"Oh my…"

The door crashed open as a small woman ran through, with a look of confusion, worry… and fear, pasted on her faded face.

Behind her, through the sliding door lay an unconscious woman, seemingly deep in sleep with her arms and feet bound by a strange material that would leave even the most experienced eyes wide with awe.

--

"Lady Hokage! Lady Hokage!"

A look of irritation arose on the Sannin's face. Today her name was proving to be a bain on her already foul mood, and this incessant screaming was only adding to her growing rage.

Turning to the old nurse, mustering all the control she could manage to hold the murderous intent out of her glare, she ground out

"What IS it Kiyoko?!"

"Mi…Mi…Milady! The woman! Sh…she's moving, I think she's coming to! And…and the shackles! They're…I'm not sure…it's like symbols! Glowing symbols… moving on the surface!"

Tsunade's expression instantly dropped to that of panic, which only led the already frightened nurse to hyperventilate with anticipation.

Regaining her composure, the medic-nin began a quick pace towards the far hospital rooms, isolated from other slumbering patients.

"Kiyoko!"

Startled out of her breathless quivering she straightened and turned towards Tsunade, squeaking out

"Yes Milady?"

"Find Sakura then take a break! Shizune, come with me"

After attempting to calm the poor nurse down, she set off to follow the rather shaken Hokage.

"Shizune?"

Following quietly behind the Hokage, she looked up hesitantly

"Yes Lady Tsunade?"

"…Are the ANBU Black Ops in position?"

"Yes Milady"

"…Good"

Looking at the Hokage, Shizune could clearly see the tension and anguish as she hastily walked along, which only seemed to intensify as their destination came into view. Pausing outside the closed door Tsunade spoke quietly

"If anything should happen…you know what to do. Understood?"

A low masculine voice answered from the darkness

"Understood"

With that both medic-nin disappeared through the door, closing it with a soft 'thud'.

-- Elsewhere --

"But Sakuraaa!"

The young blonde whined loudly

"I said NO Naruto! You're not supposed to eat for at least 2 hours! Stop being such a pain!"

The young pink haired kunoichi was feeling the strain of her friend's recently healed training injuries even more than he was. He could be a real pain when it came to recovery rules, especially when it interfered with his appalling diet of ramen, ramen, ramen.

"Just one bowl that's all I ask!"

Sakura made the dreaded mistake of trying to glare her friend into submission, and was met with a pair of huge, blue, watering eyes paired with a pout that could crumble Hokage Mountain itself.

'Damit! That twerp is using MY pouty face against me! And it's WORKING!'

"FINE! One bowl! But if you sneak more than that I will personally see to it you don't eat for an entire MONTH! Got it!?"

With the sweet promise of ramen the threat was simply brushed off by the young ninja followed by a crushing hug for the girl

"Thanks Sakura you're the best! BELIEVE IT!"

Grumbling loudly to herself Sakura followed the now skipping blonde into the Ichiraku Ramen Bar, preparing to witness the unpleasant show of a ramen deprived Naruto pounce on a large bowl of his favourite food.

--

After guzzling down his first bowl of ramen, defeating Sakura a further 4 times into allowing him more, Naruto was tucking into his 5th bowl when the two 15 year olds heard distressed yelling

"Sakuraaa…Miss Sakura…Ah Miss Sakura I found you!"

Gasping and panting Nurse Kiyoko took a moment to catch her breath before letting the words tumble clumsily out of her mouth

"Sakura…Lady Hokage…Chakra Room…needs you…waking up…"

Still breathless from her desperate search for the young medic the woman still couldn't manage to speak coherently, but this didn't matter as Sakura was on her feet in an instant.

"Naruto look after Miss Kiyoko! And don't go overboard you hear me!"

With that Sakura left the wheezing woman with a rather distracted Naruto and took to the rooftops heading straight for the hospital.

'For Kiyoko to be in that state, this must be serious!'

(In the distance) "…Erm Naruto? Should you be eating that...?"