Chapter Two
"One…week?! But…without a Kazekage…" Sakura trailed off, knowing how hectic it could get without a village leader.
"Baki has taken over for the time being. He told me to go find Gaara, but…no luck yet," he puppeteer stated. "I hate this kind of crap…" he stated under his breath.
"You should rest a little. If you don't have enough energy later on you won't be of any use," Sakura pointed out slyly.
"Yeah, I know," he sighed.
"Well then, go sleep somewhere before I knock you out myself."
Kankuro got back up (somewhat faster then he usually would have) and left for the back of the cave, yawning subconsciously as he did so. Sakura watched him sit back against the wall. Then the cave went silent. Sakura sighed, finally concluding after a few minutes that the sand shinobi had fallen asleep. She stole over to him and looked him over. Battles meant injuries. Being a medical ninja, she had noticed the way he kept on touching his arm when they were talking. She quickly knelt down next to him and began examining it, wondering why men had to be so stupid.
Couldn't he just come out and say he was injured? Sheesh!
"Ow!" Kankuro yelled, jumping awake.
"Watch it!" Sakura growled, knocked backwards by his sudden explosion.
"What the heck are you doing?!" he hissed
"You're wounded! I was just wondering why you didn't say anything!" the leaf ninja scolded.
"It's not a big deal!"
"Yes, it is!"
"Is not!"
"Is too!"
"Not!"
"Listen to me! You're not the medical ninja here! Your wounds might be infected or poisoned so I have to check!"
"It's not infected or poisoned!"
"How would you know?!"
"…Because!"
"Sit down and quite complaining before I knock you across the head! Trust me, it will hurt!"
"Whatever…" Kankuro grumbled, giving in to her threats.
Sakura sighed when he finally calmed down again. Slowly she cut the fabric of his sleeve on his left arm and examined the deep cut. It didn't look infected…but still, it couldn't hurt to check. Inner Sakura was grinning evilly right now, she just knew it. She poked it with one finger, causing Kankuro to wince. She poked him again, only this time he actually growled at her, his eyes narrowing.
"I might as well put something on it...Sit still while I get my stuff," Sakura commanded as she got up, headed for her backpack which had been knocked across the cave floor when she fell backwards earlier.
Kankuro bit his lip. It was a known fact that he sucked at anything medical. Maybe it was a good thing he'd found Sakura. The wound probably would have gotten infected if she wasn't here. It happened on almost every fighting mission. Frowning, the puppeteer watched as Sakura walked back holding a small bottle in her hand. She took some lotion stuff out using her finger and then proceeded to rub it on Kankuro's wound. He hissed again at the stinging. Sakura felt a hint of amusement, even though she tried to hide it.
