I was walking the long corridor to Tsunade's office. At her door, I heard a couple of voices inside, and knocked. Hushed whispers continued after a second and Tsunade called me in.

...

Sakura opened the door to step in the large office. She saw that Naruto, Ino, Hinata, Kakashi, and Shizune were also in there. Closing the door behind her, softly, she watched Tsunade's face. She looked worried.

"What is it?" Sakura asked, now looking at the others. Naruto couldn't stare at her, or anyone else it seemed, so he was staring at the floor. Ino and Hinata stared at Naruto. Ino turned to Sakura after a minute, but Hinata's eyes stayed. Kakashi was also staring at Naruto and in the end, he turned to Tsunade.

"Naruto's seal is breaking." Everyone winced at those words. Sakura stood there totally fine for a moment until her mind comprehended Tsunade's words. She froze.

"Wa...Wait, what?" Sakura's voice wavered. Her expression was shocked and then she blinked. "What!?"

The others in the room looked away as Tsunade continued. Naruto felt like disappearing. "Naruto needs to be resealed. Soon. We start in an hour. Ino, Hinata, Shizune, Sakura, and I will be sealing. Kakashi, you and Yamato," She motioned to a hidden anbu that was leaning on the wall next to Naruto. "Need to be there in case he needs to be restrained."

"Alright!" Everyone except Sakura and Naruto responded. The two stayed with Tsunade when the others left. Tsunade looked down to papers on her desk.

"Why?" Sakura asked in an inaudible voice. This was the first time Naruto looked up.

"Huh?" He asked in a gloomy voice.

"Why do you always have to use that stupid demon?! Why'd Jiraya have to weaken the seal? Why'd he have to seal the frick'en key next to it?" Her voice grew quieter as she spoke.

Naruto looked back towards the ground, walking to the door. "How am I supposed to know?" He left.

Tsunade looked up to Sakura, sadly. "He didn't... couldn't have known." She then sighed. "Don't blame him."

"I know. It's just... If he never used-." Sakura started slowly and was interrupted.

"He didn't know."

0.0.0

The sealing was long and hard. It's right now... three hours in. I am tired, as are the others. Kakashi and Yamato are in the corner, still tired from restraining Naruto five minutes ago. Hinata and Ino are rotating, Hinata sitting out at the moment. They asked me, too, if I would rotate with them, but I declined. I was going to help with my best. Shizune was getting some soldier pills at the moment. Suddenly, the dull seal on Naruto's stomach, where Tsunade's hands were, cracked on the top.

...

"Is that supposed to happen?" Sakura asked in an angry voice. She was angry at Tsunade and Tsunade knew that. When Tsunade didn't answer, Sakura concentrated back at Naruto. Sakura was positioned at Naruto's chest. She supplied chakra to Tsunade at a constant pace. Ino stood at the end of the bed, her hands on Naruto's forehead. She was trying her best at going inside to help Tsunade.

"Eh!" Ino squeaked and leaped backwards. Her back hit the wall and Ino clutched her hands in pain. Hinata was the first to reach her.

"Are you alright?" She asked in her timid voice. Ino was healing her hands and Hinata helped to make it faster.

"My hands were burned!" Ino said loudly, staring at Naruto. Sakura turned to her, stopping her chakra flow to Tsunade.

"Kyuubi." Was all she said and turned back to Naruto's body. Hinata nodded and switched shifts. Since she could help on the inside, she helped by coping what Sakura was doing. Supplying chakra.

0.0.0

It was two more hours before anything else important happened. Hinata and I were still supplying chakra when The seal cracked three more times. It scared me. What was happening? Was this supposed to happen? But, Tsunade still didn't talk. The look on her face was pure concentration and sweat was building. Shizune, who was back for a while, wiped it away and gave the three of us a soldier pill. She didn't want one of us dying. Only two more circles of the swirl.

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"Tsunade, are you okay?" Shizune asked. It took a few minutes of silence, but she finally got an answer.

"Yes." Tsunade frowned as she said this. Sakura and Hinata turned to Ino who came up and went back to Naruto's head. Another crack.

"Tsunade!" Sakura yelled. "Are we helping or not?!" At first, Tsunade said nothing, still sealing. Then, she stopped.

"I... I don't know. If the seal cracks again, I really don't know what will happen." Tsunade now continued.

"But! But, we.. This has to work... Naruto could-!" Sakura stared at Tsunade, confused and scared.

"NO!" Hinata yelled, startling everyone.

CRACK