Ahaha... I've had a whole.. Nine hits on this so far. And look, i'm updating anyway. Yea, I'm really excited for this story to be honest, (despite the complete lack of popularity [even though, to be honest, I don't mind]), but anyway, I wrote this in school today, so I figured might as well.

Review, please. Seriously.


The brightness of the numbers on the digital clock shone illegibly. Naruto groggily stared at it blankly, forcing his hand to make it's way to the snooze button. The alarm continously beeped, and after quite a while passed trying to find it, he finally decided to pull the plug. He plopped back onto his bed, until the sound of his house phone greeted him.

"Agh... Who's calling me now?"

Naruto sluggishly worked his way over to his phone, slapping his hand a few times against the wall until he finally managed to grasp it.

"Huh, what is it?"

His expression suddenly became serious as a frantic voice stumbled on the other line.

"Alright, I'll be right there."


Naruto entered Konoha hospital, hurridly walking through the pale hallways. He approached a waiting area, where he found Hinata trembling immensily and uncontrollably crying. He could hear her sharply taking small intakes of air, and whimpering every now and then. Meanwhile, Sakura had her arm around her shoulder in an attempt to calm her down.

"Sakura-chan.."

Sakura placed her finger over her lips, as to notion him to stay quiet. She rubbed Hinata's arm, whispering that she'd be right back. Then, she walked into the next room, with Naruto following her.

"What happened to her?" Naruto asked, worried, but in a hushed tone.
"She came across a murder scene in the forest... Apparently, the body was in pieces and almost completely disfigured. Hinata went into a trauma state after."
"Why hasn't she been admitted yet?"
"We didn't think it'd be this bad, but obviously, we were wrong. That means I'm going to have to admit her now. Naruto, that also means you have to stay with her as long as possible. She needs someone there at all times to comfort her."
"Yea, I will."

They went back into the waiting room, being careful on how they approached Hinata. Naruto placed his hand on hers. She looked up at him, with an expression he had never seen on her features. Fear and shock were both written all over, and engraved in her eyes. He nudged her to stand up, which she did, despite the fact that she stumbled and almost fell. Sakura held her other hand, and together they helped support her into an empty room. Naurto placed her softly on the bed; Sakura went to file her admittance papers. As she scribbled Hinata's information onto the sheet, Ino walked by.

"Hey, forehead, how is she?"
"Not good, I ended up having to admit her in."
"Poor girl. She's not alone right now is she?"
"No, she's with Naruto right now. I'm gonna just finish this up then do a brain scan on her; see how bad the trauma is."
"Alright, good. Hey, I'm gonna take my break now. I'm gonna go to the shop to get her some flowers."

Sakura continued to fill out the papers as Ino left.


The next morning, Neji awoke to a knock at his door.

"It's open."

Tenten slowly peaked inside. Neji turned his head to the sde, just enough so he could fully view the brunette standing by his door.

"Oh, were you still sleeping?" Tenten asked, with an underlying tone of guilt.
"No, you're fine. What's wrong?"
"Well, um, have you heard about Hinata?"
"What about her?"

Tenten then explained how Hinata was in the hospital. Naturally, Neji hadn't heard about it because he was sent on an all-day mission that same day. He sat on up his bed, with his elbow resting on his leg and his head held in his hand. He sighed.

"How bad is she?"
"She wasn't doing well yesterday, but I haven't gone today."
"Alright, let me go get dressed and we'll go."

He walked out of the room, and brushed his hand through his hair. He approached the porch, grabbing the newspaper that was against the stairs. He unsheathed it from its plastic cover, and unfolded it to see the front page. His eyes narrowed at the sight.