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Re-read the end of the last chapter.
Slight adjustment due to the fact that this chapter was misplaced and I winged it.
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Angel from the Dark
Chapter 36
"Where's Sasori?" Tsunade scowled as she surveyed the people standing in front of her. 'Goddamnit I knew this would happen! I shouldn't have let the patents look for her…' Her golden eyes flickered over the long, blonde headed patient inching his way to the back. 'They claimed they only had the intention of finding her and I went with that…I should have known better! But no one can find her and this is a asylum after all…someone disappearing in here is never good…'
"Lady Tsunade?" Shizune placed her petite hand on her shoulder. "What should we do now?"
"Deidara!" The crystal eyed patient twitched at her tone. "Where's Sasori?"
"What's with the accusing tone yeah?" He asked, crossing his arms and frowning. "You're acting like we had this planned or something…"
"Well didn't you?" She accused.
"No yeah!"
"Yeah?"
"No Yeah!"
"So yes?"
"N-Ahhh you old-NO! Sasori no Danna did not plan this!" Deidara exploded and stomped off down the hallway.
"Where are you going?!"
"To look for him yeah!"
"Where?!"
"Where he said he'd look for Sakura!"
"Where was that?!"
He ignored her.
"Answer me!"
"THE SOLITARY CONFINMENT WING!" He yelled over his shoulder.
"HE'S THERE?!"
"YES YOU OLD BAG! THAT'S WHAT I SAID!" He flipped her off and left.
"GODDAMNIT!" She cursed and grabbed Naruto by the front of his shirt. "GO AFTER HIM!" Then she threw the spiky blonde in the direction of Deidara.
"What the-what about you?" Naruto stumbled after the patient.
"I'll be there in a few minutes!" Her golden eyes scanned over the crowd of guards and glared daggers at a few selected candidates. "You!" She pointed her finger at Kiba and snarled. "Get your ass down to the solitary confinement wing where you're supposed to be!"
"You ordered me to help-and I'm injured!" He pleaded.
"I don't give a flying shit!"
"But-"
"Hobble your ass down there or you're fired!"
Kiba heaved a heavy sigh and closed his eyes. 'Why do bad things happen to bad people?' He shook his head as he began to hobble his way down the hall; teetering on one lone crutch.
Suddenly he was knocked down by a strong force running into him. "TOBI CAN'T FIND CHERRY ANYWHERE!" The masked patient announced to the crowd.
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"Who let Tobi out of his room?" Shikamaru asked slowly, gripping the patient by the back of his shirt.
"Well…you see…he-and-we-uh…" The guard nervously stuttered, wildly making gestures as he tried to explain what happened.
"What did I tell you?"
"To uhh…not let him out…."
"Exactly. And what did you do?"
"See the thing is I didn't let him out…"
"Oh?"
"LET ME GO! I NEED TO HELP CHERRY!" Tobi wiggled in Shikamaru's grip, trying to get loose.
"He escaped."
"How?"
"…He uh…"
"TOBI IS MAGICAL! TOBI IS A GOOD BOY! TOBI IS A MAGICAL GOOD BOY!"
Awkward silence.
"He's a magical good boy." The guard repeated dubiously.
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"I didn't mean to…I didn't mean to…" Sakura repeated mindlessly as she stared at Sasori's broken form lying in front of her.
"Sakura calm down." Gaara's deep voice reverberated off the still walls and he pulled the motionless doctor into his arms and stared at Sasori. 'What the fuck do I do?'
Sasori gasped for air as he tensely reached for the syringe in his neck.
"DON'T PULL IT OUT YOU IDIOT!" Sakura bawled and dove for him; pushing him backwards onto the ground. "Ohh Shiiittt…" She hiccupped and stared down at the pain stricken patient beneath her.
"SAKURA!" Gaara yanked her lifeless form off Sasori and placed her on the ground; several feet away.
"Sakura! Sasori no Danna!" Deidara's voice echoed down the hallway and into Gaara's room.
"Hnnn…" The teal eyed patient eyed his doctor the fellow patient in distaste. 'This isn't good…'
Seconds later Deidara barged into the room, just barely missing stepping on his friend lying on the ground.
"Danna!" Deidara dashed to his side; grasping the syringe causing Sasori to gurgle in pain. "Oh shit! Sorry!" He pulled his hand back as though it burned him. "What the fuck happened yeah?" He asked, glancing around the room and seeing the grief stricken Sakura and emotionless Gaara. Crystal eyes studied the young pink haired doctor, seeing her hunched form, shocked eyes and motionless body. 'No…no…she didn't…couldn't…'
"I'm sorry…" She mumbled, conforming his suspicions before she turned into a sobbing mess.
"S-you didn't…no..no no you didn't…" Deidara stood up and walked in front of her then picked her up by the shoulders. "You-you're the doctor here! Fix him yeah! Befor-"
"D….Dei…dara…" Sasori gasped, reaching a shaky hand out to his friend.
"D-yah?" Blonde hair whirled as he dropped Sakura and scurried to his side.
"G-get the…book…" He rasped, clutching the gushing wound on his neck.
"Book?"
"The bank book!" Sakura chirped, tears pouring down her blotchy face.
"SAKURA!" Naruto rushed in and gaped at the sight he was met with. "What happened?" He whispered, not daring to move an inch from the doorway.
The pink haired doctor rocked back and forth, shaking her head in distress. "I'm so sorry…" She whimpered.
"S-Saku…?" Naruto gaped at his best friend. 'She..wouldn't…couldn't…' He shook his spiky blonde head before re-focusing on the problem at hand. "Okay okay…" He mumbled, crouching down beside Sasori and inspecting the protruding syringe. "Okay I can't pull it out…it's what's keeping you alive right now actually…" He mussed, gently taking Sasori's hand and feeling for his pulse. "You're ah…pulse…it's dangerously low…"
"No shit!" Deidara spat, his hands twitching in aggravation as he paced the room. "He's fucking dying yeah!"
"Calm down!" Naruto snapped and took a deep breath. "Okay Sasori? I'm going to apply a small amount of pressure near the wound to see if it helps okay?"
"Don't touch him!" Deidara dived into Naruto, knocking him back onto the ground.
"I need to do something or he WILL DIE!"
"Shut up you two." Gaara growled, looming over the two. "You." He pointed to Deidara. "Let him do what he can."
Deidara growled but got up nonetheless and walked to Sakura quivering on the ground.
"H-here…" Sakura mumbled, shifting to pull the little bank book from her pocket. "T…take it…" Her lower lip quivered, on the verge of tears again.
Deidara nodded, reaching over to accept the book and clutching it in his hands. "Danna…I'll go get Tsunade okay yeah?" He made a motion to stand up but was stopped short by Sasori's ragged breathing.
"N-no…"
"No?" Deidara repeated.
"G-give the book…to…to…P…Le…" Sasori gagged, trying to ease the pain.
"Pein. Got it." Crystal eyes hardened in realization of what his friend meant. 'This is more important than anyone of us.'
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"Choji you lazy guard!" Tsunade's booming voice echoed. "Do something productive!" Tsunade's brash voice echoed.
""I'm s-"
"Go help Kiba get down here!"
"Yes Ma'am!" Choji nodded and ran off in search of Kiba.
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Tsunade quickly made her way down the white hall to Gaara's room; the scowl on her face deepening when she reached to see the door blocked wide open. "W-S" The busty blonde barged in and began babbling.
"Do something Tsunade!" Sakura screamed; burring her face in Gaara's pillow.
Tsunade took in the scene surrounding her; it was straight out of a horror movie. The solitary confinement room was a mess of papers, blood, blankets, bed sheets and pillows throw askew; several people were crammed in scattered about, her doctor was a sobbing mess on the floor clutching a bloodied pillow, her hands were caked with dried blood with her patient trying to console her. Naruto was beside a half-dead Sasori, his hands covered in his blood as he tried desperately to stop the bleeding out of his neck; Deidara was nervously pacing the room, occasionally stepping in a pool of blood.
"Okay." She clapped her hands and flipped the superhero switch within her. "Move." Her golden eyes darted to Deidara who was just about to step in front of Sasori; he veered right and onto the bed. "Naruto apply more pressure, Sakura get me something to wrap his neck with, Deidara go fetch Shizune and tell her we need the surgical ward cleaned and prepped, Gaara go fetch Shikamaru." She ordered.
Everyone cleared the room, doing as they were told save for the pink haired doctor. "Sakura do as I said." She stated once again, moving over Sasori's unconscious form.
"I'm sorry." She mumbled, curling into a tiny ball in the coroner.
"Sakura."
"I'm sorry…I'm so so sorry…"
Tsunade sighed and turned away from the sniveling doctor to focus all of her attention on Sasori. 'I didn't expect-well actually none of this is expected…' She grabbed a piece of cloth and placed it around Sasori's neck; trying to absorb as much blood as possible.
"Stop." He breathed, weakly grabbing at Tsunade's hand.
"What?" She scowled. "Don't talk Sasori, just relax everything wil-"
"Stop." He rasped again, closing his eyes in pain and greedily gulping down air. "Let me…be…" His brown eyes glazed over.
"No…what?" Naruto mumbled, furring his eye brows as he slowly moved his bloodied hands away from the wound.
Tsunade's eyes hardened as she slowly stopped working over Sasori. "Stop Naruto."
"What?"
"I said stop trying to compress the wound." She slowly stood up.
"B-but if I do he'll-"
"It's his choice."
Naruto's baby blue eyes flared in anger. "He doesn't have to die! Not a meaningless death like this anyway! You can do something so do it!" He jumped up and pinned her to the wall. "DO SOMETHING TSUNADE!"
"I can't, not if he doesn't want me to."
"WHY NOT!?"
"BECAUSE IT'S HIS CHOICE!" Deidara cut in; sitting down besides his dying friends head. "Heh, what do you know Danna, you're going to go my way aren't you? In a bang?"
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Shizune barged into the darkened room, disturbing the meditating patient seated atop his neatly made bed.
"Itachi! You must come-"
The dark haired patient glared at the intruder.
"Uh-sorry…" She mumbled, unconsciously taking a step back. "But-but you have to come…with me..now…"
"Why."
"T-Lady Tsunade sent for you…"
"Oh?" He slowly stood up, deliberately moving at a leisurely pace.
"S-Sasori's been stabbed!" She managed to squeak out.
Itachi's calculating eyes opened in surprise as he eyed the woman in front of him. "He has, has he?" He strode up to her, looming over her small form.
Shizune nodded, determined to do her job. "Now you must come with me." She turned on her heels and began walking down the hall.
'Sasori's been injured…' He mulled it over as he closed the door behind him and followed behind Shizune, never letting her out of his sight. 'Question is…who did it? Hidan perhaps?'
"Who did it?"
"Sakura." She whispered, scanning her surroundings for any eavesdroppers.
'Sakura? That's unexpected.'
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"Don't let Tobi see this." Itachi mumbled, his eyes never leaving Sasori's lifeless form. "Make sure he has no contact with Sakura." He shifted slightly to let Kiba by with a depressed Deidara following.
"Yeah." He muttered, scratching the back of his head.
"Call the police and report the murder." Itachi turned to face Tsunade. "Call Konan as well."
"If you do that Sakura will b-"
"Take her to Tsunade's office." Itachi answered, surveying the room. Sakura was curled into a ball in the corner atop Gaara's bed with said patient at her side trying to console her. On the ground was Deidara, sitting beside Sasori's lifeless body in a pool of blood. By the door stood Tsunade and Shizune.
"What about Shikamaru?" Shizune ventured.
"What about him?"
"He…should know…"
Itachi turned his back to her, nodding at Naruto to get Sakura and get out of here. "If you wish to inform him you may."
The spiky blonde gathered his best friend in his arms and picked her up, murmuring sweet nothings of hope in her ear.
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