Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ I'll be your Guardian Angel ❯ How to save a life. ( Chapter 6 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Chapter 6
How to save a life

[Authors note: yes I got this from a song lol errrrmm.. Yeah lol

Oh yeah Important I don’t know weather the herbs I mentioned are really rare or not… so dun kill me if they‘re not lawl]

Narrator

Ankoku looked around aimlessly. It was still early, and she was exhausted, but didn’t know why. It relatively quiet. Not too many people out yet, but enough to make some noise. Two people seemed to be running around, like a chicken with its head cut off. Ankoku tilted her head ever so slightly at this.
“I wonder what’s wrong with them” Ankoku thought to herself. They ran around faster, until they spotted Ankoku, they ran up to her, panting worriedly.
“Are you the medical goddess?” One of them asked.
“Ahh… what?” she looked at them with a puzzled look.
“Your Ankoku! Right?!? Please say you are!” the other one asked.
“Uhh... Yeah what’s wrong?” She looked at them like they were nuts.
“We heard you could cure anybody that has any illness.”
“Yeah, I guess, but I’m not a goddess, most of the people with my bloodline can do that.”
“Oh,” the woman said.
“You have to help us, it’s our daughter. She has had cancer, and they said it was not curable. So the hospital has been keeping a close eye on her. But lately she has been well enough to come home. But now she has slipped into a coma. Please help us!” the man said.
Ankoku gave a soft smile. “Curing cancer, that’s a toughie. I’ll need to buy some special herbs, but I don’t know if I have enough money for it.”
“Wait you can cure cancer? We just wanted her out of her coma!” The woman said, brightening up.
“Well yeah, anything is curable. You just need the right Chakra, and herbs.” Ankoku seemed confident with herself when saying this.
“Well we can pay for the herbs then!” The mother said. “How much will it be?” she asked.
“About $1,000 at cheapest.” Ankoku said.
“How could it be so much?” The father said, eyeing her like she was a con artist.
“Most are rare, very rare. Go to the floral shop, if you’re lucky they’ll have all of them. But most likely they wont.”
“What do you need? Give us the list, we’ll get it,” the father said strictly.
“Skull cap, Tigers tail, Mint-spearmint Goldenrod and Chickweed.” Ankoku thought carefully while saying this.
“Wait what kind of cancer does she have?”
“Bone cancer.” The mother teared up while saying this.
“Then you’ll need cancer bush too.”
“Cancer bush? That doesn’t sound safe!” the father looked into her eyes, and she looked back into his, a shiver when down his back. He then turned and looked back up at his wife.
“I don’t like her.” He smirked.
“What do you mean?” she asked timidly.
“The look in her eye. She seems… somehow evil.” He glared at her, which made Ankoku really nervous. She looked away as she started to speak again, not able to make eye contact with them.
“Come on Tenshi! Sheik said that this girl is a prodigy! She’ll help anyone!” The mother said.
“Look, I’m not evil, I just want to help the sick.” still not making contact with the two people.
“Look at her! She’s just a kid! How could she know anything?” Tenshi kept arguing with his wife.
“You know, ever second you stay out here, your daughter comes closer to death.” Ankoku looked both of them straight in the eye. Seriousness came to her voice as she said those words. “Let me see her.”
Ankoku started walking towards the hospital. Suki, the mother, not far behind. More people started coming out, crowding the streets. Ankoku pushed among the people, trying to get to the hospital as fast as she could. Suki and Tenshi followed not far behind.
“I still don’t like her.” Tenshi whispered to his wife.
“She can at least take a look at her, if you don’t like her so much, go buy the herbs while I take her to Karen’s room.” she said quietly back to him.
“If I don’t like her why would you think I would buy the herbs to save her?!” Tenshi growled, his voice was angry.”
“If you want our daughter to die, then fine don’t buy the herbs.” Suki yelled, her voice rose above most of the peoples around the streets. Ankoku looked back to see them bickering. She turned around and faced them.
“I promise that I can save your daughter, I put my own life on it” She said, looking straight at the father.
“Fine, I’ll go get the stupid herbs, and Ill be glad to have your head on a plate when I’m done.” He smirked, as he walked off in another direction.
“Don’t mind him, please, he is like that with nearly everyone.” Suki
“Its quite alright.” Ankoku said, as they both entered the hospital doors it was a slow day, so that was good, because that meant not many people were hurt. They entered the front desk; Sheik was walking in the hallway, about to leave her shift when she saw Ankoku and Suki.
“Hey Ankoku.” Sheik said tiredly. As Sheik yawned, Ankoku gave a small yawn as well. Sheik looked over at Suki and smiled. “I thought you would find her.” She smiled.
“Yeah, how is my daughter?” Suki asked quite timidly.
“She’s still in a coma, but her symptoms aren’t getting any worse, but also not any better. With Ankoku though, she might just be able to cure her all the way, she has preformed some pretty weird miracles here.” Sheik said as she started to leave.
“Alright thank you.” Suki said.
They traveled down the hallways, to a large hospital room, with a little child strapped in with wires and machines all around. She looked like she was sleeping soundly, but she still looked very sick. She had short blonde hair, same color as the fathers.
“I can feel her pain, first thing we need to do is get her off all these machines. Keep in the IVS though, they should help her.” Ankoku said, she was peering into the little girl’s soul. She could see that this little girl was living with this for a very long time, and she longed to be normal. Kemo therapy stopped working on her about 4 months ago.
“Are you crazy? These machines are keeping her alive!” she yelled frantically. “She’ll die if
“Kemo doesn’t work on her does it.” Ankoku said, her eyes lifting up from the small child and looking back onto Suki’s. “Also these machines may be keeping her alive, but only for the moment, they are draining her soul dry.”
“H-how do you know that Kemo doesn’t work on her anymore?” Suki’s expression became shocked. “I haven’t told you anything about her yet. And what’s with draining her soul dry?”
“Its easy, I peered into her soul, and it told me what was going on. Now if you would please, remove her from the machines so I can do something.” Ankoku said as she started to do hand signs, bits of white Chakra escaped from her fingertips. Suki looked at her like she was crazy, but she did as Ankoku said. She removed the machines.
“What do you mean you can peer into peoples souls?” Suki asked.
There was no point in hiding it, everyone in the hospital already knew that Ankoku was originally from the village hidden in sun, or at least they suspect. As long as they don’t trace names, or find out about her dark side, it’s alright.
“My bloodline is from the village hidden in light. And we are miracle workers with medicine and poison. Now I need silence.” Ankoku said as she slowly placed one hand over the child’s heart and the other on her brain. Suki just watched in amazement as Ankoku jabbed her fingers down in a special pattern. Ankoku closed her eyes and concentrated. In her thoughts she kept repeating the same words. “Wake up, wake up”
In a second, Karen shot up, her eyes were wide, but the look in them was weak. She looked around in shock, and then she looked at her mom, then at the stranger.
“What happened?” she asked in a cute, quiet little voice. “One second I was dreaming, and then someone told me to wake up. Why am I in the hospital again mommy?” She looked around, to see familiar sites, electronics, a plain colored room and a bed.
Suki broke out in tears, “This girl is going to make you all better honey.” she wrapped her arms around her daughter, and she hugged her back.
“Thank you Miss!” she said very politely.
“Your not out of the clear yet Karen.” Ankoku said, looking at the ground. She then cocked her head up and looked at Suki.
“I’ve brought her out of her coma, but I need the herbs, fast.” She started to say, she then signaled that they should leave the room. Suki followed Ankoku out and then lightly closed the door.
“Your lucky you found me.” Ankoku said bluntly.
“Thank you so much for saving our daughter. Thank you so much!” she went to hug Ankoku but she moved out of the way.
“You don’t know the seriousness of this do you?” Ankoku asked. “I got her out of her coma, but that’s all I did, she still has cancer. I need those herbs fast. If I don’t get them, she’ll die in 18 hours.” Ankoku said, she didn’t mean to be mean, but she wanted to hurry and save this little girl, and fast before it was too late.
The mother’s expression went from happy to very shocked, tears poured down her face upon hearing this. “You mean she’s going to die?” her words where drowned by her sobbing about.
“Yes, but I put it on a temporary pause, if I hadn’t come and gotten her out of that coma, her vital signs would have went to zero within 2 hours. She is struggling to breath as we speak.” Ankoku words were blunt, but she didn’t have any nicer way to put it. She was trying to be soft, but she could tell by the expression on the woman’s face that each and every word was a dagger, stabbing her harder and harder.
“Then put the oxygen mask back on her! Get those machines hooked up!” She said angrily.
“The oxygen machine, yes. Anything else, then no. We can’t have anything interfering on my jutsu.” Ankoku stated. “Otherwise it’ll go back to the point where she’ll die within one though four hours.” They went back into the room and Ankoku hooked up the oxygen machine and put a mask over her face.
“This will help you breath.” She said. Looking at her. “Do any of the other doctors read to you or do anything fun?” she asked.
“Not really, they just give me Icky pills and leave.” she said making a disgusted face. She then gasped for air, and lied back down. She looked at her mom with big bug eyes. “I cant wait to be better mom, but I want to sleep for right now.” she said, closing her eyes.
This brought tears to Suki’s eyes once again. “Okay darling, you sleep for now, when you wake up you’ll be better.” She said “I hope.” she then whispered to herself.
“Emotional day, huh?” Ankoku said to Suki, before digging into a small back she keeps in her pocket. Since she wears baggy pants, she can keep almost anything in the unusually large pockets.
“Yeah, well finding out you can save your daughter, or if you cant, she only has 18 hours to live isn’t exactly a normal day in my book.” Suki tried to laugh, but it ended up in a sigh. Ankoku took a little vial of liquid out, and a key. She walked to a cabinet and unlocked it, pulling out a large needle.
She decontaminated the tip, and then stuck the needle though the light lining that separated the liquid from being in the outside world and inside the tube.
“This is a medicine that should make her feeling sick symptoms disappear for awhile.” Ankoku said. “Just let her sleep for now.”
“Alright, and thank you, for whatever you can do. You are very good at heart, unlike some of the doctors here,” she said.
“I try my best.” Ankoku said, looking over at Karen. “Every day she gets better, I’ll make sure to come in here, and interact with her as much as possible. But the Chuunin exams are coming up, so I don’t know how many days I’d really be able to be here.”
“Thank you so much.” Suki said. She looked at her daughter with kind eyes. Ankoku looked at them both.
“You seem like such a caring mother. She seems like a child who wants to enjoy life. That enough is reason to let her live” Ankoku looked over as the door opened. It was Tenshi.
“That was more than you said it would be.” He growled as he threw the bag at Ankoku, she looked inside of it too see every herb she needed.
“That…was fast.” she looked at the angry man surprised.
“I’m quick on my feet.” He growled. “Now save my child.”
“Be nice to her.” Suki growled. “She doesn’t have to do this.”
“Oh but she does, or I’ll kill her.” Tenshi said as he glared at Ankoku.
Ankoku gave a small laugh as she grabbed a small cup and a device that smooshes things. She put the leaves and stems of the plants into the bowl, and started to crumple them all up, draining the liquid that came out of the leaves into a little vial. The vial became half full when she stopped.
“This should be enough, Get me a glass of orange juice.” she said to the parents.
“You go get it Suki.” Tenshi said. Suki nodded and left the room. that’s when it got bad.
“What in the hell do you think your doing to my wife and child? Do you really think you could cure her cancer? Your Fucking pathetic, we’ve been around and no one could do anything for her.” He said to her in a dark voice.
“You’ve never been to the village hidden in light have you.” she asked, her stare, turning into a glare. “ Or have you gone there, and found out that the procedure was too much?” she asked.
“Its really expensive there, we don’t have that kind of money.” He glared at her, his voice still in a dark tone.
“Its people like you, that make me sick, you care more about money than you do your own daughter. Get out, your not allowed in here anymore.” Ankoku looked at him like he was psycho. She pointed to the door, expecting him to get out, but he decided to put up a fight.
“You cant kick me out of here, this is my daughters room. I have a right to be in here.”
“I am a doctor, you have to listen to me, your on my turf. You can come back in if you decide not to be such a jackass.” she smirked.
“I am a high ranked ninja, you tell me what to do.”
“I’ll call security.”
“HA! Your weak, you wont even fight your own battles?” he smirked.
“Please get out.” Ankoku insisted. “Like I said, I’ll call security.”
Tenshi lunged at Ankoku, but she moved off to the side, which made him bump into the IV cords, pulling them out of Karen’s arm. She woke up in a scream.
“ARE YOU A FUCKING IDIOT?” Ankoku yelled, rushing over to Karen and applying Gauze to her arm. “Hold that on there until I get back in.” She told her. She looked over at Tenshi, who looked like he was about to kill Ankoku. She got up, and behind his back she did a couple hand signs, nothing to major. She walked up to him and pushed him out of the room. The jutsu she did put the heat of the light in her hands, so he had burn marks where she pushed him.
“What the hell was that for.” he growled, clenching his fist.
“Excuse me? What in the hell is wrong with you? You tried to kill me, when I am one, saving your daughter and two you hurt her!.” He lunged at her again, but this time, sneakier he made a clone of himself and disappeared. She looked around.
“This isn’t good.” she said to herself. “Not in a hospital, not now.” He appeared behind her and grabbed her by the neck, then his clone appeared in front of her and punched her violently in the stomach. She started laughing, but she spit out a little bit of blood. She then Did some hand signs, and out of the shadows emerged a pure black version of her, but with white eyes. It held a needle like tube in its hands as it wrapped around Tenshi. He looked back, and fear entered his face, all he could do was watch in fear as the shadow extended its arms and put the needle against his neck. The head lowered and brushed against his ear.
“this needle is filled with a strong poison that will kill you within 2 minutes.” Ankoku and the shadow of her voices were in sync, except the shadows voice was darker and raspier.
“Now are you going to listen to me?” They said as the shadow pushed the needle harder on his neck, making him scream out.
At that moment Suki walked up with a cup of orange juice. She gasped and almost dropped the small glass.
“What’s going on?” she cried.
“Your husband was trying to kill me, and then hurt your daughter in the process. So I asked him to leave and he wouldn’t. So he has brought me to this.” The voices said.
“Fine I’ll leave.” he gritted his teeth as a bunch of older doctors ran up the stairs.
“What’s going on?” one of them yelled. Ankoku released her shadow, as it disappeared into nothing. The needle dropped and made a loud ping on the floor.
“I’m sorry everyone, he wasn’t listening to me, he hurt Karen, please just get him out.” Ankoku said sadly. She walked back into the room, and Tenshi left to go wait in the waiting room with an angry expression.
The blood was already seeping though the gauze. Ankoku looked at her and quickly reapplied the IV.
“The bleeding should stop soon.” She sighed. “Now lets cure you of this disease.” she said as she took the medicine that was in the Shot and put it into her IV.
“Hand me the orange juice please.” Ankoku said. So Suki handed her the orange juice, and Ankoku put the remainder of the liquid into the cup. “Here drink this.” Ankoku said to Karen. She grabbed the drink and drank every last sip. And then passed out.
“What is going on?” Suki asked.
“Good the medicine is working” Ankoku said as she hooked up the machine that tells your heart rate to her. “Her heart will fail in about one minute. that’s when I start doing the work to kill the cancer.”
“Her heart is going to fail?” Suki looked at Ankoku like she was crazy.
“Don’t worry, this is risky, yes, but if it works, she’ll get well within 2 months.” At that moment, it happened, her heart failed, and quickly Ankoku did hand signs again. White chakra entered her tips again as she put her hands over the child’s heart. She pressed each finger down, at a separate time, as if she was making a signal to the heart. After about twenty seconds of that, she lifted her hands and came down on her abdomen in a sharp striking punch, which made the heart jump back into regular rhythm and she shot up, her eyes blank, she was out cold, and her mother began crying again when she saw that.
“Thank you,” the girl said in a voice that wasn’t hers, before laying down again and falling asleep.
“What just happened?” Suki asked, confused and wiping her eyes.
“That was her soul, saying thanks, she is cured now. My chakra is infused with her medicine, it was a success. She’ll be asleep for the next day or so, and she’ll be weak at first, but within two though five months she’ll get well enough to leave the hospital, then she’ll have a normal life.” Ankoku said as she felt Karen’s forehead.
“Thank you so much. But what exactly happened with my husband a little bit ago?” she asked.
“Your husband is a mean man.” Ankoku bluntly said. “You could have saved your daughter a lot of trouble by taking her to the village hidden in light, its expensive, but its worth it if you can save a life.” she said.
“What do you mean?”
Ankoku sat down on a chair, and looked over at Suki, “He knew that you could have made your daughter better by going there, see they have the best hospital around, but he cares more about money, then your child’s life.”
“A-are you positive about this?” she asked.
“Yes.” Ankoku simply said.
“I don’t want anyone taking care of my daughter but you from here on out.” Suki said.
“I could try, but it would be heard, but I’ll do my best to interact with her when I am here. Alright?” Ankoku said. Getting up and looking at the clock.
“It’s four already? I really have to go, I was supposed to find a friend earlier today I’ll be back later maybe.” Ankoku said getting up, and walking to the door.
“I’m sorry I interfered with your plans.” Suki said.
“Its quite alright.” Ankoku said smiling. “Anything to save a life.” she said, leaving the room.