Title: Suffering Their Pain
Author: Wakyanimefreak
Sasuke laid there on the bed in the Konoha hospital. Jiraiya told Rikku her that he'll leave to go find Tsunade with Naruto; they'll be back in around 2 weeks. Rikku smiled and told them to have a safe trip. Rikku sat on the chair next the Sasuke's bed. She held his hand, leaning on the edge of the bed. Sakura walked in with a flower in her hand, "Rikku-san…"
"Sakura-san, so you heard…" Sakura looked at Sasuke and ran toward him. Tears formed into her eyes,
"SASUKE-KUN!"
"Sakura-san, I'm sorry I wasn't there sooner for him." Sakura cried into the blanket that was on him, "don't worry, I'm sure Tsunade will come soon. If she doesn't come in two week, I'll work something out." Sakura nodded and looked at Sasuke. Rikku walked next to Sakura and wiped the tears from her eyes, "I promise."
With that, two weeks passed by with Rikku by Sasuke's side visiting Kakashi sometimes and Sakura visiting Sasuke everyday.
No sign of Tsunade, or Jiraiya.
Rikku looked at Sasuke. It was the night after the two weeks of waiting. She thought,
I promised Sakura he will be alright
She took her hands over Sasuke's forehead. Chakra rose toward his mind. All the pain transferred to Rikku's body, leaving Sasuke back to his normal status. Rikku fell backwards and she landed on her side. Sasuke… you became stronger, you handling this pain must've been really tough for you but you'll wake up tomorrow seeing Sakura's smile…
She walked toward the door and left to Kakashi's place.
Kurenai and everyone were still there. As Rikku entered the room, the window was still broken but sealed temporary with a plastic layer taped down.
"Rikku… are you alright?"
"Yeah, Kurenai-san is Kakashi still in pain?"
"Yeah we were about to leave" Rikku smiled and limping as she walked. She fell down.
"RIKKU! What happened?" She placed her hand over Kakashi's mind and transferred the pain into her body which also caused Kakashi to go back to his normal status. Rikku felt as if she was going to die right now, but she had one more to fix. "Where's Lee-sa..." Rikku collapsed on her side. Kurenai shook her, "RIKKU! RIKKU!" Kurenai took her to the hospital. The nurses took her to a room next to Sasuke's. They placed her on the bed. Rikku's eyes were closed tight. Suffering. She moved to side to side. The pain was too much for her to handle.
Kakashi-
Kakashi woke up, he sat straight looking around. There was Gai sitting on the
chair looking at the broken window, "what happened, Gai?" Gai looked at
Kakashi, "Rikku… she's in the hospital."
Kakashi noticed he was all back to his normal status, "She took my pain"
"Not only yours Sasuke's too and …"
"AND?"
"And she was about to go take Lee's current pain, until she collapsed." Kakashi ran toward the Konoha Hospital. The front door was locked. He banged on the door, as a nurse came up. She opened the door a little, "I'm sorry but we can't take anyone in right now please come back tomorrow morning"
"I CAN'T! I need to see her; I'm begging you… please" the nurse thought about it and let him in, "if anyone asks it was me who let you in."
"Thank you, which room is Akatsuki Rikku?"
"Hmmm... I believe its 108"
With that, Kakashi ran toward the room. He opened it and found her.
She was sweating all over and she was in so much pain suffering Kakashi's and Sasuke's pain.
"Rikku… it's okay I'm here now." He moved the hair that was on her face to the side and looked at her. He held her hand as she gripped his tight because of the pain. Kakashi leaned to the edge of the bed and slept holding her hand.
Morning was up.
Sasuke woke up slowly. Sakura hugged him tight, "Sakura…"
"SASUKE-KUN! YOU'RE ALRIGHT!" She let go of him.
"How was I fixed?" Sakura thought for a bit, "I'm not sure, you just woke up this morning… Rikku-san kept her promise, but I wonder what she did."
"What?"
"2 weeks ago Rikku told me that a lady named Tsunade will come back for sure in two weeks, but if she doesn't then she'll do something... I'm not sure but you're fine now!" Sasuke looked around thinking, then Kakashi came in. "Sasuke, Rikku took you pain, and same with mine" Sasuke was confused.
"What?" All Sakura did was listen. "Rikku, she has this jutsu, no not a jutsu it's natural for her. She had it since she was little. If she puts her mind to you mind she can take the pain that's in you and transfer you normal status back."
"What…? If she took both you and me..." His eyes widened, "WHERE IS SHE?"
"The next room" as he ran out Kakashi stopped him, "are you sure you want to see her?" Sasuke nodded.
Kakashi let go and let him go. "Kakashi-sensei…"
"Yes Sakura?"
"Is it okay for me to see Rikku-san too?"
"……"
"Please…"
"Yeah, let's go"
Sasuke-
He entered the room next to him. Rikku was gripping onto the blanket over her tightly and moving side to side. She was sweating and the towel on top of her forehead needed a change, "Rikku…" He couldn't believe it, "Why?"
He stood in front of the bed. And stared at her suffering, not being able to do anything. Tears formed into his eyes and he ran tnext to her bed. "YOU FUCKIN SAID YOU WON'T LEAVE ME! YOU PROMISED ME! DON'T FUCKIN DO THIS TO ME!" He banged his fist to the wall and created a dent. He wiped his tears and brought his hand up to his forehead and grabbed his bang. He leaned against the wall and slid down, "why…?"
Right there, Kakashi and Sakura came in. Sakura looked at Rikku, she was still struggling through the pain. Tears formed into her eyes, "oh my god, this is all my fault, I'm so sorry Sasuke-kun, Kakashi-sensei! I… She made a promise with me that she'll heal Sasuke-kun because I was crying, and.. oh my god…" Kakashi placed his hand on top of Sakura's head,
"It's not your, fault. She would have done it with or without the promise." Sakura sniffed and hiccupped a bit.
Then all of the sudden the door swung open…
