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Sakura looks at the freshly dug graves; the sun's light barely visible as night starts to take hold. She is standing , thinking about how Sasuke looked at the end of the fight on the bridge. Helpless, unable to do anything. Covered in blood with needles sticking out from every direction. Thinking about how she wasn't able to do anything.
“What are you thinking about Sakura?” a voice comes from behind.
“AH- Sensei, you scared me!”
“Ma, you know.” Kakashi paused.
“Why are you still here? The others are back, packing up.”
“I'm just thinking about how terrible the fight could have gone.”
“Hmm, well, come along. We best start heading out. I think a storm is starting and we don’t want to be caught in it, now do we?” Kakashi turned and walked back to Tazuna’s house.
She stood there for a bit longer, wondering what she could have done to help him. She was a paper nin, not really good at any of the physical aspects of ninja life. Nothing she read could have helped prevent a disaster like this to happen again.
But she didn’t need to prevent it. She has good chakra control, and to perform basic medical ninjutsu you need to have good chakra control. A grin slowly slid onto her face. That is what she could do.
Treat.
That is what she will do; she will help treat his wounds so he never gets like that again. When she gets back to the village, she is going straight to the library and getting some textbooks and scrolls on the body, medicine and medical ninjutsu. That is what she will do. Because she was a paper nin, reading and studying came naturally to her.
‘ Cha, that's the right idea’ she thinks to herself.
With this newfound determination, she turns and heads back to Tazuna’s with a smile on her face. She is going to prove to Sasuke that she is worth his love and affection.