Right…
I have no excuse for this fic to be late except to read all of those wonderful fanfics out there. Some of them were discontinued though...which made me sad...so I've decided that I should really think up how to end this before it gets to that point. I still have to work out the details but I have a faint idea of how it will work. In order for it to work, I changed around the chapters, editing them and fixing the stuff that ppl e-mailed me about. hint, hint, nudge, nudge
The disclaimer: Come to think of it, I never did own Naruto…did I? I dunno. You tell me. I don't think I've ever really owned anything. What does it mean to own something? What is this own that you speak of? Huh? Whaa?
I've gone from the state of denial to the state of confusion. Going past the border on the highway, I must've lost a bit more than a few loose change…maybe some of that gray stuff in the thing called the head…
Enjoy!
Chapter 5
She always turns so intellectual when she's nervous…so…wordy and long-winded…speaking of long, her legs-
She tapped the pencil, implying that she wanted an answer sometime within the decade. He tore his gaze from her when he found himself staring, and realized that she'd asked him a question.
"I'm sorry, did you say something?"
crack Well, there goes the pencil. I really should stop treating people like Gai, although I would never stare at him like-
"I said what happened? Before I got there of course."
So it was her. Thought so.
"If I tell, you tell me what happened afterwards." He finally said.
"Deal, but you go first." She grinned.
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"Right, I went, I saw, I conquered…then I was ambushed on my way back," he added, almost as an afterthought.
Ambiguous as always… She sighed and chewed her pencil.
He continued, as if reading her mind. "Around twenty or so shinobi, all chuunin level, except one jounin. It was stupid of them to try to take on an ANBU operative, and in broad daylight too. I was near the village, actually, when it happened. One shot me with a poison dart and the leg wound was from when they drugged one of my ninken."
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"Finished mission, then ambush. Twenty shinobi…no survivors." She intoned as she wrote, raising an eyebrow as if asking for verification. He smirked at her guess, partly because it was right and partly because she guessed it right, but more so because she guessed it right.
So my favorite kunoichi does know me well…wait a sec, since when was she my favorite…
"…Mist nins, if their poison is any indication." Sakura knew better than to ask for more information; ANBU missions were always confidential.
Sakura, my favorite kunoichi…does have a nice ring to it …
"Your turn." Kakashi said, impatiently.
"Long story short, Konohamaru and Udon found you at the gate, half dead, with minor contusions and incisions, that leg wound, and the toxicant-"
"In the vernacular, please?" he interrupted, putting on his best eye-crease.
There is really no point in her talking if I can't understand half of it. Not like I don't mind listening to her voice…
It seemed that whatever was punishing him mentally earlier had stopped or gotten liberal, for his mind's drift towards a certain female medic was becoming more and more...extensive, and without interruptions. He had to admit, he was pushing it.
Sakura rolled her eyes and continued, "As I was saying, Moegi kept you alive 'til I got there and got rid of most of the poison, minor stuff, etc. Oh yeah, I healed your leg so that you wouldn't wake up to blazing agony, but then I ran out of chakra, and had to get hospitalized myself. Not exactly the first time that happened. But the antidote didn't get rid of all the poison, so you probably will have a fever, unless you already have one. Speaking of which…" The ANBU operative flinched slightly at her touch, but she merely scowled, apparently noticing the heat more than the movement.
She sighed, "That's why you aren't supposed to do any training in the hospital. I can't tell if it's a fever or if it's just you sweating. I swear, what's up with all you guys? Every time Lee-san gets hospitalized, he reopens his wounds so many times, and he won't get it through his bowl cut that the cleaning lady seriously does not like cleaning up pools of blood and sweat, but then he's never gotten much through that anyways. He's maddening enough to justify homicide. It's always youth, youth, and youth. And that bowl cut." she shivered, "Speaking of hair, I used your hair for the medium for the healing. Just a bit, though, off the top…
"Sa-" Kakashi couldn't make head or tail of what she was saying, and she was rambling again. If this was the long story short, he really didn't want to hear the original long, although that part about Gai's protégé was true, and he was glad that she used the honorific, knowing that the three-letter-add-on kept Green beast jr. an acquaintance, if not less.
He also couldn't get a word in edgewise; she just kept on talking
If we were lovers, I'm supposed to kiss her to shut her up right? Wait, why am I thinking about stuff like this?
"…but, seriously, if it is a fever, I can't really help you on that, because it's the body's own mechanism for getting rid of foreign materials, and it would interrupt the immune system. Your leg still needs time for recovery. I didn't get enough time to heal it completely and then I have to make sure that the cells are recovering the way they're supposed to." she finally stopped, appearing to be quite out of breath.
"I see," he lied, "So how long do I have to stay here?"
"You'll be able to walk after I finish healing you now, but you still need rest for the poison. I'd say about a week or so. But then, I shouldn't think that it would matter how long you have to stay here. We are both intelligent people. You'll probably be out of here as soon as your leg is healed."
Smart girl…no not girl, woman…
He groaned inwardly as he caught himself again, mostly because he had yet another reminder of how…mature she was.
"Yes, indeed, we are both intelligent people," But I could try to get out even faster "What do you want in return for, say, getting me to my house and healing me?"
A/N: ooooh, my first real cliff-hanger…
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…or rather my first use-of-a-procrastinational-tactic-just-because-I-have-yet-to-figure-out-how-exactly-they-would-get-out-of-the-hospital-even-with-Shizune-and-Tsunade-not…really-there-to-stop-them…
Meh, I'll figure it out all in good time…I know basically what happens but w/e…I'll wing it somehow
Anyhoo, for all of those people who were waiting patiently every week because I said that I'd be posting once a week, I'm so very sorry. I was editing the previous chapters and trying to figure out the way that I should be progressing with this story...
Gomen...
Well, to be completely honest, I was also watching my fair share of Naruto and Bleach...
...and now I know that I should try to follow what I said I'd do, if I didn't want people to feel like I felt when the Naruto manga didn't come out that one week!
We all friends, riiight?