More 'Tryin' To Get To Heaven'
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midnightdiddleBecause plot ideas are biting me. A lot. In the form of my kitty-cat.
"We can wrap them for now. Do you think you'll be able to move?"
"Yeah, I- yeah."
"Then let's move," Gai advised. "We'll wrap them once we get out of here." He stood and held out a hand for Iruka.
Iruka grabbed his hand, pulling himself up. His legs buckled and he reached out, grabbing Gai's vest, fingers clumsily fastening around the neck of the flak vest. He looked down at his feet, and stared. A face. He was standing on a face. The corpse's right arm was lying limply next to his leg, her fingers curled into claws. He closed his eyes and breathed in, shallowly, through his nose, clinging tighter to Gai's vest.
"Come on," Gai said, wrapping his arms around Iruka's body. Iruka tightened his hold, and with a poof they winked out of the trench.
!-!-!
Iruka was sitting very still, back straight as a rod. Gai was bandaging his chest and when he pulled the white cloth tight Iruka winced, digging his fingers into the dirt.
"Iruka-sensei?"
"Pull it tighter," he gritted his teeth, "just a bit tighter." He clenched his eyes shut, a whimper breaking free when Gai pulled the bandages tighter, then tied them off.
"Good?"
He nodded, not trusting his voice for a moment. A few shallow breaths later he gave Gai a sickly smile. "How many ribs?"
"Three, I think." He gave Iruka an encouraging smile. "You're young, you'll heal fast."
"Ah. Where're the lines?"
Gai looked over his shoulder, balancing on the balls of his feet next to Iruka. "The lines got pushed south when the trenches collapsed. We're behind Sound right now. We won't be able to break through, so we'll go around, and head for Konoha. We're about a day and a half from Konoha right now, and if we go around, it should take about two days."
"Two days?" Iruka looked paler and Gai shuffled forward, still crouched down.
"We'll have to move fast, and we can't if you can't breathe. He touched his fingertips to Iruka's side, sending in little tendrils of chakra, melding the ribs together. "It'll hold for a bit, if you don't stress it. Should hurt less, too. Think you'll be able to run?"
"Yeah," his eyes were closed in concentration, teeth biting his lower lip, "just a minute." He molded his chakra, boosting the pain-blockers, buffering the transmissions from the pain receptors. He opened up his eyes, looking at Gai. "Ready?"
Gai stood and helped Iruka to his feet again, stepping back when the chuunin was standing, however unsteadily. He started an easy lope, slowing a bit so Iruka could keep off, and the two men began moving across the last bit of muddy land, moving towards the forest. Time passed slowly for Iruka, moments filled with footstep after footstep, jarring pain and lack of air. He stumbled once and again, and each time Gai paused, letting the teacher catch up with him. He tried to focus on other things, the way the sky was lightening, the way the sun was beginning to peek through the leaves, casting twisting shadows and warped sunlight on the path in front of him. He stumbled once more and Gai caught him, wrapping arms around his body to keep him from slamming into the ground.
"God," he gasped out, "it hurts. Please, stop, I just- stop-" His words were broken up and fragmented by wracking coughs.
"It's alright, Iruka-sensei," Gai said almost soothingly, righting Iruka. He set Iruka against a tree, waiting until the younger man had slid down into a sitting position, then stepped back, walking away as the teacher coughed.
"Gai-san?" Iruka asked. He was leaning back against the tree where Gai had deposited him, and when the older man stepped forward he held out his hands. Blood, bright and shining wetly in light, was dappled across his palms. "Sorry," he said, pulling his hands back when Gai stepped forward. "Sorry, I didn't- but when I cough-"
"It's alright, sensei. Are you ready to move?"
Iruka opened his mouth to speak and looked surprised when not words, but coughs, came out. He clutched his chest, fingers splayed out over his chest, and blood dribbled from his lips. He was bent nearly double by the time Gai reached him, big hands grabbing the chuunin's shoulders to hold him up from the ground. Flecks of blood landed on Gai's vest, standing out against the green canvas. When the coughing fit ended Iruka leaned against the older man, limp in his exhaustion. Gai wiped the blood away from Iruka's mouth, eyebrows knitted up in a thick knot.
"Think I'm gonna die?"
Iruka's voice was flippant and Gai frowned when he heard it.
"If you died, then wouldn't your students be sad? You have to live, for your precious people. For Naruto, and the rest of Konoha." He flashed a smile then, big and white and sad. "I'll get you back to Konoha, Iruka-sensei," he said, giving the teacher a thumbs up sign. "I promise on my nice guy pose."
Iruka laughed, a small smile on his face, and when he coughed, Gai silently wiped away the blood.
And that's it for today. It wasn't as good as the previous posts, which annoys me. The middle was a pain. It just wouldn't be written. >_< But it's done. Hah!
"We can wrap them for now. Do you think you'll be able to move?"
"Yeah, I- yeah."
"Then let's move," Gai advised. "We'll wrap them once we get out of here." He stood and held out a hand for Iruka.
Iruka grabbed his hand, pulling himself up. His legs buckled and he reached out, grabbing Gai's vest, fingers clumsily fastening around the neck of the flak vest. He looked down at his feet, and stared. A face. He was standing on a face. The corpse's right arm was lying limply next to his leg, her fingers curled into claws. He closed his eyes and breathed in, shallowly, through his nose, clinging tighter to Gai's vest.
"Come on," Gai said, wrapping his arms around Iruka's body. Iruka tightened his hold, and with a poof they winked out of the trench.
!-!-!
Iruka was sitting very still, back straight as a rod. Gai was bandaging his chest and when he pulled the white cloth tight Iruka winced, digging his fingers into the dirt.
"Iruka-sensei?"
"Pull it tighter," he gritted his teeth, "just a bit tighter." He clenched his eyes shut, a whimper breaking free when Gai pulled the bandages tighter, then tied them off.
"Good?"
He nodded, not trusting his voice for a moment. A few shallow breaths later he gave Gai a sickly smile. "How many ribs?"
"Three, I think." He gave Iruka an encouraging smile. "You're young, you'll heal fast."
"Ah. Where're the lines?"
Gai looked over his shoulder, balancing on the balls of his feet next to Iruka. "The lines got pushed south when the trenches collapsed. We're behind Sound right now. We won't be able to break through, so we'll go around, and head for Konoha. We're about a day and a half from Konoha right now, and if we go around, it should take about two days."
"Two days?" Iruka looked paler and Gai shuffled forward, still crouched down.
"We'll have to move fast, and we can't if you can't breathe. He touched his fingertips to Iruka's side, sending in little tendrils of chakra, melding the ribs together. "It'll hold for a bit, if you don't stress it. Should hurt less, too. Think you'll be able to run?"
"Yeah," his eyes were closed in concentration, teeth biting his lower lip, "just a minute." He molded his chakra, boosting the pain-blockers, buffering the transmissions from the pain receptors. He opened up his eyes, looking at Gai. "Ready?"
Gai stood and helped Iruka to his feet again, stepping back when the chuunin was standing, however unsteadily. He started an easy lope, slowing a bit so Iruka could keep off, and the two men began moving across the last bit of muddy land, moving towards the forest. Time passed slowly for Iruka, moments filled with footstep after footstep, jarring pain and lack of air. He stumbled once and again, and each time Gai paused, letting the teacher catch up with him. He tried to focus on other things, the way the sky was lightening, the way the sun was beginning to peek through the leaves, casting twisting shadows and warped sunlight on the path in front of him. He stumbled once more and Gai caught him, wrapping arms around his body to keep him from slamming into the ground.
"God," he gasped out, "it hurts. Please, stop, I just- stop-" His words were broken up and fragmented by wracking coughs.
"It's alright, Iruka-sensei," Gai said almost soothingly, righting Iruka. He set Iruka against a tree, waiting until the younger man had slid down into a sitting position, then stepped back, walking away as the teacher coughed.
"Gai-san?" Iruka asked. He was leaning back against the tree where Gai had deposited him, and when the older man stepped forward he held out his hands. Blood, bright and shining wetly in light, was dappled across his palms. "Sorry," he said, pulling his hands back when Gai stepped forward. "Sorry, I didn't- but when I cough-"
"It's alright, sensei. Are you ready to move?"
Iruka opened his mouth to speak and looked surprised when not words, but coughs, came out. He clutched his chest, fingers splayed out over his chest, and blood dribbled from his lips. He was bent nearly double by the time Gai reached him, big hands grabbing the chuunin's shoulders to hold him up from the ground. Flecks of blood landed on Gai's vest, standing out against the green canvas. When the coughing fit ended Iruka leaned against the older man, limp in his exhaustion. Gai wiped the blood away from Iruka's mouth, eyebrows knitted up in a thick knot.
"Think I'm gonna die?"
Iruka's voice was flippant and Gai frowned when he heard it.
"If you died, then wouldn't your students be sad? You have to live, for your precious people. For Naruto, and the rest of Konoha." He flashed a smile then, big and white and sad. "I'll get you back to Konoha, Iruka-sensei," he said, giving the teacher a thumbs up sign. "I promise on my nice guy pose."
Iruka laughed, a small smile on his face, and when he coughed, Gai silently wiped away the blood.
And that's it for today. It wasn't as good as the previous posts, which annoys me. The middle was a pain. It just wouldn't be written. >_< But it's done. Hah!
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Date: 2005-05-02 10:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-03 07:46 pm (UTC)To try and fool his eternal rival , aka Kakashi . lol ! =P