From His Eyes To Hers
Part 2: Familiar Warmth
Sasuke sat on the couch after the little incident with Kakashi and Hinata. After some thinking he felt incredibly stupid that he could ever think that Kakashi and Hinata could ever elope with one another. Still it lingered in his mind…
Kakashi walked in with his usual gear and usual Icha Icha paradise.
"What made those books so interesting to him?" Sasuke wondered
Studying his every move as he wondered his domain, Sasuke created a blank stare habit. However this made him drowsy, not sleeping for four days does that to you. Soon fell into the darkness that would enclose him.
. . .
He awoke to a chill and covered in sweat, he found it harder to breathe. He looked outside the window it was night, glancing over at the clock it read 2:36 AM.
"Damn I fell asleep the whole day" he whispered.
He voice was somewhat hoarse and his throat was dry. He was slightly dizzy and found it hard to concentrate. A light flickered on towards the bedroom. Moving his glance toward the light Kakashi had awakened. Not wanting to seem weak, Sasuke arose from the couch and sat like he had never fallen asleep in the first place.
"You don't need to act tough" Kakashi said
Sasuke continued on his stare into the abyss. Then Sasuke started coughing and it did not sound healthy. Kakashi caught the shimmer on his skin from sweat and saw him shiver ever so slightly. He'd seen it a thousand times before; heck it happened to him rarely. Sasuke was sick and was having a fever.
Now this was tricky how do you take a kid who is very much hated by everyone to get medical care? Or better yet how do you get the stubborn kid there? These questions ran through Kakashi's head. He thought of some possible ways, but Tsunade for one absolutely does not want to deal with Sasuke. Also Sakura is out of the question.
Sasuke sat there… with each minute passing he did not get better.
"Here drink some water" Kakashi offered while holding a glass next to him
Sasuke despised being pitied by others the most; he ignored the offering and turned his head to show rejection.
Kakashi showed and anger mark and offered once more.
"Here Sasuke…drink up" He spoke
Sasuke only rejected once more.
"I'm gonna kill him" Kakashi thought
A second to none Sasuke felt water rushing down his esophagus, it did leave a cool sensation, but No Air…. Sasuke scrambled from under Kakashi's grip while he was sitting on him making him intake the water. Sasuke coughed up some remaining water and wiped his face.
"What the hell!" Sasuke shouted
"There! Now you feel a little better!" Kakashi replied
Sasuke still feeling light headed only fell back onto the couch and tried to regain his balance. He gripped his head to make the world stop spinning.
"Your sick with a fever, you're not going to be able to handle yourself" Kakashi mentioned
"Really? I didn't know" Sasuke said with obvious sarcasm
Kakashi ignored his comment and went to his cabinet with over the counter medicine, looking over each one that would treat Sasuke's symptoms
Sasuke was sitting and his pain only seeming to get worse
Kakashi walked back over and handed Sasuke two pills
"There not going to kill you, in fact they'll make you feel better temporarily" offered Kakashi
Sasuke was debating on whether he should accept them.
Sasuke turned his head, if there was one thing that Sasuke hated the most it was being pitied by someone else.
Kakashi on the other hand was at his limit of being nice...
"Take it" Ordered Kakashi
Sasuke only gave him the dirtiest look he could manage at the moment and then proceeded to turn his head once more
That was all it took to snap Kakashi's already weak patience, the next moment was indescribable. Kakashi had flipped the couch over along with Sasuke and not wanting to lose Sasuke regained his balance by flipping over and now was in a crouching position. Kakashi only came quicker and managed to stab a piece of sasukes clothing to the floor. The next move on was to dodge but something held Sasuke back he glanced and saw that his shirt was pinned to the floor. Now Kakashi had picked up the pace and a already weak Sasuke was at his limit. He thought of something quick and leaned forward into the attack and let his Chakra neck chain take the blow, though this was purely chance to get rid of it and obtain freedom. The attack was powerful and sent him flying to the wall breaking it to cause a massive hole. Sasuke was down, Kakashi looked out the hole and saw Sasuke out in the street unconscious and shirtless. Not to mention that is was cold due to the weather being the rainy season.
"I guess I should go get him" Kakashi mumbled
Kakashi went to retrieve a blanket to wrap him up in and bring him back in.
Sasuke woke up with the feeling of the wind being knocked out of him, he held his throat for the Chakra chain had broken. Still it left a bad bruise and it was a miracle that he only made it out with only a bruise. Seeing he was out and free he made great haste to escape from this hell. Despite not feeling well Sasuke mustered all his strength and sped off the scene into the deep districts of Konoha.
Kakashi had came back to only find Sasuke missing
"Damn he still managed to get away, I got to get him" Kakashi said
Kakashi then noticed little blue remains of chakra and that's when things got worse, there was a revengeful Uchiha on the loose.
Kakashi disappeared to alert the others of his mistake.
Sasuke was truly in danger for the elements of nature were so unkind, it had started to rain and he was extremely close to falling from exhaustion. His body was heavy and numb, and the bruise was not helping to help his breathing either regardless of sprinting for so long. Soon a house came into view it had walls around it and it seemed to be huge. Sasuke decided to run around to the back and hopefully find some shelter for if he didn't he'd surely die and that was not one of his plans. He jumped the wall and found himself slipping into unconsciousness. He fell over the wall and into a patch of what seemed to be flowers and tall grasses making almost no noise at all then fell into what he thought was the next world.
Delicate little footsteps filled the room with unknown fear
"Was it my imagination or was someone outside?" said the girl
She opened her back door to the garden she was provided with by the family and saw that nothing was out of place. Just the sound of raindrops hitting the trees and small plants that filled the garden. The moon being covered behind the clouds was bright but being underneath it the world was dark, but with focus everything becomes somewhat visible.
Something did not feel right this anxiety did not leave. Wanting to be sure that nothing was back there the girl used her eyes to find the truth.
"Byakugan!" Hinata whispered
She scanned the area and found a very faint chakra, she gasped and quick ran out to the life force in her garden. There was a small gap in the clouds and that small cloud shined right on her house and the moon revealed who the mysterious person was. Hinata gasped once more realizing who she had found. She did not just find anybody she had found Sasuke Uchiha and for a moment when the moon had revealed itself between the clouds, his face was slightly covered with water and his hair was pulled away from his face and was covered around by Ixora's. His skin looked so smooth and Hinata thought for just a moment he was Beautiful. She snapped out of her trance and proceeded to take Sasuke into her room and quickly give him some treatment.
"What time is it?" She glanced over to the moon's positions and assumed it was around 3:40-3:50.
"Ummm…this is so indecent" Hinata thought to herself
What was she doing? She had brought the worst possible person into her home and her room to be precise! And not to mention that she brought a guy A GUY! Into her home full of bodyguards and people who TRULY Hate Sasuke. It was practically asking for the Death Penalty.
Sasuke groaned
Hinata came back and realized that Sasuke's health was failing him She acted quickly and grabbed a towel and started to wipe him off. She noticed his throat was badly bruised but moved on. She closed her eyes for if she opened them she would faint and that wasn't helping Sasuke any. Being fully embarrassed she was Red all over and probably burning hotter than Sasuke is. Then came the hard part, he's lower half. She was flushed.
"If I do that, I can never be married….ever" Hinata told herself
But did that matter right now? Sasuke was still in bad condition. Maybe she could get someone else to do it? Oh right yeah she'd be charged with treason before she could open her mouth to explain. So many thoughts raced and her internal hardware was starting to smoke.
"I've decided" she said and then put a new towel over his lower half and then while that was over she cut slits into his pants and proceeded to take them off by pieces until he was wearing shorts.
"Now for the medicine" she said and snuck out of her room to find her way to the medicine room. On her way over she stepped very carefully not wanting to wake anyone.
"Just one corner to turn and I'm there" Hinata whispered
Hinata turned and gave a small squeak, to her surprise it was a bodyguard at the door.
"Hello Miss Hinata, why up at this late hour?" he said
"Oh umm..I..I uhh….wasn't feeling so well so I decided to grab some medicine to help me get rid of some pain." Hinata said hoping that he would buy it
"What kind of pain? Are you sick?" he said touching her forehead
Hinata still wasn't used to having other people touch her but she stayed a trooper and managed.
"You are a bit warm Miss Hinata, wait here I shall go get the medicine that treats your symptoms" he said
"Y-yes thank you" Hinata said
The waiting seemed like forever, then he returned with a small amount of dosage and with a glass of water as well
"Thank you again, g-good night" She said while walking off towards her room.
When out of sight she changed her pace to a power walk and soon reached her room and found that Sasuke was still breathing. She gave a sigh of relief and then came to the realization of how she was gonna give the medicine to him. He obviously wasn't going to take it in his state. Then her mind drifted off and then came up with the conclusion of "mouth to mouth".
"No….no no nonono…no!" she stammered
Her face filled with crimson, but her options were not many to begin with.
"I'm definitely not getting married" Hinata thought once more.
She unwrapped the medicine and grabbed the glass of water and took a deep breath and took some medicine and some water and then sat next to Sasuke and leaned to him slowly but surely.
"I'm so sorry Naruto" She thought over and over again
Then a bittersweet sensation reached her lips and the medicine she released to Sasuke's feverish body. This felt more enjoyable then she imagined, her face lit up and not a second later she pulled away. That was a little longer than necessary her hand touched her lips, she could still feel the coldness but yet they warmed up so quickly against hers. The bitterness of the medicine didn't bother her yet she hardly noticed it.
Hinata sat next to Sasuke until about 20 minutes later his fever went down miraculously and he was breathing normal again.
The time was now 4:36am and Hinata still day dreaming about what she had just done. However she was still sleepy and slowly drifted off to sleep next to Sasuke on the floor with a light sheet.
Sasuke was dreaming he was in a cold dark and damp place. This was normal to him, it was what he lived after all. He was walking through the darkness and felt icy spots on his skin and face.
"Did I really die?" he asked himself
Then something warm touched him on his arm, followed by another on his other arm. The numb sensation was going away. As quickly as it came it went away just as fast. He was cold but did not shiver then the sensations came back but on his body and the icy layer on top seemed to have broken off. Once again they vanished Sasuke waited for the sensations to come back, but they never came back for awhile he started to walk again once more and little spots of lights started to show themselves like small flickers of light.
Then the sensations he felt were not on his body but on his lips. They were warm and soft and bitter, a strange combination in itself. Then as time passed Sasuke found himself sitting down he became so tired it was unbearable. His breathing became normal once more and the pain he felt was no more. Not saying another word he decided not to reject sleep and gradually fell asleep in that darkness he was in, with a small light underneath his hand.
As he fell asleep the cold he felt was replaced with warmness that he felt whenever he would lay under the sun.
The rain leisurely dripped from the grey clouds above and landed gracefully upon the earth and played it's symphony of bliss.
It was morning in Konoha and everything was peaceful until a certain ninja came in with some bad news.
"Whattya Mean he's gone!" Tsunade yelled furiously
"He escaped from my place after a quarrel over his health" Kakashi replied hoping to live another day
"His Health? It was better when he was sick! Leave him he deserves it!" Tsunade roared
"Tsunade his chakra chain was broken as well" Kakashi said
"We have no time to lose he's probably out of the Konoha town boundaries by now. Kakashi you and the team who I assigned the mission earlier have changed to finding Sasuke at all cost." She spoke
"Yes Hokage-sama" Kakashi replied
And with that last statement Kakashi was gone recruiting his team members and Tsunade was setting up positions to find Sasuke and appoint other teams to possible areas where he may be.
At a certain young lady's house trouble not only found her but it just may have captivated her into his clutches.
"Hinata…..Hinata? are you there Hinata it's me Neji" he said
Hinata woke up in a flash
"Oh no, I'm going to be caught" Hinata thought
"Um Hello? Neji?" Hinata said
"Hinata are you ready? We have to practice today" he replied
"Uh about that can you tell father that I will be missing training today? I'm afraid I'm not feeling up to it today. So if I can I would like to rest" she said
"Are you ok? Maybe I should check on you" Neji said about to open the door
"UH No no no no no bad idea" Hinata said jumping to the door and keeping it closed
"Umm I don't want you to catch it, that would upset father so much and plus I'm fine with a little rest I'll be better" Hinata said with uneasiness
"Ok I understand rest easy Hinata" with that Neji left to pass on the news to Father who received it as it's probably because of the rainy season.
"That was to close" Hinata said
Just then Sasuke started to show signs of regaining consciousness
"Oh no he's waking up" Hinata said somewhat frightened
"What do I do!" she whispered