Riding Waves

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     Ending up at Konoha General Hospital after a battle is starting to become a regular occurrence for Sarah. Sure she had a few minor injuries, fainted as soon as the medic ninjas arrive to take her back to the village, and almost died trying to protect Naruto (if she ever had to give a report she's choosing to leave that out of it). At least she was able to achieve her Byakugou seal..and a bastardized version of mana conversion?

     Sasuke was now heavily guarded by ANBU ninjas. He isn't particularly happy about the arrangement but Tsunade assured him it was for the best, at least until he became strong enough to defend himself. Her teammate is pretty capable of fighting, Sarah argued but her pleas fell on deaths ears.

     They weren't exactly going to listen to a freshly promoted Chuunin. The council decided all, Tsunade (or any other Hokage in that factor) were just mere figureheads. No matter how much you can plea your case, in the end it's fruitless.

     Sarah was checked out of the hospital after spending a day resting. Recovering from exhaustion was quite easy considering she had access to a larger supply of mana. Her forehead now had a diamond in the middle of it, but that's the only mark that came out of the battle.

     "It's such a pity that my vest got ruined," Sarah pouted as she sat down beside Sasuke's hospital bed.

     She was just wearing a plain white shirt and black shorts with small black shinobi sandals. Her short hair cascaded down her face, her bangs partitioned to where the Byakugou seal on her forehead was visible. A bandage was covering her right wrist, hiding the discoloration on her skin.

     "That vest wasn't exactly proper ninja attire, neither was your long ass purple hair." Sasuke popped a small cherry tomato in his mouth. He was doing fine all things considered. An ophthalmologist had to come in and check his eyes, but Sasuke reassured her that it was just overexertion of his Sharingan.

     None of the members on Team Seven were ever going to reveal that Sasuke had unlocked his Mangyekou Sharingan during the battle with Kimimaro. They didn't want to relive that day nor face the trauma of Sarah almost dying, so they just chose to ignore what happened and moved on with their lives.

     Naruto went off to train with Jiraiya. He wasn't going to be back for another three years, which saddened both Sarah and Sasuke as they missed the blonde's chaotic behavior. Team Seven just wasn't going to be the same without him.

     "Sarah..." Sasuke looked his purple-haired teammate in the eyes, "I want to become a medical ninja."

     "Huh?" Sarah blinked. Where had this came from?

     "I can't rely off of my Sharingan forever if I wish to beat Itachi, not to mention you...almost died trying to save mine and Naruto's life and there was not a damn thing I could've done to save you," Sasuke's hands clenched the blanket tightly, "So I'm taking it upon myself to become this teams medic. I also want to learn under Kakashi so that I can master some more jutsu and get a better grasp of my Sharingans abilities."

     "But who are you going to ask to teach you medical ninjutsu?" Sarah asked.

     "I'm taking up Lady Tsunade's offer for an apprenticeship. She's the best one in the whole world, also... you're not exactly what I would consider...'teacher material'..." Sasuke gestured towards her wrist, "Not to mention you would just use me as a test subject for your weird ass experiments."

     "Fair point." Sarah shrugged. She wasn't going to deny it; she would use everyone, "I think I'm probably going to try and see if I can enlist in the ANBU."

     "ANBU? Are you seriously trying to kill yourself?" Sasuke exclaimed.

     "No no no! That's not what I'm trying to do at all! I just...want to go out on missions and expand my horizons." Sarah explained, "I'm good at stealth and we both know by now I'm almost at Jounin level. Sensei isn't going to be focusing time and effort onto me since he'll be training you, so my next best bet if I want to continue broadening my skills would be to join the ANBU."