Itachi's out right now and no one wants to talk so.. I'll just do it
I own nothing but me x3
The next two days of travelling went generally well for the ninja squad sent to help out Gaara. There were a few awkward moments -both mornings found Amejisuto cuddled up to her sensei, to her embarrassment and Kakashi's amusement- but otherwise, they rushed forward without any problems. No ninja attacked them, making the journey smoother. By the time they reached Sunagakure, they could tell that everyone was in a panic. Temari, Gaara's sister, greeted them and led them to the hospital where Kankuro was.
"We have so many problems right now," she sighed. "Gaara's been captured by the Akatsuki and the council members are almost convinced it's a lost cause to wait for his return, so they might elect another Kazekage. And then there's this," she pulled open a door in the hospital, leading Sakura to gasp and run to the patients side. It was Kankuro, twitching and gasping in immense pain.
"Get a tub of saline immediately!" She ordered.
"And who are you?" A doctor scoffed.
"Sakura Haruno, apprentice to the Hokage Tsunade-Shishou," she answered.
"You couldn't possibly be able to heal this boy. Not even Lady Chiyo could, and she's the best medic in Sunagakure!"
Sakura put her hair up in a ponytail and slipped off her fighting gloves before washing her hands. "Just watch me," she growled.
The doctors looked to Temari, who nodded, and fetched a tub of saline, setting it next to the kunoichi. "Keep those coming," she said before opening Kankuro's eye. "Pupils dilated," she took a stethoscope and listened to his lungs. "Rapid breathing," she clutched his hand. "Spasms." She turned to the bucket of saline and attached her chakra to it, letting it swirl in a bubble beneath her hands. "He has a steel type poisoning in him. It shuts down organs first and then blood stops flowing to the heart. I have just enough time to stall it before making an antidote," she explained.
She pushed the saline through his skin, leading it with her chakra. 'Find the poison, capture it in the saline, guide it out,' she thought to herself. She had to order the other doctors to hold him down since he was struggling and writhing from the pain now. She let the saline stream out, following her hand to the tub before it splashed in. Everyone saw as there was a few purple dots mixed with the light blue liquid.
The others watched in awe as she did that on all other major organs. An old lady sat next to them, grumbling to herself. "She reminds me of the slug princess," she mumbled.
"Well Bachan was Sakura's mentor," Naruto smiled. "I'm Uzumaki Naruto, That's Haruno Sakura-chan," he pointed.
"I'm Ishi Amejisuto.. Wait.." The brunette turned to her sensei. "Do I introduce myself as an Ishi or an Uchiha? I forget."
"You introduce yourself as an Uchiha," Itachi answered.
"Ok!" She looked back at the old woman. "I'm Uchiha Amejisuto. That sounds so weird but so cool," she whispered the last part to herself.
"Uchiha Itachi," the older raven said.
"Uchiha Sasuke."
"Hatake-" Kakashi didn't get to finish before the woman attacked him, punching and kicking, spitting curses at him.
"You killed my son, you devil! Evil White Fang! He didn't have to die! Why are you still here?" She screamed at him. Kakashi didn't know what to do. He wouldn't fight back against an old lady, and he didn't know what she was talking about. All he could do was block and try to put up with her. An old man ran on the scene and held her back.
"The man who killed your son is dead and has been for over 20 years," he said. The woman stopped fighting and smiled.
"In that case, never mind," she sat down again.
"I'm Hatake Kakashi. You might've been talking about my Tousan," the Jonin said, still trying to process what happened. Apparently, it didn't occur to Naruto that his sensei could have a family, due to his reaction of yelling 'Kakashi had a dad?!' Leading Sasuke to sigh and call him an idiot.
"I'm Chiyo, a village elder. This is my onisan but I think we all forgot his name," the woman laughed.
"Even I forgot my name. Everyone just calls me Oji-san," the man grinned.
"The poison has been reduced. Now there are only a few traces and I have to make an antidote," Sakura announced, to everyone's astonishment, especially Chiyo's.
"The greenhouse has many medicinal herbs. We will escort you," the doctors said, leading Sakura down the hall and out of the hospital.
"I think she's surpassed the slug princess," Chiyo sighed in disbelief. "She's definitely surpassed me."
They sat around chatting for another half an hour. "Guys, I think he's waking up!" Temari shouted excitedly. Everyone ran into the hospital room to greet him. "Who did this to you?" His sister asked.
"S-Saso-ri no Aka-suna," the brunet choked. Temari handed him some water and he drank it greedily.
"He... He can't have," Chiyo gasped. "I thought you fought an Akatsuki member!"
"He is one," Kankuro said weakly.
"My grandson wouldn't even stoop this low!"
"Grandson?" Naruto asked.
Chiyo didn't answer and just stormed out of the hospital with her brother following her, flashing an apologetic expression to the Konoha ninja. "Well, someone's moody," Sasuke mumbled.
"Speak for yourself, teme!"
"Dobe, don't start a fight in a hospital."
"I CAN START A FIGHT WHEREVER I WANT!"
"Calm down, usuratonkachi. You're being too loud."
"I'M BEING PERFECTLY QUIET!" Naruto shouted before falling over with a bump growing out of his head and a furious Sakura standing behind him with her fist raised.
"Do you ever shut up? We're in a hospital! Be more respectful, baka!" She said in a threatening tone.
"Sakura-chan," he whimpered.
"I made the antidote. I also made two more just in case we run into him, which is a high probability." She went to Kankuro and gave him a shot.
"Let me go with you to get Gaara," he begged.
"No, you're too weak. Even I'm not going. I have an election to postpone until he gets back," Temari said, pushing Kankuro on the bed when he tried to get up.
The Konoha ninja were ready to leave the village, when Chiyo showed up. "I'm coming with you," she announced.
"Alright," Kakashi said, knowing he couldn't go against the woman. She would just hit him again...
They ran across the desert, following ninja hounds that Kakashi had summoned. They were tracking down the scent of Sasori from the sample that Kankuro managed to capture.
"So which one of them did you marry?" Chiyo asked Amejisuto, pointing to the Uchiha brothers. The Ishi blushed and almost tripped.
"Neither, I'm just an Uchiha apprentice and since it's rare, the last name has to be changed since I get to learn their techniques," the brunette explained.
"Hm, I was curious. You seem close to the older one though."
"Yah, he's my sensei. They were both close finds at one point though."
"Very interesting," Chiyo moved on to Naruto, asking questions on why he was so intent on finding Gaara.
"She's the type of person to probe into other people's lives and question everything. More in a pessimist way," Itachi suddenly appeared at the Ishi's side.
"Itachi, people constantly ask if I'm married. It's annoying," she sighed.
"Maybe you should wear a sign that says 'not married'," he joked.
"Hah hah hah," Amejisuto rolled he eyes. "Then everyone would be after me. I like that boys leave me alone. I'm not really into any of them and it's hard being nice and rejecting them at the same time."
Itachi silently thanked god as he heard that. He still had a chance to win her over, but for now, the mission came first.