I guess she decided it would be a good thing to wait and plan. Not that it did her much good.
[ sakura carefully sets her thumb with a hiss before holding her hand out to sasuke. wrap, pls. ]
I know someone I can call later. A bath might be a bit of a problem with my hand the way it is right now, though. I'll just clean up in the sink once the worst of it is reinforced.
[Sasuke focuses on unraveling the bandages and then wrapping them around Sakura's hand. It's obvious he has something on his mind though, probably formatting a series of ways to kill that dumb sound bitch if she ever even thinks about setting foot near any of them in the future.]
[ which... probably needs some explaining. sakura sighs quietly and looks away. ]
She had some kind of knock-out gas. I woke up cuffed. She roughed me up a bit, got cocky, and I took my opening. I stuck around until her body disappeared and came home.
[ it's pretty clear sakura isn't pleased with herself. she came out on top, but in her mind, she should've done better. ]
[The magnitude of what Sakura did takes a while to really process and then sink in.
He's not sure what to say, but Sakura has always been a capable shinobi, and she'd done what any of the ninja from their village would have done in the same situation.
Still.]
M'glad you're okay.
[By which he means, you know, not dead.
His hand drops to rest on her shoulder, just briefly.]
[Not directed at Sakura if the tone is anything to go by- more that he is going to make damn sure that sound bitch stops with her shit and leaves them alone, else Sasuke will pay her a visit himself.]
[Giving one final tug to the bandage to make sure it is secure, he sits back.]
[ when sasuke sits back, sakura reaches up and gently squeezes naruto's fingers with her own. with the hand bandaged, the only thing she's really worried about getting wrapped before she cleans up all the little cuts herself is her ribs.
she fidgets a little, looking down at her knees as she figures out what to say. ]
Someone's going to have to help me make sure the wrapping around my ribs will be secure. I can't do it well enough without both thumbs.
[ which means someone is going to have to see her in her bra... ]
It'd be better to do it now, before you end up knocking them or something.
[He isn't oblivious- he knows it is going to require her removing her shirt that is perhaps more embarrassing than it would be for either of the two boys. Though it's not like he has the intentions of perving on her.]
You want me to do it, or Naruto?
[Sasuke could probably do it better or so he thinks, though Naruto is her boyfriends and has probably... already seen her bra?! Who the fuck knows he doesn't want to think about it.]
[Right after she squeezes his fingers, he hooks his index finger around hers, letting their hands drop unceremoniously between them. Not that he lets go, if he can help it.
It might have made what she said next a little less difficult to deal with if they hadn't been sort of but not really holding hands.
'Course it takes a while for the point to sink in. Sakura's ribs.]
Uh--
[His eyes drop to her chest, and then back up at her face, then at Sasuke, and then back to Sakura's face. That's where he's going to look. Yep. Wait. No. Maybe not. No, Sakura. Look at Sakura.]
[ as naruto glances around, sakuras shoulders slowly rise and her face flushes until she's as hunched in on herself as she can get with aching ribs and her face is doing its best embarrassed tomato impression.
she's got more faith in sasuke's first aid abilities (hence why she called him for help) but it feels a little strange to tell her ex-crush that she'd rather him see her shirtless right now than her boyfriend.
and this is one reason why dating teammates is a bad idea. ]
It-it doesn't matter. You might as well do it, Sasuke, since you're already helping.
[ she lets go of naruto's fingers just long enough to shrug off her sweater, hissing quietly when she moves the wrong way. if she has to do this in front of one of them, might as well just power through it and do it in front of both of them. besides, it's not like there's much to see other than a practical sports bra and bruises across her sides and back. ]
[He grabs another roll of bandages then and unravels them some, ready to apply once she's.. taken off her shirt. This is a little weird, but it needs doing so whatever.
He has to shuffle closer this time and leans in to begin wrapping, but at least his eyes seem to be focused on the rib area and not.. well. Anywhere else.]
Sure, he was holding Sakura's shirt or whatever which was helpful, right but Sasuke...
His face contorted a few times whilst he stood by... struggling to know where to look, mostly. His eyes wandered up... briefly, and then back down again.
Only to look again.
Which is when he notices the bruises and he almost reaches out to touch, but that would be a stupid thing to do right?
[ well making a big deal about it isn't going to help anything. which is why sakura is pointedly not looking at either of the boys, though she reaches her hand towards naruto. ]
I don't know. I wouldn't think so, now that she knows we'll kill her.
[ sakura closes her eyes as a sudden tiredness comes over her. but she doesn't want to show weakness right now, not when she's feeling like shit, so she pushes it away. ]
Hand me the antibiotic salve when you're done, Sasuke?
If she tries anything, I'll deal with her. [No.] We'll deal with her.
[Including you in his plans for revenge murder if that doesn't spell teamwork I don't know what does.]
[He continues to wrap her torso in silence, knotting the bandages and giving a slight tug to make sure they are secure before he reaches for the ointment, handing it over.]
[He'd actually been about to interject, right before Sasuke corrected himself, and he felt his muscles relax, the tension that built in his spine freeing.
Well, that was a good feeling.
It seems to have made him forgotten about his sort of almost naked girlfriend, too.
[ she stares at sasuke a little wide-eyed as he finishes wrapping her ribs. the ointment is taken from him with a fond smile and a quiet, ] Never thought I'd see the day...
[ it's safe to say any doubts she still had about him being back for good are gone now.
she turns and walks away from them, brushing her fingers against naruto's arm and taking her shirt from him as she goes. ] I'll be out in a few. [ and then she ducks into the bathroom.
it's easy enough to start rinsing out the small cuts that litter her body. though as she works, she finds that the sudden tiredness keeps getting worse. it's not until she reaches for the faucet to turn the water off that she realizes, oh, her head's a little fuzzy and her vision's swimming. she stumbles backwards, hitting the wall with her shoulder before falling to the floor. breathing is nigh impossible and her chest--there's something wrong with her heart.
sakura coughs and curses mentally. she thought she'd checked all of kin's weapons before she limped home. but apparently she'd missed one. ]
She picked the wrong people to mess with. [The statement wasn't directed at anyone in particular, though it serves to back up his thoughts. Reality was that he'd thought of reasons to do something about her for a while and now the opportunity had presented itself.
As Sakura disappears to the bathroom he busies himself with repacking the first aid kid, now that they don't need it anymore.]
[Despite how he might feel about killing people, for the sake of war, or any other reason... he struggles not to see that Kin deserved this, and any other fate she might suffer as a result of it. He'd tried talking to her, but she was too damn stubborn... too jaded.
Idly he handed Sasuke one of the plasters that had dropped out of the kit, eyes flicking up to the ceiling when he heard a thud.]
[ she is really not okay. like, at all. breathing is nigh impossible and her heartbeat keeps doing funny things. trembling and without the strength to do much of anything, sakura kicks the wall in hopes that the noise will bring one or both of the boys running before her heart gives out.
one more shallow gasp for breath, two, three, and the light goes out of her eyes. ]
[The thud catches his attention too and ordinarily he would have dismissed it, but there wasn't really anything in their shared bathroom that could fall and create that much of a sound. That paired up with Sakura's injuries- did she trip or somthing?
He's glancing in the bathroom's direction for a couple seconds as goes through the thought process, before standing to go investigate.]
Let's check.
[Just a short walk to the bathroom and not hearing much from inside, he knocks twice on the door.]
[It's as if Sasuke's concern his the switch that confirms there really is something wrong.
He follows, right behind Sasuke, leaning un under his hand to press an ear to the door, but when she doesn't even reply he shakes his head, pulling at the handle of the door.
It's open--]
No! Sakura.
[Like a flash he's there on his knees, leaning over her, shaking her shoulder - touching her forehead.]
[Entering the room behind Naruto and finding Sakura's unconscious body there on the floor, he crouches down too to check the pulse on her neck, and then at her wrist.]
Nothing...
[No sign of breathing either. She's dead. What could have caused it though, the injuries they'd seen hadn't seemed that severe.]
[Stairs at soccer is body for a while before looking back at Sasuke standing to use feet he know she is dead and he Novoselsky is right still it doesn't make it any easier to deal with the fact eventually when her body disappears he turns around completely nothing wants up Foskey]
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[ sakura carefully sets her thumb with a hiss before holding her hand out to sasuke. wrap, pls. ]
I know someone I can call later. A bath might be a bit of a problem with my hand the way it is right now, though. I'll just clean up in the sink once the worst of it is reinforced.
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So what happened out there exactly?
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[Mostly, he's just pissed off about Kin attacking Sakura at all... not that he isn't glad that she's here - safe and sound.]
Oh. You think you broke it?
[He's peering at her hand, watching what Sasuke's up to and then looking right at the Uchiha after the question.
Then right back at Sakura. Waiting.]
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[ which... probably needs some explaining. sakura sighs quietly and looks away. ]
She had some kind of knock-out gas. I woke up cuffed. She roughed me up a bit, got cocky, and I took my opening. I stuck around until her body disappeared and came home.
[ it's pretty clear sakura isn't pleased with herself. she came out on top, but in her mind, she should've done better. ]
It won't happen again.
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He's not sure what to say, but Sakura has always been a capable shinobi, and she'd done what any of the ninja from their village would have done in the same situation.
Still.]
M'glad you're okay.
[By which he means, you know, not dead.
His hand drops to rest on her shoulder, just briefly.]
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[Not directed at Sakura if the tone is anything to go by- more that he is going to make damn sure that sound bitch stops with her shit and leaves them alone, else Sasuke will pay her a visit himself.]
[Giving one final tug to the bandage to make sure it is secure, he sits back.]
That one's done.
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she fidgets a little, looking down at her knees as she figures out what to say. ]
Someone's going to have to help me make sure the wrapping around my ribs will be secure. I can't do it well enough without both thumbs.
[ which means someone is going to have to see her in her bra... ]
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[He isn't oblivious- he knows it is going to require her removing her shirt that is perhaps more embarrassing than it would be for either of the two boys. Though it's not like he has the intentions of perving on her.]
You want me to do it, or Naruto?
[Sasuke could probably do it better or so he thinks, though Naruto is her boyfriends and has probably... already seen her bra?! Who the fuck knows he doesn't want to think about it.]
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It might have made what she said next a little less difficult to deal with if they hadn't been sort of but not really holding hands.
'Course it takes a while for the point to sink in. Sakura's ribs.]
Uh--
[His eyes drop to her chest, and then back up at her face, then at Sasuke, and then back to Sakura's face. That's where he's going to look. Yep. Wait. No. Maybe not. No, Sakura. Look at Sakura.]
Er.
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she's got more faith in sasuke's first aid abilities (hence why she called him for help) but it feels a little strange to tell her ex-crush that she'd rather him see her shirtless right now than her boyfriend.
and this is one reason why dating teammates is a bad idea. ]
It-it doesn't matter. You might as well do it, Sasuke, since you're already helping.
[ she lets go of naruto's fingers just long enough to shrug off her sweater, hissing quietly when she moves the wrong way. if she has to do this in front of one of them, might as well just power through it and do it in front of both of them. besides, it's not like there's much to see other than a practical sports bra and bruises across her sides and back. ]
Here, Naruto. Hold my shirt.
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[He grabs another roll of bandages then and unravels them some, ready to apply once she's.. taken off her shirt. This is a little weird, but it needs doing so whatever.
He has to shuffle closer this time and leans in to begin wrapping, but at least his eyes seem to be focused on the rib area and not.. well. Anywhere else.]
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Really? Was there anything alright about this?
Sure, he was holding Sakura's shirt or whatever which was helpful, right but Sasuke...
His face contorted a few times whilst he stood by... struggling to know where to look, mostly. His eyes wandered up... briefly, and then back down again.
Only to look again.
Which is when he notices the bruises and he almost reaches out to touch, but that would be a stupid thing to do right?
No. He knows what to do. Er. In a bit.
When Sasuke isn't there.]
You think she'll try somethin' else?
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I don't know. I wouldn't think so, now that she knows we'll kill her.
[ sakura closes her eyes as a sudden tiredness comes over her. but she doesn't want to show weakness right now, not when she's feeling like shit, so she pushes it away. ]
Hand me the antibiotic salve when you're done, Sasuke?
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[Including you in his plans for revenge murder if that doesn't spell teamwork I don't know what does.]
[He continues to wrap her torso in silence, knotting the bandages and giving a slight tug to make sure they are secure before he reaches for the ointment, handing it over.]
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Well, that was a good feeling.
It seems to have made him forgotten about his sort of almost naked girlfriend, too.
Sort of.]
Yeah.
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[ it's safe to say any doubts she still had about him being back for good are gone now.
she turns and walks away from them, brushing her fingers against naruto's arm and taking her shirt from him as she goes. ] I'll be out in a few. [ and then she ducks into the bathroom.
it's easy enough to start rinsing out the small cuts that litter her body. though as she works, she finds that the sudden tiredness keeps getting worse. it's not until she reaches for the faucet to turn the water off that she realizes, oh, her head's a little fuzzy and her vision's swimming. she stumbles backwards, hitting the wall with her shoulder before falling to the floor. breathing is nigh impossible and her chest--there's something wrong with her heart.
sakura coughs and curses mentally. she thought she'd checked all of kin's weapons before she limped home. but apparently she'd missed one. ]
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As Sakura disappears to the bathroom he busies himself with repacking the first aid kid, now that they don't need it anymore.]
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Idly he handed Sasuke one of the plasters that had dropped out of the kit, eyes flicking up to the ceiling when he heard a thud.]
... Think she's okay?
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one more shallow gasp for breath, two, three, and the light goes out of her eyes. ]
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He's glancing in the bathroom's direction for a couple seconds as goes through the thought process, before standing to go investigate.]
Let's check.
[Just a short walk to the bathroom and not hearing much from inside, he knocks twice on the door.]
...Sakura?
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He follows, right behind Sasuke, leaning un under his hand to press an ear to the door, but when she doesn't even reply he shakes his head, pulling at the handle of the door.
It's open--]
No! Sakura.
[Like a flash he's there on his knees, leaning over her, shaking her shoulder - touching her forehead.]
Sasuke she--!
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Nothing...
[No sign of breathing either. She's dead. What could have caused it though, the injuries they'd seen hadn't seemed that severe.]
That sound bitch must have done something...
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Only, Sasuke had to go and say that and he sank back onto his heels - staring at Sakura's body on their bathroom floor.]
... But she--
I'll kill her.
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[Though that won't stop them from doing something about it once she reappears.]
People take a few hours to come back. [Referring both to Sakura, and the Sound girl here.] We can wait at the castle.
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[Stairs at soccer is body for a while before looking back at Sasuke standing to use feet he know she is dead and he Novoselsky is right still it doesn't make it any easier to deal with the fact eventually when her body disappears he turns around completely nothing wants up Foskey]
Let's go get home
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