Hello guys! I know I promised to update yesterday… But… that "time of the month" came to ruin my day! *ouch* Yesterday I was just locked up in my room, growling in my bed like a sick pig. : But, yes, here's the next one.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

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"Come on Forehead, I'm starving."

"Again? Come on Ino, we just ate at Hinata's house an hour ago remember? I won't be surprised if one day you'll be as fat as Chouji."

"Ah, whatever. I want a bowl of ramen."

"You sound like Naruto." Sakura told her bugging friend. "I know. You just want to pass by Ichiraku's to see if Sai was there…"

"Now, now, Sakura, stop being a bi-"

"Sakura-san!"

The two girls heard a shout from behind them. They stopped on their tracks as a young woman in a white uniform came running towards them.

"Sakura-san."The nurse paused to catch her breath. "Tsunade-sama told me to find you. There's been an accident this afternoon by the river."

"What accident?" Sakura asked.

"A boy was found by Konoha guards, unconscious and wounded. We already healed some of his wounds, but he was only getting worse. Tsunade-sama presumed that he was poisoned. "The nurse explained.

Poisoned…

"Sasori." Sakura spoke barely in a whisper.

Flashback of their battle scenes were running through her head again. The woman in front of her interrupted her thoughts.

"Tsunade-sama said that we are running out of time. We need an antidote, and that boy could possibly die any minute now if we don't hurry." The nurse finished.

"Let's go now." Sakura announced.

"Can I go with you?" Ino asked.

"Sure, but first I need you to pick some of these herbs for the antidote…"

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"Where is he?"

"Room 217. Tsunade-sama left him with some medical ninjas. But they could not quite get the formula for the antidote, let alone identify the components of the poison."

Sakura hurried towards the door of Room 217. When she entered the room, she found two men arguing and fussing over.

One man raised both hands and exclaimed, "How in the world did he made such a complicated poison? I've been analyzing it for hours, yet I had not identified even a single ingredient."

The other one just buried his head on his hands. They looked tired and frustrated. "We can't save him." He looked up dejectedly and notices Sakura standing by the doorway.

A glimmer of hope lit up the faces of the two men.

"Ah, Sakura-san, here you are! We're glad you finally came. Up until now, my partner and I were not able to…"

Sakura cut him shortly and smiled. "Hai, Ryuu-san, I understand. I'll take care of everything now. You and Seichi-san can take a rest. I can see you've been working for hours and you're tired. Ino and I will take care of the patient."

"Can we do anything to help you?" they asked.

"Yes, just report to Tsunade-sama that everything will be fine now."

"Arigatou, Sakura-san, just tell us if you ever need anything."

Then the two men left.

Sakura proceeded to take over the job of analyzing the poison. She did several tests and confirmed her suspicion.

This was certainly Sasori's work.

She sighed. Good thing she considered to tell Ino to pick up the herbs she had used a year ago to make the antidote.

Ino would come any moment now with the ingredients. For the meantime, Sakura decided to check the vitals of the patient. She edged nearer to the bed to take a closer look on the boy's face.

His face was pale due to a lot of blood loss, and black lines were under his closed eyes. But those things were not able to hide his soft features. Red hair framed his angelic face. He could be no more than sixteen or seventeen years old, Sakura decided.

It seems like he had fallen straight from heaven…

"He's kinda cute, you know."

Sakura looked up. She was totally absorbed by her thoughts that she didn't notice Ino enter the room. She heaved a sigh.

"We need to act quickly." She checked his pulse. "By the looks of it, I assume that he was poisoned two or three days ago. He was showing the same symptoms as Kankuro's." She quickly proceeded to make the antidote. "Time's running out."

Sakura finished the antidote in no time. She turned to Ino.

"This would be painful so hold him firmly if he resist. I'm going to inject this into his system."

But the patient did not even made the slightest move.

"Whew." Both girls let out a sigh of relief when they had finished healing him.

"Look at him, Sakura." Ino said. "He looks so calm and peaceful even when we were injecting the antidote. He didn't even give a squeak." She slumped her head on a table then turned to Sakura who was now back on checking the patient again."Will he live?" She asked.

"Of course. His vitals are back to normal now, but I guess he would not be conscious for two days or so." She noticed the large gash on his back. "He needs further medication." She commented. She had a lot of questions on her mind. How this boy did have his wounds? How did he get here? Why is he here…

Just then the door burst open and Tsunade came in.

"Tsunade-sama."

"Sakura. How's the patient?"

"We already cured him. But he was still unconscious."Sakura momentarily closed her eyes."Tsunade-sama, where is he from?"

"Konoha guards found him by the river. Except for a bag full of scrolls we could not open, nothing has been found that can trace where he came from." Tsunade said."If he was a spy, a lost traveler, or someone else, we do not know. We must wait until he wakes up."

Sakura nodded."We should keep an eye on him, if ever he would try to do anything suspicious when he recovers completely."

"You're right, Sakura."Tsunade agreed."We need a person to keep watch on him. And that would be your task." She smiled at Sakura.

Sakura was surprised."W-why me?"

Tsunade put a reassuring hand on her shoulder."You're my student Sakura. I know your capabilities and I know that you would be the best person for this task. Extracting every bit of truth in him depends upon your interaction with him." She slapped Sakura's back. "Trust me, it would be fun."

Fun? Seriously? Sakura could sense that her master was up to something.

Tsunade was not finished yet. "If you were to ask me where this kid came from, I would answer you honestly…"she paused to gaze at the boy lying on the hospital bed, "that he's straight from heaven."

Straight from heaven…

Sakura fixed her eyes on the face of the unknown boy.

"If I were to have a son, I want him to look exactly like this boy."Tsunade chuckled lightly. She stepped closer to the bed. Sakura followed her. Tsunade ruffled the boy's hair gently."Sleep tight, little angel."She turned to face Sakura."He's all yours now. Take good care of him." She gave Sakura one last smile before turning to leave.

"Don't you think Tsunade hadn't had her daily dose of sake?"Ino mused. "She just walked in, talked about having a son, and called him an angel…"Ino stopped to think. "But, Sakura, don't you agree with her?"

"Huh? About what?..."

"That this boy does look like an angel. Don't you think so?"

Angel? Of course he is.

Sakura could hear something…or someone…someone's voice echoing those words in her head.

"Sakura? You're spacing out again."

"Oh. Sorry, Ino. Guess I'm just tired out." Sakura closed her eyes. She could hear the voice again.

She felt herself falling, falling into a dark world below her…

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Oh yeah! Finally. After doing some hiding thingy, I finally finished this one. As you noticed, the first chapter was about the Man. This chapter is about the Boy. Guess who's up next… Well yeah, so here it is. And thanks for reading my story3