Disclaimer: This is a work of fanfiction. All recognizable characters in this work belong to esteemed writer Masashi Kishimoto. I don't own Naruto.
Bleep…Bleep ...Bleep
The heart of the patient has now stopped beating; as the blonde haired doctor have managed to divert his blood into the bypass machine for pumping. "Number 11 scalpel please" she said to the nurse, her bell like voice slightly muffled by surgical face mask. "There you go Doctor"
"Thank you"
Making a small cut in the aorta, under the watchful eye of Dr Shizune Kato; Minatsu gently removed the diseased segment of the valve. Looking at it closely noticing the severity of the damage, she assessed that if admitted a week longer this man's heart would have stopped pumping altogether. Tachibana Ginkaku, 56, is your average Konoha resident, hardworking, tax paying citizen, who had been rushed to the hospital 3 days ago with acute Angina, chest pains, caused by the restriction of blood supply to the heart muscle. He has a wife and 3 kids one of which is heading off to college next year and she felt pity for him.
"Cross clamp please, and have the artificial valve prepped and ready for installation".
Three hours later the doctor headed out to the waiting room along with attending cardio thoracic surgeon Dr Kato, her mentor, to tell Ginkaku-san's wife Tamako the news. Tamako spotted them immediately and rushed towards them desperate to tell her the news what she needed to hear.
Minatsu quickly asked Dr Kato, "Do you want to tell her, Kato-sama or should I?"
"You can do it, Natsu-chan. And how many times should I tell you to call me Shizune." She replied smiling.
"Sorry Shizune-san." She smiled sheepishly and turned to Tamako-san with a smile,
"Hello Tamako-san, Ginkaku-san's surgery was a success. We were able to remove the damaged valve and replace it with the artificial one without any complications. He should wake up from the anesthetic within a couple of hours, we are positive he will make a full recovery".
"Thank you, thank you so much doctor" she gasped between sobs of joy. She then suddenly launched at the small blond doctor and wrapped her arms around her.
"I need to call the kids, let them know his OK, thank god". Natsu smiled to myself happy to be giving someone some good news and laughed little nervously and hugged her back.
"Your welcome", She replied cheerfully her small frame bouncing up and down with happiness.
Shizune Kato smiled at her newest doctor's exuberance. Initially she thought that the girl would be an other struck up, snobby and cocky doctor who just because she became a doctor in the most prestigious hospital thought she'd be untouchable.
Really impressive resume though. Her file stated that she's a child prodigy graduating High School at fourteen and joined NDMC (National Defence Medical College) and became the youngest graduate from it at age of 20. She worked in army for two years and left the job refunding her training cost. Then she attended Senju Medical College for two years for her specialisation as a cardiothoracic surgeon.
Shizune was trained under Tsunade Senju, one of the/ if not the best doctors in the entire world. So after her resignation, she was the best doctor in the Syndicate. As an attending doctor, she trained few of the best doctors in the Syndicate like Haruno Shakira, Hyuuga Neji etc. Both of them are struck up brats but are competent at least. Unlike outside members of Syndicate they know better than to cross their limits. To avoid suspicions on the hospital, every year they call for fresh doctors for residency. Outside the Syndicate, doctors aren't usually taken in as the requirements are really high.
But this girl managed to get in surpassing all the requirements and Shizune was made her attending physician. She steeled herself to train an other bratty doctor who thinks of herself as a big shot.
But Natsu-chan was exactly opposite of what she has expected. Oh she did have few oddities. A ramen addict (Shizune still wept at the loss of money for foolishly treating the younger girl to ramen few days ago), loud, brash, hot tempered and absolute lack of table manners.
But she is compassionate, bubbly, cheerful, down to earth, hardworking and extremely dense (or a really good actor) and Shizune couldn't help but to love the girl. Shizune still laughed at the deer in headlights expression when staff at this place flirted with her.
"You are picking it up quite quickly Natsu-chan. I really lucky to have such a studious resident under my care." Natsu blushed at those words. The girl really didn't know how to take a compliment. "Take the rest of your day off. After such a tedious surgery you deserve some rest."
"Thank you, Shizune-san." Natsu smiled. "Is it alright. I mean I can stay and help you with anything you need. 'ri-chan went to meet her fiancee's parents and I will be bored in that flat all by myself. I could still keep working -ttebane."
"There are no cases which you are required Natsu-chan. Ah forgot to mention it. You are going to perform a joint surgery along with Haruno-san, Hyuuga- san and myself. Remember the boy you saved three weeks ago, Ryohei. Neji-san requested that you should be one of the doctors in surgery room." Natsu grew excited at the prospect of another surgery but deflated.
"But Haruno-san for reasons I don't know hates me." She whined. "The way she glares at me makes me feel like I shot her puppy or something -ttebane. I can't perform surgery with her glaring at me all the time. I am scared that I might mess up -ttebane."
"Don't worry Natsu-chan. Sakura-san may feel jealous of you but she's a professional doctor. I have complete faith in your abilities and you found the tumor which effected my Godson. The surgery will be successful." Shizune replied. "And I can never thank you enough for that."
"Oh that boy is your Godson?" She bounced lightly. "He must be really cute when he's younger. And why is Haruno-san jealous of me. I mean she is really beautiful, better surgeon than me and was loved by entire staff members. I am well myself." She said looking down at her feet.
Shizune smiled at her words. Natsu-chan really needs to be more confident of herself. Shizune might not have studied psychology but she can clearly see that the girl have suffered neglect and possibly abuse when she's a child. Natsu still have slight inferiority complex but buried it under her determination and drive to succeed. Not wanting to argue with the girl who could out stubborn a rock Shizune shook her head and replied.
"I will talk with Sakura about her behaviour. Don't worry about her, Natsu-chan. And yes his mother Iruka Umino and in a few months Iruka Hatake named me his godmother. Yes the little devil is much more cuter when he's a little brat. Before his illness whenever he's awake he is the greatest contributor to Ruka-chan's every single grey hair." Shizune noticed the slight tension in Natsu's shoulders. Thinking that Natsu must have known Kakashi-kun's name through newspapers. Poor girl, she must be scared of making some mistake when she's treating the son of one of the most influential member in the continent.
"Relax kid. Don't worry about messing up in the surgery." She gave the younger girl a reassuring smile. "I, myself will be guiding you in it and Neji Hyuuga and Sakura Haruno are our best doctors. Now change out of your scrubs and meet me in my office. I will give you the copy of case file. The surgery is in a week, so try not to panic and let's do our best."
A few minutes later Natsu changed into her atrocious orange sundress and took the file from her. Smiling hesitantly, she took the manilla folder and tucked it under her arms. She walked towards the hospital parking area where her old trusty slightly rusted Chevy is parked.
"Hope Kakashi-nii wouldn't have to meet me. Even if he does I sincerely hope that he doesn't recognize me. It has been seventeen years since he last saw me after all." Natsu thought wryly absentmindedly tracing the scars on her cheeks caused by that accident. "And even though he does what can he do. I will simply escape from this place as Kaa-chan did all those years ago."
Trying to shake away the painful memories, Natsu drove her vehicle slightly above the speed limit which is the maximum speed the truck could go. Normally she kept her head down to avoid police but her mind in turmoil. Deciding to go for a long drive she chose the long way home where even no traffic is present and went to the road which void of street lights and cameras. Unbidden, the memories of her childhood rushed into her mind and made her queasy. Tears formed in her eyes remembering the day her mother died saving her life and many other things. Natsu was knocked out of her stupor when she saw a illuminated silhouette of a man by her headlights crossing the road through blurred eyes.
Sky blue eyes widening in panic, she turned the steering wheel harshly narrowly missing the man. Thank God the breaking systems are good and she managed to stop the car before it hit the pavement.
"Oi, teme." She shouted out of her window at the man after calming her racing heart. "Can't you find another vehicle to die. What's the big idea?"
When she received no response, she took out the pepper spray and walked towards the man cautiously. He was limping slightly. But what caught her sight was the trail of blood behind him and before she could say anything the man slumped down over the pavement.
"Hello Sir, can you hear me?" She asked positive that he is not dead. Racing towards his side she grabbed his wrist trying to feel for a pulse. A faint pulse is felt filling her with relief.
"Hello Sir, what is your name?" She spoke trying to get a response but all she heard is a soft 'Hn'.
"Sir if you can hear me I need you to squeeze my hand please?" Natsu pressed on placing her hand in his palm praying to get a reaction from him. He must be conscious enough to at least be moved into the car so that she couldn't take him to the hospital. After what felt like a lifetime he gently squeezed her hand with his palm. Then ever so slowly he begins to lift his head to reveal his face.
She swallowed down the massive lump that has instantly formed in her throat. This guy, whoever he is, has been seriously attacked by something or someone. She could see that clearly even in the low light. His face is completely covered in dark glistening blood. But upon closer inspection it appears he has a deep laceration to his upper right eye, followed by bruising to his left eye that has already started to swell, possible broken eye socket, with another cut to the top left corner of his mouth, ending with what seems to be another a nasty looking gash across the bridge of his nose, possibly broken.
"Who..are..you?" he managed to get out.
"My name is Natsu, I'm a doctor, and I'm going to try and help you, but I need to know whether you've sustained any injuries to your legs" She asked little breathlessly
"Except for a bullet through my left leg. No" he replied sarcastically. He is clutching to the left side of his rib cage with his right hand and she added possible broken ribs on the left side to her mental injury inventory.
"Alright hold on for a few minutes. I will get my car. Have first aid box inside and will try to treat your wounds."
Few minutes later, Natsu parked the car on the pavement and opened the back door. Walking towards the downed man, she positioned herself around his right side carefully pulling his right arm away from his left side that he'd been clutching. As his palm came into view she could see that it's covered in fresh, wet crimson blood. 'Possible large wound to the left side near rib cage.' She thought. Putting his arm behind her head so that it's resting on her shoulders and wrapped her other arm behind him for support.
"Right sir, on my count, I'm going to need to you stand up and walk. It's really important that you do this, now you can put as much weight on me as you like and I will try and guide you inside the car as it is warmer and treat you first aid. Are you ready? On my count, one.. two…. THREE."
"AHHhh" he wheezed out loudly as they stood up together. Natsu pouted inwardly at their height difference. The victim got at least more than half a foot on her and he has to lean down as she placed him on her backseat.
Irritated as the interior lights are not working she used the flashlight of her mobile phone. Taking out her first aid kit, she removed his silk shirt revealing a bullet proof vest underneath. There are several bullets mushroomed over it but three bullets managed to penetrate it. Two of them just just to pierced the skin but one of them made a fatal wound near his ribs. And he took another bullet to his back in area uncovered by the vest.
As she was an army doctor, she immediately recognised that he was shot in a close range by .357 SIG or 9mm guns as it's a bullet that pierced it not a shell of shotgun. Shaking off those thoughts, she cleaned his wounds using spirit. The bullets cannot be removed without her surgical tools so she simply bandaged them.
"How you holding up?" She asked him, as he glanced up at her, barely able to keep both eyes open.
"I've been better" He replied in a raspy voice. She simply nodded. Now inside the car Natsu could clearly see how he looked. Pale, ever so slight blueish drawn complexion could mean potential hypothermia along with substantial blood loss, no doubt from his wound on his left side. His clothes although ripped, wet and blooded, looked as though they would've have been a very smart navy suit along with his expensive looking Oxford shoes.
'How on earth did a man dressed like this ended up on pavement this way?' Natsu wondered.
"What's your name?" She asked gently. The man looked as if he's debating on whether to tell her or not.
"Sasuke" he concedes quietly.
"Right Sasuke-san, I'm going to need to call the ambulance and have it take you to the hospital. Hold on it's not really far, just about ten minutes -ttebane." She stated, to which his head quickly shooted up.
"No, no ambulance or hospital" He said firmly.
"What do you mean? Listen if you don't get to a hospital and have them treat your wounds, you could suffer bleeding out or infection and dying" She shouted hoping that he'd listen to her reason.
"Listen here Dobe... I was... peppered with bullets and was really lucky to escape that assassination attempt... The first thing... they're gonna check are the hospitals to finish the job. Lost my phone... so just take me to a safe place and.. I'll call my family." He grunted out breathing heavily. "I bet... they've already sent out.. patrols to search for me..."
Seething inwardly at him for calling her 'Dobe' she checked his mouth to see if he'd coughed any blood. Thankfully he hasn't indicating that he didn't have any internal bleeding...yet.
"Alright then Sasuke-san. My friend Hikari is a children's specialist and has a clinic here. I will take you there and you can call your family." Natsu replied through her gritted teeth.
It took them three minutes to reach the clinic. Thankfully Hikari gave her a spare key to her clinic so she opened it and went back to bring the teme inside.
When she reached him she saw that his eyes are closed with his mouth slightly open and his face turned deadly pale.
Stooping back down in front of him, she grabbed on to his wrist. "Sasuke-san, can you hear me?" She said, hoping for an answer or sign of anything. On checking for his pulse on his limp wrist she felt nothing.
"Shit he's gone into cardiac arrest." Natsu swore heatedly. Swiftly grabbing him she heave him down onto his back on the seat gently and started to administer CPR.
With both hands placed in the center of his chest Natsu launch into 30 chest compression throwing her weight into each one, she then pinched his nose, careful not touch his abrasion. Tilting his head backwards slightly she sealed his mouth with her own and blowed firmly into it twice. "Come on teme, don't you dare die on me" She shouted at him. She continue with another 30 chest compressions followed by mouth to mouth. Again and again she tried, urging the life back into him until eventually after the 7th attempt, Natsu stop.
He's gone.
Sitting back on her heels, drained with the level of exertion she've just given into those chest compression. She lifted her head up and stared at the ceiling, breathing heavily. She closed her eyes trying to steady her breath. Tears started at the tips of her eyes. 'Why the hell did I listen to the teme. If I have taken him to the hospital, he'd have survived. I should have given him better treatment and now it's my fault that he's dead.' Natsu cried softly.
Then, all at once she heard the spluttering, gurgled breaths of the man laid down before her. She snapped her head back down to see the teme moving his head and gasping for air as he slowly opened his eyes and looked straight at her.
"Ow!" he says simply. Seeing Sasuke definitely not dead filled her with happiness. Unable to control her happiness, Natsu bursted into laughter and slugged the man gently on his uninjured arm.
"Welcome back" She smiled at him while he scowled at her. Carefully she helped him up into a seating position.
"Ahhh!" he yelled loudly.
"Yea, I've probably fractured a couple of your ribs when I gave you CPR, sorry" She said placing his right arm over her shoulder again.
"Oh you're so…lucky I don't hit women... dobe." Sasuke scowled at her irritatedly.
"Yea and you're so lucky I save lives for a living, now come on you teme the bed is just round that corner." She replied brightly pointing to the back of the clinic..
With one almighty haul she manage to get him to his feet. Nestling herself close to his tall frame with her arm behind his back again for support and her other holding onto his arm around her shoulders, they cautiously staggered in the dark over to the bed. Glancing over at Sasuke, Natsu saw that his eyes are closed again. As she could see his chest rising and falling with each breath she was pacified.
'Few weeks ago I left my old surgical kit here. Where the hell did I leave it?' Natsu thought while searching for the instrument kit. She quickly snatched a stethoscope and found the instrument kit in the locker.
Placing all those things on the other table, Natsu put her stethoscope around her neck and turned towards Sasuke to see him looking towards her direction. She headed back down the corridor and grabbed a few spare blankets and pillows which she placed onto the table as she made her way back.
Natsu then took a kettle, filled it with water and turned it on. She then searched for the white sterile gloves used by Hikari. When the water began to give out steam, she switched the kettle off and took it along with a plastic bowl to the table beside Sasuke.
"How you doing Sasuke-san?" She questioned.
"I'm fine, although…I could do with a drink" He answered in a raspy voice
"Sorry Sasuke-san, no can do, you'll have to remain nil by mouth till I can treat your wounds" She said shaking her head. "It will upset your stomach and may cause you to throw up."
"So much for…hospitality" He said in-between coughs. When she touched him he moaned out in pain. "Definitely have fractured some of his ribs." She thought wryly.
She then grabbed the pillows and gently propped them underneath his head. Switching on the lamp on for better view, she saw the extent of his injuries. Damn it is one nasty piece of work. Taking off her jacket she wore the gloves and facemask.
Natsu took the surgical instruments from the kit and placed them on the table. As they are not recently used, she started to sterilise them. Feeling little tired, she let out a yawn. Looking at her wrist watch, she saw that it's quarter past 10°clock and nowhere near her bed time. 'I must be more exhausted than usual after that surgery.' She thought wryly.
"Oi dobe... Are you... sure you're alright to, you know to be doing something like this?" Sasuke asked sceptically.
"Sasuke-san if keep this up, I'm going to knock you out without using anesthetic. And for your information yes I can and besides do you think you really have an other choice?" She growled irritated. "And my name is Natsu not dobe. Stop calling me that."
"What parent name their girl Natsu. Isn't it s boy's name? Or is it short for Natsumi or Natsume?" He said in a haughty tone. "And if I call my family they would be here in thirty minutes. So there I do have a choice."
"Yup they'll take back your corpse after that time. And it's short for Minatsu -ttebane." She snapped at him. "So a simple question are you allergic to anything I should know about?"
"No, I'm good" He mumbled.
"Good," She replied. Before he could comprehend anything, both his hands and feet along with his body was strapped to the bed.
"Oi dobe. What the fuu.." whatever he's going to say was cut off by forcing a gag into his mouth.
"You are lucky that you need to be conscious for the treatment because you might have an other cardiac arrest if you are sleeping. Otherwise I would have knocked out your ass . Try not to struggle too much when I stitch your ass back. " She grinned.
Taking out three syringes, Natsu filled one with morphine, other with penicillin and the last one with anesthetic. Searching his left hand for a vein, Natsu took the syringe with penicillin.
"This is going to sting a bit. Try to relax Sasuke-san. You'll be the only who feels pain if you struggle too much." She warned him. "This is penicillin for any infection you've received from your wounds." She injected it into his left hand.
Natsu then gave him morphine and then injected around the wounds in leg, chest and his shoulder local anesthetic to numb the sensation around those wounds. Then she waited a few minutes for the anesthetic to kick in. Usually the procedure is to leave the bullets which have been embedded deeply but she could see that they are lead bullets. The more they are inside the body the greater chances there would be of lead poisoning.
Feeling around the wounds, Natsu was thankful that the bullet didn't pierce any major artery. But still she'd to be careful not to disturb the arteries around the wound. Carefully pulling out the bullet she thoroughly checked for any embedded sharpnel. Cleaning out the wound Natsu started running simple suture on his wound. Cutting off the excess thread, she got out the bandage roll to finish dressing the wound. The same procedure is repeated on his leg and she sighed calmly.
"Ok then Sasuke-san, I am going to unstrap you from this bed. You need to sit with your back facing me so that I can treat the wound on your shoulder. Don't make any sudden moments or you might aggravate your wounds -ttebane." She murmured turning on the lights in the room and removed the mask.
Sasuke glared at the girl infront of him. If those stitches leave a scar he's going to sue her ass. He is an Uchiha and the doctor should feel lucky to touch his body. Ripping out the gag from his mouth, controlling his temper he turned towards his odd saviour.
Whatever he's going to say stopped in his throat. As she turned on the bright lights of the clinic he saw her clearly and wondered if someone stole his wet fantasy and made it into this beautiful girl.
What met his eyes was a delicate face that ended in the very popular dainty chin. Her eyes, seemed huge on her face, their color only adding to their appeal, for they were a bright blue, richer, more concentrated in color than the ones he was used to seeing on Ino or Mito. They held certain innocence and pure warmth beneath her stern look. Her nose was a cute dot on her face which almost contrasted with the full, plump and pink lips that finished the face, it gave the cute face a very sexy appeal. 'Kissable' was the term that popped up in his head. He dreamt of holding that golden hair while he kissed those plump lips so that she'd be grasping for breath. There are faint whisker like scars (maybe tattoos) on her face which made her look like a vixen.
Moving down to her slender neck which he wanted to leave love bites and hickeys all over it. With perfect sized breasts which Sasuke felt that cannot be confined even in his long fingers while he sucked on them hearing the beautiful voice moaning out his name over and over while he...
"Sasuke-san are you alright. Your face looks slightly red. Is this room too hot for you?" The goddess asked in worried tone.
Sasuke was snapped out of his fantasies by that voice. He could feel his dick straining against his pants and was happy that she didn't remove his pants but just cut off to knees. Otherwise he'd be in a really awkward position. Being the leader of the Syndicate and CEO of Mangekyou enterprises Sasuke was used to having beautiful girls throwing themselves at him all the time. 'If Kakashi sees me drooling over some girl like an idiot I'm never gonna hear the end of it.' Sasuke then squashed down his lust with all his willpower.
"Ah no problem, dobe." He enjoyed seeing that bright eyes glowering at him in anger. He wondered how they look in his bed filled with desire, cheeks flushed wearing only one of his overlarge shirts calling him'Sasuke-sama'...
"Do you have internal bleeding Sasuke-san. Blood is leaking from your nose. Wait a moment, I'll turn off the heater." Saying these words Natsu turned back and bent down to switch off the heater. Sasuke immediately groaned at the sight.
Her ass is now up in air and through her sundress he could see the heart shape begging to burn the words 'Property of Sasuke Uchiha' on it. Taking deep breaths to clear, he recalled the currencies of all nations when that didn't work he then recalled the memory in which he walked on his parents when they are going at it like bunnies and Sasuke jr swiftly went down.
While he was checking her out, Natsu looked down at his patient. As she's once an army surgeon, she is used to seeing well built soldiers half naked. But in the lightening of the clinic when she saw him clearly she couldn't help but to blush.
His fair skin, although bruised in the centre of his chest and rib cage, still gleamed as his flat toned muscular midriff shifts ever so lightly with each intake of breath. Natsu took in the size of his biceps and although not overly big there still very strong looking which could easily wrap around her waist, pick her up... "What the hell am I thinking." She mumbled to herself
Natsu could just about make out an intricate tattoo design of some sort, spanning the entire circumference of his right arm from the top of his shoulder and just stopping in the middle of his upper arm. She licked her suddenly dry lips and looked at Sasuke-san to see him watching her closely with an unmistakable smirk across his face causing the corners of his eyes to crinkle causing an other blush to form on her face.
"He may be handsome but he's still a bastard -ttebane." She muttered to herself. "And he may be a criminal and I might have assisted him who knew? Just keep it professional. Can see he's a playboy and has girls throwing themselves at him all the time."
"So what kind of a doctor are you and where do you work?" Sasuke asked his ego inflating slightly at making her blush.
"I am a cardiothoric surgeon, Sasuke-san. You know the fellows who deal with heart and lungs." She replied after getting her blush down. Sasuke looked at her sceptically.
"You are a heart surgeon and drive that rust bucket?" He asked incredulously.
"Yea, I don't start making the big bucks until I'm certified. And don't diss the beast. He's not old just seasoned." He looked at her with a little apprehension. "Don't worry I'm still fully licensed and trained to be a doctor, just not fully certified in my specialty." She explained
"Like an apprentice heart surgeon."
"Yea precisely." Natsu reassured. "And I work in Konoha Main Hospital."
"Really, I am sure that I never saw you there. I would never forget a face like yours." Sasuke mused.
"Do you work in that hospital Sasuke-san?" Natsu questioned.
"Ah, no. My friend Neji Hyuuga works there and I am one of the shareholders of that hospital." He replied. "So where do you actually work? I swear I am not some kind of axe-weilding maniac."
Glaring at him, she took her I.D card and showed it to him as a proof. Sasuke immediately memorised the important details like her name, date of birth and father's name. So she's one of the newest recriuts. But all the members except nurses and janitors are members of the mob. And she's a surgeon but couldn't recognise him. Wait didn't Neji inform him few weeks ago that they recruited a civvie who saved his mentor's son. 'So this is the girl huh? Looks really beautiful.'
The cuts to his right eye and top left corner of his mouth will both need suturing too. She kept the soiled kitchen paper on floor beside her and quickly get up to grab a slim silver flash light from her medical bag. She then switched it on and looked at his cut clearly.
Sasuke's breath hitched when she moved closer to him. 'Did the dobe know what is she doing to him.' He growled inwardly taking in her scent of citrus and sunflowers. Looking into her blue eyes Sasuke saw that they've dilated slightly before turning normal as she continued her work.
"Do you have a boyfriend?" He asked innocently.
"Erm no Sasuke-san." She replied startled at the question. "And please keep silent and try not to startle me as I could jab you in the eye with this syringe. I have to suture it so have to use anesthetic." "Who would want to date me anyway." She muttered softly to herself but Sasuke heard it anyway.
After the wound was surtured, she used clean cloth and warm water to clean the dried blood. Natsu then applied the bandages and walked out of the place.
Taking her phone out she opened the hospital website to find the name of her patient. He said he was shareholder in her hospital after all. Even if she didn't get the classified information she could easily get list of shareholders. In that list only one person was named Sasuke and her eyes widened in shock on seeing his full name. It's Sasuke Uchiha who is son of her Godmother Mikoto Uchiha..
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Fuck!
Neji Hyuuga is having a really bad day. Three weeks ago he was contacted by Kakashi-san about the traitors in the Syndicate. Two and half weeks of meticulous planning they decided to hit all bases of that midget simultaneously. There are a total of ten bases in the country and the midget was hiding in the Wave base. Sasuke decided to raid Konoha base and took Konohamaru along with him.
The plan was rather simple. They are to approach the Syndicate hidden members working under Gato and inform them about the rules of the Syndicate and use them to destroy the bases. Neji, Menma, Kiba, Shisui, Shikamaru, Shino, Inoichi-san, Choji and Kakashi-sama decided to take care of the other bases. Each of them are accompanied by few hackers and three squads of twenty skilled members each. If those idiots decided to rebel, the squad will put them down, shooting them down akin to mad dogs. Kakashi as he is their higher ranked member decided to go to Wave base and bring Gato back.
The plan backfired spectacularly. The goons they met are clearly of Syndicate as Neji could see few of his own family members who are presumed dead at the base he's assigned to destroy. What's surprising is that none of them seem to recognise him. Hell he was once play mates with few of others who's not of his blood but he recognised them nonetheless.
When he showed the Hyuuga crest to prove that he's of Konoha, the leader who's clearly an Akimichi even though he's paler than Sasuke or any other Uchiha he'd ever seen, gave few hand gustueres to his subordinates. To his horror, all of them at once took a pill. Ko, one of his snipers shouted that they are about to take cyanide pills and took a non lethal shot before one of them before he could take it. All the remaining members were dead within few seconds.
Restraining the sniped goon, Neji looked carefully for any stragglers. Ordering his hackers to pull out all the information in the systems, he piled all the bodies inside the base and ordered his men to burn down the building.
Getting on the helicopter, he ordered his men to check the captured goon for any bugs in his body and under any circumstances he's to be kept alive. He's to be kept under maximum security prison before he could be interrogated.
Kakashi-sama ordered not to call each before two hours they've started. After the stipulated time he called his friends to enquire about their status. Except for Sasuke and Kakashi-sama all of them reported the same except that they have no prisoners.
Then frantic call from fifth leader came shocking all of them. Gato is not present in Wave base. As none of them encountered the midget, they deduced that the bastard is in Konoha base. The nearest member to Konoha, Menma reached Konoha base to see a massacre.
The bodies of squad sent with Sasuke were littered on the ground. To his slight relief neither Konohamaru nor Sasuke's body is found. They might be still alive after all
Turning the remaining bodies Menma's breath hitched when he recognised the faces of Sasuke's opponents. Few of them are well known rogue members. Jūzō Biwa, Jiga, Kajūra Metoro, Konjiki, Raiga Kurosuki, Renge Momoash are killed in this site. The bastard Gato was nowhere to be seen. Praying that both Konohamaru and Sasuke are safe, Menma relayed the news to the remaining members while the hackers that accompanied him retrieved the security tapes.
When he replayed those tapes, Menma saw Sasuke decided to first do a quick look over at their defences. Understanding that the midget have hired rogues to protect him, he sent Konohamaru back to one of his safehouses after disabling the security systems with instructions not to contact anyone.
The first order he'd given is to take out their snipers. Then he organised them into groups and ordered them to ambush them in all directions and kill them off before the could react. They followed his directions to dot but one small mistake is that they missed two snipers. This lead to the death of the entire team but not before they'd killed all the remaining members except for three rogues. Sasuke killed those two snipers cursing like a sailor but took a bullet which was shot from less ten metres. It pierced his vest clearly. He then took an other bullet to his leg before he saw that the midget escaped the base. He then escaped in his car with remaining two rogues giving him a chase.
Hacking into the security cameras, Menma saw that Sasuke punctured the car they followed him by shooting the tires causing it to loose balance and hit a tree heavily. Both of them are injured but out of danger but Sasuke went to the zone where he knew that no cameras are present. By then, time Neji arrived to Konoha and picked Konohamaru and ordered him to run facial recognition of Sasuke's opponents and determine their location. Gato and the mole are still running free and if Sasuke's killed then it'd cause chaos. Konohamaru informed that in no cameras in entire Konoha and surroundings, Sasuke have been seen. It's a slight relief that their enemies too couldn't trace him that way.
It has been three hours since they started searching for him but every squad came out empty. One of them found his car he escaped. They reported that he must have left the car after it ran out of gas. There was a trail of blood till half a mile away but after that it simply vanished. Neji feared that they've got him but tried to remain optimistic. The bastard left his phone in the car so they can't use it to trace him.
Neji began to loose hope when his phone rang. The call was from an unidentified number and Neji feared that it might be from Sasuke's captors. Hoping that they might be sloppy he ordered his team to trace the call and find the information on the number.
The number was registered under one Minatsu Ichiraku, who Neji has to conduct operation on Ryohei in a week. The call was traced to downtown to the clinic near the branch hospital. Why on earth is that girl calling him at this time he never knew. Thinking it might be some emergency of sorts he picked up.
"Hello, Neji Hyuuga speaking." He barked out.
"Erm...sorry for disturbing you this late sir. But can you please come to the pediatric clinic near our branch hospital at Inokashira Park along with equipment needed to check vitals and a blood bag of O negative blood? I found a wounded person and sutured his wounds but he lost too much blood and will die if blood transfusion is not done and we have to monitor his vitals for a few days." A small voice replied.
What the hell... "Look here stupid woman. If you found a wounded man you should fucking call an ambulance. Not the head of cardiothoric department. What do you think of me? Do I seem to be your pet who comes running at each and every order." He snarled.
The girl sighed slightly in irritation. "The patient refused to be admitted to hospital. In our conversation he mentioned that you are one of his friends, so I thought you might help -ttebane. He said his name is Sasuke. Didn't give his last name. I will send a photo of him to your phone and if he's indeed your friend come and get him, if not... sorry for disturbing you." She then hung up the phone immediately
Neji was shocked at her words. He waited anxiously for the message. After what seemed like few hours his phone beeped signalling the arrival of a message. Neji opened it to see a selfie of a beautiful blonde hair woman along with scowling Sasuke. There's a message underneath which said "Sorry your friend (if he is really) is not cooperative patient. Didn't say cheese -ttebane."
Neji couldn't stop the laughter that bubbled at his throat at the pout on Sasuke's face. Relieved that he's still alive he ordered his men to bring the equipment ordered by the vixen along with some clothes as he's half naked.
"Are you trying to get rid of me already dobe?" Sasuke pou-scowled (Uchihas don't pout thank you very much) at the thought of leaving the goddess so early. "You already treated my wounds so why are you calling Neji at this hour. Why don't we just call him in the morning while we can get some rest?"
"Sasuke-san, I may have treated you well. But you have lost too much blood. You may feel fine but we have to check your vitals to make sure that there's no lasting damage." She replied frustrated. If she didn't check the bastard's name conforming that both are same person in the internet, she'd have thought that he lied about his name and friendship with Hyuuga-san.
Twenty minutes later two vans arrived at the clinic. Twelve armed men came out first and formed a perimeter around the clinic. Neji Hyuuga then walked out of the car and knocked on the door of the clinic. The door was opened few minutes later and a cute blond woman stepped out.
"Ah Hyuuga-san, so he's your friend after all. I've, as I said before, managed to treat his wounds. Sorry I didn't know what's his blood group so requested O negative blood. And I think medicines slightly messed up his head. Or is he bipolar?" Damn the girl has a motor mouth. "Sorry for rambling Hyuuga-san. He's been getting on my nerves. Follow me."
Neji followed the girl admiring her ass. When he entered the room he saw Sasuke glaring at him heatedly. Understanding that Sasuke marked the girl as his, he immediately averted his eyes and started checking his injuries.
"Hmm. You've done a great job Ichiraku-san. These stitches won't leave a scar." He commented mildly.
"I'm perfectionist when I work Hyuuga-san. So what's your last name Sasuke-san?" She asked pretending not to know the answer.
"Uchiha. Sasuke Uchiha." Neji answered her incredulously. "Did you treat him without even knowing his name? How on earth didn't you know it. This idiot's face along with mine and his best friend are on tabloids as most eligible bachelors in the country."
Natsu looking slightly embarrassed and mumbled. "I nearly ran over him with my car. Saw him bleeding and couldn't leave him. Ah Uchiha-san, do you need help getting up? Please don't make sudden moments, it will aggravate your wounds."
""Don't worry too much dobe. Neji, how are the preparations for new club going? Have our management returned from their work? Bought booze and hire waiters for the club? " Sasuke asked jovially but Neji could hear the hidden question.
"Alcohol was bought to the club safely. The management have done their job successfully and returned safely. But as for our waiters, except for one we couldn't rehire them."
' All of us are safe. We could hack all the data from the bases but were unable to get the Syndicate members except for one back into our group.' He translated in his mind.
"You are their employers. So did they give you guys any trouble? Why aren't they rehired?" Sasuke asked carefully. "Have any of you fired them?"
'Did they refuse even after seeing your crest? Are any of us injured? Did you kill them?' Neji translated in his mind.
"Nah. They willing submitted their resignation letter. We managed to convince one of them not to resign. If you want I can arrange an interview with him "
Sasuke's eyes widened at his words. All of them committed suicide when they were confronted. There are at least hundred members per base and if they were to clash with the squads sent, they'll die but not before seriously injuring his members. There's something fishy about this whole business.
"Alright guys talk about your business later. Uchiha-san can you stand in your own or do we need to bring in a stretcher or a wheelchair?" Natsu asked calmly.
"No need dobe." Sasuke said cockily. Taking support of Neji he stumbled outside. Natsu followed them to make sure that he's not showing any signs of discomfort.
When they reached outside, Sasuke turned back and smiled serenely at his saviour. Gently he snaked his arms around her waist and pulled her tightly to his chest. Natsu blushed heavily and looked at him surprised by his actions. The blue eyed doctor was shocked even more when Sasuke bent down and rested his forehead against hers.
"O-Oi Uchiha-san. W-What are you doing?" She stuttered out nervously.
Sasuke merely leaned forward and kissed her fully on her lips. Her eyes widened in shock and before she could push him off her, he released her smirking at her rapidly reddening face.
"Oi t-teme w-what's that for?" She stuttered blushing madly. 'Not that experienced eh dobe.' He thought gleefully.
"I'll pick you up at your home next Saturday done at five in the evening. Dress up nicely." He smirked looking at the stuttering girl and walked away before she could say anything.
"Take her home safely." He ordered one of the guards near him and whispered in his ear. "Get Sarutobi to do a background check on her and it should be on my table tomorrow. Tell him to pull everything and dig thoroughly about the girl. I wanted to know each and everything about her along with past and present relationships, her residence, her friends etc. And remember that if one hair on her head is damaged, you'll be fed to sharks." He whispered menacingly to the guard who paled slightly at the threat and walked into the ambulance.
"Ano Hyuuga-san, I don't need a babysitter. I'm sure all of them should be exhausted. I'm gonna crash here for the night. And is your friend always this way. Kissing a random girl and ordering her on a date with?" Natsu asked (after getting her traitorous brain which abandoned her when he kissed her under control).
"No Ichiraku-san, he's certainly not that type. I'm still shocked at his behaviour as you are as he never was interested in dating a girl. If not for... erm his special friends we would have thought him to be a gay. But even though he's slightly a dick I know that deep down he's a nice guy. Just give him a chance and it's all I am asking for. He's really interested in you."
"He's interested in..me." She asked pointing her finger first towards the ambulance and then towards herself. "I mean he must be used to having beautiful girls throwing themselves at him all the time and and he must be well off person if he's most eligible bachelor in this country and... well I'm just a simple doctor. Surely he might have found someone better right?" She spoke softly looking at her feet shifting from one foot to other.
Neji simply shrugged. "I don't claim to understand his mind Ichiraku-san. He does whatever he wants to do. And you are really beautiful, so no surprises." Before she could say anything he ran to the ambulance. "Sorry Ichiraku-san. He's calling me talk to you later."
"Neji did you guys manage to get any info about the traitors?" Sasuke asked few minutes after they left the clinic. "Are any of you injured?"
"No Hokage-sama. Except for your team, there are no casualties. Godaime-sama managed to extract the construction owners, the surviving members of the company. This midget was a dammed bastard. We should have planned more carefully." He replied shamefully. "Because of this many of our members were killed."
"Neji, you of all people know any plan even the well laid ones do not survive on the contact with enemy." He said calmly but his eyes showed anger. "We will catch that traitor and that midget and make them pay in blood."
Few minutes they talked about several topics and Neji bought up the topic of doctor.
"So Sasuke, got hots for the blond doctor huh?" He asked mildly. "You know the risks of dating a civilian right?"
"I'm not just gonna date her Neji. I'm going to marry her. The moment I saw her she's mine. So did you tell the boys to tail her?"
"You already gave that order, Sasuke. She declined but they're tailing her discreetly. And don't tell me you forgot about our Yondiame-sama, Sasuke. He kept a civvie as his lover who tried to escape with her child. Both of them died within a few days. Minato-sama was never the same after that. Our elders won't accept an outsider as your wife. You are the leader Sasuke and even if you were married to that girl your marriage will not be accepted. Please reconsider it." He said calmly. " You'll destroy her life because of your selfishness. It's the reason why none of us looked outside the mob."
"Hn."is his only reply.
"Ok," Neji sighed pressing few digits on his phone number. "Hello...Ah yes have a job for you...No Sasuke didn't say anything about letting you in field... I don't give a damn and listen you little shit. Sasuke wanted a background check to be done... Ko didn't tell you...Ah sorry forgot that this number is accessible only to select few. It's a girl... Yea she's hot and Sasuke will kill you if you hit on her and I'll tell Hanabi... Good, her name's Ichiraku Minatsu. Date of birth 10th October 20XX. Father's name Teuchi Ichiraku... Get the details of her by tomorrow evening... Yes even about her past relationships and I don't give a damn how you'll acquire it... No you are confined to complete the paperwork after the job. Sasuke says he'll skin you alive if you try to escape... I am just the messenger. Complete it fast. Good night."
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