Death and rebirth
Chapter 5
By: UchihaSanNin
I don't own Naruto...
Oh and nothing really goes on during the first half of this chappie...just...funny...situations. THen it gets alittle schemy, I would say... lmao.
Enjoy!!
the three young genin sank down to the forest floor. they were beaten, scratched, bruised, and all equally if not all, bloody. grass stained clothing, bloodstained elbows, knees and other various parts of the body were constant complaints. Ishin looked up at their sensei.
"Well, I guess you guys pass." He said, and scratched the back of his head. "You were finally able to work as a team and pass my test. After what...three...four days...and 6 hours...That is what I wanted. Earlier, you three only worked as individuals...in order to finish the mission, you work as a team! I will be beating that into your heads from now on. Literally."
Hajime smiled. "Haha!! Wait til dad hears about this!!" He jumped up into the air, and threw a fist skyward. "Yes!!"
Saya just sat there, staring at Ishin, like he was the only thing in her world of fantasy that really ever mattered. He just sat there calmly, watching his freind leap through the air. "Good job, Ishin-Kun..." She shyly whispered, and he stood up.
"Yeah. thanks. You too, I guess."
She sqeauled, and joined Hajime in his jumped, fist pumping fest. He finally acknowledged me!! Yes!!
Immature...He growled, inwardly. Idiots...
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Sasuke sat on the large table, grinding his teeth. He wanted to be back home. Be it at the Uchiha Manor or at the Sound; he didn't care. He always hated it here at the hospital. He wanted to be with Sakura. They managed to strike a deal last night after they made up. He would allow Sakura to go back to working at the hospital here in Konoha, and he would stay home with the kids. After all...He had proven that he could still kick ass even though he was a blind man.
His sat there, in that small room, waiting for the doctor to come in. He then felt a strong chakra approaching the room he was in. He could read movements based off chakra flow, but he hadn't learned to tell them apart better than how he already knew. He groaned abjectedly, and layed back. His head smacked the wall as he did. Shit...THat fucking hurt...
Then, the door opened, and the person walked in. "Uh." He didn't move. "Um...Sasuke-Sama...I would appreciate it if you'd sit up." Sakura's voice. He flew up to a sitting position, and pulled the hospital gown that he had to wear back down.
"Sorry," He sarcastically muttered. "WHy the hell are you here?"
"Becuase you personally asked me to help heal you. So shutup and don't start. No funny business, becuase I have an assistant here with me..." he cleared his throat, and smirked. "Allright. Strip down."
"WHAT!!" Sasuke Uchiha yelled, and his whole face turned tomato red.
a few minutes later...
The young assistant was turned around, her cheeks burning with heat, and was staring at the wall. Omg...I saw an Uchiha naked...My husband doesn't even begin to compare...!! She scribbled down the words that Sakura said as her hands travelled over his body.
She used her chakra to see inside his body, and she looked up at his face. he still held a flustered look on his face, and he had closed his eyes and was biting his lip. "What, Sasuke-Sama, you don't trust your own wife?"
The aide sniggered, and Sasuke sent a sightless glare in her direction. Sakura's hands travelled further up his legs, the blue glow of her chakra casting a tint onto his skin. "THat seems to be in full working order..." The aide hastily immersed herself into scribbling more notes as she said this.
"Well, I hope it is, Sakura, becuase if it wasn't then you wouldn't have those four kids back home. So-"
Shutup, Sasuke." She growled. He closed his mouth, for once, listening to her. Next she looked at his chest and heart. "Everything seems to be fine..." She patted his arm. "Sit up. she tossed him his gown. He hastily put it on, and the young assistant turned around, after he was dressed once more.
"Allright..." He felt Sakura's hands on his head, then the fingers moved to his temples. She lightly pressed inward, and used her chakra as she closed her eyes and focused. "Sasuke, relax! I can't do anything with you acting like a damned stone!"
"Hn..."
"..." She leaned in close, and the younger assistant watched in awe as her teacher worked. "the optical nerve looks like it...shrunk...and looks like he's had a reduction in the retinal artery, and reduced the blood flow to the retina...reducing the retinal circulation...a form of...Hypoxia...?"
"My eyes suffocated?" He asked, out of the blue, making her jump, and lose her focus. She clenched her fist, and gave him a good whack on the head with the palm of her hand. "OW!! You bitch, I just wanted to know!! Damn!"
"SHUT UP AND BE STILL!!"
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Hypertensive Retinopathy..." She whispered. "Or...Subconjunctval Hemorrhage..." Sasuke flinched at these absurd sounding and harsh names for his blindness.
"I can't tell. Hypertension...is caused by high blood pressure. we KNOW that you don't have that..." She thought outloud, her hands stacked in front of her face. Sasuke had Hikaru in his lap, and the boy was pulling and chewing on his fingers. Sasuke stared at Sakura, who didn't even pay him any mind at all. Satoshi was tugging at her Cheongsam, trying to get her to pay attention to her.
"Or..."
"Do you mind!!" The Uchiha yelled, in complete dismay. "I am sitting right here!! I don't want to hear that right now!!"
"Then go and see what Sayuri is up to, so I can think." She replied, and he stood up, and Hikaru squealed in anger. Sakura pulled him over to her, and he cuddled into her arms, against her breasts. Sasuke growled, and mumbled inaudably as he walked off toward his daughter's room.
"Daddy!!" Sayuri shreiked, and ran into his arms. He wrapped them around her, and she squealed with laughter. He carried her down into the living room where he left Sakura, and the little bundle in his arms yawned. "Tired, daddy..."
"All right..." He walked past his wife, and into their room. Sakura rolled her eyes, and absorbed herself into her work. She pulled Hikaru into her arms, and sat up against the wall. Satoshi climbed into her lap, and was soon asleep along with his younger brother. Sakura ran her hands through their black as sin hair, and smiled. My boys... then she got back to skimming through the medical reports.
A few hours later, after settling them down onto the couch and thinking of dinner, she heard a girlish, high pitched giggle. Sayuri. She was laughing, and she heard Sasuke groan and yawn as he stretched. She walked into the room, and looked over to the bed, to see Sayuri looking at her father with a skeptical eye. "Daddy, you pwetty now..." She giggled, and Sasuke sat up.
Emmedietly, Sakura's jaw dropped. She opened her mouth to say something, but sputtered instead. "Pfffffffffffffffffffffffff-waaaaaaaaahhhaaaa!!" She laughed loudly, and Sayuri joined her. Sasuke gave her a confused expression.
"What is it?" Sakura Just laughed all the harder.
"Daddy, I wanna play house!! Pweez?" He smiled, and sighed.
"Fine..." She tugged at his larger hand, pulling him by the fingers, and he made sure Sakura saw the tongue that he stuck out at her, which only made her laugh harder.
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Phew... Sakura wanted to let him stay like that for the rest of the evening. I have to let Ishin see him...I remember him being victim to the Dollhouse act...Poor Sasuke-Kun...
She looked down at the boys who were lying on the futon together, their limbs entwined, snuggling together. Then, Ishin and hajime busted in through the door, both jumping up and down.
"Mom, mom!! we did it!!" He yelled, ecstatic. "YEEEEESSSS!!" Then, to Sakura's suprise, Naruto Uzumaki ducked into the door, followed by a blushing Amaya. Her blonde locks were disheveled from her brother's previous ruffling. "We're officially a team!! hahahahaaaa!!"
Sasuke came down the stairs. Naruto hailed a greeting, with his hand in the air, and when he looked up toward the Uchiha, his enthusiastic face fell, along with his waving hand. Hajime saw his father's action, and followed his horror and humor filled look. Amaya and Ishin did the same. Everyone froze. Hajime and naruto were the first to break down and dissolve into fits of laughter. Sasuke just scowled.
"What the hell is wrong with you guys?!" He asked. Sakura laughed, and shook her head.
His face was covered in different assortments of make up. Blush on his cheeks, eyeshadow on his eyes, and lipstick that was shakily applied to his lips Eyeliner was all over his face. Ishin couldn't help himself either. After holding it in, he finally lost his own resolve.
"Sasuke...You've been vandalized...!" Naruto yelled. "Are you seriously trying to get in touch with your feminine side? Holy hell, I would hate to see Sakura--OOOOMPH!!" Said woman elbowed the hell outta the blond, and he stopped where he was. "Heheh...Sorry, Sakura-San." He scratched the back of his head and grinned that goofy grin.
"C'mon, Sasuke. I'll help you get that stuff off. Sayuri knows so much better than to get into my makeup..." She murmured, and walked into the bathroom.
Later
"I just wanted to take everyone out and celebrate. I mean hey. It's not everyday that these guys get to accomplish something so huge in their lives, you know?" Naruto said, a goofy grin on his face. Sakura and Sasuke nodded in agreement, watching the two boys run around, throwing punches and kicks at each other, with a helpless Amaya trying to intervene. She laughed.
"She is so lost on Ishin she doesn't even realize it..." She murmured.
Sasuke turned to her, and smiled. "Well...Reminds me of someone."
"Shutup. Took your ass long enough to notice, Huh?!" She elbowed him in the side, and Naruto laughed. "In more important matters..."He looked up to Sasuke. "How is your sight coming along?"
Silence...
"Uhhh...was I NOT supposed to say anything?" He looked to Sakura. "Or is it just a touchy subject, Teme...?"
"I don't want to talk about it. I'll let you know when I am able to see blurry objects, hows that, Dobe?"
"Good with me, Teme." He sighed. "Intell says that the land of Waves is building their millitary forces up once again. I...I wanted to ask...If you wanted...Um...How would you two feel if The Teme went with a scouting team...? I know that his sight sucks, but he is more in tune with his senses that anybody that I can think of...and He can be of good use to our teams..."
"NOT INTERESTED." Sasuke muttered. "NO."
"Sasuke." Sakura whispered, and he stopped. "I don't need to depend on you. I can take care of myself."
"Hn..." He snorted. "Yeah. I could really tell. Ishin was defending you, becuase you got poisoned." Naruto seemed to shrink to pinky size.
THis is NOT good. He thought, a smile plastered on his face, as a heated arguement started between the couple. Not good at all...nice going, Naruto...hehehehhh...Ill probrably be the cause of a heated two week cold shoulder/arguement, and then Ishin will be distraught, Sasuke would go back to the Sound, and then I would catch straght upf HELL when Hinata-Chan finds out...DX...great...
"Sasuke, shutup!!" She growled, and the Uchiha snapped his mouth shut. Naruto gave him a lopsided look.
"What the fuck? Teme, you aren't running a fever are you? You're not sick? um...you aren't pissed are you?" He was buzzing around the Uchiha, and then Sasuke's vein started pulsing at his forehead. "You are so fucking wipped--"
"SHUTUP DOBE!!"
TH--WACK!!
He had neatly thumped him as hard as he could. Sakura, who was mad, but shocked that he could even do it, without seeing him, glared at her husband. Naruto was on the ground, with a large lump on his head. "Sasuke...Jeez...You are so irritable sometimes..." Sakura growled, and poked Naruto's forehead. His foot twitched, and she gromaced. "Great..."
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They werew walking back home later that night, and Sakura watched Sasuke's feet. THey were one in front of the other. How does he do that...How does he function like that, in everyday life and still manage to keep up like he does...?
She gave a start when his hand slowly slipped into hers, and his long, lean fingers slipped inbetween her own. His eyes were closed when she looked at him, his face tilted up to the sky as if he was looking up to the sky. "It feels like rain..." He murmured. He stopped walking, and dragged her to a stop as well. Naruto heard the lack of footsteps, and smiled to himself. Ishin walked ahead of them, talking with hajime, sounding like the words left his mouth at a mile a minute.
Get it Teme...! He thought. He rubbed the large lump on his head. Asshole...
Sakura watched the moon play over his chiseled features, and wondered what was bugging him. "I was wondering..." He stopped, and sighed.
"Sasuke...Nin...Jounin...don't stutter...remember?"
"Tch..." He opened his eyes, and she stared into those empty depths of black. "I was thinking of placing The Sound under Konoha's control. You could stay here in Konoha. with the famliy. I could finish with everything there and then come back ans stay with you. Then we could all go back. The Uchiha's Police unit will be well established in a few months, as well as the new ANBU units...along with the new hospital that is getting--"
"You're kidding me..." She intterupted. "You...You..."
"Yeah. It's too dangerous of a risk to keep this up. I won't resign as the Otokage...but Naruto and I will share the equal power. I am going to discuss this with him when this gets through. Um...What do you think...?"
"And...what about the contract...?" She asked, and looked at him, her eyes shining brightly.
"Torn to shreds, Sakura... You're my wife, and the mother of my kids evil spawns...I don't--" She suddely threw her arms around his neck and kissed him, cutting him off.
She seemed to fall in love with him all over again.
"And..." He murmured, parting away from her, their lips barely a hair's breadth away, "You can be head of staff..." She giggled against his lips as he kissed her again, and she pulled away.
"I'd like that, Sasuke-Kun..." She breathed, and kissed him again. "Very much..."
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Sakura watched as Sasuke helped lift the heavy equipement. Hikaru was strapped to her back, and cooing in delight as he sucked on a peice of ice that he held tight in his hands. They were finishing the preparations for the station, and she smiled to herself as she watched Sasuke's biceps bulge outward as he lifted upwards. They had been staying in the Sound for a good week now. Sayuri, Satoshi, and Ishin were staying with Naruto.
Sakura walked back to the kage manor, and felt like she was being watched. a cold feeling passed through her, and she shivered, despite the warmth of the early fall atmosphere. Weird... She thought to herself. Then, Hikaru squealed, and she turned to meet Sasuke head on. Her face was level with his collarbone, and she looked up.
"Why are you so jumpy?" He asked, and looked down at her, dispite not being able to see her. "You've been like this for the past few days. Whatsup?"
"I...n-nothing." She just shook her head, and started walking once more. Sasuke fell into step beside her, and took her hand in his. She looked down at their entwined fingers, and smiled.
He has changed...so much...She told herself. At least he isn't an ice cube anymore...
Later...
he layed on his back on the tatami mat, facing the ceiling. His head was in Sakura's lap, and her hands slowly and gently massaged his scalp and temples. "You...might feel a little bit of pain, Sasuke-Kun..." She whispered, and he just sighed. He crossed his arms over ihs chest, and closed his eyes.
"Well, go ahead. It won't bother me. Get on with it..." She smiled at that cocky tone of his, and concentrated. She focsed her chakra into his fingers, and closed her eyes, letting her fingers and training do the work.
She increased the pressure of her fingers, as her chakra slowly seeped through his skin. He stiffened visibly, his body suddenly going rigid like a board, and she bit her lip in concentration, trying to ignore the sharp curse that came from his mouth.
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"Ishin!!" Hajime yelled, following his friend as he leaped through the forest. "Where are you going!!" Ishin just kept going, and didn't answer. Is was nearly nightfall, and the forest around them was growing dark. "Don't you remember what Sensei said? We can't--"
"I know, stupid Hajime!! But I felt something. It wasn't right! It was around the Sound, I know it! My mother and father is in danger! I have to tell them!!" He leaped away, and Hajime bit his lip with uncertainty. He then picked up his pace and caught up to Ishin's side.
"We're a team, Ishin. So we stick together! Lets go!"
"Heh...Thanks, Hajime." He answered, and looked forward once again. "I've got to get to them before he does..."
Ishin suddenly dodged a shuriken that whipped past his face, and the explosion went off in his face. He fell to the ground stomach first, and Hajime landed beside him. "Ishin! Are you all right??"
A pained groan came from the raven haired boy at his feet, and he grabbed his friends arm. "Ishin." Said boy came up on his hands and knees, and coughed.
"Damn it...I didn't have time to dodge that and get away...It had an explosive tag on it..." He stood on shaky legs, and opened his eyes. they were blood red, and the two tomoe appeared slowly around his inky black pupils. "Hajime, get back..."
"Oh no freakin' way, Ishin! I ain't letting you take all the glory on this one!!" He yelled angrrily, pointing at him. Ishin stared out into the darkness. At first, Hajime stared out into nothingness, seeing only black. Then, a large, muscular man walked out toward the two of them, dressed in body armour- like the ANBU at Konoha wore, escept this was white and balck instead of green and navy blue vests and underarmor. He had black hair, and dark blue eyes. His raven hair accentuated that pale skin. Two twin katanas were sheathed at his side, and he slowly unsheathed one, letting the edge of the finely honed blade scrape against the metal siding of the sheath itself. Ishin glared at him.
"Uh..." Hajime looked up at the giant of a man. "Hi..."
"Oi, boys..." He shouted over his shoulder. "Looky what I found...Just what I was striving to find after all..." Ishin saw the hitai ate that was tied over his forehead, and covering his hair at the top of his head. He had a mask covering his whole face, so there was no use it trying to guess at who he was. He couldn't see through objescts like his father was able to; not just yet.
"You are with the Land of Waves. What do you want here?" He yelled out, and the man laughed loudly. He then raised his katana into an arc over his head, and the bright white moonlight glinted off of it. "I'm not here alone, boy. Or should I say Uchiha...? And you even brought the main course with you...Little Uzumaki..."
Both boy's eyes widened in fear, and Hajime and Ishin stood tall. "You'll be good and come with us now..."
"Fire release! Dragon Fire Technique!!"
The flames spouted from Ishin's mouth, and the man let his blade fall in front of him. The flames hit his blade as he held it out, and he appeared unscathed, without a single burn mark on him. His katana, however, was blazing red.
"Heheheheheeh..." Ishin cursed loud, and turned, grabbed Hajime's arm, and started to run. THey both leaped into the trees, and took off at breakneck speed.
"Get them." The man ordered, and three men leaped out from behind them, running after the boys. THey came back after about an hour, scratched and bruised, with the boys under two of the men's arms, unconcious. The man that had originally attacked Ishin framed the Uchiha's small face with his hand, and lifted his face upward so he could stare down into it.
"Just the one I wanted...Little Ishin Uchiha...The bastard's son...Hm. Tie them up...and get the other men ready. We're going back. Then we start the plans for konoha and the Sound..." He faded off into a fit of mad laughter, and dropped Ishins limp body once again. He watched as the two started running back into the cover of the trees, and disappeared into the darkness.
Maybe now you will take better care of your own alliances, Uchiha...
And with this...I leave you...
UchihaSanNin
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