CHAPTER TWO- Postulates and Medical Techniques
The sun was gleaming high in the sky that late morning, as a young medic tore down a street towards one of the many training grounds.
DAMN IT! WHY DID I HAVE TO WAKE UP LATE! URGGG! WHY DOES SHISHOU ALWAYS GIVE ME HER MEDICAL PAPERWORK? I'M ONLY TWELVE AND ALREADY I'M HER PERSONAL SECRETARY! WHERE'S SHIZUNE! Screamed the bubblegum haired girl in frustration. Taking a sharp right, she reached the edge of the training grounds, where she was suppose to be that morning. Buckling over, Sakura tried to catch her breath as best she could.
"My postulate was WAY off." She whined in defeat.
"And what exactly, were you postulating?" came an amused voice from behind.
Jumping in surprise, Sakura whipped around to see the Hyuga prodigy standing before her. He wore his usual training clothes and his infamous Hyuga expression. And the only noticeable difference about his appearance was that instead of his usual black headband tied around his forehead, there was a red one.
"Neji-kun! You scared me!" Sakura exclaimed.
"My apologies. You still haven't answered my question, Haruno."
Sakura took a moment to think back to what he had asked her.
"Oh! My postulate," She said remembering. "I figured it would only take a short amount of time to get here from my house if I was sprinting. But, I miscalculated for the fact that there was construction the entire way here. So, I took a detour and was late."
Hyuga, Neji struggled to suppress the entertained smirk stretching across his lips. Only the corners of his mouth were able to tweak upward.
"You should learn to postulate better, if you're going to be late every morning for training. By the way, Haruno. Can you implore me as to why you have my headband on upside-down?"
Sakura presented him with a look of confusion. She watched him use his hand to pull the headband out of her hair. Neji dangled it in front of her. Sakura blinked for a few moments before realization sped across her face.
"Ah! I didn't realize I had it on backwards! I'm sorry! I was in such a hurry this morning, because I overslept from training late last night."
Neji handed the headband back to her before asking, "Training in what, exactly?"
"Here, I'll show you! Er, um…can I borrow your arm?"
Intrigued, Neji merely nodded; he extended her his left arm.
The immediate sensation of her touch on his arm caused Neji's heart to jolt. Her touch was tender and warm on his cold skin, and as it gently ran up and down the inside of his arm searching for a specific point, he couldn't help but shiver. Neji wondered if she noticed, but she seemed too engrossed in what she was looking for to care.
What is this bizarre sensation I feel? He thought confused. As soon as he had he begun to find an answer to this puzzling question, her gentle caressing had made all the thoughts in his mind dissipate instantaneously. The next thing he knew he couldn't feel anything in his arm.
Neji held up his arm in mild shock.
"What the hell did you just do?"
Sakura gave him a smile, making his heart jolt again.
" I made your arm numb, it's a technique used before operating on someone's limbs. So if I felt like it, I could break your arm and you wouldn't feel a thing. But don't worry, I won't do that. Anyway, I'll get your arm back to normal."
In a matter of seconds, Neji's arm had returned to normal.
"Haruno,"
"Yes, Neji-kun?"
"Never do that again."
Sakura merely smiled at him,
"Whatever you say, Neji-kun. I should get to training, the others will be mad if I'm late. See ya' later!"
Neji watched her prance off a ways before stopping and turning to him, she cupped her hands around her mouth and called back to him,
"Don't worry! I won't tell anyone you're afraid of being operated on!"
Sakura giggled seeing a large scowl come across Neji's face. Turning back around, she headed to her team's training spot.
