Willoffire123: And we're back!
Sakura: In a desperate attempt to get into the plot before the author loses interest in this, and starts yet another story.
Willoffire123: I resent that.
Kendall: Willoffire123-
Zoro: Back off, fuzzy eyebrows man. This is my job. Willoffire123 doesn't own One Piece.
Willoffire123: Zoro?
Zoro: What?
Willoffire123: Wrong fandom.
Zoro: Your point?
Kendall: Willoffire123 doesn't own Naruto or Big Time Rush. What's his problem?
Willoffire123: Besides his lack of smarts? I brainwashed him by holding him hostage in his own fandom known as One Piece.
Kendall: Should I be scared?
Zoro: Very.
Kendall: You're one to talk. You have green hair.
Zoro: YOU WANNA PICK A FIGHT WITH ME KID? I'LL KILL YOU!
Willoffire123: Kendall, a word of advice. Now would be a good moment to run away as fast as you can. In case you didn't notice already, Zoro has three swords. He is very good at using them.
Sakura: On with the chapter!
Kendall: Someone help me!
Sakura: NO! On with the chapter!
Willoffire123: WAIT A SECOND! Don't be so hasty Sakura. I have an announcement. I'm going to alternate between third and first person between chapters, or when the person's point of view changes (i.e.: Kendall to Katie). When I do it all depends on what I feel like doing.
Sakura: Now?
Willoffire123: Yes.
Sakura: On with the chapter!
Katie
Katie shuffled sleepily out of her room to the kitchen.
*The guys are never awake this early,* she thought, scratching her head. She grinned evilly. *Then I can eat all the bacon!*
However, when she opened the fridge, she received an unexpected shock when Kendall called "Mornin' Baby Sis," from the couch.
"Kendall, James, Carlos, and Logan awake at 11AM? What happened? Did you eat candy before bed again?" she scolded.
"No," James said defensively.
"You're Katie?" asked a strange girl with pink hair, getting up from her seat next to Carlos.
"Yup, and you're the reason they're up at 11AM," Katie said, shutting the fridge.
"I guess so," she said with a bow. "My name is Sakura Haruno. I'm your new bodyguard."
"Oh," said Katie, the light bulb going off.
"And your new roommate," said Kendall while dropping a grenade on Carlos' head.
"Now c'mon Sakura," Carlos whined. "I can't fight these guys off forever."
"Oh no," said Katie, grabbing Sakura by the arm. "I'm showing Sakura around the Palm Woods, then having a long discussion about boys," she said with a grin.
"Oh, okay," said Sakura, tossing her controller.
"Hey!" James called indignantly.
"You'll be fine," said Sakura, already out the door. "Just have Logan defect to Carlos' team. The numbers were already odd with me in the mix, so now it evens out."
Kendall
"She's got a point," said Logan once the door had slammed shut.
"But seriously, she's hiding something," I said.
"She's our bodyguard," said James, mowing down Logan's troops with his tank. "She wouldn't be a good bodyguard if she wasn't holding a few tricks up her sleeve."
"But she wasn't wearing sleeves," said Carlos dashing across the fort boundaries with our flag. "That's game."
"Let's go find them," I said, standing up. "We still have to introduce Sakura to Camille and the others."
"What about Halo 3?" James pouted.
"It can wait until the others are back," said Logan. "I thought you'd be happy that Sakura stopped playing, dude, she was kicking your butt."
"She was not," James said hotly, jogging after our departing backs.
We didn't have to search very far for Katie and Sakura, as the girls in question were distracted in their tour by the pool.
Katie decided that Sakura needed to learn how to play poker, and was allowing the girl to watch over her shoulder as she played her fifty-billionth poker game against the elderly of the Palm Woods.
"Katie! Sakura!" I called, striding towards the Poker game, completely unaware of anything else going on at the pool.
"Kendall, look out!" Katie warned. I whipped around just in time for a mini metallic crane to smack me in the chest, sending me flying across the pool. I hit something hard, pain exploding like firecrackers in my head, and everything went black.
James
Everyone saw Kendall hit the wall with a loud 'thud!' in slow motion, but Sakura and James were the only ones taking action. Sakura caught the now unconscious Kendall and laid him out on a lounge chair. James, meanwhile, was throwing things at Buddha Bob, the operator of the crane not paying the slightest attention to the fact that he accidentally hit Kendall, attempting to get Buddha Bob to stop the crane.
"Stay back!" ordered Logan. "Give him some air."
"Logan, Carlos, come with me," said Sakura, easily scooping Kendall into her arms. "Someone grab James on the way back upstairs."
"But he needs an ambulance," said Carlos, phone in hand.
"That won't be necessary," said Sakura, nudging James before he threw a lounge chair at Buddha Bob. "I'm a trained medic, I will take care of everything."
After barging past everyone in their way, the four teens, plus Katie and an unconscious Kendall reached 2J.
"Katie, Carlos and James wait here," said Sakura, slipping into the room Kendall and James shared. "Logan, I hear you're an aspiring doctor. Come with me."
"We need a table," Sakura added from behind the door.
"Then we can go in that room, and you come out here in the dining room," said Katie, yanking the door open.
Out came Sakura and Logan, Kendall cradled in Sakura's arms, blood trickling down the corner of his mouth. Logan laid a thin, white sheet over the bare table while Sakura shooed the other three into James and Kendall's room.
"Don't come in until we open the door," she said, grabbing her large, black bag and shutting the door.
"Well then," said James, crossing his arms and plopping down on his bed.
Carlos sank down into Kendall's bed, his face in his hands. "Why does Buddha Bob have a crane anyway?" he asked through his hands.
"Probably for moving big, heavy objects," said Katie, hugging Kendall's pillow.
"Is Kendall gonna be okay?" asked Carlos.
"There was blood coming out of his mouth; even I know that's really bad," said James.
"But is Kendall gonna be okay," Carlos repeated.
Nobody knew the answer.
"It's all up to Logan and Sakura now," said Katie, burying her face in Kendall's pillow. The pillow would have to do until she could bury her face in her real big brother's chest. "All we can do is wait."
Logan
At record speed, Sakura lined the contents of her bag along the counter.
"Sakura, you have a photographic memory, right?" asked Logan, placing one hand directly above Kendall's mouth. Though it was shallow, he was thankfully still breathing.
"Well, yeah," she said, rinsing her hands in the sink before slipping on a pair of white gloves. "Can you sit him up?"
Logan slipped one hand gently under Kendall's back, the other under his head, and leveled him in front of Sakura, holding his unconscious form upright. Sakura slowly lifted his shirt off over his head, only earning a slight frown from a sleeping Kendall, and ran her hands down his chest.
"Thank God he's only broken two ribs," she said. "But it's as I feared, the 3rd one's only slightly fractured, but it's poking dangerously close to one of his lungs. We can figure out the rest later, but for now, we need to fix that third rib. Hand me the anesthetic, Logan."
"What I was saying before," said Logan, handing her the syringe, and an oxygen tank. "If you've got a photographic memory, save us some time on checking his head by describing how exactly Kendall hit the wall."
Sakura strapped the oxygen mask over Kendall's face. "His back hit first, then his head followed. That most likely saved him from permanent brain damage, but he'll definitely have at least a very severe concussion."
"Most likely?" asked Logan, voice rising. "Most likely isn't good enough."
Kendall groaned, earning Logan a severe 'Shush!' from Sakura.
"Kendall?" Sakura whispered, wiping his chest down with a moist cloth.
"Sakura," he mumbled, his frown deepening.
Logan ran his fingers through Kendall's hair, brushing his bangs off his forehead. "We're here buddy," he whispered. "Where does it hurt?"
"Chest," he grunted. "Head is burning."
"Can you see?" asked Sakura, filling the syringe with the clear liquid that would make Kendall forget about the pain again.
With much effort, Kendall opened his eyes by a sliver, unwilling to let any light in.
"It's hazy," he muttered. "It hurts to open my eyes."
"99% certain it's just a concussion," Sakura said to Logan. "We'll take him to the hospital later to get a head scan."
"Sakura?" Kendall asked, attempting to curl up into a ball. "It hurts."
Sakura gently pushed him back into the first position before his rib could puncture his lung.
"I know man, I know," she crooned. "We're here to make it stop hurting. Now then, this will only pinch for a moment." She stuck the needle into a point on Kendall's neck and pushed the top, the knockout fluid draining into his neck.
"When you wake up, we'll explain everything, ok buddy?" Logan breathed in Kendall's ear. "Carlos, James and Katie will be there too. And I'll be right here the whole time."
"Promise?" asked Kendall sleepily.
"Promise," said Logan.
"He's out," said Sakura. "The goal of this operation is to move his rib back into place." She handed Logan the scalpel. "Let's get started."
Logan blinked. "You want ME to make the incision? I can't do that; I'm not trained enough. I could end up killing one of my best friends by accident."
"Relax Logan, I didn't mean for you to make the incision," said Sakura. "I just want you to hold it for a moment."
Logan went very red. "Oh, sorry."
Sakura chuckled. "It's okay. Besides, I have a much more important job for you. I need you to keep a big secret."
"Sure," Logan said slowly. "We kinda figured you were hiding something."
"What I'm about to do defies your laws of physics," she said, taking a step away from the operating table. "Don't make a noise." She did something weird with her hands and said "Shadow Clone Jutsu." Two identical Sakuras poofed into existence while the real Sakura slapped a hand over Logan's mouth, squelching a scream.
"Not a sound," Sakura hissed, indicating the door where there were most likely three eavesdroppers with their ears pressed to the door. "I need my clones because we can't perform the operation with just the two of us. I'm going to tell you what you just told Kendall: I will explain everything after the operation."
While Sakura spoke one of her clones made the incision across Kendall's bare chest.
Logan rolled up his sleeves. "Fine, fine. Kendall's all that matters right now anyway."
Sakura smirked. "Great! Let's get started then, shall we?"
Willoffire123: Yay!
Kendall: What do you mean yay? You tried to kill me! Do you always try to kill one of your characters in stories?
Luffy: Yes
Zoro: Yes
Death the Kid: Yes
Terry McGinnis: Yes
Willoffire123: And you're next!
Sakura: Relax; you're fine. I save you, right? Right?
Willoffire123: You'll just have to figure out that in the next chapter. This next chapter will most likely be the last chapter I post for 6 weeks while I am at camp (you know, no electronics. I did the same thing last year). But I don't leave for camp for another two weeks because I am in FRANCE. Boy are there things I can tell you about the French, starting with how ridiculously fast they drive. But that's not the point, I'll update hopefully within the next two weeks, but I've got two other unfinished stories, one of which I haven't updated in 4 months (blushes shame-facedly).
Sakura: STOP TALKING! Until next time!
Willoffire123: Au-revoir mes amis!
