Disclaimer:Only sotry belongs to me. Characters are all Kishimoto.

How is it going? this is my first story so let me know what you think. Please give nice comments or how i should improve.

Prologue

"Quickly, get Naruto in to the ER!" Tsunade yelled. " WE CANNOT LOSE HIM!"

Kakashi had just brought Naruto back from the Valley of the End. Naruto was in critical condition and needed to be treated right away. A hole was very visible on his chest, very close to his heart.

The day didn't start out like this. No. It was a peaceful day in Konoha until the guards at the gates saw Kakashi running toward them. They thought nothing was wrong until they took a closer look. They could see that Kakashi's vest was covered in blood. Then they saw him carrying a blonde figure. They, immediately, called for a stretcher.

Kakahi, however, didn't have the time to wait for the stretcher. He ran past the guards. "Tell Tsunade to go to the ER NOW!" he yelled back the two guards. Kakashi jumped on the roof and quickly made his way to the hospital.

Meanwhile, Tsunade was doing paperwork in the office. The door suddenly flung open to reveal one of the guards from the gate. "Hokage-sama, Naruto is in critical condition and we need to the ER NOW!" the guard said.

Tsunade wasted no time. She didn't both using the door and instead jumped out the window of her office. She made a mental note to scorn Naruto for teaching her that habit. Now, she was in a hurry to save the only person that had convinced her to take the Hokage position.

Once, she was in the ER Room. She, immediately, got to work. It wasn't very easy for her to work on this patient. The pressure was on. If she failed this operation, Naruto will die and she could never forgive herself.

5 hours later….

The operation was a success and Naruto's life was no longer in danger. He was now resting in a hospital room. Tsunade was in the same room looking at the boy. He was wrapped like a mummy, only his mouth and his spiky blonde hair wear visible. Tsunade sighed.

'The council is going to have a fit when they hear that Sasuke ran off.' She thought. She left the room, so that she could fill out the paperwork on Naruto's operation.

Naruto finger twitched a little bit. Then his eyes began to open a little bit.

'Where am I? What is this white light? Am I dead?' he thought. Once his eyes were fully adjusted to the brightness of the light, he opened them fully. Lying down, he turned his head to the right then to the left. No one was in the room with him. He looked up at the ceiling.

'Sasuke… he got away…..Sakura-chan is going to be so pissed at me. Is this really worth my time? I mean for Sakura-chan I would do anything, but I can't even manage to hurt Sasuke withut crippling him. Sakura-chan would probably be even more mad.' he thought. Suddenly, someone knocked on the door. Shikamaru came in, thinking Naruto was still asleep. He saw Naruto's eyes were open.

"Oh! You are awake?" he asked.

"Yeah. How long have I been out for?"

"You haven't been out for too long. As a matter of fact, you just got out of a surgery," Shikamaru said. He was very surprised that Naruto would be awake right now.

"We failed the mission, didn't we?" It wasn't a question. It was more of a statement. Shikamaru could only nod at clenched his hands. He then smiled at Shikamaru. "I guess I am going to have to try again."

Shikamaru just looked at Naruto and smiled. He believed Naruto can do it. Even though, he never showed it Naruto was actually his best friend. Naruto may not think the same, but he didn't care. His friendship is more than enough. "Yeah, I guess so."

The window suddenly opened up. Jiraiya's head popped in. "Ahhhhh Naruto, good timing," he said.

"I'm bed-ridden,Ero-sennin. How is that good timing?" he muttered.

Jiraiya ignored him. He closed the window and turned around and looked at him and Shikamaru with a serious expression.

"Alright boys. We need to talk."