Oh! By the way, have you guys noticed my chapters are all weirdly numbered?! Lol! I just noticed. OKAY, this is chapter four starting from now! Haha.
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Chapter 4
Naruto kneeled over Sakura who was lying on her back underneath the cherry blossom tree. Her eyes were closed and she had a very serene look on her face. There were little cherry blossom petals resting on all over her simple white dress.
"You look so happy," Naruto commented. Sakura opened her eyes slowly, her eyes twinkling, and a huge smile on her face.
"I am happy, Naruto."
Naruto smiled a cheekily, and placed a petal on Sakura's nose. Sakura giggled softly.
Aw, she's so cute! Naruto thought happily. She was really nice for a civilian. Most of the civilians in Konoha hated the bare thought of him just because of the demon he had inside of him.
But not Sakura she was sweet, always happy, and treated him as if he was a normal person. Maybe that's why he liked her so much.
"And so am I!"
Naruto's face fell, as he turned around and saw Lee also lying on his back.
"Why are you still here?" Naruto demanded. Jeez did this green freak know how to ruin a moment or what?
"Ah, I was invited, was I not?"
"No! You were not!" Naruto shouted. Lee sat up instantly his face scrunched up in confusion.
"But…new companion…"
"Don't call me that! You're not even part of our little-"
"Aw, Naruto leave him alone." Sakura said softly turning her head and looking at Lee. "He's a nice guy." Lee's face brightened instantly, while Naruto's fell.
"B-but Sakura-chan the guy's a creep who wears all green!"
Sakura reached over and pointed her finger at Naruto's forehead. "And you wear all orange."
Naruto crossed his arms huffily. "Orange is ten times better than green."
Sakura laughed and patted the ground next to her, "Just lie down and enjoy the sun!"
"Hai! Enjoy it Naruto-kun! The sun does wonders to your mood!" Lee added.
Naruto sighed and lay down, and then he turned and looked at Sakura and Lee.
"Why does Lee get to lie closer to you?" Naruto demanded.
Sakura sat up and looked at the space between her and Lee and her and Naruto. "Hmm, I didn't notice."
"Well I did, and I don't like it!" Naruto grabbed Sakura and pulled her closer to him. "There!"
"Oh, young companion why would you do that?" Lee asked. "Sakura and I are soul lovers destined to be together, so if she shall rather lay closer to me, well then shall it be!"
"Enough with this soul stuff!" Naruto retorted.
"As my rival would say, it is destiny."
"Destiny?!"
"Yes, I am sure you have heard of it…it is when-"
"Shut up."
Naruto, Lee, and Sakura both looked at the direction of the voice and saw Sasuke walking towards them along side with Ino. Ino's face lit up, when her blue eyes connected with Sakura's.
"Forehead!" Ino shouted running over to Sakura. Sakura looked mildly confused for a moment and then as if a light bulb clicked in her mind, a huge smile crossed over her features.
"Ino…pig?"
Ino laughed, "No one has called me that in forever!" She threw her arms around her, hugging her tightly. "Jeez you're so skinny! I might have some competition!"
Sakura giggled softly, "A competition on who's the skinniest?"
Ino laughed again pulling away from her. Ino pointed at the red ribbon in Sakura's hair. "And you still have that!"
Sakura fingered the ribbon, "Hai! I've kept it all this time!" Ino laughed again tears rolling down her cheek. Sakura brushed away a tear, "What's wrong?"
Ino shook her head happily, "N-nothing's wrong, I'm just so happy!"
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"So…"
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"…Want to tell me what's going on?"
Sasuke removed his gaze from the two reuniting and friends and looked at Naruto.
"What?"
"Why Ino's here, and knows my Sakura-chan?"
Sasuke blinked, "You don't get it?"
"Er…no."
"…"
"…"
"You're an idiot."
Naruto narrowed his eyes, "What!? I just don't get what's going on! That doesn't mean I'm the idiot!"
"Technically, if you do not understand a concept, then someone does have the right to call you an idiot."
Naruto turned his head slowly, "Thank you, Lee." He said sarcastically.
"Hn."
"As you can see, the two girls have finally reunited after a great separation, just like me and my soul lover." Lee pointed out.
"There was no separation between you and Sakura-chan, because you two have never met before!"
"Oh, that's where you're wrong Naruto-kun! If twins are separated at birth and never have the chance to meet, do they not feel a reunited when they are reunited?"
"YOU GUYS AREN'T TWINS!"
"Yes…but the two of us are soul lovers!"
"NO, YOU'RE NOT!"
"Yes we are,"
"NO!-"
"Why is it that you can't have a single conversation without turning it into an argument?" Sasuke snapped, cutting Naruto off.
"Psh! That is not true!" Naruto defended crossing his arms.
"Yes it is."
"NO! IT IS NOT!"
"There, you're doing it again." Sasuke commented doing his famous smirk.
"You're just jealous, because Sakura-chan likes me more!" Naruto hissed, so the girls wouldn't over hear them.
Sasuke blinked, his smirk fading into a frown, "What are you talking about, you idiot?"
Naruto flicked his wrist, "You have the hots for Sakura-chan."
"I do not."
"Oh, ho ho. Yes you do!"
"No I don't."
"Good Lord! Is your face turning red, Sasuke-kun? Is it possible that what Naruto speaks of may be true? That you have feelings for my cherry blossom?" Lee intruded placing his face mere inches away from Sasuke's.
Sasuke scoffed and looked away, "My face is not red. And I do not have feelings for her."
"But at least you think she's pretty, right?" Naruto added. He enjoyed prying into his teammate's life; he should do it more often.
"No."
"What!?" Lee and Naruto gasped. Sasuke rolled his eyes; he had no time for these idiots.
"I can't believe you…" Naruto shook his head sadly and Sasuke cocked an eyebrow.
"Because I don't find you're little friend attractive?"
"No, it's not that." Naruto narrowed his eyes, a huge smile appeared. "I just can't believe that you're in such denial."
Lee nodded in agreement. Sasuke sighed in frustration.
Whatever. Sasuke stuffed his hands in his pockets and turned his back on the rest of the group, ending the conversation. He didn't need all this shit, what he needed was to get revenge on his older brother for killing his entire family. And there was no way he was going to get that revenge by talking about girls to his annoying as hell teammate and the psycho that's been following them all day.
"Oi! Sasuke-teme, where are you going?" Naruto called out to the retreating Uchiha.
"Che." Sasuke responded and continued walking.
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I have to get stronger…
I will make him pay for what he did…
I will fucking kill him…
I will-
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"Oh my, God."
Sasuke whipped his head around, slightly startled by the tone Ino used. There next to her, Sakura was on her knees her right hand covering her mouth, blood seeping through her fingers.
Sasuke heard Naruto take a sharp intake of breathe.
"Sakura-chan!"
"Okay, Sakura! Time for your dinner."
Karin (as Sakura), turned her head and stared at the nurse who just came in with a hot tray of soup. Karin squealed.
"Oh, thank goodness! I was starving!" Karin grabbed her spoon the minute the nurse placed the food in front of her and was about to take a spoonful of some well deserved dinner when the nurse snatched the spoon from her.
"Sakura, you know you have to take your medicine first."
Karin blinked. What?
The nurse reached over to the desk and took the medicine bottle, and spilling a single blue pill onto her palm. "Here you go." The nurse said placing the pill on Karin's hand.
Karin looked at the pill; like there was any way she was going to swallow a pill that could do who knows what to her body.
I'm sorry, but not even for Sasuke-kun will I take this.
"Uh…that's okay. I already took my medicine." Karin said cheerfully, reaching for the spoon again, but then stopped when she noticed the nurse's shocked look. "What?" Karin demanded.
"Why would you do that, you know that you take your medicine at every thirty seventh minute of the hour, if you take it before you may risk overdose and if wait too long then your heart might die out!" The nurse scolded. "You know that! Why would you do such a thing? Taking it before 6: 37?"
What kind of crazy disease does that pink haired freak have? Karin thought.
"We have to call the doctor, to flush the pill out of your system before it causes a chemical imbalance." The nurse ran out of the room and screamed something down the hall. Then she ran back and opened a cabinet and grabbed a needle.
Karin felt a shiver crawl down her spine, "What are you going to do with that?" She demanded.
"I have to do what I can do for now," The nurse sounded very determined, Karin noticed, as she grabbed her medical gloves and placed them on her hand. She grabbed the needle and snatched Karin's arm.
"Whoa!" Karin shrieked, slapping the nurse's arm. But the nurse had a strong grip.
"Sakura-chan, why are you acting this way, please calm down." The nurse tried to prick her again, but Karin moved.
"No way! What's in that thing?"
"Sakura-chan, this will help. Yes it may knock you out for a day or so, but we must cleanse your system."
"A DAY!?" Karin shouted.
HA! There was no way she was going to go through all this just because Naruto found a new friend. She did her part, and as far as she was concerned. She was done.
"Listen lady I'm not playing this game anymore, I am not Sakura."
The nurse rolled her eyes, "Then who are you, if you are not her?"
Karin snatched her hand back and put them together forming a seal, "Hai." She shouted as the genjutsu was cancelled and her (in her mind) lovely red hair replaced the awkward pink hair.
The nurse dropped the needle on the ground, her hand placed softly on her chest. "Oh, no…" She whispered.
Karin nodded happily, "You see lady? You almost knocked me out for no reason, you have the wrong girl. Sakura isn't here."
Suddenly the doctor ran in, adjusting his glasses. "What's this about Haruno-san's medication?"
The nurse turned slowly her breathing sounding labored. "Yuya-sama…Sakura-chan is missing."
Kakashi lay on his bed reading his favorite book ever Come Come Paradise, when there was a loud pounding at the door. At first he was just going to lie there and pretended he didn't hear anything, but then the pounding became more urgent.
"Kakashi-sensei!"
Kakashi groaned, what do those brats want now?
Kakashi slowly got up and walked across his two room apartment, and turned the door knob, opening the door. Shockingly on the other side was Karin and two hospital workers one a female and one nurse.
"…Hi?" Kakashi started scratching his hair slightly confused.
"Good evening, Hatake-san and I'm so sorry to disturb you," the nurse said bowing. "But we have sort of an issue."
"An issue?" Kakashi repeated slowly, keeping his eye on Karin. Karin looked away her face scrunched up in embarrassment.
"Yes, we are not sure what else to do, but one of my patience is missing." The doctor stated. "And…We think your students have something to do with it." The doctor shoved Karin in front of Kakashi. Kakashi looked down at his female student, and she greeted him with a guilty smile.
"Okay…well," Karin started. "It is not my fault, I don't even like this girl, it was all Naruto and Sasuke."
"Naruto and Sasuke?" Kakashi said unbelievably. Naruto causing mischief, yes that was heard of, but Sasuke Uchiha? Karin nodded in response and Kakashi sighed.
"Come in," He muttered beneath his mask leading the group to his small living room.
I guess I won't get to read my Come Come Paradise after all…
"Sakura-chan!" Naruto shouted, rubbing Sakura's back tentatively. Sakura's back shuddered dangerously, more blood seeping through her mouth. Naruto looked over at Ino for help, but the girl seemed to go into a state of shock, tears streaming down her face, while Lee stood rooted in his spot, almost afraid to move.
"Sasuke, what do we do?" Naruto asked his usually calm teammate. Sasuke looked at Naruto and then looked back at Sakura his fists slightly shaking. He walked over to the two of them and knelt in front of her.
"Hey," Sasuke whispered at her touching her bloodied chin and lifting her head up so her eyes were looking directly at his. Her eyes were slightly dilated, and her vibrant green eyes were now turning into a dull shade of gray. "Your hours up?" Sasuke asked.
Sakura nodded, since it was the only thing she could do. Sasuke frowned and looked at Naruto.
"We need to take her back."
Naruto stared at him, slightly confused. "Wait…what did you mean by her 'hours up?'" Sasuke ignored his question and looked back at Sakura who was now coughing and turning ghost white.
"Sasuke?" Naruto repeated.
"Damn it, Naruto. That's not important, right now we need to take her back, she won't last long." Sasuke reached down to Sakura and was about to pick her up when he heard a soft 'poof' behind him and smoke appeared.
"K-Kakashi-sensei?" Ino stuttered. Kakashi nodded and walked past Sasuke and reached for the pink haired girl. Sakura looked up at him, tears starting to poor down her face as she removed her bloody hand wiping some of the blood on the grass.
"W-w-who are you?" She managed out between coughs.
"You're doctor sent me." Kakashi smiled behind his mask and picked her up bridal style. Kakashi's visible eye narrowed as he looked at Sasuke and Naruto. "As for you two, you guys better come with me."
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Sasuke heard Naruto sigh for the umpteenth time. They were in a small waiting room with Karin and Kakashi, awaiting the results of Sakura's health.
"Sighhh…"
Sasuke glared at Naruto, "Will you stop that?"
Naruto looked at him innocently, "Stop what?"
"Never mind." Sasuke muttered. Naruto shrugged and crossed then uncrossed his legs…and then crossed them again.
"Oh my, God, did you forget to take your ADD medication again?" Karin commented slapping Naruto's leg. Naruto puffed his cheeks out.
"No, I didn't!"
"Then why can't you sit still for longer then a minute?" Karin snapped back.
"I've been sitting still for two HOURS!" Naruto retorted.
"Sitting still? You've sighed a thousand times, your legs are out of control, and your fingers are tapping the handle to the seats, THAT IS NOT SITTING STILL!!"
"Okay, well SORRY!! I AM SO SORRY IF I CAN'T SIT STILL BECAUSE SAKURA-CHAN MIGHT BE DYING IN THERE FOR ALL I KNOW!!"
"She is not dying." Sasuke scoffed staring at Sakura's door.
"How do you know?"
"Yeah, Sasuke-kun. How do you know, I mean I'm sorry but people die all the time, it's only natural." Karin said cheerfully.
Sasuke didn't respond but kept his eyes on the door. Kakashi who was leaning on the wall across from them closed his book.
"You shouldn't talk about death so casually Karin." Kakashi stated. Karin rolled her eyes at her sensei and crossed her arms angrily.
"It doesn't matter if she doesn't die today or not, she's sick and most likely something like this is going to happen again and at that time we won't be there and she will die. She's going to have a short life; I don't know why you guys just can't accept that."
Naruto stood up from his chair angrily, "You're so full of shit!" But Karin kept her composure.
"Say what you like, but you know what I said is true."
"No it's not, because from this day on I promise that I will never ever leave ever! I will protect her!" Naruto proclaimed sitting back in his seat.
"You're an idiot," Sasuke said looking over at his blonde teammate. "You shouldn't make promises you can't keep."
"Sasuke-kun is right, as always, what happens when we go on missions? How are you going to protect her then if we're in another village?" Karin pointed out, laughing a bit. "You can't take her with you, plus you got to remember that she has to take her medication every thirty-seventh minute of the hour, how are you going to remember that when that time comes?"
Naruto smile faded as his usually energetic blue eyes dimmed a bit.
"Ah, Karin calm down." Kakashi said walking over to them. "But I must add, why in the world did you ever come up with this ridiculous scandal? I would expect this from Naruto…but Sasuke?" Naruto shifted uncomfortably as he eyed his raven haired teammate wondering if he would answer Kakashi's question. But he seemed to be in his own little world.
"She didn't want to be in that suffocating room, without windows and all the walls painted white, she wanted to go outside…and so I just thought that I could take her out for a day…I didn't really think much about her illness." Naruto said.
Kakashi sighed, "Don't you think they have her there for a reason? They have to keep an eye on her, Naruto. There was no need to take her of the hospital grounds for so long."
"I didn't know about that hour rule she has! Unlike, Sasuke over there who apparently already knew about it and didn't bother to tell me about it!" Naruto shouted pointing at Sasuke. Sasuke's eyes widened at the mention of his name and removed his gaze from her door. Kakashi raised an eyebrow.
"What are shouting about?" Sasuke asked lazily.
"You were all like 'did you take your medicine this hour?'" Naruto said inserting the air quotes. "Why didn't you tell me about this whole hour thing earlier?"
"I just remembered about it when she was having her attack."
"You remembered? Remembered what? When I asked you yesterday if you knew her, you said you didn't!"
"Well apparently I did." Sasuke replied bitterly closing his eyes signaling the end of the conversation.
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"Good evening, Sasuke-kun, Itachi-san! Are you guys having a good time as well?"
"Hmph."
"Sasuke, that's rude. She merely asked you a question."
"Her voice is annoying."
"Sasuke!"
"Well brother, it is!"
"She's standing right there, whether her voice is annoying or not, there is no need for you to point it out, understood?"
"Hai."
"Good, now Sakura-chan are you coming to join us at the fireworks?"
"I would like to, but I promised Ino-chan that I would go with her, so bye!"
"Bye."
"Hn."
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Sasuke's eyes snapped open as he thought of that moment. Damn it…Sasuke cursed mentally. He hasn't thought about that year at the Spring Festival eleven years ago until now. He was even amazed how he had completely forgotten about that night until he met up with her again.
Shit… those damn nightmares better not start up again. Sasuke thought remembering the amount of sleepless nights he had as a child following the festival just because of her. He had those nightmares for three damn years, only for those to be replaced by the nightmares of the Uchiha Clan Massacre.
He can't be distracted by what he thinks of when he's asleep, at least the nightmares of the night his clan was wiped off the face of the planet kept him motivated.
He didn't need that stupid pink haired girl haunting him, today was the last day he was going to see her. The only reason he even bothered to help her and Naruto out with their plan was because he felt sorry for her.
But he had to focus on Itachi and revenge.
Itachi
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"Maybe he didn't kill you to torture you."
"Of course he did! That's the only reason, that and I wasn't strong enough for him to test his abilities."
"Nuh-uh, maybe he couldn't kill you."
"What?"
"Maybe he couldn't kill you because he loved you…"
"Ah, Team Seven and Kakashi."
Sasuke snapped out his mental moment, while the rest of Team Seven sat up straighter, and Kakashi turned around.
"Oi, doc!? How is she?" Naruto shouted running up to him. The doctor smiled at him and ruffled his hair.
Please let her be dead, please let her be dead. Karin chanted in her mind.
"She's fine." Naruto smiled and threw his fist in the air happily, while Sasuke let a small smirk appear on his face.
Darn it!
Karin re-crossed her arms and looked away biting her tongue. Nothing good ever happens to her.
"Yes, yes you guys have a reason to celebrate. But never do I want to come across this incident again." The doctor scolded the group.
Naruto rubbed the back of his head nervously, "Yeah, we'll never do it again-"
"I hope so, after all she only has a year at the most to live." The doctor replied looking at his clipboard. Instantly he noticed the change in the atmosphere drastically changed from really happy to absolutely depressing. "What's wrong?"
"A-a-a year?" Naruto stuttered, his mouth falling open.
"Uh…" The doctor looked over at Kakashi whom he assumed had already told them about her condition, but apparently not. "Yes, a year. I'm so sorry, but the type of heart disease is terminal."
"W-what does that mean?" Naruto whispered.
"It means she won't live for much longer." Sasuke answered for him, his voice unusually soft. Kakashi looked at his boys sadly, it's a shame…but not everyone is lucky…
Karin smiled as she popped a piece of gum in her mouth, "Told you so."
Yes! New chapter and it hasn't even been a month yet! Oh, my gosh! Kudos to me!
Lol.
Oh and excuse the grammar mistakes there may be…I'm too tired to go read through it.
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