Chapter 2: He's back!
By
–the-eighth-hokage-
.:Minor Edit:.
- I deleted some minor parts and fixed some corrections. All were done to add to the story plot. Thanks for understanding.
"Who is he?"
"He is… Namikaze Naruto." Sakura's eyes widened from what she had heard, 'Naruto in a critical state… no… he can't be.'More tears fell from her eyes, she started to panic, imagining how serious the injuries might be. Sakura knew when she sees him, she wouldn't be able to control herself from panicking.
She ran out of the room, tears staining her face as she rushed to the emergency room. She opened the large wooden doors and she didn't believe what she saw,'Naruto-kun.' Naruto was in blood soaked clothes, his shirt was ripped apart to reveal the numerous deep cuts on his chest, but the worst one was on his left chest it was deep enough to see some parts of the ribs. This sight froze her, 'N-naruto…what happened to you?'
"His pulse is weakening."
"What about his blood pressure?"
"It's slowly dropping."
"Is he breathing?"
"He isn't."
This answer almost took her soul out of her body, she knew if she couldn't get him breathing in five minutes, he'll die. Sakura immediately took action; she rushed to his side and focused chakra on her hands until it glowed blue-green, then pressed them against the wound. His body jerked from the intense effect of the chakra, it was repairing the tissues cell by cell and thus, taking a lot of time to finish.
"It's taking a lot more time than I expected."
From that point on Sakura knew that she needed to do the special technique that Lady Tsunade taught her, "The Cry of the Thousand Angels" to be able to save his life in time.
"Hold his body still."
"Yes ma'am."
Sakura did several hand signs, which made her body glow a purplish hue. When she finished the 45th hand sign, a mark along her forehead appeared, somewhat similar to Neji's. Once again, she pressed her hands on the wound itself, the technique was created to speed up the regeneration of the cells for a faster effect of healing, which will save more time.
Several seconds after she laid her hands on him the wound healed in an instant, all of the medics were amazed, they didn't know that something like that existed in this world.
"Is he breathing?"
"No."
Sakura assured herself on what she was going to do, she knew that something will happen to her if she continues this. She did a couple more hand signs, which made her glow bright white, the mark along her forehead burned, it felt like boiling water was being poured onto her forehead. Whatever the consequences were she continued the treatment, just to save Naruto's life.
The last phase of the treatment came, wings which were made out of chakra emerged from her back, it was now the time to prepare herself. She focused her chakra on her fingertips and pinned them to the exact points where the sides of the lungs were, the force was enough to make the air temperature rise. Naruto coughed out blood from the impact of the concentrated chakra, but he was now safe. On the other hand, Sakura fell down on the floor, she went unconscious from all the chakra she used up.
The medic-nins who accompanied her looked at Sakura with awe and respect, she was truly one of the best in the village. They entered them into a big recovery room that could fit two beds and medical appliances for their condition, they were also watched over by Tsunade and Shizune.
"She did it," Tsunade said as she ran her fingers through Sakura's pink hair.
"Yeah, I didn't even expect her to reach the second phase, but she went through until the third."
"She did it to save a life, which she treasured the most."
"I wonder if Sakura will forgive him for what he did to her."
"I don't know. Her heart was broken in exchange for the mission and a greater chance to prove him as a choice for the next hokage."
"How hard can this life be? They were still young when they fell in love with each other, they didn't understand how important a relationship is."
"It's hard for me to see my son to break someone's heart for his duty. I thought they would last as a couple, Sakura could have been a great daughter-in-law."
"Who knows, maybe they'll end up together again. Which reminds me, when will they get conscious again?"
"Sakura might be up in a week, but Naruto's recovery will take much more time, about a month."
"I bet Naruto will wake up earlier than a month. Is 100,000 ryo enough for the bet?"
"I don't want to bet, Shizune. I know I'm going to lose, the Kyuubi's chakra helps his wounds heal and mend."
Shizune didn't answer back, she just said her goodbyes and 'poofed' away. Tsunade then heard a loud 'poof', they turned to see Jiriaya with one of the biggest smiles.
"How is my boy Naruto?"
"He's fine, but let him sleep for now."
"Why is Sakura here?"
"It's none of your business."
'What's with her? What ticked her off again?' More random thoughts entered Jiriaya's mind as he looked at his wife.
"If you're going to ask why I'm ticked off, don't even dare to," she said with a small chuckle
Jiriaya looked at her with fear, 'What the hell is my wife doing to me? She's reading my mind… I must not think of pervy things or else she'll beat me up.'
"What are you thinking Jiriaya?" An evil grin etched on her face.
"Well… look at the time, I need to be somewhere else. Bye!" Jiriaya gave Tsunade a small kiss on the forehead and vanished in thin air.
"Why do we put up doors when everybody just 'poofs' away?" Tsunade sat there, watching over two of the most important people in Konoha, enjoying her time off the job.
Days passed and Sakura was now back to her regular schedule, she was able to go back to her job. Sakura went back to her house after the hectic day of work, as she laid on her bed she thought about everything that just had happened.
Sakura's POV
Why does it seem like that nothing has changed, but my whole world feels like it was just reborn? Naruto's back, his mother probably won't let him attend to missions until he's fully recovered, he'll stay here for a long time. How will I live with that jerk in this village? After what he had done to me, will I still forgive him? No, I can't… he doesn't know how much pain it caused to my life. But he's been through a lot too… but I don't care, he left me. Nothing in this world can make me forget how much hurt I felt when he left me like that… nothing. Damn, I'm so angry at him… but why did I save his freakin' life? Was it just an act of kindness or something else?
"What the hell is wrong with this world?" I wailed on the top of my lungs, still crying from all the things I felt.
"I hate YOU!"
"W-why did you leave me just like that…"
This isn't good, I'm going out of my mind. I need to get back to my senses, a good night sleep might relax me… yeah…
End of Sakura's POV
Time flew fast, Sakura was able to control herself from going nuts with some help from her best friend Ino. After 2 weeks Naruto finally woke up to Neji and Tenten's faces in front of his.
"Hey Naruto's up."
"Naruto is that you? You've changed."
"Neji?"
"Yeah…"
"Who's with you?"
"You don't remember me?" Tenten said with annoyance written all over her face.
"No," Naruto murmured, as he looked at her face.
"Why y-you bas—
"She's my fiancé, Tenten."
"Well, Tenten doesn't look like what she looked 3 years ago. Congratulations to you."
"Thanks."
Neji left Naruto to Tenten to go outside and get some fresh air,'He changed, the Naruto I knew would go crazy if he found out I was already engaged. I never saw him so calm… so serious.'After a couple of minutes he went back to the room, to see Naruto looking blank as Tenten was eating some dumplings.
Naruto looked blankly at the ceiling, 'Will she forgive me? I'm sure that she's as mad as hell at me. But I still love her, now that I'm back… that love I once left would never be alone again. I Namikaze Naruto will vow to own her heart again, whatever it might take. Believe it.'
"Hey Naruto, what are you thinking about?"
"Nothing," he groaned, 'Why did it sound like I was lying. I tried not to show it though.'
Awkward silence emerged, no one spoke. It was unusual to for a room with Naruto in it to be quiet. Naruto finally decided to break the silence.
"So…"
Tenten was in baffled, 'Wait… Naruto isn't as talkative and energetic as he was since I last met him.
"We're going to leave you here, but don't worry someone will watch after you.
"No, I'm fine… I don't need anyone to watch over me. I'm not the Naruto you knew before."
"That's no excuse."
"Who will it be?"
"Sakura will be with you from noon until 6 PM."
"Oh…"
"We'll be leaving you. Bye!"
Naruto was now alone, he still had to wait 3 hours before Sakura arrives. He had to think of a plan on how to say sorry to her, a good plan which could make or break their friendship. He sat there, thinking.
Naruto didn't realize that it was already noon, he spent too much time thinking. 'Three hours of thinking, am I ready?' He prepared himself to see her ex-girlfriend.
Sakura was about to knock on the door when she whispered to herself, "Day one of hell with the 'jerk' begins."
She gave a knock on the door, "May I come in?"
"Yeah."
She opened to see a more serious and calm Naruto, 'I shouldn't have helped him to live, but…"
.:Minor Edit:.
- I deleted some minor parts and fixed some corrections. All were done to add to the story plot. Thanks for understanding.
.:Disclaimer:.
I do not own Naruto. Well duh, this is called 'fan'fiction.
.:Author's Notes:.
First of all, thank you to all those who read my stories and who reviewed them. Arigatou gozaimasu.
I don't know if you can understand that, but it's in Japanese.
Back to the story, Sakura saved Naruto's life even though she despises him. Naruto, in the other hand, was trying to create a plan on how to say sorry to Sakura. And yes, Jiriaya married Tsunade and adopted Naruto as their child.
How will Naruto ask for Sakura's forgiveness? How will Sakura react to the situation?
It will be know in Chapter 3.
I wished you liked Chapter 2. Please don't forget to review, since you've read it already. This ends my first month here in fanfiction. Yay! I lasted a month on a hobby!
"True love burns the brightest, but the brightest flames leave the deepest scars."
Love lots,
-the-eighth-hokage