There Is No Cure

Prologue

All Characters Belong to Masashi Kishimoto

"I am not sure when this started, or even how far deep I had gotten myself into this mess."

"..All I know, is that it is too late to turn back."

Her footsteps seemed to walk in rhythmic time as she made her way down the dusty dirt road that lead to the abandoned part of town. She couldn't stop herself; she had to see him, to be with him one last time. As she rounded the corner her breathing gradually got worse, she had to pause for a moment against one of the few remaining structures to lean on it for support. How did it turn out like this?

She placed her hand on the post that was one of the few remaining structures in this place before she made her way slowly down the pathway, she couldn't stop, and she wouldn't. She had to at least be there with him one last time, even just to catch a glimpse of him she knew it sounded a little pathetic but she felt that desire within her to see him. As she reached out her hand in vain to the place before her that had been burnt down, she stumbled and landed on the ground before her, feeling her hand shake beneath her as it supported her from falling face first.

Before she realized it, she had clutched onto the dirt on the ground beneath her as though her life depended on it. Pushing herself up to stand, she wavered and placed one foot in front of the other before she stood in front of the used to be structure she knew all too well. She felt the familar gut wrenching cough come on as she clutched her shirt with her right hand, she knew what was coming and she being a medical ninja did not have the power to stop it. How ironic the world was to her, even now as she coughed with all her might only to be granted with the image of red staining her hand as she held it up in front of her face.

Feeling eyes upon her figure, her own eyes looked up to met his as he stood in the middle of the used to be structure of his home. She slowly placed a smile on her features as she went to stand up to reach him "Good Morning, Sasuke…kun" She could barely make it out as she hunched forward, and coughed once more and blood splattered onto the wood and dirt that was left of that place. "I'm sorry you have to see me…like this."

She paused and took a deep breath in as she felt herself losing consciousness, "But, I had to see you one last time…" She welcomed the feeling of the earth beneath her as if welcoming her fate, she was content on laying on it for hours in the place where they had been meeting. Although that feeling never came, instead she felt a set of arms holding her steady as she forced her eyes to open one more time to look upon the pair of coal eyes staring down at her.

"Sakura.." He mumbled, as he looked down to her and for once in those last few months he looked concerned for her. He looked almost like the old Sasuke she knew from so long ago, all those times he protected her and saved her. The look on his face he was giving her now was one she knew very well, it came with those times he saved her when they first met Orchimaru. When he fought Garra and wanted to protect her, when he stepped in front of her during an oncoming attack, and countless times after that.

Sakura felt her smile grow as she closed her eyes and leaned against his chest, as she whispered "Thank you Sasuke-kun, I wish I could have stayed with you longer…" She felt his hands tighten around her, and he whispered to her softly, "You annoying women, I told you to stay away...and now this has happened." She felt herself losing consciousness as her head became limb and she slowly stopped breathing..

28 Days Before.

Everything seemed different; even though she was back in her village something was not right. She couldn't put her finger on it, and it bothered her to no end; she was a medical ninja shouldn't she be better at sensing these things?

"Miss Sakura?"

Blinking out of her trace she looked down at the patient before her and placed on her infamous smile she had perfected throughout the years. "Sorry, I was just going over your charts in my head, did you say something?" The patient shook his head quickly as a faint blush rose to his cheeks with his quick reply of, "no nothing."

"Alright then you are good to go, I will see you again tomorrow; but the good news if you're almost done with your treatments!" As she started to put her things away, she noticed her patient wasn't moving, finding this rather odd she looked up at him and gave him a questionable look. "Is there something else you wish to ask me?"

The man before her blushed as she scratched the back of his head, knowing he had been caught in his stare as he replied. "Um, I know it isn't any of my business Miss Sakura, but are you going to that room?...The one people don't go in but you do?" Hearing this statement, she gathered the last of her things and bowed to the man, "Yes I am, good day to you sir and I will see you tomorrow."

She turned on her heel and began down the hallway, towards the room that man spoke of just moments before. She had also found it odd that everyone would talk about this room often and yet never enter it. She had to force some of the other nurses to change the sheets at least once a week, they would give her frightened stares and ask not too but she would insist upon it and have them change it.

Going down this hallway it seemed as though she was walking to a morgue itself, no one ever went down this way of even stopped by the room. Yes, she understood that the person inside the room was dangerous, and he had a long way to go before being accepted back into the village but they acted as though he were dead. They were scared to go near the room, or even walk down this hallway. Naruto even came by occasionally but she thought he would be around more than anyone. He would act very strange when he visited and always gave her a look before entering the room and leaving an hour later.

She reached the room 220, and placed her hand around the doorknob as she opened it to walk in. They're sitting in the bed; up straight was none other than Sasuke Uchiha. A man she thought would never come back to this place, especially seeing him that day when she planned on killing him. She couldn't believe from where they started to where they ended up, and right now here he was in the hospital with her. She had the man she loved back with her, of course she knew he was still far from her reach but for now this would be enough.

For her, this was enough.

Pulling up a chair she sat down and crossed her legs as she looked down at her clipboard. "So Sasuke, how do we feel today?" Sasuke looked over at the woman sitting next to him and was surprised to this day she was beside him.

This girl..this woman was always there, even if he had left her she had never gave up on him. He didn't understand her, and how her and Naruto could not give up on those bonds they made so long ago. Why would they keep holding onto them? Why would she keep holding onto them? After everything that happened, Sasuke was ready to kill her and she had the intent on killing him but of course she did not follow through. During the war he had found out the truth of everything that had happened. His brother was even brought back for a short time to say his last words, and he even returned to Konoha of his own free will.

During all of this Sakura had stayed loyal without even realizing it. He had heard from a few others that Sakura had a few suitors, patients who would fall for her and yet she would turn them down. How foolish, to keep him at the back of her mind when he was so far gone. He was an avenger and yet this woman before him still cared for him and even treated to him personally.

"Sakura, you shouldn't be here." Her reply was what he expected as she waved her hand in front of her face, and said "nonsense" and how she would always be there to take care of him, it was her job after all and she wanted to see him get better.

Sasuke stared at the pink haired mistress before him and clutched his bed sheets without realizing his reaction to his own thoughts. Sakura looked up at him with a surprised look on her features as she reached out and touched his forehead to test for a fever, "Sasuke, do not strain yourself you will get better. You are recovering faster than most."

But Sasuke had tuned her out, if only she knew what being near him meant. He wanted to come right out and tell her, but he wasn't allowed to..or he couldn't. Something always prevented him from telling her everything, and here she was taking care of him. Seeing him everyday and putting herself at risk, at first when she knew he was here she saw him everyday and continued to come back. He tried to push her away as he did all of his life, being mean to her and being cold and distant, nothing worked.

Of course it didn't, he should have known better.

All of his life Sakura would continue to be by him, no matter how cold he seemed she always tried to see the good in him. So even being cold to her now was not working, and soon he gave up on it. He still was not a chatter box by any means but he would entertain her with a sentence or two and listen to her when she talked. She would talk about the other patients in the ward, and even mention the team he had formed. She would tell him that they were all fine and out of the hospital and she was surprised they didn't visit him.

She would come everyday without fail, and he would listen to her but soon he knew, he would have to leave.

For good.

So I am back, no lying this time! I just lost motivation on my last story, I started on it and then lost track along the way and did not know where I wanted to go with it. I will pick it up probably but not right now. For now I have a plan for this story and I am very excited about it! It will be very detailed and not what you expect from my other works. I will putting together certain pieces of the puzzle as time goes on. So I hope you can keep up! There will not be a lot of flashbacks, and such but just enough to keep your attention. I wanted to give you a sneak peak on what I am working on and hope you guys are interested! It is going to have a few twists and turns and I already have the end in mind! [I am telling you guys..I have really planned this out!]

So I hope I still have loyal readers out there, because this story is going to far different then any I have written so far!

Thank you for all the support and I hope to see you guys in Chapter 1

-Krisy