Date: 5/24/13
Rating: T
Genre: Action, Drama, Humor, Romance
Prompt: 631 - Madara does something to Sasuke's chakra coils which makes Sakura unable to heal him with her chakra, forcing her to treat his severe injuries the old fashioned way
"Shit."
"What's wrong?"
Shaking her head as she continued to pump chakra into Sasuke's chest, Sakura said, frustrated, "I don't know. My chakra, it's not working. I can't heal you. Madara must have—Ugh! That's it. Take of your shirt." She reached into her medical pouch to search for gauze and ointment, but when she looked up she saw that Sasuke still hadn't moved. "I'm not kidding, Sasuke-kun! Unless you want to bleed to death, you need to follow my orders, got it?"
Sasuke glared, but nevertheless slowly took off his shirt, biting through the sharp pain he felt in his chest. Annoying. The next thing he knew, Sakura was throwing a cloth is his direction. "Here," she said as she began to tie her hair up, "I need you to apply pressure on your wound while I get my things together." Another explosion sounded through the air. Sakura whipped her head behind her to make sure nothing was coming their way and huffed, cursing under her breath, "Damn ten-tails. Damn Madara. Damn Sasuke-kun for getting injured."
Although he heard that last comment, Sasuke remained silent and watched as Sakura took the bloody cloth from his hand and properly cleaned his wound. He hissed. Sasuke didn't remember antiseptics stinging so much. Sakura paused her work to look up at Sasuke and rolled her eyes, amused. "Okay, Sasuke-kun," she said, wiping the sweat from her forehead, "almost finished. I just need to wrap your wound and you should be fine."
Taking a long strip of gauze, Sakura kneeled closer to Sasuke, her arms encircling his body as she covered his wound. Sasuke tensed, realizing how much closer her body was to his. He could feel her breath on his neck as she brought the gauze around his back, switching from right hand to left. He swallowed. And she didn't even seem to notice, too preoccupied with the task in front of her.
So close. I wonder—
"All right! Finished!" Sakura exclaimed, turning to her medical pouch to place the extra gauze away. She stood up, extending her hand towards Sasuke and smiled. "How does it feel? I didn't wrap it too tight, did I?"
Sasuke shook his head and sighed, taking her hand. The moment was gone, just another "what if" to add to his collection. "Thanks." She nodded and began to walk in the direction of the explosions, but Sasuke wasn't finished. He wanted to say something, anything else. "Sakura?"
She turned around. "Yes, Sasuke-kun?"
"Your hair," Sasuke said, averting his eyes and clearing his throat, "it looks good that way."
Sakura's hand went to her head; she didn't realize she left her hair up. She blushed, about to reply, but Sasuke grabbed her hand, pulling her towards the battle just so she wouldn't see the slight tint of pink on his cheeks. "Come on, let's go."
She laughed. "Whatever you say, Sasuke-kun. Whatever you say."