New Perspective || A Sakura Story

Sleeping Pills Are A Mans Best Friend. Mosquitos, However, Are Not.

It took hours, but we finally made it to Tazunas home. As soon as we had arrived his daughter, Tsunami, had gotten us to drag Kakashis fat ass up some stairs and put him on a bedroll so she could treat him. After laying him down, we were shooed away and locked out so she could concentrate and leave us to our worries.

"Fuck." I groan, clutching my stomach as a fresh wave of pain shoots through my torso. It was his punch, and it probably bruised my abdominal walls, maybe even ruptured my organs. Thanks to the water, though, none of my bones were broken. It's hard to tell, though. I'm still a beginner at this healing bullshit.

"I gotta do something about this fuckery." I mumble, ignoring once again the weird look from Sasuke. Jesus. You'd think he's never heard someone talking to themselves.

Anyways. Clutching my already purple as fuck stomach, I make my way out of Tazunas' house and into the surrounding forest area, nearly collapsing once I can't see the building anymore. "Oh I bet Zabuza would be fucking cackling right about now if he could see me." I moaned out, trying my best to concentrate on getting the chakra to turn green.

Why won't it fucking turn green?!

"You need to calm down a bit, first of all. The damage cleaver man did to you is probably getting worse, and second of all, it won't turn green because you aren't focusing enough." Inner chided calmly.

I took a deep breath then, letting it out with a wince of pain. Concentrating as hard as I possibly could, I envisioned how my chakra pooled in the pit of my gut, and imagined myself pushing it towards my hands. When I felt the telltale tug in my stomach and the tingling feeling in my hands, I knew it had worked. Now I just needed to get it to turn green.

I focused even harder now, (almost) cheering aloud when it finally flickered to green. As I hovered my hand over the injury, I sighed with relief as the pain began to numb. I envisioned the bruising to fade as best I could and luckily I don't think I had any internal bleeding. If I did, well then, I was fucked. But let's just say that I don't.

I let out a breath of relief when I felt the pain leave me completely and I flopped back onto the grass, attempting to catch my breath. Hot damn, you wouldn't think it but healing takes a lot out of you. Especially if you're a beginner, like me.

I start to close my eyes, my exhaustion catching up to me, when I realize that I fucking can't go to sleep because I was a dumbass and took a soldier pill so I won't be able to sleep for three fucking days.

I hate myself.

So, I stand, dead on my feet, and make my way back to Tazunas home.

•••

"You fucking idiot." Is the first thing to come out of my mouth when Kakashi awakes.

He blinks owlishly up at me and looks around the room, careful to not let the blanket slip from his face, and then he says,"Language, Sakura."

Naruto bursts out into laughter. I think it was because this entire ordeal has been so serious and terrifying so far, but just him laughing broke something like a dam inside of me. And so, I began to laugh as well. And then Kakashi. And even Sasuke gave a little chuckle! The moment didn't last long, though, and soon we were all serious while still wiping tears from our eyes.

"You overused yourself, Kakashi. You need to take better care of yourself, yaknow?" I spoke, hearing him give out a sigh.

"It's not like you can say much, Sakura. You were more reckless than I was." He said lazily. I snorted.

"Yeah, but Sensei, I actually know how to heal myself in situations like that. You never bothered to learn healing, even though god knows you need it. And so, my statement still stands, take better care of yourself. Oh, and Zabuzas still alive."