Understanding You

Chapter Three:

The questioning didn't go well. He just couldn't remember most of the important stuff he was asked. every time he thought he had an answer and he raked his brain for a memory that could help answer the question everything went blank. Sasuke was getting irritated he never forgot anything, EVER! And now he couldn't answer anything on where Orochimaru's where a bouts were or anything! Shikamaru didn't seem to care though, he was getting information no matter how small it was it would help in the long run. Shikamaru rolled the scroll up and placed it back into his jacket. He stood up and stretched before yawning.

"Alright Sasuke were done here, Tsunade hasn't placed a sentence on you due to the fact that she is busy blah blah blah, so I'll see you around."

"Hn."

As Shikamaru left the room Sakura walked in with a large paper bag and sat it on the table.

"Hello Sasuke."

Wow, no Sasuke-kun. He was actually starting to miss that, though he would never say that out loud. Sasuke would rather burn in the flames of hell then ever state that he Uchiha Sasuke missed Sakura Haruno calling him Sasuke-kun.

"Hn."

"I brought you lunch, I remember you not liking the hospital food here. Though really I can't blame you its horrible."

"Ah."

"Nice vocabulary."

"Your annoying."

Sasuke stated and Sakura laughed, smiling on the outside while on the inside she was crying in sorrow. Oh how she missed him, and how Sasuke's words pierced her heart. Even now at the age of twenty-five she never loved another man. Stupid true love, had to go for the man with an ice cold heart and the emotional baggage. She snapped out of her thoughts and pulled out a salad, tomato, and sandwich.

"Im not sure how you like your turkey sandwich's so if you don't like it I have more food."

Sakura set Sasuke's tray of food out in front of him and he went for the tomato. Sakura sat down in a chair next to him and watched him use his right hand.

"Why aren't you using your left hand."

"Hn."

Was all that Sasuke grunted as he munched on his tomato. Sakura knew that Sasuke had a huge ego, this only meant he couldn't move it well and he didn't want to say it because of his aka big ass Uchiha ego. She sighed and Sasuke looked down at her.

"You going to eat?"

"No, im not very hungry at the moment. So how about I tell you that story, or would you rather hear it after you're done eating?"

Sasuke took another bite of his tomato and waved his hand to signal for Sakura to go on with the story.

"Alright lets see last night, a squad of ABNU were ambushed by sound ninja. All three were injured. Our least damaged ABNU came out with a broken jaw and hand. Next we had one going into cardiac arrest with internal bleeding near the lungs and a sprained ankle. Our worst is in a coma as I speak to you now, we have her hooked to a few machines because her heart was beating to slow that one of those machines is pumping the blood at a faster rate. She had a few head injuries including blood trauma in the back of the head where your spine is connected. She's paralyzed from the waist down from a stab wound to her spine. She had a lung punctured from one of her three broken ribs. Oh, and all three are blinded but they're alive."

Sasuke listened and nodded before taking another bite if his tomato. That's a lot to see, and Sakura was the one to see that.

After he finished eating using his right hand to feed himself Sakura stood up and took his tray away.

"Alright were going to start your therapy session, lets go for a walk."

Sasuke pulled himself of the bed his left arm falling to his side like dead weight. His knee started to shock slightly with pain that it almost felt like a buzz but it wasn't so bad that he couldn't ignore it. Sakura came to his side.

"While were walking we'll be working out your knee and arm. Now lets go."

Sakura had been right, Sasuke was limping slightly as he walked but he kept his head up in a proud manner. He wasn't going to let people see how much this bruised his ego now that he was limping to get places, and he had no control on his left arm. Sakura was impressed by Sasuke she knew this would be tough on him, but he seemed not to show the stress he was under. She picked up his left hand and squeezed it.

"Can you feel anything?"

Sasuke nodded and Sakura smiled.

"We try making these mechanical devices as close as possible to the real thing which includes getting it to respond to touch. So you're good on that."

Sakura answered, Sasuke was having a hard time walking with his limping leg and he slowly started to lean against Sakura. She did notice this but the only thing she did was link arms with Sasuke's left on and she squeezed his hand again.

"I want you to try and mimic me."

Sakura squeezed his hand again and Sasuke tried to do the same. Only nothing happened. Sasuke glared at his hand as he tried again only to get the same result as the first. Sakura patted his hand lightly.

"Don't stress over it, you just take your time. I wasn't expecting you to get it on the first try. No one has so just relax and try not to concentrate to hard on getting it. Just let it flow like it were your actual arm. Don't think just do…now would you prefer walking down a few flights of stairs or take the elevator? Now if you're having trouble on your knee I would advise you to pick the elevator because we can always take the stairs another day."

Sasuke thought over it and before he could answer Sakura brought him to the elevator. How did she know he would pick that? Sakura pressed the button and both of them stepped into the small moving box once it arrived by a small bell. once the doors closed Sakura stared up at Sasuke who was a good head taller than her.

"You were leaning on me while we walked, which suggests to me that your kneecap is bothering you. So I didn't want to stress it anymore than it needs to be. Once we get into the garden and are in the greenhouse I'll set you down and heal it."

They walked through the garden quietly, Sasuke leaning against Sakura slightly as he limped. Sakura at points when they were walking would squeeze his hand reminding him to try and do the same. He had no success. She pulled him into the greenhouse and sat him on the bench she had placed in. this was where she came to think, or read without ever actually leaving the hospital grounds when she was on call. As Sasuke sat down Sakura kneeled in front to inspect his knee.

"There isn't any damage. But your knee is probably just irritated trying to get used to the kneecap and you walking on it. But there's never any harm done if I get rid of that irritating feeling, yeah?"

Sakura said smiling as she gently rested her hand on his knee. Pink chakra glowed from her hand and Sasuke felt the irritating buzz in his knee go away. The chakra felt warm and he could almost feel it pulsing through his entire body making him feel warm inside and relaxed. He felt himself start to unwind letting his mind drift, and the first thing his mind went to was Sakura and her child, Ash. I mean him not being biological that had to be a load of crap. What did she think he was blind, anyone could easily see the resemblance between them. He was not adopted or anything like that, and he was sure of it. But if she had given birth to him, than her now being twenty five at the least and Ash turning eleven in the next week meant that she had to be at least pregnant when she was fourteen. Which couldn't be right sense that would mean that he would've seen her pregnant. This was confusing, but what if she hid herself?!? She always had great chakra control maybe using a genjustu to hide her pregnant stomach? But what about when he was born? Sakura had said that the mother got into an accident, and that's how Ash lost the ability to move his real legs. Well she is a ninja and if she never told anyone about her pregnancy then she could've gotten into an accident damaging the womb. Why was he even thinking so hard on this??? Sakura couldn't have been pregnant and it didn't really matter who Ash's parents are or were. All that mattered was him getting to move his damn arm at the moment! Sakura pulled her hand away from Sasuke's knee and she sat down next to him. It stayed quiet for a few minutes until Sakura finally spoke up.

"Hey Sasuke just curious…did you ever…did you ever defeat your brother?"

Sasuke stayed quiet, she wants to know if I'll be leaving after im healed.

"…yes."

"But your not going to stay are you?"

"Sakura you really are annoying."

Sasuke grumbled and he squeezed Sakura's hand. Sakura smiled brightly and Sasuke looked down at his hand. He just did it, and he hadn't really been thinking about it at that exact moment. He squeezed Sakura's hand again just to make sure that he actually could move it.

"Good job Sasuke."

She was happy for him but underneath her smile she was crying in sorrow, he never actually answered the question. Meaning that he wasn't staying, he was going to leave her again like he always did. Sakura stood up and helped Sasuke to a standing position.

"That's all for today Sasuke, lets get you back to your room."

She walked down the empty halls of the hospital. Sakura finally finished her shifts and was going to see her son. Ash watched Sakura open the door the story book in his lap underneath his hands.

"Hey are you ready?"

Sakura asked quietly as she pulled a chair close to the bed and took the book into her hands. Ash slipped under the covers getting himself comfortable, and he looked up to the ceiling.

"Mom?"

He asked before Sakura could start where they last left off in the story.

"Yes?"

"Why did you lie?"

Sakura froze her whole body going rigid.

"I don't know what your-"

"Why did you lie to that man that I wasn't your biological son? Are you ashamed of me?"

Sakura quickly threw the bed to the side and picked her son up into her arms his tears sliding down his face as she tried to calm him down.

"No darling I would never EVER be ashamed of you, you're my sunshine. I-I had to lie to that man."

"B-but why?"

Sakura sighed as she looked out the window, Ash stared at his mother how the moonlight made her skin glow the tears slipping down her face turning to the color silver.

"Its c-complicated, but h-he's…h-he's your uncle Ash. Your father- your father is his older brother."