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"Sakura."
Her name rolled off his lips in a broken tone, the noise echoing silently off the stark white walls. Itachi approached her unconscious form slowly, as if afraid to wake her.
He stared down at her pale face, then let his eyes flicker up to the bandages wrapped around her entire head.
"Itachi!"
He didn't even bother to look up as Ino stomped up to him.
"You can't just coming barging into her room like this! Firstly because her doctor said not to and second because you have no god damned right!" she yelled, jabbing him hard in the shoulder.
The glare he sent her was fierce enough to silence her immediately.
"What's going on in here?"
Both turned to see a tall man in a lab coat and a stout brunette in a nurse's uniform walking inside the room, a clipboard grasped in his hand.
"Who are you?" Itachi asked, voice cold as steel.
"I'm Doctor Yu, and I'm responsible for Haruno-san," he responded, merely raising an eyebrow at the celebrity's harsh tone.
"I hate to barge into personal business here but is it really so important that you two yell around Haruno-san? She's in a very delicate state at the moment and the last thing she needs is to be in a stressful environment."
Immediately both stopped glaring at each other, one looking concernedly at her best friend while the other turned his gaze to the wall.
"Now, we're about to give Haruno-san a check up so if you could both just step out into the hallway it would be greatly appreciated," Doctor Yu asked politely, already moving the stethoscope around his neck to his ears as the nurse took up the job of writing results, hand poised over the paper.
Itachi narrowed suspicious eyes at the man until Ino snapped at him, "Uchiha lets go."
"Hn," and with that he brushed past her into the hall where their friends all jumped back to give the approaching duo space. It was never a good idea to be in the way of a raging Uchiha or Yamanaka.
As soon as the door shut Ino turned on Itachi, glaring at him so hard everyone took an extra step back just to be safe.
"You bastard, how dare you come here after what you did to her!" she hissed.
"Oh? And who are you to tell me what to do?" He asked back, his face and body stoic. It was the intense heat burning in his eyes though that gave his true anger away.
"I'm her best friend you jack ass! You're the one who cheated on her!"
"Watch your mouth Yamanaka."
"Make me you dick!"
"Guys!" Naruto interjected, trying to end the conflict before it escalated anymore. One person in the hospital was enough for one day.
"Stay out of this Naruto!" Ino shouted, glaring at him for a moment before returning her gaze to the silently seething Uchiha.
"You heard her doctor, she's not supposed to be in any kind of stressful environment and you think you being here is good for her? You've caused her more stress and grief in the last few months than she's had to deal with in her entire life!" the blond shouted.
As the two continued to shout, heads started to poke out of rooms up and down the hall, curious what all the noise was for.
"Hey! If you two haven't forgotten this is a hospital. If you can't keep you voices down I'm going to have to ask you both to leave."
Everyone turned their attention to the now open door where Doctor Yu had now emerged and was glared harshly at the bickering pair.
"Sorry," Ino mumbled while Itachi just 'Hn'ed a reply.
"Now," he continued, turning less harsh eyes to the rest of the group, "Haruno-san has just awakened and if you'd like you may all come see her one at a time. She's still a bit groggy though so you just have to go slow with her."
Before anyone could even blink there was a small gust of wind and suddenly their group was one person smaller.
SAKURA'S POV
My head hurt- and I mean hurt. Like a bitch; damn.
"Ah good afternoon Miss Haruno. Nice to see you awake, I'm Doctor Yu."
Huh, I wonder if that's who I think it is? Slowly I made myself open my eyes.
And then I shut them again. Light hurt.
I heard him chuckle then, "No need to rush it now. You just survived a major accident and surgery. Just try to wake up more now, then work on opening your eyes."
Che, like I didn't already know that. I am a doctor to after all…
Okay so maybe I forgot.
"What's wrong with me?"
I almost didn't recognize my own voice it was so scratchy and cracked.
"For getting hit by a car? Not much at all actually. You skinned the side of your right leg as you slid back, dislocated your right shoulder, cracked four ribs, and gave yourself a sever concussion. Again, for having a car slam into you at thirty miles an hour, that's nothing. You are very lucky Haruno-san."
"Oh shut it Yu, don't act all smart with me. I'm still your boss," I snapped.
Again I forced my eyes to open and hissed as the light hit me. I blinked a few times, and then looked at Kane Yu next to my bed. Behind him I could see a nurse, an older lady whose name I never bothered to learn because we never seemed to have the same shift together.
Again Kane chuckled and I glared at him. Or at least at his chin.
I pulled my arms up and pushed back, forcing myself upright. Okay, not my best idea.
Almost as soon as I started up my arms gave out and the nurse jumped forward, catching me just before I fell all the way back.
"Please go slow Haruno-sama, your body is still weak from the anesthesia." She put a hand on my lower back, and another on my shoulder and slowly helped me up till my back was leaning against the wall.
"Thanks," I mumbled.
"Well, now that you're awake, I'll start letting your visitors in if you'd like?"
I looked at Kane and smiled slightly, "Thanks Yu-san, that'd be good."
With a nod and a small smile he turned and left, nurse no-name trailing behind him.
Slowly I felt a grogginess start to fall over me again and was just about to shut my eyes when I felt a pair of arms wrap around me, hard.
"Sakura! Oh thank kami-sama you have no idea how scared I was! Never do that again!"
"I wasn't planning on it," I rasped back.
Ino pulled back and glared at me but that look melted away almost as soon as it came to be replaced by a relieved smile.
"I'm just happy you're okay," she said softly. "Well, mostly okay," she grinned, tapping me lightly on the side of the head.
"Pig," I glared, although I was smiling.
"Forehead," she shot back.
I pulled my arms up and wrapped them around her shoulders, hugging her as hard as I could.
"Seriously girl, do you have any idea how many people you scared? There's a small village out in the hallway!"
"Really?"
Huh, besides Naruto and Sasuke I didn't really know who else would be here. Maybe Mikoto and Fugaku?
"Yeah! Naruto and Sasuke are there, and the whole Akatsuki to!"
The Akatsuki? Why would they be here?
"Pig, how'd they find out about my accident?" I asked.
I doubt that any of my friends would have taken the time to call them, and unless they were stalking me they shouldn't know about something like this yet.
It was Ino's laugh that brought me back.
"Of course they're here, they brought you here!"
"They did?"
"Hahaha very funny Sak but come on, be serious."
"I am being serious! I only remember getting up this morning and then um," I struggled to remember what had happened earlier, "driving down the highway."
For a second Ino didn't move, her face oddly blank.
"Um, pig, you okay in there?"
"I'll be back."
And with that she was up and leaving the door falling shut behind her.
"WHAT?"
I jumped when I heard the yell, knowing that it would only be a matter of seconds before a nurse came out to yell at them. I glance at the clock showed me that it was about 6, the shift that was known for having particularly grouchy nurses.
Not a minute later the voice of a middle aged woman (the nurse) carried through the door, hash and reprimanding.
The next few seconds consisted of an eerie silence before the door slammed open (I'm actually surprised the wall didn't dent) and Pein, Sasori, Deidara, and Hidan tripped into the room.
"Sakura-chan," Deidara cried, "can you really not remember anything from today, yeah? Even anything at all?"
At the horrified look on his face, I had a feeling that whatever I wasn't remembering was important. And judging by the fact that the ever stoic Pein even looked a little desperate, I'm guessing that whatever I'm not remembering is very important.
"I remember getting up this morning and turning onto the exit for the city but everything else after that is just black!"
"Oh no," Sasori moaned.
"So you don't fucking remember anything that we talked about?" Hidan asked, slamming his hands down on the rail attached to the hospital bed.
"No! Wait? Was that why I was going into the city, to talk to you guys?" I asked.
"This is a disaster," Pein muttered, dragging a hand down his face.
"What? What did we talk about that was so important?" I cried. My head was really starting to pound as I tried as hard as I could to remember whatever the hell had happened before the accident but no matter what I did nothing was coming.
"You little bitch, how the fuck could you forget something so important?" Hidan yelling.
"Well excuse me but if you've forgotten I just kind of got hit by a car so I'm real sorry that I'm having trouble remembering but I did almost die and all," I yelled back.
The pain was starting to get so bad that I was beginning to see black spots in my vision and I groaned, clutching the sides of my head tightly.
"Sakura? Sakura! Someone get a nurse quick!" Sasori called as Deidara shot off outside.
I was starting to lose the feeling in my body and I felt myself slump back onto the pillows.
"Haruno-sama! Please just try to relax I'm going to put something into your IV right now," I heard a female voice, probably a nurse, say.
But it was already going black and I was just too tired to try and fight it.
When I woke up again, I kind of wished I hadn't. My body had gone completely numb from whatever drug they had pumped into me, I was groggy as hell, and I really just wanted to go back to sleep.
I was about to do just that when I felt something gently pick up my hand. I would have shivered if I could've when I felt a pair of soft, smooth lips brush delicately against the tips of my fingers.
"When are you going to wake up?"
This time I think I did actually manage to shiver as the realization of just who was sitting next to me hit me full force.
"I need to talk to you."
Slowly, I felt my hand be lift slightly higher until the top of it brushed against the smooth skin of Itachi's cheek.
"I…I need to apologize to you."
Gently, he pushed a light kiss to my wrist, right on top of the pulse.
"You need to wake up soon. Not just because we need to talk but because I to tell you who much I miss you."
He flipped my hand over again and placed a gently kiss on my knuckles.
"How much I need you."
I felt him drop my hand and for a second I feared he had left when I felt those same lips press gently against the shell of my ear.
"Wake up so that I can tell you that I love you."
At that moment everything came rushing back to me; the café, meeting the band there, them telling me everything.
It felt like I had just gotten the wind knocked out of me and for a few seconds I couldn't do anything.
Then my eyes snapped open.
So um, it's been a while hasn't it? Haha, er, don't hate me please? I do have some semi-valid reasons for not updating. First off, when I say this chapter was painful to write, I mean it was painful. No matter how hard I tried I just couldn't write it. I'd write like two paragraphs then just stop.
The next reason I stopped is because I haven't really been doing anything Naruto related recently at all. I've kind of gone on a Prince of Tennis kick (which is weird because I don't play tennis), and haven't been able to focus on anything else really. Lucky for you guys, I've managed to read every chapter and watch every single episode since the time I last updated to yesterday. I'm actually kind of proud. But anyways, since nothing seems to update regularly for it, I now have a good reason for myself to make myself get back into Naruto. So with any luck I should be able to start updating sooner.
I can't say that I love this chapter (except for the end which I thought was really sweet) but it's an update. Everyone please review and I think I have some really good ideas for where this fic can go from this point.
R&R