Disclaimer: I own nothing of Naruto but I own Inori Uzumaki.
A young woman wearing a spiral headband faltered in her footsteps as she stumbled to the ground. A deep gash on her left side was bleeding thickly and slowly as the blood pooled around her body. Glazed over purple eyes stare out into the woods surrounding her place on the dirt. Long garnet red hair was dark brown from the blood, sweat and dirt. Her body was sore from the stress of maintaining the seals and her chakra to fight off an insane man with the liking to think of himself as an immortal.
Ah well, this isn't the best place to die in. The woman thought grimly as her eyes slowly closed. She slowly surrendered herself to the darkness and peacefulness of death.
"Kurenai-sensei!" A loud boy's voice jerked her from the embrace of death. "There's a wound shinobi here!"
"I can see that, Kida-kun." A woman voice chided the boy. A beautiful woman with wild black hair and red eyes dressed in wrappings knelt beside her. "Kunoichi-san, I'm Kurenai Yūhi of Konohagakure. Who are you?"
The woman coughed blood up causing Kurenai to lift her up slightly, "I'm Inori Uzumaki."
Kurenai's red eyes widened before she asked Inori, "How did you get the injuries?"
"Fighting a man with a liking to blood." Inori grimaced. "I managed to get away from him with half sealing away his chakra but that won't hold for long."
Kurenai looked at the gashes on Inori's body bleeding drowsily and some looked infected to her. Kurenai nodded sharply as she looked at her students, "I will take Uzumaki-san to the village but I will need to leave you three to do so. Uzumaki-san's injuries are dire need of treatment or she will die."
"But isn't Uzumaki the last name of Naruto-baka?" The loud one complained as Kurenai lifted the half unconscious girl on her back.
Kurenai jumped into the trees with the younger girl on her back. She had to hurry or else Inori will die on her watch. She narrow her eyes as she sailed through the air faster at the last thought. Three hours past until Kurenai saw the gate of Konohagakure. She shifted her hold on the young girl on her back when Kurenai landed in front of Izumo and Kotetsu both shot out their seats as she went through the gate.
"I need to get her to the hospital." The chuunin nodded dumbly as she shunshined away to the waiting room of the hospital.
"This girl is fatally wounded on her side." Kurenai reported to one of the nurses who helped her put the young kunoichi on the bed.
Kurenai watched as two doctors and three nurses rushed the Uzumaki female to the emergency room. All talking with worried glances to the girl on the bed.
Hiruzen sighed as he listened to Kurenai's report on the injured ninja in the hospital. An Uzumaki injured by someone with abilities of immortality and have links to the group Akatsuki. The head doctor sent a report on the girl's injuries; a broken collar bone, cracked skull, punctured lung, chakra exhaustion and many gashes that was at least 2 inches to 5 inches deep.
He looked at the description of the kunoichi's appearance after the surgery was completed and the girl's life was out of death's door. Garnet red hair appeared to be at the lower back, purple eyes, fair skin with seals tattooed on her body, 154 cm tall and had traits of a summon that they couldn't figure out. Her blood type matched with Naruto so the doctors used his body for the blood transfusion that the young woman needed. Her name is Inori Uzumaki according to Kurenai Yūhi's report.
"Sir," his receptionist poked her head in. "The doctor for the girl is here to see you."
"Send him in," Hiruzen answered as a tall male with graying brown hair and warm hazel eyes wearing his hospital attire stepped through the doorway. "Ah Shigure-kun, take a seat. How's Inori-chan?"
Shigure took the seat in front of his old friend before answering, "Her chakra levels are finally stabilizing when Naruto-kun's blood enter her bloodstream. Her broken collarbone started to heal with some strange chakra surrounding the break but I suppose that has to do with something in her seals. Her punctured lung is almost healed but I still recommend that she is on rest duty or guarding duty if you plan to make her a Konoha shinobi. Her skull is healed but she'll have headaches from any bright lights and the gashes that weren't as deep as 5 inches are healed but they leave scars on her back, shoulders and stomach. The most life threatening one was on her side. The nerves surrounding the gash had been cut and will need time to heal fully but other than that she'll recover completely in a week or two weeks."
"I see," Hiruzen crossed his fingers in thought. "How old do you think Inori-chan is?"
"Late teens or early 20s."
"I think that Naruto would like to know about his cousin."
"Sir, are you sure? Uzumaki-san is a medically induced coma so she could heal without hindering the work we put in." Shirgure said worriedly.
"Yes, I'm quite sure. It's time for Naruto to learn about his clan and Inori-san is fit for the role."
"She would wake in a week's time, sir."
"Dismissed."
Shigure stood up and bowed before he exited out of the door instead of the window like most of his shinobi do.