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Cherry Blossoms

10

Sasuke and Sakura

Sakura's Point of View

I'm not sure what part of my body and it's agonizing pain I felt first. My left arm was gross, and felt like hamburger. The sword had shredded into my skin and even through muscle. That was terrible burning agony. My back also stung, all those small wounds I had tried to heal opened. My head felt like it was going to explode. Not to mention the buzzing in my ears. Every muscle hurt.

I didn't open my eyes. Everything felt heavy, my eyes stayed shut for a moment. I didn't feel any vibrations. The fighting must have ended. I couldn't feel the warmth of a campfire either, we could still be under attack and I'm still out. They may need me.

"She's awake," I heard a boy's voice. Something grabbed my hair. My eyes flew open now. The boy who spoke held a kunai, probably one of my own, to my throat.

"You and your team have destroyed our village!" another boy stood before me, his finger pointed right at me. "You ninja bring nothing but trouble!" His finger got closer to my face.

"We came to help," I tried to speak. The boy holding my hair pulled harder. Like it was possible to be in anymore pain. My throat was hoarse. I knew I wouldn't be able to fight them off. I'd lost so much blood, so much of my chakra, my energy was spent.

"Your help is burning my village to ashes!" the boy spit in my face.

"Should we kill her brother?" the one holding me asked. Anticipation edged into his voice. "We could drown her and dump her body in the river. Her teammates will never know."

"Good idea," the one in front replied. "Drown her. Make her suffer."

"Wait! No!" I tried to struggle, to fight. These kids were making a mistake. "I'm a medical ninja! I can help the injured!"

"No offense lady," the one who walked me to the stream said. "You can barely fight off a kid your so tired, I doubt there is much you can do to help our village anymore."

"This solves nothing!" I shouted at last. I was so tired. My head was dunked under the water within seconds. I tried not to panic, panicking would make my body burn twice as much oxygen. I couldn't help that my heart rate was rising. I tried to use my good arm to push myself up. I only sunk it into mud. The kid could feel my struggles. He shoved my head deeper down until my face was pushed into the mud as well. Now I was fully panicking whether or not I was trying not too.

All I could wonder was about them. Where was Sasuke? Kakashi? Sai? Naruto? Were they safe? The kids said the village was burning. Did that me Sasuke failed and Itachi and Kisame were burning the village? Maybe Sasuke won but he and the rest couldn't keep the fire under control. I wished, briefly, that I could have another chance to prove to them I wasn't weak. I wouldn't even get to know it I had hit Kisame.

The hand let go of my hair. I couldn't get myself out. I had no idea if they thought I was dead and would let me drift away on my own. Maybe they had come to their senses. Maybe they decided to stop. Nothing gripped my arm to pull me up. My lungs burned so much. My brain began to grow less and less conscious.

It hit me. I was going to die.

Sasuke's Point of View

Finally, winding my way through what was left I came across the fountain. Sakura had taken off. I'd have to thank her someday for not interfering. She was probably worried sick. I pushed past screaming people. I wondered what had them running and that's when I saw the flames.

The flames had engulfed nearly half of the small village. The tiny houses and shops where everyone had been hiding now was a death trap. I know it was my fault. Itachi had dodged one of my attacks and we began to try to fight using the fireball jutsu. Team 7 was here amongst the chaos. I just had to find them and help the villagers.

I had pulled a few people from the rubble of buildings when I heard Naruto shouting to Kakashi.

"What about Sakura!" his voice bounced above all the other noise.

"We'll get her when we can," he said. "Their are villagers that need our help. We have to evacuate them to the hospital Naruto. Sakura isn't near the fire or houses is she?"

My eyes scanned the square where the fountain was. Sakura was lying on the ground between a house and the broken fountain. She looked horribly beaten up. Her left arm looked like half of it had been taken off. She wasn't dead was she? Why hadn't they helped her? She's important too. Pushing my way through the crowd I tried to cross until I felt a tug on my sleeve.

"Please! Help my baby! She's trapped in the cellar! The house fell and we were in the cellar hiding. I squeezed out but I cant get her! Help me!" The woman's begging got me to follow her.

I had very little chakra left. What I did have I used a water jutsu to put out the fire. I had to pull huge beams off until I could get to the cellar's door. "Can you get her from here?" I panted. When she nodded I took off to find the rest of Team 7. I got back to the square to see Naruto practically freaking out.

"God she's not here anymore! She collapsed she shouldn't be able to get away that quickly! I only left her for a few minutes, where could she go? I don't even know what happened to Sasuke," he turned a few times until he saw me approach. "Sasuke! Your alive!"

"Of course," I gave him a hard pat on the back for sounding surprised. "Where's Sakura?"

His face went from happy to scared, "I was going to ask you."

I took off running. I'm not as good as Sakura when it comes to sensing chakra, but times call for some sharper skills so I focused my senses on what I remember of Sakura's chakra. I got only a tiny hint of it. It was farther away than I imagined.

I had found the trace by the stream. I heard the water splash and a boy laugh.

"They shouldn't have interfered," the taller of the two said. I couldn't see her but I watched for a moment. "If she's a healer then she's important, they'll feel our loss when they find her dead."

I stepped deeper into the shadows. I came right up on the one nearest to the stream. He held Sakura's pink hair down. My kunai touched the tip of his throat, not softly might I add.

"Let her go or I'll cut your throat," I demanded. I could feel him swallow down the fear. His hand let her go.

"No! Stop!" the other reached for his friend.

"Don't push me kid," I took the kunai away. "Get out of here. Don't expect help from us again."

They scrambled away and my eyes didn't see much movement from Sakura. I pulled her out and laid her on the soft cool grass. I put my ear to her chest and I could hear the beating of her heart. It was faint but there. Her face was covered in mud. I wiped away as much of it as I could.

I tried not to panic, if I did I might forget CPR. I tilted her head the way I had been taught, I pushed on the spot they told me too. Seconds later water was spewing from her mouth.

Sakura's Point of View

I thought I was a goner. I felt another pressure now, on my chest. Only it wasn't constant. It was there then it wasn't then it was and then it wasn't. I didn't get it until the water came up. It was CPR. Being a medical ninja you'd think I'd recognize something so basic and lifesaving.

The water left my throat raw. My eyes felt gritty from the mud. I felt hands on both sides of my face. My eyes didn't open. The fingers and palms were so warm. I felt cold. I could feel the dirt and mud on my skin and it was between the warm hands. My right hand came up to touch the warm hand. I remember that hand was muddy too.

My hand didn't make it far. It trembled and fell. My eyes burned from the dirt and mud on my face. The next thing I knew I was feeling the warm breath of whomever the hands belonged to. I wondered why they were so close. My eyes were started to feel slightly lighter.

That's when I felt his warm lips touch my cold ones. Like he was trying to breath life into a cold beat up doll that happened to have a heart beat. It was a sweet kiss, and afterwords they held me closer into a hug, nearly crushing what was left of my body. My eyes opened to see the black hair I knew was Sasuke's. I thought I was going to die of happiness. I found the energy to bring my good arm up around his neck. It trembled a little from exhaustion, but I was still able to hug him back.

"Sasuke," I tried to say. I'm not sure it even came out. "You came back."

"Hn," I could feel the side of his face turn into a smile.

I actually didn't plan on them kissing yet but it was set up so beautifully for it. :3 I couldn't help it. School doesn't start for awhile yet and I don't work this weekend so there will probably be more updates. I feel like writing a ton right now. Hopefully in finishing this I'll have another series completed. That's my greatest weakness. I never finish what I start, but it won't be for long.

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