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People who are Important: Book Two	By : Morales89 Category: Naruto > General Views: 1260 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Chapter List
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Chapter 14
Naruto opened the door to let his girlfriend into his apartment. There weren't words to explain how happy or lucky he felt that Hinata had accepted him. She'd accepted him. She'd cried for him. The Heiress to the Hyuuga name wanted to be with him and only him. Even though he had a terrifying demon locked within him, she still loved him. He wasn't completely sure if he was in love with her yet, but his feelings for her were at the point where he was starting to think so, very strongly. As she smiled at him and walked into his apartment, he suddenly wished he had a better place.
She looked so odd, such an elegant beauty standing in the midst of his humble belongings. It was kind of like watching a princess stand in the middle of a cheap hotel room. Six of his apartments could fit in the foyer of her grand home. Naruto had meticulously scrubbed the floors, windows, furniture….fuck he'd rubbed down the ceiling because she was coming over. It still didn't seem clean enough. It didn't seem big or majestic enough for Hinata's stunning, aristocratic beauty. As he looked over the soft angles, defined cheek bones, and pointed little nose on her face; he couldn't help but think, 'Wow, she can do so much better than me. I'm so not good enough for her.'
I don't think anyone is Kit…just be grateful that she chose you. Kyuubi said sleepily in his mind. He briefly wondered why the fox was always asleep, but then figured it probably didn't have very much else to do.
"You're apartment is so cozy!" Hinata chirped with a sweet smile.
Naruto broke out of his thoughts to stare at the girl. She was smiling at him. She seemed completely content standing in his dingy little one-bedroom unit. He laughed and closed the distance between them to pull her into a tight hug. He kissed her nose and nuzzled her cheek with his. It was amazing, having someone to share such intimate gestures with. Someone who had no problem being so close to him, touching him…and even enjoyed doing so, he'd like to think. He beamed down at her with pearly white teeth and ecstatically gleaming baby blue eyes.
"Hina-chan! You're the best thing that's ever happened to me!" Naruto said. Her soft, musical laugh set butterflies in flight within his stomach. 'Gods I never wanna lose this,' he thought.
Hokage Tower
"Tsunade-sama, we don't have any proof that this is the truth. I just received the morning report. Sakura said he was sleeping peacefully. That she talked to him last night. They went walking in the village YESTERDAY for Kami's sake!" Shizune said. The Hokage merely shot a look at her that pretty much said 'calm the hell down since when has anything in our world made sense?'
"Hokage-sama, I know I can't give you the evidence to back this up but I KNOW I'm right on this. My initial feeling about the Seal was right and I know I'm right now. This reprieve from his symptoms is just some sick trick of Orochimaru's to give us hope…to give Sasuke-san hope that maybe it's all over, but it's not. This is just the calm before the storm. He WILL relapse, I just don't know when," Shia said. Honey brown eyes met her navy blues.
"sigh…we need to remove the Seal as soon as possible, but I'm not sure if everyone is ready. We have only practiced on animals so far. Primates but animals nonetheless, and the success rate was under 45 percent. The group just isn't practiced enough yet, we need time…" Tsunade answered in a level tone. Shia brought her hand to her temple and kneaded it softly.
"We don't have any time left Hokage-sama. I fear that after the relapse, it will be a manner of hours, maybe a day if we're lucky, before his body shuts down completely," the Akito Head said.
Tsunade stared at the young medic before her. No, Shia had no proof that her hypothesis was correct. No, Shia could not brandish feasible evidence that Uchiha Sasuke was still terminal, no matter how healthy his body appeared. The Akito Head had nothing going for her other than her own sense of perceptiveness, intelligence, and personal intuition. However, the Fifth Hokage believed the girl. Somehow, she knew that Shia was right. Even though she'd seen the perfect condition of the Uchiha's body herself. Even though she'd examined him just yesterday only to find nothing wrong; she knew there was something off. If he was truly healed, wouldn't the Seal have vanished?
It hadn't. Everything seemed too simple, and knowing Orochimaru the way she did, she had no doubt that evil bastard would do something like this. This had to be the Snake-Sannin's greatest, and most despicable work. Sasuke's Cursed Seal. For almost a month and a half the young man had been dying. After so long of being bed ridden, to taste freedom and feel the strength of health in a previously weak, injured body would be amazing. It would be so amazing it could incite false hope that maybe…maybe the Seal wasn't so bad. Maybe the illness was just a side-effect of the Seal's fading. But…it wasn't. Orochimaru had designed it that way. Sasuke would taste his health for a short period of time…and then he would die. The Hokage's stomach churned at the thought of how sick her ex-teammate had really been. No doubt he was watching with sick pleasure from his well-deserved place in hell.
"Tsunade-sama…what should we do?" Shizune asked, breaking the Hokage out of her thoughts.
"Shia…I want you to continue researching at home. You still need to rest, let Sakura handle the hospital work for now. I don't wanna see that husband of yours in here complaining that I'm overworking you again," Tsunade replied. Shia glared out of the window and mumbled something that sounded suspiciously like 'overprotective tyrant'. The Fifth repressed her chuckle while Shizune turned her face away, covering her mouth with her hand to hide her smile.
"You're dismissed Shia," the Hokage said.
"Hai Hokage-sama," the girl answered with a bow before disappearing in a puff of smoke.
"Shizune, I'm stuck in a meeting for the remainder of the afternoon. I want you to go down and look over Uchiha. If you find nothing wrong, tell Sakura she can take him out for some fresh air until one, when I want him back in his room for another a check on the Seal," Tsunade ordered. Shizune nodded and bowed before heading down to the office.
"God damnit I'm getting too old for this," the Hokage muttered with her head in her hands. There was a knock on the door.
"WHAT?" She snapped. She felt the fear radiate from behind the door. The person on the other side forwent opening it.
"Sorry for interrupting you Hokage-sama. The meeting will begin in ten minutes in your personal quarters," a male voice informed in a rather unsteady tone. Tsunade growled low and the man's chakra flickered with fear.
"Hai…I'll be there soon enough.." she mumbled. She did not look forward to meeting with the elders today. They were the last people she needed to see after a morning like this one. 'And those two old coots never have anything good to say when we meet. I wonder what it is this time…' she thought angrily.
Konohagakure Hospital
Shizune finished her checkup once again having found nothing wrong with the Uchiha. In fact, his body had only gained more of the strength he'd been without while he'd been confined to the hospital bed. The Hokage's assistant flicked her eyes over to the corner where Sakura was blowing raspberries against a giggling Senji-chan's tiny, pale belly. That reminded her, Shia was due for an appointment later today. Shizune only hoped the girl didn't forget in the midst of what was no doubt going to be a harsh study session.
"Saku! Saku!" Senji's little voice cried out in glee.
Shizune's dark eyes flicked down to the boy in the bed. Those bottomless black eyes that were usually cold and unreadable were lit with some indecipherable emotion as he watched Sakura play with the baby. Sasuke seemed to have changed, but Shizune hadn't completely let him off the hook of her wariness. To think the Kazekage and Shia had allowed their son to be babysat by Sakura while she was in the company of the traitor just seemed weird to Shizune. Gaara had wanted to take the baby home with him, but Sakura had pleaded with the Kage and in the end he gave in.
"How does it look Shizune?" Sakura's voice asked, breaking her out of her thoughts. The Hokage's assistant snapped her eyes to lock with the inquisitive green gaze.
"His shoulder is fine, and I'm sure he feels the strength returning to him," Shizune answered.
Sasuke nodded, a little enthusiastically Sakura would like to think, but seemed to catch himself in the midst of it and reset his mask. His blank black eyes met hers briefly, and she smiled brightly at him while Senji-chan waved to him in her lap. Sakura felt her heart stutter when his lips twitched upwards, however briefly, and he moved some fingers back in the baby's direction. The Kazekage's son beamed back at the Uchiha and started waving both hands at the same time.
"Tsunade-sama said it'd be okay for him to go out for a little while, but she wants him back for another Seal check at one," the older woman explained. Sakura nodded.
"You can leave it to me," the pinkette said quietly. Sasuke, in the mean while, was sliding out of the bed and heading towards the bathroom.
"I'm going to dress," he said softly. Sakura nodded at him.
" 'Suke!" Senji-chan cried out, squirming against Sakura's hold as he tried to get closer.
Sasuke's lips did that twitch-smile/smirk thing again before he leveled a blank stare down at the kid. Senji-chan stopped fidgeting and stared back into the dark, endless pits. For a second Shizune almost feared the Uchiha was going to use the Sharingan before she remembered the chakra seal. For a few seconds there was only silence. Then…
"You stay with Sakura Little One, I'll be right out…" the Uchiha said before closing the bathroom door behind him to get dressed. A wave of shock rippled through the tense air. He'd actually spoken to Senji…for the first time he'd actually acknowledged the kid vocally.
'It's kind of cute…' Sakura thought before she could stop herself.
Naruto's Apartment
The leading lady of the horror film let loose a shrill screech as the vampire bit down on her jugular. Hinata jerked in his arms, her pale eyes going wide before she clenched them shut and buried her face in his shoulder. Naruto tightened his hold on the girl, his strong arms contracted on her waist, hands resting on her flat belly. He leaned in, face coming in contact with her thick, sweet smelling raven hair and placed a kiss on her forehead. He didn't know any other ninja who were afraid of horror films, what with all the real carnage they saw all in their line of work. The fact that Hinata was afraid didn't matter to him, it was just kind of a cute character quirk.
Noooooo! the actress on the screen screamed again as the vampire killed one of her friends.
Hinata trembled a little bit as she watched the gore through her slender fingers. Her boyfriend chuckled into her hair. She sighed and snuggled back against the firm, warm chest she was settled against. She felt so secure, sitting in the circle of Naruto's warm, strong arms. One of the hands clasped against her abdomen splayed out its fingers as it started gentle rubbing motions against her shirt. An odd tingling sensation rippled over her flesh under his hand. His other hand moved to closed over her wrist and his thumb rubbed over the sensitive flesh on the inside. Hinata felt her heart fluttering uncontrollably. She pressed her face closer into his neck, breathing in his spicy, but fresh scent.
Vanessa! Vanessa no!the leading man cried as he saw his girlfriend turn around with a fanged grin.
Naruto felt his girlfriend's warm breath puffing against the nape of his neck. His blood stirred and his breath shortened. One of her small hands slid off of his bent knee and brushed against his inner thigh causing a jolt of heat to pass over him. He ignored it, as Hinata rearranged herself so that she could press her face into his neck harder. It was probably just an accident. The movie continued on, more blood and gore appearing as it did. Naruto entwined their fingers together when she shivered again. He was completely unaware that the shiver was because his hand had somehow ridden the material of her top up, and was now caressing the bare flesh of her stomach. It was only when he felt the fresh crop of gooseflesh that erupted under his touch that he realized what he'd done. He abruptly pulled his hand back, only to have his wrist caught by her slender fingers.
Her hand drew his back to her warm, smooth abdomen as her lips started tracing his neck in light brushes. Her skin was soft and hot under his palm, and for a moment he was shocked frozen that his innocent Hina-chan had initiated something other than a shy kiss. Those warm, soft lips just barely attended to his hollow. It was so light, her touch, but so utterly arousing at the same time. When he felt her tongue swipe over his collar he jumped a little bit. Startled, but undoubtedly excited all at the same time, Naruto allowed the Hyuuga girl explore silently. Hinata shifted in his arms, sliding forward on her knees, trailing her small hands up his chest, and into his hair. Her lips pressed a little firmer, slightly opened, as her tongue brushed teasing swipes over the thick vein in his neck. Naruto sighed and craned his neck to reveal more flesh to her. She trailed up his jaw, licked at his earlobe, and kissed over the three scars on his cheek. After a few moments she pulled back.
"Naruto-kun? Do you like it?" she asked hesitantly.
Naruto's big blue eyes turned on her and he blinked. God she was the most adorable thing he'd ever seen. All flushed, with a hazy lust in her big, pearl eyes. She looked like an angel in heat…he wondered if that was a good or bad thing to think. After looking at her again, he decided…yea it was a good thing. She was staring at him in confusion now. Wait….she was waiting for an answer. What was it she asked him again?
You moron… Kyuubi snorted.
"Gomen ne…Naruto-kun…I'll stop," Hinata said with a practiced smile.
Naruto, however, was the king of fake smiles and he saw straight through that. The dejection in her voice had been unmistakable. He cupped her face and brought their lips together tenderly. He slide their lips together slowly, just barely teasing hers with his tongue. He pulled the top one into his mouth and sucked it before freeing it only to claim her mouth again. He slid his tongue between the seam of them, and against her teeth. With an audible smack that sent shivers up both their spines he released her mouth, only to draw in her bottom lip and nibble at it playfully. Hinata's fingers fisted in his hair as she opened her mouth to receive him.
Naruto reveled in the sweetness of his girlfriend's mouth. It was moist, hot, and responsive in that tentative way that made his darker side want to ravish her. He quelled the urge in favor of gently leading her into a hotter and hotter kiss. He wanted to take his time deepening it, if only to savor the way she shyly moved with him. Damn she was too cute…he couldn't get enough of the little mewls escaping her kiss reddened mouth.
"Naruto-kun…" the Heiress sighed when he broke away from her mouth and started trailing down her long, pale neck.
Naruto felt a wave of heat roll over his entire body and settle in his lower belly. The way she'd breathed his name was both delicious and beautiful. Her soft, harmonic tone washed over him like a subtly seductive tune, but held a curious, innocent lilt right at the end that drove him crazy. She was the perfect combination of sensuality and purity. How could it be possible for her to be so completely unaware of how hot she was making him?
Without realizing it he'd started to ease her back against the bed. Her little hands fisted in the front of black t-shirt, pushing it up and brushing gently over his taught abdomen. Her skin was so soft against his fingers, her hands like fire on his skin. Naruto kept his hands on her stomach, not daring to inch upwards the way they itched to so badly. She moaned softly when he nipped her lip. Her unexpected arch caused his hand to slide further up her shirt.
Gods she wasn't wearing a bra…just some thin bandages wrapped tightly over her bust. He could feel the curve of her breast against the very tips of his fingers. His other hand had somehow wandered to her thigh, pushing it aside so that he could spread the two smooth limbs apart. When he felt his body align flush, against the Hyuuga's he was suddenly brought back into reality. His blue eyes glanced down to the patch of flesh his mouth was currently attached to. He drew back, eyes focusing on the patch of reddened skin just below Hinata's collar bone. Naruto glanced up to see confused, half-lidded orbs like molten opal, staring down at him from a flushed face. Fuck she was beautiful, and damn he didn't want to stop.
"Hina-chan…is this okay?" he asked in a husky voice as he trailed his lips down to the swell of her cleavage. Her fingers carded through his hair again as she tugged his head to lock eyes with him. She smiled.
"It's fine Naruto-kun…just…don't take off the bottoms yet," she answered, blushing bright as her eyes averted from his. He laughed a little and moved up to kiss her lips chastely.
"Whatever you want Hina-chan…we're doing this at your pace," he said. She blinked…confused.
"You mean…you're ready to go further?" Hinata asked red faced. Naruto laughed again, trailing his tongue down her neck, and sucking at the rounded curve of the top of her breast.
"Hina-chan…you have no idea, do you?" he asked with amusement dancing in his bright blue eyes.
Her eyes were all wide and confused in that deliciously innocent way that made him suddenly aware of his state of arousal. Those white gems hazed over slightly…no doubt she'd felt him too. Naruto tried to control himself so that he could stop when she needed him to. As amazing as this was…as much as he wanted to strip her down and make her cum so many times her brains would turn to mush…he knew she was far from ready for something like that. Besides…he wanted to be ready for her when the time came. He wanted to be ready to pleasure her in so many ways she'd never stop blushing for the rest of her life. The blond made a mental note to visit Kakashi-sensei later on. That old pervert should know a thing or two about pleasuring a woman.
Hokage's Quarters
"Alright what's this about now?" Tsunade asked in an obviously irritated tone. It gained her two heartfelt glowers from the two leaders of the Village Council.
"Disrespectful as usual Tsunade-hime…I think it'd do you well to remember who you're speaking to," the Koharu Utatane said coolly.
"Hai..hai…gomen nasai for my rudeness, but please I have a lot of work to do today. I would like to finish this as soon as I can," the Fifth said in forced apology. The two older ninja sat on the couch across from their leader.
"Straight to the point then," Homura Mitokado started.
"The information gathered 'Mission Aka-Geisha' has been looked over by the council, and we have come to a decision regarding one the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki," Tsunade bristled and glared at the man speaking.
"His NAME is Naruto," she seethed quietly.
"NARUTO will be grounded to the village until further notice Tsunade-hime. There is no room for argument here, this decision is final," Koharu said. The Hokage seemed to radiate fury. How dare they go making decisions behind her back?
"Why wasn't I told about this deliberation?" she asked heatedly.
"We all know you favor Jiraiya's pupil, therefore we felt you would not be impartial enough to lend a viable opinion to the congregation," Homura answered flatly. Tsunade glared golden-brown fire at the old man.
"How dare you? How dare you take it upon yourself to leave me out of a decision regarding my shinobi? I am the Godaime Hokage and you'd both better start respecting that!" she hissed. Koharu raised a white brow at her.
"We respect you perfectly fine Tsunade-hime…we just felt that your personal bond with Naruto-kun would impair your judge…"
"When have I ever let my personal bonds with anyone stop me from making decisions in Konoha's favor? I have plenty of personal bonds! I sent my last living friend to his death because I knew he was the only person who had even the slightest chance to win. I sent Jiraiya to fight Pein, knowing full well that he might die. He may have been the most precious person to me…he was my best friend…I loved him!" Tsunade cried out, immediately regretting losing herself so quickly.
The other two occupants of the room sat in a shocked silence as she tried to gain her composure. She hadn't meant to let that slip…no matter how true it was. But…they needed to know. It was the best example to give them. She had loved Jiraiya…as a friend and so much more than that. Maybe she'd always loved him, but failed to see it until recently. And knowing that he could die…perhaps knowing that he would die, she'd sent him to Pein because she knew that he was the best for the job. Because she knew that it was best for Konoha. Those two old bastards should know damn better than to keep her out of the loop when it came to decisions regarding Konohagakure no Sato. Because, no matter how emotionally attached she was to somebody…in the end, Tsunade would act with the title she'd received, and do what was best for the village.
"I will allow you to ground Naruto-kun to the village for now…because I too read the mission report for 'Aka-Geisha'. He has the last Bijuu they need. It would be dangerous both to him and the village if I sent him out on a mission only to have him captured," Tsunade glared at the two elders sitting on her couch.
"However, need I remind you that keeping him inside the village won't do much for long. They will come for him whether he is here, or elsewhere. Don't forget what happened last year with the Kazekage," the Godaime warned. The two elders stared coolly up at her.
"In the interest of the village I can not keep him grounded here for long. Keeping him in one place will only make it easier for what's left of the Akatsuki to find him. When this whole business with the Uchiha is resolved…I will start putting Naruto-kun on missions once again," she said, and without a second glance, she swept out of the room down the hall towards her office. Suddenly Jiraiya's smile flashed in her mind. She felt her lips tilt up at the corners, despite the tears she'd just realized were streaming down her cheeks. 'You must be so proud of me right now…ne you old pervert?' she thought. A sudden gust of wind burst through an open window, lifting her hair and parting her loose green shirt a little less appropriately than was decent. Tsunade smirked.
"I'll meet you in hell old man….it's a date," she murmured softly as she took her seat at her desk.
Training ground 8
Sakura smiled as she placed little Senji-chan into Sasuke's arms. She nearly giggled at the odd look she received, and the unconscious way he moved to tuck his long bangs behind his ears. Senji-chan + Hair Pain. The pinkette turned towards the direction where Naruto and Hinata were approaching from. She had a spar with the Hyuuga Heiress today, so she brought Sasuke along to watch. Mostly because she had no other choice, but partially because a part of her wanted him to see how strong she'd gotten. Upon noticing Sasuke, Naruto's face split in a huge, idiotic grin as he blue eyes lit up with joy.
"Hey Bastard! Outta the hospital already!" the blond cried.
Sakura felt Sasuke bristle slightly behind her. She turned reluctantly to gauge his reaction, and immediately choked on her suppressed giggle. Though his face was the epitome of intimidation, what with the dark glare and deep scowl…the child smiling and trying desperately to climb onto his shoulders kind of ruined the whole effect. Suddenly a smirk broke through his angry mask.
"Hn…still a dobe," he answered coolly. Naruto glared and pouted.
"You better watch yourself TEME, I'll kick your ass from here to Sunagakure!" he yelled with a finger jabbed in the Uchiha's direction. The smirk nearly faltered into a smile, but Sasuke quickly caught himself.
"You wish Usuratonkachi, chakra seal or no, I'd still beat you," he answered smoothly.
Naruto looked like he was about to jump the cocky raven and beat him into the ground before Hinata came up to place a soothing hand on his shoulder. Naruto's angry expression immediately calmed as his girlfriend smiled at him tenderly, and explained calmly how beating up Sasuke while he was holding Gaara and Shia's son wasn't the best idea. The only thing worse than angering one of those two, was angering them both at the same time. You might find yourself suffocating in sand while it was skillfully heated and blown into a glass cage of death. Naruto shuddered at the thought.
"Besides, Sakura and I are supposed to spar. I want you to watch me," the Hyuuga Heiress added with a blush. Naruto smiled and kissed her on the nose.
"You're right Hina-chan! I'll be good," he said. Sasuke had the sudden urge to recreate the sound of a whip lashing out, which he resisted, choosing instead to snort in amusement. Blue eyes shot a glare his way.
"Shut it Teme…" the Kyuubi-vessel growled.
"Hn…dobe.." the Uchiha retorted.
Sakura watched with nostalgic amusement as her boys bantered back and forth. She was happy to know that things wouldn't be weird between the two. After all, Naruto had spent so much time and energy to get his best friend back…it only fits that he would want to re-bond with him…if you could call what their arguing bonding. It was like playing a recorded image of their Team 7 days. Naruto screaming profane comments at an eternally cool, collected Uchiha while said Uchiha retorted in perfectly placed, monosyllabic responses. Only now…it was different slightly.
They'd all three been through so much already…together and apart…that even if it looked like things were back to normal..all of them knew their relationship would never be the same. That wasn't necessarily a bad thing…they'd grown. Their bond, despite Sasuke's avid attempts, had only grown deeper. Even if they still had a lot of reacquainting to do…a lot of past demons to face…they'd do it together. She knew that in the end, they'd be able to move on…into a much stronger friendship, if only because of how much that bond had suffered.
"Are you ready to begin Sakura-chan?" Hinata's polite voice asked, breaking the medic out of her reverie. Sakura smiled.
"Hai, let's leave the boys to get reacquainted with each other," she said with a giggle.
They walked out on the field together, Hinata slipping into her gentle-fist stance while Sakura pulled on her gloves and cocked her fists. Hinata moved first, flashing from her position a few yards away to right in front of her, thrusting a hand at the medic's stomach. The other girl jumped to the side, aiming a chakra infused hand towards the back of Hinata's knee. The Heiress swirled 360 degrees, sending waves of chakra from every chakra point in her body.
"Hakkeshō Kaiten!" Hinata cried.
Sakura bounded back, landing in a crouching position on the balls of her feet. 'When did she learn Kaiten! Damnit Neji! You're training her harder than I thought,' Sakura huffed. The two boys on the sidelines of the field halted their argument abruptly when the Earth shook. Naruto beamed in the direction of his girlfriend and teammate. They'd both become so strong.
"Saku! Saku!" Senji cried, bouncing in the Uchiha's arms.
"YEAH HINA-CHAN!" Naruto screamed suddenly. Senji-chan burst into a fit of giggles and bounced even more excitedly.
"Jesus dobe! Quie…"
"Shut up Teme! My girl's fighting," the blond said.
Sasuke was about to retort when a powerful tremor shook the earth. His dark eyes shot to the training field where he could see Hyuuga Hinata jumping for a nearby tree branch as the ground beneath her crumbled. His gaze slid to the other side of the field where Sakura stood, fist plunged into the crater sized crack in the earth. Suddenly, he was extremely interested in this spar.
Some hours later: Akito House
"Shia, come to bed," Gaara said, mouth working against the back of her neck. She sighed, leaning away from him reluctantly.
"Stop trying to seduce me Kazekage-kun…I've got work to do," the Akito Head answered. Gaara chuckled something sexy against her pulse.
"I wasn't aware I had to try," he murmured into her skin. His teeth sunk into her shoulder lightly as his hand came up to brush against her nipple through her shirt.
"Nnn…you don't…that's why you need to STOP trying…I won't have a chance," she murmured, weaving her hand into his hair and directing his face so that their lips were just a breath away.
"Hn…or I could try harder…" he retorted, sealing their lips together firmly. Shia moaned.
"Gaara…." She breathed.
As he felt her cave to his wishes, Gaara smirked into their rapidly heating kiss. He spun her chair around slowly so that he could position himself, still standing, between her bent knees. Her arms wove around his neck, mouth opening in an invitation he gladly took. Out of sheer coincidence his eyes happened to look over the ancient book she'd been studying. Looking over the data, his natural clever mind started piecing things together. Abruptly he ended the kiss.
"Kazekage-kun! You started this so get the fuck back down here and finish it damnit!" his wife's irritated snap sounded. He turned her chair back around to face the paper.
"Look at this…here," he said, pointing at a paragraph in the seam of the pages that Shia hadn't seen. Her eyes widened.
Flashback
"This book was found at one of Orochimaru's deserted hideouts. It's been sitting in Sarutobi-sense's library for years, and if anything can help you out…it's this book," Tsunade said as she handed the decrepit looking book to the Akito Head.
End Flashback
"Shit we need to go tell Tsuande-sama now!" she said, grabbing her coat an rushing to the door with her husband at her heals. She thrust the door open, turning back to kiss Gaara briefly.
"Be careful…don't over do it," he said, bringing their lips together again.
"Of course Kazekage-kun," she smiled, letting their tongues tangle. Someone cleared their throat out rather loudly behind them. They froze and carefully untangled themselves, only to turn around to see Shizune smiling at them. Shia grinned bashfully.
"Shia-sama…you're needed at the hospital right away," Shizune stated, bowing. Shia nodded, smiling at Gaara before rushing out the door with Shizune in the lead. 'Do your best,' Gaara internally encouraged.
BEEP..BEEP..BEEP..BEEPBEEPBEEPBEEP! The heart rate monitor was going insane with the patient's rapidly increasing heart rate.
"Stabilize his heart rate and stimulate his lungs!" a voice shouted
"Yes Shia-sama!" someone answered.
"You go call for Tsunade-sama!" another authoritative shout hollered.
"Yes Sakura-sama!"
The two best young medics in the village worked desperately as their patient's vitals started to plummet. His heart rate was erratic, his lungs were shutting down…his liver, kidneys…everything! It seemed like his body's battery had died and now it was turning off. Both girls held their hands over him as green light poured from their bodies in order to try and stabilize him. Six nurses stood around the room in a circle as they performed various medical jutsus all meant to control his bodily functions. With Shia and Sakura too busy trying to keep him alive…they needed Tsunade-sama to come in and perform the "Stabilization Jutsu".
"Heart rate is slowing down," Shia said as her chakra flooded into the writhing young man on the bed. Suddenly his heart rate plummeted, the machine flat-lining for a few moments before her chakra boosted his heart back to life. At the same time, his lungs refused to function.
"Breathe Sasuke! Please breathe!" Sakura shouted as she forced more chakra into his slowly stilling lungs.
"You have to stay calm Sakura or he'll die," Shia scolded. With a distressed nod Sakura took a deep breath.
Green eyes were clouded with tears as the pink haired kunoichi attempted to gather her senses. Not four hours ago they'd gone with Naruto and Hinata to lunch. They'd spent the day together, because after his months of being ill suddenly everything was alright. What the hell was going on? How could he be so close to death in only a few hours!
Just the night before she'd spoken to him…her doing most of the talking of course. Just this morning they'd thought he was all healed up…what the hell happened? She'd left the room for a few hours to drop off her afternoon report, and she came back to find all the damage back with a vengeance. Shia had come in not too much later, saying she knew it was going to happen. Before she could explain…Sasuke had flat-lined. To think things had gotten so bad in just a few hours. The door to the room flew open and slammed against the wall, snapping her out of her thoughts immediately
"Everyone stop what you're doing except Shia and Sakura," the Hokage ordered as she immediately began a series of complicated looking hand signs.
Sakura knew that jutsu. It was the "Stabilization Jutsu", and it was very complicated. Only the most experienced medics in the village knew how to execute it, which were a select few, and one needed to be almost at top chakra capacity to do so. It took a huge toll on the user's chakra levels, which both Shia and Sakura were fairly depleted of at the moment. They just continued to regulate Sasuke's bodily functions as they watched Tsunade's hands fly through the familiar pattern. She stopped, a bright green glow surrounding her fingers before the Hokage placed her hands down on the Uchiha's sweaty, bare abdomen and forced the jutsu inside his body.
Sasuke jerked and arched, letting out a pained groan as his organs were unceremoniously jump started into action. His mouth opened wide as he took in a shuttering, gasping breath and panted in his lungs' attempt to pump oxygen through his body once again. The line on the heart monitor started to return to normal, as did the machine measuring his brain activity. Yes, they had to check for brain damage, because the Seal was decomposing the entire left side of his body, which could mean the left side of his brain.
"Hook him up to every machine we have available and station two ANBU outside of the door," Tsunade ordered. Her subordinates rushed off to do as she said. She panted quietly, feeling her chakra levels waning just slightly.
"Tsunade-sama, you should sit down and rest after a jutsu like that," Shizune said softly. The older woman just sighed and turned to her apprentice and the Akito Head.
"You both did very well. You should work out a schedule for shifts, because after this little fiasco he can not be left without a doctor for more than a few minutes at a time. That means through the night as well," the Hokage said. Sakura looked over to her brunette friend who was panting and holding on to the side of their patient's bed.
"Don't worry about it, I'll stay with him all day…I just need a few breaks throughout for lunch and such. For now, Shia-chan should go with Shizune for her appointment," the pinkette said. Shia's blue eyes turned on her.
"Are you sure?" she asked. Sakura just nodded.
"Hai…you're in no condition to keep working after exerting yourself like that. As a medic, I think you should go home and rest. As your friend…I'm TELLING you to go home and rest. So go to your checkup, and then go home," she said with a teasing smile. Shia returned it.
"Alright then, we'll be off," she said, rubbing a hand over her slightly bigger abdomen.
"I'll stay with him through the night. You can relieve me tomorrow at eleven," Sakura said. Shia felt guilty that she couldn't do more, but knew her friend would just force her to leave anyway.
"Alright…" she sighed. When the Akito head was out of the room Sakura turned to her Master.
"How did this happen? We'd thought he was healed," the girl said. Tsunade took a seat in the chair near the Uchiha's bed with a sigh.
"I know…Orochimaru was always a sick man…but this Seal is his greatest work. And of course by greatest you know I mean most horrifying," the Hokage said with her golden brown eyes trained sadly on the young man dying in the bed.
"I don't understand," Sakura said quietly. Her shishou looked up at her.
"The assumed healing of Sasuke's body was just a distraction…or maybe it was to give us false hope that he'd be okay. Whatever reason he had for it, Orochimaru placed that short period of health in as sort of an eye of the storm effect. Sasuke would be healthy for a short time…feel the strength in his body…remember what it feels like to be able to walk and move on his own before…"
"Plummeting into complete and utter destruction?" Sakura questioned.
A nod was her answer. Tsunade stared at the unmoving boy for a few moments seemingly lost in thought. Sakura just watched her sensei, occasionally flicking her green eyes over to her once again comatose friend. Her heart clenched. If he died…she didn't know what she would do. She loved him more than anything. She'd waiting four years for him to return. There he was…dying, and she didn't know what she could do to help. It wasn't until the Hokage's hand combed through her hair that she realized she was crying.
"It's going to be okay Sakura…we're going to save him. You stay here…I'm going to go send out a message," Tsunade said.
"Shishou?"
"We're moving the removal up to tomorrow night," the Hokage answered before Sakura asked. Green eyes widened slightly watching the blond woman's back as she left the room. 'Oh Sasuke-kun…please…hold on…' she thought.
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