In the hospital room.
Yugito seemed to have slept for a very long time.
Scene after scene from Kumogakure flashed before her eyes.
From when she had been chosen as a Jinchuriki, becoming a Jinchuriki.
She had worked hard to communicate with Matatabi through her own abilities and had fought for Kumogakure her entire life.
In the end, the Raikage had chosen Killer Bee as the Eight-Tails' Jinchuriki rather than her.
Though people naturally had those they favored and those they did not, the Raikage's choice had still made her feel betrayed.
Then the scene shifted to the first time she had met Yoya in the Land of Water.
She had delivered ships to Hidden Radiance Village, encountered a storm at sea, and become stranded on the ocean with Yoya.
After that, Yoya often took missions escorting merchant ships from the Land of Water across the sea, all just to fight her.
That time, Yoya had said something misleading, making her fly into a rage and severely injure him.
Yet when they met in the Land of Mud, Yoya had suddenly confessed to her.
They had just agreed to be together, only to meet again on Kumogakure's arena, fighting for their lives.
She had been defeated, but that did not matter. What mattered was that she had thought Yoya truly wanted to kill her.
The moment she woke up, she had gone to Yoya for confirmation, only to discover that she had misunderstood him.
Yoya had even stabbed himself in the heart.
When Obito attacked, Yoya had come specifically to save her.
Faced with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path summoned by Obito, the Two-Tails Matatabi had been useless aside from trembling in fear.
Whether he faced a falling meteor or the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, Yoya