Title: The Devil's Whisper
Short Summary:
Sakura is a Psychiatrist for a mental hospital for the Konoha Hospital who then gets moved to her dream job in the Suna Hospital for the Criminally Insane to take care of a very dangerous patient named Gaara. WARNING! Sasuke bashing!!
Pairings:
Sakura/Sasuke, Sakura/Gaara
Warning: Story contains implied and/ or scenes of: major language, torture, rape, angst, adult scenes, violence and probably more…
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, or any of its characters. Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto.
Chapter VII
Light shone on Sakura's face as she stirred from her strange dreamless sleep and she felt her head somewhat throbbing from drowsiness. She felt as if she had just woken up from a fever induced sleep, and her throat was very dry, as well as her tongue. She felt as if she had slept the entire night with her mouth wide open and her tongue dried. She probably had. Sakura opened her eyes, wincing a little when she saw how white the room was but then realized something a little more.
She had no idea where she was.
Sakura felt a sharp gasp rise within her as she opened her eyes wider and looked around the room she was in. She was lying on a medical bed with soft bed covers over here and her head was on a soft pillow. She was in some kind of hospital bed.
It took her a moment but then she remembered the events of the night before. She remembered she had been attacked by Sasuke in the Isolation block and what he had done to her. She felt sick to her stomach when she remembered the very details of the attack. He had raped her. He had actually raped her in the halls of the Isolation block. She covered her mouth as felt the bile in her throat. She remembered seeing that insane look in his eyes as he pinned her to wall before hurting her in the most possible worst way.
Not being able to help it now, Sakura sprang out of her bed over to the hospital toilette and hurled into the bowl. She felt her ribs burning as she threw up but she completely ignored it. She felt tears in her eyes as she kept on gagging on the vile liquid until she had nothing left.
"Oh, dear!"
Sakura weakly looked over her shoulder wiping her mouth with one hand only to see a nurse that she knew at the Suna Asylum. So she must have still been at the hospital. The nurse hurried over to her side and bent down beside her. "Oh! Dr. Haruno, are you all right?!" She asked with worry. The pink haired doctor just nodded as she flushed the toilette and then stood up to the sink. She winced as her ribs ached really bad but she paid it no mind. "I'm fine…..am I still at the Suna Asylum?"
"Yes, ma-am. Ms Chiyo didn't want to have you removed from here after what happened last night." The nurse told her as she stayed by Sakura's side as she washed her hands and then her mouth out. Then she helped her back to the bed. Sakura just slowly nodded as she laid back down then looked down at herself. She was wearing gray sweat pants and white tee shirt. So someone had changed her clothes. But who? But instead of asking the nurse that, she looked at her and frowned. "What happened? How long have I been here?" She asked. The nurse only shook her head as she tried to pull the covers back over her. "Oh you don't remember?" She only received a blank look from Sakura. "Well, late last night, the security guards found you on the Isolation floor, in a medical room. You were being attacked by that brute, Gaara Sabaku. The guards reported that Sabaku beat you really bad then raped you." She said with sympathy.
The pink haired woman froze when she heard that, her eyes snapping wide open. She felt her jaw nearly hit her chest as she looked at the nurse in disbelief. "What?!" she gasped. "What did you say?"
The nurse sighed as she looked at her with the same sympathy and shook her head. "Yes. I know. Gaara Sabaku, that brute! He savagely raped you. I didn't know he would so something like that. He's never done it before. Usually he just savagely attacks people. But to rape a girl? I would have never guessed. Well, I can sort of see why he did it to you. You are such a pretty thing. But still….."
While the nurse was rambling, Sakura thought quickly about what she just said. She remembered that when Sasuke raped her, Gaara had actually came to her defense. She couldn't believe, or wouldn't believe, that he had actually done it to her. She remembered that he stuck her with sedatives but she was so sure that he had not even done anything like raping her. There was no way he would. She was so sure of it.
"…..anyway, from what I've heard, Ms. Chiyo is going to have him severely punished for his actions. She's discussing his departure from the Asylum, to be put into the Suna Prison instead. He deserves it, that monst…." The nurse finally said.
Sakura snapped out of her thoughts when she heard that and looked at the nurse with wide eyes. Her heart nearly slammed against her chest as it began to race. She shook her head rather violently. "No!" She gasped, startling the nurse. She knew that Gaara must have gotten caught with her last night, probably helping her. It didn't make any sense that the guards had caught him hurting her but she wouldn't believe it. She knew that she had to speak to Chiyo before they sent him off to prison. Sakura shook her head at that thought as she shoved her blankets off of her and she climbed out of the bed. "Where are my clothes?!" She asked quickly.
The nurse shook her head as she immediately hurried forward and placed her hands onto her shoulders. "Dr. Haruno! You must not get up! You need rest!" She protested.
Sakura only shook her head as she decided to ignore her clothes. She would just have to go in these ones instead. She quickly hurried over to the door with a protesting nurse behind her. Her sides burned from pain but she chose to ignore them. She just needed to get to Chiyo's office. "What floor am I on?!" She demanded.
"Dr. Haruno! I must protest! You have a broken rib and two cracked ones! You should be resting and not moving around!" The nurse said as she quickly followed after Sakura as she went down the hall.
Of course, Sakura ignored her. She just kept hurrying down the hall until she spotted a sign, saying that she was on the second floor. So she was just one floor down from reaching Chiyo. So she picked up her pace to get over to the elevators, much to her ribs' protest. She felt the nurse attempt to grab onto her shoulders to steer her back the way she came but she pulled away and gave her a very fierce glare that definitely made the nurse back away. "Look, you! I have got to speak to Ms. Chiyo about Gaara Sabaku! And do not even think about going around telling everyone that he hurt me because he didn't! He did just the opposite! He saved me!" The annoyed pink haired girl said sharply before she turned hurried down the hall.
However as she went, her sides started burning like they were on fire. She was starting to really get short of her breath and she had to stop for a moment to catch her breath. She was very aware that the nurse was still there. But she was now not alone. There was a security guard with her. "Dr. Haruno," He said moving forward. "You need to come with me back to your room now. You need rest."
Sakura pulled away from him, frowning sternly at him. She did not want to go back to her room. She just wanted to go up and talk to Chiyo and tell her what really happened the night before. If she didn't, Gaara would be in a whole lot of trouble. "No! I need to see Chiyo right now! I don't need rest! I just need to speak to her!" She said sharply. The guard drew back in surprise, as if she had brandished a whip at him.
"Sakura?"
Sakura whirled around when she heard his voice from behind her, only to see a curious looking Itachi coming out of his room. He must have heard her yelling at the guard and the nurse and decided to see what was going on. "Itachi!" Sakura yelped before hurrying over to him, wincing from her side. She saw him frown in confusion when she winced but she shook her head as grabbed his arm. "Itachi! You have to help me get upstairs! I have to speak to Chiyo Redsand! Everyone thinks that it was Gaara Sabaku who attacked me last night! But it wasn't! It was Sasuke! He's the one who attacked me!"
As expected, Itachi's eyes widened in alarm and anger before he looked directly into her eyes. "He did what?!" He asked, his voice raising a little. He did not sound happy at all, not that Sakura could blame him.
Sakura only nodded as she gripped onto his arm, giving him a pleading look. "Sasuke came to the hospital and attacked me, Itachi. He…he raped me. But Gaara Sabaku saved me. Now everyone thinks he's the one who hurt me. I have to help him before they send him away from here. Please, Itachi. Can you please help me upstairs?" She begged.
There was a brief silence as Itachi looked her right in the eye before he nodded. He wrapped an arm around her waist, being careful not to hurt her and started to lead her towards the elevator. However, the guard and the nurse were blocking their way, looking very hesitant. The guard's hand was on his sedative gun but he was somewhat nervous about facing a patient. Itachi's eyes narrowed warningly as he tightened his grip around Sakura. "Get out of our way." He said darkly. The guard and the nurse cringed back a little but then slowly did as they were told. They knew about Itachi's reputation in the hospital. True, he hardly did anything to anyone there. But it didn't mean he didn't do any threatening. When he got angry, it was pretty creepy. Satisfied, Itachi lead Sakura right into the elevator, while letting her lean against him for support. She silently explained that Sasuke had broken a rib by punching her so hard in the chest and that seemed only to anger the black haired man even more. He had such an angry look on his face it almost scared Sakura a little. She hadn't really seen him angry before but it was kind of scary.
Finally, they reached the door to Chiyo's office, ignoring looks they got from security guards and doctors. Sakura rapped on Chiyo's door before she barged in with Itachi's help. She saw several heads jerk around but her eyes were only on the old woman sitting at her desk. She caught sight of Temari and Kankuro in the room, both looking flustered. So obviously they had been arguing Gaara's case, which was expected. Madara Uchiha was also there, as well as a doctor that Sakura had yet to speak to but knew from a distance. His name was Sasori and he wasn't exactly the nicest person in the hospital, even though he had such an angelic look about him. Baki was also there, looking very unhappy in deed. And neither were two ANBU.
"Ms Chiyo! Don't send Gaara to prison! He didn't do it!" Sakura practically exclaimed.
Everyone stared at her in alarm. They had just been in the middle of arguing with the Sabaku siblings, talking about how they should send Gaara from the Asylum for what he had done but, of course, Temari and Kankuro were putting up a fight about it. But then all of a sudden, Sakura and one of her patients, Itachi entered the office. This was too unsettling as it was. Chiyo frowned before standing up. "Miss Haruno, you should be in bed resting." She said.
Sakura just shook her head as she frowned seriously, moving forward but groaning when her ribs ached. She probably would have hit the ground if Itachi hadn't been holding onto her. "Careful, little sis." He murmured, using his usual title for her. She just gave him a quick smile before looking serious again. "Forgive me, Chiyo, but I can't be lying around in a bed while my patient is about to be punished for a crime he did not commit." She said sternly.
"Sakura, we have two guards saying that they found Gaara sexually assaulting you last night. You were under the influence of sedatives and he had removed you of your shirt. So please do tell me, how is that not proof of what he's done to you." Chiyo said just as sternly.
There was a sigh of frustration from Temari as she rolled her eyes and she shifted her weight. "Ms Chiyo! I already told you! Gaara might be mentally unstable but he would never, ever do that to any woman! I don't care what those stupid guards said! They are lying! I know it didn't exactly help with Gaara stabbing them with a scalpel but he wouldn't touch any woman in that kind of way! He's crazy but he's not dishonorable!" She said angrily. Sakura nodded in agreement. "Gaara didn't hurt me that way, Chiyo! As a matter of fact, it was he saved my life! It was my ex-boyfriend, Sasuke Uchiha who attacked me! Surely the guards found him in the hall! He was out cold on the floor from the sedative that Gaara used on him!" She told him.
There was a very unsettling silence as everyone stared at her. No one spoke for a moment before Baki shook his head slowly. "Miss Haruno…..there was no sign of anyone else on the Isolation floor. It was just you, Gaara and all of the other patients, but they were no others down there." He stated.
Sakura's mouth fell open in shock but she slowly shook her head. "Baki….he was there. I swear it."
"Well, he wasn't when the guards went down and found Gaara feeling you up. Or so that's what they said." Kankuro said bitterly as he gave Baki a sour look. "They said it was Gaara who was riding the crap out of you." Then he got slapped over the head by Temari when Sakura had a very painful look on her face. "Ow.
Sakura was quiet for a moment before she shook her head and looked seriously at Chiyo. She knew that Sasuke had been there last night. She wasn't sure where he had gone but he had been sedated. So someone must have removed him. "He was there, Ms. Chiyo. He attacked me and then raped me. But Gaara Sabaku came to my defense." She saw that no one exactly believed her so she took a deep breath and looked as stern as she could. "I want to speak to these guards then. Would it be possible that I talked to them personally about what they saw?" She asked, frowning.
There was a pause before Chiyo nodded once. "Yes. I suppose that's possible. They are still here at the hospital, if I'm not mistaken." She turned to Baki and nodded to him. "Baki, go find the guards and bring them here right away. I think I want to hear their story, myself. And find out of Shikamaru Nara found those missing security tapes yet." She told him.
"Yes, ma-am." Baki said before he turned and walked right out of the room, pausing to glance at Itachi. He looked somewhat hesitant about leaving them in the room with a patient. Itachi glanced right back at him but then tightened his hold on Sakura, as if showing the guard that he was only there to support Sakura. With a faint smile, the guard nodded before leaving. Sakura, on the other hand, winced at her ribs before clutching at her side in pain. Of course, everyone noticed and Sasori was standing up when Chiyo motioned to her to sit down. "Sit down, Miss Haruno. You must be in pain from your wound." She stated.
Sakura shrugged. "Sort of." She said before starting forward only to pause when Itachi went with her, helping her to the chair. She felt her lips curving upward a little in gratitude. She was just so glad to have a friend like Itachi, unlike his fucking brother. Madara tilted his head in wonder as he watched his nephew before smiling. "You know, I'm not surprised to see you helping Sakura, Itachi." He said, making everyone look at the raven haired patient. "You two do seem pretty close."
Itachi's face darkened a little but he shook his head. "Sakura was an old friend of mine while dating my damn younger brother. I'm ashamed of him for doing this to her. He's lucky I don't leave here, looking for him to beat the living hell out of him." He said dryly.
No one replied to that.
Madara, however, just looked at Sakura, frowning a little. "Miss Haruno, I am curious though. Exactly….how did Gaara get out of his cell in the first place and why were you down there?" He asked curiously.
Sakura made a face as she sat down in Sasori's abandoned chair before shaking her head as she looked away. "My ID card went missing and I thought that Gaara might have had it. He had my wallet a few days ago and I had Baki take me down there to get it. But my ID wasn't in there and I realized that last night. So I thought he might have had it, trying to get at me. So I went down to get it." She told them.
"Miss Haruno, why did you go down there by yourself? You know very well how dangerous Gaara Sabaku is!" Chiyo scowled.
Sakura shook her head again as she forced a smile. "To be honest, Miss Chiyo, I trust Gaara not to do anything to me. He's already had plenty of chances of hurting me but he doesn't take them. I think he's curious to know why I'm trying to help him. Maybe it's one of those mind games that you've told me about, Miss Chiyo. But I've never actually felt the need to be afraid of him other than the first time we met." She shook her head again. "Anyway, I opened up his cell but didn't enter it because of Sasuke. He must have opened it himself and came to my defense." She told the old woman. She spied a very curious look on Temari and Kankuro's faces as they shared a look but it was clear that they were thinking the same thing. Now if only Sakura was a mind reader, she would have known that they were both impressed with her and Gaara.
Soon enough, Baki returned with two guards, who really did look very beat up. They were both in possession of a crutch while there were bandages around their legs as well as cuts and bruises everywhere on their faces. So obviously, Gaara had put up a fight when they 'rescued' her. However, when they spotted Sakura, their lips curled upward a little, almost like they were smirking about something. It didn't take a genius to tell the pink haired woman that they were thinking rather inappropriately about her. Especially with their eyes traveling her body over. She narrowed her eyes at the men but she wasn't the only one. The Sabaku siblings and Itachi had seen it too.
"Here are the guards from last night's patrol, Ms. Chiyo." Baki stated as he lead the two in, who immediately looked away from Sakura. "Gentlemen, explain to everyone what you saw last night and don't leave out any details." He ordered to his men.
The two guards glanced at one another before the first nodded and stepped forward. "All right, sir. Last night, around 12: 20 in the morning, I saw the emergency light go off for Sabaku's Isolation cell, saying that someone had pressed the emergency call button. So I went off to see what was going on and Ryu here came with me as back up." He shook his head as tried to look very professional about it. "Anyway, went down to the bottom floor and found Sabaku's cell open then we went off to see if we could find out where he went. We found him in one of the Medical rooms, feeling this lady up. She was completely out and she looked rather beat up. We told him to back off but he wouldn't. He came at us with a scalpel and so we had no choice but to fight with him."
Narrowing her eyes, Sakura eyed the two guards suspiciously. Something wasn't right about these two. They were hiding something. She could feel it. They hadn't even said anything about catching Gaara raping her. "So you didn't see him rape me?" She asked seriously.
The second guard shook his head. "Not in particularly. He had his hand stuffed down your underwear, ma-am. He could have raped you before we even went down there." He added to the first guard's story.
"If Gaara in deed raped Sakura, why would she even be wearing her underwear?" Itachi asked, dangerously. He didn't like even hearing about this but he was also suspicious about their story. Something they weren't saying. The guards gave him a look of dislike. They obviously knew that he was a patient. "I don't know. But what the hell are you doing up here in the first place, nutcase? Shouldn't you be trying to commit suicide again?" The second guard asked with annoyance.
Sakura blinked in surprise as she looked at Itachi when his face darkened but then she chose to ask him about it later. She just gave the guards a look of warning. "Itachi is here as my support. It was his brother who attacked me and raped me. Gaara Sabaku saved my life. Wasn't there someone there someone in the hall when you came in? There should have been someone there."
The guards frowned as they looked at one another with a pause before they shook their heads at her. "No, ma-am. There wasn't anyone there. And it was Gaara Sabaku who raped you, ma-am. We saw what we saw. He's a fucking monster. He raped an innocent, defenseless chick."
Sakura's eyes flashed with rage and her fists immediately balled up tightly until her knuckles were white. 'CHICK?!' She thought angrily.
'Cha!! Kill them!!' Inner Sakura screamed within her head.
But before Sakura could reply, or anyone else speak up to stop a fight from breaking out, the door opened and Shikamaru slipped into the room with two tapes in his hands. Everyone's eyes flickered over to him as he walked in. He, on the other hand, glanced over at the two guards before his eyes hardened at the very sight of them. He did not seem to like these two at all. But instead of saying anything to them, he turned to Baki and held up the tapes. "Baki, sir. I found the missing security tapes you asked me to find." He shot the guards a dark look. "Oddly, they were in a trash can that some Janitor was taking out."
Sakura frowned as she glanced over at the guards, who both grew a little pale and looked nervously at each other. Her eyes narrowed on them as she realized that they were probably responsible for the missing tapes. A few eyes also narrowed on the guards, who returned to looking passive.
Baki, however, also narrowed his eyes at the guards before he looked at a television and VCR Chiyo had in her office. "Ms. Chiyo, maybe we should take a look at these." He told her.
Chiyo was eyeing the guards rather sternly and knowingly but she nodded. She paused to glance over at Sakura. "Miss Haruno, if these tapes have anything to deal with what happened to you last night, it might be rather disturbing for you. Are you sure you will want to see them?" She asked.
Sakura shook her head as she took a deep breath. She eyed the tapes with uneasiness but she knew she had to see them. She had to know what happened that night when she went under the sedatives. "No. I would like to see them too. I trust Gaara not to have done anything to me. I know he didn't. But still….." She cut herself off.
Baki just nodded before he went over to the TV and slid the tape into the VCR and then pushed play. He glanced over at Shikamaru who leaned against the desk that the machines were on while giving the two guards a look of warning.
At first, the tapes showed just a dark room but a second later they saw movement. The lights flipped on and revealed Gaara and Sakura in the room. Sakura, however, was conscious. She was watching Gaara as he went over to one of the medical cupboards. He began pulling things out; the bandages and the sedative. Sakura was talking to him but he didn't turn around until she tried to sit up. He gave her a very stern look before going over and made her lay back down. Whatever he said made Sakura smile and shake her head at him. She said something that made him look down but didn't answer for a moment. He then said something as began running his hands over Sakura's side, checking for the broken ribs. There was no sound though.
"Wait a moment." Chiyo said and Shikamaru hit pause to look at her. All eyes turned to her when she frowned. "Is there no sound to this?"
Shikamaru shook his head at her question, one arm folded over his chest. "No, ma-am. The camera system we have has no audio functions due to that the patients scream a lot at night. But you don't have to worry too much about what their saying. I can read lips. They are only having a friendly conversation." He told her before hitting play when she nodded. It was at this moment then Gaara injected Sakura with the sedative. Everyone grew tense but Sakura quickly shook her head as she watched them. "It's all right. I think he only injected me with it so that I wouldn't feel any pain." She told them. They didn't relax though.
On the screen, they watched as Gaara just stood there, watching Sakura sleep. But after a moment, he was brushing some of her hair out of her face. Seeing that made Sakura blush as she watched him. He was just staring at her for the longest time before he began to undo her shirt. Sakura grew very tense when she saw him doing that. Her face felt like it was on fire. Especially when he had her shirt off and he just stared. It didn't take a genius to tell what he was staring at. She glanced at everyone else to see that Shikamaru had looked away, just to be respectful to her. The other men didn't look phased. They didn't even look like they were enjoying it. They were just serious. So she knew that they were taking this very seriously. Kankuro, however, grinned adn winked at her when he noticed her looking at him. Again, she blushed hot red only to get slapped over the head by Temari. Then they watched as Gaara began to wrap the bandages around Sakura's chest.
"You guys might want to stay for this." Shikamaru suddenly said as he pointed at the guards, who were now scooting towards the door. So obviously they knew what was about to happen. The genius just looked rather amused that they were trying to escape, while everyone else didn't. "It's about to get interesting." Shikamaru said.
The guards again looked uneasy but shook their heads. "Ah…that's okay. We, ah, need to get home. My wife….." The first was saying.
However, Baki gave them a very dry look before pointing to over to a bench on the other side of the room. "Sit down. You two aren't going anywhere until we've seen what's on this tape." He warned them. The guards winced but did as they were told.
On the tape, Gaara was still wrapping the bandages around Sakura's chest when his head jerked upward as if he heard something. He just stood there, staring towards the door when the two guards entered the room, both with raised sedative guns trained on him. He just stood right there, watching the guards as they approached, but then he backed up a few steps away from the table when the first guard ordered him to. Guard 1 moved closer to Sakura, still watching Gaara before looking down at her and trying to shake her awake with his hand on her bare shoulder. He shook her a few times before shaking his head. Then he began smirking as if he found something funny then said something over to Guard 2, who laughed as if they found something funny.
Whatever was said, it was obvious that Gaara didn't like it because his face twisted in anger as he watched the guards. But when Guard 1 moved his hand a little towards Sakura's breasts, he jumped forward and shoved the guard hard away from him before grabbing her shirt and covering her with it.
That was when the fight broke out.
Both guards rushed Gaara, one slamming into him and knocking him against the wall. The first however, was glaring at the red head before he got a very nasty smile on his face before turning towards Sakura and placed his hand on her thigh.
Seeing this, Sakura's eyes snapped wide open and she turned to two blushing guards, who looked very shamed. She wasn't the only one glaring at the two. Almost everyone was, though Sasori didn't look like he cared either way. Itachi looked ready to jump at the guards and killing them. However, Shikamaru shook his head as he held up a hand. "Just wait. That's not the best part." He said, dryly as he nodded to the tape. Everyone looked back at the tapes to see Gaara now pounding the hell out of the second guard before he stabbed him in the leg with a scalpel then lunged at the first guard, slashing him the leg with it. The guard fell back away from him against the wall, while the red head glared at him while placing an arm over Sakura's body, as if he was protecting her. The two guards stood up before jumping at him, which he really put up a fight. That is until more guards arrived, one shooting Gaara with a sedative gun.
And it was there that Shikamaru stopped the tape and took it out. He then took the second and placed it in, while looking at the two guards with such seriousness now. "Now, here's the best part. This one is going to tell us exactly how the hell Sasuke Uchiha got in here in the first place." He stated. Sakura's eyes widened before she looked at the guards, who winced.
The security video showed the front gates, and judging by the time in the corner of the screen, it was somewhere near the time that Sasuke attacked Sakura. The two guards were stationed at the door way near the parking lot, both just sitting there or watching the screens. It was like that for a few moments before the door opened and in walked Sasuke. Sakura felt her hand slap over her mouth as if she was going to be sick again but she watched as Sasuke talked to the guards.
At first, the guards were shaking their heads at him when he started talking to them. He was showing them something in his hand and by the looks of it, it was a card. The guards still shook their heads but then stopped when Sasuke went for his wallet, pulling out several bills and holding them up to the guards.
To Sakura's horror, the two guards took the money and waved him through. He had bribed them to let him in and they let him.
"Enough." Sakura said now standing up painfully. She winced when her ribs started to ache, but Itachi was there to help her. He pulled her into his arms, while she rest her head against his shoulder. "I've seen enough."
Shikamaru stopped the tape while Baki folded his arms and gave the two guards the most nasty look he could muster. He was no doubt very pissed off at these two. Even Temari and Kankuro looked like they were about to murder these two. "You two," Baki began, though his voice was very dangerous. "Not only are you two fired, you will be charged for sexual harassment, assistance in a rape, and tampering with evidence. Now where the hell is Sasuke Uchiha? Did you remove him from the scene of the crime too?" He asked, darkly.
The two guards shook their heads as they lowered them. The first ran his fingers through his brown hair as he kept his eyes down. "No, sir. He wasn't down there when we came in. And this is the truth this time. When that man came in, he said he just wanted to give his girlfriend her ID card, that she had forgotten it at their apartment. He even showed it to us. It belonged to her." He pointed at a stunned Sakura, who was clutching onto Itachi while covering her mouth with her hand. "We refused to let him through at first. But then he pulled out a bunch of hundreds. He said he'd give them to us if he just let us go see his girlfriend. He gave us extra for our silence." He then looked at Baki with wide eyes. "But I swear! Neither one knew that he was going to attack her! He said he just wanted to talk to her and take her home! He never said anything about attacking her!"
The second guard nodded as he stood up with the first. "We had no clue! And I swear, we don't know where he's at either. We looked everywhere but he wasn't, or isn't here." He insisted.
Baki took a deep breath before looking at the ANBU officer. "Captain, there's a possibility that we have an unwanted visitor in the hospital." He glanced over at Chiyo. "We will begin searching the Asylum immediately." He said. Chiyo nodded as she looked at Shikamaru. "Thank you, Mr. Nara, for finding those tapes. Please assist Baki in searching the hospital for Sasuke Uchiha. If he's still here, you know who he is, do you not?"
"Yes, ma-am. I know that bastard." Shikamaru said rather dryly. "It'll be a drag trying to find him but I think I'll have a little fun kicking his ass."
Chiyo only nodded as she looked back at Baki. "The Asylum is now under Code 3. All patients will need to be in their rooms, which will also be searched. Sasori," She said, now looking at the red haired doctor. "If you don't mind, I would like you and Madara to help look down in the Isolation Floor. Ask Dr. Orochimaru and Kabuto….oh, that's right. You and Orochimaru don't get along." She stated when Sasori's eyes narrowed as he drew back a little. "Very well, Madara, will you please talk to Orochimaru and Kabuto?"
Madara nodded as he already moved towards the door with everyone else. He paused to glance over at Sakura with concern before sighing. "Miss Haruno, I am so sorry for what my nephew has done to you. Even after I told you that if he came here looking for trouble that I would deal with him. I should have known that he was going to cause trouble. I knew he was in Suna City but I should have told him to go away. I am so sorry." He said, sounding very sorry in deed.
Sakura just gave him a faint smile but shook her head. "It's not your fault, Mr. Uchiha. But thank you." She said quietly.
Madara nodded before he left with everyone. Soon it was just Sakura, Chiyo, Itachi and the Sabaku siblings. Temari went over to the pink haired woman's side and gently placed a hand onto her shoulder, giving her the faintest of smiles before looking at Chiyo. "Ms Chiyo, what about my brother?" She asked, seriously once again.
"Gaara will not be sent away after uncovering the truth." Chiyo stated. "It seems to me that what he's done is just added a positive mark on his file. He has never done anything like this before so it's clear that he seems to like his new doctor. Otherwise, she would probably in a even worst state. So therefore, Gaara is reprieved." She paused as she looked at Sakura when she looked somewhat happy to hear this. "You know, Sakura, I'm very surprised that he stood up for you. It seems to me that you're doing more than just gaining his trust."
Sakura looked at her with surprise and confusion. She wasn't sure what the old woman meant by that. She saw both Temari and Kankuro smirking at one another as if they figured it out and even saw Itachi smirking. "Huh? What? What….what do you mean by that?" She asked, frowning.
"Never mind. Why don't you go home and get some rest? After last night, you're going to need at least a week or two to heal." Chiyo said with a little concern. Sakura blinked a few times before her eyes grew wide and shook her head. "Oh! No, no! I'll be fine! I can't…..!" She was saying.
Chiyo held up a hand to her and shook her head. "Sakura, you have a broken rib and two cracked ones. You need to be resting, not working. Now, I know you're worried about your patients, but I will assure you, they will be fine. I promise that we will take care of them as well as you do. I will personally make sure Tobi has an orange every day to make him happy." She said, chuckling. Sakura cracked a smile but then winced as her side throbbed in pain. "But…what about Deidara? What if he….."
"Sakura, Deidara is happy as a loon no matter what you do." Itachi remarked with a chuckle. "I'll think he'll be fine."
There was a pause before Sakura slowly nodded with a sigh but then she looked at Chiyo frowning. "Before I go home, I would like to see Gaara first. I have to thank him for what he's done for me." She told her. The old woman only nodded as she folded her hands together. She was smiling to herself about something but she didn't bother to voice her thoughts. "I think that will be fine. He's back in his Isolation room. He might need a nurse that he trusts though. I'm afraid the guards weren't too gentle with him." She told her. Sakura's eyes widened before she tried to bolt for the door but Itachi held her back. "Hey, hey. Slow it down before you hurt yourself more." He said, now helping her to the door. Temari and Kankuro both laughed as they went with them. Chiyo however, held up a hand. "Oh, one more thing!" She called after them, making everyone turn around. The old woman was looking at Itachi though. "While you are here, Itachi, I have decided to dispatch you. It's clear to me that you do not need to be here at the Asylum. I will sign the papers for your release."
"What?" Itachi said quietly. "But my uncle….."
Chiyo shook her head as she rose an eyebrow. "Your Uncle Madara is my employee, Itachi. I am his boss. I don't care if he thinks you need to be here. You are not mentally ill. You never have been. I know that Madara brought you here to keep you from prison for what you've done to your family and I will not pry with why you did it. But you do not belong here. Now, I will state that you can do community service to keep you from jail but you've had enough here." She paused to look at Sakura. "Why don't you stay with Sakura for a little while and help her out?"
Itachi paused to looked at Sakura, who shrugged. "It'll be alright with me until you can get settled, Itachi. Besides," She made a face. "I don't think I want to be alone until I know that Sasuke's been taken care of or he went back to Konoha." She told him. Itachi nodded before giving Chiyo a bow of his head. "Thank you for your help then, Ms. Chiyo." And with that, he went with Sakura and the Sabaku siblings to visit with Gaara.
Together, the four went down to the Isolation floor after Sakura had been given back her clothes, which had been washed for her. She changed back into them and then went down with Itachi, Temari and Kankuro to see Gaara. They had seen several guards checking rooms as they went but they completely ignored the four. When they finally reached Gaara's cell, there was a guard stationed there. At first he wouldn't let them in. But then Shikamaru happened to be passing by and stated that they were given permission by Ms Chiyo, after receiving the message from Baki. Then he was off again.
The door opened and Sakura walked in, looking around before finding Gaara lying on his bed with a rag pressed against his face. He looked up when she entered though and that was when Sakura froze. "Oh my god!" She yelped making Temari and Kankuro peer into the room before they too froze.
Gaara's face was a little bruised from getting beaten up by the guards and he had a bloody nose, but he seemed alright. "Temari or Kankuro, can you rush down the hall to one of the medical rooms and get some antiseptic as well as a box of bandaids?" Sakura asked as she hurried forward and bent down beside him, while he drew away, looking very annoyed. Kankuro was the one who went though.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Gaara asked dryly, while looking at the pink haired woman. Sakura rose an eyebrow as she reached over to take the bloody rag from him. She paused when he reached up and swatted her hand away. "I don't need your help."
But then Sakura frowned at him before she slapped his hand for smacking hers. She didn't hit him hard but it was enough to startle him. Even Temari froze in alarm of what the pink haired doctor did. Sakura ignored them both as she grabbed the rag from his hand and tossed it down. She just looked him over before shaking her head. "Just keep your head back for a moment. It doesn't seem to be bleeding anymore." She then looked into his wide eyes. "Oh, for pete's sake, Gaara. You really think I'm going to let you just lay there like that?! I'm your doctor! It's my job to take care of you when you're hurt! So stop scowling at me like that!" She said sharply when his eyes narrowed at her, and as she told him, he stopped.
At this time, Temari was laughing so hard that she received a glare from her younger brother. She doubled over, holding her sides while Itachi was shaking his head with a smirk on his face. Then Kankuro came back with the bottle of antiseptic and clean rags. He handed them to Sakura who immediately took them and set to work in cleaning Gaara up, who just watched her dryly.
Sakura just dabbed some antisceptic on the rag before reaching over to start cleaning a cut over Gaara's eye, but he grabbed her wrist, stopping her. She looked at him rather dryly, sharing the same look with him. "Gaara, don't make me knock you out. And I won't use a sedative to do it." She warned him. Gaara just glared at her before he released her wrist and let her dab his eyebrow. He winced at the sting but then he just glared up at the ceiling, letting her work.
"Oh….by the way, thank you for what you did last night." Sakura said as she cleaned his cut, getting a surprised look from him. "If it weren't for you, Sasuke would have done something worst than just…..that."
Gaara turned his teal eyes onto her, watching her carefully. He was trying to figure out if she was joking or not. But then he looked forward again not replying. He just stared right up at the ceiling until Sakura was finished. She placed a butterfly band aid onto his cut before pushing herself to her feet, and looking down at him. "I'm going to be gone for a week or two so I can heal. Apparently, I do have a broken rib and two bruised ones. But still, thank you." She told him softly before turning to leave.
However, he grabbed her wrist, holding her back. She turned and looked down at him with surprise but he just looked her right in the eye, almost trapping her into his seductive gaze again. "You owe me." He remarked before letting her go. He closed his eyes and folded his arms behind his head. Sakura stared at him for a moment before her face softened and she nodded before leaving the room. Temari and Kankuro paused before leaving to look at their younger brother. They were still somewhat surprised by the reaction. They were clearly not used to this at all but they were pleased nonetheless. "You know, Temmy." Kankuro said as they followed Sakura and Itachi down the hall away from Gaara's cell. "Things just got interesting."
"Oh yeah." Temari said grinning to herself as her head dipped down. "Things just very interesting."