Sakura's breath deepened as her body and mind began to awaken from her dream state. Warm. For a moment she felt her arms and legs unwilling to stir from the comfortable spot where they lay, and she easily allowed their request.Soon her hearing began to become aware, and she heard a strange beeping sound, close enough to be right beside her head. The constant repeative sound began to disturb any chance of her going back to sleep stubbornly squeezed her eyes shut as a low whimper escaped her chapped lips.
"Kakashi..."She mummbled as her green eyes slowly fluttered open. Her strange surroundings were blurry for awhile as she blinked away the sleep from her eyes. Soon, hjer eyes come into focus and she inwardly was surprised not to see the blue cieling which she and Kakashi had decided on for thier bedroom, but just a plan white one that she would expect to see at the medical ward where she worked.
Confused at the sight she turned her head to the side lazily and laid eyes out the small window to see the orange sky signaling the awakening sun to finally decide to rise up and pleasure the sky with it's beautiful brightness, which she loved. But wait.Her bedroom didn't have a window on that wall...
"Kakashi?"She asked a little louder,as the confusion turned to panic. She needed Kakashi. if she saw his face or felt his touch, this feeling would be gone.Sakura heard the door beside her head open and briskly turned her head in hope that he had heard her call and had come. But only saw the face of Tsunde standing in the doorway. Well, it wan't who she hoped for, but it was still a great feeling to see a familiour place.
"Tsunde?"She whispered,as her voice cracked from loss of water. She watched as the Hokage moved to the bottom of her bed and picked up a container of liquid. Water, Sakura guessed. And handed a cup to Sakura, telling her to drink it.She took the cup gratefully and drank every drop sighing as the cool liquid made the parched feeling in her mouth disappear immediatly. After she was done Tsunde took the cup from her and sat in a small chair bedside the bed.
Sakura's eyes fell onto the clear tube that was stuck into her hand and ran down to the large machine beside her.
"Where am I.?"She whispered.
"The hospital, Naruto brought you in last night."She replyed.
"The hospital...why am I here?"She asked "Is something wrong, Did something happen?"She struggled to sit up but a difiant hand immediatly pushed her back down.
"Don't move, last night you experienced what's know as Early Contractions. Which states that you began to have contrations in order to deliver, but as you are well aware of, it is fair to early for that. So the nurses were able to stop them.But you're not out of the woods yet, to much stress can very easily start them up again so I order you to bedrest."Sakura swallowed nervously and placed a hand over her stomache.
"Where's Kakashi? Have you heard anything from him yet?"She asked. Tsunde detected the worry held in her voice, but sadly could do nothing to set her mind at ease.
"Nothing reported yet but you know Kakashi. Stubborn to the bitter end, he'll be back shortly but you should consentrate on getting better."She smiled. Sakura nodded slowly.
"Alright."She whispered.
Suddenly she and Tsunde turned to see Naruto standing in the small dorrway. His chest rising up and deep frantically trying to catch his breathe. Sakura knew that he was worried and that the run over could never tire him like he was.She saw the fear in his eyes immediatly disappear when he laid eyes on her and that she was ok.
"Sakura."He replyed and made his way around to the other side of her bed, reaching out to take her hand in his.
"I'm alright, Naruto. Nothing to worry about."She smiled and squeezed his hand to assure him of the truth that was held in her voice. He sighed in apparent relife and sank to the chair below."Thank you so much for being here with me. I don't know what I'd do without you."She whispered.
"Sakura,"Naruto sighed and hung his head with a smirk."I thought that you'd figure it out by now."He lifted his head to once again meet her eyes."I'd do anything for you. I love you."He smiled and gently rubbed the surface of her hand with his thumb.
"I love you too, Naruto."She smiled. Tsunde coughed to catch the two's attentio, with success, she took that time to rise to her feet.
"Well, I suppose that my presence is unneeded now that you two have beeen reunited. So I can think of a pile of paper work which needs my attention. Good morning."She replyed and turned to leave.
"Bye."Sakura replyed as her figure disapeared down the hallway.
"So Kakashi doesn't know about this I guess?"Naruto spoke up. Sakura shook her head.
"No but I'm fine now, there's no need to distract him with pointless news as this will surely do.And he'll be back soon, I just know it. After all...he did make a promise to me."
Kakashi gently set an unconscience Genma down up against a nearby tree and immediatly fell to his kness as they buckled beneath his weight. His chest struggled to rise up and down to regain his breathe that he had lose but found that even breathing was agony. What little breathe escaped his body was rasp as if flem was stuck in the walls of his lungs but knew that it was infact his own blood.His shaky hand went to the wound in his stomache. He decided to wrap the wound up while he was taking a rest. He struggled to undo his vest and shrugged it off his shoulders wincing in pain.Why on earth did he put another vest on he'd never know. The blood stained vest fell to the floor behind him to better show the wound, but his grey shirt still was able to hid the true nature of his injury. He slowly and carefully pulled the material over his head and frantically stiffled the cry of pain that threatened to escape his mouth into a low whimper. After regaining control of his pain he gazed down at the wound. Fresh and dried blood covered and stained his enitre lower abdomen.He reached back into his pouch and pulled out some materical tape. He inhaled deeply getting as much air as he could and began to wrap the tape around his waist several times, tight untill the pain softened alittle. Almost immediatly the red began to stain threw the surface but Kakashi was gratfull that it held.
Kakashi's spirts soared as his strained and very tired eyes looked apon the large gates of the place which he'd called home for his entire life.He felt his body immediatly tense up and hurt more, if possble, just to know how close he was to her. Grunting in pain as he suddenly tripped over a rock which come into contact with his dragging feet. His weak body, almost completely drained of what little chakra he had saved for bad situations, easily fell over and he landed painfully in the dirt. His face grinding against the pebbles below, untill he came to a stop. Genma's body rolled of his back beside him. Kakashi felt like he had completly teared wide open his wound and felt like almost crying in pain, but didn't. He tasted blood that fell from his deep cut in his forhead into his lips.
"Lutienate!"He heard a call and the stomping of feet as they approached him. The guards had thankfully spotted them, Kakashi grunted and pushed his weak body onto all fours, his limps visably shaking at the action.Shrugging off the hand which had come to asist him.
"Help, Genma"He grunted in response and shakily rose to his feet, and was surprisingly able to remain there even though his tired legs felt like they were going to buckle any moment.
"Yes Lutienate."He replyed and both guards turned to the body of Genma.
Sakura's eyes whipped open in surprise, as she pushed herself up onto her elbows in the small hospital bed. The room was empty, Naruto must have left for the night.
Her eyes suddenly shifted to the window. It can't be...She thought.No it is! It's weak but she could still sence it. Kakashi's chakra. He's back!
Sakura pushed herself out of the bed as fast as she could and stripped the hospital gown from her body.She rushed over to the closet and frantically ripped her clothes from the hanger. She slipped the t-shirt she'd gotten from Kakashi's dresser over his head and pulled up the tight shorts. Not even bothering to put of shoes she crept to the doorway and carefully pulled the door open. She peaked outside, seeking fro any nurses. After the coast was clear, she slipped threw the opening and silently shut the door behind her.
He heart rapidly beat within her chest and she quickly and swiftly moved down the long hallway.
She ran out of the hospital intomthe darkness outside., immediatly feeling the blistering cold wind blow agasint her skin and bare feet.. She shivered but completly ignored it and took off to the left.
Sakura's eyes darted frantically around her in search for the man that she longed for for an agonizing month. But with no success.A sudden clash of thunder startled her ans she turned her gaze upward, pausing in her spot. She felt the cold rain suddenly pour down.In a second, she was drenched completly from head to toe. Sakura began to cry out of frustation, but her tears went completly unnoticed threw the rain.
She truned her head down to the long pathway and gasped.
Kakashi weakly looked forward, struggleing to hold his head up threw the pain he now felt in his enitre body.His vision was badly blurred but he could barely make out a figure standing not too far away. His heart began to beat faster as he immediatly knew who it was. His sore feet were forced to move closer.
Sakura was now balling her eyes out as she watched him struggling to walk towards her. He looked terrible, his hair flat against his sore eyes, narrow in pain and baggly from loss of sleep and exhaustion. His shoulder hunched as if he was too tired to lift them, and his hand on his stomache for some reason.
"Kakashi"She cried.
"Sakura, what are.. you..."He struggled to speak his voice rasp. But he was cut off when his body finally gave out and he fell forward to the stone floor.
"KAKASHI!"She screamed and ran over to him." Oh, God, Kakashi!"She cried and carefull knelt beside him and rolled him over onto his back. His head effortless rolled to the side as he lacked ther streigth to move it. He just looked up at her with tired eyes.
"Sakura, you're can't be out hewre."He whispered.She ignored the objection and looked down at the deep wound on his chest and began to cry harder ,her shoulders shaking with her sobs. Kakashi's eyes began to slowly close as he desperatly wanted to sleep. But he felt her hand roughly slap him across the face and he looked up to see her glaring down at him.
"Dont' you dare go to sleep!You hear me!"She ordered"Now get up!"She slipped her arm under his neck and lifted him up she that he laid his head on her chest.
"Don't Sakura, you.."
"I won't let you stay here in the rain!You'll die!"She cried and pulled him to his knees His body leining heavily on her even though he didn't want to just incase he hurt her.She grabbed him and struggled to pull him to his feet.
"I can't .."He whispered pathedicly but she didn't stop.
"GET UP!"She screamed in frustration and finally got him to his feet, slipping his arm around her shoulder for support.