Naruto belongs to Kishimoto-san!
Summary: AU, OOC, Pg-13, Sasu X Saku. Sasuke is a doctor and mistakes Sakura for a nurse. Naruto is a plastic surgeon and Hinata is his personal nurse. Will sparks between these couples alight in the hospital?
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Healing Hands
By Durian
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Chapter One- Reflections
"Sasuke dear, no matter what happens I want you to live on. Hope will always be around the corner, please don't ever give up…"
The medic team rushed into the operation room and amongst them was a young doctor holding his fiancée's hand. He swore out in frustration as the doctor assigned for her brain surgery was occupied with another operation. The condition of the pink haired girl had deteriorated dramatically over a few hours. The blood clot in her brain would burst in any minute if left unattended.
Sasuke's mind was hollow and terror from losing her condemned him. Incisions must be precise and any slip-ups can cost her, her life and furthermore their marriage. The large operation lights made the room glow an eerie white, while Sasuke watched the nurses shave the beautiful long pink hair. Strand by strand the silken locks fell gently to the ground.
Time seemed to have frozen in space as he watched the nurses prepare the equipment while the ECG echoed in the background. Sasuke came back to reality as the girl whispered, "I will love you no matter what…" while the head nurse injected some anaesthetic into her bloodstream. She gave him a reassured smile before drifting into a soundless sleep.
It was the first time for Sasuke to perform surgery on someone related to him. Sweat beads covered his forehead as his hands shook when holding the equipment. The operation was running smoothly after Sasuke had opened her skull. His hands had stopped shaking because their was too much at risk if he failed to remove the blood clot.
Halfway through the surgery, Sasuke had nearly eliminated all of the blood clot with his steady hands but fate had its way with these operations. Luck was not on his side as he pressed softly at the delicate organ to remove the remainder of the clot, an exhausted vessel had burst causing a spray of blood to Sasuke's face. Her heart pressure increased a hundred folds before a straight line appeared on the EEG as her brain failed to function.
No matter how many times Sasuke had tried to revive her, dead was dead and nothing could bring her back to life. He watched helplessly as her hands flailed up and down as he tried to use an electric current to revive her. Tears slid from his eyes and obscured his vision as he fell on his knees. He has saved so many people in his life but had failed to save the one person he loved the most, Setsuna…
Five years later…
Sasuke Uchiha was one of the most successful doctors at Konoha Hospital. He specialised in brain surgery and occasionally performed surgical operations on the heart and other vital organs within the body. After the death of his beloved fiancée he showed little emotions to his patients and was one of the most prized bachelor in the hospital. Most of the young nurses who were under 30 had their eyes on him but he showed no interest in them.
The years have passed by quickly but Sasuke could never forget the love of his life. However painful it was too be alone he hid it well behind his stoic mask and he never once let down his fortitude of emotions. His eyes gazed blankly to the photo of a pink haired girl on his office table before a knock on the door interrupted his attention.
"Come in," shouted Sasuke.
"I'm trying but the door is locked!" exclaimed the voice behind the door.
'How troublesome,' thought Sasuke as he hopped off his chair to open the door. 'It's probably another annoying nurse asking for his help,' which was why he locked his door to prevent anybody intruding into his room without his permission. Sasuke turned the doorknob slowly and froze like a statue. Standing before him was a pink haired girl who looked exactly like his fiancée.
"Setsuna," whispered Sasuke and wondered if he was hallucinating.
"I think you've mistaken me for someone else. I'm Sakura Haruno and-" explained Sakura before a speaker interrupted her.
"Dr Uchiha please proceed to operation room 15, we have a serious case on head injury. Dr Uchiha please proceed to operation room 15, we have a serious case on head injury," the speaker drained.
"Sakura is it? You can follow the instructions I give to the other nurses," stated Sasuke mistaking Sakura for a nurse.
Sakura nodded and ran after Sasuke as he made his way to the injured person. First he checked the man for body injuries before proceeding to a quick brain scan. The man received two medium blows to the head, which resulted with internal bleeding in the brain. The surgery would be tricky and chances of him dying would be very high.
Sasuke gave the unconscious man a big dose of anaesthetic before shaving off his hair to open his skull. Midway through the operation the man began to suffocate but Sasuke was preoccupied with stopping a vessel from bleeding. The ECG beeped frantically as oxygen filled a section of his heart and prevented the blood from circulating.
"The patient is suffering from a mild anaesthetic allergic reaction," shouted Sakura as she dashed for an air tube to be inserted to the man's lung as his heart's pumping slowed.
The man's pulse returned to a normal level once enough oxygen began to circulate the body. Sasuke maintained his focus on the brain until after the operation while Sakura began stitching up the punctured hole in the chest where the tube was placed. The operation was a success and Sakura explained that she was a new doctor from America.
Naruto Uzumaki, another young bachelor doctor was also performing surgery on the other side of the hospital. His case was a second-degree burn injury in which he carefully treated. He injected a doze of plasma to the patient to help with healing before surgically removing the minimal amount of dead skin. He placed a few special sheets on the burnt areas of the woman's face to prevent infection before wrapping it up with bandaging.
The healing of the left face would take a few weeks before further plastic surgery could be given to eliminate unwanted scars. Naruto enjoyed his work and was happy to help burnt victims and to change the outward appearance of low self-esteemed patients. After his surgery, Naruto went back to his office to attend to a frequent patient of his.
"Hello Tsunade," greeted Naruto and added, "What would you like to me to fix for you this time?"
"I'm starting to get more wrinkles again so I'd like a face lift and maybe smaller breasts," answered Tsunade.
Naruto took a glance at her oversized breasts and nodded, "Whatever you say."
"You can take your eyes off my chest now," declared Tsunade.
"I have no interest for 50 year old women," said Naruto and added, "Maybe Dr Jiraiya will be interested in you…"
"No thanks!" replied Tsunade.
Naruto ordered his nurse Hinata to set up the equipment while he measured Tsunade's chest for breasts reducement. Hinata gave a short blush when she came back in to see a half naked Tsunade. The blonde woman observed the shyness of the young nurse and commented, "Your girlfriend there should come out of her shell."
"She's not my girlfriend," stated Naruto bluntly while Hinata's head shifted downwards with disappointment.
"Why not? She's cute, if you don't ask her out I'm sure some other guy will soon," said Tsunade and added, "Unless you have someone in mind!"
"Well that's non of your business," answered Naruto flatly.
Hinata put on a quick solemn expression as she thought, 'Perhaps Naruto has a crush on somebody but who?'
After the completion of Tsunade's cosmetic surgery she had to stay in the hospital until her stitches heal. No matter how much Hinata liked Naruto she dared not to tell him in case he rejected her. Furthermore, he may not want her as his personal nurse if he knew she had feelings for him so she hid her emotions.
Although, her constant blushing would have given away her feelings, Naruto was too thick in the head to realise. He always treated comments about Hinata and him being an item as a joke. During his 2 years of working in Konoha Hospital he has only regarded Hinata as his friend.
As they made their way to the cafeteria Naruto noticed a girl with a familiar shade of pink hair. He was more than delighted to see his old friend that he ran towards her. He tapped her from the back and when Sakura saw him she gave him a big hug. Meanwhile, Hinata's hands gripped tightly to her nurse uniform.
Hinata watched the two order some food before sitting down together. A stung of jealousy jabbed at her as hopes of eating with Naruto was now shattered by this girl. She studied the delicate features of the girl and wished her hair were as long and shiny as hers. Her eyes trailed down to Sakura's uniform and realised she was a doctor, she felt defeated and was of no match for a successful young woman like her.
Sitting close by was Sasuke munching on his dried tasteless sandwich. His eyes were also focused on the couple sitting in the middle of the cafeteria. Right in front of him was a girl that looked exactly like his deceased fiancée. He had only met her for a few hours, yet she was already sitting next to a male doctor! Envy began to embroil inside him as he squeezed his egg sandwich making the egg ooze out.
"Why didn't you tell me that you were coming here?" asked Naruto.
"I didn't realise you worked here!" replied Sakura and added, "Well it's nice seeing you."
ALERT! I really do apologise for making the medical stuff up, I really have no idea on this stuff. I'd appreciate if any medical students out there can help me but if not let's stay with my imagination! The most I've studied is Biology if that helps, hehe...
I figured if you stick something into the heart the man would probably die so I have now changed it to the lungs, hehe! Sorry, but you'll just have to bare with my gramma because getting a beater would be 'too troublesome-Shika'...
I've given up on my other fics and have decided to start afresh on this one . I'll try to update once a week if that's possible and so i'd appreciate if you reviewed for some mental support, just drop by and say hello.
If you are feeling confused let me tell you that Sakura's twin is Setsuna and that Naruto and Sakura both studied medicine in America. Will Sasuke give up on Sakura without a fight? I don't think so! Kakashi will be introduced as a gynaecologist and until next time, bye P...
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