"The Looking Glass: Old Feeling Rise"
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"Sakura, how many times have I told you that nothing can be done? He is gone! There is no saving him! "Tsunade shouted at her apprentice as she watched her force chakra into the dead child's body. It had been 3 am when sakura got a call; a genin team has been ambushed on an escort mission to rock country. The sensei, as well as the other two team members, made it out with only scratches and bruises. Unfortunately for the young boy, whose name was kawaki, he was hit full force with a deadly jutsu, which tore all his organs open from the outside. He had suffered from hemorrhaging and severe internal bleeding, and later as sakura performed surgery on him, she found that not only were his organs ripped, but they were already decomposing.
Sakura was sweating, her cheeks were red from exhaustion and her brows were furrowed in frustration. "Shishuo, I can do this! You are distracting me! Stop doubting me for a minute and Ill show you!"
Her voice was now a shout as a new burst of energy burst through her, and her chakra glowed a brighter green then ever before in her ninja career. Nawaki's eyes shot open as he took in a deep breath, and his heart began to beat strongly under her palms.
Sakura was overwhelmed with joy as she saw life flow back into the boy's eyes. A smile seemed to make its way onto her lips before his eyes began to flicker back and forth. He had been clinically dead for four minutes, which was now being show as the produced brain damage showed itself. She clenched her jaw and roared with a might force as her chakra set the room ablaze in a blue and green dance of hues and tints. His eyes slowly became centered once more as he arched his back, the returning of life sending his muscles into a spasm.
Tsunade dropped her jaw, her eye bulging out of her head as she witnessed the almost impossible. Her student had just bought a boy from the brink of death, to full of life, in less than 3 seconds.
Sakura collapsed to her knees harshly; the table littered with medical tools was knocked over. Her body had been completely depleted of chakra, depleted of any source of energy for that matter. Her chest heaved up and down quickly, as if she had sprinted 100 laps around the village. The nurses surrounding her crouched down to assist her and help her up, but she was basically dead weight in there hands.
"Get her to a room, STAT!" Tsunade shouted as she mended the boy up quickly, it was hard watch the student she had learned to love like a daughter push herself to the limit like that, almost giving her life for another human being. Once she was finish with Nawaki, she raced to the new room that sakura was in. "I need vitals on her ASAP. Get her an IV and 7 cc's of Zoloft, pronto. "She said as she began top cut through sakura's clothes in order to get to her body more efficiently.
'How was she able to produce such a strong energy at once?' Tsunade thought as she let her chakra flood sakura's system to look for any abnormalities. Her fingers trembled as she probed through every cell littered in the curvy kunoichi's body. She felt sakura's muscles relax as a nurse administered the Zoloft, and her worries began to dissipate slowly.
Sakura opened her eyes slowly, and felt the piecing pain of the white lights in the room invading her pupil's and stretching them too quickly for her body to correctly adjust to. Her eyes snapped closed, and her arm rose to cover them. "Sh-shishuo?..." came her weak voice. She felt sluggish, but energized all at the same time.
She sat up, her arms shaking as she used them for support against the firm hospital mattress beneath her. Her head slowly crept upwards and her eyes met a familiar figure.
"Hello sakura, Tsunade-sama made it aware to me that you had over exerted yourself. During surgery I believe she said." His masked eye twinkle in amusement as her face turned to one of annoyance. She growled softly and used her right hand to run her fingers through her cherry blossom colored hair.
"Kakashi, I'm not in the mood for you at the moment. Please refrain from pissing me the fuck off, before this scenario turns tables." She replied to kakashi rather calmly. His eyes softened as he felt the horrible mood exuding from her. Sakura had been in shamble for 3 months now. After sasuke had killed her mother and father.
'Sakura…I know what you're-"
"Don't you DARE, tell me, that you know what I'm going through, because the truth of the matter is, you don't. No one in the fucking village knows what I'm going through. Not you, not Naruto, not Ino, not Sai, not Yamato-taicho, no even Shishuo. I watched the man I once was in love with slaughter my parents, and I could do nothing about it because he decided to use some damn eye trick. Do you know what he did after kakashi?"
"I know sakura but-"
"He made me watch it happen, over, and over, and over, and over again. He made me watch it so that it would be forever burnt into my brain as a reminder of his 'power', the same power he used to destroy innocent villages, the same power he used to kill innocent people. Do you know what the worst part of this was kakashi?"
"Sakura…."
"Oh! Of course you do, because you were the first to cosign on putting me in a fucking mental institute. 'Oh, sakura is too weak to handle it, she's too delicate, she needs to be watched, she might kill herself. 'isn't that what you said kakashi?"
Kakashi stood against the wall, saying nothing. He felt her angry gaze piercing his skin like the sharp point of a kunai. He said nothing because he knew it was all true. He had done that to his precious sakura, the one person in his life he was sure he could protect. Over the years and the drama of team 7, she had become like a daughter to him, and Naruto a son.
Sakura glared at her former mentor, hell could he even be considered a mentor? He had pushed her aside, made her incapable because of the things he lacked to teach her. He had taken up sasuke; he had even assisted Naruto in finding Jiraiya-sama for help. Did he even attempt to help sakura? No. Did he ever ask her if she would like a lesson or two? No. Her mind started to seethe with rage as she thought back to all the injustices she that had been committed upon her.
"I think it's best if you leave, kakashi." Sakura spoke so calmly, it pulled her out of her fiery character. She dropped her head back down, staring at the white hospital band around her wrist. "But sakura..."
"Go." Was her simple reply, but if she would have looked up, she would've saw the visible heartbreak in kakashi's eyes. He felt like he was loosing child, because to him, he was. Sakura was the 'daddy's little girl' in his book. He never wanted to see her hurt or upset, but it was too late for that now.
"Yes hime..." he sauntered out of the room, his hands buried in his pockets and his head hung low in shame. After the conversation that had just transpired, kakashi wasn't sure that he and sakura would ever even be cordial with one another again.
Kakashi had sent pakkun to fetch Naruto immediately after his conversation with sakura, well; it was more like a plea for help, in his opinion. What other reason would she have for telling him how she felt so thoroughly? She told him details about her experience that he already knew. Maybe she was right, maybe he didn't understand exactly where she was coming from, but he still had been through a similar situation in his life. He had, in fact, lost his parents at a younger age and the love of his life only a short time later.
He put his heads on top of his head, shaking it slowly as the torment of his mind began to play over and over again. Sakura had acted as if she hated, shit maybe she did, at this point he couldn't even be sure of any conclusion he made when it came to kakashi.
He looked his head up and looked at the clock, he had told Naruto to be here at 2, and it was now 1:58, so he would be coming any minute. In his message to his Naruto, he had explained what had happened in the hospital. He figured Naruto would be infuriated that he went there, knowing that sakura was still delicate after the situation, so he had made it know right away he went there merely to make sure that she was in good health after hearing what happened.
Naruto arrived at 2:00 on the dot, and took a seat next to kakashi. He had a dead look on his face. Sakura was naruto's sister in an essence, and this situation was one that was sure to upset him.
"Sensei, what are we going to do? " Naruto's voice was a whispered as he sat down on a large rock that was next to the rock kakashi was sitting on. His hands were trembling. He sound congested, as if he had already been crying.
"I don't know Naruto, I don't know. I don't know how to help her anymore; she doesn't even want me anywhere near her. She cursed at me, and sakura never curses at me. Her eyes are so full of hate now. She exudes hate into the atmosphere. Naruto, I don't think we can save her. "
"Sensei, whatever we do, we can not give up on sakura. We lost sasuke, we are dealing with that as well as we possibly can, but we can not lose sakura. Sakura is the glue that holds us together. She is our mother when we are sick, she is our rock. She never gave up on us before; we can't give up on her." The depression in his voice was shocking to kakashi. Never had he heard the #1 hyperactive ninja speak like this, about anyone.
'Naruto, I don't think there is anything we can do."
"Ill talk to her kakashi-sensei, and I promise I'll knock some sense into her. Believe It!" He smiled brightly; to which kakashi just had to shake his head and chuckle.
Sakura sat down in a chair, in front of a large window in her apartment. Living on the seventh floor of her apartment building also meant an amazing view of Konoha from her window. She enjoyed the view; it was her most favorite thing about living here, in this village.
She was dressed in black shorts and a white tank top, covered with a fluffy black robe on. Over the years, sakura had filled out quite nicely, and that was the modest way of putting it. She had perfect d-cup breast, with rosy pink nipples at the tips, and hips of a goddess. Her butt was of a whole other world, sometimes even her fellow kunoichi wondered how her body was so amazing with the rigorous training she did everyday.
She sighed and rubbed her forehead and took a sip of her tea as she looked at the full moon that was high in the sky, her eyes wondering to gaze at the shining stars around it. She crossed her legs and leaned forward, putting her elbow against her highest knees and she looked down into the city. Everyone was having a good time tonight, it was Friday after all.
A few month's ago she would probably be out and about in the village, but things had now changed. The last time she had went out; the night had ended in turmoil. She and Ino had had a fist fight. She had busted a random shinobi in the head with a liquor bottle that was still half full. Tsunade was very upset about that.
It was about 9 o'clock now. She yawned stood up, when suddenly there was a knock at the door. "Who the hell would be here, at this time of night, on a Friday…." She sighed and made her way to the door.
She opened it, and her eyes widened.
"Naruto?" she said as she looked up at her tall blonde ex-best friend. He looked down at her with weary eyes and spoke to her softly, as if his voice could break her. "Can I come inside?"
