ReTurn

I just wanted to post one of my drawings here. 

Chapter 9:

The Lazy, The Mission, and The Commander?

After taking a short moment to cool down, Sakura walked down the hall, down the stairs and into the dining room, where Naruto was munching on his meal, his back turned to her. A dark haired woman--Tsunami? Sakura thought unsure, stood behind the kitchen counter watching him with a smile.

Tsunami's smile disappeared for a moment to looked up at her in surprise, but it appeared again when she realized who it was, her face looking relieved. "Look who's awake."

That made Naruto look up from his food, craning his head towards her. "Sakura-chan!" Naruto exclaimed happily, grinning. He turned in his chair to turn his body to her. "Glad you're awake! How's your shoulder?"

Sakura opened her mouth to respond, but Naruto continued. "Oh! And the lady here is Tsunami," he introduced. "She's the old man's daughter."

Sakura bowed to Tsunami. She apologized, "Thank you for letting us stay here, Tsunami-san. I sincerely apologize for troubling you."

Still smiling, Tsunami waved a pale hand at her dismissively. "So polite," she noted. "It's no trouble. It was the the least I could do for getting my father here safely. Thank you for that by the way. I'm so grateful that you were kind enough to continue your mission even though we couldn't afford to pay for the proper rank."

Sakura nodded and turned back to Naruto. "To answer your last question, my shoulder does feel a bit better, just really sore. I don't think I should move it for a while."

"I'm glad," Naruto sighed in relief.

"What happened to Kakashi-sensei?" she asked. "Where is he?"

Naruto explained, "After you two fainted, Tazuna invited us to stay with him. A while after we got here, and put you in the same guest room, you caught a fever. Tsunami had to put you in different rooms because you might get Kaka-sensei sick. Now he's staying in the room down the hall from yours."

After she thanked him, Sakura made her way to Kakashi's room, and just as she slid the door open, it was the same moment Sasuke was about to open the door.

"Ah, Sasuke, how's Kakashi?" she asked him, doing her best to act normal.

"He's fine," he said without looking at her. Sasuke pushed past her and headed downstairs and to towards the living room.

Her gaze followed him in confusion. Sasuke wasn't this weird, but this was Sasuke. He's always cold, she reasoned to herself, shrugging it off before she shut the door to Kakashi's room behind her.

The room was dark, the only light coming from the small window at the center of the wall across from the door she stood in front of. It was morning, she could tell by the way sunlight faded through the cloudy, gray sky.

Kakashi laid in a futon in the center of the room, his still body tucked neatly. Sakura quietly made her way to him, kneeling down at his side.

"Kakashi-" Wait. This is the perfect chance to see what's under his mask! she realized. Sakura slowly reached out her hand to his mask and she held her breath.

"Sakura, what are you doing?"

Almost jumping out of her skin, Sakura's hand retreated to her lap in a flash. "Kakashi-sensei, you're awake!!" she blurted out, terrified. He started to try to sit up and Sakura reached out to help him.

"Sakura, are you okay?" he questioned. His gaze moved to her bandages. "Your shoulder..."

"I'm fine, Kakashi-sensei, but how are you?"