Chapter 2
Kusanagi Izumo was so relieved at seeing that Tatara Totsuka was alive that he didn't even notice the pink-haired girl who healed him earlier had slipped away. Once he had looked for the girl to thank her, she was already gone. He didn't even know her name. One moment she suddenly appeared and healed him, the next second she was gone. Even though he was quite sure she wasn't an enemy, it was still a little bit...disconcerting to know that HOMRA was now indebted to her-a mysterious stranger who just healed Totsuka without asking anything. It was rare at this day that someone would help others for free that he couldn't help but feel a little bit suspicious of the girl's motive-not that he wasn't grateful of her help though.
The sound of an opening door pulled him back to the present. He looked up to see the doctor came out of Totsuka's room and walked to him. He quickly stood up and mentally prepared himself for whatever news the doctor brought.
" Are you the acquaintance of Totsuka Tatara-san ? " the doctor asked politely.
Izumo straighten himself, "Yes, I am. How is he ?"
"He's okay, just exhausted from the bloodlost,but I'm sure he'll only stays in the hospital three more days, before he can be discharge. " the doctor smiled.
He released the breathe he unconsciously holding at the statement.
"But, Izumo-san, I know it's probably not my place to ask this, but why did you write that Totsuka-san was shot near his heart when there's only a pink scar at that area ? There's not even any trace that he was shot before. It was as if he was actually alright in the first place if not for the bloodlost symptoms." The doctor asked as he looked at the paper regarding Totsuka.
" Really ? " Izumo asked with raised eyebrows, masking his surprise. He made a mental note to ask about the girl's extraordinary healing abilities later if they ever meet again.
" Yes. Never mind though. " the doctor dismissed it as he arranged the paper and looked at him again, "Totsuka-san should be conscious around now, you can go inside and see for yourself if you wish."
" Yes ,thank you, doctor." He said with a slight nod as the doctor smiled and walked away.
He quickly went to room A3, Totsuka's room, entering quietly and strided to Totsuka's bedside.
True to the doctor's words, Totsuka's eyes cracked open seconds later. He blinked a few times before his brown eyes settled at his own and a weak smile formed on his lips.
" Izumo. " he greeted.
" Tatara. How do you feel ?"
" Feels fine. Still sore though, but whoever healed me was good enough that I can't really feel any pain, as if that shooting accident didn't happen in the first place. " he shrugged. " What happened after I passed out ? "
" A pink-haired girl suddenly came and healed you then she slipped away before I noticed it. After that, I had asked Yata-chan to go back to the bar to tell Mikoto about your condition, then I carried you to the nearest hospital."
" Pink haired girl huh ? What did she do ? " he asked.
" I'm not sure myself, her hands glowed green for a moment and your wounds healed. There's a possibility that she was a strain though." Izumo said.
"A strain ? That's interesting. I'd like to thank her personally if we ever meet again later." Tatara said in a thoughtful voice.
" Yeah. I'll see if I can track her down." Izumo said before closing his eyes and opened them again-his previous carefree demeanor gone, replaced by a cold and hard expression. "Anyway, I want to know everything about your attacker." He pulled out Tatara's camera and put it on the bedside table." From the video you recorded, the attacker had declared himself as the Colourless King. Do you know anything more ? "
" No. Why're you asking ? "Tatara asked, frowning.
" We'll gonna pay him back for what he did to you so I need all the informations to track him down." Izumo said with an eerily even voice, the only sign of his rage was his fists that was clenched beside him until his knuckles turned white.
" Izumo. You don't need to do this. There's no need for revenge, after all I'm still alive, right ? " He asked with a playful grin.
" You're barely alive if not for the girl." Izumo reminded." You do know that HOMRA will hunt down anyone who hurt its members."
He heard Tatara sighed.
"Yes, I know. Just be careful then, okay ? The one you hunt this time is a king not the normal thugs after all."
"You're one to say, talking to strangers by your own in the night." Izumo retorted with a smile.
" Yeah, I suppose so. " he answered lightly.
Sakura was wandering along the street idly the next morning. After saving that blonde man last night she had gone straight to a secluded place under the tree in the park and slept there. She was pretty tired at the time and didn't think much of her action.
Only when the morning came did she realize the consequences that her single action could have brought. For example, those men could create a fuss and then she could be captured and interrogated or even she could became a research project for them because of her abilities. She seriously didn't know how this people would react to her abilities-not that she regretted the fact that she had saved someone though, it was the right thing to do, consequences aside.
Although actually the main reason why she never used her ninja abilities was because there was simply no reason to do it in the first place, not because she was scared to be captured-she was sure she could fight them and got away safely after all. This city was so peaceful, people went to school, go to work, have fun, meet with their families, no wars, no fighting...it was like the utopia Naruto had wished back then in the Elemental Countries-she chuckled dryly at the thought of Naruto's dream before sighing, pulling her thought back to the present problems.
Even though she knew there were still black markets and street gangs around this particular city, it was still considered as peaceful to her-who had died fighting in a war.
But she supposed the second reason she kept her ninja abilities a secret was to blend in and stay low.
It was a nice refreshing change that she didn't need to fight again, no need to get her hands dirty, no need to deal with losses of loved ones-who she failed to heal-no need to fulfill people's expectation at her.
No. Here she was Haruno Sakura. A poor 14 years old orphaned girl, who was homeless but still managed to bought her necessities by working as a waitress. Here she was a nobody. She wasn't too attached to anybody that she would grief if she lost them, no need to feel loss for the second time. She could finally try to lessen her guilt in the past life without anymore reminders and made a new life as a normal civilian.
Really, maybe it was better this way. Living her life, forgetting her past. Nothing interesting, nothing new... Then again maybe she had just blew up her chance to be a normal civilian girl with her healing action last night.
She shook her head quickly to get rid of the rather ridiculous thought.
'I must be thinking about it too hard. After all, what could a simple action's consequences do to me ? They didn't even know what my name is. Really, what harm can be done ?' She thought to herself, satisfied with the conclusion as she continued walking to her part-time job more quickly to get there on time-the last night's action already stuffed into the back of her mind, forgotten.
If only she knew how wrong she is.
A/N : First of all, thank you for all who had followed and favorited this story, you don't know how much it means to me .
Anyway, I'm sorry if this chapter doesn't fulfill your expectations. I know this one's kinda crappy, but I really want to clear Sakura's thought about the matter and also about Izumo's opinion about the 'mysterious pink-haired girl'. I also tried to keep the characters as close as possible to its real characteristic, so if it become too OOC please tell me so I can fix it .
Next one would be Sakura's discovery about the kings world and stuff. If anyone have any idea how I should write the next chapter please tell me by pm or review.
So what do you guys think ?
