Ok, I lied. This is continuing from the Flashback on Chapter 8. The conversation between the boys in the present time, SHALL CONTINUE IN THE NEXT CHAPTER XD I PROMISE!
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Flashback Continue from Chapter 8:
As I waited for Naruto, I started getting really curious about where Sakura might have been. She didn't sound like she was in her room, but we could be wrong. The image of her beaten and bloody body appeared in my mind, and I started to worry. Those deep wounds she had could not have healed that fast, especially after carrying two teenage boys a long distance. That got me worried all of a sudden. I hesitated about looking into her bedroom, but I did any way, and the scene I found scared me to death.
Chapter 10
~Life vs. Death~
I stared at her body lying on the floor. She was drenched in her own blood. The wounds I saw on her body in that forest five days ago were still showing. They were barely healed themselves. Her clothes were still the same shape as they were. Ragged and ripped in many places from that fight she had with that man. Her hair, was short, it was never short before. The first time I met her, her hair was long, not short. It looked like a huge mess to; it was uneven, as if it was cut blindly or sometime in battle.
I went over to her and check to see if she had a pulse or not. When I did check, I noticed she had a black eye that was still blue and purple, and still swollen really bad. On the side of her face, that I was able to see she had a busted lip. It looked big red and had dried blood on her lips also. Beside her mouth was a little separate pool of blood also, which I would have guessed she was coughing up blood repeatedly also. I scanned the rest of her body, and saw a lot of dried blood everywhere. It seemed that her wounds had stopped bleeding a while ago, and were starting to heal themselves. Her arm had a made shift cast on it, which indicated that it was broken. How was she able to carry both of us, while one of her arms was broken?
We all just thought she was a weak girl, both emotionally and physically. All of us ended up having to protect her all the time. It was really annoying. She wasn't even able to attack anything on her own. She was completely worthless. Though, she was able to fight against some guy, so they weren't be able to kill us. How was this girl able to do that? So many questions ran through my mind, which I didn't realize that she had awoken and was looking up at me.
When I felt a cold hand on my cheek, I then realized she was awake. I looked down at her. I noticed that she had turned her body and was lying on her back now. I looked at her torso, and I saw where all that dried blood had come from, while most of it. She had a gaping wound on her stomach, which was still open and not treated at all. I was disgusted at the state of her wound. My face was paler then it usually was. My face was like that because I was disgusted at the state that she was in. I was also in shock that she was able to stay alive for this long also. With the wounds she had, and that she had been bleeding out for a long time, any one who saw her would believe she was a goner. How was she able to stay alive this long? It looked humanly impossible for any one to.
My eyes trailed back to her face, and all I saw was a smile. A true smile. She always wore one around everyone. No matter if she was upset or anything, she had a smile on her face. She didn't like to concern anyone in her problems. Sometimes even when she was upset, she wore a fake smile. But somehow she was able to make it look so real, that barely any one would notice it was fake, as if she had practiced so no one would know she was upset or hurting inside from anything. If it was a problem at home, a fight with her friend, a harsh and terrible comment, or simply being picked on because of the way she looked, she would always wear a smile, a fake smile.
I glared down at her, at her smile. Why is she smiling while she is in so much pain? No matter how hard a person tries to hide it, the way her injuries look, it looked painful as hell. Who in the right of mind would smile while in her condition?
"I'm so glad you are alright. Is Naruto alright to?" she simply stated. Not even through clenched teeth. Not a single sigh of face was to be found on her face. What the hell is going on here? Didn't she feel her wounds? Did she feel anything at all?
I looked down at her, more like a glare and I studied her face with out a reply. Her black eye looked worst then I had noticed at the side glance of her when I first found her in that state. Her whole eye was swollen terrible, it was completely blue and purple, though she had opened that eye. She was looking up at me with her sparkling jade eyes, not a hint of pain in them, only relief. Where was the pain? Why wasn't she in pain? How can she not be in pain? Was I still in a dream? What was going on?
Her lips were swollen to. It was covered in dried blood. It made her lips look like a dull blood red colour. Her lips were normally pink, naturally pink most of the time. I never remembered her ever wearing anything on her lips. Maybe Chap Stick to keep them from drying up, or maybe some clear gloss too, but they never were red. Against her pale skin, the red suited her. I noticed she was paler than me! I looked like as pale as a sheet or something. She looked worst. I didn't like the red on her. It didn't look right on her. It didn't suit her at all. I hated it.
On the cheek I wasn't able to see while she was facing the ground, there was a huge bruise. Purple and blue like her eye. It looked like someone had punched her. I suspected she got it from the fight.
That stupid fight got her like this. No one was able to protect her. Not one soul. She was left on her own to protect us. Me and Naruto, her two best friends, who always protected her. Whether it was from bullies or even injuring her by accident by falling or something, I or Naruto would have been there to catch her, stand up for her, keep her safe. She was never harmed by anyone or anything, until a few days ago. That single day had changed everything.
I didn't notice what was going on, until I heard Naruto at the door screaming and yelling like a maniac. I shook my head and looked around. I didn't realize I had zoned out. I looked around and saw Naruto. He was still in a towel for god's sake. His hair was dripping wet. The stupid idiot couldn't even get changed before coming in to check. I shot him a glare to shut him up, which he did.
I noticed the cold spot on my cheek was gone, I didn't even notice that she had moved again. Her hand was covering the wound on her stomach, as an attempt to hide it from us. It didn't work. I already had seen it, and most likely Naruto had noticed it too. He looked as shock as I was when I first discovered her body. She still wore that smile. What was she trying to do? Hide the fact that she was injured? Was she trying to comfort us? What was going through her mind? I knew that she hated when people worried about her.
And then it clicked. She didn't want me or Naruto to be concerned about her. Even in the state that she was in, she still didn't want us to be worried. Even in this state, she still doesn't want any one to worry. I started to get mad. She was in the worst condition that me and Naruto had every seen her in, though she still didn't want us to be there, looking down at her with concern and worry.
I glared down at her with angry in my eyes. I saw her flinch slightly. Her eyes flickered to fear. Not pain. But fear. What did she think I would have done? Was she scared? Was she just trying to be brave for us? Was she actually feeling hurt and pain? Was she scared of what would happen to her? What was going through her mind!? It was killing me inside to just know. But I didn't ask her anything. I stopped looking at her and turned to Naruto.
"Get some clothes on, were going to the hospital." I simply stated to him.
He didn't even say anything back to me. He just ran to the room we were staying in. In record time he returned fully dressed, and had a worried look plastered on his face. While he was changing, I proceed to try and get Sakura to move a little. I tried picking her up, but she would move out of my arms before I was able to pick her up. I noticed she winced even so slightly when she did so. I kept trying, but she just kept moving, and wincing as she did. I noticed she was trying to hide the fact she was in so much pain, but every time she moved I could easily see how much pain she really was in. It looked so bad, the pain she kept showing in her eyes, the winces she did when she moved. It was so unbearable to look at. But I just kept trying.
When Naruto returned, with his help we got her in my arms. Even though she protested quietly and physically, she didn't have enough strength to fight against me and Naruto at the same time. So eventually she gave up and let Naruto scoop her up and put her in my arms.
As soon as we did that, Naruto grabbed the keys to her house and we sprinted out of the house on the rooftops so no one would be able to see us. Naruto had locked up and was trailing me quietly behind me. I held onto Sakura tightly but not so tight that it would cause her pain, through tight enough so she wouldn't be able to move in protest against me so it would be easier to hold and carry her towards the hospital.
Once we reached the hospital, Naruto frantically got the nurses and doctors attention immediately, and I placed her on the stretcher that a few nurses rolled in, and me and Naruto watched her go into the emergency room. We wanted to go in with her, stay by her side so she wouldn't have to be scared of all the people surrounding her. So she would be able to feel safe. But no one would let us. We were ordered to either go home or stay in the waiting room and wait, which we did. Some nurses came by and gave us coffee and a few biscuits to snack on while we waited.
Both me and Naruto sat their, in the white waiting room, alone, waiting to see if our best friend, our Sakura, my secret crush was safe and out of harm.
We sat and waited, and waited, and waited.
Im just evil aren't I? Another Cliffy. YAY! The flashback, shall continue, when I feel like it. As i promised, the next chapter is continuing off Chapter 9 ^-^
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