A/N: I have decided to make the story longer (more than two chapters) but I promise to update weekly. Believe it!

i was really hesitant in uploading this chapter, tell me if you understand anything. (i think this is the third time, am re-uploading it)

Disclaimer: Naruto is not mine, it belongs to Kishi.

Two weeks and a half have passed, and he haven't returned, which was fine because he was sending reports back to Konoha and not fine because she was missing him. And the more she misses him the more she was sure of her feelings for him.

in the last report, it as mentioned that Naruto and some of Suna's ninja's fought those bandits, and were able to locate their hideout, 'that is why he will be late they' they fought, Naruto and the Suna's shinobi, missing-nins, they put up a good fight but they were able to defeat them, the hideout contained stolen weapons, supplies, classified scrolls from several hidden villages. Suna's shinobi took it from there, and naruto's mission was complete and he was heading back to Konoha.

once the mission was successfully done, Naruto stayed at Suna for barely a day, slept off all the weariness from this mission and he bid farewell to the Kazekage, even though the red-headed insisted that Naruto should rest but the whiskered blonde needed to head back to the village, he missed Konoha, he felt as he left something important there, even though it was his idea to take his mind off things, yet he missed her. He needed to meet her. He made a mental note to write his report immediately and meet her.

Sakura estimated that Naruto would be back by tomorrow morning the latest if not tonight. She missed him and that was fact, but she was nervous that her heart started that drum beating whenever she thought about telling him her feelings. This time her reasoning will not be a lie.

She was going over the report he had sent for the 7th time; just to make sure she didn't miss anything.

She hoped she would see him this morning, or her worries will start building up.

She went to the hospital and started on checking patients, paper work etc. the usual routine, since most of the nurses were busy with the ER. One of the nurses barged in to her office, breathing heavily trying to catch her breath, her hands on her knees, "Sa-Sakura-san! Shizune-san wants ASAP!" Sakura's expression grew serious.

The medic charged off to the ER. She knew Shizune wouldn't ask her to the ER if it weren't a serious fatal case. But the nurse stopped her, telling her to go the section C.

'Section C?"

Before she could even step into the room, Sakura knew the required attire to access this section, an all full-body white suit and a cap that covered her head only showing her face. She knew that the room had a patient with a fast-spreading disease.

She stepped in to see Shizune was wearing the same thing as her. She took steps closer to the person who was lying in bed; he was surely not from Konoha.

"Sakura" Shizune called her, handing her the report for the patient. She instantly took at the file, as she read the symptoms she was wishing in the back of her mind that it wasn't what she thought, but it was.

Sakura took a look at the report and glanced back at Shizune "How many?"

"Two nurses and " her voice cracked.

"And?" looking at Shizune.

"Naruto"

in shock, she was, the name echoed in the back of her mind, checking if there was any Naruto she knows other than the Naruto she knows, and no, she only knows one Naruto and its him. Her body froze, processing what she has heard.

The silence covered the room, like the mist covering a battlefield.

"Ar-are you telling me that Naruto is in the confinement too?!" she tried her best not to shout. But she was.

"He was the one to find him, he came rushing into the ER, begging us to help him and we did, until we saw his symptoms, we had to take precautions" she explained.

"Sakura, he will be fine, his body didn't show anything" she added.

"And the two nurses?" she asked

"The same, but they should be isolated for a two weeks to make sure they don't carry the disease"

"I know," she muttered under her breath.

"But what about him?" she inquired.

"We sent a team to fetch the medicine from the Waterfall Village, they should be back in five days max" Shizune responded, yet she was worried, Sakura was strangely calm. She did notice her almost-breakdown tone when she knew about Naruto, however she instantly continue asking about the situation, hiding her worries, yet Shizune saw her worries, it was written in her face. 'such a strong girl, like her master'

The pink-haired medic looked at the patient, the symptoms matched, fatal injuries, high fever, and low heart rate. And soon it will get worse.

At the Hokage office, Tsunade was tapping her fingers at the scroll while her eyes focused on the scribbles that were inked on the paper in front of her.

"Call Kakashi, Sakura, Sai and Sasuke to come here immediately" the female blonde commanded, not looking at her assistant,

"Hai!" the raven-haired assistant responded.

When all of team seven (excluding the whiskered blonde) were at the fifth's office, Tsunade took a deep breath

"We sent a medical ninja team to bring the medicine for the Chakra disease four days ago and no response came from them" the slug princess stated,

"Your mission is to know what have happened to the team we sent and deliver the medicine immediately to Konoha" she added

"You have two hours to get ready for your departure"

She handed the scroll to silver-haired jounin.

"You may leave" she ordered.

They all responded with "Hai"

Sakura knew, she was medic; this was the worst disease that a ninja can get. It ends a shinobi's life. If a shinobi were to not have a fully control of their chakra system or chakra control and used high seals persistently, the chances of them getting the disease is 45% yet most patients get infected by it from other diseased shinobi

First the patient will have a slight fever followed by a high one that leads to little unnoticeable burns in various which is the end of the early stages. Then their chakra system will be infected, as in starts to exert chakra through body heat, at this point, the patient can no longer move, with every slight move the amount of pain is unbearable. And the chakra that is being exerted can give away this disease to any person that is net to it, depending on that person's chakra mode.

Sakura's steps were moving faster, her fists are tightened, she had to check on him, but they wont let her, but she is breaking in anyway.

At first she was going inside the room to see him, but she decide to look at him through the glass, and there he was, laying in bed, she could see his lips were moving, as if was mumbling or talking to himself, she smiled softly at this image, she wanted to go inside and hug and tell him that everything will be alright, like he always told her, but she couldn't, not with the medicine not in her hands, not when this gruesome disease is haunting Konoha. He wouldn't forgive her if something were to happen for the village, heck she would forgive herself!

She turned to the opposite direction and left the hospital, and straight to her apartment, getting ready for the mission.