Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ In Between Here And There ❯ Awakening ( Chapter 2 )

In Between Here And There

Chapter 1: Awakening

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Beep. Beep. Beep. What’s that noise?

Those thingamabobs that monitor your heartbeat . . . Can’t be bothered to remember what they are.

Who . . . who are you?  

You.

Me?

Are you deaf?

. . . . No . . . I don’t think so at least. . . . are you speaking?

Yes and no.

What do you mean?

I’m speaking to you just not speaking. I’m thinking.

Huh?

A sigh. Forget it. You aren’t supposed to remember.

Wha . . . What? Remember what?

Eh forget it.

Who are you?! And for that matter . . . who am I?

You are Haruno Sakura. I am Inner Sakura. I’m you but not.

. . . . I don’t, I don’t get it . . .

Of course not. You aren’t supposed to, it won’t matter in a bit once we wake up.

Wake up?

Trust me. Now you rest and I’ll push you awake in a bit and a half.

 

Tsunade looked over at her patient with a small sigh. It had been a full three days since she’d been handed over the pink haired patient and still no sign what-so-ever of her awakening from her coma.

A small smile graced the medic’s lips as she gazed softly at the sleeping girl. For some strange reason she found herself quite fond of the comatose girl. She didn’t know why, nor did she question it because she just did. Even her piglet, Tonton, was fond of her and when it wasn’t following Tsunade around it would be often found curled up in the girl’s bed.

The blonde medic finished up her brief check-up of the pink haired girl and headed out the door vaguely noting that Tonton had once again decided to stay with the girl.

Ah well it would keep her nin pig out of the way for the rest of the morning until after her lunch with Jiraiya and Orochimaru.

 

The Yondaime smiled and whistled a merry little tune as he made his way across the rooftops of Konoha at a leisurely pace. His last meeting with the elders didn’t turn out quite as bad as he thought it would, especially after they practically deafened him three days ago. All went well until the inevitable ‘let’s-shout-at-the-Yondaime-sama-because-he-damned-well-deserv es-it-for-no-apparent-reason-besides-being-stupid!’ section of the meeting.

He sighed. Good times abound!

Which reminded him, his favorite student was going to visit Tsunade today!

The blonde hokage grinned as he thought back to the younger boy’s last mission. It was a D-class mission that he made the boy do just because he felt that his genius student was pushing himself too hard on S- and A-classes. Yondaime snickered, oh how he sorely wished he’d captured the look of disbelief, anger, confusion, and utter loathing on the his former student’s face. It wasn’t that he hated the boy; just that he loved to torture him.

A cat-like grin spread across the blonde’s face. He wished he’d been there when his pupil had injured himself on a paint can. He really really really really really really really wished he’d been there.

Speaking of the boy. "Kakashi!" The hokage called down towards a figure below.

Said figure twitched then ignored the yellow flash calling to him.

The Yondaime fazed in beside his pupil. "How are you today?" He chirped.

Kakashi wondered what he was going have for dinner. All he had in his fridge at the moment were some tomatoes and spring onions.

"You’re still mad at me aren’t you?"

A dark brooding eye stared passively dead ahead. What could he make out of those things? He could always just cut them up and sprinkle some salt on. That’s what he usually did anyway.

"I said I was sorry."

The boy mentally nodded to himself. He’d just do that and then buy some groceries the next day.

"Giving me the silent treatment after all I’ve done for you?"

Or maybe the chicken was still good.

"Fine then! I’ll give you the silent treatment at see how you like it!"

Last time he checked it hadn’t grown mold yet.

". . . . ."

The walker stepped into hospital. Silver hair flashed against the cheap fluorescent lights. Sure steps sounded as the masked boy stepped into the pristine white lobby of the clinic.

"No fair. You actually like it when I stop talking don’t you?"

The small jounin stopped before the brown haired receptionist at her desk. "Is Tsunade-sama here? I have an appointment with her to have my arm fixed." He said gesturing down towards his right arm in a sling.

"Name please?"

"Hatake Kakashi."

The receptionist looked down at her clipboard for a moment then looked back up with a smile. "Ah, you’re early. She’s on her lunch break right now though – sorry about that."

Kakashi nodded slightly. He was always too damn early for all his appointments.

The receptionist kept talking. "You can wait here in the lobby if you like or you can wait at room two twenty two. She’ll be there in . . . . ten or so minutes." She trailed off when she noticed the younger boy start walking away. "Th . . Thank you for coming!" She called halfheartedly.

"Don’t mind him ma’am."

Looking up the receptionist blushed deeply as she noticed a certain blonde leaning against the counter. "Ah! Y Y Yondaime-sama!" She stuttered. She clumsily got up and bowed. "G . .Good Afternoon." Her heart thudded insanely against her ribcage, the Yondaime was SO hot!

Said hokage grinned. "You too. Like I said don’t mind him, he’s a bit distant but he’s a good kid!" Waving a hand the hokage stood and ambled after his student. "See you later ma’am!"

 

Emerald orbs blinked uncertainly against the blinding light of the sun, her arm rose to block the light as her eyes slowly adjusted to the luster of her room. She let out a moan as she forced herself to sit up, pulling out an IV tube in the process. The girl looked around; she was obviously at a hospital. But where was she?

"Puoi."

The girl blinked. Suddenly she felt a weight on her lap, drawing her eyes downwards. She blinked down blearily at what she saw. ‘A piglet in a jacket?’

"Puoi!"

"H . . Hi." She croaked. The viridian-eyed girl was dismayed to find that her voice was hoarse and cracked from disuse. She coughed to try and clear her throat then tried again. "H . . Hi there." She cringed, it wasn’t much better than before but it was a start. "Do you know . . where I am?" A pause. "Or who I am for that matter?"

Said pig tilted its head to the side. "Puoi?"

The girl smiled a bit. "Nevermind. I didn’t expect you to know. What’s your name?"

"Puoi!" The piglet shook its head drawing attention to a dangling piece of metal from a small red collar.

She reached out carefully for the circular metal piece and read it. "Tonton?" She smiled. "Cute name for a cute pig." She murmured petting the pink mammal. Gathering up the small creature in her arms she carefully swung her legs over the side of the hospital bed before placing the piglet back on the bed. She took a deep breath and pushed herself off the mattress.

SLAM!

"Ow . . . ." The girl moaned into the ground. "I guess I should’ve stretched my legs out a bit before, eh Tonton?"

"Pu puoi." Tonton jumped down with a grace the girl envied for a moment. It padded towards where the gum haired girl struggled to sit up. "Poi!" It stated before trotting with an elegant air out of the room.

"Eh? Tonton! Where are you . . . going . . ." She called out fleetingly. "Okay now what? Maybe I should get out of here."

 

‘Baka.’ Kakashi thought sourly as he took a turn down the corridor. Five seconds into the hospital he’d made a kage bushin of himself who was now leading his blonde mentor even deeper into his genjutsu. The boy glanced up at the numbers on the doors to make sure he was going the right way. He was, of course. Just then he turned into a corner and stumbled back in surprise.

 

Yondaime glared sourly at the wall before him. Damn Kakashi, damn genjutsu. He sighed and let out a small smile. He should’ve known it was just a clone, his student was never going to let him live it down. The blonde stuck his hands into his pocket and lazily made his way down towards the REAL room two twenty two. Well that was until he chanced upon a girl sprawled out on the floor. ‘Wow. She’s hot.’ The Yondaime thought with an inner happy grin before frowning. ‘Great I’m starting to sound like Jiraiya.’

 

"ACHOO!"

"Excuse you."

"Bless you Jiraiya."

"Fuck you Oro." Jiraiya growled before giving his teammate the one finger salute. "Thanks Tsunade." He smirked slyly. "Now where was I?"

Tsunade sipped on her banana milkshake. "Something about marbles."

"Oh right right!" With a flourish the legendary sannin pulled out six yellow cat’s eye marbles. "Watch in amazement and awe as I, Jiraiya, will – "

"While we’re still young porcupine." Orochimaru muttered.

The frog hermit ignored him. " – beat the snake man once and for all!" The white haired male grinned before taking one marble and . . . . . shoving it up his nose.

Tsunade nearly choked on her drink.

 

There sprawled on the pristine white tiles of the hospital floor was the prettiest girl he’d ever taken notice of. Shoulder length cherry blossom pink hair framed her pale complexion while two bright viridian orbs stared back into his eyes. She was wearing the standard hospital gown that denoted her patient status at the institution. The girl looked to be around her late teens/ early twenties and had a very confused look on her face.

Calling upon the vast quantity of words he knew he said nothing.

The girl smiled shyly up at him. "Hi."

". . . Hi." His feet shuffled

"Um . . . Do you know where I am?"

He cast his face downwards. "Yeah. Konoha Hospital. Emergency ward." He added.

Her delicate brows furrowed. "Ko. No. Ha." She murmured.

"Who are you?!" The boy blurted out. ‘Wow. Smooth move idiot!’

"Haruno Sakura." The viridian eyed girl blinked as if surprised. She looked up at him uncertainly. "And who are you?" She asked quietly watching the boy.

"My my name’s . . . Maito Gai."

 

You guys are awesome! I was so sure someone would flame my ass! >< I’d reply to your reviews but apparently I can’t. =S

I am very confused right now about the whole basic timeline of the history of Naruto; I blame it on fan translations of manga scans. This will be a slight AU now ‘cause of that fact. If you can get the timeline straight for me then PLEASE e-mail me? And can anyone tell me . . . is Tonton male or female? ^_^

I know this tends to sorta randomly jump around from one scene to another so please just bear with me.