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This is the edited first chapter of my story. Each of these chapters are going to be of varying lengths and this is going to be similar to a drabble story. I hopefully will give you punctual updates at least once a week or every two weeks. Reviews encourage me and remind me!
Day 1
He looked nonchalantly at the doctor.
"I'm sorry Uchiha-san, but when we took the blindness from your eyes we were not aware that there were deposits of the disease in your brain. Apparently the blindness was some self defense measure your body took against it. I am so sorry for our careless mistake. There is no way for us to reverse the effects of the surgery. You have your eyesight back but..." he couldn't finish. "There's nothing we can do," he said regretfully, clutching his clipboard.
Itachi turned his head slowly and looked out the window. Had it even been two days?
"How long?
"A month or two. We can't really be sure. I'm afraid that it is going to be exceedingly painful, sir." His eyes were filled with tears. This man's job was sacred to him, Itachi thought. My death will cause him misery! This was a novel idea to the Uchiha. The entire village would be glad to be rid of the ex-traitor, despite the fact that his innocence had been proved.
"Ah."
The doctor left and Itachi continued to watch the pale sakura blossoms floating down from the trees in courtyard. He turned away and picked up the novel sitting next to his bed. He read the pages without really taking anything in. He quietly closed it and put it away. He looked again out the window.
"I really wanted to see the snow," he mumbled, then curled up under the blankets and fell asleep.
Sakura stared at the dripping IV, wishing to be anywhere but there. She turned away only to face a more depressing sight: the slow up and down movements of the monitor, representing her heart. She was slowing down. She would be dying soon.
"Sakura!"
She sat up quickly and plastered a fake smile on her face.
"Naruto-kun," she sang as he flew through the door.
"Did you get the results of the tests back?"
Her face fell and she crumpled forward. A sob escaped her lips. Naruto stood awkwardly by the door, wishing he could break down and cry too.
"That bad, huh," he whispered.
He uncomfortably sat next to his friend. He rested a gentle arm around her shoulder and patted her comfortingly.
"I don't want to die, Naruto," she whispered. "I had so many things left to do. I was going to save Sasuke, I was going to beat Ino, I was going to be happy. But all of that's changed. It's over now."