There Is No Cure

Chapter 1: Room 220

All the characters belong to Masashi Kishimoto


52 Days Ago.

The sounds of heart monitors, screaming patients, and the cries of tired nurses seemed to drown out through Sakura's ears as the days passed. She had gotten so immune to everyone running around and treating patients, being exhausted from work, and trying to save the ones who were seriously injured. She wanted nothing more than to save them all in one go and take the pain away from both sides. Being who she was it was difficult for her to see so many people in pain, from the people treating the patients, to the patients themselves.

She wouldn't let the fatigue get the better of her, as she tied up her hair into its usual ponytail and she got right down to business as soon as she walked in. Her day consisted of doing a major surgery on one of the ninjas who was in the last battle and tried to protect his comrade. She wanted to save his life more than anything and he had been stable the night before but something went wrong, and in the early morning he took a turn for the worst. That's when they call her in to perform a surgery right as she walked in, being a delicate surgery of the back she knew it would take her hours to perform before she would come out of the room once more.

Barking orders in a situation such as this came naturally to her as she got the nurses around her ready for such an operation. Moving him to another room would only take a matter of minutes, but the room had to be sterile and so did everything else. As she entered the room she looked to her team, all who looked worn out and were just as exhausted as she felt. She smiled at them and they could barely make out her features underneath the mask as she took a minute and turned to her team.

"Listen, I know we are all exhausted from the effects of the war, but every patient counts. We should try our best to save not only this man but give our best to save all of them. I know it is going to be tough, and do not strain yourself too much because you will be of no use to anyone. So if you are not up to this surgery I understand, please leave now. I need people on my staff who are ready for this, because it is going to be a long one and I am counting on my team."

There was a long silence in the room as people contemplated on Sakura's words. For a moment it seemed as though Sakura had scared them off and she was about to regret her choice of words, even though she knew they had to be said. None of the medical nurses would be of any use to anyone if they got exhausted themselves and she wanted to make that perfectly clear before one nurse looked and her and nodded and said, "I am ready for the surgery Miss. Sakura please proceed and we will be here to assist you."

The other nurses nodded and with the that sort of confidence, Sakura nodded back to them before she turned to the patient on the table and got to work.


Even though the day started off with a surgery she was planning on going home right after, but she had to go check on other patients before she let herself do so. She ended up spending most of her day there before Shizune pulled her aside and took her out into the hallway. "Sakura, how are you feeling today?"

Looking over at Shizune as she tried to put on a brave face as her exhaustion almost reached her peak, how ironic. She told her staff just this morning not to strain themselves and here she was doing just that in trying to stay here, "I am fine Shizune I promise, I just need a 10 minute break."

Shizune shook her head and smiled at Sakura, before placing a hand on her shoulder and saying gently, "Sakura I can tell you are pushing yourself as usual but we all need breaks sometimes, more than just 10 minutes. You need to go home and rest and get your chakra levels back up to the way they were all right? Also as a precaution I asked someone to escort you home since you are exhausted."

"Shizune, I do not need a body guard to walk me home, I am perfectly fine doing such a task by myself." Shizune grinned and playfully shrugged her shoulders as she replied, "Well then I guess I will just have to tell him you don't want his assistance, and he was more than happy to do it too." Sakura raised her eyebrow wondering who she could have possibly asked before she heard the familiar, "Sakura-chan!"

Emerald eyes met ocean blue as she felt a smile form on her features, even after all that they had been through he still would come to her aide. Even for something as silly as this, she knew that he would always be there for her, her teammate and friend Naruto. Naruto ran over to her in such speed she almost couldn't keep an eye on his movements before she playfully punched his shoulder and shook her finger. "Now, now Naruto, no running in the hallways you should know better than that."

Naruto felt a small blush forming as he scratched the back of his head and laughed, "Sorry Miss Sakura, I will not run in the halls again now can we get going? You do look a little worn out." Sakura felt her eyebrow twitch at his statement before she punched his shoulder again, but this time maybe a little too hard as she began walking away. "Of course Mr. Naruto lets go."

Naruto rubbed his shoulder and laughed nervously before nodding to Shizune, "Thanks for calling me, I will make sure she gets home safe." Before turning and making his way down the hallway to follow Sakura as she left the hospital building, and for the first time that day she noticed the time. It was barely daylight when she first walked in that morning, and now the sun was gone once again and she was walking home in the middle of the night with Naruto.

Naruto quickly caught up with her and began to walk beside her as he leaned over and looked at her from the front as best as he could, "You do look exhausted Sakura, and I am not being mean you just need to get some rest ok?" Sakura was beginning to feel the weight of the day weighing down on her as she began to feel how each and every footstep meant she was that much closer to home, and her bed. Turning to Naruto she felt her eyes slowly close, it was getting harder to keep them open before she opened them halfway to look at Naruto. "I know I really should be better about that, huh? I just wanted to help everyone as best as I could; I need to do better at being a medical ninja myself…I guess I just wanted to push myself like you. I guess I can't push myself as hard as you can." She stated with a tease before she felt her eyes close, and then with her vision gone she tripped on the walkway before a pair of arms circled around her.

She opened her eyes and gazed upon Naruto before realizing he was now carrying her in his arms. She went to struggle but he tightened his grip as he grinned down on her, "Sakura please just rest for a minute, we are almost to your place just let me carry you there." Sakura was about to argue… but not walking the rest of the way was feeling pretty good right about now. So instead she stayed put as Naruto carried her and asked her about her day as she told him about little things here and there.

Naruto looked down at Sakura and couldn't help but smile at his teammate who had been with him through it all. Yes, they had a rough relationship at first when she thought he was a good for nothing teammate and a little rash, but he had come a long way and so had she. She didn't want to be that girl that they protected all the time back in the day, she changed that and now she was a valuable teammate, even more than when they began.

He loved her and she rejected him time and time again, and yet he still wanted her to accept him. He wanted to be apart of her world and to be loved by the one girl he had a crush on since he was younger. Yet, it was clear not too long ago that Sakura was still in love with Sasuke and nothing was ever going to change that. Even if he wanted to be closer to Sakura, he knew that nothing could ever replace that spot in her heart that was reserved just for him.

"So Naruto, won't Hinata be upset with you carrying me?" Sakura teased as she glanced up to look at Naruto's expression when she spoke those words. Of course the look she got from him was nothing of what she expected, he looked confused at first and then he grinned before shaking his head and replying.

"I don't think so, Hinata is a nice girl and everything; besides I am just helping my teammate out. She has changed since the war and we are seeing each other more often, but yea.. why would you ask that?" Sakura couldn't help herself as she began to snicker underneath her breath, before shaking her head herself.

Even after the war and all that they went through, he was still clueless about Hinata's love for him. Yes, she even confessed that she loved him and he was still a bit unsure but she knew that he cared for her deeply more than before. "Never mind Naruto, it's nothing really I was just asking if anything had changed is all."

Naruto stopped in front of her apartment and looked down at her with one of the most serious looks she had ever seen from him, it almost scared her in a way. Before he softly whispered, "Has anything changed? Even between us Sakura-chan?"

She was taken back for a moment but she gave him a sweet smile as she patted his arm gently, "Of course Naruto, you are my best friend we have gotten closer as time goes by. I can relay on you for anything, and I am sorry if I have ever taken advantage of that you are truly an amazing friend. I love you like a brother Naruto, you should be with the girl who loves you so deeply. I will always be here for you Naruto, I promise."

Naruto nodded slowly and held her closer, he wanted to say so much but he knew she was right. Him and Sakura would just be best friends, teammates, and that was all. He wanted more before, and now with all the changes that they all went through before and during the war it was about time he moved on as well. He just wished the best for Sakura, he wanted her to be happy and to be with the man she loved but..

He jumped up to her window and softly laid her down upon her bed as she closed her eyes slowly and whispered a soft, 'thank you.' Carefully pulling up the sheets he leaned over and placed a feather like kiss upon her cheek, before disappearing into the night.


40 Days Ago.

The hospital was slowly losing patients day by day, and you could actually come inside and get a room to yourself now. Patients were going home and resting there instead of a hospital and it slowly seemed as though everything was returning to normal as she surveyed the room before her and checking her clipboard. It was going to be a normal day, just filled with taking care of the patients she had left and trying to send them home as well.

That was until she heard a nurse shout in horror as she ran over and began to talk hysterically to a few nurses nearby. The patients around her looked up and were becoming a little worried by the sudden outburst from the nurse. Sakura reassured the patients near her and went to go see what the commotion was about. Walking up she noticed the girl who was making a scene was a nurse that had been apart of her team when doing operations before. She was never the type to over react or to cause a scene in front of people so why was she doing it now?

"Sara, tell me what is the meaning of this? You must calm down, you are frightening the other patients." The nurse Sara turned to her and slowly nodded as she reached out and touched the fabric on Sakura's medical uniform, "Miss Sakura, I'm sorry it's just..I did not know what to do.."

Sakura looked at the woman before her and raised a brow at her actions in question, "Sara, what happened? Tell me what has you so scared." Sara took a few deep breaths in before she calmed herself down to explain what had just happened.

Sakura was still trying to piece together the puzzle in her head; the way Sara was talking wasn't making any sense. First of all there was no patient in room 220, she had just checked out that patient earlier this morning. No one should even be in that room, and yet Sara said she heard a plate break inside of it. When she went to investigate the plate was on the floor but no one was there, she also heard someone; a voice as if someone was whispering but nothing was there.

Sakura thought the war was over; she thought this mess was over. Yet, something was wrong something inside of that room was seriously wrong. She slowly entered the room and her eyes looked about for anything unusual, spotting the plate quickly she walked over to it and examined it. Kneeling down before it she slowly picked up a few pieces to see if anything was out of the ordinary with the plate. Finding nothing unusual she stood up and turned around only to come to a complete stop as she looked at the person before her.

"Sasuke.." She whispered his name ever so quietly, that even he seemed as though he hardly registered it. Sakura tried to understand why she did not detect him earlier but pushed that to the back of her mind as she reached out and touched his arm. To her surprise, he did not push her away or even flitch; he merely just stayed still and looked at her. Something was amiss, he was looking right at her but he seemed so distant, more than usual. He looked almost confused and still as he looked around the room before Sakura slowly guided him to the bed.

"Sasuke..are you alright? Say something.." Sasuke just looked down at his hands and held them close to his face before he lightly touched her, and took her hand away from his arm. Sakura brought a chair over to his bed and sat beside him, "Sasuke, why are you here? When did you get here? Did you break the plate?"

Once again she was met by only silence as Sasuke just stared at his hands; before he briefly glanced over and looked at the plate. Sakura continued to ask him questions for an hour and when she didn't get an answer she stood up and reached out placing a hand on his forehead, "Well you don't have a fever, I suppose Sasuke it is getting late I have to check on my other patients but I will send food..just stay here and I will be back. Promise not to leave?"

She knew she sounded pathetic but she had to ask, if he came back and he is here now why would he leave? Then again maybe he just stopped here by chance and after resting he would leave? She had to know that he would stay, that he would not just run off again leave her once more. For the first time that evening, Sasuke turned to her and just gave her a simple nod.

But that was enough for her.

She exited the room and quickly ran to find a messenger bird; she had to tell him; to let him know that Sasuke was back. After writing down her message it seemed as though it was within seconds that Naruto arrived, as he began to walk down the hallway with Sakura. "You mean he is back? Really back? He came back on his own? That is unbelievable! I will have to see this for myself!"

Sakura smiled and stopped walking at the beginning of the hallway and patted Naruto's shoulder. "I will let you go see him alone, I am sure you have a few things to say to him. I warn you though Naruto, I believe he is mentally unstable so be careful. Something happened to him so I want him to stay calm, and feel safe here, I do not want him to leave.."

Naruto gave his teammate a reassuring smile and a pat on the shoulder before turning and walking down the hallway, "no problem, Sakura-chan I will make sure he doesn't leave again! Promise!" Sakura felt her real smile return as she made herself turn and walk down the other way, if she wanted to give them time she needed to give them space. She wanted to check up on her other patients before she went back to Sasuke and gave him her full attention.

Without knowing it two hours went by and Sakura had forgotten to check up on Sasuke and Naruto. She rounded the corner and made her way back down the hallway to see Naruto just beginning to make his way down the hallway. "Oh Naruto, perfect timing! I am surprised you didn't just stay in there the whole time until I returned." Naruto looked up at Sakura, but the look he gave her was not what she was expecting. She saw a mixture of emotions in his eyes and before she had time to read it, his hand reached out to her as he placed it upon her shoulder.

"Naruto, say something you are really starting to freak me out. You have to remember he is unstable and he looks as though he is lost, I am sure with you and I helping him he will be back to his normal self." Naruto's eyes looked shocked for a moment and then he opened his mouth to speak but couldn't find the words. Before the dreaded paused moment came, and everything seemed to stop as Naruto stood there actually thinking about what to say before he finally managed to utter, "Sakura, go have a second look..please."

With that Naruto walked passed her and turned down the hallway, Sakura on the other hand was in a state of shock. Whatever happened between the two even made Naruto at a loss for words. Which has never happened before, and yet here they were and Sakura was now the one wondering what was going on. Just what had happened between them for Naruto to act this way? He was not excited at all when he came out, and she thought he would be jumping for joy to see Sasuke back. She had to figure out what was going on before she made any other mistakes.

Sakura walked down the hallway quickly almost expecting Sasuke to be gone, as though he was never there.

No, he was there and she had seen him and he was going to be they're waiting for her. She reached the doorknob to the room and hesitated into turning the knob, afraid if she was wrong what was to be on the other side of this door. She slowly gripped onto the door with her some of her might as she sprang it open to find Sasuke sitting upright in the bed right where she left him. Although now she felt foolish for opening the door with such force she quickly closed it behind her and sat down near Sasuke's bed.

"So Sasuke, how was it seeing Naruto?" Sasuke said nothing at first as he stared down at the sheets for the hundredth time that day. She waited to hear his answer as she leaned back in her chair wondering what they had talked about, if anything. She glanced around the room for a moment to see if anything else was broken, if the two had indeed got caught into another fight but no such thing looked as though it had occurred.

"He came in, walked around the room for two hours; then he just stared right at me. He did not say a word."

Sakura thought she heard wrong as she looked over at Sasuke and leaned in closer, "He said nothing to you Sasuke?" Sasuke this time lifted his head and looked straight at Sakura as he repeated his last statement, "That's right Sakura, he looked straight at me and said nothing."


Here is chapter 1! Hope you all enjoyed it, I am really pleased with it and I am so excited to continue this story. I will probably update once a week; or twice depending on how much time I have. Thank you to my one review I got from a guest, I am glad you think it is interesting? I never know when starting out a story if people will like it or not, and I just hope you guys will! I am honestly trying to stick to the characters as much as possible they may seem a little off because of reasons that will be made clear in later chapters. I just hope you enjoyed this one and I hope you guys continue to support me! If you liked this chapter and want me to continue reviews are appreciated and it makes me feel good when I think I am writing something you guys will truly like!

Wow, that was a lot for my author's comments. Well next time, we will explore what Sasuke was saying and Naruto's behavior. We will also be visiting a grave, and talking to some more characters and Sakura..well she might be starting to feel a little sick.

See you then!

-Krisy