I'm new to story writing and so any feedback positive or negative would be great
thanks guys :)
this is a Sakura Haruno X Zuko fanfic
may include lemons in later chapters :D
BTW in this story, Sasuke never left and the Avatar is still in training.
I DONT OWN NARUTO OR AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER
"Hello? Can you hear me?" a smooth feminine voice shouted to an unconscious body. Golden orbs peered beneath heavy lids at a blurry image of a ...pink haired girl? Cool hands run along the side of his face slightly slapping him as sparkling green eyes stare at him.
"Try to stay awake as I do my medical jutsu."
The firebender prince heard nothing as he slowly became unconscious again.
'jutsu?...pink?... green?...' he thought before everything became black.
Zuko opened his eyes and stared up at wooden ceilings decorated with pictures and posters. Among them, his eyes caught a picture of a pink haired girl smiling happily. She was in between two scowling boys, with a grey-haired man behind them smiling happily behind a mask. His eyes wandered around to the rest of the room. It was a small, modest bedroom with only a bed, and a bookshelf. He was lying down shirtless on a tiny bed surrounded with pink blankets. His thoughts came to an end when he heard someone coming. He quickly got on his feet to a stance before cringing at the pain in his chest.
"Lay down or you will re-open your wound."
He looked at the source of the voice and saw the pink-haired girl from before. She had a doctor coat on top of a short red kimono that did nothing to hide her curvy figure. Her pink hair was clipped back in a messy bun, bringing more attention to those vivid green eyes that were rimmed with a tired black.
"Who are you? What the fuck am I doing here" he asked in a throaty whisper as he glared at the girl. God did he need water!
As if she read his mind, the pink haired girl produced a glass of water from the bed side table. "Here drink this and lay down, I'm low on chakra so I can't heal you if your wound opens."
'Chakra? What the hell is that? She's a healer, she must be from the water tribe but that doesn't explain her pale skin and pink hair...'
"I'm Sakura Haruno, apprentice of the Hokage. You are in my house in Konaha. I found you wounded in the forest. You were in very bad condition so I brought you home and I've been up all night healing you." Emerald eyes scanned his face. "So now you know who I am, who are you?"
Zuko stared at her for a minute, as if she was crazy. " Chakra? Hokage? Konaha?What jibberish are you speaking? I am Zuko, Prince of the Fire Nation. Where the hell am I?"
"Like I said, you're in Konaha." Sakura said, annoyed. "You're in the Fire Nation, but from what I know, the fire nation has no prince. Now who are you?"
Now it was Zuko's turn to be annoyed. "I told you, Pinky, I am Zuko, prince of the fire nation."
"DON'T CALL ME PINKY!" Growled Sakura as she held up a threatening fist at the young prince. This made Zuko smirk.
'She's cute.' He thought to himself as he watched her blabber mindless threats at him.
"Hmm. You don't seem to be lying... " Sakura pondered, still staring at him. "Geez, whoever did this to you must've hit you hard! Whatever. I'm going off to work, for the mean time, just rest." With that, she walked out of the room.
Zuko closed his eyes and thought.
He was panting hard and rage was running through his veins. His opponent striked with a powerful kick to his ribs. Zuko shot at him with a blow of hot fire before leaping behind the man and kicking him down. He placed his foot over his opponent's chest and his palm to the man's forehead. Rage and .. guilt? flooded his mind. He hesitated and before long, two flaming fists found their way towards his chest and-
A sharp, jagged pain came upon his chest. Beads of sweat was pouring down Zuko's neck as his hands grasped his aching chest.
'Who was I fighting?...' were his last thoughts as he blacked out from pain.
That night
"Wait so the avatar has all 4 elements and you can shoot fire out of your hands?" Sakura questioned.
"Yes! I said so already!" Zuko said, furious.
"Show me!" Sakura said.
Zuko held out his palm and BOOM out came a steady fire. He watched Sakura's wide eyes with an arrogant smirk, then he quickly balled his fist and the fire was gone.
Sakura snatched his hand to examine it, in doing so yanked Zuko closer to her. She studied his hand, gripping it with her superhuman strenth and all he could do was stay still and watch. Zuko noticed how close they were, he was just inches away from her. He looked at her face and studied the soft features and the bright green eyes. His hand was twitching to caress it. He snapped out of it when she started talking.
"Hmm... there's no explanation for this but seeing as your not lying..." She thought for a minute. "I guess you can stay at my place until we figure this out."
"hn"
"It's my day off tomorrow and you are in pretty good condition, so we can go out and talk to Tsunade but we have stop by the hospital for some medication for you. After, you can meet my team mates Naruto and Sasuke. Meanwhile, you need to get some rest for now" smiled Sakura as she left the room.
Zuko laid in the tiny bed with his arms folded behind his head. 'Is this real? Or is it just a really slow one of those dirty dreams I used to have when I was growing up... Whatever the case, I need to go home...'
Next day
"Morning Zuko! I brought you some breakfast." Said a happy Sakura as she skipped in. She looked around to find no trace of the firebender boy. "Zuko?"
Just then, Zuko walked into the room with a towel around his waist and heavy wet hair. Beads of water ran down his chest waking Inner Sakura.
OMG MAJOR HOTTIE! HE'S SMEXIER THAN SASUKE!
"What do you want" Zuko replied with an annoyed tone.
"I uh.. I brought you b-breakfast." Sakura replied as she quickly averted her eyes and pushed the tray of food forward.
Zuko looked at the girl with a raised eyebrow. She had her head down towards the ground to hide her blush but her ears were the colour of her ears. Seeing this, Zuko smirked.
"Sakura you brought me food?" He said as he walked towards her. "You shouldn't have." Zuko said seductively as he lifted her chin upwards so he could see her expression. She was wide eyed and her face was beet red as Zuko slowly closed the distance between their faces. Her plump lips never looked so appetizing. Suddenly he snapped back to reality and pulled back quickly before their lips could touch. He stared at where he just was, shocked at his own actions.
'Why did I do that?... It just seemed so..natural...' Zuko thought, his face blushing red.
"Um, thank you for the breakfast.. Can you get me some clothes... mine are all stained with blood and I can't exactly go to the hospital nude..." He asked sheepishly with a hand scratching the back of his head.
"Ah! O-of course.. Uh, I-I'll go and get them now..heh..." Sakura stammered as she rushed out of the room.
'What was that? Why didn't I do anything? I barely know the guy and I almost let him steal my first kiss.'
STEAL?! THAT KISS WAS RIGHTFULLY HIS THE MOMENT HE STEPPED OUT OF THAT SHOWER. I say you give it to him... and maybe he'll return the offer ;D
'OUT OF MY HEAD, NOW!'
Ok, I'm going, I'm going. Geez, it's your own dirty thoughts :P
At the hospital
Sakura walked into the crowded waiting room with Zuko trailing quietly behind her. The room was filled with people, old and young, all waiting for the aid of the lovely pink-haired doctor.
"Zuko, stay in here while I go find some medicine."
"Hn." Zuko replied as he looked around the room. Everyone was here to see Sakura. She smiled and greeted the elders and made small conversations with the women and children before heading out the door.
He placed his head against the wall and closed his eyes and thought.
Rage and .. guilt? flooded his mind. He hesitated and before long, two flaming fists found their way towards his chest and soon he was on the ground again. His opponent placed his foot on the bleeding wound he just made on Zuko's chest. Zuko looked up at the man, his heart twisted and pulled as he looked into the eyes of his opposer-
Searing pain flared across his chest and Zuko panted as the discomfort rolled along his upper body. He gripped his chest and opened his eyes to a pair of big dark brown eyes staring at him in curiosity.
A boy was standing in front of him, staring at Zuko as if he had a seen a flying buffalo (though in this world, highly unlikely...). The boy had short spiky brown hair and a small chipped tooth. He wore a long blue scarf and a pair of oversized goggles on his head. [ guess who ? muahaha]
"Konohamaru, quit staring, it's not polite!" nagged a small girl with large orange pig tails and markings on her cheeks. She wore the same goggles as the spiky haired boy.
"Woah! But Moegi! Look at his eye!" exclaimed Konohamaru as he continued to stare. He then proceeded to turn his head and talk to a bored looking boy with the same goggles and snot dripping from his nose. He had a sling supporting his arm and sat in the chair next to Zuko.
"Man, Udon, maybe you should let this guy go before you." said Konohamaru with a sly smile. "But then again, that would mean giving up your ticket to see Sakura-chan." With that, the boy, Udon, broke into a small blush.
"So are you here to see Sakura-chan too?" Konohamaru asked the firebender with a sly wink and mega eyebrow wriggling (something he picked up from Lee).
"Uh, I-"
"Well you'll have to get through half of Konaha first, judging by your looks... Konaha's men won't have that much trouble..." Konohamaru muttered the last part making Udon and Moegi giggle and Zuko mad.
"I've plowed through armies of men by myself, I think I'm pretty capable!" Zuko growled, holding himself from firebending the stupid grin off the small boy's face.
"So you do like Sakura-chan." Smirked Konohamaru as he pointed an accusing finger at the now blushing firebender.
"Well who wouldn't? She's the a strong konoichi and the nicest medical nin! It also doesn't hurt the fact that she's smoking hot..." Udon muttered the last part but Moegi heard and hit him in the back of the head earning a well earned 'ow'.
"Well Scar face-" Konohamaru started.
"The name is Zuko and I don't l-." Zuko interupted.
"Well Zuko the Scar face." Konohamaru said with a smile as Zuko growled. "Like I said before, you'll have to go through a lot of people to get Sakura-chan. She has admirers from all across the Fire Nation. Some desperate men even injure themselves to get medical attention from her." Konohamaru stated.
Zuko took a look around the room. Konohamaru was right, most of the patients were men, and most of them looked very unconvincingly injured. Their eyes were peeled at the door Sakura went into, eagerly waiting for the arrival of the pink beauty. This upset Zuko. Why it did, he wasn't sure of it himself.
"You'll also have to face the boss. He's protects her from any men, so unless he deems you 'worthy', you're not going near her." Konohamaru said.
"There's also Sasuke." Moegi added. The team of young chunnins broke out into anger and disgust.
"Sasuke... her team mate?" Zuko questioned.
"Yeah, the emo jerk." Udon said with an angry expression on his face, shocking the others as Udon was usually calm and expressionless. "He broke her heart and betrayed her 6 years ago for some blonde pig."
"Sakura-chan was so sad" Moegi sighed. "It took her years to recover."
"Yeah and now the jerk wants her back and she is hurting again." Udon said bitterly.
They looked to Zuko who now held face filled with rage and anger. 'Betrayal... I know that all too well... When I get my hands on him, that basturd's going to get it...'
"I like your guts Mister." Konohamaru smiled. "I'll be sure to recommend you to the boss." Konohamaru winked.
"But I do-" Zuko started again.
"Hey! How come you don't recommend me to the boss!" Udon cried.
"Because I don't want to comfort you when you find out she's out of your league." Konohamaru explained.
"Zuko!" Heads turned as the pink haired beau came into the room. "Let's go."
Shouts from the desperate men filled the room as they pleaded for her to stay.
"Please Sakura-san, I've waited all day for your arrival." Cried a young man, now on his knees. "I, uh, need healing." He said as he brought up a finger with a small paper cut.
"Sorry boys, but it's my day off and I need to get this boy to Tsunade before she passes out." Sakura smiled brightly to the room as she grabbed Zuko's hand and headed out the door. "Bye Konohamaru, Moegi, Udon!" Sakura cried above the pleads and cries of the men.
"Bye Sakura-chan! Bye Zuko!" Team Ebisu yelled as they waved the couple fair well.
"Good luck Zuko!" Konohamaru cried over the nonsense with a wink.
"Stupid kid..." Zuko muttered under his breath when they were out of the hospital.
"What did he mean by 'good luck'?" Sakura asked curiously as she stared at him with big green eyes.
"Ah.. Good luck with the training?... They think I'm a shinobi... he he..funny right?" Zuko spoke nervously.
"Training?" Sakura thought. "SHIT!"
