"It runs in the family, doesn't it, Sasuke? I had no idea it had been passed to you. I was almost certain you would have told me you possessed such a power."

"...Power?"

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Pressure Points
Chapter 6 – the end of the beginning

Disclaimer:Don't own Naruto.

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"Sasuke, what is she talking about? Th – that's impossible."

There was silence, before a quiet wail from Yuri was heard. Sasuke quickly bit his lip and placed his hands on her chest, taking in another pulse. He noted it had somewhat slowed down, but still at a very unstable, fatal rate. Tsunade slapped on her Latex gloves and began to quietly massage Yuri's arms, in attempts to slow the girl's heart due to its response to the soothing movements. Sakura's hand was on Yuri's forehead, monitoring the girl's temperature.

"She has a fever," Sakura whispered.

"She can't have an infection, if that's what you're implying," Tsunade quickly replied, replacing Sakura's hand with her own, she too, taking in the temperature.

"That's not it. She had a nightmare – a horrible one," Sasuke said.

Yuri offered the three of them a tiny, weak smile, tears beginning to form at the brims of her amethyst eyes.

"B – brother, I'm sorry. I promised you that – that I wouldn't make you – make you activate them..."

"Yuri, you couldn't help it. Did you dream about your parents again?"

There was silence, before Yuri weakly nodded, unable to find the strength to speak. Sasuke quickly noted the immense decrease in her pulse, the pulse now dangerously slow. The girl was quickly losing heat, the enzymes in her body beginning to shut down.

"Yuri – Yuri!"

Sakura quickly placed her hands on the girl's chest, beginning to perform CPR in attempts to save the girl's dying pulse. Sasuke quietly cursed as the heart monitor's beeping began to become more and more annoying to his ears, pronouncing Yuri's untimely death.

He bit his lip once more, blood drawing from the immense pressure. In his eyes, he saw every single pump of her heart, controlling her blood flow; he saw every tiny move of an enzyme, and then the still movement within her body. The techniques that he had memorized were all flashing through his mind, none of them proving to be useful in her situation.

"Sa – Sasuke, has she ever coughed up blood before?!"

Sakura's desperate screams rung through the air as Sasuke gently pushed her aside. She was about to let off a nasty retort, before Sasuke's serious glare cut her off. He gently placed his hand over Yuri's heart, and winced when the girl continued to cough up her blood. His eyes widened, and removed his hand. Looking closely at her body once more, two fingers traced her lungs and her heart, in deadly accuracy.

"I don't know how the hell it happened, but she has a puncture. Something must have happened in the reactions of her enzymes, because there's a hole in her heart, and the white blood cells went crazy not knowing how to repair it. Something caused her body a nervous breakdown. If we keep pumping her, it'll cause the puncture to open, and –"

"I'm not going to let her die, Sasuke!"

"You think I want to, either? But she's in pain, can't you see that?"

Sakura took a quick glance at Yuri, who once again offered her a weak smile. Tsunade kept a hand on the girl's chest, ready to report any dramatic increases or decreases in the girl's pulse. Her eyes widened at the feeling of a new, regularpulse.

"She's back to normal, for now," Tsunade quietly said.

"Sakura-chan, you promised me...but that was foolish of me...I knew I was going to...die..."

"Yuri, I'm not going to let you die! You're right, I promised you! Yuri!"

"Sakura-chan, please, come here, for a moment..."

Yuri once again smiled when Sakura leaned closer to her bedside, her tears dripping onto Yuri's gown. Yuri weakly reached out towards Sakura, and pulled her down, so Sakura's ears were level with Yuri's mouth.

"Sakura-chan, don't – don't everlet Sa-Sasuke activate those eyes. It – it hurts him. P – please! I – I know you two used to be friends..."

"Yuri, what are you –"

"It hurts him...every single time he looks in the mirror...because in those eyes...is a past untold..."

"Shit, her heart's slowing – "

"Yuri, thank you," Sasuke whispered.

Yuri offered him a weak, genuine smile.

"Thank you, Sasuke-nii! I...really enjoyed..."

"Sasuke! What are you doing?! She's – she's dying!"

"Sakura, please let me go? I – I thank you..."

"Yuri, stop!"

"Will you...be his new mirror?"

"Yuri –"

"Goodbye, everyone."

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There was silence as the heart monitor spoke the flat line of death. Sakura quickly turned away from the bed, and slid down on the floor, tears falling from her eyes. Tsunade shook her head in despair, and gently removed the gloves from her hands.

"Please call Shizune in right now, Nurse. Everyone else, file out."

There was a quiet shuffling, as the doctors and nurses present in the room quietly walked out the door.

"I – I can't believe I let her die," Sakura whispered.

"Sa –"

A loud thud was heard as the Uchiha fell onto the floor, sweat dripping from his forehead and his brows narrowed in the expression of pain.

"Sasuke! Sasuke!"

Sakura shook the Uchiha in attempts to wake him up, but to no avail.

"Tsunade-shishou? Could you please help me take him to my dorm? I'll take care of him there," Sakura said, quickly wiping her tears and picking up the lean Uchiha.

Tsunade quietly nodded and helped support the man's weight, and the two quickly made their way across the campus.

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Moonlight penetrated through the girl's dorm window, as she quietly changed the wet cloth on the Uchiha's head. It had been four hours since Yuri's death; after bringing the Uchiha to Sakura's dorm, Tsunade had abruptly left and rushed back to the clinic, knowing that Shizune would have arrived as soon as the two had left.

Sasuke quietly stirred, letting out a groan of pain as he slowly opened his eyes. Sakura let out a sigh of relief when they had returned back to their mysterious, onyx color, and no longer the intimidating, crimson red.

"Are you alright, Sasuke?"

The Uchiha turned and offered his friend a weak smile, his eyes intensely gazing into her own.

"Aa. Thank you."

Sakura offered him a tiny smile.

"So, are you going to tell me the whole deal about your eyes? And why you passed out?"

"It's a long one."

Sakura lightly giggled and shook her head.

"I've got all the time in the world."

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A/N:So, this was a short chapter...
Anyway, I'm not really into this one that much.
So, anyway.
Seriously, the screwed up actions are coming in the next chapter.
Bwahaha.

Thanks for reviewing everyone! (:
And thank you for reading! 8D