Fallen Petals
by Diana-san
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
Chapter 3
Sakura shut her eyes as her grip on Sasuke's hand got tighter. She took a deep breath, knowing that if she couldn't calm down and relax, she wouldn't be able to save Sasuke. Sakura took several deep breaths to calm herself again. She concentrated as she made her mind go blank. She let all her worries disappeared as her mind became empty and barren of troubles and worries. Then, she let one image appeared in her head. A familiar figure appeared in her mind as she concentrated. The features of the figure started to come clearer as Sakura's breathing became steady and her heartbeats slowed down a notch. Dark-colored hair was revealed in the form of spiked up locks. A small smirk played on the edge of the guy's mouth. The navy blue shirt was worn loosely on his body as he shoved his strong masculine hands into the pockets of his shorts. The dark obsidian eyes bore into her and Sakura felt like he was almost actually looking at her if it weren't for the fact that he was merely a mental image. 'Sasuke.'
"Sir, look!" a man in a medic uniform cried out. He was standing beside another man who wore the same exact outfit. They were the two medic-nin who were told to watch over Sasuke until Sakura came. Now, they stood to the side, watching the whole scene unfold before them.
The older medic-nin looked up. He gasped a short intake of breath. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. He blinked twice to see if his eyes were seeing what he wasn't believing.
"Sakura-san's chakra and Sasuke-kun's chakra…"
"…they are being fused together!" the younger medic-nin said, finishing the older medic-nin's sentence.
Sakura's green chakra was being fused together with Sasuke's blue chakra. The two chakras surrounded Sakura's hand that was holding onto Sasuke's hands. The chakra glowed brighter as it got bigger and soon it began to change colors. The blue-green chakra turned to cyan and then to a teal. The bright color of the chakra glowed impetuously and if stared directly at it, you would have thought you would have gone blind from the brightness.
"It's unbelievable," the young medic-nin murmured as he stood next to his sensei. The elder nin nodded in agreement as he was still in shock. He had never seen such a thing in his whole twenty years of working at the hospital.
"It's truly a miracle," he murmured. "No wonder she is Tsunade-sama's apprentice. She is skilled and gifted and was able to master S-class techniques in only a few month's time."
The young medic-nin's eyes widened. "Really?" he asked in surprise.
The older man nodded. "She is a strong one, that girl."
Sakura felt strong. It wasn't like a typical feeling of strong. More of a gut feeling kind of strong. She felt relieved almost but she didn't know why. There was a crisis at hand and yet she felt relieved. She felt powerful as if she gained a whole new level of strength. It wasn't a physical power like her monster strength but it was something that made her heart feel lighter and she felt like she could do anything.
'Anything?' Inner Sakura asked.
'Anything. Like, saving Sasuke.'
Sakura opened her eyes. She stared at her hands. They were glowing a strange teal color instead of her usual green color. The mysterious color was puzzling and the powerful chakra seem to have a mind of its own as it enveloped around Sakura's hands.
'What the hell? What is this chakra?'
'This must be a combination of your chakra and Sasuke's chakra!' Inner Sakura replied excitedly.
'Sasuke's chakra? But how?'
Sakura looked over at Sasuke. Sasuke had beads of sweat clung to his face and body. His breathing wasn't normal and his face was even paler than before.
"Sasuke…" Sakura whispered. 'He gave me his chakra so I could save him…'
With determination in her eyes, Sakura once again, began to place her palm over Sasuke with her glowing hands. '…I can't let him down!'
One second passed and then another second. The seconds turned into minutes and the minutes into more minutes. Sakura was frustrated. She couldn't save him. She had her palm over Sasuke for over five minutes and still no results showed. Sasuke just laid there looking like he was already dead. She stared helplessly at the beaten up man in front of her. Her mind was screaming out. She couldn't stand it. Not being able to help. The feeling of being able to do nothing was even more painful than expected.
Frustrated, Sakura let the tears fall freely. The tears traveled down her already moist cheeks and hanged in droplets at the end of her chin. Sakura took a short breath as she tried to remain calm and in control of her overwhelmed feelings. Deep down, her heart was telling her something. That Sasuke was going to die. Sakura frowned as she refused to listen to the repeated thought in her head. 'No, no, no! This can't be! I didn't train for six whole years under Tsunade-sama only to let the people I care about die in front of me. This can't be happening. I won't let it!'
Sakura closed her eyes and with everything she got, she put every ounce of energy into healing Sasuke. Sakura could feel herself getting weaker with every second. All of her chakra was being drained and she knew that sooner or later, she would have no more chakra. With her last ounce of chakra that she could muster up, she placed her palm on Sasuke's head. Feeling worn out and drained of all her energy, she began to waver. The room before her started to move as she felt herself falling. She slowly closed her eyes and the light in the room came to be a pit of eternal darkness. Her eyes closed together as she was submerged into the darkness. Her body collapsed on top of Sasuke's bare chest as she laid there still and silent. Any signs of movement had been wiped out and Sakura's troubled thoughts had come to a close. The once muddled mess of incomplete thoughts were now cleared and had been replaced by only one single worry and thought.
'Sasuke.'