I do not own Naruto
A contest for the best
"Hey guys…. I have the best idea!" Ino said fist pumping from her spot in her sleeping bag… she had an evil grin on her face… Tenten, Hinata and Sakura just looked at her, also in sleeping bags…
"What Ino-pig?" Sakura asked and Ino's grin got bigger…
"A contest… that's what we will do this week… everyone picks one single person for another to see how long it will take" Ino's grin got even scarier…
"Um… Ino… are you ok?" Tenten asked cocking her head to the side…
"We all decided for each person in the group, besides them, a boyfriend! And they have… a week to make them fall for you" Ino said grinning…
"Um… Ino-chan" Hinata stuttered blushing… Tenten and Sakura were blinking and liked the idea…
"Elaborate pig" Ino nodded to Sakura's question…
"Lets say, Me, you and Tenten will pick someone for Hinata without her say, and she has to make them fall in love in a week… maybe two weeks… it will be great fun!"
"I don't know Ino… Hinata's clan is pretty strict about that…" Tenten said trailing off…
"Nonsense! If it doesn't work out in the end of the week, no biggy right… but until then you need to pursue them to the max!" Sakura and Tenten nodded sternly thinking about people…
"I'll do it Ino-chan" Hinata stuttered…
"Then we will start with you!" Ino said leaning over to Tenten and Sakura and they whispered things to each other and than they eventually came to an agreement…
"We don't want to hurt you that bad so…" Sakura trailed off…
"Your target is Naruto" Tenten said and Ino giggled… Hinata blushed and nodded…
"Pigs turn!" Sakura said happily… the other three leaned in to discuss… Sakura nodded…
"Pig your target is Lee!" Her face was pure horror at Tenten and Sakura… she smirked…
"Tenten's turn" She pulled Sakura and Hinata to her whispering and Sakura laughed…
"Ok Tenten, if that's how you play… you have to chase Lee's idol!" Tenten paled… she glared at the blond and pinket…
"You two! I am not dating Gai sensei!" She shrieked…
"Than Foreheads just has to be worse than ours" Ino said smirking… Sakura paled…
"Your not talking about Kakashi? Right?!" She asked with wide eyes… "We are like brother and sister! Its just wrong!" Tenten and Ino smirked… Hinata shook her head leaning into their conversation… she pulled back and gasped…
"Ino-chan… don't you think that is a bit much?" Hinata said her face etched with horror…
"Definitely…" Tenten chuckled…
"They will do well together… I could even introduce you two" Ino said chuckling evilly…
"Who?" Sakura squeaked out…
"Ibiki Morino!" Tenten and Ino said at the same time and Hinata shook her head at her friends…
"WHAT!" Sakura yelled… lights outside turned on and Sakura quietened down…
"You have to be kidding me! The head ANBU Torture and Interrogator… Pig you have gone insane!" She shrugged her shoulders…
"I am sure you will like it in the end forehead… word has it he is quite the specimen of a man" Sakura blushed…
"He is older than Kakashi! Well by one year but! I'm 19 Pig! 15 years difference!"
"So! Your not with a green, youth obsessed guy around the same age!" Tenten said… Ino nodded sternly…
"Come on Sakura-chan… you might even stay with him" Hinata said only slightly stuttering…
"Ok! We will make it two weeks instead of one! One to make them interested the second to make them fall for you… after this… well you catch my drift" Ino said smirking…
"Pig! Hinata hasn't done that stuff before! But at least it is with Naruto" Sakura said shrugging…
"I have to- that?" All three nodded at Hinata…
"Well you two have to do it with green youthful eyebrows" Hinata said shrugging… the others blinked and laughed at Hinata's rare stroke of confidence… Hinata laughed as well
"Ok we start tomorrow!" Ino said and everyone nodded slightly excited…
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Next day…
"How am I going to do this?" Sakura mumbled to herself… she leaned against the Hospital front desk waiting for her new list of ninja to hunt down because they were late for physicals…. The job of being the head medic…
"Here you go Sakura-sama" Sakura nodded and took the list… flipping through it she saw that the list is full of ANBU only… sighing because they were just as hard as Kakashi to get into hospital… Kakashi goes to Sakura's apartment for check ups… she froze looking at one of the names…
"Ibiki Morino" She said breathing out… taking a deep breath she headed towards the T&I building… maybe she can win the contest…
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Walking up to the door she saw a rookie ANBU at the door… he bowed when she walked in… at the front desk she saw someone who made her blink twice…
"Anko? I didn't know you worked the front desk" Sakura said blinking…
"Sakura! How are you? Oh and the person who usually does called in sick… lucky bastard…" She mumbled… "What brings you here?"
"I'm here to see Ibiki" Sakura said in a strong voice… Anko didn't detect anything… she nodded…
"Ok, down the hall, up one floor, take a right and the third door on the left" Sakura nodded…
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Knocking on the door Sakura waited for a reply… instead the door opened…
"What the hell is it now! Oh, Sakura! Sorry… what brings you here?" Aoba asked blinking…
"Um… looking for Ibiki's office" He growled…
"God! Anko does this all the time! Four more down Sakura, the metal door… see you around" Sakura smiled and nodded and he closed the door…
Walking up to the big metal door she knocked… she heard an annoyed 'come in' from the other side…
"Haruno? What brings you here?" Ibiki asked his face held slight annoyance… probably from the fact he looked like he hasn't slept in days…
"I have a list of ANBU who need there physicals" Ibiki growled…
"Who in the hell forgot that! Post the rota at the front and I'll make sure they go" Ibiki said his voice full of annoyance at his subordinates…
"Well we can easily check one person off the list and you look like you need it too" Sakura said walking over to him placing the clipboard down pointing to a certain name… "You can be first! Now lets go" Sakura said sternly and he frowned…
"I do my own physicals… you know that" He said growling… Sakura frowned… she made a clone who took the clipboard back, to the front desk to put it up…
"I am the head medic Ibiki and I say if you can do physicals or not. Now we can do this the easy way or the hard way" Sakura said growling… she did not like her authority questioned…
He glared in response and she smirked… "The hard way it is" She placed her hand on his shoulder with lightning speed and made a handsign in the other… they disappeared in a poof of smoke…
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Only to reappear in Sakura's office…
She let go of him and grabbed his file from her desk… "Sit down and take of your boots, gloves, cloak and shirt" Sakura said flipping though the file ignoring the dark aura emitting from Ibiki…
Reading the file Sakura frowned… He hasn't had a check up in over 10 years… she heard shifting and things being placed on her chair… she looked up to see Ibiki leaning against the small medical table, his arms across his chest not looking happy…
"I do believe I said to sit on it, not lean against it" He pushed up with his hands and sat on the cold metal bed that had a small sheet and pillow covering it…
"It says here your last physical was over 10 years ago… this is going to take a while" Sakura said … looking at him again she had to stop herself from blushing…
He had an easy eight pack, pecks, large biceps… without the cloak you could easily see the muscle in his thighs… also his leather pants were quite tight in a certain area…
Oh GOD! Remind me to thank pig later! Her inner said drooling with a nose bleed… schooling her features she soon was glaring…
"This will take a while" Sakura said sighing… she took off her medical coat and put it on the rack whilst putting on gloves… she thanked Tenten, Ino and Hinata mentally for making her buy a medical outfit when she was in charge of the hospital…
It was her black skirt that was even shorter now from growing since she was 16, and a full red t-shirt that clung nicely in everyway… her boobs have gotten bigger and it compliments them perfectly… her knee high boots were the same but the heel was taller… her hair was in a high pony tail, the same as Ino's but with some strands framing her face… she grew it long again as she got older…
"Ok, just relax now. I'm just going to see the extent of the damage and repair what you didn't" He remained quiet studying her… Sakura made her right index finger glow green and she poked a nasty looking pink scar across his chest… he grunted in pain when she did… she poked his shoulder, that was also scarred and he made the same reaction… sighing she looked at his hand and held it in hers making it glow completely green… she looked at Ibiki and glared…
"Your fingers are broken… and I will need to fix your scars… you have torn muscle tissue underneath them, that is why they aren't healed and still hurt… first your hands…" she placed her other hand on his…
"This might hurt" After saying that she heard lots of cracks at once… he stiffened in pain but soon he relaxed showing it didn't hurt… she did the same with his other hand… soon she moved up to his shoulder, than she ran two glowing hands down onto his chest and, made his scar into a fine pink line… she stopped… and sighed…
"Ok… I can tell your legs aren't injured… but if you want to say anything?" She asked…
"My legs are fine" He grumbled out but looked relieved that it was over… Sakura caught the look…
"Oh no you don't! You might do all the test yourself and pass, but I have to check your head… I might also be able to release the tension for you" Sakura growled out… Before Ibiki was going to protest she took off his headband and placed glowing hands on his temples… her eyes closed in concentration… she moved her right hand on top of his head feeling all the scars and holes… Ibiki hissed in pain… Sakura was repairing all the holes in his skull, putting bone back, replacing dead tissue, expanding healthy cells and filling in the holes until they were all just scars… they dinted slightly but were better than before…
Sakura opened her eyes looking at Ibiki's face… She held back the large blush, one; their faces were close and two; his features held a look of contentment with his eyes closed…
Sakura removed her hands and stepped back sighing heavily not realising how much it took out of her to repair his skull… she wiped her brow of a little sweat and sat in her chair pulling out the chart and writing something down…
"Ok, I repaired the damage to your skull, and also surprisingly you didn't damage your brain… but I had to repair the tissue and fluids… you should be fine but if you experience any pressure you should come back and see me, just encase you did damage your brain… besides that and the scars you are healthy"
Ibiki stood and started putting his clothing back on, his face neutral… Ibiki just about to leave was stopped when Sakura held out a piece of paper to him…
"What is this?" Ibiki asked curious opening the folded paper…
Standing and putting on her coat opening the door she looked back and smiled…
"My address… I know you probably wont come back to the hospital, but you will be able to find me there… if not I have medical supplies and drugs to hold of the pain or whatever and a seal to notify someone is there" Ibiki blinked…
"Thankyou Haruno"
"Just Sakura is fine" She smiled again and watched him disappear before she left the room…
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Sighing Sakura had to admit that Ibiki was quite attractive… scratch that he was sent from Kami himself! His body was so nice it was so hard not to drool… and his pants looked tight… she could tell that he was on the big side… she felt her inner pass out from blood loss…
"Sakura-sama!" A doctor rushed into the cafeteria where Sakura was spaced out…
"What is it?" Sakura said grumbling… he looked worn out…
"Some ANBU teams have come in! They are in a serious condition!" Sakura was out of her seat quickly walking to the ER with the doctor on her heels filling her in and others from the Cafeteria following getting ready to help…
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"She just wont rest" A nurse said in a worried tone to the small group of doctors and nurses around her…
"Those teams came back three days ago and she refuses to sleep or leave! Tsunade-sama can't even make her leave" A Doctor said also extremely worried for his superior…
"I think you spoke too soon" Someone whispered looking at the glass front door to the hospital, that just slammed open revealing a pissed looking Tsunade… She started looking around and stopped when they all pointed down a corridor…
"She is down there, room 167" They all said in unison and Tsunade nodded and stomped away… soon Shizune came in shaking her head…
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"Sakura" Said person turned her head to greet the person…
"Shishou… why are you here?" Sakura asked writing something down on a clipboard only for Tsunade to yank it out of her hands…
"You are forbidden to enter this hospital for 24 hours! Unless I say otherwise or you need treatment! NOW LEAVE BEFORE I KICK YOU OUT!" She yelled in Sakura's face…
Sighing she handed Shizune her medical coat and walked out of the Hospital…
Looking up at the sky she could see it was around 5pm… her stomach grumbled and her eye lids were heavy…
"Better get some food before I fall asleep" Sakura mumbled to herself setting off in a direction hoping to find someplace that looked appetising… She stopped when she saw the BBQ place team 10 go to… turning on her heel she went inside…
"Sakura-san! Ino, Choji and Shikamaru aren't here if you were looking at them" The owner's wife said sweeping up some mess…
"Oh, I wasn't looking for them I just wanted some food" Sakura smiled trying not to show how tired she was…
"Oh sure! Go find a spot and I'll come around and get your order" She said retreating into the kitchen… Sakura smiled… she walked towards the smaller booths and came to an empty one… she sat down and the lady came back…
"So do you know what you want?" She asked and Sakura nodded…
"Can I get some beef marinated kebabs, pork chops and some green tea" She nodded and walked away… Sakura yawned slouching in her seat with her hands over the cooking top to keep them warm, but also far enough away not to burn them…
"Here you go Sakura-san" The lady smiled and placed down the plates of meat and also a large pot of tea and some cups…
"Thankyou" Sakura smiled and immediately started cooking the food…
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Turning over the pork chops and kebabs before they burnt and taking a sip of tea someone walked up beside her…
"Sakura-san" Sakura stiffened at the deep, husky, intimidating and also warm voice she turned her head greeting the man…
"Ibiki-san… may I ask why you are here" Sakura said trying to will the bags under her eyes away… he sat opposite her…
"You haven't been out of hospital for 3 days… I was told you refused to leave" He said looking at all the food, and than helping himself to some tea…
She didn't know that he went to the hospital looking for her…
"Hey it was your subordinates that I saved! Also I was kicked out of the Hospital for 24 hours" Sakura growled thoroughly annoyed at him… the urge to punch him through a wall growing…
"And I thankyou for that" He said with a blank expression on his face picking up some chopsticks and also half of Sakura's meat…
"Hey! That's my food!" Sakura protested as he took a bite of Kebab… Sakura took the rest of the meat off the cooking top and started eating glaring at the man opposite her…
"They're my favourite" He said eating some more…
"And they are also mine!" Sakura stopped when she saw a glint in his eye, not knowing what it was…
"If your not going to eat that, don't waste it" Ibiki said pointing with a chopstick at Sakura's food… she growled and ate it… pushing the empty plate aside she took a sip of her tea finishing it… she poured herself another… and drank it quickly…
Ibiki studied her watching her annoyed features get replaced by exhausted ones… her eyes started drooping even more… Placing money down he stood and lifted Sakura from her seat… making handsigns quickly and placing a hand on her shoulder he shunsined them away…
Only to reappear near Sakura's place…
"Thankyou Ibiki… you didn't need to pay for dinner" Sakura said sighing… she than fell forward completely out, and barely registered the warm strong arms that lifted her before she hit the ground… pulling out the piece of paper of Sakura's address Ibiki memorised it and walked towards the building…
Reaching her apartment and pushed chakra into the lock making it open… moving Sakura so he was holding her bridal style and closed the door… looking around he saw that she kept her place clean, and had various shelves of other people's things that they left after being treated…
Going into the first room he saw that it was indeed hers and pulled back the red sheets, placing her in the bed and pulling the covers over her… quickly looking around the room he observed her king sized bed, full length mirror and cupboard full of clothing… walking out of the room he stopped when something grabbed his hand…
Looking down at his hand, he saw Sakura's holding it tight… looking at the young woman he noted that her brow was furrowed in distress? Pain?
"Please don't go" Sakura mumbled tightening her grip on his hand… "I don't want you to go" Sakura said also not releasing his hand…
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Waking up Sakura registered that she felt well rested and the spot next to her was warm but no one was there… sniffing the air she smelt the lovely scent of bacon and eggs… rolling out of bed and changing her clothing from the ones from the night before into pyjamas, she walked into the kitchen…
Sitting on the bench was an egg and bacon toasted sandwich and a note…
~Rest up and eat some food. And I did what you asked… Ibiki~
Blinking she took a big bite of her breakfast that was still extremely hot… she nearly spat it out when she remembered something…
"I asked him to stay last night" Sakura said wide eye remembering what she said before she was out… she blushed fiercely…
'Mmm so that's why the other side of the bed was warm' Sakura's Inner said with a seductive smirk on her face… 'Maybe we should thank him' She rubbed her hands together with a perverted look on her face that would put Jiraiya to shame…
'GOD INNER! Don't go down that road!' Sakura shrieked at her split personality that was in her own world…
"I could make him lunch since he paid for dinner and made me breakfast…" Sakura trailed off… finishing up her breakfast she changed into her small black skirt, white long-sleeved shirt and some sandals… putting her hair up and grabbing some money she set out to waist a couple hours before she went after Ibiki… maybe she could check up her friends progress…
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Walking into the Yamanaka flower shop she greeted the blond behind the desk…
"Hey Pig!" Ino looked up smiled…
"Hey forehead! Your just in time too, we were going to hunt you down to see how you were" Sakura smiled…
"So lets go than!" Sakura said already halfway out of the store… soon Ino was hot on her heels…
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"So Hinata… how are you and Naruto?" Tenten asked sipping some tea and Hinata blushed…
"G-g-good… he asked me out for some ramen for lunch today" She said blushing fiercely… "How about you Tenten?" She asked redirecting the attention…
"Oh god… he is so hard to get through to… but a compliment here and there… he is taking me out for dinner tonight… well a bar" Tenten said smirking… "You Ino?" Ino smirked
"Oh I have bested you! We are already dating…" Ino said slightly blushing and everyone picked it up… "He is nice… he asked me to dinner last night, he walked me home and asked me" Ino said "What about you Forehead… I bet you haven't even gotten a date yet or anything" Ino said smirking…
"Well… um…" Sakura's face turned fully red and all three girl's jaws dropped…
"Forehead! What have you done?" Ino asked leaning in and Tenten leaning in as well… Hinata was blushing…
"Well I being Head Medic you are in charge of hunting down the ninja that miss physicals…" They nodded… "He was on the list… I approached him and kidnapped him to the hospital, gave him a physical… than he left" They made a motion for her to go on…
"Than Shishou kicked me out of the hospital for 24 hours after I worked 3 days straight keeping ANBU alive… I went to the BBQ place and he showed up and stole my food… he paid for it and walked me out… I might have passed out from exhaustion and he carried me home… when he put me to bed, and he was just about to leave I grabbed his hand and asked him not to leave, than fell asleep…"
"This morning I woke up, and the other side of my bed was warm, but no one was there, and in the kitchen was a bacon and egg sandwich with a note saying he stayed…" She was blushing fiercely… she looked at her friends to see their shocked faces…
"YOU SLEPT WITH HIM!" Ino and Tenten shrieked and Hinata giggled and Sakura sighed ignoring all the stares…
"You like him Sakura-chan" Hinata said with no stutter…
"What do you mean?" Sakura asked frowning…
"You fell for him… didn't you" Sakura blushed and Hinata giggled…
"AND YOU LIKE HIM!" Ino and Tenten shrieked and Sakura groaned and sighed…
"I guess I do… despite I don't really know him much… it feels so right and its even better than what I felt for Sasuke" Sakura said resting her head in her hands…
"Forehead… if he makes you happy, go for it" Ino said
"Yeah Sakura, if you like him that is the more reason to make him like you back!" Tenten said nodding… Hinata giggled sipping tea and Sakura glared at her… she than smiled…
"Thanks guys… now to drag a giant to lunch" Sakura said smirking and standing up… "I'll see you guys later" Sakura said after placing some money down for her tea, and walking out
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