Hello! I'm back again. I know it's been a long time but things here have been really crazy. I'm sorry for the lateness, but here it is the next chapter.

I'm sorry if there's any grammar mistake...

Anyway to let you guys know a few things:

The medical treatments are all real treatments and exams that I investigated. But the way the are being performed in the fic is by my imagination so the most probably thing is that they can't be mixed up like that, so don't worry about it :D

And I hope the next chapter doesn't take me too long to write.

So I let you guys read. haha

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Whispers To The Heart

Ch. 3: Lie To Me Once

[Fire Country Woods]

Three ninjas ran as fast as their legs allowed them to. The first part of their mission was a complete failure. They expect that the second part be a bit more productive - okay, a lot more productive. So far they've got nothing. Searching her home didn't give anything away. The place was free from anything that may have caused this disease.

Logically thinking the other place were they might find some clues was in the Land of Glaciers. After all her last mission was there. So now they run at full speed to reach the ship that will take them to the Land of Glaciers. They knew the possibilities of finding anything there were pretty low, but they would try. Besides there she was ambushed. And what they inject to her might be the cause of her illness.

"Kakashi. Don't worry we will find something. We have the power of youth burning in us. And besides Sakura-san is a youthful young lady" Kakashi heard Gai's voice from his right.

"I know. What worries me is that by the time we might find something maybe it will be too late"

"Don't say that!" came the female voice of his other teammate "Think positive. Everything will be okay."

"Aa."

"The Power of Youth lies with you Kakashi. Forget not you must" Said Gai trying to sound mystical and wise.

"Okay. Let's keep running" Said Kakashi. He wanted to do something to help her student. And being in the hospital watching her life fade slowly was also killing him. So the mission the Hokage gave him fit him really well. He wanted to be productive, and this was the right occasion to be productive.

[Konoha Hospital, room 315]

Sakura was resting.

He watched her rest, as he did for these past two weeks she's been hospitalized.

Tsunade just perform an electrocardiogram and a chest radiograph. That's because lately the major organs have been eroding, especially the heart and lungs. Of course the brain has its own attrition product of the stroke-like episodes, as these affect the back of the brain and the basic insult mechanisms may be metabolic more than ischemic. Or that's what the Hokage said.

Fortunately her condition is the same. This thing hadn't affected her chakra network so this may be a 'normal' disease. Okay this was far from normal. But at least she is resting. These weeks have been terrible for them. Especially for her. She is completely blind from her left eye. Her right one is losing sight too, her joints hurt her and the slightest movement cause her pain. That's why the keep her constantly sedated.

What he was grateful for is that those episodes of amnesia - that affected for a few days - have disappeared. His heart was crumpled when she did not recognize him, or anybody for that matter. The doctors said that that was caused by the stroke-like episodes. He just wanted her to know who he is.

Sometimes when she is like this resting - sedated - with no awareness of the outside world he prays - even though he suck at it - that if Kami keep her safe and allows the doctors to save her he is willing to give up forever for it. He touches her frequently because he is scared that she is never going to move, and also because he knows that when he touches her, she - somehow - feels him. That's why he doesn't leave her side - only when he have to - because she is the only good thing in his life, after al the wrong things he had done, she is the closest thing to heaven he has.

And right now all he can see is her, all he can taste is her, all he can breathe is her scent - that somehow with all the medications and hospital smell in general - hasn't faded yet. Because deep down he loves her, she knows that, and he does too. And seeing her in this hospital bed, so quiet and silent, so white and thin, her eyes so unfocused, her smiles so empty was what it took for him to realize he love her more than life itself.

So immersed in his thoughts Sasuke didn't hear the beeping sound slow down, or her breathing pattern also decreasing. But when rang an alarm from the chakra monitor, he jumped to her side. He called for the Hokage.

Tsunade arrived running with at least five nurses. She read her vitals and shouted. "Get her to ITU right now!"

"Tsunade. What's going on?" asked Sasuke, now he was scared - yes scared - her chakra wasn't compromised before. If something was wrong she could die.

"I don't know yet, but I'm taking her to ITU, Her chakra levels were dangerously low, if it keeps like this she might die."

"No." he said, only a whisper. "You've got to do something!" a shout.

"I know. I will" the Hokage said. She understands how the Uchiha felt. After all it was just like she felt when she was loosing Dan.

[The land Of Consciousness]

Sakura was sleeping. She knew that. But It feel weird. The last thing she remembered was being brought back from the x-ray area and Sasuke waiting for her, and then nothing. But now she was floating somewhere. She felt free; she felt no pain, so she deduced they must've drugged her up good this time. Maybe something bad happened maybe another symptom, or maybe she is dead.

Dead.

Dead.

That couldn't be right. She couldn't be dead. What about everyone else. Kami-sama couldn't have been so mean as to let her die without the chance of saying goodbye. Without talking to Sasuke one last time.

No. She wasn't dead. As a medic she should know that if she is dead she could not feel - even faintly - her heart beating. So she was alive. But what happened?

That she couldn't know just yet. She must wake up first. And she will. After all she did have the will of fire within her. Just like Naruto does.

But in the meantime she would use the time to analyze this thing that was attacking her. What was it? Why couldn't they find a cure? And the most important question to her right now where did she catch it?

In Konoha? No. That wasn't where she got sick. How did she know that? It was weird trying to explain it - even to herself - but she just knew. Now here only problem was find the cure. Because she surely didn't want to die, and as a medic-nin she knew she had to do all that was at her reach to save herself. And now all she could do was remember every medical text book she ever read and every patient with weird illness that she treated and make the connections.

After all she knew Tsunade was doing her best to save her, and she had to do the same! For if she didn't what would be of everyone who knew her. What would be of Ino-pig, of her whole family, of her Shishou, of Kakashi-sensei. Of Naruto, what would Naruto do without her? Surely she know that his life will go on, that someday he will become Hokage of the Leaf, that eventually he would marry Hinata-chan, and that he will be happy, but when he found out that she died he would find the way of blaming himself for not doing anything to save her - even if he knew nothing about medicine - just like Sasuke would.

Sasuke. What would Sasuke do without her? She knew that loosing another person he cared about will most likely bring all his demons back. And after all she was his girlfriend, he had permitted himself to at least try to love someone back, and loosing that person when he was making an effort to love her, when the ice around his heart was melting, would definitely put a stop to it and built a cuirass made of lead around his heart. And she knows this will make him close up from everyone - maybe except Naruto - and be miserable for the rest of his life.

But if she were to die right now she would go with one regret. Not being able to say goodbye to the ones she love the most. Especially Sasuke-kun. And she will always remember him, his touches, his caresses, his kisses, they way he protect her from any threat, the way he make love to her.

That is be something she will never forget - even if she is dead - the first time they made love. It was pouring rain and Sakura was upset because he never showed what he was feeling and they has a huge argument thus leading them to the middle of the forest where the rain was falling like the world was ending, and Sasuke decided to take advantage of the fight to make peace as best he could think to make her feel his love... Make Up Sex. It worked perfectly. And it was the best day of her existence.

And because after that she decided that she wanted a family with the stubborn man. She wanted to get married with him, she wanted babies with him. She wanted little Sasuke's she wanted little beings with dark hair and green eyes... she wanted happiness, and she knows he is the only one who could bring her that, and also she is the only one who can bring him his deserved happiness.

So with a new resolve she was going to find a cure to this thing as soon as she could.

[Konoha Hospital, ITU (intensive treatment unit)]

"Vitals?" asked the Hokage.

"They are low Tsunade-sama" Shizune said.

"What are the results of the analytical blood test?"

"Oh yes, leukocytes of 20 * 200 cells/micron with 95% neutrophils. Lactic acid 63.4 mg/dl"

"Okay that's not good the normal range for Lactic acid is 3.6 to 18 mg/dl. So we must do something about that" stated the Hokage "Okay perform a nuclear magnetic resonance to the brain, to check for any damage in it. Also perform an electroencephalographic examination, which will allow us to discover the existence of diffuse slow waves or some type of epileptiform activity, which will tell us to what exempt is committed her chakra. And finally perform an EMG examination, this will detect the most affected areas and eroded chakra channels and then do biopsies."

"Yes Tsunade-sama" Said Shizune.

"I want the results as soon as possible on my hands Shizune."

"Yes my lady."

"Okay everyone, listen to me. The most important thing now is stabilize Sakura's Chakra otherwise she will die and we don't want that, and after you have that covered initiate treatment with intravenous ethanol and veno-venous hemodiafiltration"

"Yes Tsunade-sama." said the doctors who were with her treating Sakura.

'You can't die on me Sakura. Fight, you can't die now' was the only thought on Tsunade's mind at the moment. After all Sakura was like the daughter she never had, so she was going to protect that kid with everything she had.

[Konoha Hospital, Cafeteria]

"Don't worry Teme Sakura-chan will be alright" Said Naruto trying to cheer the gloomy looking Uchiha.

"You don't know that." was his only reply.

"Yes I know. Sakura-chan is a strong woman, she will make it through, and she will be safe."

"Hn." The truth was Sasuke wasn't feeling as optimistic as Naruto right now; he was a pessimistic person by Nature, after loosing all his family pessimistic thoughts was his only way of thinking in a crisis like this. He was sure that if she dies he wouldn't be capable of continue with his life, he can't loose another loved one, it would be too much, especially if that love one was Sakura. It will only kill him too.

No. She couldn't leave him, she would not leave him.

[Konoha Hospital, ITU]

Tsunade was monitoring the machines that were connected to Sakura. So far no change was made. Since her chakra levels were stabilized and the treatment was making no progress in her condition... yet.

That was the moment Shizune chooses to enter the room with not so good news.

"My lady, you should look at this" Said Shizune while giving Tsunade a few papers.

"What it this?" asked the Hokage, feeling a little intrigued.

"The results of the nuclear magnetic resonance, my lady" answered Shizune.

"If this is correct perhaps this disease is linked somehow to a mitochondrial encephalopathy. That would explain the variations in her chakra network." said Tsunade.

This was a ray of light in the darkness, if this was the disease now the just needed to find the cure, and soon Sakura will be cures and everything will bee back to normal.

'Thank you Kami, I knew you wouldn't let her die'

"So how do we proceed now Hokage-sama" asked Jibuu, a medic who was helping in the treatment of thee young Kunoichi.

"We have to wait for Sakura to wake up" said the Hokage firmly.

"What? Why? Shouldn't we start thee treatment right away my lady?" asked Shizune.

"Yes we should start treating her but for that to happen we need to perform a muscle biopsy and an examination of her mitochondrial genetics. But to do so she must be conscious again"

"But Tsunade-sama an examination of her mitochondrial genetics is very aggressive" said Shizune "It could kill her. You know very well that the Chakra that flows through the human body comes from the mitochondrial cells"

"Yes Shizune, I am aware of that. That's why I will be the one who perform the examination." said Tsunade "And right now is the only alternative to figure out clearly what this disease is and what exactly is doing to her. So I am going to take the risk of that procedure"

Everyone in the room fell silent after the last statement of the Hokage. She was right. As medics they swore to do all that was in their abilities to save a patient and Tsunade was doing just that. After all she was the best medic they know so far.

"Let me know the moment she wakes up" said Tsunade while she was leaving the room.

[The land Of Consciousness]

'Wake up'

"Who is there?" asked Sakura.

'You need to wake up'

"Who is there?" she said again. "Oh Kami I'm going crazy..."

'They need you. You have to wake up!'

[Konoha Hospital, ITU]

The nurse that was monitoring Sakura noted a change in the beeping of the machines. Her vitals were changing. She must call the Hokage immediately.

But as she was leaving the room she took a look at Sakura on the bed, and saw her eyelids flutter, she approached the ill Kunoichi.

And her eyelids fluttered one last time before it opened completely.

She woke up.

So there you have it. Please tell me what you think about it! Any suggestions will be welcome

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