The New Era~~~ Chapter 17

~~~Chapter 17: Love in the Sand
Noir, Rutsu, Hinata, Gaara, and Neji walked into the lobby of the hospital; Chihiro was there to greet them.
“Well, we’d love to stay, but I need Rutsu for something,” muttered Gaara.
With that, the couple left, leaving everyone guessing about what they were up to.

Gaara was blushing as he dragged Rutsu behind the building and concealed them in a room of sand. Both there hearts raced as Gaara got down on his knees. A ring boxed slowly emerged from a small pillar of sand that rose to Rutsu’s waist. A hand of sand opened it and fell back into the sand.
“Rutsu Yoshinoto, will you have me?” asked Gaara, his head held up and hesitating between words.
Rutsu paused and tears of joy began to slowly drip from her face, and she replied, “Yes!”

Back inside the hospital, Neji was put in a bed next to the one Maiko was asleep in.
“Jeez, Hinata, what did you do to him?” asked Chihiro, peeking under Neji’s blankets.
“I think you know,” replied Hinata.
“Wow,” sighed Noir, looking at the scar on Maika’s stomach, since her covered had been tossed around and her limbs were sprawled out all over the bed, “you healed that wound so quickly, but not completely… here, let me.”
Noir waved his hand slowly over her stomach, a red light coming from his palm. The scar disappeared.
Chihiro looked up at Noir in amazement. Noir turned and smiled at her and she quickly turned away, her face glowing red. Just then, Maika sprang out of her bed screaming and falling onto the floor.
“You! You! It’s you!” she yelled, pointing a trembling finger at Noir.
Noir quickly backed away as Chihiro calmed her down and explained the situation.
“O-oh…” stammered Maika, “so, Chihiro-san and you healed me…”
“Oh, don’t say ‘san’,” demanded Chihiro, “I’m taking you in, you don’t have to address me like that!”
Neji was instantly up by some miracle. He began to tear the idea to shreds, but Hinata repeated her actions.
“Now he’s got two weeks,” she said.
“Holy shit! Hinata, he’s my top advisor!” screamed Naruto, skidding into the room, “Oh, and I trust you are Noir? Rutsu and Gaara stopped by to tell me what happened before they headed back for the sand village… that reminds, those are apparently getting married.”
“MARRIED!?” they all screamed, all in cheer, surprise, and fear.
“Yup, and we’re all invited to the wedding in the sand village next week,” Naruto finished.
“So… um, Noir, do you have a place to stay?” asked Naruto.
“No… Naruto, was it?”
“Yeah… well then, Chihiro! You are to let him stay with you!”
Chihiro shrieked with fanatic glee before falling over, out cold.
“Umm… ok… Noir, would you carry her to her home? It’s the large house next door.”
“Yes, I would be glad to,” replied Noir, picking up Maika and Chihiro with ease.