The black-haired boy half crawled, half limped through the gates of Konoha. He was covered in cuts and bruises. There was a trail of blood behind him that stained the dirt road dark. His breathing was heavy as he pulled himself further in.
The guards had been talking to each other and had not seen him yet. The noise from the city was drowning out his breathing. He reached forward once more, and started coughing up blood. His vision started to blur. He shook as he coughed, hunched over now. He heard someone shout. He felt a tear run down his face, the first one he had shed in so many years. He passed out.
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Izumo Kamizuki was watching the gates. Well, he was supposed to be watching the gates. Actually, he was talking to Kotetsu Hagane, his comrade and friend. They had known each other sense the Ninja Academy.
Everyone knew that watching the gate was boring. That was why he was grateful for Hagane-san. That way, he would have someone to talk to. However, right now he wished that he were alone. Hagane-san had a brand new sand girlfriend, and that was all he would talk about. Kamizuki, on the other hand, did not have a girlfriend and was feeling more then slightly annoyed at that fact. And at Hagane-san.
Hagane was sitting on the edge of the counter thing at the back with his eyes closed. Kamizuki was sitting at the front counter, glaring at his friend without mercy. Hagane was telling the story about the first time he ever saw her… for the fifth time… that morning.
"… So then Tsunade-sama told me to go to the gate, and of course I was pissed, because no one else would be there because they were all busy, but then, oh then, then that group of sand nin came through the gate. And that was when I saw her…"
Hagane opened his eyes at this and looked pass Kamizuki. He was staring over across the road when he got a strange look in his eye. Kamizuki thought he might have had some sort of revelation that he would talk about for another six hours. But then…
"What's that?" Hagane asked curiously.
"What's what?" Asked Kamizuki as he turned to look over his shoulder. He heard horrible coughing and splattering sounds.
"Shit," Hagane said quietly as he ran around the counter. "Shit," louder this time as he stopped suddenly in the middle of the road.
Kamizuki turned and ran out too. When he got to where he could see, he saw why his friend was so freaked out.
He ran over and kneeled down next to the bleeding boy. He felt for a pulse first. It was there, but very faint. He could tell that he was passed out. He slipped his hand down to the kids chest to turn him over.
"Fuck!" he said as he felt the cut in his chest. It was less of a cut then a hole. It was amazing that he was still alive.
He started to push him over. He put one of his hands on his side and the other on his head. He stopped. That face….
"Hagane, go for medical help and get the hokage down here."
"What is it?" He could hear the panic and, was it, fear? in his friend voice.
"Go get her now"
"But…"
"NOW!" He yelled this and Hagane was sure of it now. He wondered what could make his friend so afraid as he jumped from building to building to the hokages tower.
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