DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO OR ANY OF THE OTHER CARTOONS FOR THAT SHOW, AND PROBABLY NEVER WILL. HOWEVER, HANA IS A CHARACTER OF MY OWN CREATION.
Hello peoples. This is the first official chapter of Did You Wait for Me. Yea!!!!! Anyway, I have two peoples to thank since they reviewed for my introduction/ prologue. A special thanks to MistFairie93, who has been reading my stuff ever since I first wrote Monster?. I also want to thank UchihaKinakae. Loved the reviews. Here is the next chapter.
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"What's going on? Gaara grumbled as he regained consciousness. Gaara slowly sat up, wincing in pain. His gaze immediately settled on a couple of doctors, who were slowly backing away from him. "What's going on?" he asked again.
"K-k-Kazekage-sama..." one of the medics sputtered, "Y-You're in the h-hospital s-sir. You were b-brought in not t-too long ago." Just then, a pink haired kunoichi stepped in, looking at the cowering medics in disgust.
"Kazekage-sama, you will be under my care," she told him. She walked over to him and quickly examined him. "You're going to stay in the hospital for tonight. Now, your injuries aren't too bad. You have a minor fracture in your right along with several deep cuts that are going to need some stitches. With your permission Kazekage-sama, I can get it over with now." Gaara nodded and Sakura sent the other medics to go get the supplies she would need. Once they were gone, she turned back to the young Kazekage.
"Gaara-sama, you also need to know that you were in critical condition when you were found. We had to use plasma pills because of the amount of blood you lost. Although the wounds weren't severe, they were in the right places to cause massive blood loss. If you wouldn't of been found when you were..."
"Who found me?" Gaara asked, interrupting Sakura. He needed to know if it was who he thought it was, or if he was just hallucinating. Sakura thought a minute before answering.
"There were two people," she told him. "One of them was Naruto and I think he went along with Hana. I'm pretty sure it was Hana because I remember her being so excited about you coming. I don't really understand why though. She wouldn't really tell me." Gaara's body went stiff, just as the medics came back in and gave the supplies to Sakura. Sakura immediately went to work. The first thing she did was set his bone. Then she put a splint on his arm and wrapped it up tightly with bandages. With his arm taken care of, she went to stitching up his deep open wounds. She finished about 10 minutes later, then covered the wounds with bandages. When she was finished with him, she helped him under his covers and carefully laid him down.
"I'll come and check on you in the morning," she told him before leaving. Gaara laid there, staring at the ceiling for a few minutes before closing his eyes and falling asleep.
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Sakura walked down the hospital hallways, tired and ready to go home. She would've already been at home if Tsunade wouldn't have asked her to take care of Gaara. After all, she was her most trusted medic ninja, besides Shizune.
"You know visiting hours ended two hours ago," she told Hana when she saw her coming down the hall.
"I know," Hana said with a smile as she walked past her. "I got special permission from Hokage-sama to stay and watch after Gaara-sama." Hana quickly disappeared around the corner, leaving Sakura alone and confused.
Hana lightly tapped on the door and went in. She silently made her way over to the red head laying in the hospital bed, dragging a chair along behind her. She sat down at his bedside, looking lovingly at his peaceful face. She gently traced his lips with her fingers. They felt soft and flesh-like, not at all rough and sandy like she remembered. She loved the way he looked when he slept. She lovingly caressed his cheek, making him stir. Softly moaning, he opened his eyes and took in what was before him. He smirked at her and she softly giggled.
"What are you doing?" he whispered.
"Nothing you need to worry about," she replied, putting a finger to his lips. "Just be quiet and go back to sleep. We can talk tomorrow, but right now you need your rest. I'll be right here to make sure you're alright." Gaara smirked at her again.
"Quit drooling." Hana grinned and ran her fingers through his blood red hair. Gaara closed his eyes and slowly drifted off to sleep knowing that the friend he hadn't seen for three years was watching over him, just like he did for her all those years ago.