Chapter Four: Anko's Back

Hey guys! Chapter four is here! Yay!

I wake up to Kakashi intensely talking to someone outside. I slowly get up to investigate.

I quietly press my ear against the thick door that seperates my room to the living room.

All I can understand is "Anko," "Mission," "Hospital," and "critical." With that I run to my window and jump out without a second thought. I run as fast as I can to the hospital.

When I get there a few people glare at me. I run up to the woman at the front desk. "Where is Anko?" I scream, tears brimming at my eyes.

"Room 304 third floor." She tells me glaring.

I run to her room and burst through her door, ignoring the shouts from the doctors and nurses.

She's in the back of the room, of course. "She's not in a coma, she just fainted from all the pain of her wounds." Kakashi whispers as he walks up behind me.

I nod and blink back my tears.

"I'll be outside if you need me." He pats my shoulder and walks away.

Once the door closes the tears cascade. I hug her expecting to be hugged in return. I cry harder when she doesn't.

I allow myself to cry for a moment before I stop. I swallow back a sob and take a long actual look at Anko.

Her face had minor cuts but large bruises underneath them. Her arms where the same except the size of the cuts were increased by two times. Her gown was covered in dried up blood. And, her throat was a giant bruise minus a few points.

I can't stand looking at her while she looks like this. So, I promise to come back tomorrow and bring flowers. The thought of her response to flowers makes me smile slightly. She would most likely yell at me and hit me upside the head for wasting money. I kiss her forehead and slowly leave.

"Naruto, you're dismissed from training today. Why don't I take you home and make you breakfast?" Kakashi stands ready to leave the hospital with me.

"Thanks, but I'd like to be alone for a while." I tell him feeling numb inside.

He looks to be unsure of what to do. "Are you sure? I wouldn't mind cancelling training.

"Please?" I plead knowing he'd understand.

"Okay… But, if you need me, I'll be in the training grounds and you know where my apartment is in case you need to talk." He agrees before escorting me out of the hospital.

I walk home knowing exactly how I am going spend my free time.

I walk into the apartment and go to Kakashi's stash of alcohol that he brought for his stay here. I know that they aren't that strong and would never get Kakashi drunk. But, if someone drinks it that has a low tolerance for alcohol drinks it and they haven't eaten anything then it's allot more effective, like I am.

I grab a bottle and a kunai knife and walk into the bathroom. I sit on the counter facing the sink. I open the bottle and take a gulp, let the burning subside before I grab the kunai. I take my shirt off and unwrap my bandage.

Well that's the end of chapter four! Ya, I said it would be short… but the next one will defenitley be longer! Please review! See you!