this is my first naruto fanfic... please R&R...

CHAPTER 1: THE HOSPITAL

"What's going on? Where am I?"

"Don't try to move Naruto, you're in the hospital. They brought you in last night after the accident… don't you remember?" Sakura tried to comfort him as best she could.
"No, I don't remember anything." He muttered. "I remember you, Sai, Kakashi-sensei, and…"the last word came at a dull whisper "Sasuke"
"Naruto… umm… th-theres something you should know."

"I didn't hurt you did I? Are you alrigh-"
"I'm fine Naruto, but Sasuke… you umm…" just those words brought back the memories of the night before.
"I killed him, didn't I"
Sakura's eyes began to tear up. Naruto looked away; he couldn't stand seeing her upset.
"Listen, Sakura, if you hate me now… I'll understand… I mean you lov-"
"Naruto w-why would I hate you"
"I remember. I saw the look on your face. Sakura… you were crying… and"
"Shut up Naruto." She hugged him. "You're not well ok, you need to rest.."
"Why are you so worried about me! I killed him… I knew all along what I was doing and I killed him anyway! I would have killed you to if"
"Don't start talking like that!" the tears were streaming down her face now.
"Why shouldn't I! It's true I'm nothing but a Monst-"
"No you're not Naruto…. I told you not to talk like that"
He sat there staring at her, she was crying a lot now. Almost as much as when Sas-
He couldn't bring himself to say the name.
Not Now, at least.
Sakura was staring at him now, whether she was angry at him or upset by him, was an entirely different thing altogether. Her eyes had tears swelling up in them, Naruto swallowed hard. I can't let her stay near me. She'll cry even more, why did I even agree to go with them. If I didn't none of this would have happened.
"Why the hell am I so stupid…" he whispered to himself.
A knock on the door finally broke the eerie silence that had enveloped the room. A woman stepped in.
"Naruto-kun are you alright? You don't look well"
"Yes Shizune-sama, i'm fine"
"Ok I just wanted to tell you that Tsunade-sama will be here in a few minutes"
"Thank you." The words stuck in his throat.
"Oh yes Sakura-san. Tsunade-sama wants to talk with you"
"Ok. I was just about to go anyway." Sakura tried hard to put a smile on her face.

The room was soon empty. Naruto lay there, alone, on the bed staring at the ceiling.
"I am a monster" he muttered. "Even before I was born I was a monster. The fourth, everyone loved him, and I killed him. They SHOULD hate me. Sasuke. I know it's my fault for his death. If I wasn't a jinchuriki. If I wasn't born. If. "
"Naruto-kun?"