under her form and stands now cradling her in his arms, he can't help but smile as he looks down at her form now in his arms and in his control, his eyes detail her form but train to her legs and how bad he hurt them, his grip tightens a bit while he holds her in his arms.
Viper's form swirls, followed by his wife to be, the two now transcending reality.
For but a moment Viper's inner world is visible, an abyssal black land scape illuminated by a blood red moon, that is all that is able to be seen before the area takes in a familiar view now being that of Konohagakure no Sato's hospital, Viper laying her in a spare bed as he instructs one of the medical ninja to treat her legs on his orders, the female medic begins doing as instructed using the healing palms to treat her heavily damaged legs, Viper watching with a bothered expression knowing that he did this to her.

Akina laughed a little as Viper picked her up. "Admit it, Viper, if this had been a real battle, I would have bled out and died within ten to fifteen minutes because I wouldn't have legs." There was a very wry smile on her face, but as the world swirled around her, the smile vanished into a face that held only pain.

As she was placed on the hospital bed, Akina's legs started burning. The cool of the bed held no relief, since the nurses were causing her pain with a simple cloth and water, but she tried to keep a dull look in her eyes. She had caught the look in Viper's eyes. They displayed a bit of sadness and guilt. She bit her lip for a moment and then looked at him and smiled lightly, cocking her head to the right slightly. "I'm doing fine, so please, don't worry!" Her voice sounded light and upbeat, despite the iron smell and commotion that was beginning to fill the air.

She closed her eyes and started to pray silent chants to the gods that the wounds were not that bad. The healing jutsu of the nurses felt strange on her body. It hurt with a burning as she felt her skin knitting itself back together after the wound had been sealed shut in a similar manner. Concern filled her face as the nurses explained that she was very lucky both of her shins were not broken.

Viper sighs watching this, he thinks of how worthless he is on the medical field, he recalls files he read upon the senju and how their cells have healing powers, this research being done around the time he got his rinnegan and the blood transfusion of senju and terumi.
Viper walks over to a vial and grabs a needle, he instructs a nurse to take a good majority of blood from him, enough to fill the container, she does as instructed as Viper sits back down in the chair slightly dizzy but breathing softly having an idea.
Viper with his hands shaking slightly forms the clone seal, a Kage Bunshin forms in front of him that grabs the jar of blood and begins to swirl, the clone going to Viper's secret base under Konohagakure no Sato, after finding a cave like chamber that leads even deeper under Konohagakure no Sato the blood is spread upon the ground as the clone clasps his hands together focusing chakra, the senju dna within Viper's blood reacts with the ground causing grass to grow at first, followed by but a few flowers, then twisting vegetation that begins to grow upwards in to the shape of a large tree roughly 25 meters tall, and 10 meters wide that fills the back wall of the cavern, an image of Viper is upon the base of the tree with six arms, the living senju clone being created.
The clone inspects this as he notes white bulbs upon the tree destined to be the creation he wished for to be of more use on the medical field, with this the clone vanishes in a puff of smoke returning the chakra to its creator. Viper si breathing softly in the chair recovering slowly form the amount of blood he had to give while watching Akina be treated in bed.

[Current Wordcount:7,552

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Growing the living senju clone tree since the 5,000 marker was hit, also claiming two semi-sentient senju slaves upon reaching the 7,000 work mark counting 2K for making clones.]

Approved

Akina's breathing eased as the nurses finished with their medical jutsu, and then she was tense yet again. Viper had one of the nurses fill a vial full of his blood, and he was shaking. Some of the nurses looked slightly concerned, but the color that left his face was starting to come back in a little while. The Hyuga girl smiled at him gently, trying to reassure him that she was fine, and that she understood that it was merely a lesson that she would have to learn sooner or later.

She found herself thinking of medics and medical ninja. They certainly had an important duty to the other ninja they worked with. Her eyes were drawn to Viper for a moment as she gathered her thoughts, and she decided to speak. "Viper-sama," she used the title since others were around--a fact that she found quite annoying-- "After my sword training, do you think I could undertake training to become a medical ninja? Maybe this way, we can stop always going to the hospital."

Viper nods softly sitting back in the chair, on top of the lateness of the hour the loss of blood to grow his creation leaves him tired, Viper yawns closing his eyes softly, he speaks softly.
"That would certainly be interesting, if you learn medical arts then you can actually heal yourself after you rush in against me." He chuckles softly, his senses feel out her presence while he rests his eyes, his color slowly coming back as his body is stabilizing, the dormant Rokubi aids in a faster recovery albeit nowhere near as good as his brothers Kyuubi but still enough to speed up natural blood cell creation.
"So, what do you want to do after this?"
Viper questions, the medic finishing the healing upon her legs with a worried sigh, she speaks softly, "Please do be more careful miss Hyuuga". The nurse bows softly and leaves the room leaving her and the Hokage alone once more.

Akina moved her right leg very carefully. It felt very heavy, but the pain had gone away. She moved her left leg up, bending it at the knee. She placed her chin on her knee, and sighed slightly as the nurse spoke. Have you ever tried fighting the Hokage? she thought wryly. No, didn't think so... The girl mentally stuck her tongue out at the nurse, but in reality, she merely nodded slightly. "Yes, ma'am, sorry for bothering you." She smiled slightly, but she heaved a sigh of relief as the nurse left.

She looked at Viper and chuckled at his joke. "Yeah, I guess I could be selfish and think like that." She stuck her tongue out playfully at him. She hopped down from the hospital bed and nearly landed on her knees. She smiled and chuckled lightly, "Oops, I guess I should be more careful on how I treat my limbs after they've just been healed, huh?" She had walked over to Viper and tried to grab his hand. There was a smile on her face. "Thanks for not killing me back there." There was a goofy smile on her face.

Akina's stomach growled lightly. "Why don't we go home? I'll cook for us and we can spend some time just...being." She could see the fatigue on Viper's face and decided that it was time for her to take care of him, if only just a little bit. She tried to take his other hand and pull him into a standing position. "No jutsu teleporting us, unless you're too tired to walk...Vivi." As she said the nickname, she blushed slightly, but there was a hint of affection in her voice and a smirk of satisfaction on her face.

Viper feels her hands grab his, he leans forward ensuring she does not really have to pull but making it look that way as he gets to his feet, "That sounds wonderful." He says with a soft smile, his left hand still holds her right hand, he hears her words with put a goofy smile on his face as he chuckles at his nickname.
"Just, do not call me that in front of Echo I beg of you, he will never let me hear the end of it!"
Viper says while laughing, his smile wide, he is happy she is warming up to him.

Viper leads them to the door and opens it, he now leads her through the hall and out the door, all the medics casting confused looks at them and each other on why the Hokage and this girl are holding hands and smiling, they shrug it off and go back to work, finding it better not to ask.
Viper looks up at the full moon above, the clouds incredibly thin after their constant rainstorm from before. "Looks like we stayed out all night again, at least this time I do not need to explain it to your aunt and uncle" Viper says teasingly, he sticks his tongue out at her while he turns his head to her.
Viper thinks back to when he first asked her to live with him, how the night was much like this one but ended very differently. Viper had to defend the girl from her uncle which he feels proved himself worthy to watch over her, this even surprisingly earned him her uncles blessing. Viper finds his thoughts wandering to the future, but one obstacle that Viper has not really thought about pops up in his mind, her age that at this time is no more than twelve, he is bound to get weird looks despite in really he is but thirteen in the body of a twenty one year old. Perhaps she will be interested in his little invention that can alter his ages around, but how can he tell her that he feels she is a little young?

[Current word count:8069.
Using 552 from the 7K post, the 158 prior, and this 359 to hit the 1K for my third senju clone growing from the tree.]

Akina shrank away from her admirers slightly, but once she noticed they weren't paying attention, she relaxed a little. Once she reached the outside, her countenance livened up a bit more. She smiled at the fading moon, and looked at Viper half-dreamily...right before she attempted to elbow him harshly in the ribs. "Psych! Bakka yaro! I'm to...ta...lly telling onii-chaaaan!" she sneered at him and let go of his hand and started to run to the house. She was laughing like a nymph as she ran.

"I'm probably gonna regret this tomorrow, but, oh well..." Her shins were hurting a little, but the little imp decided to take to the trees and run along the branches, summoning a clone before she started to climb the tree. The clone ran parallel to where she was, and Akina wondered if Viper would figure out her ploy soon.