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Dec 22, 2009 18:35

Who: Sakura Haruno (sucker_punches) and Sephiroth (givesdespair).
When: After this conversation.
Where: By the library.
Format: Paragraph, present tense.
What: Someone's injured and Sakura's off to save the day. What else?
Warnings: None? Let's see if we can avoid violence.

( ... Yeah right. )

sephiroth, sakura haruno

Comments 3

sucker_punches December 23 2009, 03:47:33 UTC

There's no one else around, but even if there was, he'd be impossible to miss. He's tall and distinctive-looking with that long hair of his. Not to mention the sword; she'd have to be completely remiss as a shinobi not to notice that. If she weren't already cautious and on her toes today, that sight would have done it. Then again, just because someone isn't visibly armed doesn't mean they're not dangerous, she tells herself. Knowing the location of at least one weapon is an advantage.

Her steps don't slow, and she gives no pause, and she dares to approach as close as she needs to to get a good look at him. (Well, not him so much as his injuries.) If she were one to balk in the face of danger she'd have quit her profession long ago.

But mentally she amends: she's here to help this potentially dangerous stranger out. So, really, he's right to question her motives. It's a strange thing to do, given that she's under no obligation ( ... )

sucker_punches December 23 2009, 23:27:50 UTC

Etiquette does, as does the fact that most patients like to know the name of whoever is treating them. So, by rote, she nods and replies, "I'm Sakura." And then her focus is back on his leg ( ... )

sucker_punches December 28 2009, 07:42:01 UTC

She's tempted to ask how he knows her name, but anyone who'd been taking a look through the network would probably find it quite easily, she reasons. She hasn't been exactly discreet with it. He could have found it anywhere, heard it from anyone.

In hindsight... maybe she should have been more careful about who she gave it out to.

Sephiroth's retreat isn't unexpected. He's a cautious man, she's discerned that much already, and anyone unaccustomed to ninjutsu--which was nearly everyone here--would be right to be a bit startled. It's not every day that a girl's hand starts glowing, after all. She's had to explain this several times before. No big deal.

So why is she beginning to feel on edge?

"It's chakra," she says, nothing of that revealed, and turns her bright hand palm up for his inspection. No tricks. "Just natural energy. Everyone has it, though sometimes it's called something else. I've been trained to channel mine and heal with it ( ... )