tears
Chapter 11
"Hokage-sama, I have Gai-san." Tsunade raised eyebrow at the sight of Kakashi trailing behind.
"Yo." He stepped to the side as another Anbu appeared.
"Hokage-sama, I have Nara Shikaku." Tsunade nodded briskly.
"Gai, Nara, I need you to escort a medic team towards Wave. This is an emergency retrieval."
"Who?" Shikaku questioned.
"Sakura's team. She's injured." Tsunade watched as Kakashi stopped slouching with narrowed eyes.
"What was the mission rank?" Kakashi questioned.
"I didn't rank it. And I don't recall you being requested for this mission, Hatake." Tsunade snarled.
"Godaime-sama perhaps-" Gai began.
"I'm going."
"Hatake-san's summons would be helpful, Godaime." Shikaku offered.
"I don't care. Just get her home."
Time flew by in moments of sheer agony, blissful blackness, and minute comprehension. She saw flashes of trees, Kotetsu and Izumo's worried, tired faces, and blinding bright sky before one of them would send her back under. There were moments when she was forced to drink water. Seconds when she was shifted from one set of arms to another. Times when she begged for movement to stop so the pain might lessen, but it never did.
She heard the bay of a hound and then voices raised in relief. She tried forcing herself up, only to have a hand push her head against a strong shoulder and words spoken in a deep soothing voice. It seemed only mere seconds before she again heard a sound that forced her to wake. The murmur of medic nins. Then pure cold chakra was running through her. The agony of her leg, ribs and face were numbed. The poison still ran through her but she could breath again.
Sakura decided, in that moment, she had become delusional for she saw Pakkun and Kakashi. When she was lifted again into someone's arms they didn't smell like him, like Kakashi. She tried to ask but failed. Tears dripped down her chin from pain and frustration. Arms tightened around her body, flaying her nerves. She screamed in agony and ended in choking gasps. Coughing destroyed the medics' work on her ribs. Panic stepped in when breathing became impossible.
"Ko? Iz?" She wheezed, heard the liquid gurgle that followed.
"There's our girl." Kotetsu answered with a tired smile.
"Ribs'...broke again. Bleeding." She gasped.
"Medic!" Izumo yelled and turned back to Sakura. "We're almost home. Can you use your chakra?"
"No. How long?"
"We need to lay her flat. Nara-san, let go," came a brisk voice.
"Two hours." Izumo replied.
"I can get her there in less. If the medics can stop the bleeding." Kakashi stated flatly.
"'kashi? You're re-!" She winced as a medic worked. "Gods! That hurts. Throat too, won't choke. Don't bother with the rest."
The medics stepped away as Kakashi crouched down, picking Sakura up. The pain swamped her, making her lose consciousness. He tucked her into himself and sprinted away.
"Please baby, please stay with me."
"Hokage-sama, I have Gai-san." Tsunade raised eyebrow at the sight of Kakashi trailing behind.
"Yo." He stepped to the side as another Anbu appeared.
"Hokage-sama, I have Nara Shikaku." Tsunade nodded briskly.
"Gai, Nara, I need you to escort a medic team towards Wave. This is an emergency retrieval."
"Who?" Shikaku questioned.
"Sakura's team. She's injured." Tsunade watched as Kakashi stopped slouching with narrowed eyes.
"What was the mission rank?" Kakashi questioned.
"I didn't rank it. And I don't recall you being requested for this mission, Hatake." Tsunade snarled.
"Godaime-sama perhaps-" Gai began.
"I'm going."
"Hatake-san's summons would be helpful, Godaime." Shikaku offered.
"I don't care. Just get her home."
Time flew by in moments of sheer agony, blissful blackness, and minute comprehension. She saw flashes of trees, Kotetsu and Izumo's worried, tired faces, and blinding bright sky before one of them would send her back under. There were moments when she was forced to drink water. Seconds when she was shifted from one set of arms to another. Times when she begged for movement to stop so the pain might lessen, but it never did.
She heard the bay of a hound and then voices raised in relief. She tried forcing herself up, only to have a hand push her head against a strong shoulder and words spoken in a deep soothing voice. It seemed only mere seconds before she again heard a sound that forced her to wake. The murmur of medic nins. Then pure cold chakra was running through her. The agony of her leg, ribs and face were numbed. The poison still ran through her but she could breath again.
Sakura decided, in that moment, she had become delusional for she saw Pakkun and Kakashi. When she was lifted again into someone's arms they didn't smell like him, like Kakashi. She tried to ask but failed. Tears dripped down her chin from pain and frustration. Arms tightened around her body, flaying her nerves. She screamed in agony and ended in choking gasps. Coughing destroyed the medics' work on her ribs. Panic stepped in when breathing became impossible.
"Ko? Iz?" She wheezed, heard the liquid gurgle that followed.
"There's our girl." Kotetsu answered with a tired smile.
"Ribs'...broke again. Bleeding." She gasped.
"Medic!" Izumo yelled and turned back to Sakura. "We're almost home. Can you use your chakra?"
"No. How long?"
"We need to lay her flat. Nara-san, let go," came a brisk voice.
"Two hours." Izumo replied.
"I can get her there in less. If the medics can stop the bleeding." Kakashi stated flatly.
"'kashi? You're re-!" She winced as a medic worked. "Gods! That hurts. Throat too, won't choke. Don't bother with the rest."
The medics stepped away as Kakashi crouched down, picking Sakura up. The pain swamped her, making her lose consciousness. He tucked her into himself and sprinted away.
"Please baby, please stay with me."