If I keep up this speed I'll finish school before that..
well I guess I have to apologize for my bad english once in a while ^^'
Now I was finally able to complete another step of Itachi's life..
Starting the next chapter they'll be ten and I.. I'm running out of ideas..
any special wishes and ideas? Tell me pls..
It's been nearly one week but.. I just have to say it.. Germany won ESC!
couldn't believe.. screamed every time when we got twelve points
I actually don't like Lena and her song that much.. France was really great :D
but honestly if I just think what the ESC was for Germany the last years.. and now..
I have to admit Stefan Raab is a genius
I keep talking too much -.- sorry I'm a girl :)
enjoy
Naruto, and I guess you all know, still belongs to Masashi Kishimoto
Hospitalized
Three Weeks later
"Ok.. that's the last one – and - it's over! Congratulations! You're free again!" The nurse smiled. "Wow.. I almost forgot how hard it is to breathe for yourself.." "You've got the lung ventilator removed a week ago.." Seishi sat on his chair next to Sayuri's bed and watched her as she was shaking her arms and legs. "I was just kidding!" It felt strange to move without several tubes in her body. Finally, after three weeks, the medics agreed that she was healthy enough to remove all the strange liquids they pumped into her. Long enough. "Don't overdo it!" Seishi grabbed her before she'd jump up and run through the room. She's been bound to the bed until now, after all. "I'm fine" She smiled at Seishi. He smiled back. Sayuri was so glad she had a friend like him. It's been one week since she regained consciousness, for two weeks she was sleeping, and Seishi has never left her since. He sat on his chair watching over her, whether she's been awake or asleep. He's been there when she woke up, when she found herself in the hospital of Konoha not knowing what has happened.
He told her everything. He told her, that Itachi had carried her all the way back to the village, even though his wounds reopened and he left a terrible streak of blood behind. He collapsed right in the entrance with her on the back. They'd been very lucky that the teachers had already arrived and took them to Tsunade-hime immediately, who was able to keep them alive. This had been a miracle. Itachi was hurt so badly, he should have died from the spot. Sixteen ribs broken, thirteen other bones, most organs pierced, collapsing of lung, liver and kidney, not to mention all the arteries and veins having been hit. When Sayuri heard all that she wanted to see him and jumped up. She identified the motionless body 5 meters away from her as her teammate and wanted to run towards him, but Seishi held her back. She couldn't leave her bed with all the stuff in her body. When she broke into tears as a result, he held her tightly to his chest and comforted her. He didn't lie to her. He didn't hide from her that Itachi hasn't woken up yet. When she asked him when he would, he told her the truth even though he knew it would hurt her. He told her that the doctors said they didn't know. It could be days, it could be weeks, it could be months, it could be years. It wasn't even sure if he would ever wake up again. And now, after one week having gone past, he still hasn't woken up. He just laid there without moving a finger. And Seishi endured it without getting impatient when Sayuri sent him every five minutes to Itachi to make sure if he might have opened his eyes. When she refused to sleep because she was afraid his heart would stop beating during the night and when she woke up he was gone, Seishi calmed her and said he would wake her immediately if something happened. But now she could look for herself. "Seishi..", she gave him a begging glance. He nodded knowingly. The floor felt cold under her naked feet. Seishi's hands felt warm as they held her, sure to catch her when she lost balance. Sayuri could trust him with her life, she knew that. And she was grateful for every moment he was by her side. She couldn't remember when she deserved such great people surrounding her. Teammates who put their life on the line for her sake, a brother who visited her in every free second though he was so busy. And there was she, arrogant, selfish, mean.
Step for step she came closer to Itachi, her heart beat went faster. But Seishi held her firmly, he was afraid her circuit would collapse if she walked to fast. "Are you alright?" He was really being too concerned. "I'm just fine.." The fact only was that she wasn't. Everything started to blur and her head went dizzy. But she couldn't tell him, she wanted to see Itachi so badly. She wanted to see his face, she wanted to touch him, feel his heart beating, gently kissing him awake. Those thoughts did it. Her pulse quickened, the blood rushed in her head and only seconds later she found herself back in her bed. "I told you, don't overdo it!" And there it was again, Seishi's face bending over hers when she opened her eyes. What had she been thinking? Those thoughts didn't fit in an eight-years-old girl. She had to start controlling it. But still she couldn't think of anything else than that she wanted to see Itachi. She wanted to see the one who suffered so much, who nearly died only to save her. The one who carried her the whole way even though he was so close to death, even though his pain was incredible. She tried to get up again, but Seishi stopped her. " Are you even listening to me?" The nurse nodded. "If you rest properly, you can leave tomorrow", she said. "I've rested for three weeks.." Sayuri stared into Seishi's eyes. Her look was pervading and determined. Seishi tried to resist for several second but then he gave in and sighed. How lucky and thankful she was for having such a good friend. He carried her cautiously over to Itachi's bed. When he sat her down next to Itachi, she couldn't deny him a quick kiss on the cheek. She didn't recognize it when he went red, all her attention belonged to the sleeping angel next to her. There he laid, with more tubes in his body than Sayuri had ever got, displaying instruments, an inhalator on his pale face. Next to him stood this box, this box with the strange lines on it, some numbers, continuously making this sound, this monotone bleep. For all the the time, this sound had never stopped. First Sayuri was annoyed about it, she couldn't think or sleep because of it. But then, when she realized that it actually was his heart beating there, the sign that he was still alive, she fell in love with the persistent sound. His hair was loose and covered the pillow and his face. His hand was cold as ice when Sayuri touched it. She startled at first, but then took his hand tightly in hers. And then, when she felt the faint pressure of blood running through his veins, the emotions overwhelmed her. Thick tears ran down her snow white, fragile face. "Itachi.. do you hear me? You have to wake up, ok? Please, wake up! I have to thank you.. I have to apologize.. there are so many things I have to tell you.. so please.. please.. wake up.. don't leave me here." Maybe it was this deep desire , maybe it was her headache and sickness, maybe it was the desperateness, but there, under her fingers, she felt something. Itachi's hand moved, slowly, barely noticeable, but it moved. "SEISHI! He's waking up! I knew it! Quickly! Call someone!" Seishi sighed. How often did she tell him now that Itachi has moved? How often did she sent him to call someone? How often has he actually done what she said and it turned out, as expected, to only be her imagination? Seishi stopped counting. "Sayuri.." His voice had a undertone filled with pity. "I'm not crazy!" Sayuri knew what he wanted to say. She laid her second hand on Itachi's and tightened her grasp. "Itachi! You hear me, right? Please, open your eyes! Open your eyes!" "Sayuri.. you have to stop that.." Seishi couldn't bare the sight. When would Sayuri regain her sense of reality? Would she fall into madness? He couldn't let her do that, he had to stand by her side and help her however he could.
Before they could do anything, the window flapped open and a hand grabbed Sayuri's throat and lifted her up. "You dare touching Itachi with your filthy fingers?" Sayuri stared in the red eyes of the boy coming by every now and then addressing himself as Itachi's best friend. Shisui Uchiha. He had the same evil glare as the rest of his family. The same glance Sayuri kept getting. They all blamed her. They blamed her for the state of their important family member. They believed that, if Sayuri hadn't been there to distract and constrain him, Itachi would have easily dealt with the fake bandits. And the more often they told her that, the more glares she got, the more she believed it herself.
"You're.. hurting me.." Sayuri barely got air, the grasp of Shisui was too strong. "What are you doing? Let her go!" Now Seishi got angry. He caught at Sayuri and drew her to his body. "Out of my sight! You.. you trash!" Seishi wanted to beat the shit out of him but Sayuri held him back. She didn't have the strength to fight or to see one of her friends fighting. So Seishi accompanied her back to her bed only to see Shisui angrily pulling the dividing curtain shut. "This damn.." This family really had some problems. "Don't be mad at him.. He's just worried about Itachi.." How come she was so pacifistic all of a sudden? This had to be the morphine. "That's what we are, too! Now show me this." He pulled at the collar of her shirt. Sayuri tried to stop him, but it was no use. She knew what he had found when he bit on his lips and his eyes filled with hate, but it wasn't her fault that her skin went thin and sensitive during her weeks at the hospital. "They'll go away." She removed his hand from the collar and straightened it to hide the strangulation marks.
Seishi didn't seem to be calmed down. A quite strange situation regarding the fact, that he has always been the one who had to calm Sayuri. Now she had to think of something to cheer him up. "Show me them again!" And, just as if she has pushed some button, he smiled at her. "As you wish, your majesty!" Your majesty.. she somehow liked the sound of that. The only thing making her feeling better in all this mess, was the price for her pain. Them. She tried the whole week to find suitable names, but she just couldn't decide on some. When Seishi pulled out the black box, she had the same feeling as she had the first time. Only that now she knew what was inside. That day Seishi had this smile on his face while he let his hand slide over the long, beautiful box. "Are you ready?", he had asked. And Sayuri had nodded, still tears in her eyes. She had been sure that nothing could make her feeling better after she had received the horrible message about Itachi's state. But she had been wrong. "The mayor wanted me to give them to you. He said: I can't use them and they only cause me trouble. But that girl.. this.. lily princess.. seemed to be very fond of them. So give them to her that's all I can do to after she nearly died for me." Lily princess.. only because she had had a lily in her hair. Sayuri had neither been surprised nor flattered. She had been too busy with admiring the pure white double blades, to touch them, feel the cold metal in her hands. Every day she stared at them a couple of times and never got tired of it. They gave her the feeling that all this suffering had been worth it in the end. Although Itachi was lying half dead at the other edge of the room.
But not even those kunai could prevent her from the great disaster awaiting her. The door opened and a angry looking man entered the room. Behind him was a beautiful woman with long black hair and a little, incredibly cute looking boy in her arms. That was too much. First Shisui and now Itachi's family. Sayuri quickly hid under her blanket and acted as if she was sleeping. Seishi closed the black box and threw it under the bed before it was noticed. Knowing that this horrible girl not only survived but also got a valuable reward would make them hating her even more.
They vanished behind the curtain and soon you could hear voices from next door. Sayuri did her best not to listen but it wasn't that easy. "Why is O-nii-chan still sleeping? He has to wake up.. I want to play with him.. He's so boring when he sleeps." Ohh.. he's sooo cute. Sayuri had to fight with the desire to jump up and give little Sasuke a tight hug. But as she knew the Uchihas it was likely to be the last thing she'd do. "I think Itachi is cute when he sleeps", Seishi whispered with a broad grin in the face. But unfortunately it hadn't been silent enough. Itachi's father tore the curtain open, gave them a deadly glare and pulled it shut again. This action had been so strange that Sayuri and Seishi started to chuckle while doing they're best to keep it as quiet as possible. After all, Seishi was right. Itachi definitely was cute when he slept. The slightly opened mouth, the closed eyes, the loose hair, the whole peaceful face. Sooo cute. Those brothers obviously had their beauty from their mother. But the character from the father.
"I'm sure he'll wake up soon. Why don't you just give him a kiss on the cheek and see if it wakes him up, hm?" Oh my.. Sayuri didn't know what made her more furious. That it had been her who wanted to kiss Itachi awake or that she wasn't able to see it when Sasuke would do it. It would be sooo cute! Maybe she should try to peek a little. "Yuck! There's no way I'd do that!" Should she be disappointed or happy now? "Ok! If you don't do it then I will!" Itachi's mother really was awesome. She was so kind. "No! No I'll do it!" Cuuute. Everything went silent, the atmosphere grew tense. Would he really do it? Sayuri wanted to see it. But before she could do anything, something changed the atmosphere. It had been faint, very quiet, but Sayuri realized it immediately. "Sasu.. ke?" This voice. Sayuri sat bolt upright in her bed. Did she fall asleep? Was this all a dream? Oh please, please not. Let it be true. Let this voice be Itachi's. She felt Seishi's hand on hers. He had heard it, too. And the last thing he wanted was that she ran over to him to make sure that they were right. "Itachi! My baby!" "Mum?" There it was again. Sayuri started to cry. "It's him.. he's awake.. I told you!" No matter how happy she had been looking at her new weapons, it didn't come close to the feeling she had now. "Yeah.. yeah.. you were right." "Where.. is Sayuri?" He was so weak, he had a tube in the throat, and still thought about her. Sayuri tried to choke her sobbing on Seishi's chest. They had to wait. Wait until his family was gone. There was no other way. But of course they wouldn't leave that soon now. The following minutes were like hell, no, worse than hell. Seishi had to hold Sayuri very tightly to prevent her from doing any stupidities. His voice, over and over again. And he talked about her. Whether she was fine. Whether she was here. Nobody told him she was only a short hop from him. Only his mother calmed him down with telling him she was alright. May God bless the nurse who sent them away telling them Itachi needed to rest. As soon as the door clunked shut, Sayuri tore the curtain open and rushed towards his bed. The man who saved her life. Still pale, still weak, still so vulnerable, but now his dark black eyes were open and merged with hers. She couldn't restrain the tears any longer. She never could. Every time it had something to do with Itachi, she just cried. Cried and smiled. Her eyes glowed. "Hey..", she whispered. For one moment she thought that a faint smile flitted across his white lips. "Hey", he whispered back. Sayuri's heart beat faster. "Itachi.." She just wanted to say his name. When would be the next time she would have the chance to say his name in this manner, quiet and passionate, without giving reason for misinterpreting? The bleep of the monitor showing Itachi's pulse got faster. "Sayuri", he said her name just in the same way (*Rosario Vampire feeling*). Something inside her wanted to rip that inhalator from his face and kiss him until he choked. Then the last thing he had said would have been her name.
As if he had read her intentions Seishi tried to solve the situation. "Did your brother really kiss you?" Considering the last conversation the two have had, starting with a sentence with the word "kiss" was rather suspicious. You could even imagine a certain jealousy in his words. "Kiss me? No way he'd do something like that.. I got a few hundred kisses from my mum though.." Sayuri was disappointed. She loved the picture of Sasuke kissing him in her head. She looked at him. He looked at her. "I owe you a few thousand kisses.." And all of a sudden all her compunctions were gone, she bowed down and planted a kiss on Itachi's cheek. The bleep flipped over. Only seconds later the room was filled with nurses. "Oh my gosh! What happened?" "Are you alright?" "He collapses!" "Reanimation! Hurry!"
"I.. I'm fine.." Itachi regained some color in his face and breathed deep and slowly. Seishi couldn't deny himself a mischievous smile. "Oh he said he's fine! That means we can examine him now!"
At the foot of the bed stood her highness Lady Tsunade herself and she didn't seem to be in such a good mood. "But Lady Tsunade.. his pulse.." One of the nurses still took it too seriously. "His pulse is just fine now. What are you doing here?" She drew her attention to Sayuri and Seishi. "You should rest instead of irritating my miracle patient! You'll kill him if you go on like this! After all the effort I put into this." Miracle patient? Yeah he was a miracle. Miracle that he survived, miracle that he woke up. Sayuri and Seishi stepped aside so the number one medical Ninja in Konoha could do her job properly. "OK let's see.. Vital signs are more or less back to normal, reflexes work, now that the girl is on distance pulse and blood pressure are good, too, so.. since you woke up after only three weeks I guess I can say you're out of the woods." Sayuri couldn't believe the good news. Tsunade gave a sign and the nurses started to deal with the tubes and stuff in Itachi's body. "This might hurt a little", one of them said. Itachi sighed. "Just draw it all out.." And so they did. Sayuri knew that it was none too pleasant, but Itachi didn't let on anything. "Well then, let's see how the wounds have healed. The nurses helped Itachi to sat up and before anyone could know it his shirt was taken of and his chest was naked. "Wow.. that's horrible.. you have far too many muscles for a boy your age.." Too true. "That's what you call hard training.." She looked far too young for her age. She could walk far too straight for all this weight she had up there with her huge breasts. "Don't talk back to me! The wounds closed, but the scars will remain. They're pretty ugly and there are so many of them.. good thing the knives were only small. I guess I can remove them.. I actually don't do that but for you.. well.. what's that?" She pointed on a scar on his right shoulder which differed from the others. It was older and bigger. "That would be great.. this one is old. I always had this." Tsunade nodded. "Want it have gone?" Itachi hesitated. "No.. it reminds me of something important." Tsunade shrugged. "Well.. whatever you want. What is it you have to remember that badly?" Itachi stared at the bed. "...I forgot.." Silence. "..I see.. in the end you just want it so you can brag with it, admit it.. however, it's your body.." She started to tamper with his pants to examine the lower part of the body as well and Sayuri decided that she had seen enough for one day.
"It's late already, I'm going home. Good night! Sleep well." "What?" Sayuri thought she misheard something when Seishi actually stood up and turned to go. "WHY?" She grabbed his shirt. He freed himself from her grasp and smiled at her. "Sayuri I've been living in this hospital for three weeks now I have to go home once in a while." "But.. it's my last night.. Seishi only this one night, please." He shook his head. "Sorry Sayuri-chan, but I'm sure you'll survive it. And Itachi is awake now, too. There's nothing you have to worry about. I'll come tomorrow morning and pick you up, ok?" "But..!" "No but." He looked at her. Now that Itachi was back among the livings she was much better. She wouldn't become insane or something. There was no need to worry. She would survive this one night. "See you tomorrow, good night." He left. The door closed behind him. There she was- Alone in her bed. It was dark. It was silent. Too silent. Sayuri tried to remember what she usually did when she couldn't sleep, so she concentrated on the bleep of the monitor. Only that there was no monitor anymore, they removed it. So it was even more silent. She tried to regulate her breathing but it didn't work as well. Creaking. Most likely only the wind, but that has done it. "Itachi? Itachi? Are you awake?" She stared in the direction of Itachi's bed. She couldn't see it though, it was too dark. "No more..", she heard a dozy moaning. "Can I.. Can I come to you? And sleep in your bed?" There was no answer. Sayuri couldn't believe that she actually just asked. "What?" Itachi couldn't believe it as well. Sayuri blushed. The only good thing about the darkness. "You know.. I.. don't like hospitals very much.. I'm pretty.. frightened..", her voice faded and she whispered. "There are people dying in here." That's something to say for someone who had killed ten men with one single blow. "But.. you are a Ninja.. just what did you do the last weeks?" "Well.. you know.. Seishi always stayed with me and held my hand until I fell asleep." The picture of Seishi holding hands with Sayuri did it. "Ok then, come." Sayuri thought a second time if it really was such a good idea, but then she heard another creaking and sneaked out of her bed. This time she could cross the floor without collapsing. The bed was big enough for both of them and they even could remain aloof. Only inches away from Itachi she realized that she hasn't manage to talk with him yet. "Itachi.. I know I'm demanding far too much from you.." "No.. it's alright, really. And you still owe me a few thousand kisses." Sayuri's heart beat faster. "I'll keep that in mind", she smiled. She wasn't ready yet for overwhelming him with kisses, but she couldn't wait for. Maybe one or two would hit his lips, by accident of course. "You don't have to though, since I fell through your test." What test? Sayuri needed some time to remember their last real conversation. Back then, when she had been so sure Itachi and Seishi were a couple. "Oh.. I.. sorry I lied..actually you passed.. if you really had been gay you would've been able to kiss me because it wouldn't have meant anything to you.. so.. I don't think you're gay." Thinking back Sayuri had behaved like a big, big idiot. That's been so childish. Now she really felt embarrassed. Itachi didn't say anything. That sounded quite plausible to him. When he just thought that he had actually nearly kissed her.. "I see.. good, then you know that I never wanted to steal Seishi from you. You can have him.." She couldn't. But this had some other reason. Some reason Itachi couldn't explain. "No.. No I don't want him.. I mean.. He's my best friend.. the best friend I ever had. And I really doubt his.. preferences." "Seishi? Are you sure? Just look at his.. past." Past wouldn't be the right word. He had asked out every single girl from school and it didn't stop until now. Every time Itachi saw him he had another one with him. "You think so? I was always pretty sure that he only tries to assimilate his sick affection towards you by confronting himself with the opposite over and over again." That's a very interesting way to look at it. Itachi started to laugh. To hear something like that from Sayuri's mouth. Only to imagine it. "I can't believe it! Are you really.. laughing?" Although he didn't practice it that often, his laughing was still wonderful. Itachi stopped laughing when he saw something strange on Sayuri's neck. Some dark marks. "These marks. Are they still from.. but they're new. Who did this to you?" Sayuri flinched. She had already forgotten about those. But what should she do? Telling him his so called best friend did this to her? "It's nothing.." Itachi didn't seem to be convinced. "Itachi.. I owe you my life. Thank you so much. And I'm so sorry for all those mean things I said to you. I hope you can forgive me.. and we.. we can make a new start.. and be friends.. because I.." I love you. I love you. I love you. "I.. don't hate you." That's not quite the same. Itachi realized that she was only trying to change the topic, but he didn't want to discuss it any further. "Sure. I'd love to." Love. He said love. Sayuri didn't care about the context, only the word made her body prickle. She whispered something which sounded like I'm so happy and her eyes closed. She fell asleep.
While she was sleeping, her chest went up and down as she breathed. Itachi found himself staring at it, but it couldn't be helped, those hospital clothes were pretty revealing. And she was eight. Eight. He was eight and he couldn't get his eyes from her. Her silver hair shone in the moonlight, her face was so beautiful, perfect. No way he could sleep now. He wanted to touch her, he knew her skin was soft and silky, but he wanted to feel it again. He wanted to lay his arms around her and press her to his chest. He wanted to get his thousand kisses, right now. Blessed is the man who endures temptation. (So? Who knows that phrase? The one who tells me where it's from gets a cookie ;) ) If that was true, what would he be then? A saint? An angel? God himself? The smell of lilies didn't make it any better. After a while he gave in and wrapped his arms around her. She didn't wake up. What would she do if she woke up before him? Itachi didn't think about it. He just wanted to be as close as possible.
Friends? That meant a great progress. And who knew? Maybe, some day, he could hold her just like that whenever he wanted to, maybe, he could tell her things he had never dared to tell her. And maybe there would come the day that they crossed the line of friendship and started something bigger, something greater, and he'd be able to kiss her on her lips and she'd return his kiss and.. but for now he had to settle for holding her and burying his face in her hair and hoping she won't wake up.
AGE EIGHT FINISHED
I hope it wasn't too hokey..
So next chapter they'll be ten.. please don't expect it too early.. I've procrastinated all my school stuff and now I have a huge mountain of things to do..
*Drowns in self-pity*
But be sure to read it, you know, Itachi became chuunin at the age of 10 and many other things are to happen!
