Chapter 3

"What about this for the bathroom?" a white-haired man said, holding up a mirror.

"Hm… I don't think it will go well with everything else." Responded a brown-haired man.

"Iruka, we have to pick out something, this is driving me crazy! I need a decent-sized mirror so I can get ready in the morning." The white-haired man protested.

"Kakashi, we can't just randomly pick out a mirror, it has to look right…" sighed Iruka.

"Well, pick out something! I have to keep coming up with lame excuses as to why I'm always late t my classes I teach. I think my students catching on." Kakashi stated.

"How about you spend less time worrying about your looks and that book you're always reading, and focus on more important things, like your job?" Iruka responded with a sarcastic tone.

"Well, if I stopped worrying about my looks, you're going to regret that. And this book here, it helps make this relationship more interesting." Kakashi responded, holding up his favorite book, Icha Icha Paradise, waving it in Iruka's face. Iruka knew that underneath the black mask, Kakashi was smugly smiling at him, knowing he was somewhat right.

"Fine, I'll pick one out." Iruka finally agreed.

Just as Iruka was about to pick out a mirror, Naruto came running towards him, urgency written all over his face and in his eyes.

"Iruka-sensei! I need your help!" Naruto shouted while running, not caring who heard him and ignoring all the stares of confusion and annoyance. Naruto finally caught up to Iruka, placed his hands on his knees as he was slouched over, panting.

"Naruto? What's wrong?" Iruka asked, a tone of worry engulfed his voice.

"Sasuke and I, pant, we found this, pant, this girl in the forest." Naruto managed to say.

"A girl? In the forest? Is she okay?" Iruka asked.

"I don't know. That's why we need you." Naruto finally catching his breath.

Iruka stood there for a moment, and then said, "Sorry Kakashi, the mirror is going to have to wait."

Kakashi raised his head from his book, completely oblivious to what just happened. "Hey Naruto." He said.

" Sigh, Kakashi, the mirror is going to have to wait." Iruka stated, and then turned to follow Naruto who was already ahead of him, running.

"Oh Come ON!" Kakashi shouted, exasperated, then turned back to his book.

"Did you check to see if she was at least alive?" Iruka asked as him and Naruto were running to the location.

"Yeah, we saw that she was breathing, but she looked really pale and exhausted. Plus…" Naruto paused.

"Plus what?" Iruka continued.

"I think she's pregnant." Naruto said with worry.

"How old is this girl?" Iruka asked after a minute of silence.

"She looks about… my age, I guess." Naruto answered.

Iruka started to analyze everything in his head, "A pregnant 13 year old? Plus, she is probably unconscious from exhaustion. And she's pale, which must mean she is sick. This can't be good."

Naruto and Iruka started to approach the location, where they saw Sasuke sitting down next to a motionless, almost ghostly-looking body.

They finally approached Sasuke and the girl, when Naruto noticed Sasuke holding the girl's wrist.

"What is he doing?" Naruto questioned in his mind.

"I'm checking her pulse, dobe." Sasuke stated after seeing the look of confusion on Naruto's face.

"We better take her to the hospital, her wounds need to be treated. She can't afford to lose her life." Iruka announced after observing her for a moment. He began to pick her up, and as he was carrying her, noticed that she opened her eyes slightly. He smiled, and then thought, "Thank God." He also noticed that she was trying to say something, but was having trouble. "She must have really exhausted herself." "She's all right, you two, she's just unconscious" Iruka said.

"Oh, thank god!" Naruto responded. Iruka looked down and noticed that she had slipped back into unconsciousness.

We're almost there. I want you both to go ahead and have them prep a room for her." Iruka ordered

"Hai" Naruto and Sasuke responded in unison and rushed further ahead.

"I hope that we make it in time." Iruka began to worry in his mind, the continued, "She seems a little light for someone who is pregnant, that seems a bit unusual." He brought his thoughts to a halt when he saw that hospital appearing in the distance. He rushed in and saw that the nurses were rushing around, and then shortly after, placed the girl gently onto the stretcher one of the nurses wheeled towards him. Then, in an instant, the girl was being wheeled towards the emergency unit.

Iruka, Naruto, and Sasuke stood in the waiting room, watching as the girl disappeared into the distance surrounded by people talking and debating as to what to do next.

"Do you think that they'll make it?" Naruto asked, finally breaking the silence.

"I think so. Her injuries may be bad, but I think that they will make it out just fine." Iruka responded.

"I pray to God that they make it. No one deserves to lose a child like that." They all thought…