Love Can Be So Problematic
Chapter 1
In the Country of Rice, near the Hidden Village of Sound; Team Kakashi is engaged in a mission to take out the targeted S class criminal Uchiha Sasuke.
Upon arrival to the formally war torn land Hatake Kakashi and his subordinates Haruno Sakra plus the most famous Uzumaki Naruto question clans that loyalties now lay to themselves. The team of three enquire that Initially, Orochimaru claimed that he founded this village so that skilled ninja would find their purpose in life without being beholden to the fickle and warmongering priorities of the Five Great Shinobi Countries. When in actuality, Otogakure is not really a village, but a giant laboratory composed of various hideouts and bases scattered throughout the Land of Sound. Team Kakashi has also learned that Orochimaru is now dead by the hands of Team 7 former comrade, which puts them all on edge.
While Naruto is setting up camp for the night Kakashi and Sakura decide to set up traps around the site as well as a protective genjutsu barrier. "Alright Sakura this should be enough, besides I trust your genjutsu we should be fine." Sakura smiles at the complement of her former sensei, but frowns as she remembers her thoughts. Kakashi taking notice of this decides that he would rather know what is bothering his student than let it go. "Sakura, ever since we spoke to those clansmen you've had that look in your eyes… what is the matter?" Sakura being unsure as to how to phrase her questions and concerns decides to keep continuing towards the freshly lit fire by Naruto's doing and ignores Kakashi.
Kakashi giving off a heavy sigh stops, and grab Sakura by the shoulder and turns her towards him. "I mean it Sakura tell me what's wrong… is it the mission, are you worried about facing Sasuke?" Sakura shoots her gaze at Kakashi and what was a soft concerned face turned into a deeply heated glare darting at Kakashi,"of course I am worried about facing Sasuke but not for the reasons you or anyone else thinks!" she spat venomously. Kakashi just stared careful as what to say to an obviously angered Sakura not wanting to face a temper that rivals that of the esteemed fifth Hokage herself. "It wasn't my intension to insult you in anyway but as squadron leader I need to be sure that you are mentally able for this mission, or we could all be at risk… do you understand?" forcibly willing herself to calm down she simply states, "I am worried about Naruto… what if he loses control of the nine tails? What if we are not strong enough to take him out by ourselves? I mean for fucks sake that stupid Uchiha took out Orochimaru by himself!" As Kakashi listens and takes in Sakura's little rant, he realizes her worries and doubts are very much a real problem. "I believe in Naruto and I believe in you too. Tsunde-sama would not have chosen us for this mission if she didn't have plausible reason that we were all capable of taking Sasuke down." Sakura pulling away from Kakashi and shifting her gaze back towards Naruto who is standing over the warm fire just stays standing, frozen as she loses herself to her thoughts once more.
Kakashi watches her as he shivers from a cold gust of wind that blows through Sakura and himself. At that moment Sakura begins to walk towards the camp and utters, "Let's go it's already getting late."
As Sakura enters the camp followed by Kakashi, Naruto smiles; "Hey you two what took you so long?" Kakashi simply answers, "well we are in enemy territory… we just wanted to be sure that we could sleep soundly tonight, after all it is going to be a long day tomorrow." Sakura sitting down by the fire, just stairs silent staring into the flickering flames not really paying attention to the blonds question. Naruto nods at Kakashi's reply and accepts it as a reasonable excuse, seeing as it was more dependable than his x-sensei's other lame excuses for being rather late. "Hey Sakura!" the blond ninja shouted, "Did you want any tea I made a fresh pot?" Sakura smiled brightly at her comrade, "sure that would be nice Naruto-kun…" Smiling at the suffix she gave to the end of his name he poured her a cup and handed it to the pink-et. He loved it when she added 'kun' to his name, it made him happy and she had been doing it frequently for the past few months. He thought that maybe, just maybe he might have a chance with his childhood crush though he would never say such a childish thing to her.
Kakashi stood up from his seated position around the fire pit and exclaimed that he was going to bed and that both Naruto and Sakura should do the same. After a few more minutes of talking and eating her rations of food Sakura shifted a little before lifting her arms above her head and stretched awkwardly as she sat with her legs crossed and yawned loudly, "I think I will hit the sac as well…" Naruto stood up dumping the rest of the tea onto the fire effectively extinguishing the flames and offered his hand to Sakura, who gladly accepted the gesture. With a big smile Naruto exclaimed "Sleep well tonight… Sakura-chan!" Sakura smiled back replying with a simple, "Goodnight." Before she or Naruto entered their respected tents Sakura turned her head to speak "…Naruto-kun" and closed her tent behind herself. Naruto turned his head quickly as he heard the soft voice that was barely above a whisper and smiled before enter his own tent and drifting into sleep thinking only of his pnk haired friend.
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The next morning all three ninja packed up the camp site from the night before, counted their ninja tools, and went over plan or ideas they felt would accomplish their mission. Soon after the plan for taking out Uchiha Sasuke was conceived they sent Naruto's messenger frog to the fifth Hokage letting her know of their intended plan of how they were to execute their plan while letting her know of their current position and the hideout the Uchiha was located in, as well as several others they had discovered while looking for him.
"Kakashi sensei are you sure about this? Maybe we should wait to see what Lady Tsunade has to say about this…" Sakura paused before she continued, "It could be a trap, what if there is too many of them for us to handle?" Naruto just looked at Sakura not sure as to why she suddenly had doubts. "Yes I think it would be wise to attack now. Those three ninja just left the hideout and we should sneak in before they come back." Sakura still doubtful just nods her head in reapply. Naruto standing tall assertively points to himself, "No need to worry Sakura-chan I could fight Sasuke in my sleep, believe it! I won't let that bastard hurt my friends anymore after today!" he stated brazenly.
Sakura thinking 'this is a bad idea; we could barely handle Orochimaru in a fight alone… and Sasuke defeated him easily…' Snapped out of her thoughts she noticed a darting orange blur running out of the brush and towards Sasuke's hideout. Resuming her thoughts, 'Damn it Naruto!' she screamed in her head her thoughts clearly evident on her face. "Sakura!" a familiar white hair ninja barked, "Let's go!"
As Team Kakashi entered the hideout searching every level, looking through every door they found nothing but emptiness. The only living things in this hideout were three Leaf Ninja painted white, orange, and pink or so I seamed that is before they were met with a pair of red pinwheel eyes that glowed in the dark. Their ears where met with sinister laughter from the mad man standing before them. Sakura's heart rate quickened not because the dangerous S class criminal was standing before her but because of the eerie silence that followed after the Uchiha's impulsive outburst of mirth. They all waited silently each having their own reasons, not daring to make any sudden moves. Waiting for the Uchiha to say more she gulped wishing that this was all just a bad dream and that it would go away and almost immediately he spoke. "Well this is just pathetic, I feel almost insulted that the Hokage feels you three would be enough to take me down." With Sakura's pulse still accelerating she fees her confidence starting to slip at his chilling words making shivers visible on her body, thinking 'I knew it, I knew this was a bad idea! He's gotten stronger I can't fight him!' Sakura's inner-self bites back at the comment, 'You have gotten stronger as well, or have you already forgotten the training our master has given us!? Sasuke may have killed Orochimaru, but we too were trained by a Legendary Sannin, Lady Tsunade, the Fifth Hokage herself! Don't you forget that!' Sakura bites her lower lip drawing blood and slowly straitens her back standing stiff and unmoving, her blood boiling with anger. Sasuke's gaze narrows as he notices Sakura removing her gloves off her belt and placing them over her hands leisurely.
As Sasuke steps into the candle lit thrown room with a smirk slapped on his face, Kakashi uncovers his right eye in fear of what his former student will do next. Naruto deciding to end the silence that has seemed like an eternity, "Maybe she just thought that the great Uchiha Sasuke would feel less shame if his death came by the hands of the people he once called friends?" he said almost facetiously.
Sasuke almost laughing at Naruto's comment because the blond in fact believed he could possibly kill him. In a blink of an eye Kakashi saw Sasuke's quick step, "SKATTER!" he shouted. Naruto became rigid and stilled as his throat was met with a paper thin; trim sharp edge of Sasuke's katana. Kakashi grew wide eyes as he watched the event unfold quicker than he could move 'shit', "Naruto!" before Kakashi had anymore to add Sakura had already taken action. "HELL YEAH!" she bellowed, falling fast with one chakra infused leg aimed for the rave haired boy.
Sasuke taking notice of her bold head on attack instead of the scared frail gennin he knew concluded that it may be wise to move at the given time. He let Naruto escape from his grasp in order to sidestep her kick. Both Naruto and Sasuke jumped in contrasting directions from their current ones just before Sakura's kick left dust flying in all directions along with all different sizes of debris causing all three of the male ninja's to brace for impact. Sasuke stared baffled at the inhuman strength of his former pink haired friend thinking 'What the hell was that!?' as he gawked at the five meter creator she left behind in her wake. Anger instilled in her eyes as she carefully observed her opponent, patiently waiting for him to make the next move. She jumped backwards to regroup with her team, "Are you alright… Naruto-kun?" she spoke, as if she was angry with the poor blond but the tone was not meant for him so much as the cocky black haired ninja before them and Naruto understood this. "Thank you, I'm fine." She nodded in reply, "I won't let you hurt my friends you bastard." She stated so calmly it would scare any man in his right mind given the situation at hand, though Sasuke is not in his right mind.
"You're stronger than you were before I'll give you that, but you are a hundred years away from challenging me to a fight and expect to come out alive." Sakura tightened her fist as she stood ready to attack or defended at any time, Sasuke noted this and turned his gaze towards Naruto. "You on the other hand haven't changed at all your still walking behind me in my shadow hopelessly trying to catch up." Naruto gritted his teeth at the comment trying to keep levelheaded. Kakashi watched as Naruto clenched his hand to form fists and bow his head in anger, "Naruto rivals you in power, you're a fool if you really think your power is so great that there is no possible way that he could destroy you… Sasuke."
"Why are you even here Kakashi? To babysit the Nine Tails? You old fool, shouldn't you have retired by now?" Sasuke spoke this with a spiteful tone. Kakashi fueling his sharingan with hate, "You never did learn to respect your elders…."started to run towards the Uchiha, chidori in the old ninja's hand as naruto follows meticulously behind his sensei. Sakura simply watches the three boys dance between each other's attacks so gracefully. She so desperately wishes to help her team but she know that her presence will only get in the way and her job is initially to be a medic and secondly never get hit. She watches prudently, making sure she never loses sight of Sasuke's every move, effectively staying on edge and ready for the unexpected. Sakura rapidly turns her head away from the battle that is unfolding as she sees what appears to be a shadow clone of the Uchiha running up behind the unsuspecting white haired ninja, "KAKASHI BEHIND YOU!" she shrieked nippily trying to move the words past her lips as she is running towards him in an effort to save his life. Sakura realizing she won't get to Kakashi in enough time sends a chakra suffused kunai flying into the malicious clone, but not before Kakashi was penetrated by the very same technique he gave to Sasuke. Sakura rushed to Kakashi's side already struggling to heal him.
Kakashi halted his movements looking down only to see a gaping hole in his gut, "that hurt." He voiced weakly coughing up blood. "Kakashi Sensei!" The blond screamed. Sakura rushed to Kakashi's side already struggling to heal him. "Finally" a chilled voice said. Naruto exclaiming boldly, "You bastard, I'll kill you!" throwing a punch at Sasuke with Nine Tails chakra leaking through the once blue eyed boys skin. Sasuke grabbed Naruto's fist, twisted his arm while throwing him flat on the ground back facing towards the ceiling while placing his foot on Naruto's shoulder. "Now all that's left is you and that pink haired bitch!" Sasuke exclaimed while he slowly broke and effectively dislocated Naruto's left shoulder. "Ahhhhhh-Ughhh!" Naruto bellowed as pain griped his entire body. Sakura looked up from Kakashi's slowly declining condition only to be met with Naruto's screams of agony. Sakura having just witnessed her comrades fall one after the other started to feel a wave of tears pulling at the back of her eyes, begging to be left to flow out like rain during a monsoon. "NARUTO-KUN!" She couldn't leave Kakashi's side or he would surely die before he eyes. Naruto's withering form tried to get free of sasuke's grip and in response the Uchiha tightened his hold and twisted the blonds arm with so much force the blond thought his arm might be ripped off, "AAAAAAHHHHHHH, AAHHHHHHH!" the blond sobbed uncontrollably from the pain. Skura felt as if her heart was being ripped in two, every second worse than the last as she felt Kakashi dying and she heard Naruto's wretched cries for help. "NARUTO!" Sasuke turned to a terrified looking Sakura, "weak like always, an annoying…" Her wailing of Naruto's name stopped as she lowered her head and collected herself. 'I really can't stand that word… hey inner. What is it? Do you want to take over, I'm tired… Hahaha he's in for a world of hurt.' Slowly she lifted her head just enough for Sasuke to see what appeared to be almost a smile forming on her face. 'What in the hell? Why is she smiling?" Sasuke thought this over staring intently on the pink haired girl.
She stopped her ministrations of chakra to Kakashi stood up and walked a few steps behind her to grab the nearest pillar. Sasuke unsure of how to react watched carefully, "And just what do you plan on doing with that it goes two stories down?" he spoke still watching her as he saw the ceiling and floor begin to crack. "That's right I almost forgot… we are on the third floor which would mean that right above us is the land and sun." Sasuke thinking 'where is she going with this…' Sakura's smile vanished finally, "It's a little stuffy in here, don't you think?" and with that said she ripped the large pillar from its place and threw it towards Sasuke but not at him she was aiming for the roof. Sasuke moved, and fast trying to avoid the ceiling that was about to come down on him. Sakura grabbed Kakashi's limp body with ease and got to Naruto before he was crushed by the falling ruble. She hauled both Naruto and Kakashi above ground.
Naruto looked up at Sakura and smiled weakly, "Thanks for saving me Sakura-chan" breathing heavily she stares at Sasuke's tattered form. "Are you crazy!? You could have killed all of us by doing that you stupid annoying ittle kunoichi!" Sasuke runs towards Sakura with his katana ready to strike down anyone in his path. She stands up and runs at Sasuke with a Kunai at hand hoping to deter him from her injured friends throwing punches left and right, kicks you name it he was keeping her on her toes and she was barely keeping up. Naruto pitifully watched hoping Sakura wouldn't falter now; she was doing so well against the Uchiha he wasn't sure who would come out of this battle. Sakura left creators behind her trying so desperately to land a blow on Sasuke. If She was taken out that would be it for all of them, 'I am running low on chakra… I am not going to win this fight not this time.' "Naruto listen up!" 'but… that doesn't mean they both have to die with me!' "Take Kakashi and get back to the village!" Sasuke smirks at her comment, "he's already dead you foolish girl!" he says as his blade cuts across her mid back. "Ugh.. ahh…ah" she breathes heavily. "Sakura-chan!"
Kakashi stirs awake, "Naruto forget about me and go help your comrade… you can let go." Naruto stares as his sensei begins to drift back into sleep. "NARUTO!" she managed to look his way while fighting Sasuke. "KAKASHI WILL DIE AND IF YOU DON'T LEAVE NOW… so will you!" Sasuke cuts her thigh, "AaHhhhh!" she stumbles back griping her thigh as blood starts to gush out rapidly. "NOW NARUTO-KUN!", Sasuke strikes her arm shredding her skin in the proses. Naruto looking away from Sakura 'Please forgive me Sakura-chan…' "You are my comrade Kakashi sensei…" As Naruto threw Kakashi over his good shoulder Naruto started Sprinting towards the village leaving Sakura alone to handle Sasuke.
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"I would be more concerned about your own circumstances Sakura." He said as he cut her down once more. Now on her knees (not by choice) Sakura wilts beneath the towering ninja. With the defiance of her master and the will to live she final hits the naïve Uchiha with a powerful blow to his gut of what little chakra she had left sent him flying backwards about thirty meters from Sakura. "Damn… ha…haa-euhg…haa that hurt… hhaah… a lot." Sasuke managed to speak after trying to catch a lost breath. Sakura stands up and comes in for a head on attack against the Uchiha while thoughts of Kakashi and Naruto especially linger in her mind. Sasuke finds himself intrigued by the kunoichi confidence in her own skill; and attempts to strike her down while she is seemingly strikes him first and manages to anger the Uchiha further if it were even possible. "If I were you, I wouldn't be so arrogant, you Uchiha scum." she spoke barely above a whisper for him to hear. Sasuke blood is now boiling with her last comment as she continues, "Everything you do, and everywhere you run, your family name is dishonored further with every lasting breath in your body." She stated like it was a matter of fact, and she said it so calmly it was nerve-racking, and with her last statement he loses all rationality as well as his composure, "Who do you think it is you are talking too, bitch!" He cuts her down once more she is below him as he towers over her small frame. "I am Uchiha Sasuke and you will learn to show some respect you bitch, before I kill you and your sorry excuse of comrades!" as he spoke those words he cut away at her body while she sat there and took all or his rath because she had neither the strength or the will to do so. And as she was being ripped apart thinking 'Am I going to die?' no longer caring if she lives or dies, "Why would I learn to show respect to a clan that is less than said bitch?" she said viciously with a smile.
Sasuke looking down at his feet visibly shaking with anger spoke "Take it back." The calm before the storm so-to speak. Thinking to herself 'If don't I am dead, If I do I am still just as dead', "… go fuck yourself." Laughing like a mad man and with crazed eyes, "Just as hard-headed and just as imprudent I see. You really haven't learned a thing have you?" slowly, he lifted the frail girl choking her in an attempt to make her rethink her response. He loved it when they gave in, and they always did as he recalled. She replied by spiting her blood in his face. Whipping off her saliva mixed with blood he proceeded to squeeze her pretty neck tighter. "Do you really hate me that much? Do you really want to die that badly? All the while he is thinking, 'something about her has changed, and not just her looks but her attitude towards me. Is it anger, sadness no it's something else but what? What is she thinking?' unable to answer him and unable to think she starts to drift back into her thoughts, thinking 'of course I don't hate you, how could I? You were the love of my life… and no I don't want to die, not like this, not by your hand.' He lets go of her throat smiling as she hits the ground choking for air still waiting for her answer. "Will my answer really give you any closure before you kill me? Just kill me already, stop toying with me and get it over with."
Surprised by her response never once did he hear her voice hesitate or denote that she really felt something other than her conviction. 'Is that it? She's given up just like that, the look in her eyes, it's so empty… this is not the annoying Sakura that I once knew, she is supposed to beg and ask for mercy! Not fall over and ask for death, what happened to the Sakura that wa rulled by emotions, now she has none she talks as if she's never heard and emotion a day in her life! It makes me angry! But why, why should I care that she's given up I am Uchiha Sasuke!' "NO, I won't give you what you want." Silence lingering in the air he moves to pick her weak form off of the ground lifting her in his strong yet lean muscular arms, with her back against his chest and her head tucked in the nape of his neck. 'Why am I still alive?' Damn it Sasuke! What are you waiting for just KILL ME!
Sasuke listening to her outburst of anger ' She was always beautiful when she was angry, why does she want to be dead so badly.?', "Shut up; I 'm not letting you give up." Staring into her angry emerald eyes he knocks her out just like before. " … Not this time."
Team Taka comes in on the scene, Uchiha Sasuke a man who hates touch has a beautiful bruised, battered, and scrapped up woman in his arms. The three have never seen it before so they're not really surre how to feel or what to think about it.
A very tall, very thick muscled man walked up to sasuke, "Sasuke-sama are you alright?", "I'm fine Jugo." A red head cut her way in noticing that the girl in Sasuke's arms was not the only one hurt, "Are you sure Sasuke-sama? I felt how displaced your chakra was, you look wounded." Sasuke glares at Karin and say's nothing to how she pointed out a very obvious fact. A man with white blue tipped hair with violet eyes and a very large sword strolled up to the scene in an uncaring fashion and with a smile decided to bug Sasuke. "What the hell happened to our hideout, and who is that girl your holding? Purposely ignoring half of Suigetsu's question that was really more like two. "Who cares, we obviously need a new one." He states walking towards the closest hideout in the Land of Rivers. "Hey Sasuke, you didn't finish answering my question!?" Sighing heavily, "What is it?" With a smirk on the fishes face, "Who is the pretty girl in your arms?" Sasuke jumps up intending to travel fast through the trees and is followed by all three of his teammates, "Her name is Haruno Sakura, a former team mate of mine." with a turn of his heal and a burst of sudden chakra he heads east.
Karin surprised by name she just heard thinking, "The Fith Hokage's student, and by the looks of it she learned more from the legendary Sannin than just Medical Ninjutsu' With haste Karin spoke mainly to Sasuke realizing that for some reason he had no intentions on letting the girl go, "Interesting, don't you think the Hokage will miss a student like herself?" gesturing in Sakura's direction. Jugo just realizing who his master is carrying, "Did she do all of that back there?" Sasuke smirking at his subordinates comment, "Not all of it, just most of it." Suigetsu trying to rap his tiny little brain around the fact that a girl nonetheless almost kicked Sasuke's ass and the fact she herself is smaller than Karin who is about half the size of the other three boys, "That little girl did all of this? And you haven't killed her… because?" Sasuke ignores the comment thinking 'I'm still trying to figure that out actually…'
Karin cutting in so Sasuke doesn't have to, "Sui-Kun, I am sure Sasuke-sama has his reasons, but we should get somewhere safe first, oh and don't you think it would be nice to help Sasuke to carry her? She looks rather thin but she's dead weight right now and whether or not he wants to admit it in front of us or any god of his choosing… He's injured and I know that weight on his arms has got to be killing him." Sasuke praying to any god that will hear him 'listen to woman, such a good woman, she understands my pride…' Suigetsu simply nodes "Good point." The group stops on nearby branches. Jugo steps forward, "Please Sasuke-sama let me be of use to you." Sasuke hands the unconscious girl over to Jugo with relief "Let's go."
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In the Hidden Village of the Leaf, Naruto made it back safely with Kakashi in hand as tsunade worked on him for hours trying to repair the damage inflicted by the Uchiha. While Naruto waited outside of the ICU in the lobby several nurse's had tried to convince Naruto that he should be seen, and that his arm should be treated. Naruto continuously denied any care or treatment, even refusing to eat until he saw Tsunade. He felt sick to his stomach that he left the love of his life to die in order to save himself along with Kakashi. He hasn't heard anything about how Kakashi is doing and if he dies long with Sakura He will never be able to forgive himself for his failure. 'Sakura is probably dead… and she just started to accept my feelings towards her…'
"Naruto-kun" he heard someone whisper his name. Looking up Naruto was met with seemingly empty white eyes and a gentle smile. "Oh… it's just you… I thought it was another nurse again." Not noticing naruto's left shoulder before she started searching for injuries as she stood to the right of him, "Oh my goodness!" she exclaimed, as she saw Naruto's ripped clothing, and torn shoulder. "Are you okay? Do you need a nurse?" she asked attentively while shocked by Naruto's normally happy cloud of enthusiasm now replaced with a gloomy tearstained face. "it doesn't hurt…" Hinata knew better and while Naruto is strong he's not as invincible as everyone thinks he is. She touched his left shoulder very gently. Naruto hissed in pain at the unexpected action of his purple haired friend. "Ouch!" Hinata's frown deepened as she heard her love in pain. 'I won't stand for it!', "Come on Naruto-kun!" dragging him by his right arm with a quickened pace to try and calm her blush as people in the lobby stared, "Oi, Hinata slow down! Hinata! OI!" he screamed as she dragged his orange hinny all the way to the nearest nurse's station.
"Excuse me nurse I don't mean to bother you but um… my friend here has been injured here you see um… and uh I think it's serious" the nurse peered around the young and recognized the young man as the one in the lobby that they have been trying to examine for hours, and quickly motioned for the nurse behind the two teens to lock the door. "Oh it's not a problem, infact you did us a favor Lady Tsunade asked us to take a look at him but we couldn't seem to get our hands on him" the young nurse smiled devilishly at Naruto. "Oi! Why did you lock the door!?" with an evil look in her eye the nurse smiled at Naruto, "You're not getting away this time!" the of the nurse's put her ninja reflexes to work and grabbed Naruto by the waist and threw him on the bed with such strength. Naruto noticing the strength started wondering before his question was answered, "Lady Sakura always did say you were a handful but man you are more of a struggle than I would have liked!" the young nurse exclaimed almost happily. "Lady Sakura!?" Naruto yelled in confusion. In Hinata something seamed to click, "Oh you must be that gennin that Sakura has been training, she talks quite fondly of you!" Hinata smiled. "I sure am! Takumi's the name and one day I'll surpass her for sure!" Naruto thinking to himself, 'great now there's another one in this damned hospital…' trying to sneak of the bed his action doesn't go unseen by the young yet very able Takumi, "Oh no you don't!" she grabbed a handful of Naruto's golden locks, "Owe! That hurts!" Takumi yells to the other nurse who is also young, "Hey maybe grab a sedative I can see this one is not going to cooperate!" Naruto struggling with one arm and two legs, "Hey let me go! Hehehe… this isn't necessary I mean it honestly Takumi-chan!" Naruto smiled innocently. "Sit still would ya already you hard-headed man!" Takumi started striping Naruto with Hinata standing right in front of them blushing a tomato red. "Hey cut it out stop taking off my clothes!" Naruto could be heard by everyone in the hospital Hinata was sure of it, "Help Hinata-chan! SHE'S MOLESTING ME! OI! Hinata…HINATA! His screams echoed the halls just before he was fast asleep while the nurse's worked on repairing the damaged limb.
Hinata decided to wait in the lobby while longer since she had been there to visit Kiba hoping she'd be allowed to visit her team mate in his recover room from surgery on his lung; he had saved Hinata from the same fate and being the nice and caring person Hinata was known to be she wanted to thank him for sacrificing himself for her. Just as she was starting to doze off in the rather uncomfortable chairs she was woken by a stern voice yelling at the nurse's to find a certain blond. Hinata stood and bowed "Good morning Hokage-sama." Tsundae notice the young Hyuga girl right away. "Good morning." Hinata fiddled with her fingers the same she always does when she is contemplating whether or not she has the courage to say or ask something. Tsunde with her fried patients blurts out a sudden question to the young girl standing before her, "Have you seen Naruto around here lately or Sakura for that matter?" Hinata immediately point in the direction of her blond haired lover, " he's in room 103 I believe but um can I-" Tsunade interrupts the girl once more, "Good thank you, follow me."
Naruto awoke to the sound of his door shutting loudly. Only to see his left arm heavily bandaged with all kinds of other smaller bandages up and down is body, he was completely nude aside from the boxers and a thin sheet that tucked around his toes and snugged him tightly. With small rays of the sun coming through the window on his left offering little light to see who abruptly walked through his door and woke him from such a peaceful sleep he hasn't had in a long time. He noticed Tsunade walk around to the foot of his bed and grab his clip board. As she stared examining the sheets of paper she never once looked up at the still dazed Naruto. "Answer honestly, on a scale from 1-10 how high is your pain level at this given moment?" the experienced nurse in front of him asked still looking at her clipboard of paper. "a six maybe." the younger blond replied. Tsunade walked over to the sink and grabbed a small clear plastic cup and filled it with water, then reached above the sink and in the cabinet in search of a strong pain killer. She walked back over to Naruto's bedside and handed him the cup of water and the pill for him to take. Naruto waited for her to say anything. "Hinata." The young girl tore her eyes away from Naruto, "y-yes Lady Hokage?" After Naruto swallowed the nasty tasting pain killer along with the water he handed it back to Tsunade who intern threw it in the trash. Walking back to the foot of naruto's bed she glared at him not once looking in Hinata's direction. "What did you want earlier?" Hinata swallowed hard from the tension in the room, "um I-I just wanted… to know if I could perhaps visit Kiba?" she asked warily, Tsunade spoke the numbers to Kiba's room calmly, "226." Hinata bowed in respect and uttered a simple "Thank you!" as she ran out the door.
Naruto kept his stair blank as he watched Tsunade's lips move, "Where is Sakura?" she firmly spoke.
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She woke as she heard footsteps, deciding not to let anyone near know that she was awake she lay still, 'where am I?' Making sure not to alter her breathing she listened carefully as she heard what sounded like keys and the door to the room she was in open. The hinges on the door screeched as it was being closed, every step the person made she could tell the floor was made of wood as she heard the creaking gradually get louder and closer from the sounds of it.
"I know you're not sleeping Sakura." She felt her heart skip at the all too familiar voice that rang in hear ears.