"Again," Tsunade says, when Sakura throws a punch that doesn't break the log.
Again, Sakura thinks, when Sasuke disappears, leaving Naruto a sobbing wreck and herself a frozen shell - dumbstruck, again - is she never going to be able to reach out to him?
"Don't you dare, stupid, don't you dare," Sakura hisses between gritted teeth, as her chakra feels for their hearts - both Naruto and Sasuke, her boys are such morons - she almost misses the faintest echo of a heartbeat, almost, and then she's zeroing on the source of the ripple, all of her focus on restarting what should never have stopped, willing them to wait for her to save them, and finally, when she's drained - she can hear them breathing, again.
Fill: Naruto, Haruno Sakura
Again, Sakura thinks, when Sasuke disappears, leaving Naruto a sobbing wreck and herself a frozen shell - dumbstruck, again - is she never going to be able to reach out to him?
"Don't you dare, stupid, don't you dare," Sakura hisses between gritted teeth, as her chakra feels for their hearts - both Naruto and Sasuke, her boys are such morons - she almost misses the faintest echo of a heartbeat, almost, and then she's zeroing on the source of the ripple, all of her focus on restarting what should never have stopped, willing them to wait for her to save them, and finally, when she's drained - she can hear them breathing, again.