Title: Misadventures of Mouth-to-Mouth (or: Why Sakura Had to Resuscitate Naruto a Second Time)
Prompt: Sasuke finds out about the "CPR."
Disclaimer: Naruto, not mine since 1999.
The sun sets on the end of a particularly rousing mission, and Team Seven is resting at the mouth of a lazy river. Naruto leans over the clear water with a look of intense concentration in his face as he tries to catch a fish bare-handed. Several feet away, Sakura is tending to the cuts and bruises that Sasuke has managed to accumulate during the last ambush.
Naruto glances slyly in the direction of his two teammates, plotting. When Sasuke returned to Konoha with them after the war, he'd all but admitted that he had feelings for the petite pinkette. He'd put off acting on it, however, and now, two years later with Team Seven reformed, their tentative steps toward something resembling a relationship are moving far too slow for Naruto's liking.
So he'll just give them a gentle nudge.
"Ne, teme, you're lucky those rogue nin didn't knock you into the river. Sakura-chan might have had to give you CPR."
Sasuke gives him a blank look. "And? She's a medic, it's part of her job."
Naruto waves off that comment dismissively. "True, but Sakura-chan's the best. She had to do it to me once, right Sakura-chan? I almost died, and the first thing I remember when I woke up is the taste of her cherry chapstick-"
Sakura flushes and Sasuke's eyes narrow dangerously. "That seems like an awfully minor detail for you to remember."
Naruto laughs. "Minor? Yeah, I guess. Sakura-chan has really nice, soft lips, I definitely remember that, and the way-"
Whatever else Naruto remembers is lost to the wind as Sasuke barrels into him and knocks him into the river, holding his head under the water.
"Sasuke-kun, stop it! He'll drown!" Sakura shrieks as she uses her chakra-enhanced strength to haul Sasuke away from the blonde.
Sasuke scowls and walks away as Sakura pulls an unconscious Naruto from the river. "Idiot!" She hurls at his retreating back.
She leans down so that her ear is next to Naruto's nose. Hearing no breathing, she immediately begins the process of CPR. Thirty chest compressions, followed by twelve seconds of holding his nose and breathing into his mouth.
Leaning against a tree, Sasuke looks on in agitation. After a couple minutes of Sakura's ministrations, Naruto opens one eye and winks at the Uchiha.
Sasuke lunges for him again.
But Sakura beats him to it as she realizes the prank that Naruto pulled. He goes flying clear across the river after she punches him.
Sakura looks up after thoroughly wiping her mouth to find Sasuke standing directly in front of her expectantly.
"You will teach me CPR," he informs her, "You will demonstrate on me, and then I will practice on you. I will require a lot of practice, so we should start now."
Sakura smirks at him wryly before pushing him to the ground.
