Tsumai heard Alex scream and sprinted to his room.

Maru tried to calm him down.

Alex opened hhis eye to darkness. Terror and pain are a horrible combination. the drops that the nurses had put into his eyes had temporarily blinded him. He stared blankley up at the ceiling.

"Who's there?" He asked detecting another source of chakra close to him. He held up one hand towards it, but he didn't feel anything.

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James reached her before she could go in. "Wait, he's stopped... I want to see him too, but I want them to have time alone first." He said.  

Tsumai sighed and nodded."Alright"She said,looking away.

Maru touched Alex's hand."Alex.Its Maru"Maru said.

"Sorry." Alex said, concentrating on Maru's voice. "I can't see you..." He said sadly, looking blindly up at the ceiling. He was scared, he could see nothing but darkness, and he was in pain. He couldn't remember what happened either. He kept his hand to Maru's, not wanting to break the contact.

James looked over at Eric, still where he had left him, then at Shizuya. He had been quiet for a while. "Whats up little man?" He asked quietly. Shizuya cooed and reached for James' face.  

Tsumai sat down and sighed."I pray to god that he's okay"she mumbled,softly.She looked over at Shizuya and James,smiling softly.

Maru smiled and held Alex's hand."I know"Maru said,sadly.

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"He'll be fine." James said, convinced. "He's strong." He said, more to himself than anyone else. 'Please be ok.' he thought.

Alex nodded, frowning. "What happened to me?" He asked softly.

Eric watched the small family quietly, waiting until he could see Alex again. 

"A bilding fell on you after Pein threw you into the side"Maru said,tears in his eyes.He brought Alex's hand to his face and kissed it,softly.

"Eric,take Shizuya please"Tsumai said,quietly.She needed a hug and badly.

"A building..." He said. he didn't remember that, but maybe that was a good thing. Alex held Maur's hand gently, focusing on his chakra and the feel on his lips on his hand. He looked in the general direction that he was in and wondered if he would ever be able to see him again.

 "Ok." Eric said, a little confused but he took the baby from James anyway. 

Tsumai wrapped her arms around James's neck and hugged him.She buried her face in his chest,to keep from crying.

Maru sighed and held his hand.

James rested his chin on her head and rapped his arms protectively around her. "It'll be ok." He said, feeling tears in his eyes. "Everything... will be ok." 

Alex sighed and looked away, blinking away tears. "You know..." He said, a little shaky. "If I knew that last time I saw you... was gonna be the last time... I would have looked longer." He said with a small smile, trying to lighten the mood.

Shizuya looked at eric with a face that said, "Who the heck are you and why are you holding me." Eric chuckled and said, "I'm Eric."  

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Tsumai felt tears at the egde of her eyes and blinked them away."I wish none of this had happened!"She choked out,crying.

"You would have?"Maru asked.

James didn't respond, he wished none of it had ever happened either. But it had and there was nothing any of them could do about it. All they could do was hope that Alex was going to be ok.

 Eric let Shizuya pull his hair, "Ow. ow." He said playfully and Shizuya laughed, tugging harder on his blonde hair.

"Yeah." Alex said, still looking away from Maru. He wondered if that sounded weird, but it was too late he had already said it. He squeezed Maaru's hand, hoping he didn't mind and that he wasn't hurting him. He closed his eyes.

"I guess we can go in now." James said, squeezing Tsumai. "Unless you want to wait...?" He asked her.

Eric untangled his hair from Shizuya's fingers.