Naruto is Kishimoto's, I just stole him for a while ^^
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Groggily, I opened my eyes to find myself staring at a white ceiling. "What...?"
"SAKURA-CHAN THANK GOD YOU'RE AWAKE I THOUGHT YOU WOULDN'T WAKE UP EVER I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE BACK I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO IF YOU STAYED ASLEEP FOREVER I THOUGHT I'D HAVE TO SELL YOUR RIBBON COLLECTION TO SASUKE YOU KNOW HOW HE LOVES THEM ESPECIALLY THE PINK SATIN ONES AND—"
"FOR THE LOVE OF RAMEN NARUTO QUIET DOWN," I screamed.
Naruto sat back down, sniffling and wiping at his tears, a huge grin on his face. I took the opportunity to survey my surroundings. Turns out, I was in a hospital room.
I turned back to Naruto. "Naru, what happened? Why are you here?" My breath hitched. "How's Sasuke? Itachi? Shisui? Are the Uchihas ok?!"
"Sakura-chan, calm down!" Naruto shook me by the shoulders. He wore a confused look on his face. "What are you talking about? That idiot Sasuke and his family are fine. He actually came with me to see you before saying he had to go somewhere else. Tch, snobby, as usual!" He pouted. Then his eyes widened. "Oh, there's one thing! I think Itachi and Shisui were discharged from the hospital a few days ago. Why Sakura-chan? How'd you know that?"
I let out a breath I didn't realize I was holding. Before I could respond, though, the door creaked open, revealing an extremely worn-out Kakashi.
His eye met mine, and his shoulders visibly sagged with relief. Then his expression slowly turned dark and he stormed over to me. "Saaaaakuuuuuraaaaa," he growled, dragging out my name syllable-by-syllable. I gulped.
Pushing his face close to mine, he hissed, "What were you thinking?! No matter how skilled you are, you shouldn't have taken on a mEMBER OF THE KONOHA COUNCIL!"
"Woah, chillax, Kaka-baka," I said soothingly, patting his hair. His eye twitched with fury. "I'm fine, aren't I? And as far as I know, I managed to beat him!"
Kakashi slowly settled down, his anger replaced with shock. "You...what?"
I fixed him with a serious look. "I'll tell you all about it, after you tell me what happened."
Kakashi stared at me with an unreadable expression, then sighed. "When you passed out, we assumed that you were put under a genjutsu via his multiple Sharingans. We were shaken, to say the least. Being put under a genjutsu by so many Sharingans does not bode well for the victim. To be honest, we didn't think...you'd survive. You shouldn't even be awake right now, Sakura."
"Wait wait wait, hold up," I said, looking around suspiciously. "How long have I been asleep?"
He looked at me grimly. "You were in a coma for a week."
I gaped in surprise. "A WEEK?" I screeched. "Holy noodle lords, that's a long time!" Then realization dawned on me, and I groaned. "I've gotta make up for all the lost training. Oh jeez, Gai-sensei is gonna kill me."
Sighing, I turned back to a baffled Kakashi. "Ok, please continue."
"You...Gai is your sensei...?" He shook his head, obviously at a loss. "We had managed to subdue most of the ROOT ANBU members who had come to his aid, and we were gaining the upper hand on Danzo himself. Then, he suddenly froze and screamed out in pain. What from, we weren't sure. But we took the opportunity to knock him out and secure him for trial."
He then fixed his eye on me curiously. "Now Sakura...tell me what you did."
I grinned sheepishly. "You're right. He did place me in a genjutsu. An extremely strong one at that. But...let's say I have some," I tapped the side of my head, "impeccable control in here. In the end, I was able to break free of the genjutsu and manipulate it to turn on him. I engaged in combat with Danzo within my mindscape, and eventually defeated him."
Kakashi and Naruto, the latter of which had been looking back and forth at us with widened eyes and a confused expression, both turned to me with awed looks on their faces. "You beat him at his own game," Kakashi breathed. "In genjutsu. You."
"Sakura-chan, that's awesome!!" Naruto cheered. "Although, I have no idea what you're talking about. But still!!!"
I smiled at Naruto's warm display of support. "Thanks, Naru," I said, ruffling the blonde's hair. As we began to chat, Naruto filling me in animatedly on everything I had missed during the week I had spent in the hospital, I saw Kakashi's expression from the corner of my eye.
He seemed alarmed, worried, and...resigned.
I knew he was thinking of all the past geniuses of Konoha, and the fate which had befallen each and every one of them. I knew he was slowly connecting them in his mind...to me.
I sighed and reached out to pat his hair gently. His eye snapped up to meet mine, wide and ever-so-slightly despairing. I gave him the warmest smile I could.
Someday, I hope to heal you.
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Third-person POV
Sasuke was not happy.
He had woken up in the middle of the night one week ago to his mother's worried exclamations and his father's solemn face. Upon asking what had happened, he'd learned that none other than his favorite older cousin, his best friend Sakura, and his precious nii-san were injured and in the hospital.
Then, he'd rushed on over to the hospital to see the three, only to be denied entry. The nurses had shooed him away, saying that they had to go heal them, blah blah blah. He'd huffed and whined to be let in, but to no avail.
The next day had seen his nii-san and cousin come back home. He'd jumped on them, relieved and happy to see that they were ok, and had begun to assail them with questions until they gently plucked him off their bodies and told him, not right now, Sasuke, we're a bit busy.
A few days later, he'd gone to visit Sakura with Naruto. After hearing that she was in a coma, he'd begun to sniffle a bit before turning wide eyes on his mother and asking her if Sakura would be ok. She'd responded with a worried laugh and a yes dear, I'm sure she'll be fine. But he wasn't convinced.
So he'd marched with Naruto to the Konoha hospital and demanded to see Sakura Haruno. The nurses had sighed and let them both into her room, only after making them promise not to make a fuss and disturb the poor girl. Sasuke was beyond indignant at that. Who did they think he was? Naruto?
Then he'd seen the girl lying so still, so quiet on the bed, and he couldn't take it. He'd turned quickly to Naruto to tell him that he had something to do, he'd be right back and hurried out of the hospital to regain his composure.
When he calmed down, he realized that since he was out, he didn't see why he couldn't pick up a few flowers for his female best friend before returning to her room.
So he went to the Yamanaka flower shop, pointedly ignoring the squeals of the young Yamanaka girl—Ino, was it?—and asked the woman at the cashier for a bouquet of cherry blossoms. As cliche as that may have been, he didn't really know a thing about flowers. It was the best he could think of.
Holding a bundle of cherry blossoms in his hand, Sasuke walked back to the hospital, now with a spring in his step. His lips quirked upwards in a small smile, thinking of how pleasantly surprised Sakura would be when she woke up and saw the flowers by her bedside.
Imagine his surprise when he opened the door to see an already awake Sakura, hugging Naruto and conversing happily with a gravity-defying, silver-haired man that he'd never seen before.
His eye twitched, and the only thing he could think of was,
I feel left out.
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Sakura's POV
The door opened and a grumpy Uchiha duckling stepped in.
"SASUGAY!" I screamed, jumping out of the bed and running to tackle him. He responded with a grunt and looked pointedly to the side, but I could see the little blush of relief that was forming on his cheeks. "Aww, were you worried about me?" I cooed, ruffling his hair. Another "hn" escaped his lips.
My eyes then caught the blob of pink in his hands. "AWW, DID YOU GET FLOWERS FOR ME?" I cooed even louder, pulling him in for another hug that made him wheeze. "Aww, come here you, you ladies man."
Sasuke slapped me on the head. "Just take it, you annoying girl," he growled under his breath, his ears tinged red.
I giggled slightly. "Thanks, Sausage." Then, I heard a sound from the door. My eyes widened when I saw who was there.
"Gramps...?"
The Hokage looked at me, and I saw a twinkle of relief in his eyes. In the next second, it was replaced by a cold sternness and a deep, profound sadness.
"Sakura, Kakashi—you two have been summoned to testify at Danzo's trial."
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She's alive folks. She's alive.
Ohoho, finally, FINALLY—DANZO-BITCH'S TRIAL
can't wait to have karma bite his fucking ass
Author...OUT!