A/N: And here we go into untraveled territory. Okay, been working this out in my head for the past few months and I think I'm ready to start putting this to paper. Please have a little patients with me since this is my first Naruto fic. That being said, this is a Naruto/Sakura fic. If you hate the pairing or all you're going to do is bitch and moan and complain, then just don't read and save us both the time.
Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto or any of it's characters.
She ran as fast as she could across from the village. That lunk-head. How dare he keep me waiting. He told me three years. And now he has the balls to show up 6 months late. She had been teased by her friends that she was like a young woman waiting for the return of her fiancé from war. She had just laughed it off. She told them that the only reason that she couldn't wait for him to return was so the two of them could go out and find Sasuke.
Then the reality started to sink in. When they had last heard, Orochimaru had been forced to pick another vessel because Sasuke did not arrive in time. He would have to wait a full 3 years until he could perform his forbidden jutsu again. That was almost 4 years ago. Unless Orochimaru had become careless he would have long ago taken over the young Uchiha's body. Orochimaru had the Sharingan. That had worried all the village, but one thing worried a more select group. Naruto was a ninja that never went back on his promises. Why did he start now.
Then Sakura had gotten word that the blond loud-mouthed ninja had come back to the village. Sakura finally arrived at the hospital. This is where Tsunade had said to look for Naruto. The little punk probably skinned his knee and the Tsunade-sensei got over protective and had him go check it out. She walked into the building and smiled at the receptionist.
"Haruno-sempai what are you doing here?"
Sakura leaned against the counter, "Could you tell me what room Uzumaki Naruto is in?"
The receptionist paled, "Umm….Hokage-sama requested that no one see him until she arrived."
A voice echoed the room behind them, "I'm here though, so let the girl see him."
The receptionist quickly stood and bowed, "Hokage-sama!" Tsunade looked at Sakura and snuck her a smile. They both knew Tsunade hated all this 'Hokage' stuff. She cleared her voice. The receptionist quickly went to action gathering the information. She flipped through the books. And found where the young shinobi was.
"Umm, he's in Room 453 on level C."
Sakura was now worried, "Level C? But that's were we keep the shinobi who are not only in serious condition but under guard as well."
Tsunade clenched her fist, "Jiraiya, you old pervert. You failed to mention that fact didn't you?"
The receptionist, "Umm, Jiraiya-sannin said that he didn't feel the need to worry you. He also said he would keep watch over Uzumaki's room himself."
Tsunade took Sakura's arm and started to drag her through the building the entire time mumbling curses about her former teammate. When they finally came into site what they saw pissed them off even more. There stood a drunken Jiraiya flirting with a nurse at least half his age.
He smiled when the nurse asked who he was, "Who am I you ask?" He was about to start his patented introduction when a fist collided with the top of his skull. His eyes rolled back and he collapsed to the ground out cold. The nurse knew better than to be around Tsunade when she was upset and went back to work.
Tsunade picked up Jiraiya up by his collar and started to shake him, "Wake up you idiot. One punch is not enough to knock you out."
"Um Hokage-sensei?"
Tsunade dropped the still limp Jiraiya and looked over her shoulder to Sakura. She saw Sakura hesitating to enter Naruto's room. She smirked, "What are you waiting for? Go ahead in there and check on your teammate. I'll be done here in a second."
Sakura slowly turned the knob and walked in. She gasped at what she saw. There was one of the stronger shinobi she ever meet on the bed motionless. He had charka burns covering his chest. An IV was running into his arm giving him the necessities. His right arm was in a cast while his left leg was elevated with a sling. He was also hooked up to a breathing machine. It slowly rose and fell slowly with each breathe. She spotted his health chart at the end of his bed. She picked it up with a shaky hand and looked over the information
Name: Uzumaki Naruto
Parents: Deceased.
Family: None
In case of Emergency contact:
Symptoms:
Severe Chakra drain
Right arm: fracture
Left Leg: Dislocation
Sakura let out a sigh of relief. Sure he was in bad shape right now, but with a little rest he would be fine. As soon as his charka levels returned to normal he would probably be allowed to go home.
---Outside---
Jiraiya slowly opened his eyes and was scared by the site he saw. Tsunade was now occupying the chair he previously had. She had a very intense stare on him.
"Jiraiya. I believe I recalled informing you that this little training session of yours was suppose to last three years at the most. Now, would you mind telling why you're six months late? Or why one of my gennin is in the hospital? Or WHY YOU FAILLED TO INFORM ME OF ANY OF THIS!" She was now merely inches from his face.
Jiraiya waved his hand in front of his face and laughed, "Sure thing Tsunade."
---Inside the room---
Sakura looked over the chart and saw that the nurses had been slacking off on their duty. No one had check up on him since he had first arrived. She sighed, Stupid help. I'll have to report them to Hokage-sensei. She slowly started to look over the machine making sure they were running right. She then took Naruto's pulse and temperature. She stepped back and looked at them, "You idiot. What did you do to get beat up like this." She turned to walk off.
"Sa-sa-sakura…-chan."
Sakura spun around looking at the bed's occupant. His eyes slowly slitted open. He slowly turned his head towards her. He slowly struggled to speak, "Sakura-chan? For-forgive….me."
Sakura slowly approached the bed, "For what? Being late? It's okay. I'm sure you had a good reason."
"No…I-I-I-I couldn't save him."