AN: Why hello! My first fanfic so go easy on me will ya? Hope you like!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. Accept for the plot in this fanfiction.

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Chapter 1: Found

   "Sasuke! Sensei! I found her! I found her!"  Naruto yelled frantically. He looked down at the beaten pink haired girl and picked her up. "Hurry! She's unconscious!" Kakashi, Jiraya, and Sasuke came up behind him. Kakashi quickly went to her side, checking for any major injury. Finding none, he felt relief breeze through him.

     "Naruto carry Sakura back to the village and let Tsunade take a look at her just to be sure." Kakashi instructed, "Sasuke go with Naruto."

   "Sensei…" Naruto began.

  "Go Naruto, I need to see if that bastard is still around." Kakashi nodded toward Jiraya and immediately disappeared into the trees.

     "Be careful Naruto, Sasuke. We'll be back later." Jiraya said and jumped after Kakashi. Naruto nodded and picked up Sakura. He took three steps and his knees began to wobble.

     'When did Sakura get so heavy?' He grinned, "Nihehe, I get to carry Sakura-chan!" he said trying to get his mind off her weight. Sasuke stared at him. Naruto took another step before his legs gave out from under him. 'AK! Sakura!' He almost dropped the pink haired girl. Sasuke glared at him.

   "I'll carry her." He began taking Sakura out of Naruto's arms.

"Sasuke, you show off! I can carry her all the way back to the village… and then some! I'll take care of her." Naruto said proudly then took another step, and dropped her. Sasuke quickly slid and caught Sakura before she hit the ground.

     "Baka!" He picked her up and walked off without glancing back at Naruto. 'Damn it! I should be helping Kakashi with that jounin not stuck babysitting!'

  "Sasuke!" Naruto's voice pierced his ear, "The village is that way…" He pointed. Sasuke's fist clenched.

      "Naruto, the village is this way." He continued walking.

"You sure Sasuke…" He scratched his head, "I could've sworn we came from that way."

      "Baka…" Sasuke muttered. 'Wait…' He turned his head around, (insert sweatdrop here.) 'The village is that way.' He sighed and turned around, 'I'll never hear the end of it from Naruto now…'

  "Hahahaha!! Sasuke, I told you!" He jumped and grinned widely. "Come on Sasuke! Admit it! You were wrong! Gahahaha!!"

      "Shut up Naruto!" He glared at the fox boy. Naruto stuck his tongue out at Sasuke and walked toward Konoha village with his signature fox grin on whiskered face.

"Hey you old woman! Sakura-chan needs help!" Naruto sat on Tsunade's desk and poked at her sleeping head. She dazedly looked at him. Her head snapped up.

     "Naruto! What do you think you're doing?!" Tsunade brushed the drool off of her chin and grabbed his collar.

"Ehehehe, Oi! Old lady, Sakura-chan needs help!" Naruto waved his hands frantically.

     The fifth hokage blinked, "Eh? What happened Naruto?"

"We were training and some jounin from the water village attacked us… Anyway, I don't really know!" Naruto scratched the back of his head, "I got knocked out," His fist clenched, "I don't know all the details but from what I remember, the jounin took Sakura. I found her a little bit later and she was unconscious. Can you just look at her? Sensei already did, but he didn't find anything. We just want to be sure." Tsunade nodded and got up.

     "Naruto, Where are Jiraya and Kakashi?"

"They went after the jounin." He shrugged.

     "Aa… Why would they send a jounin out for Sakura?" Naruto shrugged again.

Meanwhile….

    Sasuke placed Sakura's unconscious body onto the hospital bed. His fist clenched. For the first time he noticed the bruises and scrapes on her body. He sighed and sat in a chair beside her bed. 'Sakura…' He placed a hand on her forehead. Stroking away the strands of pink hair obscuring it. 'She kept it short…' He then picked up a few strands. 'I couldn't protect her…' Sasuke's eyes narrowed.

    The door opened Sasuke's head immediately snapped up. Naruto and Tsunade stepped in. Tsunade quickly went to the Sakura's side and inspected her. Naruto and Sasuke waited in silence.

     "Hmm…" Tsunade checked her pulse, "Mmmhmm…"

"This is why I hate being inspected by a doctor…" Naruto muttered. Tsunade's glared at Naruto and threw and IV needle at him. Naruto's eyes widened. He ducked and the needle zoomed and hit the wall just above his head. "Gah! What the heck do you think you're doing you old woman! You could've killed me!" He glared at her.

     "Humph…" Tsunade went back to her work.

  "Baka…" Sasuke mumbled. Naruto gave a sideways glance at the black haired ANBU.

     After a few moments Tsunade finished her inspection, "Hmm… She should be fine. Although there are a lot of bruises and scrapes she should be ok. She needs to rest for a few days… and… hmm…"

  "What is it? What is it?!" Naruto asked anxiously, but Tsunade shook her head.

      "Just make sure she doesn't do anything too serious. Her injuries are minor, but her body has been worked to the limit." Sasuke and Naruto glanced at her quizzically.

  "But… old lady, we're with her everyday, how could she over work herself if we're always with her?" Naruto asked confusingly. He thought for a few moments before… "I got it! She's been overworked because Sasuke won't pay attention to her!"

     Tsunade scratched her head irritably, "Naruto! That doesn't make any sense." Sasuke's eye twitched. He glared at Naruto.

   "It's probably because you keep following her home at night, deme…" He grumbled.

Tsunade looked at the two boys.

   "Whatever the cause, she's been over working herself. She needs to rest. I want you two to watch her until I say she can train again. Got it? I cleaned her injuries and I'll talk to Jiraya and Kakashi as soon as they return. In the meantime I need one of you to stay here and watch over her. She's going to wake up soon." With that Tsunade left the room.

   Naruto glared at Sasuke, Sasuke glared back. Naruto pulled out his fist. Sasuke did the same. "Rock, paper, scissors!"