Hey everyone here's the new chapter and you didn't have to wait 3 months for this, hope you enjoy it.
Also i like to give a forgot shout out to Saya Raizen you were in the wrong section of my email and I didn't see it til after 12 had been posted. Sorry Saya Raizen i'll make sure that doesn't happen again.
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Sakura for the first time in a long time felt relaxed. Today she didn't have to worry about getting up early, missing breakfast, arrive to work where her workload was a mile high, and then go home late eat whatever in her fridge go to bed and then repeat. Yes, that was what she did everyday after work. Today, all she had to worry about was enjoying her day off. Maybe a glass of wine with some cheese and crackers as a snack.
Rrrriiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnggggggggg
The sudden noise startled her, causing her to jump slightly. This could not possibly be the day in where she had to be bothered. Times like these made her question her choice of career. Always receiving calls from other doctors and nurses. However, no matter how much she whined about her job, she still enjoyed saving lives and helping others. It can be considered a sense of redemption for previous sins. Sakura remembered one past "mistake" in her life. It wasn't typical for her to reminisce, but when she did there was always a single person that popped up in her head.
She didn't dare speak of him. He was a part of her life that she left behind and was in no rush to see him again.
Rrrriiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnggggggggg
Once again her phone rang. "I should probably answer that" Sakura thought. If the phone rings multiple time then it must truly be important.
'Oh no you don't! This is the first day off we had in months and you're about to throw it out the window!' her inner self snapped.
"How do you know that it's the hospital? It could be someone else." Sakura tried to reason with herself. Like that moment in where you try to find an excuse for your own demise and put it off as a courageous act of valor.
'Fine go ahead and dig your own grave.' How sarcastic really. Sakura picked up her phone and proceeded to answer the individual that dared to interrupt her day off.
"Hello, this is Sakura speaking."
"Umm hello it's Menma" answer one of the nurses spoke.
"Um hello nurse Menma is there something you need?"
"Unfortunately yes I do. I hate to do this considering this is your day off but we need you at the hospital."
Sitting up from her spot on the bed Sakura ask, "Where is lady Tsunade and Shizune?"
"Well something came up in America and they had to leave rather quickly. At first everything was fine, but then a large surge of patients came in and now we're swamped."
Sighing Sakura got out of her bed, "Understood, I'll be there in less than 45 minutes, please maintain everything for me until I get there as well as compile a list of high priority patient for me."
"Yes ma'am, thank you so much." after that Sakura hung up on him and begin to dress herself.
"Guess the cycle continues." she thought
'Told you not to answer that.' her inner spoke, "but did you listen? Noooo."
"Don't rub it in."
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Sakura groaned for what felt like the hundredth time in the last two hours. Menma wasn't lying when he said that they were swamped. Patients ranging from simple headaches to open wound. One kid that came in who was vomiting his own blood. By the end of that visit she had to change into hospital scrubs cause her outfit was covered in it.
"What I wouldn't give to sit down for just a few moments," she thought leaning against a nearby wall. Out of nowhere chaos erupted from her left.
" Dr. Haruno, Dr. haruno!" a nurse came running up to her.
Straightening up Sakura asked, "What is causing all that noise, Nurse?"
"A very important person has arrived showing some illness. Apparently he had passed out at work and one of his subordinates immediately brought him here. He's been moved into one of our vacant rooms and he-"
"Wait, why has he been placed to a room so quickly. There are still so many people out in the waiting area who haven't been seen. Please tell me nurse that this man hasn't gotten a room simply because he is wealthy."
"Well, umm, yes doctor he is one of the higher ups with the uchiha corporation, but doctor he does show signs that did take priority over some of the other patients." the nurse said holding out the clipboard.
Grabbing the clipboard from the nurse, Sakura quickly skimmed over it. She saw that the patient had blacked out about an hour ago and had been admitted into the hospital 30 minutes ago. Since then, he had recovered and woken up, but his eyes were blood red, and blood work from the lab came back and didn't shown any signs of retinitis or damage to the optic nerve. Inflammation in these tissues of the eye could cause bleeding and possible loss of vision. Chills began to cover her entire body and she came to realization.
'These symptoms...' she thought, 'these are similar to patient X's file.'
"Alright I'll go see this patient, please make sure that other patient are well taken care of." Sakura said.
Wasting no time, Sakura searched for the room number in a haste, that she paid no attention to the name on the clipboard. Once she had found it, a sense of determination clouded her sense of judgement. She knew she shouldn't be focusing on patient X, but frankly she didn't care. This may be her only chance at blowing away the cloud of mystery that surrounds patient X. Ignoring the cries of the nurse, Sakura raced to room 7. When she arrived, she paused as she saw two large guards standing outside the door. They looked frozen in their position. The only thing moving was their eyes, that darted back and forth. When she approached the door their eyes zeroed in on her, following her every step.
When she was in front of the door, the guards didn't speak, but it was understood that they wouldn't let her in unless she was a personal staff member. Flashing them her badge, the guard wordlessly stepped aside and Sakura entered the room. Her heart pounded as she entered she realize that it was one of their larger rooms, usually reserve for long term patients but she guessed patient X should probably have more privacy considering his condition. The bed was surrounded by a blue tinted curtain. This allowed any personal check up on the patient to be done in privacy and if necessary an emergency surgery would be possible.
"Who's there?" a deep voice called from behind the curtain. A familiar feeling fell on her, but she didn't know what it was.
Choosing to ignore it she straighten herself. "Hello sir, my name is and I'll be your doctor today." As she spoke, Sakura proceeded to putting on her gloves.
"I don't care who you are." the voice snapped, "all I need from you are the discharge papers and to tell those guards outside to allow me to leave." said the patient stubbornly.
Sakura tried her best not to snap back at the guy, but he was really testing her patience, reaching for the curtain she said, "I'm sorry sir, but I can't let you leave until I can make sure you are not in any danger."
"Don't enter." he snapped. Sakura froze, she sighed to calm down her rising anger and let out a breath.
"But sir, from what your file says, it appears you may be suffering from some acute eye problems. We are looking at a possible corneal infection or retinal detachment. You cannot take this lightly."
"My stupid subordinates are just overreacting and I think you are too. " he said, "I'm fine, and the sooner I get back to my work the better it will be for me."
"Sir, I understand your work is important. Frankly, I can relate with you sir the workload can be a bit stressful, I've even considered changing my current career choice," she couldn't chuckle at how her morning started out relaxing, but was abruptly ruined by a single phone call.
She could hear him give a small chuckle, "Sounds like your fire is being dimmed."
Sakura nearly dropped her clipboard when he said that. An image of him immediately came into her head and the painful feeling that she had buried deep down began to resurface. Shaking those feelings away Sakura regained her composure, "This isn't about me though sir, but about you. Now, here it says that you blacked out. Is that correct?"
"That was nothing, just an intern overreacting. I was tired and hadn't eaten that morning," he interrupted.
"Please answer my question." Sakura was beginning to lose her patience. There was a line that should never be crossed between a patient and their doctor. This man was definitely getting closer to the line and if he didn't die from whatever disease he had, Sakura would make sure to kill him herself.
There was a pregnant pause before he answered. "Yes." Sakura relaxed slightly at his response. She was getting somewhere with the patient. That was a step forward.
"Is there anything I should know about your medical history? Since I'm not allowed to look at anything other than what was documented in this hospital."
"Look, doctor. I don't have time for this. Can't you understand I feel fine."
"Maybe so, but first I cannot know if that's the case if I can't examine you. Second your file said that your eye was blood red, that alone means I need to at least examine your vision and to make sure a blood vessel didn't rupture in your eye."
"Look doctor Haruno, I bet you're very busy and so am I. So here's what I'm going to do," suddenly something was thrown over the curtain, when she looked to see what it is he saw it was a checkbook, "write down how much it will take for you to discharge me from the hospital. "
"How dare you! I am a respectable doctor who values her work. For you to think that bribing me would work. That is disgusting! I can't be bought." Sakura could feel the rage bubbling inside her. One of the few thing she hated was when people disrespect her passion.
He scoffed again,"I use to think the way you do when I was younger, but now I know the truth. When you don't, you are powerless, meaning anyone can decide your future for you, know this Dr. anyone can be bought. The more money you have the more power you acquire, the more control you have. Money is what decides a person's loyalty and their future. So I'll say it again, how much would it cost for you to discharge me Dr. Haruno?"
The anger that she had been suppressing exploded in her. Wasting no time Sakura stomped to the curtain and threw it open. Right when she was about to let her anger let loose her mouth failed her. The door that held her past and her pain locked away broke open. He was there laying on the bed, a look of amazement was on this face. Even now looking at him, her heart felt like it was being held in a vice grip. The only word that could leave her mouth was, " Sasuke..."
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