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2nd chap complete! This chapter is dedicated to Youndime16. She helped me a lot through out this chapter. And Yuki thanx 4 da review. M definitely gonna add ur suggestions to the story. But in the next chapters. For now read and enjoy.
Chapter # 2
She opened her eyes slowly, coming out of the dazed vision. She could make out the hospital machinery even in the blurred vision. Suddenly all the memories of their recent mishap flooded her mind and she felt the migraine starting again in her head.
Her heart ached with pain as she remembered the soft and warm lams of her baby. Her eyes filled with tears.
'Sasuke', she called her husband in a low voice.
No response.
'Sasuke', she called again, her voice raising a few notes and cracking due to the dried throat.
Again no response.
No please not you too. Please don't leave me.
'Sasuke!', She cried hysterically, tears rolling down her face now.
At the same moment, the door opened and a shadow stepped in.
He rushed back to the hospital suddenly feeling a great urgency to be at Sakura's side. He zoomed passed the trees, fast as he was. (He was an Uchiha prodigy, nothing less could be expected!)
As he entered the corridor of the hospital he could hear Sakura's faint voice calling for him. He hurried down the empty and silent hallway and entered the room.
'Sasuke!', Sakura was shrieking hysterically, he could make out the spilling tears on her face.
At an instant he was at her side.
'I am here sweetheart. Don't worry.' he said gently patting her head with his palm.
Sakura turned her face towards Sasuke her eyes pleading and carrying the expression "Sasuke, don't leave me like that."
He felt someone squeezing his heart with great force.
He kissed Sakura's cheek gently and then made her lay on the bed. Laying beside her, he started running his fingers in her hair softly.
'I am here', he said again now slipping in the thought that if he had gone, she really would have….. He couldn't think about it.
She needed him. And he wouldn't dare leave her side again.
Sasuke felt Sakura's body going lump and then her relaxed breathing. He knew she had fallen asleep. The medicine's effect hadn't completely vanished. He looked at her face. She was weaker then before. Stress and anxiety weren't really helping her get any better. She needed her baby. He needed her baby.
'It isn't like they need help or anything but maybe it can help Sakura. I will talk to Tsunade about this in the morning', He had decided the next step.
'Tsunade isn't there a way that Sakura can recover her chakra quickly', Sasuke was in Tsunade's office in the early morning.
Tsunade looked at Sasuke, taken aback by his words.
'I knew you will be surprised by my decision but I have decided that I and Sakura will leave for the rescue mission by ourselves tomorrow morning. She isn't getting any better just laying here. If we did something about our baby, if we went personally I think it will have a positive affect on her health'.
She knew he was right. She had thought about that Sasuke actually making a right decision? That had surprised her the most.
'I will see what I can do', well I really will have to see.
"Just one day. It's gonna be a bit difficult to add a huge amount of chakra to her body in a short amount of time".
The Hokage was lost in the thought when she heard a light tap on the door and saw Shizune enter carrying some scrolls.
I have brought the scrolls you requested Tsunade-sama, Shizune said placing the scrolls on the table.
'Huh? Oh right. Thanks Shizune', she said stepping out of the world of her thoughts.
She started searching and memorizing the methods needed for the chakra reviving jutsu.
But what about the effects! The after effects of the jutsu will be disastrous. But she isn't going to survive at this rate. She is taking far too much stress.
'I have faith in you Tsunade-sama. She is gonna be fine', Shizune said in a soothing tone, smiling at the Hokage.
'I want you to inform Kakashi's team that Sasuke and Sakura will be joining them soon'.
'Hai', Shizune said and left the room.
'So which way now?', Naruto asked Kakashi.
Kabuto has masked his scent and chakra perfectly. Even Kakashi and Itachi couldn't sense his chakra.
Kakashi looked at Itachi who nodded in response.
Kakashi made a few hand signs and then placed his hand on the ground.
With a cloud of smoke a dog appeared. ( pakkun of the kakashi ninken)
'Search for Kabuto's scent'
The dog immediately started sniffing around.
The dog gestured in disappointment. 'I am trying to track him down but there isn't any chakra remnants or scent signatures what so ever'.
Naruto exhaled in frustration.'Its like the man vanished from the face of the earth or something!'
'Now what?' Naruto was the chatter box.
Just then a bird appeared before them.
'Hokage-sama's carrier bird', Kakashi said opening the folded parchment of paper tied to the bird's neck.
'Sasauke and Sakura are going to join us soon. They would leave in a few hours', Kakashi informed his partners who make a confused face and then nodded.
'May be we can track Sakura's scent. I can sense faint remnants of her chakra signatures given off by the Daisuke. Apparently Kabuto had some trouble masking his chakra', Itachi (of course) came up with a plan.
Kakashi and Naruto followed Itachi and they swiftly disappeared in the dark woods again.
'We will rest here for a while. We have to be at our full strength to encounter our enemy. And we have to wait for Sakura and Sasuke anyway', Kakashi said in a tired tone opening up his back pack.
'I will pick up some wood sticks for fire', Itachi said and then vanished from sight.
Naruto yawned and then started opening a pack of chips. They couldn't waste time cooking the food.
'We have to rest and quickly recover our strength to leave soon again', he thought.
As they laid there, they thought about their quick goodbyes to their beloved wives.
'Hinata I have to leave soon. Please prepare my bag', Naruto said leaving for the bathroom taking his towel from his wardrobe.
He appeared again after a while, his hair dripping water. Hinata took the towel from his hands and after kissing him on the cheek started drying his hair with it. Naruto smiled and held her hands in his and squeezed them a bit before hugging her tightly and kissing her forehead.
'Be careful O.K.', Hinata said handing Naruto his supplies' bag.
Naruto nodded and left, closing the door behind him.
Itachi came back with the woods after a few minutes and ignited them. He sat, his back resting against the tree trunk. He had taken the first watch. He watched his teammates serene sleeping faces and then sighed.
Hey come back soon alright, X said watching him prepare to leave.
He had just come back and was leaving again. Yugao wouldn't have let him leave if it wasn't for the fact that the mission was very important for the sake of Uchiha clan itself. (Yugao: that cute girl who's hayate's lover in Naruto but not here :) noop! she is Itachi's wife in my story. U can't argue with the author! )
Itachi held Yugao close to his chest. Their lips locked in a passionate though brief kiss before Itachi quickly disappeared from her sight.
She sighed. He was like that. He didn't like to speak but showed his emotions by his sweet gestures. That was one of the things that made her love him even more.
Sasuke returned to sakura's room. He saw sakura, now wide awake and striding in the room, tension clear on her face.
'I talked to Tsunade, Sakura. We will leave in a few hours after you have revitalized your chakra'
He saw relief sweeping across her face. Now that she can do something personally about Daisuke's kidnapping, she could settle down a bit. She was like that, he knew better than anyone else.
Tsunade entered the room after a while and performed some hand signs. A greenish glow appeared in her hands as she scanned sakura from head to toe with it.
They entered the Uchiha mansion and quickly prepared to leave. Sasuke was now wearing ANBU uniform. He had joined the ANBU in the foot steps of his elder brother.
Sakura appeared from the dressing room, now clothed in her sennin outfit with an Uchiha crest engraved in its back. Her hair was tied up in a pony tail, a few pink locks surrounding her face.
She saw a toy on the bed they had bought for Daisuke before his birth.
Tears flooded her eyes but she quickly dries them and started putting on her ninja bag and dropped some medical equipment in there.
'We are coming sweetheart. You are gonna be O.K., just O.K.'
The next update may take a while. My university is reopening soon. So I have a few things to take care of first. But hey if I get a lot of reviews I may update soon :) so TC BBYE till next chapi! Stay happy!