Chapter 3: I hate Hospitals
I stand here now, staring at the door infront of me. Stark white - like everything else in this damned place - well besides Sakura-chan that is. My Sakura-chan - you should have seen the look on that basterds face when he found out that Sakura and I were a "us" It was priceless but that was also the day...the day..we found out.
Flashbacky goodness!
Sasuke was walking down the street - he had been back for a few weeks now, his cursed seal faded away into nothingness. His eyes were on the ground, avoiding the few harsh glares thrown his way. He was on his way to his best friend and Rivals house - Uzumaki Naruto. The Dobe - well he couldn't call him that any more could he...no..he had killed a Sannin with an animalistic visciousness that Sasuke had never seen. It made him shutter just to think about it.
He arrived at the apartment at about noon, and made his way slowly up the stairs, he sighed deeply to himself.
"Just tell the dobe your sorry...ask him to traine you so you can protect the village..and protect those that saved your soul" he walked up to the door and sighed, he went to open it - and found it locked. Odd - Naruto never locked his door before he left. He caustiously reached up and knocked on it, but right before his hand hit it, it swung open - and there stood Naruto - in his boxers - apparently not happy, and covered in sweat.
"Training dobe?" Sasuke laughed just alittle but Naruto merely growled at him.
"No - go away basterd I'm busy right now!" and he slammed the door in Sasuke's face. Sasuke just blinked, right before the door had slammed he could have sworn he saw a flash of pink...no! It couldn't be!
"Well I will just have to find out who is in there with him..." he could feel another presence, but not put his finger on who it was. I quickly poofed away much like Kakashi - Sensai to go talk to the one person who might know the truth, one - Yamanka Ino. I poofed back into existence infront of her familys flower shop and stepped inside. Nara Shikamaru was sitting on the counter playing Go with a rather confused looking Chouji. He glanced over to me and grunted - I can tell he doesn't like me very much.
"Is Ino here?" I hear my voice say, and I watch his eyes narrow coldly. Chouji puts his hand on Shikamaru's arm, but I can tell why he's angry. Why else would the laziest genius in Kohona be hanging out in a flower shop unless he was dating the cashier. Even I saw that one coming way back when we were genin.
"She'll be out in a minute - what do you want?" Shikamaru could be rather..scary when he was in a foul mood - you just knew he was thinking of hundreds of ways to torture you.
"I needed to ask her something about Naruto...I uhh..went to his apartment today and he shut the door in my face...I saw something that might explain why - but I need conformation" Why was the great Sasuke being humble? Because - this was InoShikaCho I was dealing with - working together they were on Sannin level - something as begrudging as it was to admit - I was far from.
He merely grunted as Ino stepped from the back, he turned and kissed her - right on the lips - right infront of me. I guess he just wanted me to know that she was his. Ino didn't seem to object much, even after spotting me. The kiss lasted nearly a minute before it broke and Chouji just sighed.
"Ino - you know Sakura best...I - thought I saw a flash of pink hair in Naruto's apartme -"
"Whats today?"
"It's friday?"
"I mean the Date"
"October 11th..."
"Don't go back to Naruto's apartment until Tommarow at the earliest you won't get in - and even if you do - Naruto will likely kick your ass for entering his den"
"His Den?"
"Yes - his Den. Now please leave - it would be..bad for business for you to be seen in here right now." She simply turned from him - shocked, and wandered out of the store.
It was two days later - two days of Sasuke wondering what was going on, two days of barely any sleep - that he finally arrived once again at Naruto's door - again he went to knock and the door was opened - his eyes went wide. There was Sakura - eyes looking droopy, hair down infront of her eyes - smelling of...of..something he refused to believe. She smelled of..sex and ramen! She grumbled softly at him.
"Who is it?" her eyes moved up to see him, and widened. It was Sasuke, the boy she thought she once loved - why oh why did she choose now of all times to answer the door. From behind her someone grunted.
"Tell them to go away and come back to bed Sakura-Chan!" I stepped from the room, and saw him there, face paler then normal, eyes wide with shock - mouth gaping open - he suddenly just dropped to the floor.
End Flashbacky goodness
It was that day, after we took him to the hospital we learned - That Snake Basterds Cursed seal had poisioned his blood - Sasuke was going to die - and there was nothing that we or any one else could do about it. The Doctors said it would be a week - it's been three months - he is a stubbern basterd just like me I'll give him that. So now we head in - he called us here. We are going to say goodbye...goodbye to a close friend - goodbye to a brother.
End Chapter
A/N: Next Chapter may take abit to come out - I've got a sore wrist and a microscopic stress fracture in my forearm, hard to type. Peace Love Cheese.