Disclaimer: I own Naruto, Queen, The Coca-cola Company and Microsoft. Strangely enough I don't get a dime from their profits, go figure…(obviously I own nothing but the idea of this story).
Somebody to Love
Chapter 1. Love of my life
Seventeen-year old Sakura was, as any other normal day, at the hospital. Her shift started peacefully, only children with minor injuries. 'I'm so having an easy time today' she thought, stretching before checking her schedule for more patients. None! That was a good thing, the least thing she needed was an emergency…
Then the red light was turned on, which meant that very bad injured shinobi were on their way to the hospital. 'Great. Just great. It was too soon to be happy' she sighed. Sakura knew it wouldn't be good. Indeed, Tenten, Kiba and Sasuke were deeply wounded. The medic-nin ran to them and noticed that Sasuke had the worst condition among the three.
"Ok, everyone" she said, fully aware of what she needed to do. "Kaori, go find Tsunade-shishou and Shizune now! Suzumi and Takeo, get Tenten to room 3 and heal her right now. Chiharu and Koji, you two get Inuzuka and Akamaru to room 5, you know what to do. Yuka and Katsuo, come with me to room 8. The Uchiha is barely alive. Move!"
Everyone did as they were told. Sakura looked at Sasuke and her heart clenched. He could have been mean to her, but he was still a fellow shinobi. She was a professional, a medic-nin, and it should be above everything. She put the past away and focused on healing her former teammate.
Flashback
Love of my life - you've hurt me
You've broken my heart and now you leave me
Love of my life can't you see
Bring it back, bring it back
Don't take it away from me, because you don't know -
What it means to me
"Sasuke-kuuuuuuuuuuun" Sakura waved at her former teammate. It was only six months ago that he had returned to Konoha. He spent about two months at the hospital. As soon as he was released, Tsunade performed several tests on him, both physical and psychological. The Hokage decided that he should work again as a Konoha-nin. This day he was assigned to a very dangerous mission with Tenten and Kiba, starting in two days. Sakura looked for him in between her shifts, she needed to say goodbye and wish him good luck. He was about 150 feet from her, so she ran towards him. "Sasuke-kun! What are you doing tonight?" she smiled, her jade eyes full of love and hope.
"It's none of your business" he answered, crossing his arms in front of his chest and closing his onyx eyes. Little did he now that this gesture made him three times hot, at least to Sakura's eyes.
"Awn, don't be mean, Sasuke-kun! Ne, we could go to this new restaurant, I heard they…"
"Sakura" he interrupted her, opening his eyes and looking straight at hers. "I know you're not stupid, so why can't you understand?" he frowned, getting angry by her mere presence.
"Understand what?" she said faintly, she knew what he meant but she played dumb.
He rolled his eyes. "Look at me and pay attention to this, I'm only saying it once more. I. Don't. Like. You. So stop bugging me, I won't go out with you, the only reason why I even talk to you is because sometimes we have to work together. Otherwise I wouldn't even know you existed." He sighed. How many times has him told her that? But she never seemed to give up. "And spare me your tears; I can't believe you're still an annoying cry baby. Why can't you just forget about me?".
"But…" her eyes were moist, her lower lip trembled.
"Get the hell out of my life! And I mean it." Gee, that girl was really pissing him off. He was away for four years and had almost forgotten about her. How could she have kept feeding a childish crush?
"Very well." There was hurt in her voice, not that he cared. She slowly turned around and left the cold-hearted Uchiha behind.
Love of my life don't leave me
You've taken my love, you now desert me
Love of my life can't you see
Bring it back, bring it back
Don't take it away from me, because you don't know -
What it means to me
When she was sure she left his eyesight, she started to run, crying her eyes out. 'I can't believe it! How can I be stupid enough to still love such a monster? Why can't I take him out of my thoughts? Stupid stupid stupid me'
'Stupid indeed' Inner Sakura stated.
'I don't need YOU to say it, I already know it ok? It is hard enough to have two people mistreating me! You could at least support me for a change!' while crying and arguing with her inner self, Sakura wasn't really paying attention where she was going. Suddenly she bumped into something – someone. Behind her tears she saw dark long hair and white eyes.
"Hinata-chaaaaaaaaan" she threw herself at the clueless girl, crying even harder. "He… annoying… hates me… stupid…" she said between sobs. Hinata's eyes were wide as dinner plates.
"Sakura-chan! I can't understand a thing, but please don't cry that much! Calm down and tell us what happened" Sakura didn't notice, but Kiba was beside Hinata.
"I think I might know what's happening" he said, then mouthed 'Sasuke' to Hinata. She nodded.
"Ne, I'll take you to my home and you'll stay with me until you calm down. Kiba, help me here" Sakura wasn't really able to walk properly. The Hyuuga heiress got her left side, while the Inuzuka boy took her right side. They slowly made their way to the Hyuuga compound.
Once there, Hinata got some chamomile tea. She handed one cup to Kiba, another to a very shaky Sakura, and took the last one to herself. The pink haired kunoichi took a sip, the warmth welcomed by her throat. She calmed down a bit, or at least wasn't crying that hard.
"Ok then, now take your time and tell us what happened." Hinata said in the sweetest voice she could have.
"Oh, it's just me being stupid and Sasuke-kun being Sasuke-kun" she said bitterly. How she wanted to get him out of her heart for good. Unfortunately her heart was stubborn and refused to let him go.
"Sakura, I'm going to be honest with you, so please take me seriously. You're SO strong and talented and beautiful – don't you even try to deny it! That Uchiha bastard doesn't deserve a tiny bit of your attention, let alone your love. Why do you love him anyway? All I see is you in pain because of him" Hinata nodded at Kiba's words, he was absolutely right.
"I don't know why I feel this way about him. I guess I just need to love someone and it happened to be him… Pathetic, huh?" she smiled sarcastically.
"Then we know how to solve your problem!" Hinata's eyes were wide in contentment. Sakura looked at her in disbelief. "You need somebody to love, right? Find someone else!" Obvious, wasn't it?
"If it was so easy, I would have been out of this long ago… But you don't find somebody to love as easy as you buy bread." The medic-nin answered.
"C'mon Sakura, you say it like you were really looking for someone. You just closed your eyes and heart to everyone who wasn't him. Let him go, girl! Kick him out and get a real life!" Kiba said enthusiastically.
'Shannaro! He's so right!'
'Hm, guess you're right this time, Inner Sakura' "Ok, you have a point there. So all I have to do is open myself and find love?" Both her friends nodded happily. It could work, and, well, she really had nothing to lose.
End of flashback
After some hours, she was finally done with Sasuke. His main injuries were healed and she was completely out of chakra. If she could have chosen, she would have healed Tenten first, then Kiba. But she knew she was the best medic there, only Tsunade being above her. She couldn't let her personal issues mess with her duties. The Uchiha prodigy was now asleep, so she left the room and went to check on the other two patients.
First she entered room 5. Kiba was awake, with Akamaru sleeping on his lap. "Hello, tough guy! Why are you not sleeping?" Sakura said playfully, relieved to see that he was ok. She took his medical file and read it, making some notes of her own.
"Why should I? C'mon, these are only scratches, tomorrow I'll be as good as new!" he smiled and she giggled.
"Scratches, huh? Very well then, Inuzuka. Now you get some sleep or else!" she winked mischievously. "I'm going to see Tenten now. If you need anything, just ask ok? And do not get up from your bed until I say so!"
"Yes, mom!" they waved at each other and Sakura closed the door behind her as she got out. Then she entered room 3, trying to make no noise. Tenten was asleep, as if nothing had happened to her. She took her friend's medical file and narrowed her eyes. Things were not very good but at least the weapon mistress was out of danger. She exited the room and found Tsunade on the hallway.
"Sakura, you've been here for too long today. I just checked on them, you know they will get better soon. Now you should go home and take some rest" Sakura opened her mouth to say she was fine, but Tsunade didn't let her speak. "Go home. Things are under control now."
"Hai, shishou" she was really in need of a break. She was tired, sweaty, smelly and covered by blood. 'Man, this job is just killing me.' Letting her feet take her home, Sakura tried to clear her head. Which wasn't hard at all; she was exhausted. Reaching her mid-sized apartment, she sighed deeply, heading to her bathroom. 'I need a good warm bath at my super duper Jacuzzi' she thought while waiting for the bathtub to be ready. Adding some therapeutic salts, Sakura sunk herself in the water, welcoming the cozy warm feeling. She closed her eyes; the best thing of working her hands to the bone was that her mind was too busy to think about Sasuke. He didn't deserve her love, she was convinced by Kiba of that. But you can't tell your heart what to do, right?
You won't remember -
When this is blown over
And everything's all by the way -
When I get older
I will be there at your side to remind you
How I still love you - I still love you
She had everything planned in her mind. In her dreams, he would turn to her and say how much he always loved her. How she was the perfect girl for him. And then they would get married, have a son named Kojiro and a daughter named Nanami, both with his black hair and her green eyes. They would do everything together, because they can't be away from each other. They would even get older together and she would always be there for him as he would be there for her. Sakura laughed at herself, then let a single tear fall from her left eye.
"Right, as if it would ever happen." She was getting drowsy, both from weariness and hot water. Pulling the plug, soon the bathtub was empty. She changed to comfy pajamas, dried her hair and went to bed.
Back - hurry back
Please bring it back home to me
Because you don't know what it means to me -
Love of my life
Love of my life
"Tonight is the last time I'm thinking of him in this desperate way. I'm done with it" Those were her thoughts right before she drifted into sleep.