Chapter 3: Sasuke's Hurting Words
Recap: Neji stood; turning around, look for her. He then sensed her, using his eyes, and jumped behind her lightly, she not noticing. He then slowly took out a kunai, she then noticing, before he held it against the back of her neck. She moved to quickly, and he accidentally made a deep gash in her neck, extending down to her back. She barely had time before she looked back at him, and gave him a look of pain, with hatred in her eyes….
Sasuke stood in the doorway of his Sensei's house, waiting for him to come. Kakashi had asked him to come over, Sasuke unknown to as why.
The door opened, to reveal a silver haired Sensei, with a book in his hands that Sasuke didn't have to guess twice to think about what it was. "Hello, Sasuke Chan," he said.
"Hello Kakashi Sama," (A/N: Please Pm me and tell me if the Sama is right!!) Sasuke said to him, with no excitement in his voice.
"Come in, I need to talk to you," Kakashi said, with his tone becoming more serious.
"Hn," was all he said. Sasuke walked into his house, and sat down on a tan colored couch, but then realized what might has happened on that couch, and quickly jumped up and leaned against the wall. His face was down, his black hair falling in front of his eyes, like a black curtain, hoping to keep the light out of his eyes.
"It is about your team Sasuke, our team," Kakashi started.
"What about them?" Sasuke asked.
"Let me finished," Kakashi said. "Well, you have been treating them more like things, to help you train and become stronger."
"They aren't like that. I am now powerful then them-"started Sasuke.
"Your teammates are trying, Sasuke. See, you aren't treating them like teammates."
"Why should I?" Sasuke challenged him.
"Because, they care about you, even though Naruto is annoying, they are your teammates, people that you have to adore, and get to know and treat them with as much respect as they deserve," Kakashi pointed out.
"Deserve respect?! They don't deserve it!"
"Yes they do!"
"Fine then, I'll try," Sasuke said, his temper rising.
"And why are you being a jerk to Sakura then?" Kakashi questioned.
"Because, she is an annoying fan girl," Sasuke said.
"No she isn't. She is a teammate, someone that has come to care about you," Kakashi said. Unknowing to Kakashi or Sasuke, Sakura had been at the door, listening, masking her chakra.
"The only reason I would fall for a girl would be to rebuild my clan," Sasuke said, his temper raising more.
"Don't you dare do that to some girl's heart and soul!" Kakashi threatened.
"Sakura wouldn't care at all, I wouldn't tell her," Sasuke said. Sakura then lost it. Her shielding Chakra was weakening.
"Don't put anything past me Sensei, see you at training tonight," Sasuke said. With that, he walked towards the door. Sakura completely lost it. That is all he thinks me as, a weak little thing that he is going to mess with to just rebuild his clan, she though. Tears slid down her pale skin, and her chakra was no longer covered. Sasuke saw this, and look at her, when he stepped out of the door. He gave her a wicked smile, and walked away from her. She turned around, and ran, ran as fast as she could. She ran to the bridge, where the team usually meets for training.
She went under the bridge, into the dark shadows. She went and sat, with her arms around her head. She couldn't cry, she realized, she was done, he isn't worth it.
With Tenten and Neji:
Neji looked at what he had done to her. She fell off the branch, and landed on her side. He jumped down, to try to catch her, but was obviously too late. "LEE!!" he shouted, leaning over Tenten. Lee rushed over, from target practice with weapons. Lee saw that she was bleeding, badly, and rolled her on her stomach, to look at the cut. When Lee touched her back clothes to move them away form the gash, Neji stopped him before e touched her skin.
"Don't," he said with a serious voice.
"What are we then to do?" Lee asked.
"Get Sakura, and tell her to meet us up in my room at the compound," Neji said. Lee took off running, and looked for Sakura. Neji picked Tenten up bridal style, then realized he wouldn't be able to carry her with the wound bleeding.
He set Tenten down on the ground, her back up. He wished that, for once, his cousin was here. He saw no one was around, so he took her shirt off, but he only saw her back of the bra, not the front. Her black bra was seeped with blood. He took his shirt off and wrapped it around her; he did it carefully so as to not touch her skin in the front.
He picked her up again, and this time felt better that the wound would stay closed. He powered chakra to his feet, and started for the compound.
Lee looked around, everywhere, and couldn't find her. He then went to Naruto's house. He knocked on the door, and a blond haired Ninja came to the door. He was wearing his normal orange jumpsuit. The top those, was pulled down and the arms where tied together at his waist. He had a muscled chest. Lee didn't notice that, he was just so happy to see Naruto. (A/N: I didn't intend to make it sound like Lee was Gay, at all. That is not what I am saying at all)
"Yo, Lee," Naruto said.
"Yeah, I need help," Lee said desperately.
"What?"
"Tenten is hurt, and we need Sakura," Lee said, talking as fast as he could.
"Why not take her to the hospital?"
"Because, Tenten doesn't want that," Lee said.
"Okay, have you checked the bridge, she spends a lot of time there," Naruto suggested.
"Let's go," he said grabbing Naruto by the front of his shirt.
They ran to the bridge, but Lee lost hope when he didn't see her. He then felt her chakra beneath himself. He then quickly below the bridge, to see a sleeping Sakura.
"Sakura?" Lee asked, hoping it would wake her. Naruto went over to her and bent over her, he gently shook her awake.
"Huh?" she asked tiredly. Lee jumped.
"Thank god, we need your help," Lee said fast. He then stopped, seeing tear streaks on her face.
"What's wrong?" Sakura asked, waking up more.
"Neji nailed Tenten with a kunai, and she passed out from the pain we think," Lee said.
"Why where you crying?" he asked.
"Never mind that," she said standing up.
"Where are she and Neji?" Naruto asked Lee.
"At the compound," Lee said. They all looked ahead to where the compound was, and they started running.
Neji took Tenten up to his room, and set her on his bed. Hinata had walked past them, and she had made to follow them, seeing Tenten, but Neji stopped her by glaring at her.
Neji took some leaves out of a jar on a shelf, and ground them up for tea to put on the gash. He realized he had no experience in medical, so he called Hinata to help. They didn't talk, then when Hinata was about to put it on Tenten's skin, Neji spoke up.
"No, let me do it," Neji said. Hinata nodded, and gave the plate of a yellow smear that didn't smell pleasant, but not unpleasant. It will ruin her smell, he thought. He then wondered why he cared about her scent. He put a thin layer of the stuff on her cut. He saw her muscles tense, even though she was passed out.
"A little thicker," Hinata said. Neji smiled at her.
"Thanks," he said. She knew that he meant about telling him to put a thicker layer on. The stood in silence for about a minute, then they heard running in the halls. He went to the door and opened it, seeing a flash of orange, green spandex, and pink flying down the hall. They ran into his room, and Sakura saw Tenten.
Sakura saw Tenten, and then touched her head, as if seeing if it was cold. She then saw the gash on her back. "Oh my God," she said, fingering it. She then turned to Neji.
"How did this happen?" she asked, she then put her fingertips on Tenten's shoulders.
"We where fighting," Neji started.
"And you stabbed her?!" Sakura said, her temper rising.
"I was just gonna hold it up to her neck, and say I won," Neji said darkly and coldly. "But she didn't sense me, and she turned around fast, which made the knife-"
"Cut into her skin and nearly kill her and paralyze her?!" Sakura questioned. Her temper was showing more.
"Look, she turned around, and she wasn't smart enough to say something!" Neji yelled.
"You shouldn't of held a kunai that close to a vein that could be fatal, this might be fatal!" she yelled. Neji looked at her, then looked at Tenten.
"Please, just make her better," he pleaded.
"Oh, I will, but not for you. I am going to because she is my friend, and so I have another person to help me yell at you," Sakura said.
"She gonna be okay," Naruto said, going over to Sakura. He looked over her shoulder, and inhaled her strawberry scent.
"Fuck off," Sakura said. She pushed his face away. She then turned to Hinata, Neji, and Lee. "Lee, go find Ino, Neji, and Naruto, leave, Hinata, please stay so I do not murder your cousin," Sakura said. The all did as they where told.
Hinata closed the door after Naruto left. She then turned to Sakura. "Sakura, what's wrong, apart from Tenten and Neji?"
"Sasuke Kun," Sakura said after a few minutes of cleaning the wound.
"What did he do?" Hinata asked.
"He said, said that he would screw me, to rebuild his clan," Sakura said, tears sliding down her face.
"Did he really say that?"
"Yes, basically, that is putting it nicely," Sakura said. Hinata gave her a small hug. Naruto then came up a moment later, with Ino.
"Lee went and is going to ask Kakashi what's wring," Naruto explained. Hinata answered fore Sakura, for she knew Sakura didn't want to talk.
"Thanks Naruto Kun," she said, surprised that she didn't stumble over her words.
"Bye Sakura," Naruto said, not saying anything to Hinata, only having eyes for Sakura. Ino went over and asked Hinata why Sakura was acting this way. Hinata explained to her the situation. Then Ino looked at Tenten.
"How is she?" Ino asked.
"Terrible, but she'll make it," Sakura replied.
"How far was she from death?" Ino asked.
"Close, see this vein?" Sakura said showing a vein that could be seen, for the wound was not bleeding anymore, and it was clear to see everything, for it was a deep gash.
"Yes," Ino and Hinata both said.
"Well, skim that, she would be paralyzed, cut straight through it or break it, she would have been dead," Sakura said.
"How long will it take to clean it and heal it?" Ino asked.
"A few hours, so I will need you guys here to watch her when I take breaks," Sakura said.
"When will you start?" Hinata asked.
"After I show this to Neji," Sakura said. That was a cue for Ino to go get Neji. She left and returned moments later with him.
"He had been down the hall," Ino said.
"Ino, Hinata, leave. I need to talk to Neji," Sakura said. The both left. "Neji, come here," Sakura said, motioning a spot by Tenten. He followed her demand. "This vein, could have killed her," Sakura said, pointing to it.
"But I didn't," he pointed out.
"But close. This vein here," she said pointing to a cut vein by the big one. "Is what caused it to bleed a lot. It will take a while to heal, but she could be training again in less than a month or so," Sakura said.
"But you're a medic, and you heal them so they can get back to fighting," Neji said.
"Yes, but it will be frail, and we don't want it to snap, again. So she will take it easy, but I won't hold her back if she wants to harm you," Sakura said darkly. She then pointed towards the door, and he left. Hinata and Ino came back in.
"How long will she be out?" Ino asked.
"A few hours, I made chakra go through to let her sleep," Sakura explained. "Please sit now, I will heal it, and will soon get tired, so then you will have to watch her." And with that, Sakura began pumping chakra through the wound, and began healing it.
A/N: Please don't hate me for doing this to Tenten, blame Neji, blame Neji!! cowers in a corner lol .Okay, well, this was chapter 3, I thought it was okay. Just letting everyone know, If you review, I personally reply to it. PLEASE R & R. LOVE YOU ALL!!
