A/N I don't own Naruto or Fairytail (unfortunately) I hope you enjoy this :)

"Haruno-San, you're needed in theatre!" A nurse called as she hurried alongside me, she was pretty in the traditional way, long black hair tied up into a pony-tail and wide blue eyes that looked- at this moment- exhausted. I recognised her as Hanna Aoki, she was a hard working girl who I got on well with we had often eaten together at lunch.

"Give me a run down." My voice was curt, as I took the file from her and scanned over the patient's notes.

"His team brought him in. They were traveling through Tea when they were attacked by rogues. His right leg has a deep gash, and he's lost a lot of blood, we're in the process of a blood transfusion." She paused for a moment then put her hand on my arm, "He's my sister's husband, Haruno-san. It would kill her to lose him."

"Aoki-Chan, you don't need to worry. He's in good hands." I smiled at her,

"The thing is, the kunai that slashed his leg was dipped in poison and we can't I.D it." We were pushing our way in through the theatre doors, "We don't know if it's just paralysing, hallucinogenic or if it's fatal."

"Hanna, go home to your sister and comfort her, you've been here since six this morning besides he's your family, and you technically shouldn't even be in this room." My voice was low so as not to draw attention to us.

"Thankyou." Her voice was relieved and tears welled up in her eyes.

"I'll let you know how it goes." I told her before turning to the patient to examine the damage.

XxXxX 2 hours Later XxXxX

I stepped back from the operating table and grinned up at the doctor who had been scrubbing for me, "He's going to be okay." I sighed pulling the bloodied rubber gloves off my hands and disposing of them, "He may have some scarring but that's to be expected from a wound like that."

"You can go home if you want to Haruno-san," Kai (the doctor) told me a small smile on his lips as he put things away- there was something about having an operation go successfully that gave you an adrenaline boost and made you feel like you were walking on air.

"What about you?" I asked pulling my shoulder length pink hair out of its bun.

"I started just as this one came in. I'm on nights this week." He told me as we signed for the porter to take our patient to recovery.

"Well good luck, and I'm on call if anyone needs me!" I called over my shoulder as I left, "Goodnight."

"Goodnight, Haruno-san." I heard as I headed towards the changing room.

Two O'clock already? I thought as I grabbed my bag from the lockers, deciding I'd change when I got home, better go tell Hanna and her sister that Ken-san is okay.

I inhaled deep as I stepped out into the crisp night air. I hadn't been outside since I walked to work this morning. I turned right and headed towards the Aoki household, I had been there once before when Hanna's sister (Lucy) had given birth to her son at home, she hadn't been able to make it to the hospital. Feeling only slightly guilty that I was waking them up I knocked on the door.

"Coming!" Hanna's muffled voice shouted. The door opened to reveal the young woman, her hair loose from it pony-tail hung around her like a cloak, "Oh Sakura-san, come in."

"I really can't, I need to get home or my roommate will worry." I said giving her an apologetic smile.

"Hanna who's at the door?" a soft voice asked from the stairs. Looking up I saw Lucy holding her sleeping son, her blue eyes were red from crying and her short black hair was mussed up as though she had been running her hands through it.

"Hi, Lucy." I said smiling at her, "I've come with some good news." I lowered my voice as she got closer to the front door, I didn't want to wake the baby, "Ken-san will be okay, he's in recover at the moment but he should be out tomorrow afternoon."

As soon as I said the words the two women broke out into relieved smiles and stated to thank me, I had to refuse several offers of tea explaining that I needed to get home before I headed off.

"Thank you again." Lucy said adjusting her hold on her son so she could kiss me on the cheek.

"I was only doing my job." I told her, "Goodnight, hopefully you'll rest easy now."

Waving one last time I headed in the direction of my apartment, an exhausted sigh escaped my lips when I remembered all the stairs I would have to climb.

"Want me to carry you?" a deep voice asked as I drew near to the apartment, "You look exhausted."

Shikamaru Nara came out of the shadows his demeanour was relaxed but I could see his eyes darting over my face in concern, "You shouldn't work yourself so hard."

"This is me taking it easy." I joked as went in for a hug. Shika and I had become closer over the years. When Naruto and Kakashi-sensei went off to search for Sasuke-kun I had been a wreck. I wouldn't eat and I had begged Tsunade-Sama to let me go after him. Eventually she had realised that I needed to be distracted and had given me the task of finding cures for some poisons that an underground gang had gotten hold off. Shikamaru happened to be on the same mission and we became good friends. Despite what some people think (cough Jiraiya-sensei cough) our relationship was purely platonic, in fact I was trying to get him with Tamari because they would be so good together, (in my opinion anyway).

"Well then maybe you should take some of that leave you've been building up." He said, I could hear the concern in his voice, "You're not going to be any help if you're in the hospital being treated for chakra exhaustion."

"You're right." I conceded, "I'll talk to Tsunade-Sama tomorrow morning."

I saw his teeth flash in the dark, "No need, I've already sorted it for you. She was shoving the papers in my hands before I finished speaking."

"You sneaky son of a-" I was cut off when he picked me up and jumped up to our balcony, it was one of the reasons we bought the apartment, he set me back on my feet on the living room carpet.

"Off to bed with you. And if you try to go to work before your leave is up I will take away all your medical books." He said it with a smile but I knew he was completely serious,

"Okay dad," I smirked and hurried into my room in a short lived spur of energy, I landed on my bed and without even bothering to change, I fell asleep.