The Monster Within Me

Chapter 23: Agonizing

Deidara grinned at her as Sasori tried to steady Sakura due to her numb limbs. "I always have spare chakra for my art, un." Deidara said, grinning as they flew back to the base.

"SAKURAAAA-CHAAAAN!" Kabuto said, running out as he sensed their chakra signature. Deidara landed softly. "Woah, what happened to you people?" Kabuto asked, eyeing the beat up trio. "Got into a fight, un." Deidara said as Kabuto hopped on the clay bird and carried Sakura bridal style. The artists also got down.

Deidara suddenly fell on his knees, accidentally pulling Sasori with him as he coughed up blood. "Brat!" Sasori said, making Kabuto look back. "D-deidara-kun? What happened?!" Kabuto said looking back. Deidara grinned at him. "Exceeded my limit, un." Deidara said, falling on the ground. "O-oi! Stay with me!" Sasori said, twitching in pain as he accidentally moved his crushed spine.

"W-wait here." Kabuto said, running inside the base with Sakura in his arms. A few seconds later, Kisame and Hidan got out. "Why the f**k do I have to do this s**t?" Hidan said a he carried Deidara like a sack of potatoes. Deidara grunted in pain at this. "Dude, go easy on Deidara." Kisame said, sweat dropping. "What? Pain feels f**king good." Hidan said as Kisame carefully carried Sasori bridal style. "I'm so ashamed of this." Sasori stated, with dead fish eyes as ge twitch in pain. "Eheh, just bare with it please." Kisame said, sweat dropping. As they went back in the base.

"The poison spread through out my body." Sakura said as Kabuto lied her down in his lab. "How did you know that?" Kabuto asked, readying some formula. "I can't feel my abdomen anymore. It was only my limbs a while back." Sakura said, watching Kabuto mix the formula.

"I wanna be the one to heal those two." Sakura said, closing her eyes. "And why is that?" Kabuto asked, making Sakura smile. "They could've just left me there and got reinforcements." Sakura said. "But they didn't, knowing that I would end up dead. That is the least I could do." She said, grinning.

Kabuto sighed and smiled. "Well you can only do that when you get better so drink this." He said, grinning. Sakura smiled and drank the formula. She gagged at the end. "That was horrible. Are you trying to poison me?!" Sakura said, twitching. Kabuto flinched at this. "I'm not as good as you are." He whined, making Sakura laugh. "Sleep first, I'll do something about those two." Kabuto said, smiling as he walked out the room.

He walked inside Deidara's room and put cream on his burnt spot and sent healing chakra in his system to stop an internal bleeding. "Sorry but I'm not as good as Sakura-chan when it comes to healing." Kabuto said, sweat dropping. He walked out and walked in Sasori's room. He found Sasori in such an uncomfortable looking position. "Ouch, Kisame isn't much of a caring fish." Sasori said, staring at Kabuto as he walked in.

"Eheh, sorry about that." Kabuto said, picking Sasori up and laying him comfortably in a flat surface. "Sakura-chan will wake up in a few minutes, so please stay alive until then." Kabuto said, smiling as he walked out. Sasori sighed at this. "Being human is such a pain. Litterally." He told himself as he stared at the ceiling.

Half an hour later, Sakura woke up with Kabuto right beside her, doing his thing. She tried moving her hand and succeeded. She got up with much effort, making Kabuto look at her. "Oh, you're awake." Kabuto said, smiling. "Thanks for taking care of me." Sakura said, grinning. "I'll help you get to Deidara-kun's and Sasori-kun's rooms." He said, putting an arm around Sakura's waist making Sakura look at him weirdly. "Just in case you fall." He said, smiling brightly.

After a few turns, they reached Deidara's room. They entered only to see him asleep. Sakura wasted no time and healed Deidara's burnt chest, sending her chakra around Deidara's lungs, fixing the destroyed tissues. She stood up when she finished and turned to the door where Kabuto is waiting.

They entered Sasori's room and saw him painfully staring at the ceiling. "Please don't tell me I have to lie on my front. Just them helping me lie down on my back is agonizing enough for me." Sasori said, making Sakura laugh. "Don't worry, I'll figure out a way." She said grinning.

Instead of pushing her chakra into Sasori's system, Sakura molded her chakra into strings and collected the crushed bones to their original positions, starting with the vertebrae. Sasori closed his eyes, feeling Sakura's chakra do its work in a less painful way.

Sakura pulled her hand back when she finished, Sasori slowly sat up and looked at Sakura. "Thanks." He said. "Sorry. For causing you trouble." Sakura said, looking down on her hands. "What trouble? All I witnessed was a pink brat protecting her friends. Which part of that spells out trouble?" Sasori said, standing up. "Come on." He said. "To where?" Sakura asked. "Karin and Suigetsu were looking for you." Sasori said, walking out the door only to be met with a smiling Kabuto.

To Be Continued...