Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto, it would seriously damage the balance of this universe. So... NO.
"Shannaro! Will you please answer me! What's going on?!"
' ... inner?'
"Finally! You haven't been answering for eight hours! What's wrong with you girl?"
'I... I don't know. Owww... everything hurts so much...'
"Yeah what's with that? You screamed then you hit the floor pretty harshly."
'Is that so? All I remember is pain... well... everywhere.'
"You got me really worried. Heck, even the Akatsuki was worried. That was the first time I saw Itachi display worry."
'Itachi?'
Sakura opened her eyes weakly. Her eyes hadn't recovered and all she could see was that bright white.
'Ugh... can't see squat. Can you?'
"Yup."
'Be my eyes, would you?'
"Sure thing."
'Just tell me who's there and where I am.'
"Hmmm. You're still in that room. You're in the white bed and Sasori is sitting to the left. Itachi is in the corner, leaning back on the wall and looking hot as ever. Hmmm... I love what he's wearing!"
'Focus!'
"Oh... sorry. Umm... let's see. Oh wow."
'What?'
"We're plugged!"
'Huh?'
"We've got a bunch of needles stuck in our arm, connected to pouches of water or something. Heck, we've even got one of them oxygen thingies on our mouth."
'Look to your right. There should be some sort of monitor or something.'
"Yup. It's got lines going up and down."
'Alright... apparently you have no clue what that is.'
"You know what? You're right!"
'FIne, then let me do the rest.'
Sakura closed her eyes and concentrated whatever chakra she could muster into her ears. Tsunade had taught her to use selective hearing.
Beep... beep... beep... beep... beep... beep...
'Good. It's steady.'
"So what exactly happened Itachi-sama?" asked Sasori.
Sakura moved her hearing to her left side and eavesdropped on their conversation.
There was a long silence before Itachi answered the beginner medic.
"I heard her scream and cry. Then she fell over and I could feel her chakra flicker, as if she was in pain. When I came in, she was unconscious." he said monotonously.
"Did she have a fever at the time?"
"Yeah. Her hands were cold though."
"Alright. I've read about that. It's good that you came to get me. If you hadn't, she would have overheated and died."
'I... would have died?'
''Woah... harsh."
Sakura's breath suddenly came in harsh gasps and she started coughing again.
"Oh... right. She was also coughing." added Itachi, as if he didn't care.
'That... bastard! He's taking this so lightly! I could have died
Sakura felt her own heart beat faster and faster, but she ignored it.
'He... he is SO dead!'
Her breath sped up and the coughing fit returned, only worse than before. She gasped as she felt the cracks in her ribs deepen.
"Woah! Outer, calm down! I'm too young to die!"
Sasori rushed over to the monitor and pressed a few buttons. He changed the bag of transparent fluid and twisted a knob, making the doses double. Sakura's coughing eased and her heart returned to a normal rhythm.
'That Itachi... he's not at all like his brother. I hate him!'
"Yeah, now he's gone from sexy beast to normal hot..."
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"Hinata! Come with us to get some water!" Kiba called, waving a bucket over his head. Shino just held his beside him with his free hand in his pocket.
"C-coming!" she called back, running to join the noisy Kiba and Shino.
She grabbed a bucket and set off to find the river. She left behind everybody who was trying to set up camp without starting a war. She figured they wouldn't mind if she got away for a while.
Kiba turned and, grinning from ear to ear, led the group to the nearest water source. Akamaru yipped happily beside his owner as he trotted proudly. Hinata didn't speak, which never goes unnoticed by Kiba.
"Yo Hinata, what's eating you?" he asked.
"N-nothing!" she said instantly, almost as if he'd been waiting for him to ask that question all along.
"You're lying."
"N-no I'm n-not!"
"You're not fooling anyone..."
"I'm not?... umm... okay. I just f-feel a presence that seems so familiar..." she whispered softly.
Shino stopped walking and looked up.
"I feel it too. It's familiar, but I can't remember who it belongs to." he said.
"Akamaru seems to recognize him too." said Kiba, referring to the tiny white dog, sniffing the air and wagging his tail.
Kiba sprinted towards the scent and his teammates followed him. They jumped over rocks and branches until they arrived into a clearing. A waterfall spilled it's contents into a lake of clear, pure water. Many peeks of giant boulders passed the surface of the water and created small islands. Sitting on one of them, gaze locked on the three, was the prodigy, the Uchiha hero, the missing nin and Sakura's long lost love; Sasuke.
Identifying the scent, Akamaru started growling. He hated traitors. Hinata clasped her hand over her mouth to stiffle a gasp. Shino glared dangerously and Kiba pulled out a kunai.
"Not even a hello?" taunted Sasuke.