A Hokage mustn't concede to defeat. No. That option was just simply inexcusable. It was mandatory for a Hokage to suck it up. But, everyone has their weakness. You aren't able to evade temptation when it came down to that one specific weakness. And when that weakness backfires on you, you must make a choice. You may keep your guard up at tall times and attempt to fight off your weakness. Or you may accept the fact that you can't escape from it…

Did you know Sakura's weakness? It laid right in front of her.

Sakura nearly collapsed to her knees at the sight of Sasuke's body. He had kept his sound sword clasped tightly behind his sound rope. His chest was flooded with massive blood.

She couldn't breath. There he was. Her weakness.

"How was he injured? Where did you find him?" she asked impatiently

The nurse immediately piped up. "He was found unconscious just right before the gates," she explained "One of the guards witnessed his training—it was nearly suicidal"

Sasuke wouldn't kill himself. He won't die that easily. But what type of brutal training did he do?

"Rokudaime-sama?" one of the nurses blurted "Do you know him?"

She hated the sound of that 'Rokudaime-sama.' UGH. It felt just disturbing. Her body felt unstable and began to feel nausea. Her eyes lingered at Sasuke's body…it wasn't because of the blood. She was thinking the worse.

Sasuke-kun..

"Yes. I do know him." she finally responds—preventing her fear to show. Remaining calm on the outside while your insides were mortified. Sakura found this with great difficulty just to bear it.

Do something! She still contained Inner Sakura all these years.

"I'm going to need everyone to leave" she spoke gently. "I want to do this by myself"

Her voice was serious and it had that quality that just wouldn't allow you to protest against her wants. She didn't look at them directly, but kept observed the Uchiha.

"Sakura-sama—what's going on?" the nurse asked curiously

"Nothing" she said "I'm using my own jutsu for this one"

Her own jutsu, which she had developed while training with Tsunade had severe consequences if the procedure wasn't carefully planned. It didn't risk only Sasuke's life. It jeopardize her life as well.

She hated repeating herself. "Okay..." the nurses slowly backed away stepping themselves out. They were well aware of her outrageous strength.

Once Sakura heard the door shut behind her, she was able to let out a sigh of relief.

Sasuke, what do I do with you? Wake up..

She leaned towards his body on the bed, as she could no longer delay her tears. No one was able to hear any of this. The silver liquid drops met Sasuke's face.

Get a hold of yourself, girl! Inner Sakura reminded her

"Tsunade is going to kill me because this jutsu is only for last resorts in war" Sakura whispered to the unconscious Uchiha. "But you're worth it"

If I die during this operation, I want you to live. Don't die Sasuke-kun. I won't let you go again. Naruto-kun would've wished for you to stay here.

Her jutsu required a large amount her charka. After all of her procedure, and Sasuke's condition, she was insecure about it. This jutsu was far too extreme for one person. Nevertheless, she seized herself to proceed.

Strong charka formed on the palm of both hands. The charka level was way too intense any of the nurses could've handled.

One mistake and he's dead..and you'll most likely die too.

Slow and steady. Concentrating and maintaining this type of charka was difficult. His wounds were cut way too wide and deep.

She suddenly couldn't keep still anymore. Her body trembled as she sensed her charka gradually draining.

Chakra finally formed her hands entirely. The next step wouldn't seem like a medical ninjutsu at all. She immediately pressed her hands reached deep inside his wounds on his chest. Her charka focused on ending the internal bleeding which would ultimately cause the outside's blood flow to ease just a bit.

She continued to press her hands against it until she would feel a pulse. No pulse was there.

What's going on, this should be working! She refused to give in so easily. This was Uchiha Sasuke. There something about her that just wouldn't let him go this time.

When her chakra subsided and couldn't maintain it any longer, she felt herself collapse to ground. Her hands unleashed of from inside Sasuke's chest. Her gifted hands carried his bloodstains.

The jutsu was completed. Sasuke would live. She breathed heavily and formed feeble smile at the thought of him alive once more.

Yet, her body was weak. She could no longer breathe and couldn't help but fainting. The dark room spun around as her vision lost focus. Unable to uphold her balance, she dropped slowly on the cold floor. Sasuke was still oblivious as he was still unconscious.

You're alive Sasuke-kun. That's all that matters.

So the kunoichi faced her weakness bravely. He was bound to wake at any moment. Sasuke was now stronger than she was. But she wasn't afraid of that. When she had healed him, did she think about her weakness? No. She only kept focused on the procedure, wanting her weakness to live. Why would she want her weakness to live? Because she knew that the weakness had only been keeping her strong all these years...

A/N If the last part was confusing to you, let me clarify it: Her weakness was Sasuke because she loved him. Love makes you weak. She didn't think about how much she loved him, but listened to her head during the procedure telling herself that her purpose was to let him live. Yet, she knew that the only reason why she had remained strong was because of the pain that Sasuke gave her. She knew that by overcomming her weakness, (aka Sasuke) she would stay strong.

Yeah, so if you don't understand that..I can't help you.

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edit:

Okay. I'm really sorry to announce that I have to end the fic right here. (Remember? I said this might be a three-shot?) It sucks when an author leaves at a cliffhanging spot and just discontinues a story. I'm really sorry. I'm doing a ShikaIno fic right now and if I have enough free time (and maybe reviews) I'll reconsider. If I do reconsider, it means that enough people want it to continue and I'll have to give them what they want! (that's not a very likely possiblity) I have too much to do in such little time. So right now, I need to relax. I may bring this fic back in 2007. After all, who doesn't love SasuSaku. But for now, See ya! Love you!

Love, sneakerluvvin