Naruto belongs to Kishimoto-san!
Summary: AU, OOC, Pg-13, Sasu X Saku. Sasuke is a doctor and mistakes Sakura for a nurse. Naruto is a plastic surgeon and Hinata is his personal nurse. Will sparks between these couples alight in the hospital?
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Healing Hands
By Durian
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Chapter Three- Hidden EmotionsSetsuna spun around in a beautiful white dress like an angel descending on Earth. Her emerald eyes shone like jewels and her smile was worth more than anything in the world to one man. Sasuke. He was dressed in his finest white tuxedo that brought out his rich cobalt blue hair. He waited intently for her to jump into his arms.
Sasuke tried very hard to hide a worried expression as the health of Setsuna could fluctuate anytime. She may look fine from the outside but her condition could tick off like a time bomb. There was a blood clot deep within her brain and the success rate to remove it was slim.
"Hey you're frowning again! You promised me that you'd smile on our photo shoot day," complained Setsuna as she tried to squeeze Sasuke's cheek.
"Rrr…" grunted Sasuke after she had removed her hands on his face. He forced an awkward grin to please her.
"Aww… Your dimples make you look so cute," complimented Setsuna as she wrapped her arms around him and whispered gently, "Do you remember the fountain? My wish was to be Mrs. Uchiha."
"Then I won't marry you," joked Sasuke.
A fist came flying towards Sasuke's chest and touched him lightly before Setsuna turned her back from him. She muttered softly, "That wasn't funny." Suddenly Sasuke stretched out his two arms to hug her from behind. He really wanted to take back the words he had just said, if only he could…
"Sorry to intrude but your session is time limited. Can you two please sit on the swing so we can take your photos?" asked the cameraman.
As the couple sat down and posed for the camera, the photographer continued taking photos. He took photos of them standing, sitting, hugging and finally kissing. All this time the sun was making Setsuna very dizzy but she hid her discomfort under her merry smile. This was her 'moment in life' that she had wanted to keep pleasant with the one person she loved, Sasuke.
"OK! We'll just take a few more shots in the studio room and then we're done," explained the photographer.
Setsuna and Sasuke had only taken a few photos in the studio with the beautiful backdrop before she developed a huge headache. Sasuke felt Setsuna's hand tensing up and she was trying very hard to hold in her tears. 'How can she continue smiling under all that pain?' thought Sasuke.
The camera continued to flash but all of a sudden Sasuke jerked up from his seated position, "STOP! Stop flashing that immediately," yelled a pissed off Sasuke before he turned his head towards her and accused, "You promised that you'd tell me when your head hurts."
"Sasuke, I…" cried Setsuna as she watched him run off into the distance. A small teardrop rolled down her rosy cheeks as she watched his back become smaller. Their wedding was a month away and she didn't know if she'd have another chance in the beautiful white dress. She whispered, "You'll never now how much today means to me…"
Sakura was assigned to check on the patients in the top floor of the hospital. She observed their pulses and checked their conditions for further progress. She asked each and every one of the patients for any discomfort or pain. Afterwards she would set out the correct meals for them.
As she gave one particular patient a special injection for pain relief a soft melodic tune floated in from a window. She was hypnotized by the sound of a violin playing and after an arm tugged at her arm, she snapped out of it.
"You're hurting me," cried the female patient before Sakura pulled the needle out and apologized, "Sorry."
She wanted to know who was playing the violin and so her curiosity drove her walking up the steps to the hospital roof. When she reached the door, she breathed in and opened the door slowly to find Sasuke playing a violin with his eyes closed. Sakura crept closer towards him because he looked very captivating with a violin in one hand.
The melody held a very sad tune as she watched his long strokes of the bow. Sasuke was playing intently before he sensed another presence. As he opened his eyes, his face tightened and it became very pale. His heart was also pumping very fast while his brain felt hollow and dizzy. He couldn't think properly and all he could picture was Setsuna.
Sasuke watched her long pink hair flutter as a cool breeze motioned between them. He couldn't take his eyes away from the bright emerald green of her eyes; they were so mesmerizing and hypnotic. He realized he had forgotten to breathe as he began to pant heavily.
He shook his head and broke away from the image. The girl wasn't Setsuna as Sasuke studied the white overcoat and stethoscope around her neck. She was the new doctor who resembled Setsuna and had arrived today. Sasuke tried to recall her name but soon gave up.
"What was your name again?" he asked.
"Sakura," she replied.
"Do you have any siblings?" he continued.
"Nope, I'm an only child," she stated and added, "Why do you ask?"
"You remind me of someone. She was my-" trailed Sasuke before Sakura screamed, "Aww… Look the sun's setting!"
Sakura clasped one of his arms and turned him around to face the orangey red sky. While she watched the yellow mass slide down past two hills, he gazed at her dazzling smile. He felt the same warm feeling he had with Setsuna, which he thought he had lost. Sakura took her eyes away from the sun and caught the small smile creeping up on his face.
"WA! Dimples," she cried.
"Che. So?" he replied.
"They're cool," she confirmed and added, "My boyfriend has dimples too!"
"Your-" trailed Sasuke before Naruto cut in, "So you're hiding here! I finally found- Sasuke? (:Stares: Grunts :Stares:) What are you doing here?"
"Non of your business," muttered Sasuke and decided to leave the two of them. A lot was going on inside his head straight after Sakura had mentioned the word 'boyfriend'. 'Who was her boyfriend?' thought Sasuke, as he wanted to know whom he was to compete against.
"Sakura are you free tonight?" asked Naruto after Sasuke had left.
"Why?" she replied.
"I was wondering if you could eat dinner with me," he explained.
"Ah… Eh… Perhaps another time, sorry Naruto but I'm really tired today," she lied and the truth was Sasuke's reaction to her had puzzled her dearly.
"No worries, how about tomorrow?" he continued.
"I… I'll think about it. I'm going to change and head home now, bye." Said Sakura.
Naruto waved at her and watched her disappear through the door. He was left behind again but he decided to head back to the woman who would always be waiting for him at home. He didn't love the woman but she did and it was his responsibility to stay with her, in which he did for almost two years now.
Shikamaru looked at his watch to read 6p.m when he got home. There was still plenty of time before the dinner arrangement with Ino so he decided to take a nap. He slouched down on his luxurious blue couch with some soft classical music. Before he could close his eyes to relax a fat figure pounced into the house.
:Munch: :Munch:
A loud crunching sound erupted from the mouth of Shika's best friend, Choji. He gazed up the humongous belly of his friend until he observed the fat hands shoving handfuls of chip into his mouth. 'You might just die if you keep that up,' thought Shika and muttered something under his breath, "You're so fat that you wobble everywhere…"
"What did you say?" asked Choji.
"Nothing…" replied Shika.
"I swear I heard the word FAT," he accused and added, "Do you know I hate being called FAT? Nobody calls me fat, even my best friend cannot call me that! Did you just say fat? I cannot tolerate living with someone calling me fat!"
'Yada yada yada,' thought Shika and stated, "I didn't say the F word ok, and it was just you all along. Stop this nonsense now and return my Yamaha!"
The mention of Yamaha stirred some memories back to Choji, he responded, "Eh… omg… I kind of exchanged it for a car. It'll just be a few days I'm sure my friend would return it after his race."
"You did what? Did I just hear the word race? My Yamaha it's gone now," grunted Shika with much detest and added, "If I don't see my bike, I'm gonna slice you up with my doctors knife!"
"HEY aren't you supposed to use those to save people?" asked Choji.
"Except for you…" declared Shika with shadow over eyes.
Suddenly Shikamaru's mobile rang so he broke off his conversation with Choji.
"Talk," shouted Shika.
"What's up your ass?" said the voice.
"Oh it's you, what do you want?" asked Shika.
"Eh my car broke down, could you come to my house to pick me up?"
"Why should I?"
"Didn't you agree to take me? WAIT! Do you have any other vehicle besides the shabby scooter? I'm wearing a dress tonight…"
"Beggars can't be choosers," cut in Shika with a smirk.
"Fine! Come to xxxx with your scooter," muttered Ino.
"See ya!"
"Bye!"
"Hey who was that? The person wasn't a girl right? You just can't talk to girls like that. No wonder you haven't dated since? I don't know. Oh my, you ain't…" concluded Choji.
"I'm not gay ok. It was a girl. I just met her today, ok?"
Choji nods and offers, "The good news was. I exchanged your Yamaha for an Acura NSX."
"Shit! Your friend must have been drunk," stated Shika who was getting pleased with the deal. 'Ino honey, looks like it's you lucky day,' the horny Shikamaru thought.
Shikamaru gelled up his hair and tied it with his trademark pony before slipping on an Armani tuxedo. He took Choji's keys and drove out of his driveway to the designated address. The convertible was roofless and Shika enjoyed the wind blowing past his hair. 'Man this is life; now it's time get my girl. Pfft what am I thinking? I've only met her today,' thought Shika.
Ino's flat was only a ten minute drive from Shika's house and as he got closer he thought, 'Wa talk about run down? Where's the lights and this place is a whole!' He parked the car near a filthy street and pressed the speaker to Ino's flat.
:Static:
"Hello?"
"Hey it's me, can you come down?" asked Shika.
"In a minute- Actually can you come up to help me with the dress?" replied Ino innocently.
"Sure."
Ino's Flat
Shikamaru rang the doorbell and waited for a bossy blonde airhead to open the door. A minute passed and Shika's patience was running as he stared at his glossy shoes. Instantly the door opened to reveal a girl in an elegant and tight fitting lavender dress. Her platinum blonde hair was in a curly mass with rich gold highlights.
He couldn't believe how the loud mouth could transform into a Goddess. He was about to mouth his appreciate but at the same time Ino turned to reveal her creamy white back. 'Eh, my hand wants to touch. Shit. Snap out of it ok,' thought Shika as he closed the door behind.
"Can you help me tie the strings?" asked Ino.
"O.O sure!" offered Shika as he slid his hand up her back, 'Score one for me!'
"Hey are you touching me?"
"No, I'm trying to get the strings together."
"Ok."
Shikamaru tied the strings ever so slowly to enjoy every minute he got to touch her. He could smell her lavender perfume and it was sending weird thoughts up his mind. He was not aware of his arms slipping around her waist and his nose was leaning forward to smell the fragrance on her neck.
"HEY! You pervert, what do you think you're doing?" yelled Ino hysterically.
"Who what where?" said Shika before he realized where his arms were.
He unclasped his arms around her and frowned, 'I was that close to touch -.-' He led her downstairs to the car and wondered why she had a weird look. She was scanning the road wondering where the scooter was but had no luck.
"Where's your scooter?" asked Ino.
"Didn't bring it."
"How did you get here then?"
"I walked."
Shika was amused at how distressed she was Ino was on the verge of pulling her hair when an idea came out of his head.
"So how do I look tonight?" he asked.
Ino looks up and down and responded, "You look ok, better than this morning."
"Is that all? If you tell me I'm the best looking guy in the word then I'll show you my car."
"You have a car :P"
"I'm waiting…"
"You're the best looking guy in the world," she whispered.
Shika lifted his hand to his ear, "I can't hear you."
"YOU'RE THE BEST LOOKING GUY IN THE WORLD. There I said it happy, now show me the car."
"Take a hold of yourself woman," laughed Shika before he pressed the unlock button.
Ino saw two lights flash from a car and she mouthed O, "That's your car?"
She wrapped her arms around him in excitement and gave him a peck on the cheek, "Awesome! Let's go!"
Hey! I just realized this fic has an original character and I hope you guys won't hate her. Even if you do she's just a dead character living in Sasuke's memories. There will be more reference to her when Sasuke feels like explaining his past. Sorry, no Kiba, change of plans…
What happens at and after dinner? Sakura's background will be revealed later on but more importantly who is her Boyfriend? Next chapter: Tenten changes shifts with Hinata and creepy things begin to happen at night?
Thanks:
Xoni- Thanks for the tip, I didn't realize until you pointed it out. Hope it makes sense now. Try to guess who the boyfriend will be for the time being P
AnimeFreakPerson- Yea, Shika X Ino- There's too many doctors already! I used to call myself AnimeFreak too as an ICQ name, kekeke…
M.D.H- No I think your review got in, thanks!
Mourning Fox- I hope you're healthy. Hinata is going to be paired with ….
B4By K4K4Sh1- Is my chapter length long enough?
Bakutiku- I only watched the first soap, which was like 5 years ago?
Momo-sama, Xyoushax, I-dream-of-blue-eyes, AnimEvivvEzs, Takeshi-chan and Benjem- please stay tuned…
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