Harem
ch. 1
summary: Without even realizing it, Sakura had a harem. SakuXMulti
a/n- kinda AU
disclaimer: don't own naruto
Maybe the reason she was in the hospital right now was karma. Like any other normal human being on this ironic little planet, she was a sinner. Not that she did anything completely terrible like plundering villages or murdering people, Sakura still lied to others- white lies, of course.
Anyhow, Sakura reasoned that all those little white lies, excuses, & the plethora of other seemingly small naughty deeds had added up, and landed her in the hospital. See, she had been trying out a new tracking contraption created by Shizune. It was supposed to point to Konoha from anywhere in the world, regardless of distance, height, or direction. Naturally Sakura volunteered to help out her happy-go-lucky mentor, especially if it meant getting out of the hospital for a while. So she took the device out into the Konoha forests.
Distance; nearly 20 miles out of Konoha's gates had her in a small clearing surrounded by trees. Direction; she'd spun around multiple times. Height; she'd been at a constant. She considered herself a very smart and capable kuniochi, so naturally she chakra climbed the nearest, and largest tree she could find. However, while she had perfect chakra manipulation, she lacked the reserves to continuously use it. Especially after an intense workout with Gai & Lee.
Needless to say, the contraption worked. However, it no longer mattered now that it was crushed into pieces by Sakura's bottom, and laying in the forest somewhere south of Konoha.
'Damnit!'
Sakura landed on her hand, and suppressed a scream as a shock of pain went up her arm. She rolled over haphazardly and looked up at the gray sky.
It started raining.
Knowing the walk home would be hell, a frustrated moan escaped her lips. Calculating the chakra needed to run back to Konoha, she cursed again. Of course she didn't have enough chakra, she never was enough. She needed to summon one of Katsuya's slugs in order to get herself out of the now raining what little chakra she had left, she brought her thumb up to her lip and bit down harshly. Making the necessary hand signs, she summoned a slug.
A small poof was heard as the slug appeared. It landed on her stomach.
"Hello, Miss. What is it that you need of me?" the small slug asked politely. Sakura coughed, and the slug noticed it's perch. It quickly slithered off.
"Could you please give a message to Tsunade-sama? Tell her I'm twenty miles south of Konoha, in a clearing about 450 yards from the large river that runs down to the border. Make sure you let her know that I'm in need of immediate assistance. Thank you."
Everything after that was a little hazy, and quite dark.
Anyhow, she was now stuck in her too stuffy hospital room, laying on her too firm mattress, sipping too warm water from a too thin straw.
She heard muffled voices nearing her room, and decided to play possum. Shutting her eyes, she inhaled slower, mimicking someone who was sleeping soundly. The door opened, allowing two familiar chakra signatures to walk into her room. Tsunade, seeing Sakura 'asleep', held a very excited Naruto back.
"Oi, she has a broken bone, brat."
"Why didn't you heal it? I mean, I know the hospital is incompetent without Sakura-chan, but-" Naruto received a swift kick to the stomach before he could finish the rest of that thought. Sakura had to repress a smile when she heard his praise/insult to her and Tsunade respectively.
"This is one too many times Sakura has gotten an injury carelessly. She of all people should know the hospital is understaffed, and quite frankly we're all underpaid. She needs to learn her lesson."
"What do you MEAN you're not gonna heal her? Obaa-chan, what the hell is wrong with you!?" argued Naruto's low voice.
"Shut it, kid. She needs to stop being so reckle-" her mentor's voice was cut off.
"JUST WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU PLAYING AT HERE, BAA-CHAN. YOU'RE A MEDIC! YOU HEAL PEOPLE, NOT TEACH THEM LESSO-" Naruto didn't even try being quiet that time. Sakura groaned at his volume, and the fact that her damn shishou wasn't going to heal her broken arm. Both parties looked at the moaning girl, and both smiled slightly.
"Have fun falling out of trees?" Naruto asked with a cheeky smile. Sakura felt her face flush, and she shot Naruto a deadpan kind of look.
"Yes. It was quite enjoyable, Uzumaki-san." Sakura monotonously replied. Naruto's faced dropped.
"Ehh, Sakura-chan! That's no fair. You know how much that hurts my feelings!" the volume of his voice increased with every word.
"Alright, shut up and leave, brat. You've seen her, and she's fine." Sakura's previously ignored shishou muttered, her eyes showing the tiniest bit of affection for her apprentice and the kyuubi vessel.
"Okay, okay. Just make me leave Sakura all by her lonesome." Naruto sulked, heading towards the window and sliding it open. He positioned himself to jump out, but hesitated, choosing instead to look back at the Hokage, determination in his eyes. Tsunade simply nodded, and with that small gesture of approval, Naruto leaped off the fourth story in the hospital, heading off to some unknown target. Sakura wondered what Naruto was asking permission for.
"I'm inclined to ask what that was about, Tsunade-shishou." Sakura phrased politely, wanting to flatter an answer out of her mentor.
"Yeah, yeah. Save the brown-nosing for tomorrow, we have a meeting with Kumo's council. I'll need you to be at my office at 10, sharp."
Sakura noted her mentor dodging the question, but her mind shifted to other things deemed more important, such as her broken arm.
"Will I be needing to use my arm at all?" She asked diplomatically.
"I'm not healing it, Sakura." was Tsunade's firm reply.
"Damnit, shishou. I need it to write. I don't have enough chakra to heal it at the moment because of the hardcore sparring Gai and Lee put me through on Tuesday." Sakura tried reasoning.
"No. You won't be needing your arm to write," the blonde woman started heading towards the door "I'll send a nurse in to put the cast on, and we'll all be on our way."
"Wait!"
"Hm?"
"Shishou.. Who brought me back?"
With a snort, Tsunade yanked the door open.
"Sai was leaving the office when one of Katsuya's daughters appeared."
"Oh." With that single syllable, the slug princess exited the room, slamming the door behind her.
Sakura decided that her bad luck streak had just started. On top of treating Gai & Lee to ramen because they won the ridiculous spar, she had to apologize to Shizune for breaking the device, and thank Sai for carrying her 20 miles in the rain. This was just not her week.
/...::::::...\
Checking out of the hospital was a morbid affair. You had to be screened and questioned. No wonder most shinobi dreaded being admitted into the hospital. Luckily, Sakura had just enough weight to throw around in order to receive a speedy check-out.
"Goodbye, Sakura-sama! Please get well soon!" the young nurse chirped as she filed away Sakura's injury report.
Sakura nodded her head towards the nurses direction as she walked through the hospital doors. The sun was warm on her face, probably the thing she missed most sitting on the too-firm mattress. Taking a deep breath, the kuniochi took a sharp left and headed home.
a/n: first actual story (that-isnt-a-1-shot) fic! kinda choppy, ehh. saku-chan will get more action next chapter (winkyface)
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- waddlebottle