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Political Alliances
By : AgentGv01
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Political Alliances
Chapter 38: Recovery
Temari wasn’t sure where she was at first, her head was killing her with a dull throb and her mind felt fuzzy. She blinked a few times to get her eyes focused and noticed the white ceiling. She frowned, this wasn’t where she was earlier was it? Her memories played back and she remembered seeing Naruto get badly hurt in the fight they were in.
“Naruto!” She shot up in her bed and regretted it immediately. She hissed as she felt had tried to move her injured arm. The bones had been fixed but it still hurt to move it, not to mention a few other injuries.
“You’re awake!”
Temari looked to see Sakura was in the room as well over by someone else’s bed. It took a moment to see that it was Tenten. She hadn’t recognized the girl at first with her hair down like that. Plus she looked slightly pale and weaker. “What happened?” Temari finally asked the pink haired girl.
“You all were brought back,” Sakura said looking at the arm. “Please don’t move this, Shizune had to heal it but it’s still very tender. Some of you were badly hurt,” Sakura whispered out slightly remembering the looks of some of them as they were brought in. That had been several days ago and Tenten and Naruto hadn’t woken up yet. Neji only woke up earlier this morning as well, Kiba was recovering but up, and Hinata had been only in for a couple of days before being released.
She thought back to that day they were brought back. She had seen Kiba with bloody bandages, Tenten and Neji had looked like they had been close to death. Those two had some of the worst of the injuries besides that of Naruto. Sakura had been told to help with getting items and other things. She suspected it was partly Tsunade’s way of getting Sakura used to the idea of the kinds of injuries she would see in the future. Most likely it was to prepare Sakura mentally but to also see if she could handle being a medic.
The truth was, seeing those she had called friends being brought back in those states was hard. She hadn’t slept that first night as bloody images kept running in her mind. She had been checking in on everyone still in the hospital and getting used to how a hospital worked when Temari woke up.
Temari winced as her arm hurt to move slightly, “Where’s Naruto?”
Sakura looked down, “He was hurt pretty bad…but Tsunade said he would make a full recovery. He’s in a room not far away…Did…Did Sasuke-kun really do that to him?”
Temari could see how torn the girl was about this, on the one hand Sakura had had her heart crushed by Sasuke and her team had been broken and would never be the same again. But she could tell some part of the girl held out hope. She wanted to tell her to forget but thinking on it, if it had been Naruto who left like that she would hold out hope too. Love was truly blind and it could be both blissful and more painful than anything.
“He did, I’m sorry but there’s no coming back. He tried to kill Naruto.” Temari said evenly although the rage in her was there. The boy had been someone close to Naruto and not only betrayed Naruto’s trust but had tried to kill him. For Temari, that was unforgivable.
Sakura winced and balled her fists before regaining control. She was silent for awhile before she looked up and Temari had to feel pity for the girl. Those green eyes were so dull now and lost, filled with pain and regret. Temari wanted to say something but there were no words for something like this.
Sakura sniffed and seemed to pull some part of herself together again. “Let me get a sling for your arm, I bet you’ll want to go see him but I need to check with the nurses to see if you can okay?”
Temari nodded and waited, it killed her inside to not be able to see Naruto at the moment but he was fine, she took solace in that. Hell it was the only thing that kept her from jumping out of her bed and go looking for him. Well that and the fact her body hurt in several places. She swore if she ever saw that girl again she was going to kill her. If she hadn’t gotten distracted she would have won, Temari was sure of that but she had and she had paid the price for it.
Sakura had come back with a nurse who checked her over and gave some instructions, Temari only half listened but Sakura seemed to be taking it all in. Sakura helped with the sling to Temari could rest her arm. Then the younger girl helped her out of the bed and led her to Naruto’s room. Temari was nervous, she had no idea what shape Naruto would be in but eventually they came to a door. Sakura opened it and after getting in they both saw Naruto.
He was covered in bandages over what they could see of his body, his head was wrapped up and he had a patch on his cheek too. Sakura was amazed at how well Naruto was doing given the state he had been in, she had stuck a look at his chart. Although she was only just starting her new training and didn’t know many of the terms, she did get an idea of what he had been through.
Temari sat down in a chair as she reached out and held his hand, he was breathing softly and for a moment she felt like he could wake up any moment. She wished he would wake up, she wanted to see his bright blue eyes and his smiling face again. It just hurt so much seeing him like this.
“Do you need anything?” Sakura asked softly placing a hand on her shoulder.
Temari was about to say no but her throat was dry and she most likely hadn’t eaten anything solid. “Yeah…just something to drink, maybe a small snack.”
“I’ll look for something and be right back,” Sakura said as she paused for a moment. “He’ll be fine, Tsunade-sama said so and I believe in her. Besides, you know Naruto, he always pulls through. Plus I don’t think he’d want to see you sad, you know he’ll just blame himself.”
Despite herself, Temari gave a small smile, “Yeah he would. Could you sneak in some ramen when he wakes up? I’d get it myself but I don’t think I could get out of here without anyone noticing.”
Sakura smiled and this time it was a real one, “Sure thing, I think that will brighten up his day if you give him ramen to eat. Maybe you should feed him it as well, if only to make sure he doesn’t get it all over his bandages.”
Temari nodded nearly laughing as she could see it, it would be a pain for the nurses to have to change them just because they got dirty from his eating habits. As Sakura left Temari just sat there holding his hand and wishing he would wake up. Knowing that he would make it put her mostly at ease but she wanted him awake. She wanted her husband and love.
-Memorial Stone-
Kakashi looked at the stone in front of him. It was so simple and yet held so much meaning. Sometimes he wondered why it was tucked away in an area like this, almost out of sight of everyone. Maybe it was because some people didn’t want to feel the need to be reminded of death. Kakashi couldn’t help it, many of the most important people in his life were dead. His father’s name wasn’t listed here, that was a pain he felt whenever he thought of that. His father had been a great man and the way his life had ended, well there was just no justice for it. He remembered being ashamed of his father for a time after the suicide, maybe it was just a way of getting back at him for leaving him alone in the world.
He had been young and that death had hit him hard, forcing him to grow up at an early age. It was thanks to Obito that he could take pride having him as a father again.
Obito and Rin’s names hurt the worst as he noticed them now, especially Obito’s. How many years had he plagued himself with ‘what ifs’ on that day? Minato’s name was also here, although seeing his face every day on that mountain was a bit better. It was like he was still watching over the village.
He usually came here to pay his respects or maybe it was a type of penance as well. To force himself to always remember them, to make sure some part of them never left this world.
He heard her coming but still didn’t move, not even when she came up to him and touched his arm.
“Kakashi.” Anko said simply in a way of greeting. She wasn’t smiling like she normally would her face was more serious and Kakashi found he missed her smiling face.
“Anko,” he said to her. She could hear the pain in him even though his voice sounded almost like it normally did. Just not with the lazy attitude it had.
“You’ve been coming here a lot more lately,” She told him feeling worried. He was silent for a moment before she spoke again. “I heard that your team will make it and that the girl woke up today.”
“That’s good,” Kakashi said simply.
Anko frowned, she didn’t like how Kakashi was starting at that stone, half ignoring her. She didn’t like to see him like this, beating himself up for something beyond his control. Well if the understanding plan of action wouldn’t work then it was time to change tactics. “That’s all you got to say? You should go see them at least!”
“I have been,” Kakashi had been watching them at night, he hadn’t been able to sleep all that well and just snuck into their rooms and just watched them. Part of the reason to ensure to himself that they were alive and would get well, also seeing young faces like theirs in that state hit even him hard. He had seen a lot of things in his years but seeing young faces dead, dying or even hurt really bad was something he never truly got used to. Yeah you can hide it, bury it deep inside but it was always there.
“I meant let them see you,” Now she was in front of him poking him in his chest. “They need to see you personally you know.”
“I failed them,” Kakashi told her as though that explained it all. He wasn’t even sure he could face them at least not yet. “I will see them, as their commander I know my duty and I will when they’re all up. It’s just that as their sensei…Team seven was my responsibility and now-“ Anko cut him off.
“Don’t you fucking dare start kicking yourself for that Uchiha boy!” She hissed at him. “Trust me I know what it means to be betrayed by someone too you know. For years I blamed myself since I can’t remember what happened. Why I was thrown away, why he abandoned me and put this damn thing on my neck.”
“But you know what? I don’t give a damn about that anymore, he threw me away and I consider myself lucky now. Given all the things he did, I wouldn’t want to follow in his footsteps knowing what I know now. You can’t blame yourself for the actions of others.” She glared up at him, almost challenging him to say she was wrong.
Kakashi thought about it, he knew in his head that she was right but still, some part of him kept asking what if he had done things differently. It was still a major loss, sure they had taken out several members that were reported to have been with Orochimaru during the attack apparently, but they still had lost Sasuke. That would be bad for the village’s reputation, he doubted he would get blamed but Tsunade would have to face a few less than happy people about this.
He looked at Anko now, and he could notice how tense she was, this whole thing was bothering her more than it normally would. She actually went out of her way to find him and to try and make him feel better. Sure he had friends but she was the only one to do this.
“Why do you care so much about this? It’s not just because you were part of the mission too is it?” he asked her honestly.
Anko fidgeted, she had hoped he wouldn’t ask something like that. Truth was, she was worried about him lately. He had barely been seen and looking at him now, she could see he looked tired, most likely he hadn’t been sleeping well.
“Look I…I just…” She wasn’t sure what to say because she wasn’t sure. “Damn it I hate this.” She turned away from him not able to look at him. “When we started this whole thing between us it was just for some good sex on the side. Just a way to take the pressure off and it was working. I mean I really liked the sex part and it was relaxing just hanging out with you. Then things started to get weird.”
“Weird? You were the one that wanted to try that thing with the rope and-“
“Not that!” Anko said remembering that night, that had been a good night. “I mean…I started to feel things that I never wanted to feel. When you open up and let someone in they can hurt you, I war hurt really bad the last time and I keep people at a safe distance. It’s worked fine for years but now, now I’m worried about your sorry ass and it’s driving me crazy!”
She had no idea why she was telling him this, but it had been on her mind for awhile now and it was driving her crazy. Maybe she just needed to finally voice it, finally get it out in the open so it would leave her alone. Sure she liked the little arrangement they had, she didn’t want to complicate it but then something had changed. She couldn’t say when it happened, maybe it was just a slow build, something that just blindsided her and that’s why she hadn’t noticed it until it was right in her face.
And the truth of it scared and confused her. Somewhere along the way her feelings of friendship with Kakashi and turned into something more, she cared more than just a friend and she had no idea what to do with it.
Kakashi was surprised by this. He thought he was the only one that had started to feel something more than just friendship for her. Truth was he liked being around her as well, she was full of life and made every day unique and even fun. She was impulsive, energetic a bit childish and someone he respected, her skills and abilities were very good. That and the sex was great too, he had never really clicked this well with someone. But he too had been hurt a lot by letting others in close, normally they died on him, not betrayed him as he knew she was talking about her sensei.
He knew this might be a mistake, that he might be an idiot for thinking it. But after a lifetime of just losing things that mattered, just once he wanted to gain something and keep it. So he pulled down his mask as he grabbed her arm, spinning her around to face him. She was about to protest, that is, until his lips met hers.
She stood there in surprise but the feel of his lips on hers pulled her in. Before she knew it she grabbed onto to him and pulled him in harder. Eventually their lungs burned for air as they pulled back as they looked into each other’s eyes.
“Anko, I don’t know what will happen but just so you know, I’ve felt the same things.” Kakashi explained to her. “I know what we started wasn’t meant to be anything more but, well, what if we wanted it to be something more?”
He actually felt a bit nervous telling her this, him nervous, the man that had gone on more missions that could have killed someone than anyone in his age group. Who faced powerful enemies without flinching, confessing his feelings to Anko actually made him nervous. He might have laughed if he could at the moment.
“Are you serious?” Anko asked him not sure how she felt. Some part of her that was a young woman felt excited and anxious, the ninja side of her warned her that mixing a professional relationship and a private one with another ninja could lead to heart break again. The small girl from years ago was scared that he would abandon her.
Kakashi nodded, “I’m…not sure how to go on. I mean I’ve never had a real relationship, everyone close to me usually has died but lately my life felt less empty with you.”
Anko was still unsure at that moment. There were just so many different things her mind was thinking of. So she decided to try something else, she let her heart tell her what to do. The next moment she was kissing him again as they held each other close. She knew this could end badly, that one or both could end up hurt again but she also felt that their time together had made her life better. Feeling his pressing against her she wanted him, she wanted to lose herself in him and just forget the world around them.
Soon she found herself pressed up against a tree as Kakashi was trailing kissing along her neck, her hand scratching the back of his neck slightly as a leg hooked around his body. She knew where this was leading and honestly didn’t care.
Kakashi leaned in close to her ear, “My place or yours?”
-Konoha Hospital-
It was getting to be sunset when Naruto finally woke up in his hospital bed, although he knew where he was when he woke up. He would know that white ceiling anywhere, after all the times he had been in a hospital. He also felt aches and pains all over his body. He thought back to that recovery mission and how it had ended. Although he was a little fuzzy on the details, he remembered hitting the water head first and the pain in his neck and spine, he remembered the fox. After that it got a bit more vague but he did remember Temari getting hurt.
That thought made his eyes snap wide open and he tried to sit up. He grunted and noticed something on his hand. He looked over and felt relief when he saw Temari fast asleep next to him. She was sitting in a chair, her hand on his but she was leaning on his bed. It couldn’t be comfortable but she was sleeping peacefully. He noticed her arm in a sling and in the light he thought he noticed some slight bruising on the side of her face.
That made him angry, that she had been hurt like that. His hand held hers and she must have only been slightly sleeping as she moaned. She shifted a bit trying to get comfortable.
Naruto reached out with his other hand and ran his fingers through her hair gently. He was glad to see that she was okay. This prompted her to wake up slowly, at first she wasn’t sure what was going on but she felt someone running their hand through her hair, it felt nice and she looked up to see Naruto.
“Oh thank kami you’re up,” Temari said sitting up in her chair. “Are you okay?”
“I think so,” Naruto told her at least physically he guessed he would recover. But he frowned at her as he knew their mission ended in failure. They hadn’t been able to get Sasuke back and now he might be gone forever. He still couldn’t understand Sasuke, why would he turn his back on everyone and everything here? He wanted to understand but he just couldn’t.
Naruto may not have said anything but a part of him had looked up to Sasuke, he had been the kind of ninja he tried so hard to be growing up while at the academy. Sasuke had made it all seem easy so it pushed Naruto to train harder and harder to try and catch up. If it hadn’t been for Sasuke, Naruto wasn’t sure he would have pushed himself and where that would have led him he didn’t know. Sure Naruto got annoyed from all the attention Sasuke had gotten but he still remembered that first day he had seen him.
He had seen Sasuke sitting alone looking out on the water by a small hill, the boy had looked so alone. Something that Naruto knew all too well, Naruto never spoke of it to anyone mainly because he felt that despite everything, under it all Sasuke had been alone in the world. It made Naruto feel like he had found someone that might understand his own pain. So he had tried so hard to get Sasuke to acknowledge him, that was the reason why he had made Sasuke his rival.
Back then, hardly anyone would acknowledge his existence and Naruto did anything to get people to notice him. But he wanted Sasuke to really acknowledge him, someone that Naruto felt could understand him would see him as an equal so then maybe they both wouldn’t feel so alone in the world.
But things hadn’t worked out like they had, he had tried to reach Sasuke’s heart in their battle but he couldn’t. He tried to get through to the other boy but he just didn’t hear Naruto’s words. Then when Temari had gotten hurt he had lost any control over himself.
He felt a bit empty inside from how this mission ended. So many had died and so much blood spilt over it all.
“How are the others?” Naruto wanted to change subjects to think on something different than all this. He had no idea what the others were doing, they had kept moving on forward while others had to stay behind to fight those Sound ninja.
Temari had been filled in by Sakura while she had waited for Naruto to wake up. “Kiba will be out in a week, Hinata is out but apparently is looking in on Kiba every day.” Temari gave a small smile now, “Apparently Sakura thinks something might be going on between them.”
“Huh, between Kiba and Hinata?” Naruto thought about it and truth was he really didn’t know Hinata all that well. She was kind of strange, always stuttering and stuff. But she was nice and maybe it would mellow Kiba out some to have a girlfriend. Plus the only other person on that team was Shino and Naruto wasn’t even sure what kind of girl would like all those bugs.
“I swear that girl likes to gossip almost as bad as that blonde friend of hers,” Temari told him although truth was she liked gossip. Call it a guilty pleasure but it wasn’t uncommon for romances to happen inside of teams. You spend all that time fighting together, being in dangerous situations where you can only trust those in your team. Things just sort of happened, although it did carry a big risk.
Given how she had been distracted by Naruto getting hurt was one such thing.
“Neji and Tenten are still recovering, he’s up but stuck in bed still but she hasn’t woken up yet. Apparently she lost a lot of blood and her internal injuries were bad.” Temari explained getting a bit more sombre. She still remembered dominating the girl in the chunin exams but maybe that only pushed the girl to get stronger. From the injuries she heard from Sakura, it was amazing the girl was pulling through.
“Kakashi-sensei and the crazy snake lady?” Naruto asked.
“Naruto you really shouldn’t call people names like that,” Temari chided him. “They’re both fine apparently they were the ones that carried us back.”
Naruto was glad to hear that at least, it made him feel a bit better plus he shouldn’t have been surprised. Kakashi was one of the best and although he didn’t know Anko all that well, she did give Naruto the creeps, someone that scary had to be tough.
Looking around he noticed how late it was getting, “Hey what time is it?”
Temari looked at the clock and was surprised by the time, “Looks like it’s pretty late, I doubt there are any visiting hours at the moment.”
Naruto frowned, “Does this mean you got to go back to your room?”
Temari smirked as she stood up, “I’m not leaving and if anyone has a problem with that then too bad. I’m staying right here with you.”
Temari gently got into Naruto’s bed as she tried to find a position that they could both be in without hurting each other too much. She lay down and snuggled up to him, her head resting lightly on his shoulder. “I was scared that I would lose you, you know.”
“You’ll never lose me,” Naruto told her as he closed his eyes feeling her with him. “Remember what I promised on our wedding day? I said I would protect you for life and I never go back on my word.”
Temari smiled feeling better hearing that from him. She just wanted to stay like this forever. “I love you, you know that?”
“Yeah,” Naruto smiled looking up at the ceiling. “I love you too.” Although he had felt better physically and mentally in his life, having Temari there by his side made this day a little bit brighter. Even as the sun was fading Naruto watched Temari fall asleep and knew that he would be there in the morning, and for the next and the one after that. They still had a lot of years left to them and she wanted to enjoy them.
-Sound Village, Hidden Location-
Sasuke groaned as he felt his chest and shoulder aching, he wasn’t sure how he got in the dark room or where he was. The last thing he remembered was the fight. He and Naruto had gone full out fighting, then just when he thought he had finally finished the fight, Naruto had came back with something else. Sasuke remembered the red chakra and Naruto’s demonic appearance as he had attacked Tayuya. At the thought of the red haired girl he starting to think what happened to her. She had been smashed against a rock face and he had gone after Naruto with his full power.
He remembered him forming a chidori and Naruto making a rasengan, both attacks looking different as they had charged forward. He remembered piercing Naruto’s chest, he had tried to aim for the heart but missed. Naruto’s rasengan had hit him, but it had hit his collar bone and shoulders. That would explain the chest pain if his collar bone was broken. The two attacks had been blinding and the last thing he remembered was falling to the ground.
Sasuke gritted his teeth, all this power and it had been a damn tie. Naruto who had never been able to beat him or come close had tied him. The thought was maddening, just how much power did he have to get in order to surpass Naruto and get closer to Itachi?
“So you’re awake now Sasuke-kun?” A familiar voice from the dark said. Footsteps could be heard as Kabuto walked into the more lighted area of the small medical chamber.
“You.” Sasuke stated as he looked around. He could see the medical equipment and how it looked like he was in some kind of underground area. The walls were metal and bland, he saw another bed in the corner and thought he saw some red hair although he could see the face.
Kabuto smirked as he saw where Sasuke was looking and the expression on the boy’s face and eyes. He had to admit, his maters plan to help seduce Sasuke to their side was very unexpected and seemed to have affected the boy more than he thought it would. “Tayuya will recover in time. I had to take out the poisoning of her system and stabilize her for travel when I came along.”
“You found us and brought us here then.” Sasuke said feeling strangely relieved to hear that the girl would recover.
Kabuto nodded, “Yes, I decided to check in just in case. Turns out it was a good idea, if I hadn’t you both would have been captured.”
Sasuke was quiet a long moment before he looked at the sound medic. “I need to be stronger.”
Kabuto smiled at him, “Oh don’t worry about that. Once you’re back on your feet we have big plans for you. After all you want to kill a certain man correct? Well I won’t go into detail, but Orochimaru-sama would like nothing better than to even a score he has with not only your brother, but the group he’s with. We’ll make you strong enough to take him on, but don’t forget that in three years time you are to be his next vessel.”
“That’s the price for the power we will give you.”
Sasuke thought about it, three years was a long time to get strong and he could learn a lot here. Orochimaru had many things that were forbidden, the perfect things to fight his brother with. Looking at the girl’s bed, maybe there was a way to ensure that he wouldn’t be the last Uchiha as well.
“One thing,” Sasuke said to him locking eyes with Kabuto. “Tayuya stays with me.”
Kabuto was a bit surprised but hid it well, “I think that can easily be arranged. Well I’ll let you get some sleep, you may need it because when you’re better we will push you to limits you didn’t even know you had.”
Sasuke watched the man walk softly out of the small dark room, he looked up for a moment thinking about things. Although he really didn’t want to become Orochimaru’s next vessel he needed the man. A plan started to form in his mind. He would get stronger, stronger then even Orochimaru and if he had to, then he would deal with the man. There was a chance that he could fail but if he struck him down in a moment of weakness…still he wasn’t sure yet. He would have to take years to get stronger and also observe and learn everything about the Sannin.
If he failed he would need to ensure that the clan went on, looking at Tayuya, there was a chance with her. The girl was stubborn, loud, cursed too often but she was strong and a good ninja. Better than any of the other girls in his village. He would make her his woman and ensure his clan. Plus they had already slept together which he had to admit, had been passionate and intense. A part of him wanted more of it but it would come in time.
He lay back and closed his eyes. Sasuke now had a plan, he just needed the time but that was something he had plenty of he smirked to himself.
Next up Chapter 39: Plans for the Future
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Political Alliances	By : AgentGv01 Category: Naruto > Het - Male/Female Views: 33025 -:- Recommendations : 3 -:- Currently Reading : 11
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Political Alliances