Summary: [Only a thin line tells love and hate apart, truth and lies, happiness and sadness. Sacrifices are made to save the ones you love. Sometimes you have to hurt yourself to gain the happiness you long for. It is your job to make the line thicker between these so alike yet so different feelings. In the end, it was only a true lie that started all of this.]
Rating: [M16+/18, Pregnancy, not a kids story!]
Warnings: [Character death! Rape possible, sexual content. OOCnes. Characters developing to adults.]
Characters/Pairings: To many, be surprised. Main Naruto & Sakura.
Chapter 2
I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.
#Albert Einstein
The clock to her right on the small table ticked somewhat loud, she thought about the millionth time. Tick tock tick tock… a never ending circle of tick and tock.
"Damn annoying clock" She cursed about the 100th this in the last 24 hours.
She also yawned about the same amount and nearly falls asleep on all the papers on her makeshift desk in the tent. It was a mess, not only on her desk. The whole tent was a mess. Scrolls, books and paper were everywhere.
'Damn you Madara... arghs damn all Uchiha's...' She thought 'Making a mess in the Village'
Her only company was the little pig fast asleep on one of the cushion next to the desk; Shizune had gone to get something to eat. She wondered if Shikamaru was sprawled out on the big sitting cushions in the corner, snoring off the day, this thought made her even more annoyed. She rubbed her eyes as she heard someone enter.
The bags under the eyes of her visitor told her she was not sleeping as much as she needed to.
"You look like shit" Her teacher scolded her softly.
"You not doing any better Tsunade-taichou" The older woman grunted a bit which made Sakura smile.
"How is patching up work doing?" She asked her past pupil.
"So far fine, still we miss the hospital facility…"
"Yeah understandable" Tsunade nodded than opened a drawer "We have to plan so much… I push them to get started" Sakura shook her head.
"Don´t mind us." Sakura assured. "I know that first we have to make sure our borderlines are still save and everything around it; then we do the rebuild work after we got our people back on their feet"
Tsunade nodded. This was one of these days that she was constantly reminded that Sakura was her pupil.
"Shikamaru is already planning the rebuilding, he has some great ideas" Sakura smiled and let herself sink in the big sitting cushion. "Don't snore off over there" Tsunade warned.
Sakura groaned and stretched. "Don't intend to. By the way, his leg is doing fine. But he is not able to sit still, the lazy bum…." Tsunade laughed.
"Surprisingly..." She sighed. "Yet, I think we still underestimate him" Sakura nodded.
"Yeah like you told about the fire lord" The older woman throws something to her, she caught it easily.
"Hm?" Sakura hummed.
"Look inside" It was her Ninja ID. In there an old picture of her younger self, underdeveloped and weak; she snorted in her mind.
"What´s with my ID?" She asked. Tsunade had asked her to leave it behind yesterday and she had.
"Next page" Tsunade hinted; Sakura turned the page. She looked at the stamp once, twice, about 50 times until she got it.
"Huh?" Her mind only formed. Tsunade smiled.
"You earned it, you need it and we need it" She said before sitting down and leaning back in the chair.
"But taichou, is this really alright?" She was not really believing what she saw in her Ninja ID. It was too good to be true and she felt out of place all off sudden.
"Don't you believe in my decisions?" Tsunade asked narrowing her eyes. Sakura gulped, she was too tired to get away from Tsunade's wrath.
"What about the exam?" Tsunade sighed.
"You will do the writing test later if you really want. And the fighting test, if you really want. It won´t be necessary..."
Sakura closed her Ninja ID.
"-But believe me I need you in this position out there." The Hokage pointed to the tent's doors. "You've showed more than once that you are capable of your work. You ran the hospital alone with big success in the chaos. You were able to handle it with a cool head. You did you work as a Medic. Next to it you fought well; yes maybe you could have done better, but experience will come to you in due time and you have still a lot to learn. Again, time will do if for you" Tsunade explained her decision with truth in her eyes.
Sakura's face shows that she still thinks she's dreaming; she still couldn't believe it..
The Hokage sighed. "I will tell you the same over and over again. You ran the field hospital from day one. You organized and planned everything out; none of us had done better. I am able to rely on you in the worst of times and with that I have allowed you rise in you rank. I need capable Shinobi. You are one. That is why I allow you to start in this rank without the big exam. I need you as the head of the hospital now and forever. I trust you; I hope you will do your work like it should be done"
Sakura was lost for words and Tsunade could tell. The girl was overwhelmed; Sakura was working hard to climb out of the old self she was. That she was trying to get rid of the weak self she was. She reminded Tsunade of herself when she was young, when she lost a lot and trying to fit in with her team. She was proud of her. Yes, she has some other underlings she taught, but Sakura was her star pupil. She had even overtaken Shizune in her skills.
"Be proud of what you achieved." Tsunade said "You really earned it" A smile grew on Sakura's face.
"Thank you" Her eyes were getting watery; soon tears were finding their way down. Sakura was trying to hide her tears.
"Nah nah" The older woman said and stood up. She walked around the desk to hug her pupil. She was growing up just fine. The next years will be do the rest and she could even see that Sakura will surpass her in every way possible - or maybe she already had, only age and years of knowledge was the difference between them.
"Thank you" The girl cried in the hug.
"No problem" Tsunade let her cry for a bit; she knew it was way of relief. The Hokage knew that she needed some sort of relief as well, though; she didn't have the time for it at the moment. When she does get the time though, she plans to have the night off with some sake.
"You have the authority to do whatever you want and need. Do not bug me with anything of the hospital stuff or I will go crazy" Sakura laughed looking up to Tsunade, wiping away the tracks of salty water.
It was unbelievable; she just got out of the drawer her promotion to be a Jōnin. Giving her clearance with being the Head of the Hospital to nearly everything, with this she would be able to handle the hospital all alone. She heard all the words of trust Tsunade had in her, and she was flooded with happiness. Sure, that was not the way she wanted it, she would like to do the exam to show she is capable to succeed. Some time later she may ask to take the writing and fighting exams. However for now, she would not complain either. She needed the authority to do her work properly. Konoha was still in pieces not even full rebuild after Pains attack and already shattered again. It was tiring though here she was, oozing out happiness in the middle of a broken Konoha. It didn't felt completely right.
"Don't worry" Tsunade said "You are allowed to be happy about it" It was like she read her mind. "Only because we have to rebuild doesn't mean we aren't allowed to be happy" Sakura smiled. It lifted some weight from her shoulders.
"Thank you"
"Don't" Tsunade hushed her "You earned it." Sakura was still smiling. "So hush - go out you have a job to do"
Sakura eventually left her sensei alone with all her own paperwork.
Tsundae sighed as she looked up to all the paperwork Sakura had left her to do. "I need a handful of assistance…" She cursed searching for a pen under all the paper…
o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o
In an open field, a fire was burning; ninja circled the flames, keeping the fire in check with the odd water ninjutsu every now and then. Other ninja were making a line passing up white bags until they reached the end of the line and chucked into the flames.
"That's the last one" A man yelled who was at the start of the passing up line. His name was Souta and was the head of the hygiene department. He started to make his way back over to the flames as the passing line finished throwing the last few bags into the fire before splitting up to do other set jobs.
"It was a good idea from Sakura-sama" An older woman named Ayaka said as she split from the line to talk the ninja. She had grey hair and was wearing a white coat.
"Yes, Ayaka" Souta answered her. "It would be bad if we breed an epidemic or something"
The older woman shudder.
"With the field hospital facility it would go round like a wild fire" They both nodded looking in the flames, where all the filled bags were burning down to ashes.
The bags were filled with beaten and bloody clothes; with clothes and other textile fabrics and burnable stuff form the hospital from operations and what they were not able to wash in the small facility. It was not like they had no water; it was they had not the room, time or machines to wash. Normal clothes were washed in the lake with soap and a washboard, like in the good old times. However for the sheets and so on for the hospital or bandages, it will not work this way. The chance to infect somebody with something was too high. Moreover they do not want to Konoha undergoing an epidemic. They had stripped every patient bare from their bloody clothes and burned it all. It was safer this way. Also they had a hygiene funnel before you can enter the hospital, or an operation room or the lab. It was hard to keep everything accurate according to the hygiene code. From what they knew, it looked like it works out.
"She is young and capable" Ayaka said
"Yeah scary, hm?" They both laughed. Yes, a second Tsunade. That was really scary…
o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o
Sakura sneezed and rubbed her nose with a tissue. A 'Hmpf' was heard from her before the tissue was thrown into the small bin to her side. She yawned and grabbed her pink tea cup that was a present from a child she healed. She was in a make shift office with cotton sheets as walls. She had a sip of her herbal tea, while wishing that the piles of paperwork in front of her would disappear.
Sakura had made some arrangements and it will work out, but the staff had a hell of work to do. Sakura sighed again leaving the tea behind.
At the moment Sakura only wore a nurse uniform, And a doctor coat above it. Around her neck was a stethoscope, her nametag was pinned on the left pocket above her heart and two pens were clipped onto the said pocket. In the lower pocket she hid lollipops away. She was an addict at the moment; as long her mouth was working, she would not fall asleep. It was just a way to keep herself occupied so that she would stay awake. It worked quite well. Her boots hung loosely on her feet and the first button of the nurse uniform was open, showing that she does have some chest.
Since she didn't have to be in her battle gear, meant that she didn't need to wear any binding. She enjoyed the time she actually was able to wear a lovely bra, instead of chest binding. She moved so that her chest moved under the fabric of the bra. She felt less confined. It was not much, but each one filled her hands reasonably. Maybe there was a bit of hope for later, when she is an adult that they might get bigger. She shrugged and tucked a loose strain of hair behind her ear, if not it won´t matter anyways. She massaged the back of her neck that was now free of all the loose strains of hair because they were either in her pony-tail or behind her ears; it was easier to work like this.
Her belly rumbled; Sakura sighed. "In an hour" She told the rumbling stomach. She hoped that she would last that long, she would have a quick break: stuff herself with a can full of straight coffee and a bun or something. She was pale, tired and hungry, but the work needed to be done.
She may only lasted another fifteen minutes before she needed some food and a brake. She found out that everyone else was exhausted as she fought her way through cotton curtains; at least she wasn't the only one. The curtains were that only thing that gave a bit privacy in some areas. She cursed as she tripped and landed on her face. She jumped back up and straightened herself out before she heard a chuckle.
"Nice one" Kakashi said to her. Her eyes caught his frame; he was sitting in his bed reading one of his beloved novels. She sighed; again, it was slowly it becomes a habit of hers.
"How many times have you actually read it already?" Sakura asked while walking up to him.
"I do not keep count"
Sakura eyes locked with his lone one, death glaring him. Kakashi shrugged.
"About 68 times this one." He finally answered her question.
She shook her head and touched his arm that wasn't holding up the book; it had been resting in his lap. The bone had been broken four times without it being fully healed before it was broken again. One more crack and he would have lost the whole arm and the deep cut was not helping the rescue of it. However they had done it; he had many cuts and bruises never complained once.
"Oh yeah…" Kakashi said "Good day to you." He greeted his once pupil.
"Hey to you too; Kakashi" She greeted back. The greetings were a bit late, but still. He had told her to drop the honorifics not long ago. He felt old enough already and with her promotion to Jōnin herself, she didn't need to call him Sensei anymore. She did as he wished. It felt real good in a way, it felt like they were at least a bit on the same walking space. "So, how are you doing today?" She asked as her hand began to glow light green above the bandages.
"Buzzing and burning" She nodded at the information.
"It will be like this at least for two more days" She said as she grabbed an item out of her coat bag. "This will help a bit"
Kakashi's colour in his face vanished.
"That's funny" Sakura smiled "The mighty Copy Ninja is afraid of injections…."
The man bit his cheek.
"But you know," She said, a glimmer of evil appeared in her eyes. "I can get Toyo" She started.
The man shudders. This petite male nurse, Toyo, had a thing for him. Kakashi accepted the sexual orientation of people, but only when they're not directed his direction. He was not gay! Not one bit; not even in the drunkest darkest night in his life. He would never be gay!
"He will agree, with glee, to get you a Rectal Suppositories ready"
His eyes lone eye wide, after a moment he got his posture back. "You are evil" He said to her "Are you a S-?" He asked and a vein popped on her forehead. Before he could react she had him flipped on his front. "Sakura" He protested.
She sat more or less on him, on arm pushing his back down, her legs holding his legs down. With his loss of strength he was not able to push the woman away. She held the shot in her mouth and pulled the fabric of his pants down. "Sakura!" The older man whined and the needle pierced his skin without a warning. He groaned out. His muscles were tense; he would get a bruise from the shot. 'My ass will hurt for days! Damn it!' Kakashi thought. Sakura let go of him satisfied. When did she change into this kind of woman? 'Ah...' he thought, he knew - the war had shaped the woman he saw in front of him.
"Think before you talk" She said to him. "Next time I will get Toyo…"
The copy ninja pouted while rubbing his poor buttock.
"Be happy I was the sponge bath person, or Toyo would get your ass back then or some other nurse would have raped you while you were cold out…" She trailed off.
'Yeah fuck!' Kakashi frowned in the inside. She got the point. Her win; his loss. He was determined not to let hear another groan of his. She patted his head and for a moment he looked like a pouting child, rubbing the spot of the injection with his good hand. "Need a lollipop?" She asked him and held one out to him. It was a red one; cherry.
"No" still pouting she laughed and unwrapped the lolly to put it in her mouth.
Sai pushed his way through the curtain wall meeting with the two. He was still recovering from loss of chakra from his last battle and was allowed to sleep in the tent city instead of the somewhat hospital.
This time they were going to get the injured people back on their feet and be sure that the worst is over and done for, like the possibly of epidemic; than they will rebuild. It was a good choice and Sakura believed, even after all the mess and painful encounters, they will share and gain a lot of good memories in the tent city. She was sure of it.
"Hey Sai" The two both greeted him.
"Greetings" He said and sat down on the corner of Kakashi bed.
Sakura was sitting on the corner of Naruto's bed, which was next to Kakashi's. Naruto had yet not woken up. She had checked on him nearly every hour to make sure everything was alright. He never before was unconscious for as long as he had been. With the data she had, she presumed that it had to do with the Kyūbi chakra use. Naruto have some explaining to do after he wakes up so that she will understand his condition to the core.
"I heard you need some new signs" Sai asked her and Sakura eyes went from Naruto's unconscious form to the other bed.
"Ah... yes" She started. "We have none around here and some stuff is not able to work without signs" She explained before sighing once again.
"Hm" Sai rubbed his chin. "You can hand me a list" He started. "I'm bored so I offered to make them" Sakura's eyes lit up.
"Really?" She asked and the ink user nodded. "That will be wonderful" and clapped her hands together, the small clap was heard by most of the other patients behind the curtains. In soft voices they talked about the signs she needed and that the next load of trash had been burned. The group eventually got into the topic of the water facility and that in three days they will finally have running hot water again.
"I want to shower for hours or just stay in a hot tub all day. Either one is fine with me" Sakura sighed and Sai muttered something about Sakura being a 'Typical Woman'. Her vein showed again, she feared that it will be eventually be permanent on her skin; but it vanishes when another hand touched her hand softly.
Naruto's eyes moved under his closed eyelids, seeing the battle of his eyes opening.
"Hmm... Sakura-chan?" He asked trying to find her face.
"Good to have you awake" He heard a man's voice
"Kakashi-sensei" Naruto rasped out. His voice was shady from the lack of use.
Sakura got onto her feet, the lack of her weight of Naruto's mattress let him shift a bit. Her hands were roaming over him. He was a bit in daze, feeling like he was half asleep. She grabbed the blanket, moved it away. The cold air hit his body. He shuddered. His hand rubbed through his face, wondering why he felt so cold all of sudden. He felt that his other arm was bandaged so he did not move it. Otherwise the woman here will surely hit him.
"A train hit me?" He muttered out and he heard Kakashi and Sai laugh at his comment and felt Sakura hand touching the upper side of his leg. His bare leg… he needed a second. Sakura touched his bare leg? He jerked into a sitting position, groaning. His head spinning from the sudden movement, squeezing his eyes shut.
"Baka" a voice told him. Sakura's hand touched his temple, letting some of her healing chakra sooth the spinning in his head. He rubbed the other temple.
"Damn it" He cursed and he felt her hand wander once again on his leg. He opened his eyes. "Wha..?" Left his mouth when the first think he saw he wasn't dressed. His body flushed all over. With his good arm he tried to grab the sheet, but she did not let him. His eyes widened with terror when her hand stopped him. The other was nearing his tights again. That was dangerous. That was too dangerous. How would his body react? It would be his doom. 'God damn it.' He cursed in the inside. Nevertheless he saw that she held no embarrassment in her professional medic mode. Her hand went by him… too close for his liking. That was a lie, he likes it, but in that situation it was 'Very very very bad!' his mind screamed.
"Sakura-chan!" He shrieked girlishly and he heard her sigh. 'Since when did she sight like this?' he asked himself.
"You have absolutely nothing I have not seen before…." She said and continued with her work.
Naruto was not sure if that statement was good or bad. He felt already his blood moving somewhere else, trying to get the sheet up. And when she roamed over his beaten arm he succeeded. The young man was embarrassed to no end at the moment. Now he was blushing all over his body. Kakashi was holding his laughter and Sai complimenting him as to that he was not dick-less at all, that he could call himself lucky since he was proper size for women satisfaction. With that his skin turned into an even darker shade of red. 'Like I care about that now!' His mind frowned and he was aware again, that he was naked and she was touching him.
"Sakura-chan..." He said again. She should stop touching him, right now.
"Hold still" She said her hand moving over his side down to the other leg.
"But I'm naked!" He said embarrassed
"Your point?" She asked.
"I'm naked?" He asked and she sighed again.
"What do you think how many private parts I have seen in the last days?" He did not want to know the answer of this question. "Believe me, you are next to Sai, Kakashi and many other friends of ours, your just one more…" and her hand was on his shoulder. His eyes moved to the side Kakashi for a moment who let his head hung in defeat. So his sensei awoke like him bare with her checking on him? At least something he would not be teased about then.
Kakashi sighed mutely. He had awoken naked in the bed like Naruto, and she was the one looking after him. 'So yeah, his cute little student saw his cute- ah big thing!' He corrected his own thoughts.
"But-" Her hand touched Naruto's cheek softly, her thumb moving once or twice up and down. It shut him up. In her face a relived smile with tired eyes.
"I'm happy you didn't die out there" With that she left him with the two of her team alone. Slowly he grabbed his sheet higher. Like an embarrassed woman up to his chest.
"So-" He asked after a while. "Possible to get something to wear?"
"The cute little hospital nightgown is an option" He heard from his Sensei.
"Right…" Naruto bit out. "I wanted something to wear; not to expose myself even more…" He was still red from head to toe and where Sakura had touched him; only a burning sensation was left behind.
Kakashi only chuckled. "That's not possible, she saw all didn't she?" Naruto wanted to say something but shut his mouth defeated...
o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o
"Shikamaru" Sakura said in a dead tune. "Get you ass here"
He gulped. It was better to do what she asked for and sat down on the chair.
"You should have been here three hours ago…" Sakura ordered him and he gulped again. She opened the drawer in the small examination room. "Take it off" She muttered getting the bandages, the sore overlap and tincture ready.
He sighed and tried to get his shirt over his head, but he winced halfway done. He was stuck in his position. His arms only half way up; the pain was not letting him to get them down again.
"Damn" He cursed and he saw the triumph in her eyes, he did not like it.
"You know" Sakura said and then her voice softened. "I didn't say it to annoy you." She helped to get the first arm out of his shirt.
"I know" He said softly looking down to his feet. Shikamaru knew. She told him to come every six hours to her because he refused to stay in the hospital. He wanted to work on the plan for rebuilding of the water facility and so on. It was like something was driving him, he was not able to sit still. He winced when she peeled of the old bandages and overlaps. It looked better already, but still bad enough. It was an ugly burn. His leg was doing fine, but this burn was not there of being good.
"It is better" She said "But when you don't want to have scars-" Shikamaru shook his head
"I don't care about scars-"
She hit his back head a bit. "Hear me out"
He sighed loud.
"When you don't do like I told you, it will scar. The pulling feeling in every move will be felt and worst it will hurt in your normal activity. Imagine while fighting" She explained. Her voice told him, she was concerned, really concerned. He rubbed his hand. "It will hurt with every move you to. It could hinder you in later years. In duty" She stopped with her explanation to him. He let his head hang, he knew that she was right.
"I should do better, hm?" He asked the floor.
"Yeah" She said to him and her warm hand rubbed the tincture on his back. Despite her hands being warm, the tincture felt icy cold. His back was burning from it. He did not like the feeling.
"Please do what I tell you" Shikamaru nodded his head softly. "By the way" Sakura smiled. "Did you know that your arms are perfect?" He turned his head a bit. Was she flirting with him, or what was this?
"What?" He asked slightly shocked. She rubbed the tonic on his back not irritated by her statement.
"I said you have perfect arms, like the perfect idol in the medic books. You can call yourself lucky" She grabbed the overlaps.
"Flirting?" He blurred out, her eyes now locked with his.
"Huh?" She voiced out, her eyebrows went up high. "No. When I want to flirt I would say something like-" She thought for a moment "You have great muscles, or something like that? -But not telling about a medical book… intelligence scares men..."
Shikamaru don't get women. And he was sure he won't ever.
"Ok?" He only said back and looked back to his feet. His cheeks were hot. "Shot" He murmured. Sakura thought it was because she hurt him in her procedure.
"Sorry" She excused and he only sighed. He was thinking about that if she had meant to flirt with him. He was a Genius, today he thought he was not...
o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o
Neji could not hold it any longer.
He needed to pee.
That was nicely said. He needs to piss. Really. He felt like he held five litres in his bladder. He refused to use the urinary bottle because when everybody walked by they could watch him. It was not possible.
"Lee, please get a nurse" He asked him, his teammate who was chatting happily.
"Got it" And the green guy was gone. Neji sighed a bit.
"What's wrong?" Tenten asked.
'What to say?' He thought, but the truth would be the best.
"I need to go somewhere" Tenten thought a moment
"Oh" She only said and both said nothing afterwards. His other teammate came back a nurse in tow.
"What can I do for you Neji-san?" She asked
"I need to go" He explained the nurse nodded and went around the bed, grabbed under the bed into a box and handed him a urinary bottle.
"Here you go" She smiled and vanished. Neji face was blank. Lee watched back and forth between the empty spot of the nurse and Neji. Tenten tried hard not to laugh.
"God damn it!" The Hyūga cursed.
"Wow" Tenten said, truly amazed. "I had no idea you had it in you to curse..." and started to laugh. Neji felt like crying. He nearly burst, he needed to go badly. There were no curtains; he could not do it here, in the open area. It was a disgrace. He shifted uncomfortable, pushing with his bandaged hands the sheet away. His arms hurt like hell, his fingers stiff and moved only under a lot of pain a bit and sometime there was no moving at all.
"Where are you going" Lee asked slight panicked.
"Toilet" Lee pushed him back onto the bed.
"You will not, you are not allowed" Neji face twisted a bit.
"There is no way I will use that thing!" He pushed the urinary bottle further away. Lee looked again at the thing and then around.
"Hm" He said letting go of his teammate, rival and friend. "I understand this" Neji sighed and tried to get up. "I will help you then" Lee offered and helped his friend up. Tenten rushed to the other side of him.
"I help too" Neji stiffed a moment "Up to the door, and the way back" The stiffness subsided.
"OK" The Hyūga said and the team walked slowly to the toilets. Tenten parted with them at the door.
"Hmmmm..." Neji hummed and Lee did the knot of his pants. "What a disgrace" Neji muttered shoving his boxers down.
"Should I hold him for you?" Lee asked. Dead silence met both of them for a moment.
"HELL NO!" Neji shouted and Tenten blushed on the other side of the door. She heard every word of it.
"Aw come on, what are friends for!" Then she heard shoving and some muttering from the inside. Then someone falling down and a load groan form Neji.
"GET OFF ME!" Neji's voice was between angry and embarrassed.
That was it. Embarrass herself or not the poor Neji need help; Tenten opened the door. The picture was burned forever in her head, until the day she dies. Lee was half sitting on Neji, pulling on his pants and Neji trying to stop Lee touching his smaller friend. The pinkish blush went up in the usual cool Hyūga.
"Out?" He piped.
"Uhhh…" Tenten muttered. The door shut, but not from the outside. She marched over the pair, grabbing on Lee and throw him out of the toilet. The only room with solid walls out of wood, to be precise - it was a big wooden box with sanitary in there.
"Tenten!" Lee shouted.
"Stay put, when you know what is good for you" She hissed and the other side of the door went silent. She tried not to look. Though she did have to look anyway. She saw and she felt dizzy. "Uhh" came from her again, trying to look away. Grabbing one of his arms and put him back to his feet. "I know…" She said. She turned around. "Finish…" She whispered and holds her hand over her ears. It won't help much. Neji know too. He was not sure what was more embarrassing the urinary bottle or the situation here? Every thought of it vanished when he started to get the five litres of pee out of him with a heavenly sigh…
o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o
Some days later Sai stumbled into Sakuras examination room. Sweat on his forehead. He had no big wounds, only small ones. They healed perfectly. His chakra was not top notch yet though. However it was good enough for no suffering anymore. He didn't know what was wrong?
"Sai!" Sakura was already on her feet and helping him to sit down. "You have a fever, lay down" Her hand glowed and eye brows knitter. "What?" She asked.
"I feel funny" He said in a raspy voice.
"Tell me" She asked him.
"My head hurts, my eyes" He said while rubbing his eyes again, a tear streaks down his cheek. "My back aches, down the spine" He breathed out. "My feet feel numb like my fingertips" She nodded, sucking in the information he was giving her. Sakura's breathing hitched.
"God..." She said.
"Sai?" She ripped the shirt of him. Glowing signs appear on his upper torso.
"Did Danzo ever seal something within you?" She asked. She heard his short breath.
"Yes" He told her.
"Do you know what or why?" He groaned, his head felt like bursting open. His eyes stink, more tears leaked out.
"No" He said. "I presumed for safety of Danzo, some seal to get rid of me, if necessary" She nodded slowly. 'Good, that Danzo was dead, the evil bastard' she thought while studying the glow.
"I will put you under anaesthetic for the next few hours to get rid of the fever and find a way to help you, this will keep you safe" His vision was blurred. She filled the injection with the needed amount. His hand stopped her for a moment.
"I feel like dying..." He said. She did not like how he had said it. The air in his lungs burned.
"Breathing hurt" He rasped. "A lot" his saliva filled his mouth. "Fire" He added after a while. "Piercings everywhere" She nodded.
"I will find a way to help you" She assured him, she won´t allow him to die - she will rescue him, not matter what. His vision of her cleared for a moment.
"I trust you…" He breathed out. It was the first time he said it to her. It was the first time, she felt like they were real friends.
"I do too" She said and his eyes rolled back in his head when the shot was emptied.
"MAKOTO" She jelled and dark blond woman fell more or less in the room. "Get Tama!" She ordered "We have an emergency, I need all" The woman stumbled out of the room, knowing what her boss meant.
Sakura felt that the breathing got fainter with every breath Sai took. "God…" She breathed out and grabbed the endotracheal tube…
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This story start off with some changes:
1) Sasuke does not have Itachis eyes yet.
2) Edo-Madara was not involved until now.
3) Sakura has more guts against Sasuke.