Disclaimers on the characters of Naruto by Kishimoto.
#12 – Bloody
By Winterwing3000
"Teme! Who's the leader in this mission, huh?!" the blond exclaimed, slamming his fists onto the countertop of the ramen stand. The large bowl of hot soup and noodles clattered, chopsticks rolled off the rim.
The owner of Ichiriku Ramen shop sighed as he turned to other customer. His daughter giggled and continued to tend to the boiling noodles and soups.
The Uchiha heir gazed coolly at his best friend, "Hyuuga, dobe." He said, knowing that it'll get on the other Jounin's nerve.
Over the four years, the two males of Team 7 achieved the rank of Jounin, now working as partners with Kakashi. Sakura herself became a Jounin as well, just recently. However, even though she was still apart of Team 7, she spent most of her time training with the Godaime.
"Grrr, Teme!!!" Naruto shook a fist at him, preparing to roll up his sleeves.
"Che, dobe." Sasuke smirked, pushing aside his ramen. Both of them jumped off their seats, preparing to have a casual spar.
"Hey." Sakura's voice floated over to them, causing the two men to freeze. Naruto turned cheerfully, fight forgotten, and was about to greet her. His jaw nearly dropped when his cerulean eyes widened. "Sakura-chan…"
Sasuke turned his head at Naruto's shocked voice. His own raven eyes widened. "Sakura…"
"Um… what?" the pink-haired kunoichi absorbed their expressions and looked at herself more closely. Bandages, nearly soaked through with blood, were wrapped all over her body, spiraling up her arms and legs, crisscrossed across her torso, and tied around her neck.
Her forehead, just below her bang-line, looked as if it had collided into stones, the blood slowly drying. Her cheek just underneath her right eye was cut and still bleeding. Her lips were cracked and blistered, chalked with the same crimson liquid. Even though she was bandaged up like a mummy and bleeding and bruised all over, Sakura didn't look the least affected by her appearance. Not to mention her precious bubblegum locks were shorn off her head, leaving a boyish haircut.
"S-Sakura-chan! Your hair!" Naruto stuttered. Sasuke's eyebrow twitched.
"Oh…" she gave them a nervous grin. "Um, Tsunade-shishou and Shizune-san was training with me. And then Kurenai-sensei's team helped me train afterwards, although I think Akamaru didn't mean to grab onto my hair wit his teeth. So yeah… anyway," her peevish attitude suddenly changed into suspicion.
"You two weren't thinking off fighting in the middle of the streets now were you?" the kunoichi had her hands on her hips.
The kyuubi-vessal quickly shook his head. "We were just going to train, yeah yeah! Right, Teme?"
The Uchiha grunted, "Hn." Sasuke looked over her once more. "Aren't you going to die of bloodloss?" he pointed out.
"Oh! Right…!" Sakura started healing herself, the green chakra glowing in her hands. Finishing up the last few serious wounds, she left the bruises to heal on their own. Clapping her hands together, she smiled up at her teammates. "Let's go train together! We haven't done that in a long--." Just as she turned around, Sakura fainted.
"Sakura!" the two Jounin caught her and sighed. How are they going to explain this to her parents?
AN: Well, not entire SasuSaku, but you get the point?