Kasumi walked down to the cell with a tray. Today was going to make a week since Sasuke had been in the cell and slowly by slowly he was starting to eat. He even talked to her a little more and was a little less cold.
"Good morning Sasuke-San. I brought you breakfast."
"Why do you insist on calling me Sasuke-San? I'm a criminal you shouldn't be so polite." He said accepting the tray. He winced in pain as he used his arms to grab the tray. She began blushing.
"I apologize I'm just polite to everyone. I get yelled at sometimes because of me being too formal." She smiled. He chuckled a bit and began eating. He then saw Kasumi staring at him. She began blushing harder and she looked away. "Today is the day Naruto-San and Sakura-Sensei tell Hokage-Sama your fate." She said nervously. After their talk Naruto and Sakura seemed a little swayed from the conversation but they were not convinced after all their friends all brought up good reasons to kill him and not to kill him.
"Yeah?" He said seeming unfazed. Kasumi looked down.
"You don't care do you?"
"Not really." He sighed. "If they let me live, I'll just commit suicide if my wounds don't kill me first either way I'll have my way." He said eating a piece of toast. Kasumi sighed and nodded her head. She then stood up and smiled at him.
"Well I'll see you later. After all the guards should be here soon to get you." She then walked away.
Tsunade stared at Naruto and Sakura. Jiraiya leaned against the wall by the window and closed his eyes. He didn't know how this was going to turn out from their faces it could go either way. Shizune stood behind Tsunade holding Tonton in her arms tightly. Sasuke had his eyes closed with his arms tied behind his back as he was sat up against the wall. The room was silent and full of tension.
"So have you two come with your decision?" Tsunade asked finally breaking the silence. Naruto and Sakura both bowed their heads.
"Yes." They answered together.
"Ok, what is it?" She asked. Naruto looked at Sakura who nodded and looked down. He then stepped forward and cleared his throat.
"We have decided that Uchiha Sasuke should get another chance."
Sasuke growled and balled his fists tightly. He didn't understand why they decided to let him live. Before Tsunade could speak Sasuke spoke with rage.
"WHY?! WHAT'S THE POINT? I SCREWED UP! I DID HORRIBLE THINGS AND YOU WANT ME TO LIVE YOU MIND AS WELL KILL ME! AND END THINGS!!" Sasuke yelled. Naruto growled and walked over to Sasuke. He then punched him in the face this time a little softer.
"BAKA!!" He screamed. "You think Sakura and I are stupid huh? You only wanna die so you don't have to live with the guilt. Well too bad! You're gonna live with what you did and you're gonna reap what you sow!" Naruto snapped at him. Sasuke then looked at Sakura but only a saw a blurry pink thing that seemed to Sakura. She closed her eyes tightly.
Tsunade nodded her head.
"Shizune escort Sasuke to the hospital he needs medical care and inform Kasumi she will be his personal keeper." She nodded and tried holding Sasuke up since he couldn't stand on his feet. Jiraiya moved from his spot and picked Sasuke up putting him over his shoulder.
"I'll carry him."
"Thank you Jiraiya-Sama." Shizune bowed and they then left. Sakura covered her face and began crying. Naruto walked to Sakura.
"Sakura-Chan." He spoke softly. Sakura looked at him.
"Naruto-Kun." She then threw herself in his arms and sobbed against his chest. He hugged her tightly. If Sasuke was killed she would be miserable and with Sasuke like this she was still miserable. Naruto felt bad and sighed.
Sasuke stared out the window in deep thought. He gripped his fists if his legs weren't completely useless he would be outta here so fast and he would end his life himself. He couldn't bare with what he did and how evil he became. The main reason he came back to Konoha was because he knew he would executed. He growled again. Leave it up to Naruto to screw shit up. He thought bitterly to himself.
He looked at the near objects to see if they could cause any fatal harm to him but unfortunately none of that was around. Tsunade must've made the arrangements like that.
There was a soft knock on the door and Kasumi walked inside the room. Sasuke stared out the window not looking at anything in particular.
"I didn't say come in." He snapped not looking at her. She blushed and bowed her head slightly.
"I apologize, Sasuke-San but I brought you food." She said holding up a tray.
"I don't want it!" He yelled and looked at her. He then paused and stared at her. This was the first time he was able to see her in bright light even though his sight was still a little blurry the light helped him some. He never bothered looking at her before but now was different. He was able to tell she had long black hair and she seemed very petite and seemed fragile. He saw she was wearing white clothing but he didn't know if it was because it was a nurse outfit or her causal clothing.
"Please Sasuke-San eat." She begged him placing the tray on the night table. He then looked the other way and crossed his arms.
"No."
"But how do you expect to get better if you don't eat? Your wounds are serious what if you die?" She snapped. He looked at her and smirked.
"Then everything will be going the way I wanted it to." She sighed deeply and growled. She then stood up and took a spoonful of the food. He looked at her as she walked toward him.
"If you won't eat it I'll feed it to you. After all I wasn't Sakura-sensei's student just to learn how to heal. I'm pretty strong too." She said giving him a look that made him a little scared.
Sakura walked down the hallway holding a clipboard in her hands. A nurse ran up to her.
"Sakura-Sensei, Yomiko-San's delivery went perfectly." She told her. Sakura smiled.
"Of course it did. I delivered the baby. Tell Yomiko-San to make an appointment for next month so I can check on the baby."
"Yes." The nurse then ran the opposite way. Another nurse ran to Sakura.
"Sakura-Sensei a patient in room 211 won't take his medicine."
"Is it a child?" She asked.
"Yes."
"Tell him it's a vitamin that will help get him out of the hospital so he can become strong and enter the ninja academy."
"Yes." She then ran off. Sakura sighed deeply and wiped the sweat from her brow.
Shizune then walked over to Sakura.
"Hello Shizune-San." Sakura smiled softly as Shizune sighed and rubbed her head.
"How many times do I have to say no Shizune-San? You are the doctor."
"But you're still way ahead of me." Sakura said blushing.
"Yes, I was a year ago. You have surpassed me and I see you as my equal. So it's Shizune alright?" She smiled warmly. Sakura smiled and nodded.
"Yes." Shizune then looked serious.
"A month has passed by have you looked at Sasuke?"
"No." Sakura looked down feeling shame.
"Sakura you have to push personal feelings aside and begin to heal him. You're the doctor and he's the patience. You have a duty to complete. It's your job." Sakura nodded. "Tsunade expects to hear a report about Sasuke from you within three days."
Sakura growled a bit she knew by doing that she was forced to examine him sooner then later mainly meaning today. She sighed and nodded. Shizune bowed her head and walked away.
Sakura sighed and walked to Sasuke's room. She knew she couldn't hide from him forever. She opened the door and she looked shocked from what she saw. She saw Kasumi sitting on him and forcing him to eat the food.
"Eat it!" She yelled at him shoving the spoon in his mouth. Sasuke swallowed the food.
"What the hell are you?! What happened to nice polite girl you were?!" He asked.
"You made me very mad. You get on my nerves sometimes!" She snapped at him.
Sakura then cleared her throat causing Kasumi and Sasuke to look at her. Both of them began blushing and Kasumi quickly moved herself off of Sasuke. She then bowed her head.
"Am I interrupting something?" She asked rubbing the back of her head and smiled.
"No, no, no I was making sure Sasuke-San ate his food after all he's been here for a month and wouldn't eat anything." Kasumi briefly explained. Sakura nodded her head.
"I see." She couldn't bring herself to look at Sasuke. She was too scared. She then walked into the room and placed her clipboard on the table away from the bed.
"I'll leave." Kasumi said.
"You don't have to Kasumi-Chan." Sakura said looking at her. Kasumi smiled and bowed her head. She then grabbed the tray of food.
"I think it's better if I leave." She then walked out the room and closed the door behind her. Sakura stared at the clipboard. She read his conditions and shook her head in disbelief. If he was normal he would've died but he wasn't normal neither was Naruto and neither was she. She then sighed deeply. She turned to look at Sasuke who was staring at her.
"Your legs…" She began. "You can't move them?" She asked him. He shook his head no.
"No."
"Can you feel them?" She asked. He shook his head no. She then walked over to him and placed her hand on the sheets. "Can I?" She asked blushing a bit. He moved the covers revealing his legs that were covered by gray sweat pants. He then began blushing when she started touching his legs. Even though he couldn't feel her touch just the thought of her touching his legs made him blush. "So you don't feel anything at all?" She asked using her pen to rub against the heel of his foot. He shook his head no. Sakura nodded her head and leaned against the table as she started writing on her clipboard. "It seems you have nerve damage in your lower spine making you paralyzed from the waist down." His eyes widened in shock.
"P-Paralyzed?" He whispered. She nodded.
"How
did you make it here?" She asked. He looked down and shrugged.
"I
have no idea. All I remember is running and running but I couldn't
feel my legs. It didn't even feel like I was moving." He stated.
"Can you stand now?"
"No, once I passed out and woke up again I couldn't move them." Sakura rubbed her head and sighed.
Just when you think you know everything.
"Alright, let's see what else is wrong." She walked over to him and began feeling his neck and throat to make sure nothing was wrong. She then moved her hands down to shoulders and chest. She felt them with strong circular motions. "Do you feel any pain?"
"No." She then moved to his back and began pressing hard.
"Any pain?"
"No." She nodded her head and then rubbed his temples. She looked into his face. She stared him in the eyes and saw him staring back at her. Tears began swelling in her eyes. "Sakura." He whispered. She then hugged Sasuke tightly.
"Sasuke-Kun." She cried uncontrollably shaking. As an automatic reaction he hugged her back.
"It's alright Sakura-Chan don't cry anymore. I'm here to stay." He whispered.
"Baka!" She yelled at him and pulled back some so he could look into her angry jade eyes. "You were gonna kill yourself!" She shouted and reached under the pillow pulling out a knife he must've swapped from his tray of food. Sasuke stared at it before looking back at her. "Naruto and I are giving you another chance because we know that deep in your heart you're not what you try to come across as. You're Sasuke, you're gentle, sweet." She placed her hand on his scarred cheek and began caressing it. "You're my Sasuke and always have been." She said. Sasuke stared at her and his cheeks began to turn red.
"Sakura-Chan." He whispered. He then looked down. "I couldn't love you then because I was so intent on revenge." Sakura moved from her spot and crossed her arms. He looked at her.
"And you still can't love me now. Can you?" She snapped. He looked down.
"Gomen." He whispered. Sakura sighed.
"It can't be helped." She said and sat down on the bed. She placed her hands on his cheeks and pressed her forehead against his. She transferred charka to him healing his eyes, his wounds, cuts and bruises that he had for many days, weeks and months. She then slowly opened her eyes looking at him. He blinked his eyes he was finally able to see her clearly. She's gotten beautiful over these years. He began blushing. "Sasuke-Kun please for me, live and restore the Uchiha Clan. You're more than this." She said holding up the knife. He looked at her and nodded his head.
"You're right Sakura-Chan." He gave her smile looking like the old Sasuke she use to know. "I will I'll live and grow strong." Sakura stood up and rubbed her head.
"You're paralyzed your ninja days are over." She said causing him to freeze. She then smiled. "That's what I would've said to a normal shonobi. However, you are part of team 7. We aren't your average run of the mill ninjas. Sasuke I will heal your legs."
"Am I allowed to be a shonobi again? I mean would you all trust me?" He asked. Sakura didn't turn to face him as she answered him.
"Oh we will all trust you because we know you won't ever betray Konoha again. And if you do…" She slowly turned and looked at him in a way she never stared at him before. "Naruto and I will personally kill you ourselves even if we die in the process. We both promised each other that." Sasuke looked a little uncomfortable and looked away. He then cleared his throat.
"Alright, it's settle I will eat and gain my strength so I can become a shonobi and gain power the right way." He smiled. She smiled. The door then burst opened.
"Hey Sasuke what's this about you not eating? Kasumi said it had been a month and you didn't eat anything. What are you a baka or something? Everyone knows you need food." Naruto taunted walking into the room.
"The one who's a baka is you! I am going to eat so I can become strong and I wanna fight you again this time the right way both of us as shonobi of Konoha and as equals." Sasuke told him. Sakura smiled. Naruto began laughing and tugged at his vest.
"As equals eh? I'm a Jonin aren't you still a genin?" He smirked hitting Sasuke's ego. He then began yelling at Naruto who yelled back at him. Sakura giggled. It was good to have her team back. Something told her, she and Naruto made the right decision as did Sasuke.
Sakura stood in front of Tsunade and Shizune as they stared at her.
"Do you think you can do that? After all you're only eighteen."
"Tsunade-Sensei it doesn't matter my age. It matters my power, strength and determination. I can heal Sasuke-Kun legs so he can be a shonobi again."
"Sakura if you make a mistake he can die." Tsunade told her. Sakura nodded her head.
"I don't plan on making a mistake."
"You do know that if this situation occurs again you and Naruto will be held accountable for it?" Tsunade asked her. Sakura nodded and bowed her head.
"Naruto and I are fully aware of that and we both have agreed we will kill Sasuke if he ever betrays us again." Sakura stated.
"Alright. Sakura that will be all." Tsunade smiled. Sakura nodded and left the room. Tsunade then looked at Shizune as she stretched. "It seems our little pink haired kunoichi has grown into a blossoming woman."
Shizune smiled and nodded.
"So has our little nine tail kitsune." They both giggled..
