A/N: Hey guys! Thanks for reviewing my latest chapter : ) I'm happy, I'd expected to get less reviews but perhaps Kakashi and Sakura are viewed and read lots, yay! I hope my story won't disappoint you guys : (. But yeah here is my latest chappie.
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Chapter 7The next morning came by too fast for Sakura, she felt as though she closed her tired eyes only minutes ago, and when she opened them again, she realized that the it was no longer nighttime. Sakura groaned in annoyance, at her unfinished sleep. She rolled over to look at the clock, it read 7: 45 a.m, how great, and Sakura remembered they had to be at the office by 8:30.
She went to the bathroom and came out later, fully fresh from the cool morning shower; she went to her big black plastic bag in order to pick out appropriate clothes to wear for today. She picked out something that would look like a medic-nin, clean and white, of course her medic uniform being stolen and everything. She wore a short sleeved white blouse along with a black pants with black shoes. She then braided her pink hair and made it into a bun.
She made her way out of her room, as soon as she closed the door, her mind went back to Kakashi, she wonders if he's still sleeping. He probably is. She felt the need to wake him up, but then, he'll probably get annoyed.
HEHEH, he's not in Konoha, he doesn't have an excuse to be late, Inner Sakura made a thumbs up, Hah, and I'm not going to save his ass, besides I have to go now.
Sakura walked out of the hotel and through the busy morning street. The atmosphere was just like in Konoha in the morning, vendors selling their food and products. Someone arguing with another over charging too much on whatever they've bought. Women were shouting and bustling with their children to send them to school. Sakura felt almost at home except for the chill due to the place being in the mountains.
Sakura hugged herself from the morning chill and made her way inside the office. When she opened the door, she nearly bumped into a short man full with his hands full of stacked papers. Sakura quickly apologized and made her way to the Lord's office.
She found her mouth hanging open when she saw right in front of the Lord himself, was a tall silver haired masked man talking to him.
" Oh, Sakura, you're late." Kakashi said.
Sakura felt like the world was going to end. Kakashi was early for the first time she'd ever seen in his life! And Sakura could tell Kakashi loved to say that to her, all these years it'd always been Naruto, Sasuke and her biting his bottom about his lateness. Sakura snapped out of it and bent her back forwards in a slight bow of respect.
" My apologies Lord." Sakura apologized.
" I appreciate your manners young lady, but do be punctual next time. Anyway, please listen carefully as today is the first day of your investigation on the mystery of medic-nins or similar jobs being murdered, well almost." The man paused, to gather his papers.
" I'd like to give you all the information, but I'd say the hospital is a better place, they will tell you the necessary information to track down the killer. I shall contact you in a few days time to see how you are going, Hatake, I wish you luck." Lord Sudaigo concluded before dismissing them.
Kakashi gently nudged Sakura and both of them exited their way so they could go to the hospital to start their investigation. The office was very crowded so Kakashi and Sakura felt themselves suffocating due to everyone squeezing in everywhere. They were relieved when they got to the door and Sakura felt her chest loosen up to the cool fresh air.
" Kakashi! You're….early!? Damn you for not waking me up. I've woken you up all those times on those other missions, and this is how you repay me…" Sakura hissed.
" I bet you weren't planning on waking me up today." Kakashi said smugly.
Sakura didn't reply but pouted and crossed her arms as they made their way to the hospital.
The Hidden Hills Hospital to their relief, was not so much crowded as the office. Sakura could feel herself inhaling to that similarly familiar scent that reminds her as a medic-nin back in Konoha. Everything was white, from the medic nins to the doctors and the patients that loomed about everywhere. Kakashi shook his silver hair which had always seemed to defy gravity and it being wet from the showers, didn't really stop it from being spiky still.
" How can I help you?" The receptionist said quickly.
" Hi, I'm Hatake Kakashi with Haruno Sakura. We are from Konoha. I trust that both of us are to meet…Ms. Hana?" Kakashi said slowly.
Sakura raised her eyebrows, this woman they're going to meet. Her name is also Hana, the first medic who got killed recently of this case was also named Hana, she was quite sure it was purely coincidental.
" Right, her room is on the second floor, room 222, and her name is also on the door." The receptionist said quickly and then immediately moved on to the next customer.
Kakashi thanked her even though she was concentrating on some customer complaining about something. He made a gesture to Sakura and both of them set off to the second floor. Even the lift was crowded, but Kakashi and Sakura squeezed in among a pregnant lady, another lady with a crying child who couldn't stop coughing, and just a few older patients. When it was their floor, Sakura and Kakashi got out of the lift and immediately searched for Hana's room.
They finally found her door near the end of the long hospital hallway and knocked on it and pushed the door open. A woman was sitting on her desk and was busy writing something on paper. She mumbled something along the lines of 'come in and have a seat' Both Sakura and Kakashi sat themselves on the two seats in front of her.
It was only when she lifted her head up that Sakura was able to take a good look at her, she checked out Kakashi first Sakura had noticed, she wasn't really affected by it, but deep down in her subconscious she felt something annoying tugging at this woman who clearly looked quite interested in Kakashi. Hana was a beautiful woman, her complexion paled due to living in cold climate, her curly reddish hair bounced with every movement, then her very dark green eyes gave her a mysterious look. She looked about twenty-five. Sakura sneaked a look at Kakashi, he was calm and collected, but Sakura could bet tons of money- she knew him all these years- that he was interested.
" So, Ms. Hana, I'd like to introduce myself. I'm Hatake Kakashi and this is my partner in this investigation, Haruno Sakura. We'd like all information about Ms. Kahiko before and after it happened." Kakashi stated.
" Pleased to meet you Hatake, and you too Haruno." Hana nodded her head. " Yes, I will explain, around 2 years ago, the medic society in our little town was very amazed at a young girl with astounding healing abilities and medical knowledge. For her age, she was quite advanced, so the professionals upgraded her. Her name is Kahiko Raigunjo. "
Sakura took all her words carefully so that she could remember, and writing notes would help too. She took a pen and began scribbling.
" So, although her status is a trainee-medic, she was assisting brain surgeons, some even in emergency situations were left on Kahiko to do by herself. Knowing her, I think she's a determined calm, quiet type of girl, quietly confident but not so much she boasts of her abilities. She had been acting normal, the way she is, I don't know much about her as she isn't much of a talker, but she is just the way she is, and then the next day she just, didn't come to work. That was a shocker, she hardly misses any days. We thought she just had a rare case where she got a cold, obviously she's just a normal girl, but then the next day and the next she didn't show up. And then the ninja shows up questioning everyone, apparently her Dad filed a missing report in the ninja headquarters since the first day she didn't come to work." Hana said, taking a sip from her coffee.
Sakura kept writing important information.
" And yeah so, for a week, everyone was alert on finding Kahiko. Our village is pretty small. If someone were lost in the village, it wouldn't be difficult to find them. The ninja's on investigation couldn't really find any clue of the whereabouts of the girl." Hana paused, so this information could be plastered in their heads.
" And a week later, the ninjas brought in a very bloody almost lifeless girl, it was Kahiko. She had been beaten to a pulp and had obviously been left to die. We all tried our hardest to make sure she won't die, which she didn't. But she was unconscious, but anyways, she did wake up yesterday, however she remains very weak and couldn't speak or even lift a finger." Hana said.
" About the Dad, do you know about when he last saw Kahiko from her Dad?" Sakura finally spoke.
" Um, yes, well. I was going to take both of you right now to Kahiko, I think her father is probably there now. Its around the morning, he visits her during his breaks from work. I'd say it is best you ask him, rather than hearing it from a third-person outsider like me." Hana gave a business-like smile to Kakashi, revealing her white shiny teeth.
Sakura cringed at her own teeth, it wasn't a bad one, just a bit uneven at the sides making her fang tooth, look more like, well, fangs, and just slightly yellow teeth. Oh well, no one is perfect. Sakura tried to reassure herself thinking. And that was weird, when was she suddenly comparing every qualities this beautiful woman have with hers, Sakura felt like slapping herself for feeling very envious. But now, she has this investigation to take care of, she needed to take it seriously, this could affect her life.
" Shall we go?" Hana asked.
" Yes, we shall." Kakashi answered.
Hana left her desk and walked fast towards her door and opened it so Kakashi and Sakura could go first. Then they walked along the hallway to another room. Hana gave a brisk knock on the door before opening and then peeping her head in. She then opened the door widely so Sakura and Kakashi could enter the room.
Sakura stared sympathetically at the poor form of the woman lying on the bed right on front of their eyes. Her whole body was covered with white bandages and her pale face was almost purple as there were scars and bruises everywhere. Her eyes seemed to be half closed. An old man was sitting beside her bed, stroking her blue swollen hand.
" Hagami-san, please meet Hatake Kakashi and Haruno Sakura. They're from the village of Konoha, I hope you'll try and assist them as much as possible in this investigation. Thank you." Hana said before leaving the three of them alone.
" I've heard of you." The old man said tonelessly, his eyes darting at Kakashi.
Kakashi nodded and pulled a chair, and gestured Sakura to also pull a chair to sit near the man.
" Sir, we're sorry about what happened to your daughter. And so, for justice, it'd be very helpful for us if you could tell us what happened to Miss Kahiko, so we could find the person who did this." Kakashi said seriously.
The man seemed so neutral and still, Sakura wondered if he would turn into stone any minute. His balding thin hair limped on his head, it too was losing the will to live. Thick white eyebrows hid his eyes, but they were unmistakably grey. He seemed to have a constant frown upon his face, and Sakura wouldn't blame him, who would be smiling when you find out someone you love like your daughter has been kidnapped and tortured?
" I don't want to get involved with this. I bet you're in it because of the money anyway, and the culprit is probably halfway around the world…too late" Hagami muttered, his eyes staring at the window.
" Sir! We're not-" Sakura blurted out, she really wanted to respect this man but one thing she hates and annoys her is people who don't cope for the best. She was interrupted when she saw a glove hand in front of her. Kakashi had put it there so she would stop.
" Hagami-san, I'm not so sure about that. I do not want to panic and frighten you, but you must know the truth, I doubt the person has ran away across the world, I even doubt this person has left this countryside. And the reason this killer hasn't left, is because of your daughter. It is a motive of this killer to search for something from the selected people, and if the killer do or do not get what they want, it is a lose-lose situation, they die. And I'm afraid to say your daughter is even much more involved in our investigation and in danger because, the killer failed to kill your daughter." Kakashi said.
Hagami shook slightly after hearing Kakashi's words.
" So, you're saying, they'll be… back…to finish what they started." The man said hoarsely.
" I believe so." Kakashi said firmly.
" Please protect my daughter!" Hagami begged, grabbing Sakura's hands.
" I'm sorry. I take it all back, just please, I don't want her to die! She's all I have!" Hagami cried.
Sakura patted the man on the shoulders gently.
" We'll try everything sir, but you have to tell us." Sakura said.
" …. Kahiko stayed up late at the hospital that night, she already sent her friend who lives nearby to stop by at my house to tell me she was going to be late. Obviously I hate it when she does late-night work, but it can't be helped. And it was quite late when the friend stopped by around 11:00 , I decided to go to sleep, and when I woke up it was already morning, I checked. Kahiko still hadn't come home. I got worried a bit, but decided that the work must have taken all night long so she didn't bother coming home, so I decided to bring her some food and check the hospital. And I went there-to the hospital, and I nearly got a heart attack when I found that Kahiko was not there! I asked some of the workers and security guards, and the last they saw her was in her office, and then the next security patrol check her desk was empty, so they assumed she got home. But obviously, she wasn't." Hagami took a deep breath before continuing on.
" I panicked, and I went to the report her as a missing person, me and the officer ninja's searched everywhere, we couldn't find her, and I was getting devastated day by day. And then one week later, I was at the officer headquarters, I wasn't going to give up when a farmer came rushing in saying he found a bloody tattered girl in his farming area. All of us rushed there, and indeed it was Kahiko. We immediately brought her to the hospital, she would have died if not for the hospital, and till a few days ago she finally woke up but she's very very weak. She can't even move her mouth or her finger." Hagami said weakly.
" How is she now?" Kakashi asked crossing his arms.
" Well since she woke up, doctors know she know has a stable chance of surviving, but she just can't move anything, only stare around. But she's trying to make an effort." Hagami answered.
" Thank you sir for your cooperation. Now we must leave to start our investigation." Kakashi said and stood up.
" We'll try our hardest!" Sakura said and followed Kakashi out of the door.
TBC
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A/ N: Sorry if its too short! And I know not much of Kakashi and Sakura, but we're getting there! Plz review!
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