Chaos, that's all you could say when you entered the infirmary of the Kemuri settlement, it was pure chaos, the medic-nins were running around the entire infirmary because of the war outside the building.
Sakura sat back in her chair & watched as Ino tried to take hold of the situation, times like these were never good. She watched as another load of shinobi were taken into the recovery, while more where brought into the emergency, Kemuri had finally gotten smart and decided to go after the infirmary ward where all the medics are. Thus causing all the Captains and their teams to protect them, in all reality Sakura could just go outside, and just obliterate all of them with a couple of hits to the ground, but, it just wouldn't be fun if the Captains found out how strong she truly was. If that ever happened she'd have more work to do, work and her didn't go together, she'd prefer to sit, watch, & eat her dango while sipping some hot jasmine tea.
"Haruno Taicho a captain has just been brought into the emergency room, so has his Vice Captain what do we do?" Ino asked desperately
Sakura looked up from her desk, it was now that she was beginning to really hate Kemuri, they were interrupting her while she enjoyed her dango, some people just didn't have any manners.
"Take the two into the emergency room, send a runner to one of the Captains, I don't care which one either, the Captain you chose will have full command on the squad until one of the two get out of recovery, once your done you'll help me out in the emergency room." Sakura said as she stood up walking across the chaotic room, Ino disappeared into the chaos that consumed the room, while Sakura disappeared into one of the emergency rooms for the Captains & their Vice.
Walking into the brightly lit room she found herself alone in the room with two ex-Akatsuki members, unconscious, bloody & beaten, it was gonna be a while before she got back to her dango & tea. With that thought she created clones to help her clean up the mismatched pair.
Dark azure colored eyes fluttered open, blurriness, bright blurriness, was all they could comprehend. They could here voices talking but his mind was gone with all the pain he was feeling at the moment.
"This one's awake!"
"Yamanaka stop yelling, were in an infirmary!"
"He shouldn't be waking up we haven't even begun surgery yet."
"What do we do Taicho?"
The voices muted out for a bit as he felt a white hot flash of pain enter his system, his lungs felt as if they were on fire, his mind felt as if it were about to explode, he was freezing at the moment, he'd never felt such pain in his life. He could here the voices again this time they were louder.
"He's going into shock, get me three more men in here to take care Hoshigaki, when you get back I need you to help me with him now hurry up!"
His mind finally registered what was being said, he was going to die, all the pain was killing him. More pain racked his body, now his entire body felt as if it were on fire...and then he could feel a cool tingling feeling entering his system, it felt soft, like silk, it didn't seem to hurt him, with that final thought his mind drifted off into unconsciousness.
Shisui walked into the now calmed infirmary building, he watched as the medic-nins began to put everything back together, back to the order that Shizune had always kept it. Sakura was a good Captain, but when things got out of hand she would just sit & wait, as if she knew it would all pass over soon.
Passing the large desk that was made out of Oak he saw the cup of tea, and unfinished dango, things must have gotten really bad if Sakura couldn't finish eating. Knowing how she is, she's probably moody as hell since she didn't get to finish her sweets.
Looking around the room he spotted Ino walking into a different room, it was the room where they did surgery on the higher ups. He had heard that a Captain & their Vice had both gotten injured but he never heard who exactly had gotten hurt, he was positive that Sakura wouldn't kill him for wanting to find out. He walked across the room until he got to the door he pushed it open praying that Sakura wasn't too moody right now.
Sakura sat in a chair across from the surgery beds, they had just finished the last on the Uchiha heir. She was sweaty, covered in blood, exhausted, and smelt disgusting, oh how she hated it when things got to out of hand. She smiled a bit at the sight of the two sleeping men, pride swelled up into her body, she was happy that they were able to fix the two of them up, glad that they didn't loose another man in battle, oh how she loved being a medic-nin sometimes.
She watched as the door creaked open slowly, Ino was back in the room, her red medic uniform was now a darker shade with all the blood that was on it. She was starting to miss Nami, although Ino was a good Vice Captain she was more annoying & childish than Nami, who well actually fought to back herself up, Ino well she did things more childishly. Ino was always complaining of how their outfits were ugly & always smelt like blood, what was she too expect that their countries would buy them whatever they wanted, did she expect that their clothes were always going to smell like daisies, they were medic-nins, they were bound to get blood onto their clothes, & carry the smell with them wherever they went, that's why they were paid so well.
Sakura looked down to her white suit, it was covered in the Uchihas blood, and the wet material was beginning to stick to her skin, this is why they were paid so well.
The door opened again & the two girls watched as Shisui walked into the room, he frowned at the sight of his little cousin & the shark man. Even though the two had only been here for half a month, everyone had come to enjoy having them, even Kisame, they especially loved him when he was drunk, a drunken fish-man was the most hilarious thing they had ever seen.
Shisuis attention reverted back to Sakura his sheepish smile back on his face at the sight of her, his eyes then went to Ino, it was the same thing, both girl looked like crap, but hey they knew how to make crap look good.
"Uchiha Taicho is there something you need?" Sakura asked as she grabbed the attention of the oldest Uchiha again.
Shisui watched as Sakura peeled off her white medic shirt revealing her black mesh shirt and the black sports bra underneath it, then her hands went to her hair, pulling the band out of it, allowing her wavy cherry colored locks to fall down in the most appealing way.
"I was just curious as to who were the ones that got messed up." Shisui replied
"Your cousin and his dear friend...how's everything outside?" Sakura asked
"Back to normal finally the troops retreated back to their camp for now, so we did as well. One of the Captains decided that he & his squad would keep watch for us though just in case."
"Anything else?" Ino asked
"Yeah as soon as Itachi wakes up were having a meeting...an only Captains meeting." Shisui said quietly.
"Why only Captains?"Ino asked
"Don't know, but it must be serious if only the Captains will be allowed in there."
"Ino have these two moved into the recovery ward, after that wash up & get something to eat, you have full command today." Sakura said as she stood up, walking towards Shisui.
"Where are you going?" Ino asked
"I need a shower, then I'm gonna eat, & get some rest before the meeting starts." Sakura said before she & Shisui left the room.
The two walked in silence for a while, their attention solely on the medic-nins before them, watching as the reorganized everything, restocked the cabinets with all that was needed, stripped the surgery beds, cleaned their utensils. Shisui chuckled at the sight of a runner, watching as he ran around the room, picking up the medic-nins shirts, any sheets from empty beds, then disappearing into the wash room to clean them all.
"What's so funny?" Sakura asked finally.
"Just remembering the good ol' days...when I was a runner." Shisui replied.
"You were a runner as well?" Sakura asked
"Yeah, don't tell me you were to." Shisui asked as they walked out of the building.
"I was as well, obviously I worked my way up just like you." Sakura said as she shivered at the light breeze that hit her sweat glazed skin.
"Yeah I feel bad for those guys sometimes though, they have to deal with all the pricks who think their better than them."
"Yeah I know, but sometimes you got deal with it."
They walked down the dirt path that lead to their residence, all the buildings in the settlement were created by Yamato, every residence building held up two squads, Sakura & Shisui just ended up in the squads that were housed together when they first arrived at the settlement.
Although they were in the same residence, the squads had been separated one squad would be on the left side while the other was on the right both would be on top while on the bottom would be where tatami mats made up the dojo area, while a small library would separate the squads from each other on top. One hallway would lead to a whole squadron while the other would lead to another squad, each person got their own room, although Captains & their vice always got the biggest rooms. No one really knew who made it that way but Sakura knew that Yamato or Tenzo how she came to know him, was the one who created the houses, she had seen it many a times with Sai & Naruto.
Sakura & Shisui finally seperated both going to the stairs that lead to their rooms, to shower so they could go to the mess hall & eat. Life was extraordinarily simple when they weren't being attacked, everybody got along with everybody, especially because if you weren't a medic-nin you never knew if you would live to see the next day.
Sakura slid open her door, closing it she peeled off her mesh shirt as she walked over to her bathroom door, throwing it to the ground as she did so.
Itachi looked around the white room he was in, it was obvious that he was in the infirmary, but the question was why wasn't anybody in the infirmary with him?, where were the other patients? The door opened and he watched as a girl with long blonde hair walked in to the room, she was wearing a long sleeved mesh shirt with a tube top under it, & long red thin pants that were almost see through. She smiled at him before she spoke.
"Uchiha Taicho you really should rest there's going to be a Captains meeting soon."
"How long Have I been out?" Itachi asked
"The surgery lasted about an hour & a half, so you've been in recovery for at half an hour, the meeting isn't for another five, so I advise you to rest."
"Where's your Captain?"
"Haruno Taicho is resting for a while you'll see her at the meeting."
With that the blonde turned around & left the room, the door making a soft click as it closed behind her.
Sakura pulled her light blue robe on her naked body as she ran to the door, sliding it open she found Shisui standing their with two bento boxes in his hands. Stepping to the side she allowed him to enter her room, as she slid the door closed. Turning around she found Shisui holding up a jewelry box, it was obvious he wanted her to open it. Taking it from him she slowly opened it to find...an engagement ring.
"Shisui." Sakura said quietly as she took in the beautiful ring.The ring itself was yellow gold, The topaz colored gem that was cut into a diamond shape was situated on the top contrasting perfectly with the gold, many other little yellow gems went around the ring, it truly was a beautiful piece, expensive too.
"Her father finally gave me his blessings...I just hope she says yes." Shisui said finally
"She'd be an idiot to not say yes, & I would never allow you to be with an idiot." Sakura said as she closed the box & handed it back.
She finally took a seat on the bed waiting for him to hand her one of the bento boxes.
"So why aren't we eating in the mess hall?" Sakura asked
"The atmosphere is to tense, everybody is still too shocked from the attack, so I thought it better if we eat in here instead...not to mention I love your room it's so relaxing." Shisui said as he laid back on the bed.
Sakura hit his face with a pillow, that he took away from her & placed under his head.
"You need a man."Shisui said
"You need to stay out of my love life." Sakura said as she took a bite out of her onigiri.
"I'm only stating the obvious...here's an idea, why don't I hook you up with my dear little itoko Itachi." Shisui said as a mischievous grin spread out onto his face.
"No."
"Why not any other girl would say yes...shit every other girl would kill to be in your position right now."
"Well ain't it a good thing I'm not every other girl."
"True because if you were any other girl I wouldn't be talking to you...or even suggesting dating my itoko."
"Shisui shut up & eat, I would like to get some rest before the meeting starts."
"Oh speaking of sleep can I stay in here tonight one of the new girls are starting to give me the creeps, & I fear I may be raped tonight, so please." Shisui said as he sat up again.
"Fine, I'm sure Ayame-chan wouldn't want her dear Shi-kun harmed in any way." Sakura said in a teasing voice as she pinched the older mans cheeks.
"Ass."
"Bitch."
"That was mean."
"Yeah I know but hey...suck it up." Sakura said as she went back to her meal.
Tsunade looked around the round table watching as all the council members bickered about insignificant things, and she had to hear it until the last clan head showed, and the Uchiha was taking his sweet time getting here.
The door opened and Tsunade watched as a man with long black hair that had white streaks in it walked into the dimly lit room, The man looked at least forty at the most, but he was in all reality older than herself, his long black gown dragged behind him as he walked further into the room until he sat in an empty seat on her right side. His bright green eyes glowed in the dim room, the man was a very intimidating, although he was a civilian, he had been at one time a shinobi, but gave it up when he had his son come into the world.
"Haruno-sama, I didn't know you had arrived yet." Tsunade said as she looked at the older man
"I just arrived a few minutes ago, Shizune-san informed me of the meeting."
"Oh."
"Any word from my granddaughter?"
"No she's keeping her self a low profile, that is the whole reason of her being sent to the Kemuri settlement." Tsunade said
Tsunade was about to say more, only to close her mouth as Fugaku appeared in a heat of flames.
"Uchiha-sama did you forget about the discussion we had about you coming a minute before the meetings starts?" Tsunade asked
Fugaku looked at the Hokage for a bit before he answered in a calm tone.
"I'd like to see you deal with a teenage Uchiha...one who is more emotional then that pregnant thing in my home."
"You miss Itachi-san don't you?" Tsunade asked as her eyes gleamed with taunt.
"Itachi is not emotional like Sasuke, I'm sure everyone prefers the gentle & calm Uchiha Itachi, then the angry, brooding Uchiha Sasuke."
Tsunade sat back not satisfied with her answer, the Uchiha sure did know how to make it seem as though his children were nothing more than lab mice.
"Since were all her let the council meeting begin." Tsunade said.
Shisui's chocolate colored eyes fluttered open, turning his head to the left he found Sakura still asleep on her side, her back was facing him. Her breathing even as her chest dropped down & lifted back up in a healthy rhythm, the dark red covers wrapped around her, keeping her warm inside. Her blossom colored hair was all over the place.
Gently Shisui got out of the bed careful not to wake the sleeping Sakura, sliding the door opened he stepped out and slid the door closed. Turning around he came face to face with light blue pupilless eyes...that were filled with amusement.
"I thought Sakura said that the two of you were just friends?" The blonde asked.
"Be quiet Ino, you out of all people should know that there's nothing between Sakura & I except friendship." Shisui replied as he pushed the blonde out of his way.
"I know I just love teasing the two of you, you guys get so annoyed so easily it's just to tempting not to push your buttons."
"...Did my itoko awake yet?"
"Yeah a little while after we put him in recovery...so I told him to get some rest before the meeting started." Ino said as she slid the door opened again.
"Ah." Shisui walked away heading for the infirmary.
Although it would seem as though he & Sakura were in some kind of intimate relationship, there really was nothing between them like that. Sakura was a very beautiful girl, but, she wasn't his type of girl, her monstrous strength still scared him. Besides if it weren't for Sakura he would have never meet the woman of his dreams, the woman he wanted to spend the rest of his life with...even if she was still a bit younger than him.
Looking up Shisui found himself in front of the infirmary building, many people were going in & comeing out of the large wood building. The medic-nins from Suna all wore khaki colored thin material long sleeved suits, while anyone from Takigakure wore greyish blue colored thin material long sleeved suits, while anyone from Konoha wore red suits. Only the Captain wore white, & she hated it.
Walking into the building he came to find that it looked as Kemuri soldiers hadn't tried to bomb the inside of the building, Obiously Ino had gotten all the medics nin acts together seeing as nobody seemed distraught at all. He walked into another room, a recovery room reserved for Captains, Opening the door he found that his itoko was wide awake.
"Itachi how are you feeling?" Shisui said as he walked further into the room to stand next to Itachis bed
"Fine."
"That's good to hear, Haruno Taicho said that you were allowed to leave when you felt alright, besides you should head back to your quarters to change the meeting is in an hour."
"How's Kisame?"
"I haven't heard anything about him, but Haruno Taicho told me you took more damage than he did, I'm sure he's recovering in another room right now."
"What's the meeting about?"
"I don't know...They're not allowing any of the Vice Captains to go though, so it must be a serious matter."
"Ah."
"Now on to our next topic...Heirs." Tsunade announced as she looked around the room filled with nothing but clan heads that made up the council. Inuzuka Tsuma was the first to stand.
"My son Inuzuka Kiba will become the head to the Inuzuka clan when he turns eighteen." The woman with the dog eyes announced.
"Does anyone here have any reason to object to this?" Tsunade asked looking around the room for anyone who was willing to object.
"Since their is no objections then he will be the heir to the Inuzuka clan...next." Tsunade said as she watched Tsuma sit back down.
Two hours later...
"Okay then Hyuga-sama you're next." Tsunade said as she nodded to the eldest Hyuga.
The man with the white eyes stood up and cleared his throat before he spoke. "Seeing as My eldest daughter has been proposed to by Uzumaki Naruto I see that she will not carry the name Hyuga anymore, so I decided to go with the next strongest person being my nephew Hyuga Neji, he will take the role when he has concieved a child with a woman the clan approves of."
"Any objections?" Tsunade asked boredly
"Then Hyuga Neji will be the heir...Uchiha-sama?" Tsunade said
Fugaku stood before he spoke. "My eldest son Uchiha Itachi will become the leader to the Uchiha Clan when I pass over." With that said many whispers began in the dim room.
"How do we know that he hasn't been tainted by the evil he has been working around?" Yamanka Inoichi asked
"He's right, your son had stayed longer than needed on that mission, Kami-sama knows what he told them of Konoha." Another man said
"I believe this was the reason why we decided on placing him in the Kemuri settlement." The man with the bright green eyes said
"...The Kemuri settlement is the only settlement that has not been invaded by the spies of our enemies, if Itachi-san & Hoshigaki-san truly have become real traiters they will give out any information they can gather there. Seeing as the reports that have flown if from Kemuri, I have noticed that the settlement has become even better since his arrival. Meaning that so far the two men have done quiet well on their test. so far." The man said
With that everyone in the room got quiet thinking over the new information that was just given to them. "Any objects?" Tsunade asked. No one said any thing. " Then Uchiha Itachi will become the head clan leader of the Uchiha's after Uchiha-sama passes over."
"Haruno-sama?" Tsunade said as she looked at the man on her rightside, with the grace that only so many elders his age had the sman stood & cleared his throat before he spoke. "The person that I have chosen to take my place as Leader of the Haruno clan will take over when I beleive they are ready...& when they marry their spouse will take the clan as their own & do whatever they wish to do with it...& the person I have choosen for this is none other than Haruno Sakura."
This time their was an uproar men & woman yelling at the elderly man for many a reasons. "Masato-san she is a child...a female child she is still naive to the world that surrounds her." A grey haired man said
"What is so wrong with Uchiha-sama wanting his granddaughter to take over? Woman are just as capable as men are in ruling!" Tsuma yelled back
"Uchiha-san your granddaughter cannot reproduce, if she were to die, your clan would be left leaderless!" A red haired man said
"The girl isn't ready to take over such responsibilities, she speaks from her emotional side, not her logical side." A blonde woman said
"URASAI!" Tsunade yelled.
"Ladies & gentlemen I understand what you are all saying but I believe she is the best choice for this position...As for her not being able to concieve, I have found a cure for that. When I was in Lightning country I stopped by an old town, a woman there was trying to concieve after she had hit menopause, so she used herself as her own ginnie pig, finding the cure for her to be able to concieve once again. I had told her about my granddaughter & she had handed over the concoction she made to me. Sakura will take it when she does her exam after she returns home." Masato said
"Why don't we just vote over this?" Nara Shukaku advised.
"That is a great idea!" Tsunade said
"All in favor." Tsunade said eight rised their hands
"All not in favor." eight again.
"Uchiha-sama you are the only one who didn't vote." Tsunade said as she looked to her left.
"Although Sakura-san is a young woman, she speaks from her heart...but in time with the councils help she learn how to speak from her mind." Fugaku said
"Then it's settle Haruno Sakura will be the leader of the Haruno clan...when Haruno-sama believes she's ready." Tsunade said
Sakura looked around the empty room, the long rectangular table was empty, but hot cups of tea were already set in front of the chairs. Taking a seat at the end of the table she waited till she heard the doors open again, footsteps becoming louder & louder the closer they came. Shisui & many of the other captains walked into the room taking their seats.. their white suits nicely pressed & cleaned.
She waited till the kunai was thrown into the middle of the table.
"The meeting has commenced." The man with the short messy green hair announced
"So Taicho what is so important that our Vice's are not allowed to be here tonights?" Sai asked
"Today our medical fecility was attacked we need to do something about this!" The green haired man said his rose colored eyes glowing with anger.
"Nothing was destroyed in the attack, & no one died there shouldn't be anything needed to discuss." Shisui said
"How can you say that nothing was destroyed when their is was a good chunk of the side missing from the fecility!" The man said
"We almost lost Uchiha Taicho, & Hoshigaki as well!" A orange haired man interjected
"So tell us Taicho what do you wish for us to do?" Itachi asked calmly
"I say we need to keep a closer eyes on our enemies." The green haired man said
"We are keeping our eyes on them...& the best we can!" Temari yelled
"No we aren't we can do better!" A purple haired man said
"And how do you propose we do it?" Neji asked
"We can use the bungalows that Yamato-san first created when this was started, all of us will have to have at least one man at every one of those stations." The green haired man said
"That is a wise idea & the fact that they are up in the trees hidden makes it even better." The orange haired man said
"Those cottages are at least six years old, there is no certain possibilty that they are secure enough to reside in, not to mention that with such time they have probably been invaded by termits if not our enemies." Sakura said quietly
"Haruno Taicho is right, we haven't used them in seven years, there is no absolute certification that those huts are safe anymore, the whole reason that this settlement was created was because they had found out about them in the first place." Neji said
The purple haired man glared at Sakura before he spoke again, venom dripping from every word he spoke towards her.
"Then put at least two of your men in their just incase...everyone here knows that out of all of us you have the most men, why don't you put them to good use for a change."
"My men are put to good use, they do what they were trained to do, there is no reason to put my men or anyone elses men in danger just because an idiot Captain such as your self believes that taking such high risks is well worth the effort of ending this conflict...we don't need anymore men dying out there we've already lost enough good men." Sakura said gently paying no heed to the mans attitude towards her
"We wouldn't have lost men if you & your men were doing their goddamn jobs right!" The orange haired man yelled
Unseen to everyone as Sakuras hand twitched a bit underneath the table, She stood her long white halter dress showing the newly made wrinkles that were formed from sitting for so long.
"Stop blaming me for your unintelligible descisions, we wouldn't have lost so many people if you hadn't had gone & done the lowest thing a person could do." Sakura said
With that being said the orange haired man jumped at Sakura, kunai in each fist as he did so. The Captains in the room watched as Sakura boredly sidestepped the man before she grabbed his wrist and twisted it before she through face first into the table. His head only missing the kunai in the center my mere inches.
"Haruno that was low even for you." The purple haired man said
"Kidnapping an innocent child & holding them hostage is not a way we will end this war!" Temari yelled back
"Haruno Taicho has a point, there is no need to put our men at such life threatening risks...but at the same time you have a good idea." Shisui said
"No Haruno Taicho has an excellent point there is no point in continuing this further, the building is old & has aged over the years since they have been evacuated, we truly don't know what they have been invaded by & we should not even be considering the thoughts of finding out." Itachi said
"The what do you suppose we do?" The purple guys asked his voice taking on an attitude as he spoke, it was obvious that he man really hated all of them.
"How we are is fine right now we are just buying time for Hokage-sama, if this treaty doesn't go through then we'll do what is nesscary to end this war but until then we contintue on." Neji interjected
"Fine but if we take one more hit like that then we will be going with what I say." The green haired man stated before he & the other two dissapeared.
"I swear Sakura you should have just kicked his ass." Temari said as she stood up.
"Yeah hag why don't you take out some of that pent up anger on them for a change?" Sai asked
"There is no need for fighting right now, let them think they have the upper hand & then when they mess up again we take full control of the situation at hend & be rid of them." Shisui interjected
"He's right, besides they are just taking out their anger since the elders are gone, seeing as Sakura-san was the one to turn in the elders, & those three were sent here by the elders it is only logical that they would do this." Neji said
"Yeah well next time I say we kick their asses." Temari said before she too dissapeared in a gust of wind
"See ya ugly." Sai said as he turned into ink before it was absorbed into the building.
"I must be on my way as well, I don't think it will be good to leave my new Vice in command very long." Neji said before he dissapeared in a whirlwind of leaves. many others doinf the same, leaving Sakura, Shisui, & Itachi in the room.
"I don't know about you to but I'm hungry." Shisui said as he walked to the doors.
"Yeah me too I say you buy me some dango." Sakura said as she leaned against Shisuis shoulder as they walked
"Yeah I guess I can...since you are letting me stay with you tonight." She brunette replied.
"Care to join us Itachi-san?" Sakura asked as she opened the large door.
"No I must return, although Kisame-san is a good Vice Captain, if I leave him alone for to long he may find out where I hid the rest of the sake...but arigato for the offer Haruno-san." Itachi said
"It's Sakura." Sakura replied
"Ah." With that Itachi dispersed into a flock of large crows.
"Show off...I really need to learn how he does that." Shisui said as he & Sakura walked out of the building.
"Hey come on I want my dango." Sakura said
"You know the offer still stands Sakura...I mean the chemistry between the two of you is so strong." Shisui said
"We've barely even said five words together how is their string chemistry?" Sakura asked
"Tsust me you don't see what I see."
"Shisui shut up & buy me my dango." Sakura said as she smacked him upside the head.