Naruto Fanfiction

chapter 8

chapter 8-Recovery

(3rd p.o.v)

Ryuu groaned, cracking his eyes open and looked around slowly. He was still in the forest and could could see that he had been moved from where the brothers had been. Fu was sitting beside him, sleeping lightly. 

She had a large gash in her shoulder that was poorly bandaged and bleeding through. Fu was very pale but Ryuu was having trouble being able to move.

He looked down and saw that his own wounds were bandaged but the bandages had long since been soaked through. Ryuu grunted in effort as he pushed himself up to his knees and slid over to Fu. He rested his hand on her shoulder and she stirred, looking around and seeing him up.

"You shouldn't be up," Fu muttered, placing a hand over her wound and gritting her teeth, looking down at the blood on her hand.

"You've lost a lot of blood haven't you?" Ryuu questioned.

"Probably," Fu nodded looking down at her bloodstained top. "I know you're wounded but can you help me bandage mine?"

"Sure," Ryuu nodded. "How were my internal organs not punctured? Just curious."

"They were," Fu winced as Ryuu unwrapped her bandage, which was partially only not working because it was over her top, and then opened the first aid kit. "I healed what damage I could but using my chakra made my wound hurt and bleed more."

"It's alright," Ryuu smiled. "You saved my life again. I can't repay you."

"You don't need to," Fu replied, voice quiet.

"You'll have to take your top off," Ryuu stated after a moment of searching for more gauze.

Fu blushed while he turned away, but she pulled her top off, holding it in front of herself. Ryuu turned back around and gently cleaned her wound then bandaged it. Then he turned away again and she pulled her shirt back on. 

Once she was done, Ryuu sat against a tree pulling out his blades and beginning to clean them. After a moment, Fu took them from him giving him a sympathetic look and he sighed. He held his arms out to his sides, wincing as she unwrapped his bandages and then sighed. 

The major damage had been repaired but they were still bleeding heavily. Fu cleaned his wounds as much as she could with fresh blood flowing out of them. 

Then, she gave Ryuu an even more sympathetic look as she began to push wads of medical cloth into the wounds to keep them from bleeding through the bandages as fast and to ensure the inside could heal before the outside closed, which would result in fatal internal bleeding.

Finally she finished and wrapped his torso back up. He sighed and leaned back against the tree again, struggling to breathe steadily again as thunder rumbled overhead. Fu looked up as cold rain began to fall around them, stinging their skin. 

Fu carried the first aid kit through the trees to a nearby cave and Ryuu followed with his blades. When they got to the cave, They sat down across from each other and Fu decided to tell Ryuu the bad news.

"There's something you should know," Fu stated.

"What?" Ryuu questioned.

"It looked like your wounds may have been getting infected," Fu stated. "If I'm right, there's not much I can do about it because I only have very limited training in medical ninjutsu."

"I see," Ryuu nodded looking outside. "I'll be alright. Tomorrow I'll go find the scroll I need then head to the tower and finish this."

Fu nodded, unsure, then leaned her head back closing her eyes. Ryuu did the same and soon they both drifted off. A few hours later, Fu opened her eyes to see that it was dark and cold.