Long Time
Forward: After returning from the Mist Village mission Sasuke has taken a turn for the worse and is now a vegetable. Naruto believing it was his fault has left the village. Sakura still has hope that he will recover. Ino has dropped into a state of depression and has given up on Sasuke. She blames no one but has become a recluse
"HURRY! We have to get him back! Sasuke is losing it!" Kakashi yelled, pushing people out of the way. It had been a fretful night. Sasuke kept going in and out of a coma and was running a very high fever. In the morning the team had made a stretcher and bolted towards the village. Sakura was barely keeping up, tears pouring down her cheeks. Naruto kept blaming himself. If he had just moved a little bit he would have pushed Sasuke out of the way.
"What an idiot I am! What is everyone going to think, there goes the boy who failed to save the best ninja to come out of this freaking dump?!" Naruto thought. He had been in fits all night keeping his thoughts to himself.
They arrived at the hospital in five minutes. Sasuke was quickly rushed to emergency surgery. Apparently some of the senbon were stuck in his veins blocking blood flowage. The remained of the team and some of his friends waited outside very quite and nervous. Sakura was in tears. What would she do if she lost her love?
After several hours, a doctor came out of the room. Kakashi leapt to his feet and ran over.
"What's the news doc? Tell it to me strait" Kakashi started, but the doctor held up his hand. "I have good and bad news," He started. "Good news is that Sasuke is alive. The bad news is that he has slipped into a comma that we have diagnosed to be one that he will stay in for the rest of his life. Those needles broke some major veins, which caused massive blood loss to the brain causing it to shut down. Basically he is now a vegetable for the rest of his life," The doc finished. Confusion shot though the crowd. People were whispering madly about this bit of news. Naruto felt thousands of eyes glaring kunai at him. It was his fault; his friend was as good as dead.
Later that night, Naruto was thinking in bed. "What to do?" was the main question running though his head. The other was "What will my friends and teammates think of this?" Sakura would hate him if she ever got out of crying over Sasuke. Ino would feel the same but he thought that she really did not love him. Shikamaru could not care either way. Choji would be a little sad but mostly hungry. Kakashi would never speak to him ever again. Hinata would still like him but not as much. Kiba and Shino he did not know about. But what got him the most was he, himself. He could never forgive himself. The only thing that would even bring the remotes bit of forgiveness would be if Sasuke were to wake up.
Naruto stayed up and cried that night. Around 2 AM he wanted to talk to someone. Everyone would kill him so he decided to talk to himself. Performing hand signs he summoned a clone of himself but female. She was dress in a tight orange shirt and a navy blue skirt. She giggled and said, "Yes master?" Naruto sat up and sighed, "I don't know what to do with myself. I have caused all of this trouble and have no idea what do to about it. Everyone will hate me for it. What would you do?" The clone sat down and thought about it for a minute. Then she said, "I think I would run away from this village and start a new life somewhere else. They don't know who you are or who Sasuke was. It may seem cowardly and stupid but I would work." Naruto sighed and agreed. "Good, now sleep well my brother," The clone said. She walked over and kissed him on his forehead. She disappeared in a poof of smoke and Naruto rolled over. What she had said meant a lot. The next day he would take off. No clue where but for sure he would leave.
