Ok...sorry about the delays etc in updates, had a slight writters block + pakcing etc...but im updating at 1am in the morning - feel the love
Just a note...im not a doctor so any cures for the illness will be completely upto my imagination! So please...not emails/reviews telling me its wrong, because i dont care!! Meanwhile has Mika changed? who knows...well I do...but i'll try and review quickly so you do too! (and what is with Gaara hes ooc, but i like it???)
Sakura woke up face down on a book. Wincing as she sat up and rubbed the side of her face to find some of the type had stuck to her face leaving letters down one side.
"Very sexy Sakura" She told her reflection, she sighed as she saw the time was 4am. Her room looked like a tornado had hit it, a tornado with apes, and lawnmowers, and maybe a bomb….or two.
Realising she wouldn't get back to sleep she washed her face and half-heartedly cleaned up, then she headed to the secure wards with her notes.
Moya-san was asleep on his desk when Sakura entered his office, she silently crept back out again and realised there was nowhere quiet to go. Seeing an open window she made her way to it and up to the roof.
Ok Sakura…lets review these notes
"The infection began about 12 days ago, fever, rashes, trouble breathing then coma and death…..the patients become very cold before death…..and no one has been cured, 31 people have already died….it appears to be non-contagious.." Sakura read to herself. She leant back onto the roof tiles and thought to herself I wonder if the illness has two or three stages….the fever, rashes, then the trouble breathing leading to coma and death? Moya-san said they'd tried waking the comatose patients, but no affect, and they'd tried keeping them warm……Sakura slipped into sleep
"Sakura……Sakura…Sakura!" A hand shook her gently
"Whazit?" her eyes opened and she yelped as
sunlight hit them directly. Shading her eyes she looked up to find a bemused
looking Kazekage looking down on her
"Gaara-sama…..why are you here this early?"
she asked picking up her notes
"Its 7am, I was heading to the office"
Gaara said offering her his hand
Sakura took it and allowed him to haul her up
to her feet "yeah….I um woke up early"
Gaara raised a non eyebrow
Wow
his eyes are …..Sakura thought noticing the colour
was particularly vibrant due to the sunlight
It seemed to jolt Gaara who slowly let go
of her hand "I think people are looking for you"
Smiling Sakura tried to hide the shiver she
felt when he'd let go "I guess" Sand crawled up her body and she was deposited
in the main corridor right in front of Moya-san
"Sakura-sama! We were worried…" He began
watching the sand crawl away
"Gomen" She replied standing and brushing
some sand from her notes "I was on the roof…"
Moya was plainly giving her a 'look'
"What?"
"Why on earth were you on the roof?"
"I couldn't sleep….can we do some medicine
here?" Sakura said storming past him and into the ward.
Gaara meanwhile was wondering along the roofs to the Kazekage tower almost there he paused for a moment.
To onlookers it would have looked like he merely paused for a moment and looked at his hand; however to a very keen observer you would have seen sand making its way across the rooftop to join the gourd on his back and a small smile forming on his lips before he leapt towards his office.
Mike scowled at her tablecloth. She and 5 other ambassadors had been taken out to a large flat roof for dinner.
When Temari had led them up here Mika had silently jumped with joy. Everything was set for seduction. The weather was perfect, clear and cool with the sky full of stars. The table was set with full cutlery and candles dancing in the minute breeze. There was even a small string quartet in the corner playing soft music.
Mika herself was dressed to perfection with a dark blue strapless dress; her eye makeup was done in an Egyptian style with her lips being full blood red.
Those red lips scowled for a moment as they took in who was there – and who wasn't then all traces of irritation were gone and Mika was the 'bloom from the leaf' again
HOW DARE HE! She thought smiling graciously as a cute waiter seated her beside one of Suna's elders how dare he stand me up AGAIN! For the third day! She thought glancing towards where Gaara should be sitting, that leaves only 10 days! Relax…she told herself it's a dance night tomorrow she thought mentally bringing up the itinerary of the two week celebrations that means that he'll probably make up for being absent from me……I'll have him all to myself……she toasted herself lifting the ready filled wineglass to her lips
"Ladies and gentlemen" Temari had appeared again "Gaara apologises for his absence, but as you know some of our citizens are sick at the moment and in dealing with the associated paperwork due to his rank, he felt it necessary to visit his wards and wish them well"
-Snap-
The man beside Mika jumped as the two parts of the wineglass fell and blood began to well from a cut "Young lady are you alright?!" he grabbed her bleeding hand and pressed his napkin to it.
"I'm alright thank you….don't know my own strength!" She replied laughing prettily as the glass pieces rolled off the table and smashed onto the ground, echoing in the silence as everyone turned to stare at the noise
The man frowned "Temari-sama…I think Mika-san may need healing"
"I'm fine!" Mika said standing, "I don't want to…." the world suddenly span and went black
"Sakura-san"
Sakura jumped at the warm air on the back of her neck and repressed a shiver when she realised who it was "Gaara-sama" she bowed
Jumping over the back he allowed himself to fall into a comfy chair beside her. "Gaara" he said tiredly
She frowned putting down her notebook and grabbing his face in her hands "You're tired…" she said looking carefully at his eyes and the black bags around them
"Its nothing I'm not used to…" he responded flinching slightly
Sakura carefully pumped a little refreshing Chakra into his system. "You're not a daemon vessel anymore…….pushing yourself too much will make you sick…"
A warm hand covered hers "You'd come look after me right?" Gaara said with a small smile
"Gaara!" Sakura replied "You sound like Kankuro!"
Gaara's smile disappeared and he released her hands backing away and heading towards the door "Sorry" he said when he reached it
"Gaara!" she called leaning over the back of her chair, he stopped "I would"
He didn't reply to that but looked over his shoulder "You're coming to the dance tomorrow?"
"Am I?" Sakura said indicating her paperwork
"I'll pick you up at eight" it was more of a question then a command
Pursing her lips Sakura tucked hair behind her ear is he asking me on a date? Don't be daft……"No sand transport"
Gaara smiled again "No sand tran…"
"Sakura!" Temari burst into the room almost
knocking her brother over, which activated the sand shield, rebounding Temari
into the wall "OWW!"
"Sorry Tem" Gaara gave her a hand up
Temari shook her head "Sakura we had to
bring Mika into the hospital….she fainted"
Sakura shrugged "Thanks for telling me
Temari"
Temari stopped "You're not going?" she
asked amazed
"No…..she really really wouldn't want me
there…."
"Temari-sama! Mika-san has set up a barrier
around her room! None of the medics can enter it!" An out of breath doctor
arrived on scene
Covering her eyes Temari counted to ten "have
you asked her why?" she said patiently
He shook his head "She's still out of it….we
hasn't even had chance to stem the bleeding yet……"
Temari turned to Sakura "Sak….." the pink
haired woman was gone
"Why are we running?" Gaara asked as he and Sakura raced down the corridor
"I know that shield, if Mika's inside a room the shield expands locking all doors, windows and sealing the room, pushing all other people out….she must have modified it to activate when she faints" she didn't even pant as she skidded around the corner
"Why are you going? You just said she wouldn't want you there" Gaara kept up, just
"They haven't stopped the bleeding, so she'll have bled out by the time we get there and deactivate the shield, which is a bit more advanced then sealing up a cut……plus only I can drop the shield"
"Why you?"
"I'm her sister"
They arrived at the A+E floor just as two
blasts of energy went off. Gaara's sand shield came up protecting them both.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?" Sakura screamed
at the two ninja that were stood there.
"J, just trying to help" one muttered
sitting down, his arm was in a sling and his companion's head was bandaged
Medical staff came back from around the
corner. Sakura sighed and looked at the shield which was a pale yellow
glimmering over the wall and door.
"We can't take it down Sakura-sama, we've
tried everything!" a nurse said looking crestfallen
Sakura rubbed a hand over her face "Watch
your ears" Then taking a deep breath she screamed
Gaara frowned at the whole scene as the
shield began to waver and wane finally falling before Sakura ran in to aid her
sister.
The Kazekage didn't immediately follow her,
digesting what he had just seen she used
no chakra there……just a scream his frown grew more intense why would a scream of pain cause this shield
to fall? 'Only I can drop the shield' 'I'm her sister' Why would Sakura's
scream…… it makes no sense Gaara shook his head and entered the room.
It was fairly quiet, Sakura was stood over
the blood splattered bed in a trance, healing and multiplying blood cells.
He jumped when she spoke "She sliced a
major artery" came her soft voice "She'll be fine tomorrow"
"Thanks to you" Gaara replied he just
managed to catch Sakura as she fell backwards "Are you alright Sakura?"
With a groan she opened her eyes "yeah,
sorry….too much chakra usage in one day – Nurse!"
One of the nurses who had been standing
nervously in the doorway stepped forward "Hai Haruno-sama?"
"Please can you change the bedding and make
sure a large meal is pre-paired for when she wakes?"
The nurse bowed "Hai!"
Meanwhile Gaara had settled Sakura into a
chair "I'll take you to your room if you're done, will you be ok for tomorrow
evening?"
"Yeah" Sakura smiled "I'll be fine…"
"Sakura….." came a raspy voice
"Mika!" Gaara grabbed Sakura's hand and
supported her over to the bed "How you feeling?"
"Crap, what happened?" Mika's eyes suddenly
grew sharper and more alert
"You accidentally sliced an artery in your
wrist with a broken glass, set up some kind of shield then almost bled to death"
Came Temari's voice from the doorway
"I'm guessing you saved me" Mika said
glancing at Sakura's arm still supported by Gaara "Thanks….Sakura"
Sakura's eyes widened she hasn't called me that for years…… "I, it's nothing Mika…."
"Sakura…..I've been a bad sister……do you
want to come over tomorrow and get ready together?" she said looking down at
the bloodied sheets in her hands
Oh my
god……did she just admit to being my sister?? She wants to 'hang out' reckon she's trying to make up for….doubt it but worth a try
Seeing her hesitation Mika spoke again "I
can understand if you don't want to…….I just…want to"
"Of course I will!" Sakura said taking a
step forward, she faltered; weak knees giving way; Gaara once again caught her,
this time sweeping her up bridal style
"I think Sakura-san needs to sleep" was all
he said before the sand transported them out of the room.
"Thanks Gaara-sama…." Sakura said as he stood her beside her bed
"I don't trust your sister" Gaara said calmly "There's something going on…."
Sakura laughed "She's my sister Gaara, what's unusual about her wanting to spend more time with me after a near-death experience?"
He shook his head and spoke "I'll pick you up from here at eight tomorrow"
"Night" was all Sakura said as she sprawled out on her bed