It was bright, and cold. I woke, my hair damp from the rain, my wounds dressed.
Sasuke lay nearby, the Curse Mark covering his form. His breathing was shallow.
It was a different Curse. I knew this. The Curse from Khione could kill him easily.
I got up, legs shaking, and took the sword from Sasuke. It would have to do, my arrows were all incinerated from Sasuke's attack.
It looked like my sleeping spell was keeping the mark in check. I had cast it into the barrier I had erected, and so now he was safe from attack, and the purifying power inside the barrier was keeping the mark from consuming him.
Sasuke stirred, and I strengthened the magic.
"Please stay alive." I begged and leaned over, kissing him.
I got to my feet, and left the clearing, only to run right into Sasuke, who was decidedly curse mark free.
"Where do you thing you're going?"