A/N- Whoaaaa buddy, im really really really late this time. i apologize, ive been soooooo freaking busy. February is a busy month for me. Birthdays and school and bla bla, ill explain more later. Now just read.
"You go on ahead; I have to make a quick call." Sakura said to Ino, who shrugged and went inside.
Sakura stood in front of the door to her apartment. She unclipped her Blackberry from her hip and dialed a number she remembered by heart.
"Hey, Ten-Ten?" Sakura said into her blackberry, rubbing her arms and pacing back and forth.
"Oh, hey Sakura! Haven't seen you at the hospital lately." Answered the teddy brown haired girl cheerfully.
"Yeah. I know you're probably at work already, so this shouldn't be to bad to ask for."
"Oh please Sakura, after Neji and Lee; you're the closet one to me. I mean, we went through medical school together, and we both know how that was hell." Ten-Ten laughed happily through the phone, "I'll do anything you need me to do."
Sakura smiled weakly at the memories of medical school, pictures of piled books and them at the library laughing ran through her head, "It's about Ino, the girl you met the other time, we have to have some tests, and well, you're the best surgeon alive."
"Ino huh? Well alright, it's seems like its going to be a slow day anyway."
"I'm sorry."
Ten-Ten laughed, "Unlike you Sakura, I hate slow days. Now I get to have some real action."
Sakura smiled and rolled her eyes, "Yeah yeah… Teddy."
Ten-Ten stopped laughing, "I told you not to call me that," She whined.
"Oh, what happened to the care free laughing I was hearing just a moment ago?" Sakura teased.
"Whatever! Just tell me where to meet you at."
"The critical area below the hospital. There should defiantly be an examining room open down there."
"Examining room huh? Alright, I'll be over there waiting."
"Thanks again Teddy." Sakura said gratefully.
"Rig/ht right, in exchange, you can burn that nick name you gave me."
Sakura laughed as they got off the phone. She sighed and clipped the Blackberry back on her hip.
She walked into the door. A man with a spiky pineapple shape hair stood instantly.
Sakura blinked, "Shikamaru? What are you doing here?" Quickly grabbing the towel and covering her self up.
"Naruto was texting him and let it slip what was happening." Sasuke said in an annoyed tone, looking at the sheepish blonde boy, "I'm best friends with an idiot."
Sakura looked over at Naruto, who shrugged and smiled, "Sorry."
Then she saw another blonde, who had now had on a shirt.
Oh no.
"Temari?"
"Heya beautiful. I came by for my regular check, and when I saw that there was a party and I wasn't invited, I decided to crash it." Temari said with a smile at Sakura.
Across from that blonde was another blonde, who was glaring her heart out at Temari.
This isn't going to go well.
"Is Ino going to be alright?" Said a man who was eating a bag of chips.
"Choji too?!" Sakura exclaimed, feeling over whelmed. As she walked more into her home.
"I'm going to be fine Choji," Ino said, looking over at him with a reassuring smile.
"You didn't think we would just sit around when Ino is in a time of need did you?" A dog boy answered.
Sakura closed her eyes, "Kiba."
"We are all here to help." Hinata said quietly but firmly.
This was turning into a crowd. No. This turned into a crowed the very moment Sasuke and Naruto got involved. Knowing that, Sakura couldn't help but feel a bit angry about Ino snooping around.
"Ok." Sakura breathed and looked around at everyone. She couldn't believe that it became this crowded in the short time Ino and her spent on the roof, "Go home." Sakura said simply.
"We've heard about the case." Shikamaru said seriously, "And we heard about everything else. We aren't just going to sit around."
"She's our friend just as much as she is yours." Choji said with a firm nod.
"Alright, I can understand you and Choji, but what the hell are Shino, Kiba, and Hinata doing here."
"And Temari." Ino added, rolling her eyes as her attention went back to Temari.
"Excuse me, but you seem to have forgotten who was here for awhile. I'm always invited here." Temari countered with a bitchy look.
"Oh, but there's so much you have missed since your last visit." Ino said, the sentence was dripping with fake sweetness as she smirked.
Temari narrowed her eyes and opened her mouth.
"Hold it right there, we are not getting further into that." Sakura yelped out of nervousness. Ino gave Sakura a look. Sakura avoided eye contact, "We don't need an argument, and I'm just wondering about Kiba and his gang."
"And Neji," Naruto chimed.
"Neji?" Sakura asked with a blink, looking around. Then she spotted him in the corner with a small smile and a half wave. Sakura sighed.
"Sasuke called me and told me everything. He thought I might be able to help my by Beukugan Naturally, I told my cousin as well, thought she might be able to help to." Neji said calmly from where he was.
"Hinata told us, because she thought that maybe my bugs might be able to figure out this curious virus." Shino said from his corner.
"And maybe me and Akamaru could help with something else." Kiba said with a wolfy grin and a shrug.
"And I have to tell Lee too." Neji added with an apologetic smile.
"What, why?!" Sakura exclaimed, looking at Neji.
"He'll be upset if he's not included."
Oh. My. God.
Sakura sighed and rubbed her eyes, "So I guess we are all getting involved in this.
"Yes. So put on some clothes, I don't want everyone to see what I had the privilege in seeing in bed," Temari said, still looking at Ino, "Maybe I should go in there and help, yeah?" She turned to Sakura and grinned, wiggling her eyebrows.
Sakura blushed, just the slightest, which Ino caught.
"Things have changed Temari, and by the by, I have seen that, and much more." Ino said simply, crossing her arms and leaning back to cross her legs also.
Temari blinked and looked over at Sakura, who had already run into her room.
Unbelievable, life threatening situation, and they are still fighting.
Life threatening situation and she has to deal with all of them!
She went into a drawer and pulled out a shirt and a pair of sweats. Who was she trying to impress right? Putting on her clothes and tying her shoes, she looked in the mirror and saw exactly how pale she was. She didn't want to go through with this, but she didn't exactly have a choice.
And maybe she didn't have to do this alone. Maybe all of them could be a big help, though it might be troublesome. She chuckled lightly, she sounded like Shikamaru again.
Kiba could sniff out the trial of lies.
Hinata and Neji can help with the critical care.
Shino can defiantly help with the virus.
Lee… Well he can just keep our spirits up.
Ten-Ten can help with all the surgery.
Shikamaru can defiantly find information and put it into a case.
Choji can provide the food and snakes.
And Temari… Interrogation?
Yeah. This could all work. This could all really work.
They all walked into the cold. Sasuke and Naruto were leading the way, Naruto laughing and grinning and Sasuke smiling and talking to Choji and Shikamaru, who didn't look too happy, but they were talking. Neji left to get Lee. Just behind Choji and Shikamaru, Hinata, Kiba, and Shino were walking together, also talking.
And at the very end of the line was Sakura, who was walking with Ino and Temari.
Temari glared at Ino.
Ino walked with a smirk.
And Sakura just kept silent, hoping she could survive till the hospital.
"Hey beautiful, you all right, you look a bit pale." Temari asked with true concern, looking to her right where Sakura was at.
"Maybe she'd be alright if you stopped calling her beautiful." Ino said a bite in her voice as she walked on the other side of Sakura.
"I'll stop when Sakura say's so." Temari answered with a sneer.
"Oh, so your just a bitch following it's master then, huh?" Ino replied sounding clueless.
"Don't get jealous because I have Sakura and you don't."
Sakura's heart beated nervously.
Ino raised her eyebrows, "You have Sakura?" Amusement in her voice.
"Yes." Temari answered back, wrapping her arms protectively around Sakura's waist.
You could hear the growl from Ino's throat, "She's not yours Temari." Ino then gave Sakura a look.
Sakura awkwardly slipped out of Temari's arms.
"Please, like she's yours?" Temari rolled her eyes, ignoring that Sakura left her arms.
"Actually. She is. So fuck off. And the next time you put your arms around her I'll rip them off." Ino was giving off a radiation of anger.
"What? No she's not." Temari replied with her eyebrows burrowed, "How could she be yours?"
"So your stupid now too? Of course she's mine. We are going out." Ino rolled her eyes.
"What?.." Temari then looked over to Sakura, who looked away rubbing her arm, "Since when?" She sounded hurt.
"For awhile." Ino said with a smirk before Sakura could answer.
"No. Only for like 3 days Temari, promise." Sakura tried to reassure.
"How come I wasn't told?" Temari's eyes dimmed.
"It's none of your business." Ino spat.
"Because you weren't around Temari." Sakura tried to explain.
"Well I have been now, were you planning on telling?" she was getting upset now.
"She doesn't have to tell you anything."
"Ino! Stop. Temari. Sasuke and Naruto just found out, I haven't told anyone."
"Right." Temari said, looking straight ahead and picking up her pace.
"Temari." Sakura called, trying to keep up, "Come on; don't be upset, I was going to tell you."
"Right." Temari said with a shrug, "I don't care, least I know now."
"Temari please." Sakura begged, knowing that she did care, a lot, and that she hurt her feelings.
Temari just kept walking, catching up to Shikamaru and the gang and talking to them.
Sakura sighed and her shoulder slumped.
Ino walked next to Sakura, frowning, "Strangely, that wasn't satisfying."
Sakura glanced at Ino, "What the hell Ino."
"What I'm trying to say is, I feel bad."
"Yeah well I hope guilt is eating you away. God, that went terrible." Sakura sighed.
Ino continued to frown, "Are you mad a me?"
"What gave it away?" Sakura answered flatly, rubbing her face.
"Aw come on Sakura-"
"No." Sakura cut her off, "Honestly, I don't want to hear it."
Ino crossed her arms and stopped in her tracks, "So, what? Is this a fight?"
"Whatever Ino." Sakura continued to walk, not even paying her any type of mind.
"Don't walk away. Just say yes or no so I can prepare." Ino said in a bitchy tone. Sakura winced and whirled around, "Yes. This is a fight."
"Fine." Ino said, starting to walk again, brushing past Sakura.
"Very mature." Sakura rolled her eyes.
"Like I give a fuck." Ino called, continuing to walk. Her hips seemed to sway side to side as she walked ahead.
Sakura sighed. God. There was drama at every freaking turn today.
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They reached the hospital and piled in, which looked odd, a large group of people, including Lee, all in the hospital. Sakura could have laughed at the faces of the nurses, each one dropping their jaws, but she was a little too stressed to even attempt to smile. Who was she kidding? She was way too stressed to do anything, but look grim. She squeezed through the group, trying to get in the front, "It's this way," she said, walking ahead towards the direction.
They all walked down the hospital, looking around and talking quietly. Sakura strangely felt like one of those tour guides for a museum. Shaking her head, she took a left, which only lead a couple of feet ahead before there was a door.
Sakura walked up to the door, which said Doctors only. It was just a trick though, most of the Doctors didn't have a card to get pass. Sakura felt around in her jean pockets, which was odd because she was expecting to feel her Doctor coat. Then it hit her.
She face palmed, "Got damnit," She said aloud.
"What's wrong?" Naruto asked, poking his head over her shoulder. The pink headed doctor mumbled something that Naruto couldn't catch, "Huh?"
"I forgot the key." Sakura said in exasperation, "It's in my Doctors coat."
Then the door opened with Ten-Ten poking her head out, a huge smile on her face, "I figured you'd forget. Always saving your ass." Ten-ten said cheerfully, opening the door fully.
Sakura smiled slightly, Ten-Ten seemed to be able to do that so easily, "That's Teddy, and I owe you one."
"How bout getting that nick name dropped?" Ten-Ten suggested, turning and walking down the white all, the light slightly dimmed."
"Nah." Sakura answered back causally, wrapping her arm around Ten-Ten's shoulder grinning, "I love Teddy."
"Teddy is gonna kick your ass one day," Ten-Ten answered with bounce in her voice and step as she wrapped her arm around Sakura's waist.
"But you can't do that," Sakura explained, "You save my ass, you don't kick it silly."
Ten-Ten laughed. The rest of the group followed down the dimming hallway. Ino walked in the back, her eyes narrowed and the two in front, arms wrapped around each other. She crossed her arms and continued to walk behind everyone else, sliding her eyes away from the scene, unable to help the jealousy that seemed to spread through her body.
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