INCARNATE OF OBITO UCHIHA

Chapter 15: Divided We Fall

'This.....' Sakura grimaced, 'is a disaster.' Her emerald green eyes took in the scene before her- There were splatters of blood and water all around the bridge -or what was left of it after the fight-though thankfully the blood seems to be of the enemies, mostly..The Demon Brothers lay down dead, their innards spilling out for all the world to see -the sight made Sakura suppress the bile rising to her throat. Yukishirou were gaping at her with something akin to relief. Naruto and Sasuke (Looking more-or-less alright) and were staring at her in disbelief as if she had just roused back from the dead, while Bakashi staring at her as if he had been graced with divine enlightenment or something.

'I totally agree.' Obito mumbled, shifting a bit -not that Sakura could see- as he felt thoroughly creeped out by Kakashi's expression.

She winced as her hands throbbed in pain -that is what she gets for grabbing Naruto and Sasuke's Jutsu enhanced arms. Damn Chakra burns- and resisted the urge to bonk the head of her teammates and yell at them for being stupid enough to try to main each other for no actual reason. Tch, idiots.

But the look of absolute heartbreak and disbelief on their faces stopped her -just barely though- she can't stay mad at them when they've had just experienced something so traumatic now, can she?

"S-Sakura?" Naruto choked out as he somehow sat up, and winced as his joints screamed in protest. His limbs felt heavy and were pricking as if he was being poked with a thousand needles. His skin was reddish and burned. He tried to rack his mind to remember what had happened, but all he remembered was seeing Sakura being stabbed by that icy dagger...After that, his memory was all hazy. Huh...why is his head pouncing? Why the sudden amnesia? And what the hell had happened?

"You're alive..." Sasuke whispered in disbelief, as he tried to take in the fact that no, Sakura isn't dead, and she is in fact very much alive. When that fact finally registered in his mind, his shoulders sagged with relief and a sob escaped his lips. "Oh Kami, you're alive!"

Sakura took in a sharp breath when he saw how Sasuke's left eye spun with a pentagram pattern of red and black.

'Mangekyo Sharingan...' Obito whispered in shock, 'Guess your 'death' traumatized him, huh Outer?'

'...Shut it with your stupid jokes, Inner. Now's not the time for jokes.' Sakura thought morosely as she pinched the bridge of her nose. She noted how Sasuke and Naruto seemed alright, although she could sense how they were on the verge of exhaustion and sighed in exasperation. She wasn't even unconscious for fifteen minutes, what the hell did they do in that time to lose this much chakra? She sighed and thought, 'It's time for some damage control.'

Sakura glanced at Yukishirou siblings and ordered, "Shi, heal Naruto's wounds as much as you can. I don't want anyone passing out on me, yet." Her voice snapped the Bear triplets out of their trance, and Shi quickly scurried off towards Naruto after stuttering a "Yes ma'am!"

The pink haired girl then stared at Sasuke and sighed. Naruto seemed to be only physically harmed. Shi will be more than enough to heal him. But Sasuke... He looked like he has been through hell and back, literally. It was as if the emotional wounds that he had from the aftermath of the Uchiha Massacre have been scabbed open. It pained her to see how broken he looked. And it was all because of her...

She stepped towards the raven haired Uchiha and knelt down before him. Sasuke, who had been staring at her every action, as if recording them with his sharingan eyes, flinched when she placed a hand over his shoulder. "Hey Sasuke," She whispered and smiled at him softly. "I promised you didn't I? I won't ever abandon my comrades, and that means I'm not gonna up and die before you guys -and if I have a say in it, that won't be happening until you're way too old, and surrounded by your children and grandschildren. 'Kay?"