{Dream 003 - Red Clouds at Dawn}

[ground_breaker]

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[monocled]

Ah, so you're a healer? I am as well, I'm not sure we've met yet.

[ Yup, that's Hakkai: polite and calm and completely skipping over the nasty bits at times. He's really more interested in having a conversation about healing, after all. ]

[ground_breaker]

[ Sakura's definitely game for a distraction, if a little wary. He's come out of nowhere, and she's feeling particularly vulnerable at the moment. ]

Yes, I am. A medic-nin, anyway. And you are?

[monocled]

[ The pretend-this-is-normal game: Hakkai is an expert! ]

A chi healer. Which I believe is similar if not the same sort of technique...

I'm currently residing in Konoha, since I've found myself sympathizing with your situation. My name is Cho Hakkai.

[ground_breaker]

[ He has an interesting way of framing his situation. He'd lived somewhere else, but he "sympathized" with Konoha... At any rate, not an enemy, which was a relief. She was tired of them, frankly. ]

I'm Haruno Sakura. It's nice to meet you.

[ And then, curiosity takes over. ]

Chi healing? How does that work, may I ask?

[crazysnakelady]

[ Anko sees so much of herself in this girl, and more. ]

It hurts...

[ ...betrayal, she means, by people you love, but she doesn't clarify. ]

[ground_breaker]

[ Sakura's been through the crying jag, and the denial part, and the anger (though that was mostly at Sasori), and now she just feels... drained. Too wrung out to even pretend Anko isn't right. ]

... Yeah, it does. [ She speaks very softly. ]

[crazysnakelady]

[ Anko's not sure who she's talking about, really, but this is the best advice she knows how to offer: ]

Kick his ass.

[ground_breaker]

[ Sakura can't help it: she snorts in amusement. ]

You know, I just might.