His Path

Ch.3

The Drug in Me Is You

Naruto's POV

"He's what?" I couldn't believe this…

The girl took in a deep breath, "Yes." I had to stop him.

"Why would he attack, Konoha?" I was freaking out.

"Naruto, calm down." Granny was still here,

"But it was Madara's fault in the first place that the family had such a bad look upon the village elders. My father told me it was a man with a mask that controlled the Kyuubi. It was him... He was the one who betrayed Konoha in the first place!"

"Then why don't you go tell Sasuke that?"

"I w—!" Wait a sec, "…"

"See," Granny was right, "It would take more than that to bring him back to Konoha, and end up killing Madara instead of the Leaf." She sighed, "We need Sakura back though."

….

"Sakura, what's wrong?"

….

Sasuke's POV

I care about her but I don't need to care for her this much.

Nor do I even want to...

"What happened?" I had to get someone to help.

"Kabuto, she suddenly passed out a moment ago. You're the only one awake that knows how to use medical ninjustu." Madara was speaking for me, I never liked Kabuto since the first time I met him. But that was years ago.

"Hmm… let's see." A Green looking chakra flowed out his hands and he felt around to see what was wrong with her.

…

"Well?"

…

"She seems to… have a liver failure."

…

"What?" I yelled out, "But she's only 16!"

"Yes but, do you know if she's been drinking a lot?" He turned his cheek, calmly looked at me with Orochimaru's eye,

Sending shivers down my spine.

"…No,"

"Well that's one of the main causes. Let's wait for her to get up; I'll treat her with an IV for now."

…

We sat in the chairs in the corner.

We waited for her to wake up.

Nothing…

… An hour…

Nothing again….

Giving up, I felt sleepy, thinking back, I took it for granted. I never knew how much she meant to me… or how much they all meant to me…

…

"I'm sorry!"

I smiled softly, "You don't need to keep on saying you're sorry, Sakura."

"I'm sorry…"

We were in a forest near the outskirts of what used to be Konoha, everything was destroyed. She sat with her feet behind her and I had one knee down so I knelt down to her height. Her knees were covered in scratches, her eyes were red and puffy and dirt covered parts of her body.

"Sakura, you can go now…"

"…come back…"

"I can't,"

She was crying like crazy… she always did look cute this way. But it hurt me a lot.

"Come back…"

I kissed her forehead, "I really have to go …" I got up and turned

"I don't know what I'm supposed to do with myself…"

"Do what you usually did back then…"

…

"I forgot what it was like when I missed you."

I took a deep breath, "Then remember…"

"…"

"Sakura go…"

"But I love you!"

I turned around to her surprised,

I couldn't breathe?

"SASUKE!"

~x~

I jumped, wait I was dreaming? I placed my hand against my forehead before it exploded.

"She's awake, Mr. Oblivious." Suigetsu tapped onto my shoulder and pointed to the cold, steal bed in front of us. She was sitting up, crying?

"I should have found this out earlier… Just get away from me!"

"Don't treat me like that, I saved your life little girl." He sighed, "Well thank god your only in the early stages of a liver failure. I must ask, Sakura."

"What do you want, sick-o."

He folded his arms and paced back and forth, taking a deep breath. "Have you been drinking under-aged?"

She blinked, "What?"

"Alcohol, have you been drinking the Nectar of the Gods?"

"Is that any of your business?"

"If you want me to save your life, then yes."

"…" she took a deep breath, "Yes." Damn it, Sakura…

"How long?"

"… I picked up my first bottle when I was 13."

"Ah, and do you drink that often?"

"When I got home from a mission I would drink till I got drunk enough to pass out," She looked down, and whispered something I couldn't hear.

"Sakura," I got up and walked over to the steal bed, "what got you to start drinking?"

"…A friend of mine told me that drinking takes the pain away, so I stole some from—."

"Who is this friend?"

"… Ino, I got the drinks from Tsunade." She got up and walked pass us, "Thanks to you, I am dying before your eyes." And she continued to walk out.

"Don't you fucking walk out." I said with a tone that no one disserves to hear.

"Leave me alone, bastard." And she ran down the hallway,

"Damn, what did you do to her Sasuke?" Suigetsu said.

"Shut up."

"Ouch, touchy."

….

Sakura's POV

It was as if someone was squeezing out my energy, I felt my chakra grow weaker and weaker, and my bones feeling like jell-o.

I felt,

Motionless,

All of a sudden I felt a upchuck coming from the back of my throat, oh jeez.

I was going to vomit?

…. And so I did…

"Ah… gross." I opened my eyes, and across my sheets wasn't vomit, 'it was…' "Blood?" I wiped my lips, Then I heard someone knock on the door, "Come in…" The door creaked open,

Jugo walked in, "Kabuto needs to give you some medicine,"

"Okay." I got up and walked to the medical room, Sasuke was sitting where he was when I woke up. His head down, and then I felt as if his head rose up to look at me. I wasn't looking for one. I can't look at him after what I told him about an hour ago.

"Alright Sakura, this will only take a second." He looked for a vein, and injected a needle into one of them seeping the medication into my veins. "This is liquid will clear up any remaining alcohol in your body. Your white blood cells shall take over the pain soon enough. Stop abusing, or even drinking, alcohol for now. If this procedure works then we won't have to transplant an organ into you."

"Yes I know all of this…" He treated me as if I wasn't a medical ninja at all.

"…I'll get some pain relaxers for you to take."

He walked pass me and went to grab more medication. I felt a sharp pain from the needle; all of a sudden my blood began to fill the bag full of medication. Beepers began to go off, throwing everyone in the room off guard. My blood pressure was rising and I felt my body shutting down.

The needle must have ruptured the vein.

The bag exploded. I pulled the needle out of my vain and put pressure to the opening.

Sasuke ran to me, and pulled me into his arms. "Kabuto, do something!"

My blood wasn't stopping, begging to cover Sasuke.

"Sasuke…kun…" I groaned his name into his chest; I still held pressure against the hole.

I can't heal it,

I am too weak.

Useless

"Sakura it's going to be okay." He held his hand on my head and his other around my body.

"Give me your arm, Sakura."

I stretched it out to Kabuto, my head still buried into Sasuke's chest. I never knew how short I was till now. I felt him healing the ruptured vein. Sasuke was playing with my hair between his figures and kept on holding me close enough that I felt his heart stop every time I moaned from the pain.

"That is all, if your body won't take the medication you're just going to have to wait for the alcohol to drain out naturally." Then he left,

Is it me or does everyone like to leave me and Sasuke alone in this room? He let me go.

"I'm going to be gone for a while."

"Wait, why?"

"..I have to go get a few things."

"Why can't I go with—?"

"Your too weak, Sakura. I can't afford you dying on the trip."

"… Sasuke I am going with you…"

"No. Sakura, stay in your room. I only need you for the war."

"I'm not going to listen…"

He had to eventually had to give in. He told me were going to Granny Cat to pick up some extra weapons. The Uchiha clan bought all of their weapons from her… I remember going there once for a search for a cat's paw print back when we were kids…

What was the cat called?

Nekomata…?

Soon enough we arrived, it brought back a lot of memories. We both went into the old women's store, and there stood a girl, around our age.

She blushed a bit and bowed to Sasuke, "Welcome, Uchiha-san."

"Tamaki,"

"Hello Sasuke, how are things going?" The old women sat on the ground surrounded by cats.

"I am here to pick up the order." He didn't greet her back?

"Well, at least a hello would do a women well." She walked past Sasuke, then saw me.

"Hm… Such a familiar face…" She gave Sasuke a box full of weapons. She walked over to a stack of books and picked up a one. That book. She flipped all the way to one certain page and slipped a picture from it. "Ah…" She walked towards me, "You must have been the cute girl in this photo!" She smiled sweetly. The photo of all three of us, and her. The big paw print in the background that belonged to Nekomata.

I rubbed my cheek, "Ha ha, no need to say that!"

"Hmm… and this other boy. He was rather annoying. Naruto. Correct?"

"Y-Yes." The aura grew colder. Sasuke placed the money on her counter.

"9,000 ryō, correct?"

"Certainly," The old women put the picture back into the book and walked to the money. She placed the Paw Encyclopedia on top of the box he was carrying. "This would especially serve you well memories. Please do the best you can and bring it back to me when you can."

Sasuke turned and walked out the shop, I grabbed the book and we continued to walk on home.

Sasuke's POV

It had been two days since we came back. I was searching through the book she had lent me, (Once I found the time) I had cried about twice now. Seeing the pictures of Itachi's smile, hugging me. I just couldn't bare it. But the other picture of all of us, was when I really had enough. I closed the book. Placing it on my bed, I lay down, wondering what the hell was going to become of all of this.

Every day I trusted Sakura more and more, if I am going crazy or not. I just can't open up to her like this.

If she seriously betrays me…

Then what's this all going to become?

Worthless…

I finally pulled myself together, waiting for the bloodshot eyes to clear out.

I stepped out of my bed room.

Only to be rudely stopped.

"Sasuke, I think it's time." I turned and saw Madara, he held his hand out. "War,"

I starred at his hand, "Right now?"

"Sure, why not?"

"Let me go talk to Sakura, I'll come as soon as possible." I turned around from the man and headed to where Sakura had been for the past few days.

I knocked on her door…

"…Sakura open the door."

… What in the, I knock again.

"Sakura open the door… NOW!" I got furious. I opened the door on my own.

Flying it open it hit the wall. Hard.

"Mmm… Sasuke-kun… What's going on?" She was asleep; I held my hand against my forehead in irritation.

"Sakura, I'm heading off to the battle field." I looked at her reaction. She jumped up from her bed, in her casual clothes. Her hair in a mess.

"Let me go, you need a medical—"

"No I have Kabuto for that. I want you to stay here." I took in a deep breath. "Listen to me."

"… If you had Kabuto then why did you drag me into this?"

"That was before Kabuto was fully functioning without group. He's more capable of staying in battle longer." She flinched from my remark. I swiftly looked around her room.

She still had her headband.

"What are you looking at?" She got up and her feet patted against the cold floor.

"Why do you still have your headband? Do you know what it means?" I looked at her.

"It's just a HEAD PROTECTOR." She through a typical attitude with it, reminded me so much of that damn' loud mouth blonde.

Wait… there were two in that darn village.

"If it's just a head protector, you wouldn't mind if I scratched out the Konoha symbol?" I glared at her. I saw a faint scare in her eyes. Brushing it off,

"What's the point in messing with it? Just leave it alone."

"You don't need it."

"Sasuke, it is MINE." There she goes not adding the kun,

"… Are you betraying—?"

"Stop over reacting bird brain." She stormed over to her headband, "Just… Just go!"

"Not until I am sure you're not going to leave."

"I won't," She turned around with the headband in hand. She lifted her pinky to me. "I promise…" I swear she acted like a child still.

"Hn…" I turned and walked out the door, locking it.

And that was the last time I saw her for awhile.

Guys, thank you for bearing with me. I had huge writer's block like no tomorrow & I have been trying to enjoy this summer...

As if, this summer is just RAIN RAIIN RAIIIINNN.

Anyways, I gave you a long enough chapter to enjoy some snacks with and I tried my best to finish this up ASAP. I will be working on the next chapter when I get done posting this.

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Also; I am very sorry for the late update.

-KairiU