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Chapter 11
I'm starting school next week and thought I'd do a quick update before it so here is chapter 11. Friendly reminder: I will be updating this story maybe once or twice a week.
'Where am I?'
Tall evergreen trees over shadowed the small clearing.
'Where am I?'
Green orbs cracked open scanning the area, the petit girl hoisted herself up off the grassy plane.
"Mommy!" Snapping her head towards the sound, Sakura squinted her eyes trying to catch sight who ever was speaking.
"MOMMY" The small voice cried out again, this time more desperate. Sakura's expression turned to a frown. 'I know that voice.' Lightly jogging over toward where she thought the sound came from, three figures manifested.
Sakura halted, she stared face to face with a small girl. Pink tresses flowed in the wind, and large emerald eyes misty with tears stared back up at Sakura.
'me?'
Turning around the small girl ran towards to older red head in front of her. "MOMMY, Shouta-kun pushed me." tears now flowed down her face.
'This is my memory'
"Is that all you can do?! Blame your brother for every tumble you have?" The older woman shouted at the crying girl, before she went to pick up her youngest son.
"Sasuke-kun, I love you so much, so please stay with me! I promise to make everyday happy for you. If not then please take me with you. I'll help you with your revenge." Sakura turned around at the new voice. Two new figures manifested before her. She watched as the 13 year old version of her cried her heart out at the male in front of her.
"If you leave I'll scream"
'Stop! Why I'm I thinking about this. STOP!' Sakura clutched her head, trying to shake out the memory.
"Naruto please! This is my dream of a lifetime, please bring Sasuke-kun back." This time the 13 year old her was begging Naruto. Her eyes looked so pleading and broken, while Naruto was still so happy-go-lucky.
With a whirl, these two figures disappeared only to be replaced by two new figures.
"You're killing Naruto. This dream that you have him chasing is killing him. This wish you have Naruto trying to complete is nothing but a curse mark to him." An onyx man stared blankly at a 16 year old version of her.
"STOP THIS!" Sakura swatted at the two figures in front of her. The moment her hand made contact, the two people disappeared like smoke.
"Give me back my son, please give me back my son. GIVE HIM BACK!" Sakura knew that voice, it was her mother during her brother's funeral. She remembered how the older woman broke down in front of their whole family, unable to deal with reality.
"You failed as his sister, give him back." Sakura stared at the brunette male shaking the 18 year old her. A disapproving look on the face of the raven haired female behind him. She remembered this, they were Shouta's teammates. She could clearly recall their condescending glares.
"Stop this please, stop." Sakura pleaded to no one, as she crumbled to the ground.
"You're weak, a burden"
"It should have been you to die on that mission"
"You're no one special"
"Go kill yourself"
"Mentally unstable"
"Traitorous whore"
"Weaker than Naruto"
"You're like a curse mark to Naruto"
Sakura lifted her head, she stared at the faces of her past memories circle around her. Sai, Sasuke, Akiko, Kaa-san, and Tou-san. They seemed to tower over her, their glares boring into her soul. She didn't want to see their stares, lowering her head to the ground, she begged them to stop.
A flurry of voices filled the cramped operating room. Time seemed to fly by, as medics rushed around the room trying to find the appropriate instruments to extract the poison from Sakura's body.
"She's losing to much blood, someone bring me more O neg." Tsunade yelled over the whole commotion, as she tried to continuously pump chakra into the girl's chest injury.
Hastily one of the medic, grabbed a full blood bag and exchanged out the empty one. "Tsunade-sama we're almost out of blood."
The said Hokage, peered over the operating table, and at the decreasing amount of blood bags. "Then we'll just have to stabilize her before we run out." She gave a weak smile. "Shizune, how's the poison analysis going?"
The brunette brushed back a stray strand of hair, as she dropped another droplet of possible antidote onto the scroll. A mini explosion exploded from the scroll. Letting out a groan of frustration, Shizune turned to the Hokage. "I managed to get the poison contained, but I'm having difficultly figuring out this composition. Sakura-chan was always better at finding antidotes than me." The blond hokage, casted a glance at her subordinate. She was indeed having trouble.
"Switch places with me, Shizune." Keeping one hand on Sakura's chest, Tsunade ushered Shizune over. "Continuously pump chakra to her heart to stop the spread of the poison I've already healed majority of the stab wound.
Giving a small nod, the said brunette rush over. Gathering the familiar green chakra to her hands she massaged Sakura's heart.
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Wiping her hands on a nearby towel, Tsunade hunched over the poison. Dipping a finger into the petri dish, she brought it up to her face. After a few minutes of studying the liquid, she moved to the spreadsheet of herbs on a nearby table. Grabbing a few, she immediately started on the antidote. 'Don't you dare die one me Sakura'
"Tsunade-sama" A new voice appeared at the door of the OR. Without turning around, she motioned the nurse at the door to speak.
"Uzumaki-san and Uchiha-san are getting restless again in the waiting room, what should we do?"
Tsunade stopped in her actions, and motioned for the doctor beside her to give the two restless shinobi an update. "Watch what you say around them." She added as an afterthought to the exiting doctor.
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It wasn't long before the news that Sakura was hospitalized got around the village. All her friends that weren't currently on a mission ran to the hospital the second they heard the news. So currently gathered in the waiting room stood 6 anxious shinobis.
Kakashi's whole body was in a stiff upright position, as he stared at the wall opposite of him. It's been a while since he felt this way, but somehow this time felt different then from when he lost Obito and Rin. Out of his three students he never thought the sole female of his team would be the one to be found in critical condition. He glanced at his other two students, they didn't seem to be in a much better shape.
Sasuke was always good at concealing his emotions yet worry and anger were ever so present in his eyes. His hands folded under his chin, as onyx eyes stared aimlessly at the ground. He looked about 3 shades paler than usual.
While Naruto...well it's Naruto, he was never great at concealing emotions. Tapping his foot on the marble ground, he mumbled under his breath. "I did this to her, I'm the reason she's like this. If only I had listen to her and waited till we had a plan. I did this to her." With every repetition more and more tears flowed out from his blood shot cerulean eyes. His hands shaking against his lap.
"Naruto-kun, it'll be fine I promise. This is Sakura-chan, she'll fight through this." The pale eyed kunoichi whispered as she placed her hands upon her boyfriend's trembling ones.
"Hinata-chan, I did this to her I…" More tears fell.
The purple haired girl looked pained. She had never seen her boyfriend this distraught. Saying nothing more, she just tightened her grip on his hand, gently stroking the back of his hand with her thumb.
Shikamaru looked tired, leaning against the wall, he ran his hand through his female teammate's hair. Ino sobbed into his Jounin vest. "Shh, it's fine, everything will be fine." Ino's sobs grew louder.
"It's my fault, I'm the reason she ended up like that. It's my fault." The blond continued to mumble.
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The clicking of heels suddenly filled the lobby, 6 pairs of eyes turned. A middle aged blond walked out from the operation wing, blood drenched her white lab coat outfit. Sasuke and Naruto were automatically in front of the woman.
"How is she" Sasuke glared at the poor woman, who was slightly shaking at the sight of the glowering Uchiha, and the livid blond.
"IS SAKURA-CHAN ALIVE?" Naruto grabbed the doctor on the shoulder.
"Sasuke, Naruto calm down and let her speak." The silvered haired male placed a reassuring hand on both his two students shoulder.
The two boys, back off but nonetheless held their glares.
"Haruno-san is still in surgery, her condition isn't that great, but Tsunade-sama and Shizune-sama are still working on her and they are trying their best to find an antidote for the poison."
Naruto felt like he was going to collapse. 'her condition isn't that great.' He did this to her, if Sakura-chan dies, then her death would be on him.
Sasuke shook off the hand his sensei, and grabbed the collar of the doctor's scrubs. "Are you saying she's going to die?" He was hoping for her to say no. He lost to much already, he couldn't lose her. She had always been there for him. During the chunnin exam when he was struggling to deal with the curse mark, she was still their for him. She always tried everything in her power to help him, yet here he was unable to do a single damn thing, while she was lying in that OR slowing dying. "Is she dying?!"
The petit woman looked like she was about to pee herself, struggling to loosen the Uchiha's iron grip on her scrubs. "I-I-It's too e-e-early to say."
The male gave an audible snarl.
"Sasuke" The said male turned towards his sensei. "Let her go, Sakura's strong, she'll be fine"
"Hn" Dropping his hold on the doctor's scrub unceremoniously, he stalked back to his seat. Kakashi gave the frighten girl an apologetic bow, before he grabbed Naruto's arm and dragged him back to the row of plush chairs.
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"I did this to her, if she dies then I would be the one who killed her. I did this to her."
A pair of sharingan glared toward the blond.
"Shut up, JUST shut up."
BeepBeepBeepBeepBeep
"Tsunade-sama! She's going into cardiac arrest!"
The blond Hokage stared at the monitor. "Shizune pump more of your chakra to her chest to slow down her heart." The said brunette send more chakra into the pink haired kunoichi. Everyone stared at the monitor in suspense. The beeping finally went down to a normal pace.
She was running, as fast as her legs could take her, but she was nonetheless still running. She had no idea where she was running to, but she had to get away. Their voices were taunting, making her relive every single one of those horrid memories. She slightly stumbled over a fallen branch, but she still ran.
"You're weak, a burden"
"It should have been you to die on that mission"
"You're no one special"
"Go kill yourself"
"Mentally unstable"
"Traitorous whore"
"Weaker than Naruto"
"You're like a curse mark to Naruto"
Pink hair flew haphazardly in front of her green eyes, her breathing become shallower by the second. She could still their voices in her head. 'Shut up, Shut up, SHUT UP'
The snapping of branches and the crunching of leaves followed after the girl. Sakura snapped her head back. No one was there, it was only pitch darkness, but the snapping of the branches never ceased. She picked up her pace, she had to get away from who ever was following her. However, with every step her legs felt heavier, her pace gradually halted to a stop. The snapping of branches and leaves got louder, Sakura felt her heart rate pick up. She had to fight, whoever this person that was following her, she had to defend herself. Balling her hands into fists she got into a defensive position.
The sound fell silent, Sakura pivoted around scanning her surroundings.
"Looking for me?" A cracked voice rang out from her left. Sakura snapped herself towards the sound. A muffled scream escaped her lips.
"Looking for me?"
Sakura couldn't find the words to reply. She found herself staring into a mirror of herself, only it wasn't her. Instead of green eyes, a pair of blood shot ones stared back. Pink hair drenched in blood blew in the wind. Who ever this girl was she wore death well.
"Who are you?" Sakura weakly managed to find her voice.
"I'm you."
"No" Sakura shook her head viciously "You're not me"
The girl in front of her laughed. "But I am, I'm who you truly are. A selfish, callous, pathetic excuse of a human." The girl walked around Sakura, her bruised fingers playing with the ends of Sakura's pink hair. "You can run away from all those things you've done, but they will always follow you." Another laugh escaped the girl. "Poor, sweet Naruto-kun used by you in ways that would be unbearable for most, yet he still have that smile on his face."
Tears fell from Sakura's eyes. "Please stop."
"Oh, but I'm only getting started." The girl pulled on a strand of Sakura's hair. "It was your selfish desire that got your brother killed. If only you didn't hesitate he would probably still be alive."
Slapping the girl's hand away, more tears fell. "STOP!"
"You know Sasuke-kun's right, you are weak, and annoying. No matter what you do, he will never love you. He wants a strong kunoichi to bare the new line of the Uchihas, and by any definition that kunoichi is not you."
"STOP!" Sakura swung her fist at the offending girl. Her fist went through her, and the figure vanished in a whirl of leaves. However, the scent of death still lingered.
"You're weak, a burden"
"It should have been you to die on that mission"
"You're no one special"
"Go kill yourself"
"Mentally unstable"
"Traitorous whore"
"Weaker than Naruto"
"You're like a curse mark to Naruto"
Sakura pulled at her hair, "SHUT UP" Pumping chakra to her feet, she started to run again, ignoring the scratches that the tree branches were making on her face. "Get me out of here. I want out. I WANT OUT"
"You're weak, a burden"
"It should have been you to die on that mission"
"You're no one special"
"Go kill yourself"
"Mentally unstable"
"Traitorous whore"
"Weaker than Naruto"
"You're like a curse mark to Naruto"
She stopped at a tree, throwing her fist into it's trunk, she screamed. She wanted out, she wanted a peaceful death, not this hell hole. Another punch was thrown at the tree, tiny pieces of bark embedded themselves into her knuckles. Blood dripped down her finger tips.
"Sakura?"
"Sakura!"
"Wake up, Sakura!"
Letting out another scream, Sakura threw her head against the tree. Blood ran freely from the newly formed wound on her forehead blinding her vision.
'Just leave me alone, and let me die in peace. Please.'
Closing her eyes, she slide down the tree.
'Just let me die, please.'
Finished this chapter.
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