Disclaimer: I don't own naruto. If I did… nah… never mind.
A/N: Here's some light entertainment. (If ever you do find this entertaining.) Just trying to find out if I could write multi-chaptered stories. I know I lack descriptions. Could you please give tips on how I can improve? Thanks.
Hope you like this. If you don't, I wouldn't mind you telling me.
Temporary Nurse
Chapter 1
BAM!!! The two doors of the hospital's entrance opened.
"Where are they," asked Tsunade as she walked through quickly into Konohagakure's hospital entrance. She had been worried sick about the newly returned shinobi because they arrived from the S-class mission later than expected. She had almost thought they had reached their time.
"Ha-Hatake-san is in E-ER five. Shiranui-s-san is in ER two, Go-godaime-sama," answered the male medic who approached her when she arrived at the hospital.
"Kakashi's condition?"
"Erm… He… he –ah- err…" The nervous medic stuttered. 'Oh Kami, answer the Hokage's answer, idiot,' the medic told himself. The shinobi had broken bones and bleeding parts he didn't know where to start. "Erm… would you like me to start from his head or from the big toe of his left foot?"
Tsunade stopped her fast walk and put her hands on each side of her hips. She looked at the medic with her right eyebrow raised and shouted, "WHAT KIND OF ANSWER IS THAT!"
"Go-gomen, Tsunade-sama." He first cleared his throat before continuing. "He was carried by Genma because he was unconscious when they arrived…"
"Unconscious… Hm… so that's why they got him to come here." She began to walk toward Kakashi's room again. "What else?" she asked. "He's bleeding… severely. There are two stabs on his sides. Three of his ribs are broken, err…" The medic took several seconds before continuing. Tsunade lost her patience.
"Argh! Alright. I'll go see for myself," Tsunade said as she lengthened her strides. 'Kakashi what have you done to yourself this time,' she thought inwardly. "How about Genma," she asked again.
The medic tried his best to catch up with the fifth's fast walk. "His condition is better than Hatake-san's, Hokage-sama. Hatake-san got the stabs because he shielded Shiranui-san from the enemies' attacks," answered the nervous medic.
"Oookay. Go get my apprentice. Tell her to take care of Genma. I'll handle Kakashi."
"Hai."
Another BAM!!! Was heard when the Hokage's apprentice, who managed to somewhat 'inherit' her super strength, entered the two-door entrance of the hospital.
"Where is he," asked Sakura as she hurriedly entered the building.
"Shiranui-san is in Emergency numb--," the male medic, the one with Tsunade a while ago, was stopped in the middle of his answer by Sakura's raised right hand. Her left hand was rubbing her forehead the way a worried person would.
Sakura stopped walking and sighed. "No. I meant Kakashi-sensei. Wh-" She breathed in deeply then exhaled. "Where is Kakashi-sensei?"
"Hatake-san is in ER number five. S-Sakura-san!" Sakura started darting off toward the said room but was stopped by the male medic.
"Sakura-san, Tsunade's orders were for you to heal Shiranui-san. She said she'll handle Hatake-san."
"B-But…" She was breathing heavily now. "Argh! Alright!" Sakura then headed toward ER two. She passed by squealing nurses.
"EEEEEEEEEEPPPPPPPP!!!"
"Oh! I can't believe it!"
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKK!!!"
"Hihihihihihi… Oh Kami-sama, he was so hot!"
Sakura got irritated by their strangely unfitting moods. 'What the hell are they so happy about? Can't they see there are two injured shinobi here? Sheesh…' And so she approached them. "Girls, be quiet. Go back to your positions and help out whenever you can! Can't you see there are injured people here?!"
"Go-gomen," they all said and became quiet. Sakura then hurried to Genma's room. The young girls though didn't separate from each other just yet.
One of them whispered, "Two shinobi are injured and one of them is so hot!" They all smiled. Some giggled softly so nobody else would hear. "Sometimes I wish Hatake-san would get injured always," said one of them. "That way he'll always be here. Hihi," continued another nurse. "But that's bad," one of them countered. "Yeah, I know. But the only time he goes here is when he's injured," answered the other. "I wish I could ogle at him always." They all agreed while giggling at this last comment before they separated from each other.
After healing Genma, Sakura immediately ran towards Emergency Room number five, where Kakashi was. 'What happened to you, Kakashi-sensei,' she said to herself. She was worried she might lose him. At first she thought, 'Impossible! He's the Copy Nin!' But she was still scared. 'What ifs' still lingered in her head.
She tried to open the door but it was locked. "Darn it, Tsunade-shishou, I want to help heal him too," she whispered almost crying. But she knew better than to knock. Disturbing the medics inside would be fatal to the shinobi they were healing. So she stayed outside. She sat beside the pillar across the door. Slowly she began to fall asleep, the result of healing Genma's injuries.
After a few more hours, Tsunade appeared outside the room. 'He's lucky to be alive,' she thought to herself. She was about to go get a glass of water for her thirsty self when she saw the pink-haired medic. Sakura, hugging her knees and her head on her crossed arms, was still sleeping. "Shizune."
"Hai, Tsunade-sa — Oh!" Seeing Sakura made her lower her voice. "Isn't that Sakura?"
"Bring her to back to her apartment. She needs rest. I asked her to heal Genma."
"But you ordered me to check up on Genma."
"I'll do that. You bring Sakura back to her apartment."
"Hai."
Sakura woke up the following day. Events of yesterday were not much clear at first but her mind remembered everything she was and wasn't able to do after a few pats on her cheek with cold water. Questions about how she got to her apartment and who brought her there vanished when she remembered another injured ninja. "Kakashi!" she exclaimed. She then prepared to go to the hospital. The first thing she did was go to Kakashi's room to see his condition with her own eyes, not from the reports of others. She felt relieved when she saw him breathing but a little sad because he still wasn't awake.
"I'm so glad you're alright Kakashi-sensei," Sakura said while holding his right hand. I almost cried worrying about you."
Right after she said her second sentence, a familiar female voice behind her said, "Hn… He'll probably wake up tomorrow."
Surprised to know that someone was here, Sakura turned around and the sight of the owner of the voice confirmed her guess of who was behind her. "Tsunade-shishou! Go-Gomen. I didn't notice you."
"It's alright, Sakura," Tsunade said, smiling. "Had a difficult time healing Genma yesterday?"
"Hai. He had several deep cuts. That S-class mission almost got the two of them, shishou," she worriedly commented.
"Yeah. Been thinking about giving them a break, you know."
"That's a good idea, shishou."
"Hai, hai. But I have a problem. Genma I could easily give a break. But Kakashi. Tsk tsk… He's a stubborn one. He'd rant about him being alright already and ask for more missions." She made a deep sigh. Sakura giggled a little.
Sakura returned the next day with a basket of fruits she bought for Kakashi. When she neared room 341 she heard Tsunade shouting, "HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU TO BE CAREFUL AND TO NOT OVEREXERT YOURSELF?!" She opened the door and saw the male medic from the other day looking frightened and Tsunade looking at Kakashi and fuming with anger. "DON'T YOU KNOW HOW THICK YOUR FILE IN THIS HOSPITAL IS?!?!" 'Ah! The million-dollar cliché question,' Kakashi thought inwardly.
"Tsunade-shishou, what's wrong?" asked Sakura while walking closer to the three other people in the room.
"Argh… Don't interrupt, Sakura." "Go-gomen."
"Ohayou, Sakura-chan!" greeted Kakashi, smiling at the recipient of the greeting. Sakura smiled too but the smile ended quickly because of the shout that came from the oldest person in the room.
"KAKASHI, PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT I'M SAYING. LOOK AT ME!!!" And so Kakashi looked at her with that same bored expression.
"You are to stay in this hospital for three more days and you'll be given no mission for the whole week next week."
Kakashi's only visible widened. "Nani? Godaime Hokage-sama, what am I going to do here for three days?"
"Rest."
"Next week?"
"Rest."
"Nani?"
An eyebrow twitched. "Well if you listen to what I kept telling you before every mission, you could have another mission next week."
Kakashi sighed. "Alright. I promise I'll be careful next time, Hokage-sama," Kakashi said with another cute smile.
"Don't try to look cute! How many times have I heard that? Do you know?" Tsunade asked the male medic beside her. The medic first counted with his fingers, putting one after another on his other hand's palm. One…Two… Kakashi rolled his eyes. Sakura smiled. Tsunade kept looking at the counting medic. Three…Four… Then he drummed his four fingers on his other palm. "What?!?!" Kakashi uttered with his eyebrows almost meeting each other. After drumming a few times, he said while smiling, "Sorry, Hokage-sama. Hehe. I lost count!" Kakashi's eyes widened more and his eyebrows still tried their best to meet. Sakura giggled with one of her hands on her mouth.
"YOU SEE!" shouted Tsunade pointing at Kakashi.
"Why you little…!" Kakashi said while trying to stand up so he could strangle the other man. Tsunade stopped his movements. "Kakashi, I told you to rest."
"He's exaggerating, Hokage-sama. That can't be true," reasoned Kakashi.
"Yes, I know that! Stop moving!" Kakashi stopped. Tsunade looked at her feet then sighed again. "But admit it or not," she looked at Kakashi, "you've said it more than 20 TIMES!"
Kakashi said nothing to counter this. He only stared at the male medic, scaring the poor thing.
Tsunade almost laughed at the sight of Kakashi using his one eye to scare a medic when a knock on the door was heard. "Answer that, will you, Sakura," ordered Tsunade. Sakura placed the basket of fruits on a table on the left side of Kakashi's bed and headed for the door. "Hai? Oh. Shizune-san." Sakura turned to Tsunade's direction. "It's Shizune-san, Tsunade-shishou."
"Let her in."
Sakura opened the door wider to let the person in. Tsunade walked toward Shizune so they could talk in private. "Tsunade-sama, one of our nurses is not feeling well…"
That was all that Sakura got to hear because after closing the door, she went to Kakashi.
"Kakashi-sensei. Feeling better?" she asked him as she sat on the chair next to the table.
"Hai, Sakura-chan. Being covered with bandages is better than bleeding."
She sighed. "You and your weird way of answering. Normal people say 'yes', you know?"
"You don't like my creativity?" he continued to tease.
She put her index finger on her chin to pretend that she was really having a hard time thinking of an answer. Kakashi just stared at her, feigning to be irritated. Then Sakura smiled. "Well I suppose I could say your answers are quite amusing."
Kakashi smiled at her response. Then said, "I'd rather stay in the forest though than in this hospital. I don't like hospitals."
"That is the most obvious thing in the world, Kakashi-sensei."
"And who is that nurse?" inquired Tsunade with her hands, again, on her hips. They were in one corner of Kakashi's room. Only the three of them: Shizune, Tsunade and the male medic (he followed Tsunade because he was scared of the bandaged Kakashi), could hear what they were talking about.
"The one assigned in room 219."
"What do you mean 'not feeling well'?"
"Fever, coughs, cold. Flu for short."
Tsunade raised an eyebrow. "Where is the nurse now?"
"I let her go home. She can't take care of girl in her condition."
"Yes, yes," agreed Tsunade, nodding her head. "Besides, the girl might catch the disease. Who's taking care of her now?"
"I haven't assigned anyone yet. I figured you should know first."
Tsunade nodded again. "When is she coming back?"
"Probably next week."
"Alright! Go find a substitute! Someone has to--- " Tsunade stopped in mid sentence. An idea struck her. Then she smiled. Shizune got worried. 'When she smiles like that someone gets in trouble. I wonder what she's thinking.'
Tsunade looked at the floor while rubbing her jaw, still smiling. 'Yes. Good one, Tsunade. You are so smart,' she flattered herself.
"Shizune, go back to work. I'll take care of the substitute nurse."
"Na-nani? Y-you're sure about that?"
"Hai!" Tsunade answered, the same smile plastered on her face.
'That smile definitely means trouble. Not for me, I hope.' Shizune then responded with a, "You'll do that happily? You're not forced? Because I'll gladly handle it Hokage-sama."
"WHAT DO YOU THINK OF ME, SHIZUNE?!"
"Go-gomen. Okay. I'll go now." Before leaving, she requested for the male medic with Tsunade to come help her carry some things. With the Hokage's permission, Shizune, together with the male medic, exited the room.
"For three days. What am I going to do?"
"Tsunade-shishou said you're supposed to rest, Kaka-sensei."
"Why do prefer to remove the last part of my name instead of the title?"
Sakura giggled at this. Then…
"Kakashi!" both their heads swung to where Tsunade was. "Hai, Hokage-sama?"
"I changed my mind," said the still smiling Hokage.
'Why did her mood suddenly change? Did Shizune bring good news?' thought Sakura.
'Her mood changed? Scary, thought the shinobi beside her.' "You changed your mind about what Tsunade-sama? Letting me stay?" Kakashi asked while smiling back.
"Iye." Tsunade was now rubbing her jaw again while smiling. "You will stay.
I changed my mind about not giving you a mission after you recover."
"Tsunade-sama! You are so kind. Arigatou gozaimasu," said a very relieved Kakashi.
Tsunade laughed. 'Why does her laugh make me shiver a little?'
Then, in her business tone voice, Tsunade said, "Hatake Kakashi."
"Hai."
"After three days you will return to your apartment. And then---"
"Arigatou, Tsunade-sama."
"Don't interrupt! After three days, you will be allowed to return to your apartment,"
she repeated. "On the fourth day, you are to come back here…"
"Nani? What fo----" Tsunade raised her hand to stop him from interrupting her while
giving orders. She continued, "wearing a male nurse's uniform…"
Kakashi's eye widened as wide as it could. "NANI??????"
"I SAID DON'T INTERRUPT ME!!!" Kakashi shut mouth.
The Hokage continued again, "On the fourth day, you are to come back here wearing
a male nurse's uniform and be the substitute nurse for three days." Tsunade stated these orders emphasizing the words: 'come back', 'wearing', 'nurse's uniform', and 'nurse', her smile widening more and more after each word. 'This will teach him.'
As Tsunade's smile widened, so did Kakashi's eye, with every emphasized word. "Hokage-sama, please. Change your mind again."
"No, Kakashi. My decision is final. Since your record here is so thick it's so obvious you like staying here."
"No!" Sakura smiled at Kakashi's behavior. She couldn't say anything. She was amused by what was happening before her.
"Don't 'No' me, Kakashi. I am Hokage and I just gave your mission for next week." The smile widened even more, if it still could.
'I knew that smile meant something.' "Please. I still need to rest."
"What. Ha! Don't say that! You always say you're alright. Don't kid with me, Kakashi," said the Hokage with sarcasm.
"Oh!"
"Well, I still have many things to attend to. Ja Ne." Tsunade started heading for the door.
"Hokage, sama!"
BAM!!! The door closed.
Sakura laughed after the fifth left.
"It's not funny," said an annoyed Kakashi with his head bowed and his eyes staring blankly at nothing in particular.
End of Chapter 1. I hope it's interesting enough to catch your attention.