Naruto One Shots

Kabuto x Reader | Second Chances

Word count: 2,873

Requested by: animeangel

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I forced my legs to move forward, pushing them as fast as I possibly could. Each step caused spears of pain to ricochet throughout my body, but I bit back my screams of anguish, focusing solely on my mission.

I had to find him, had to stop him, even if it costed me my life. And in the condition that I was currently in, it was very likely that I would be paying that cost.

I pushed that thought aside and kept running, dodging explosions and stray kunai. My lungs were burning in my chest, and each breath I dragged in felt like fire consuming my body.

Yes, it was very likely that I would not survive this. But that didn't matter. Nothing really mattered, at this point, except that I find who I was looking for – and fast.

Kabuto had to be stopped.

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{ Third Person POV >> Flashback }

"Do you need some help?"

The girl glanced up, grimacing in pain from the large cut along the side of her forearm. She cradled it gently to her chest, pressing her fingers against the wound to staunch the bleeding.

Kabuto smiled down at her, crouching so that he was more level with where she sat. She eyed him hesitantly. Though she had seen him around the village occasionally, he was still a stranger, and she wasn't a very trusting person.

But with the blood quickly pooling between her fingers as she grasped her wound, she supposed it wouldn't hurt to accept his offer – at this rate, it was very likely that she might bleed out; there was so much blood.

Slowly, while keeping a fixed eye on the male in front of her, she held out her arm and nodded.

"Yes," she said quietly. "Thank you."

Kabuto offered her another smile before taking her hand gently in his, stretching her injured arm out so that he could see the length of the cut. It extended from the outside of her elbow down to just above her wrist, and was deep enough to have torn through several layers of muscle. He kept his face neutral as he began to gather chakra in his palm.

"How did you do this, if you don't mind me asking?" He spoke as he worked, trying to keep the girl's mind from focusing too much on the pain. She had started to look a bit pale, and he feared she might faint.

Her (e/c) eyes found his, but they looked a bit distant, fuzzy; as though she were struggling to fully see him.

"I fell," was all she said, before her eyes drifted back to the wound. The blood had stopped significantly, much to her relief. Kabuto pinched the torn flesh together so that it would close more cleanly, and once he had finished healing her, he took a roll of bandages from his pocket and began wrapping it.

"That should do it!" He smiled at her again and stood, helping her to her feet. She swayed a bit, and Kabuto steadied her. Once she seemed stable enough to stand on her own, he asked, "What's your name?" 

The girl blinked up at him with those large, (e/c) eyes of hers. She removed her hand from his and stepped back.

"Thanks for fixing my arm," she said, before turning on her heel and darting away through the trees.

Kabuto stared after her, curious as to who she was and why she was so timid. She couldn't have been more than a few years younger than himself; he guessed around the age of 15. And judging by her attire, he also assumed that she was a kunoichi from Konoha.