Non massacre au, strong sakura. Eventual sakura/ itachi

Sakura is 16, itachi is 21

Sakura sighed as she walked through the hospital halls. Team seven was finally back together, but their dynamic hadn't changed. She was still left out of training and forced to stay behind them on missions. They were supposed to be training together now, but they wouldn't let her join in sparing. So, instead, she decided to pick up an extra shift at the hospital.

Sakura was training under Tsunade and had been for three years. However, as hokage she didn't have a lot of time to devote to teaching her. Sakura understood, of course. But, that didn't stop her from thinking of it as unfair. Sasuke and Naruto both had teachers who gave them their full attention.

Taking a deep breath, Sakura pulled herself away from those thoughts and refocused her mind on her clipboard. She maneuvered quickly through the halls to her next patients room. Entering she was surprised to find two Uchiha. One of the two raised an eyebrow at her. She recognized him, but didn't comment on it.

"Uchiha sans." She bowed, while putting on a professional façade.

"Hello, Haruno san, correct? I'm Shisui Uchiha." He bowed back.

"I'm aware." Sakura replied.

"Oh?" he smirked, "I see my reputation proceeds me."

"No, only your medical chart." Sakura deadpanned. Shisui pouted and the other man chuckled at his friend. "Now, please remove your jacket."

He did as asked revealing a long and deep cut running down his arm. Knowing this was not his only injury, sakura pumped diagnostic medical chakra through him first. It revealed two broken ribs, a thin cluster of chakra on his upper arm that was to be expected considering whom he was with, and an odd formation on his lungs.

"Uchiha san, were you hit badly in the chest in the last month or so?" she asked as she began healing his arm.

"Why do you ask?"

"There seems to be incorrectly formed scar tissue on your lung that could result in complications for you if untreated." She finished his arm. Slicing wounds on the arms and legs had become incredibly easy for her, even when severing the muscles. She moved onto his ribs.

Shisui rubbed the back of his head awkwardly. "It was healed on the field. Itachi told me to go to the hospital when we returned but I guess I forgot about the injury." The said man tsked beside him. "Can you fix it."

"Yes." She told him as she finished his ribs. They were each broken cleanly in only one place. An even easier fix than his arm. "But not now. The malformed tissue has to be removed and that requires surgery. You'll have to schedule one."

Sakura took a step back from the men, writing quickly on her clipboard. "In the future, you should schedule an examination after every mission." She bowed to them and turned to leave.

"Aren't you supposed to be training with your team right now?" Itachi's voice stopped. "That's what my brother told my mother when he left this morning."

Sakura turned back to face him. "Yes well, I never train much with them."

"Why not?" this time it was Shisui who spoke.

Sakura sighed. She had admitted this to herself years ago, but it still stung. "I am not there because I am rarely included. I am a kunoichi without a clan. My entire family is civilian. I have never had a particular talent for anything besides books and I barely reach the average for chakra reserves. And, beyond that, I have a jinchuriki and main branch Uchiha for teammates. They are much more important than I am." Sakura turns back to the door. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have work to do." She swiftly left, leaving the two Uchiha men alone with their thoughts.

Im sick, and I have an assignment due in three hours. Life's goin' great.

Normal chapters will be longer than this.

Please tell me if there are any words stuck together (likethis) for some reason my phone's spacebar is refusing to work properly.