SasuSaku Month 2018 – Day 7: Tanabata
Rating: T (A tiny spec of language).
Context: A little non-canon compliant.
A/N: This is a continuation of Day 6. Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy it!
“I’m fine,” Sasuke snapped for the umpteenth time. The nurse that had been trying to fuss over him for the past few minutes glared at him and left.
He’d been put in a room and left alone after Ino double checked he wasn’t in any danger. Not even Naruto had come to find him, and while he was glad on that account, it was also suspicious. Nobody was answering his questions about what happened with the mission or what had happened to Sakura. Her screams were still ringing in his ears, haunting him.
The door to his room suddenly slammed open, making him flinch for half a second before he composed himself. The former Hokage glared down at him as she strode into the room, an orange blob coming in right behind her. She dragged a chair from the corner of the room and took a seat right in front of him, his medical file open on her lap.
“I assume you have questions, brat,” she scoffed in irritation.
“What happened to Sakura?” That was the only thing he was truly concerned with.
Behind her, Naruto shook his head with terrified eyes, signaling at him to drop the question. He slapped his forehead at the same time Tsunade snapped the pen in her hand.
“Technically speaking, you were dead, Uchiha,” declared Tsunade. “Your heart couldn’t handle the stress from the poison and the discharges from the chakra restraints.”
He frowned. “Then how…?”
“My student is the only goddamn reason you’re alive,” she responded through gritted teeth. “Sakura used a jutsu that I strictly forbade her from using unless her own life was in danger and it was the absolutely last option.”
Sasuke’s frown deepened. He had a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach.
“Since you were beyond medical healing, Sakura took some of her life force and transferred it to you,” she continued. “This is different than when she uses the byakugō, what she used was pure life essence that draws from her life force.”
“Erm, so you’re saying Sakura-chan sacrificed years off of her life just to bring the teme back to life?” Naruto asked wide eyed.
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