I'm not too happy with this chapter... I think I rushed through it, but yeah, REVIEW! Please? Nobody reviewed last time so I'm not sure if I should still do some romance or something.
"What!" someone shouted, "Kankuro, shut up, you don't want to wake Gaara up!" A feminine voice came from the left side. You could hear faint noises in the background, footsteps, and people talking in hushed tones, the smell of medicine in the air. Oh yeah, Gaara knew exactly where he was.
Bitterly, Gaara's black rimmed eyes fluttered open to see if his confirmations were correct, and indeed he was. The room was painted off-white; in front of him was a faded teal, leather desk chair with metal casters. To his left was his sister Temari, and right beside her was his oh so intelligent brother, Kankuro, sitting in white plastic chairs in front of a wide window with the sun shining brightly. There was a teal desk behind them with many medicines and medical supplies. The desk had piles of paper work on top of it, reminding him of his job, and had 4 cabinets with no handles, just a little piece token off of the bottom of the cabinet so you could open them with your hands, and about 6 drawers on each side of the desk with white plastic handles in the shape of a rectangle. There was a hole so someone could sit between the 6 drawers.
Gaara brought his attention back to his siblings; Temari was wearing her normal ninja attire minus the fan, black fishnet stockings with her long black kimono, red outlining the endings of the cloth, and a red sash around her waist, her ninja sandals and black stretchy fingerless gloves.
Kankuro was wearing a black sweater, the front and back of the sweater reached down to his thigh and the sides stopped at his hips with a red belt-like material around his waist. A white cloth was placed around his arms and tied, letting a piece of cloth flutter down his lower back. His black pants reached down to his ankle and had on black ninja shoes and fingerless gloves, almost like a glove you wear in the winter. On his face was purple 'paint'.
Temari cleared her throat, "Gaara…" she hesitated, afraid she might upset him, "What happened?" Kankuro leaned in and put his elbows on his knees, "The café building was destroyed and you were found, lying right next to it…" He sighed, "People are starting to think… things." He said the last word with venom, "These people are so pathetic…" He mumbled.
Gaara looked over to Kankuro, and then back to Temari, "There was an attack." He stated coolly.
Kankuro snorted, "Obviously, but by whom, Gaara?" Temari closed her eyes for a brief second, then opened them again, concerned teal irises met Gaara's impassive sea foam green eyes, "You're the Kazekage, and you're strong…" she placed a hand on the white sheets of the bed where Gaara laid, "Who could've done this?" she asked in a sweet, calm and concerned voice.
Gaara looked away from his siblings to look outside the window. Not who, but what. His fists tightened as he thought back about last night, or was it last night? He raised his right hand to his neck, there were puncture wounds. His teeth were still chattering and he still felt as if he was frozen, but his neck hurt worse.
A wave of pain came and Gaara winced, "Gaara!" Temari screeched, and shot up out of her chair making the white plastic fall to the floor. Kankuro was still leaning onto his knees, "He's okay Tem." He tried calming her, but a failed attempt. "Okay! Okay! Are you crazy? He is not okay! How could this happen to Gaara!" Temari roared with vehement hostility. Kankuro sighed, "You shouldn't yell Tem we're in a hospital." Temari closed her eyes and put her hand to the bridge of her nose, "Yes, yes, you're right, I'm sorry."
Gaara felt his teeth growing larger, and sharper. His neck was pulsing and the burning increased, "It… Burns." He said below a whisper. Kankuro looked up and Temari turned around, "What? Are you okay?" she blurted out. Gaara looked away from the window and looked at Temari then to the white bed sheets, "Burns." He said again in a breathy voice. Gaara's neck still throbbed and his teeth felt like they were being pulled out of his head. He closed his eyes real tight, "It burns!" he said louder, yelling.
Kankuro rose and ran to go get the nurse, "I'll be right back" he said in an urgent voice. Temari nodded and he ran out the teal door.
Gaara opened his eyes to see Temari looking at him with concern and worry etched on her cream colored face; "Are…" she paused, "Are you okay?" Another wave of pain came and he bit on his tongue from crying out, "Ye, yes." He managed to choke out.
Kankuro busted through the door along side a medic-nin with a mop of pink hair, "Hard, to find… Damnit…" he stated between pants while putting his hands on his knees for support. The medic-nin took a glance at Kankuro, "What? Can't run that far?" she grinned. Kankuro glared at her, "Shut… up." He growled, trying to catch his breath.
The medic-nin turned around and all sort of amusement gone once she saw Gaara, "What happened?" she said with a stern voice. Gaara snorted as another wave of pain came. Temari looked at the medic-nin, "He said it burns… He wouldn't tell us…" she uttered. The medic-nin nodded as she walked over to Gaara, she had emerald green eyes and pale velvety skin. Her pink hair was tied up into a messy bun with some strands shaping her face, "I'll need you guys to leave, sorry" she gave them a sympathetic smile as she walked them to the door. Temair and Kankuro looked back one last time to Gaara, he wasn't wearing a shirt and his lower half was covered by the bed sheets, "It's okay, see you later Sakura, Gaara" Kankuro said as he led him and his sister out of the room.
"Okay, now let's see here; move your head to the right please Kazekage-sama." Sakura, the medic-nin demanded as she put her hand on his shoulder. Gaara stared at her, "I'm fine." He stated with authority. Sakura snorted, "Of course, silly me." While rolling her eyes, "I'm serious." She said furiously, crossing her arms over her chest. Gaara looked at her one last time, then cocked his head to the right.
The hand Sakura placed at Gaara's shoulder slid over to his neck, the other hand was in his rusty colored hair, moving his head more to the right every minute or so. Sakura's eyes widened, "What's this?" she asked under her breath, talking to herself.
She moved her hand over the puncture wounds at the base of his neck, the skin around it was sweltering, red and puffy. Her eyebrows knitted together, "This, this looks like a snake bit, but… Wait" she stated clearly irritated. Sakura looked up and took her hands off of Gaara, "Did you get bitten by something?" she eyed him curiously.
Gaara turned to face Sakura and looked her straight in the eye, "Yes." He stated. He watched her as she was thinking, "It was a man." he muttered.
Sakura looked at him with disbelieving eyes, "A man?" she said as she tried to surpass her giggles, "Nice, now tell me what it was that bit you so I could get the antidote."
Gaara winced as another shock of pain crossed his neck, "I'm telling you the truth" he roared through gritted teeth. Sakura narrowed her eyes, "Okay, I'll believe you…" she moved her hands back to their original position in his hair and on his neck, "For now" she muttered under her breath.
Sakura's hands felt like ice as she ran her fingers over his wound. He sighed inwardly with content, her hands were so soft and tender, the iciness of her hands soothed his aching neck. Without notice, he cocked his head further to the right.
Sakura noticed that he immediately relaxed into her touch and smirked, the cold usually impassive Gaara was acting like a dog wanting a belly-rub. She moved her hand over the wounds in a circular motion while the she ran her other hand through his hair. His hair was so silky and smooth for someone who lives in the desert, his skin was so rough but smooth. She concentrated on the puncture wounds, rubbing them to see if there were any lumps, Gaara winced.
Gaara very well knew that Sakura noticed how he relaxed in her touch, but didn't really think of it. His mind was racing with thoughts of Solomon and the way he bit him, it almost seemed… animalistic. Of course it would seem animalistic if some passerby just happened to come over to your village threaten you, and then take you as their meal. Gaara looked up to see Sakura already standing and writing her observations in a little black medical notebook, "Kazekage-sama, what exactly happened?" she questioned without even looking up from her notebook. Gaara turned around in the bed and tore off the bed sheets so he could sit up and face the medic-nin. He placed his shirt-less back onto the off-white wall, "A man bit me." He spat out as if he stated the obvious. Sakura stopped writing in her notebook and peered at Gaara, "Yes, yes, you already told me, but how?" she needed more detail then some childish answer as 'a man bit me' that's just plain deficient.
Gaara just sat there turned toward the medic and stared out the abnormally bright window. The window was left wide open and you could see the outlining of the buildings and some of the trees of the green house. Long teal curtains cascaded down the large window and met the floor. The Kazekage turned back toward the medic, "The man appeared when it was raining that one night." He stopped and glanced at her for her reaction, she nodded for him to go on; "His name was Solomon." He paused again, thinking of what to say and how to say it, "He was hungry." Sakura sat down in the teal desk chair and rolled over toward Gaara on the bed. She swung one leg over the right side of the chair and same with the left, crossing her arms loosely over the back of the chair and rested her chin atop of her arms. She watched him intently, "Hungry?" she uttered, "What do you mean hungry?"
Gaara glared at Sakura, "He was hungry." Sakura stared at Gaara, "Oh so he was hungry then bit you?" she stated in a mocking tone. The Kazekage glared harder, "Exactly." The medic-nin sighed and she got up from her position walking over toward the door, "I need you to stay in the hospital a bit longer until I could figure out what the hell is going on here." She declared and left the room with her notebook before Gaara could complain.
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