Yo sorry this didn't get up sooner, my computer was fried and I had to get a new one. I had this chapter finished but it got erased when my computer crashed. I have a new one and were all systems go now so yeah! My cat is the one who spilled coffee on my other computer thus blame the cat! Though I have a new computer and it's much better so maybe I should thank the cat? Lol Sorry it takes so long for me to update, just give me time ne?
Itachi: Like the last time you updated wasn't long enough?
Kyo: Shut up I am trying here! I'll have you know I wasn't lolly gagging around. I was working on the next chapter of Cherry blossom's return!
Itachi: Whatever.
Kyo: Furthermore this time I had a good freaking reason for being so late updating! So Ha! Take that know-it-all Uchiha!
Deidara: Yeah your cat is the reason, yeah!
Kyo: (Sweat drop) Yes and I am not talking to her in anger either.
Everyone else: ( sweat drop while thinking) You talk to your cat?
Kyo: anyway I am rewriting this now on the new computer after many failed attempts. I actually had to write this chapter on paper! O.O
Itachi: Just write the chapter already.
Kyo: gezz don't rush me I'll have you know writing is hard work while using a pen and paper your wrist hurts like heck after three hours.
Itachi: Well if you would write the chapter your wrist wouldn't have hurt so bad, instead your ranting. There is no point to this useless crap here.
Kyo: Oh? Like you talking? That useless crap?
Itachi:...
Kyo: Moving on!
Recap chapter seven:
Such a bother. Though somehow it was worth it as she laid down in her bed next to Deidara. Everything was far from over but Sakura was at peace right now. Things were calmed down and she felt safe as Deidara wrapped his arms around her and pulled her closer. She sighed as she laid her head on his chest.
He kissed the top of her head softly.
" What ever happens to me Sakura-chan. Yeah. What ever my fate is...I just want to tell you thank you. Thank you for helping me even though I'm not a nice guy. Yeah. Thank you for caring. Thank you so much." He hugged her tighter.
" You are a nice guy Deidara." She leaned up and kissed him softly.
" Your a very good guy. Just troubled." He chuckled but it was somewhat unamused.
" More like in trouble. Yeah" She smiled a little against his mouth.
" I love you Sakura." She blushed and pulled back staring up at him. Unsure what to say to that.
" Sorry." He looked away from her eyes but she leaned up and kissed the side of his mouth.
" I love you too." He blushed that pretty blush and looked back into her jade eyes. He had never felt more at home. Never felt like he belonged anywhere else. Never felt like he belonged. Until now.
End recap:
Chapter eight: Wound
A week had passed since the prison had been blown up. ( Part of it anyway) The Elders did not attack again so far. It was oddly peaceful in the village. Said prison had been rebuilt in such little time and the Elders had told Sakura that she could put the two criminals back in their cells.
Sakura had scoffed mentally but kept a straight face as she stood in front of the four Elders and told them they had been moved to a safer location. She refused to tell them where it was. The Elders has seemed shocked at this information, because she made it harder to kill their targets.
She had been on edge for the past week too, just waiting for something to go wrong, or an attack to come. A attack could come at anytime what so ever and Sakura didn't know if they would attack her, or her friends. Sakura had made sure that all her friends were paired up in threes where ever they went, besides if they were given trouble they are shinobi and should be skilled enough to handle it, plus with three to a group they had a better chance yet.
In the mean time she prayed nothing happened or went wrong. They were safe for now. She had assigned three to guard her house no matter what. One Hyuuga being there at all times to see through jutsu, and make sure no one was sneaking in or planted something in her house, like a bomb. Hinata or Neji was at her house at all times.
Speaking of seeing through things, Neji had taken note of Deidara sleeping in her room with her. When she went out to ask on any new information from the ANBU guarding her house, Neji had commented on it after pulling her aside.
She had smiled at him and told him to trust her. She asked if he were jealous and he looked surprised before he scoffed and turned his head, but not before she saw the blush crawling up his neck. A stubborn Hyuuga he was. Neji was just being a good friend. He thought he had to protect her from everything.
In the years that Sakura had become stronger, training hard under Tsunade, Sakura had gotten closer to more people in the rookie 12. They had helped her reach her goal of becoming a fit shinobi of the village. Some had helped her and some respected her.
Neji had given her his time, respect, and even friendship, though he disliked hospitals. She thought it was cute the first time she found him injured and he didn't want to go. Through out the years however, after countless times that she had to hunt down the Hyuuga after every mission just to drag his sorry butt to the hospital she grew annoyed.
The Hyuuga was the worlds most stubborn person, that was for sure. She wondered if he bared the pain from his wounds because he was too full of pride, or maybe he just didn't like hospitals. She had tried to go to his house to heal him but some wounds were too severe to heal him at his home.
Moving on though, Kakashi and Naruto had moved in as she had asked them to. So not only were three ANBU watching her house, ( Including a Hyuuga) But also Naruto and Kakashi were in the house protecting her and in turn Deidara and Itachi.
She asked one of the two to be in the house at all times no matter what. So far they had done as she asked. She grew annoyed however with Naruto. He kept eating all her food, she could never keep ramen in the house for more then a few hours and that is if she got the food at night while he slept.
She told him if he didn't stop eating all her food she was going to take ramen out of his diet for a week. He had cried for the rest of the day. Seriously a twenty year old crying because of a threat to his ramen. He acted like a four year old.
On another note Sasuke had been shocked when her and Itachi told him of what really happened at the Uchiha Massacre. What shocked Sakura was not that he had cried, but that he had cried while Itachi held him. That and that Itachi had looked so relieved and so happy that Sakura had felt tears herself spring in her eyes.
Sakura had never seen that side of Sasuke, of course she had never seen Itachi so peaceful and happy either. She was so happy that Sasuke had forgiven Itachi. Itachi had only wanted to be forgiven by him. They spent a lot of time together the past week.
Sakura gave them space and time alone together that they needed. Perhaps they spoke about the past or maybe they just spoke about random things she wasn't sure, but as long as they were bonding that was all Sakura cared about on that.
Back to the problem with the Elders; Sakura knew that a plan had to be made. She had gone into detailed thoughts with Kakashi and Neji. They knew that the Elders had to be taken down, had to be taken out. Though they had to be replaced. Kohona could not be left with out Elders. If something were to happen to Sakura as the Hokage then Kohona could go into a state of panic with out guidance.
Kakashi took her plan into stride when he asked who she could use to replace the Elders. There was no one out there was that skilled a shinobi or that old. Not that age mattered but wisdom did. Sakura wasn't sure who they could use to be the new Elders after days in thought Sakura had spoke to Shikamaru over lunch at her house and they came up with who could be worthy of doing such.
The new Elders had to be wise, and cool in case of emergency. They had to be strong and they had to be someone Sakura trusted. Someone good for the village. So of course she suggested Shizune and Kakashi. The two people she trusted most who was not the rookie 12.
Kakashi said that was a good plan but he couldn't give up his work as a shinobi the village needed him and it needed Shizune at the hospital helping out. So Sakura figured four Elders better then two. The other two would be Kurinai and Gai. Two of rookie 12's most trusted people. So all together four people, Shikamaru said they could go on missions but only two at a time, thus they always had at least two Elders in the village at all times.
Sakura had been grateful for Shikamaru he was wise beyond his years.
When the Elders make another move, or attack someone again, Sakura would have them captured and killed. Then she would explain what the Elders did to be killed. Then tell the village of the new Elders. The Elders deserved death after all the pain, death, and sorrow they caused through out the village and through out history.
The Uchiha clan could have been a great clan. Sakura would have liked to have known Sasuke and Itachi's parents.
Sakura ran a hand over her face. She was walking to the hospital. She had agreed to train Sasuke more today, though it was more of his observing her as she worked more then anything. He had perfected his chakra control in such a short amount of time and for that Sakura was proud, he had also healed the little bird.
Sasuke had left earlier to train and she had told him to just meet her at her office. When she entered the hospital the receptionist smiled at her brightly and Sakura smiled back in greeting. She walked to her office quickly no time to waste today a lot had to be done.
Of course all this halted when she walked into her office to see a very dirty Sasuke. ( O.o)
" Did the tree and mud puddle win the fight?" She asked upon seeing how filthy and roughed up Sasuke was with leaves and twigs tangled in his hair. Not to mention the mud that caked most of his body. She grimaced at the now muddy floor. Her poor while tile.
She couldn't be sure from all the mud on his face but she thought he was blushing.
" So what happened?" She asked as she walked over to him. She sat on the side of her desk and folded her hands onto her lap. He was standing in front of her dripping all over her while floor. She tried not to wince any more. He looked away from her with a scowl in place.
" It started to rain while I was training." He hesitated and looked embarrassed.
" ...I slipped and hit my head. When I woke up I was in a puddle and covered in crap. When I realized what time it was I hurried here." She gave him that look, that said clearly how much an idiot she thought he was.
" You couldn't..I don't know...have taken a bath before coming here?" She asked standing and walking to him. He was surprised and stepped back as she came closer, of course there was a couch behind him and he backed right into it thus falling back onto his bottom onto the couch.
She stood over him bending to look at his head to find the wound he must have. He relaxed when he realized what she was doing.
" I didn't want to be late." He finally said while she shifted through his hair plucking out leaves and twigs while searching for a bump or wound he had gotten while he fell. Now that Sasuke thought about the fall he actually hurt. His head was pounding.
Sasuke vision was suddenly filled with her chest or more importantly the assets on said chest. He was glad his face was covered with mud now because the blush burned. He wondered if Sakura knew she had such sex appeal. Probably not. Though she did do a heck of a job at seduction when she was getting information from criminals.
She suddenly found the spot on his head, and touched it softly he hissed, regardless, in pain and then the pain faded as she moved her hands over the spot gently. She had taken his pain away for now.
" It is not serious. No concussion or internal bleeding. A headache you might have for a day or two but nothing a few pills couldn't help." She said nodding and moving back but looking down at him in a examining sort of way.
She could tell he was scratched up pretty good under all that mud, plus from the fall he could have broken, or cut himself and wouldn't know it. Sometimes you can't feel all your wounds. She pulled him to his feet and suddenly his shirt was falling off him to the floor. He gasped. How?...He saw the kunai and realized she must have cut his shirt.
He wondered why before she touched his chest. Even under the shirt she had taken off him, mud caked his skin. It seemed like he had rolled in the mud not just fell into it. He was confused as she ran her fingers overf his chest feather lightly. He shivered under her touch and he knew she would not understand what she was doing affected him. She was in medic mode.
She moved closer her eyes intent as she ran her fingers across his upper body looking for wounds under the mud. After she made her way around him only finding a wound on his back that was only a little deep she stood in front of him again. He thought she would be done then the kunai came out again and he knew what she was about to do but couldn't stop her in time.
His pants and boxers and all his the floor in a wet slap. He covered himself quickly while she walked around him and checked the back first.
Her finger tips ran along his skin, the mud rubbing off on her hands, but it didn't matter. She found another wound on his left butt cheek that he had told her not to worry about but she healed it anyway. He was beyond embarrassed as he stood naked in her office with her hands running all over him.
After she was through with the back of him she came to the front. He made a face as she leaned closer. Her eyes right in front of what his hands covered. She however was not looking at that part of him. The mud was simply too thick to see under clearly. She found wounds that were not too deep but healed them anyway.
He trembled as her fingers slid over his thighs, hips, and legs.
He wanted to protest he really did but when she gripped his thighs all thought went out the door.
His breath caught and he looked down at her with wide eyes. She ran her whole hand along the inside of his thighs, from knee to groin. His breath came out in a fast gasp.
Get it together Sasuke. He told himself mentally. She was just checking for wounds for Pete's sake.
" Spread your legs." She said and he choked as she gripped his thighs and forced them apart. He lost his balance and his hands shot out and grabbed onto her shoulders. Of course this left his groin exposed where he jerked his hands back to cover. Sakura didn't seem to mind, of course she was a doctor and had seen much more of men then this. She didn't seem to notice his embarrassment or the fine trembling in his body.
He squirmed as she fingered the inside, inside, part of his thigh. She frowned and pulled back and stood, she came back with a wet cloth from a bathroom he had not noticed before now. The warmth touched his thigh and he wasn't sure how it felt. Good or just weird.
She cleaned where she found the wound and pressed her two fingers to it and started to heal. Of course this would be the time when two Ninja would just poof into her office. Of course it had to be Naruto and Deidara. Why Deidara was out of the house at all she didn't know.
Naruto and Deidara froze upon seeing the back of a naked male, soon realizing it was Sasuke. He was standing legs spread hands in front of himself, down there, and someone in between his legs. This of course looked really wrong. Of course they both turned red as Sakura peaked around Sasuke's thigh to see who came into her office.
Naruto had this shocked sort of look on his face and Deidara's was shocked and just a little hurt. Sasuke was of course mortified.
Sakura finished healing the wound and stood placing her hands on Sasuke's hips as she leaned in and spoke in his ear quietly so the other two wouldn't hear.
She told him he could take a bath in her bathroom. Of course to Naruto and Deidara it would look like she was whispering naughty things in his ear. Sasuke hurried into the bathroom shutting the door quickly. Deidara looked hurt, but she didn't explain. If he didn't trust her enough then...
She shook her head and sighed.
" What are you doing here?" She asked as she went back to sit on her desk, wiping her hands on the cloth she used to wipe the mud of the wounded part of Sasuke's thigh earlier. They sat on the couch Sasuke had earlier, well they avoided the muddy spot that was his butt print, and she then noticed they were both wounded.
She slid off her desk and went to them. She pulled up Deidara's shirt and looked at the wound across his chest. It wasn't deep because he must have moved but it could have been fatal given enough force. She went and healed it as she spoke.
" What happened now?" She was concerned as she finished healing Deidara and moved to Naruto pulling his shirt up. He had a similar wound, just more jagged as if the person who made it were drunk. The wound was deeper but healing already from the Kyuubi's chakra. The stomach wound she helped heal then stood back and waited for one of them to explain.
Deidara spoke first.
" Itachi-san and I got into a fight, yeah." Sakura's eyes went wide.
" About what?" She asked in disbelief, he hesitated.
" Well....um... anyway that ANBU passed out." Sakura cursed at the subject change but more so that the fact Neji was an idiot.
" Neji hasn't been letting Hinata take over watch, for two days now. He won't take a break to eat, or sleep. She confronted him then told me when he refused. When we went out to talk to him the idiot all ready passed out. Kakashi-sensei brought him into the house and he woke up and cut me. He attacked me when I said we had to take him to the hospital. Kakashi is holding him now." Naruto said. She wanted to kill the Hyuuga for how much trouble he caused her regularly.
" I'm serious Sakura-chan he went mad!" She sighed.
" Why did you let him wound you? Where was Kakashi?" She looked to Deidara this time but he looked away ashamed.
" He was restraining Itachi-san." He said quietly. Sakura rubbed her eyes with a hand. She didn't want to know what Deidara did to tick Itachi off so bad. Kakashi had to retain him? Yeah he was ticked.
' Why didn't you just bring Neji here?" She asked stressed already.
" Cause he won't come. Kakashi's having enough trouble already." Naruto said. She sighed and shook her head.
" Alright go home and help him, I'll be home in a moment." She said and walked to the bathroom while the other two disappeared in a poof of smoke.
She opened the bathroom door with out knocking. Sasuke jumped and covered himself again. He looked back at her shocked.
" Neji needs my help. Training will have to wait until tomorrow. Are you coming?" He nodded.
" Alright there is a pair of clothes with the towels under the sink." She said then left the bathroom and disappeared and reappeared in her front room.
Neji was pinned to her coffee table by Kakashi and several of his dogs including Pakun.
Neji were thrashing as if he were possessed. Itachi stood against the wall far from the table and everyone else in the room. Itachi stood there as if deeming Kakashi fit to handle the Hyuuga on his own.
Naruto was on the couch and Deidara the chair. She didn't fail to notice that Itachi and Deidara were as far from each other as possible. However that could wait. She went to Kakashi and he let out a breath as she told him to release Neji as she took a hold of him.
The dogs disappeared and Kakashi stepped back. She looked down into his lavender eyes with her jade. He went still under her as if mesmerized by her eyes alone She touched his head with her hand and felt the fever burning him. She sent her own chakra into him to cool his fever a little. His chakra was extremely low so she gave him some of hers, he was also dehydrated and delirious from all the things combined.
He had used the Byakugan for two days straight of course he would be low on chakra. He needed to be moved to the hospital. Sasuke poofed into existence behind the couch, just as Sakura lifted Neji into her arms bridal style.
She put him to sleep. The Hyuuga would blow a gasket if he knew Sakura was carrying him this way.
" Kakashi." He nodded as she spoke and they disappeared together.
Deidara looked to Sasuke. A very unfriendly look it was.
' Uchiha why were you naked in Sakura-chan's office? Yeah." Deidara asked as if nonchalantly but his voice held the promise of danger.
Itachi stiffened at this news and Sasuke saw it from the corner of his eyes.
" I...fell. Sakura cut my clothes off to check for wounds." He explained though was embarrassed to say he fell in front of anyone let alone his elder brother.
" Just remember she is not yours kid, yeah." Deidara said to Sasuke. Regardless of Sasuke being not much younger he called him kid.
Itachi scoffed in his corner of the house and it drew everyone left in the room's attention to him.
" She does not belong to anyone." Itachi said with only a slight bit of annoyance.
Deidara glared and Itachi glared back, well sort of. Sasuke was just confused. If he didn't know Itachi he would say he were jealous, but he did know his brother and he couldn't be. Itachi had never taken interest in anyone male or female before, so why was Sakura any different? The male couldn't even see her beauty though that wasn't all she had to offer of course.
Naruto felt the air in the room get colder and thicker. Deidara and Itachi and even a mussing Sasuke watched each other. It felt like a war had just started.
Sakura-chan sure is popular. Naruto thought looking between the three men left in the room.
End chapter:
Freaking finally! All that work, I thought this chapter would never end! I wrote this chapter three times now! Gah!
Itachi: Stop whining.
Kyo: ( glare) Be careful Uchiha.
Itachi:...
Kyo: I decide your fate bwhahaha!
Itachi: ( sweat drop)
Neji: Of course you would have me all weak and frail!
Kyo: No just stubborn.
Naruto: Awesome I had the last word!
Kyo: Yep! So how do you guys like it so far?
Sakura: Complicated.
Kyo: Eh? How so?
Sakura: I'm with Dei but you said I'm going to end up with Itachi?
Kyo: No, I said you in some way would be closer with Itachi. In what way I don't know yet. You'll be with Dei no worries.
Dei: Why was that brat naked with Sakura-chan! Yeah!
Kyo: Fan service.
Sasuke: ( sweat drop)
Kyo: Until later guys. Don't kill me for this late update kill my evil cat!
Kyo's cat: ( death glare of doom!)
Kyo: ( shivers)
Later!
Kyo