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Sakura woke with a start the next morning, or was it afternoon? The sun was at its highest and from what she could hear there were a few people going about their daily living. Stretching and popping her back, she groaned at the thought of having to get up. She merely wanted to roll over and go back to sleep. She rolled over and found Kakashi's shoulder. Rubbing her cheek against his shoulder a little, she sighed and moved her right hand over his chest. Without realizing it, she gauged how slow his heart was beating and pulled away quickly when he started to wake. She tilted her head up a bit and lightly kissed his cheek and his neck.
"Sleep love. Sleep all you can." She whispered.
She was happy when he seemed to do as she said. Instead of waking, he turned towards her snuggling closer. She bit back a giggle and just smiled, closed her own eyes and fell asleep once more.
Kakashi blinked a couple times as he took in his situation and his surroundings. Searching his memory for an update, he remembered some woman that wasn't Sakura, he remembered being tired, he still was, he remembered Sakura helping him, in more ways than one, and he remembered that he is now in an inn. He turned to his right only to find the bed empty. Frowning, he sat up slowly and looked around.
"Sakura?" His voice cracked from disuse.
At that moment, Sakura opened the door and walked back into the room.
"Oh! You're up." She said.
"Where'd you go?" Kakashi asked.
"I was kinda hungry, thought you might be too when you got up." She said.
"Oh, I guess I am." He said and laid back down.
Sighing, he took a couple of deep breaths and got up. He paled and was extremely dizzy, but he shook his head a little in hopes of it passing. Heading shakily towards the bathroom, he managed to get to the nearest wall and held himself up.
"Do you need any help?" Sakura asked, walking to help him.
"I got it, thanks. I'll just be out in a moment." He said and went about cleaning himself and taking care of his usual morning routine.
Returning out of the bathroom, he moved over to the little table the inn provided, where Sakura was setting up their dinner, had he slept that long?, and took a seat.
"I wasn't sure what you felt like eating so I just grabbed miso soup, some rice, and veggies. I also sent word to Tsunade-sama while I was out. Told her we'd be taking a few days before we headed back. You need them and I want them." She smiled at the last part and sat down.
"Well… thank you." Kakashi said and he took the bowl he was being handed.
"You're welcome. Now, you eat up and rest. I need to see what that woman gave you and check to make sure there isn't any lasting damage." Sakura said.
Kakashi nodded, eating his meal. He wasn't sure what to make of Sakura's quietness as they ate. She was usually so much more lively, talkative.
"Sakura, is something wrong?" He asked.
"Huh? No. Why do you ask?" She asked.
"Well… you don't seem yourself, though I suppose that is to be understood. Oh…" Kakashi just realized why she didn't seem herself.
"Oh? What's wrong?" Sakura asked concerned and started to get out of her seat.
"Not with me. I'm sorry. I wasn't strong enough to get that woman off me and I'm sure it hurt you to see that." Kakashi said.
"What? I just… I love you Kakashi and I will admit I didn't like seeing what I walked upon, but I understand you couldn't prevent it. I'm sorry if I seem rather down. I'm just… tired I guess. Worried about you. Other than that I'm ok." She said and stood collecting their trash.
"Are you sure?" Kakashi asked.
"Yeah. I'm sure." Sakura said and threw away their trash.
Moving over to the bed, she sighed and laid down. Kakashi walked over to her and sat down beside her. She sat up and motioned for Kakashi to lie down. He did as he was asked and laid down, propping his head in Sakura's lap. Sakura closed her eyes and allowed green chakra to gather around her hands. Starting first at Kakashi's head, she slowly and thoroughly checked his body for unseen damaged. She took note of the lack of chakra he had flowing through him, but she took that as happening because of him being sick. Moving down his chest, she once again forced open what she could of his constricted airways and moved on further. Seeing as she was going to have to get up to get to the rest of Kakashi, she gently moved his head from her lap, as he had fallen asleep at her gentle ministrations, and laid it on a pillow. Moving to stand beside him, she continued searching his body for anything else. Not finding anything, she figured he'd sleep off what the woman had given him. Yawning and stretching, she sighed at the boredom. Not sure what else to do, she moved up beside Kakashi and closed her eyes, falling asleep.
Kakashi awoke uncomfortable and a bit hot. Frowning, he looked around the room and tried to blink his eyes clear. Turning his head to the left, he smiled as he saw Sakura resting peacefully beside him. As quietly as possible, he moved away from her and started towards the bathroom. Closing his eyes for a minute when the room started slightly spinning, he got to his feet and made towards the bathroom. Keeping close to the wall, he managed to get into the bathroom and closed the door. A seemingly large bump is what woke Sakura from her nap. She looked over to where Kakashi was supposed to be resting and frowned.
"Kakashi?" She called.
She didn't receive an answer.
"Kakashi?" She called again.
A rather large moan met her ears and she got up to see where it'd come from. Seeing the bathroom door close, she moved over to it and knocked gently.
"Kakashi? You in there?" She asked.
"Yeah… hold on." Kakashi finally responded and cursed quietly.
"What happened? I heard a noise." Sakura said.
"Slipped on some water. Fell onto the ground and hit my head against the toilet." He said and coughed.
Sakura frowned and actually would've laughed had the situation not been critical.
"Is there any blood?" She asked.
Kakashi sighed and said yes. He'd finally managed to straighten up and move away from the door.
"You can open the door now." He said.
Sakura slowly opened the door not sure what to expect. She gave a slight smile as she looked at Kakashi's slight embarrassment. She took note of the blood that was slowly making its way down the side of his face and gently knelt down to touch the knot that was forming behind it.
"Ouuch." Kakashi said and pulled back a little.
"Sorry." Sakura said quickly. "It doesn't look too bad, but… let's get you off the floor. Can you stand?"
Kakashi nodded and got up wincing before he gripped onto the sink.
"What's wrong?" She asked.
"Guess I landed wrong. My hip hurts a little." Kakashi said.
"Let me take a look at it." Sakura said and moved down to examine his hip.
She could see the beginnings of a bruise and sighed, shaking her head.
"What were you doing out of bed? You're supposed to be resting." She said.
"Had to go to the restroom. Didn't think it'd take that much out of me let alone cause this much trouble." Kakashi replied.
"Well, can you sit on the toilet?" Sakura asked.
Kakashi sat down, but winced at the movement. He only hoped Sakura would be able to heal him because he had to admit to himself, this sucked.
Sakura gathered chakra into her right hand and held it gently upon Kakashi's hip. He jerked for a minute, but soon relaxed as his hip started to feel better.
"Thank you." He said.
"You're welcome." She said and moved to the bump on his head when she had finished.
She'd taken the swelling down and wiped away the blood.
"There, good as new." She said and smiled.
"Thanks again." He said.
"No problem. Were you done in here?" Sakura asked.
"Yeah, I think so." Kakashi said.
"Good, let's get you back in bed." Sakura said.
" Is that a promise?" Kakashi asked with a smirk on his face.
Sakura rolled her eyes and helped Kakashi to stand and the two of them moved out of the bathroom just in time to hear a knock at the door.
"Wonder who that could be?" Kakashi asked.
Tbc...
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