Teammates chapter 14
disclaimer: I do not own naruto
-SOMEWHERE UNKNOWN-
"How are the plans going?"
"Perfect sir, operation 'poison slug' is going just as expected."
"And the status of the others?"
"Still incapacitated, though they have stabilized"
"excellent."
0o0
" Lady Tsunade! I am back! And since you have been so patient on this trip-!"
The sake dropped from Shizune's arms when her mentor came into her view.
"TSUNADE!"
As if she snapped out of a genjutsu, Tsunade looked towards her first apprentice.
"Screw the treaty, we need to get back home NOW!" Tsunade roared.
Throwing everything into her suitcase Tsunade quickly prepared for a quick journey. Perplexed, Shizune started to clean up when she noticed a scroll had fallen by the window where her master had previously been residing. picking it up, she noticed the fire emblem and hesitently opened it, as her eyes scanned through the contents of the letter, her hands progressively started shaking more and more. As the letter concluded, she too was frozen in place. Only after Tsunade grabbed her did her body release her from the fear induced paralyasis. With a sense of urgency, Shizune gathered up the last of her things and hastily left the hotel room with her mentor.
Tsunade and Shizune both cursed at the amount of sheer distance Iron was from Konoha, it would be atleast three days until they reached fire country and another two until they reached the Konoha forest and after that it would be two more to reach Konoha, so overall they had a week of traveling ahead and they were praying they made it home in time.
0o0
Shisui and Itachi were going over the finalities of their revenge plan when they felt it, a surge of chakra coming from the training grounds, activating their sharingans they identified Sakura's chakra and immediately ran towards it. Unfortunately they weren't the only ones who reconized Sakura's chakra signature. And the hospital was closer to the training grounds than the Uchiha boys were. Red eyes swirled in anger as he turned and headed towards his teammate's location. Naruto was still nursing a certain knocked out Hyuuga whom he felt terribly bad for scaring her.
FLASHBACK
"W-well you see, Naruto.. Sakura is in the hospital." Hinata studdered looking down at her shoes.
"W-HAT!" Naruto screamed.
Hinata jumped in fright, flinching before losing her ability to breathe and passing out.
0o0
Naruto carried her to his apartment and layed her down in his bed. He was worried about his teammate but this was more pressing. After all, Sasuke was probably with her so he was sure she was fine.
Naruto didn't know how right he was, Sasuke WAS with her, though it wasn't for the reason he thought his other teammate would be there.
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Sasuke was first to arrive at the training grounds. Walking up to the unconscious woman he sneered down before swiftly kicking her in the ribs. He heard a partially satisfying crack. Not yet done he yanked her up by her hair. "WAKE UP BITCH!" he screamed as he shook Sakura. Taking her unconsciousness as insulence Sasuke's rage grew ten-fold. Throwing her, Sakura flew through three trees before smashing into a boulder her body looking more mangled than ever. Sasuke was no where near done relinquishing his anger on the pinkette.
0o0
"Sir, Lady Tsunade is on her way back to Konoha."
"What? She was supposed to be there for another three days! Get me my private messenger hawk IMMEDIATELY"
"Yes of course." The subordinate bowed before hurriedly leaving to accomplish his leader's orders.
0o0
Pale eyes opened to a darkened room. "Where am I?"
Looking to her right, Hinata saw a picture of Team Seven and then at the glaringly orange comforter and frog sheets. Turning about eighty different shades of red she immediately stood up. Suddenly the door just ahead of her opened revealing Naruto carrying a tray of food. Squeaking in terror Hinata grabbed the blankets in fright. Naruto, being startled by a sudden noise dropped the tray he was holding in surprise.
"Oh! you are awake..." Naruto scratched his head and blushed before continuing, "I am truly sorry for yelling at you yeah! So I made you some food but-" Naruto trailed off after remembering the forgotten food on the ground. Before he could bend down to pick up the shards of glass Hinata was already out of the bed and stuttering what suspiciously sounded like "sorry" over and over. Hinata bent down to pick up the ruined food absolutely mortified at the predicament she found herself in. As she grabbed the first piece a tan hand covered hers. "Hinata" Naruto uncharacteristically softly spoke her name with an emotion she couldn't identify. Freezing in her place pale eyes looked up into cerulean blue...