Summary/Disclaimer: Time for another chapter of the Merc and the Medic. Enjoy the 1400-word chapter. I don't own Naruto, Masashi Kishimoto and a few others do.

(Hidden Leaf Village, General Store)

Marmora remembered waking up, finding a stack of Ryo with a note from Sakura.

'Hi, Marmora, I went to the hospital at 10 today, I will be back at 6Pm today. I left a list of things I need from the general store and left the money to get them. Sakura.' He remembered reading while he walked towards Sakura's home.

He wondered how the medic was doing at the moment while he walked home, he had to find out the criminals coming after him… Which would then change to going after Sakura and anyone that they had to.

"I swear, I wish I didn't meet Dagger sometimes." Marmora said before he dug the key Sakura gave him out of his pocket and opened the door.

Marmora was very good at organizing things, he didn't like things being out of place if he could help it.

He left food on the counter so Sakura and him could have food later. He decided to go and check out the forest, he wanted to make sure that there was none of the criminals in town already.

"I swear, the Hokage is going to hate me if he finds out the reason there's an army of criminals and mercenaries after me." Marmora stated before he walked out, dusted off his hands and rushed up to the roof before he began to sprint towards the forest.

(Konoha Children Mental Health Clinic)

The health clinic wasn't really the biggest health facility in Konoha, Sakura was as much a doctor as she was a Jonin.

"Director Haruno!" She heard from the secretary to the facility: Aimi.

"Hi Aimi, how are things?" She asked, she had remembered how she had met Aimi. She remembered meeting the woman being fired from her job as a Chunin shortly after the war, she had tutored Aimi like Tsunade had done with her.

"Their fine, I was just telling the staff what to do for the day. I was just wondering when you would come in for the day." Aimi said before Sakura smiled and leaned on the counter.

"I had things to deal with, but I'm back. I'll be in my office if you need me, you're in charge, Aimi." Sakura said before she grabbed her coat and walked into the clinic office.

(Forest of Death)

Marmora landed in the clearing and started to look around while he cracked his neck.

"Those ANBU are more through then I thought, I wish I could meet them." Marmora said, he slowly started to check through the clearing for anything they might have missed in the first place.

He turned in time to see a Kunai slice his cheek before he grunted in pain and looked around.

He flicked the blood from the cut to the ground while he winced in pain.

"It's going to take more than one Kunai to deal with me." He said while he scanned the trees while he hummed and then he turned to see one of mercenaries for Danuja.

He managed to catch the soldier by the leg and slammed him into the ground before punching the man in the throat.

He looked at the defeated soldier before 2 more dropped down and grabbed his arms while he went to kick at both of them.

"Bring it, I'll kill both of you before Danuja can do anything at all!" Marmora yelled before he headbutted one of the soldiers and then he heard laughter as the soldier twisted his arm.

"Ah, Mam, mam, I was wondering where my favorite buddy went!" He heard before he growled and continued to struggle against the mercs before a man with a black bandana, a ripped green fur jacket, black boots, a mask that looked like a growling bear and red gloves.

He also saw the bear's emblem on his back and sighed.

"Kuma, of course, I should have known you would be sent. They always send you when someone needs to be stabbed to death and left to rot in a gutter." He said before he looked at the soldiers while Kuma let out an insane laugh.

"You wound me, Mam, mam, last time was fun, remember!?" The insane ANBU assassin yelled.

"Yeah, I stabbed you in the eye when you tried to snap my neck and you fell down a cliff into a lake. I should have made sure you were dead back then." Marmora said before he managed to knock the mercenaries back before he felt a kunai stabbed into his side.

He managed to kick one of the mercenaries to the side before he was stabbed in the leg before another sliced into his back. he managed to land a kick on Kuma before a fist slammed into his chin, rattling his teeth before another punch to the eye spun him around.

Marmora was kicked to the ground before he tried to stand while Kuma put his foot on Marmora's leg.

"You always were so easy to break, I felt bad breaking my favorite toy…" Marmora heard before Kuma twisted his foot and his injured leg bent to the side.

Marmora screamed as the trio began to leave, carrying their wounded comrade.

"Tell your pink haired friend I said hi." Kuma said while Marmora felt the cuts began to bleed while he feebly tried to get up, his wounds felt deep. He guessed it was serrated blades, maybe poison, he felt sick.

Kuma always was a sadistic monster, he had nobody around at the moment to help him.

"Someone get the ANBU to patch him up, this was a warning, not a killing. Boss said not to murder him yet." Kuma stated before he and the trio vanished.

(With Sakura)

Sakura had no idea what was happening at the moment, she heard a knock on the door.

"Ms. Haruno, some ANBU agents just brought in a wounded Ame Shinobi, they said he had a note pinned through his hood." Aimi said while Sakura's eyes widened.

"MARMORA!" She yelled and nearly body checked her secretary out of the way. She knew her doctors could handle someone's physical wounds, but…

She rushed to the lobby and gasped while she looked at her new friend.

His left eye looked swollen and puffed up, like a snake had emptied its venom into it. His right leg hung limply to the side, clearly fractured if not broken. She saw a stab in his chest and side.

"Director Haruno, the ANBI brought him here instead of the main hospital. We were just checking his wounds… He's in critical condition." One of the doctors said before Sakura rushed over to check on Marmora while she pulled his damaged hood down.

"He has deep lacerations on his lower back between L5 and S2… And near his inner ribs, I don't know if he has internal bleeding. His leg is also broken and his head looks concussed… What the hell happened to him?" She heard from one of the doctors before her instincts and training started to kick in.

"Get a room prepped for him, I'll stabilize him now." Sakura ordered as her staff went off to handle her orders.

Sakura lifted Marmora's head, cupping it gently so she didn't aggravate any wounds to his head or further trauma.

"Marm, who did this to you? What the hell happened?" Sakura gingerly asked while Marmora groaned and slowly looked at the Jonin/medical director.

"Kuma, he's one of the syndicate's chief assassins and lieutenants… He ambushed me at the forest with some of Danuja's soldiers… He's the guy Dagger stole from… He got lucky… Ow, I feel like he ripped me open all over…" He moaned out while Sakura slowly began to heal him.

"Marm, stay with me." She said before the soldier started to pass out.

"Marmora? MARMORA!" She yelled at the mercenary as he went limp in her hands.

Author Notes

Phew, another chapter done! Yes, I know I kind of rushed things, but I did want to point out how serious and dangerous the villains are. Next chapter will be on Tuesday or so and will show more of Sakura and Marmora talking and Sakura planning how to fight the syndicate. Until then, lighting Wolf out!