R/N: This is a comparitively short chap. But written with the same care you've come to love. . . Okay I know. This is a story, not a cake. : P
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Akemi had only returned to the hospital once after that, but even then she didn't get very far. She didn't want to see him, not yet, not like he was. Especially not after the stories she'd heard from Naruto and Sakura.
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"Hmph. It was a pretty short visit if you ask me. Who stuck a bedpan up his ass?" Naruto slouched in one of the waiting room chairs, arms folded, glaring at the unwelcoming Uchiha's closed door.
Akemi smirked in spite of herself. Sakura glanced up from the book she was reading – Coma, A Healing Journey: A Guide for Family, Friends and Helpers. "Well we're not exactly on good terms with him, Naruto. No one is." She explained to the fellow kunoichi, "Sasuke hasn't been letting anyone near his room–"
"Yeah, he wouldn't even tolerate Kakashi-sensei! And I got a vase thrown at my head! What was that about?! Sheesh, Sakura, I didn't know he hated your flowers that much!"
"Hey! Naruto!"
"Awww, c'mon, it was just a joke!"
"It was a bad idea in the first place. We should've known, especially after what Akemi and Tsunade-sama told us."
"So he's that bad, even awake?" Akemi asked hesitantly.
Naruto frowned slightly, but in an instant he countered it with another sarcastic remark. "Heheh. Probably wor–" Sakura abruptly pounded his head with her fist. "OWW! Sakura-cha-AN!"
"Just be careful if you do...visit...him."
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Akemi was actually relieved to hear that, soon after he woke up, Sasuke insisted upon being released early (and he was gladly released).
Then she got her new assignment.
"What? Now you have to baby-sit the murderer with anger management problems?" Jiyou protested when her sister confided in her. "What did okaasan say?"
"I didn't really tell her the whole truth…Just that I'm going to be working with Sasuke."
"Yeah, as your psycho patient! Why can't they get someone else to do it, like Sakura? She'd like that."
"Ugh! Don't even mention that. She can't; she's a medic-nin. And Sasuke's not a psycho, he just…needs psychological help." Jiyou rolled her eyes. That's what she just said, in one word – psycho. Akemi saw it. "Don't roll your eyes at me. You know our clan's one of the only ones that specializes in psychology."
"Right. Now you're defending why they stuck you with him? I thought you didn't want to take the job."
There was a pause as Akemi tried to find the words to justify her reasoning. "Welll…I'm not sure I want anyone else to take it either."
Jiyou looked at her defiantly, seeing through her sister. "You still like him, even after he practically beat you up."
"I do not! He did not! But that doesn't make him less of an ass…"
"Hm. I guess you could always call off for personal reasons." Her voice dropped to a mutter. "Like…liking Sasuke's ass too much."
Akemi still caught Jiyou's sly remark. "Actually, I didn't get a chance to see his ass," she shot back sarcastically.
After that the conversation got too off-topic.
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A/N: Give credit where credit is due…The book Sakura was reading is real. Actually I chose it just for the title. So, how's Akemi's first day on the job going to be? Will Sasuke cooperate or will he be just as "psychotic" as Jiyou says? Please R&R (it helps)!
