Chapter four

"Oh, no, not again. What should I do?" Sakura panicked. Then she realized that if Kakashi had sealed it once he could seal it again. Sakura looked around and discovered that Kakashi was gone. She turned to Naruto who was just about to leave. "Naruto, get Kakashi, NOW!" She yelled. Naruto dashed out the door and Sakura could hear him thudding down the stairs. She turned to Sasuke.

He had opened his eyes and was sitting up. The wet cloth fell off his forehead with a dull splat. Sasuke turned his head in Sakura's direction and smiled evilly.

"Heh heh. All alone," He said.

"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura shouted as he advanced towards her, dragging his broken leg slightly. "Stop!" Sasuke ignored her pleas and pulled out a kunai. He flung it at her. Sakura pulled out her own kunai, to defend herself. It was no use; Sasuke's kunai had a paper bomb attached to it. CLING! Sasuke's kunai hit the metal part of Kakashi's glove.

"Kakas-," Sakura cried out, but the paper bomb fell off the kunai and exploded on her leg. Sakura let out a blood-curling shriek of pain. Kakashi turned to her.

"Sakura!" He exclaimed. Sakura's skin had been burned away to the bone. She was shaking, but tried to steady herself. She opened her mouth to speak, but puked all over the floor instead.

Moaning, She wiped vomit off her lips and turned to Sasuke. "I…I…I d…don't believe this. Y…you actually did it," She stammered. Sasuke looked at the blood on the floor, then at Sakura. The curse mark started to recede and he fell backward. His head collided with the metal bars on the bed.

"Ouch, that's got to hurt," Said Kakashi. He turned back to Sakura. "I've got to seal away the curse mark again, will you be ok if I go get Tsunade?" Sakura nodded and sank to the floor. Kakashi helped her up and carried her to the bed. "Stay here, I won't be long," He said. He scooped Sasuke off the floor and left the room. Sakura noticed Naruto standing frozen at the doorway. She turned to face him.

"Arigouto," She said. Naruto looked at the ground. Just then Tsunade ran back in. Sakura tried to sit up, not wanting to look weak in front of her mentor.

"Don't move," Tsunade ordered. She strode over to the bed and took a look at Sakura's leg. "Third degree burn," She murmured. "Sakura, how did this happen? Kakashi just said something ab-Sakura!" Sakura had thrown up all over the floor again. Her green eyes met Tsunade's brown ones.

"S…Sasuke-kun's curse mark was activated again," Sakura muttered. That was all she said before she finally passed out from pain. It wasn't much of an explanation, but it was enough. Tsunade turned to Naruto.

"Did you see what happened?" she asked. Naruto nodded.

"I came in right before Kakashi. Sasuke was up and his curse mark was activated. He threw a kunai with a paper bomb at Sakura-chan. She tried to defend herself, but you know it's hard with a paper bomb. Right before the kunai hit, Kakashi came in and blocked it. The paper bomb fell off and exploded on Sakura-chan's leg. She screamed and threw up and I guess that sorta shocked Sasuke, cause the curse mark receded and he fell backward. Kakashi helped Sakura-chan and then got Sasuke and went to get you," Naruto explained.

"She's lucky she didn't loose her leg," Tsunade murmured, looking at Sakura. "I guess she'll have to stay here, because the last few rooms were just taken."

She was just about to heal Sakura's burn when Kakashi came in, carrying Sasuke.

"Well, I just finished and the curse mark will never come back. Unless…" he said.

"You are really bad at curse sealing aren't you? I mean there's always an unless." Said Tsunade.

"Unless," said Kakashi, forcefully "he's around Orochimaru and he re-activates it." Tsunade then noticed that Sasuke didn't have a shirt on.

"Um… Kakashi, what happened to his shirt?" she asked. "Oh… that. Well you see… um… it's like this… one of my ninja dogs sort of ripped it to shreds and he doesn't have another one as far as I know," Kakashi explained. "And where do you want me to put him if Sakura's in his bed?" Tsunade looked over at Sakura then at Sasuke.

"Um…" she said. Just then Sakura woke up. She seemed dazed and confused as though she didn't remember anything. Naruto ran up to her and hugged her for no apparent reason. That jolted her memory.

"NARUTO!" she yelled and punched him. Tsunade and Kakashi laughed as Naruto went flying across the room.

"Why does she always make it hurt so bad?" Naruto mumbled. Sakura looked over at Tsunade and Kakashi.

"Kakashi, you're back already?" she said.

"Um… yeah. Is that a problem?" Kakashi replied.

Sakura shook her head and said; "I just didn't expect-," she stopped in mid sentence when she noticed Sasuke. "Um…" she said.

"Sakura, it was my ninja dog not me!" said Kakashi. "Right…" said Sakura, uncertainly. She never had trusted Kakashi's ninja dogs.

Suddenly and unexpectedly Sasuke coughed up a bunch of blood. Kakashi nearly dropped him in surprise. Sakura immediately went into action. "Put him on the bed, I can move," She said, getting up and limping over to the chairs she'd been sleeping on earlier. Kakashi looked as though he was about to say something, but instead he walked over and laid Sasuke out on the bed. He coughed up more blood and Sakura suddenly knew what was wrong.

A/N-

Sasuke: What's happening to me!?!?!?!?!?!?

Me: Mhahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!

Sasuke: you're so mean.