Author's Note: I'm sorry I took so long! (bows again and again) I'll try to update faser from now on... Enjoy this short one! :)
xl-black-tears-lx : Thanks for encouraging me to keep this up! You've been faithful! Hee-hee...
The Gandhara : Thankee for your criticism! :) ... Although it got me down for a while, I can see that you're right about the slow part. But I kind of like Sasuke's 'messed-up' reactions. I find it cute. LoL.
Neogem : -gasp- Are you sure you wanna know what happens next!? -wink-
crazy crystal : OK, OK, here's the next chap. Don't kill me! I know it's short, but you gotta understand me! The periodical exams are coming up! -chokes herself-
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NEW Author's Note (as of June 21, 2009): Major changes made. :D .
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Chapter 4: Which Bloodline Did You Say She's From?
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"It has something to do with her bloodline limit," Tsunade told the worried Fusubi.
Sasuke was leaning against a wall while the Godaime and the other guy talked about Mitsuri's condition. Tsunade said that the young jounin was resting.
"Fusubi, you know as well as I do that Mitsuri was left on Sarutobi's doorstep, right? No one saw anyone coming. But..."
"But what?"
"The Sandaime always knew who her parents were."
Fusubi's eyes widened slightly. Even Sasuke was interested now. "What do you mean, Hokage-sama?" Fusubi asked. "Who were her parents? Why didn't the Sandaime tell her?"
"I won't tell you everything, just that I believe his decision to be right."
"I don't understand it."
"You don't have to." When Tsunade saw how disturbed Fusubi was, she smiled. "Don't worry, I'm going to talk to her. No doubt she'll tell you about it."
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A bit dazed, Mitsuri sat up and looked around. The hospital? What was she doing there? Oh yeah, her whole body had freaked out, probably from over-exhaustion. Where were Fusubi and Sasuke? She slid off the bed and walked barefoot to the door.. Darn these gowns! Couldn't they have made ones that didn't reveal my back to everybody?
She opened the door and looked around the empty hallway. Where is everybody? What happened exactly? A lot of questions were swimming around in her head and she wanted answers badly. Still without her sandals, Mitsuri hurried to the lobby and bumped into a big nurse. "Oh— sorry, ma'am. Do you—"
Before she could finish, the nurse cut her off. "What do you think you're doing, young lady? Traipsing around the hospital with next to nothing on!"
"Well, I'm sorry," Mitsuri told her with a frown. "I didn't design these, uhm, hospital costumes."
"Go back to your room!"
"Can you at least tell me where Tsunade-sama is?"
The older woman raised an eyebrow. "What could you possibly want from the Hokage?"
"She was the one tending to me earlier, and I wanted to ask her some questions."
"What's your name?"
"Mitsuri. Odagi Mitsuri."
"Ohhh..." the nurse said knowingly. "The Hokage went back to her office already. She left us a message that in case you're awake, she wants you to go to her right away."
"Great! Thanks for telling me, uh..." Mitsuri scanned the nurse's uniform with her eyes but she couldn't see her I.D. "Thanks for telling me, ma'am." She started for the exit but was stopped when she heard the nurse clearing her throat.
"You don't intend to go out wearing only that, do you?"
"Oh my gosh! Thanks for reminding me!" The kunoichi rushed back to her room and replaced the hospital gown with her own clothes. Then she headed for the Hokage's office.
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Is that...? "Sasuke-kun!" A pink-haired girl ran towards Sasuke. It was too late for him to escape. "Sasuke-kun! I haven't seen you for so long! How have you been? You're a jounin now, right? As for me, I'm currently studying at the medical-nin academy..." she droned on and on while the young man in front of her furrowed his brows with annoyance.
What a stupid girl. She's answering her own questions. "It's been nice seeing you again, Sakura," he said, interrupting her seemingly endless chatter. "I have to go. See you around." He turned to leave but Sakura grabbed his arm.
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Author's Note: I'm sorry this is so short... I'm kind of stressed out with school and all (especially since I'm in 4th year high school)... don't worry y'all! I'm doing a Christmas special just for you guys! I'm still going to continue this one, and hopefully, I can update faster during Christmas vacation. Just lemme know what'cha think by submitting a review or e-mailing me. Take care!