Hi! Yea, I know. I made a vow 'I will not neglect this story!' and i broke it. Man, and it's only the second chapter too. Welp, I'm definatly going to finnish this story, it just might take a while. Enjoy this short chapter and don't kill me! (I don't even know if people READ this thing. Lets hope so, yea?)
Disclaimer: Don't own it, zip, nada. *sigh*
"What's wrong with him?" Asked a frantic Sakura, peering at Naruto's face when Kakashi entered the hospital, the blond in his arms. Other medic-nin rushed to the unconscious shinobi, and Sakura began checking Naruto's body for fractures.
"He showed up at the gates about a minute ago, and collapsed. Gamatatsu said something about losing his sight. Could you try and revive it?" Filled in the Hatake.
"His sight? What happened Sensei?" She asked tearfully, a glowing hand passing over Naruto's mutilated eyes.
"I'm sorry Sakura, I think only Naruto knows the full story." He said sorrowfully. She nodded, and with the help of other medics brought the sage to a hospital room.
A few hours later, one would find Kakashi and his student Sakura sitting by Naruto's bedside. Neither spoke. It wasn't unusual for a shinobi to come home from a mission severely injured. Well, not unusual for most shinobi. The young Uzumaki hadn't been this severely hurt since he invented rasen-shuriken.
The kunoichi looked up when she heard someone enter the room.
"Sasuke." She greeted pleasantly, before resuming her silent vigil at the side of Naruto's bed. Their sensei just nodded his head in acknowledgment.
"Is he going to be okay?" The Uchiha asked, his voice soft, yet enough noise to fill the room.
"Define okay. He's definitely going to live…" Sakura trailed off, with a somber expression.
"And?" Sasuke asked, knowing there was more than his teammate was telling him.
"And, I don't think he will ever regain his eyesight." She said, her voice cracking. The dark haired teenager's eyebrows shot up.
"Eyesight? You mean…" Sasuke approached the bed, studying the bandages wrapped around the blonds face. Closing his eyes, the Uchiha opened them to reveal his prized weapon; the sharingan.
"The nerves- they're severed." He said after a quick look over of his friends eyes.
Sakura nodded tearfully.
"I- I tried to save them. I can't do anything for him! You have to believe me, I tried so hard!" She sobbed. There was a movement, and the three trained shinobi jerked their heads in that direction. Naruto was awake.
"S-Sakura, s'that you?" He mumbled. Sasuke and Kakashi smiled grimly.
"Yes it's me, I'm so sorry Naruto." She whispered, holding his hand. The blond smiled.
"Why are you crying?" He asked. Sakura sniffled and tried in vain to brush away her tears.
"I- I couldn't do it. You lost your eyesight." She said with a shaky breath. Much to their surprise, Naruto nodded.
"Don't worry, it's not your fault. I knew I had lost my eyes the moment they were slashed. There's nothing anyone could have done." He said. Kakashi was once again surprised by the kid. Nothing seemed to get his student down, not even the loss of his sight.
"Dobe. Don't you realize that you can't be a shinobi if you can't even see who you're fighting?" Sasuke spoke up. Naruto only grinned wider.
"Oh shut up teme, I've proved people wrong before, I can do it again! I'll find a solution." He said thoughtfully.
"I'm sure you will Naruto." Whispered Sakura.
It was later that night that Naruto fell asleep again. He had many visitors, including most of former rookie-nine. Even Gaara; the Kazekage, stopped by on his way home from an important meeting with the Hokage.
Only once everyone had gone did Sasuke return. It was a good deal past midnight, and Naruto had drifted into an uneasy sleep. He awoke when he heard the window open.
Cocking his head to the side, he asked in a quiet voice; "Who's there?"
Sasuke smiled, slipping into the room.
"How are you feeling dobe?" He asked with a smirk.
"Oh hi Sasuke, what brings you here this time of night- er- day. What time of day is it?" Asked Naruto.
"About four in the morning." Muttered the Uchiha. Naruto let out an exasperated sigh. "Can't you ever do things like a normal person teme?"
"Of course not." He smirked.
"So, not to be rude but- why are you disrupting my beauty sleep this early in the morning?" Asked the blond. Sasuke was silent for a moment.
"I'm going to give you one of my eyes." He said simply.
"What?" Said Naruto sharply.
"Quiet. Are you trying to wake up the entire hospital?" Sasuke hissed. As if on cue, they heard footsteps in the hallway, approaching the room.
"What's going on in here?" Asked a nurse, popping her head into the room. It was Sakura.
"Sakura. Perfect." Said Sasuke, sitting down on the edge of the blonds bed. Naruto sputtered.
"What do you mean, 'give you one of my eyes?" He cried, disregarding what Sasuke said.
"What's so hard to understand? Gee, try to do something nice…" The Uchiha trailed off.
"B-but those are your eyes. They have the sharingan! That's like your favorite weapon!" He cried.
Sasuke smiled sadly.
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