"The Two Jinchuuriki" — By: Kiba Inubake
"Jinchuuriki" meaning "the power of human sacrifice", are those individuals possessing tailed demons within their bodies. The demons themselves are known by the number of tails their body possesses, and each has different characteristics. This is the story of how Gaara, who carried the Ichibi, met Naruto Uzumaki, who carries the Kyuubi.
Chapter 7: "Lashing Through Life"
Naruto wept for his unconscious friend. "Gaara… Gaara, I'm so sorry…!" Naruto sobbed. "It's going to be all right, though; we'll be at a hospital before you know it." That said, he slid his arms under his friend's bloody body, ignoring the warm blood dripping onto him, and picked him up. He leapt into the trees and headed toward the village medical center.
Naruto burst into the hospital with Gaara slumped in his arms, drawing in attention. "Gaara…he…he needs help…!" The blonde jinchuuriki struggled to say between gasps.
A brunette nurse ran toward him. "What happened to him?!" She cried, examining the cuts and the spiral wound on his abdomen.
"It was a training accident…" Naruto answered despondently. Receiving a nod from the nurse, he handed Gaara over to her after removing his gourd.
"He needs immediate attention," The nurse told him. She carried him down the hallway and into a room. Naruto took a seat in the lobby.
Naruto had been sitting in the hospital for hours. Most of his anxiety had vanished long ago from boredom. With a lazy look in his eyes, he stared at the ground. He was just about ready to barge into Gaara's room and see what was taking so long. Luckily for him, though, a certain red-haired sand ninja stepped into the lobby a moment before his patience had run out. Naruto looked up, and his eyes grew wide. "G-Gaara! You're okay!" A smile made its way onto both of their faces.
"I wouldn't say 'okay', but…" Gaara laughed for a moment, but then grew a serious face. "Naruto, I want to ask you something," Gaara requested suddenly. "That ball of chakra that you called the Rasengan…how did you…?"
Sensing what he was asking, Naruto answered Gaara without letting him finish. "I had heard stories about the Yondaime using it, and figuring that it was just a ball of chakra, I decided to try learning it." Talent runs through blood, evidently.
"…I see…" Gaara understood. "…Naruto, I'm much better now. Don't feel so bad about using it on me."
"I don't know if I can, though… I hurt you so badly, Gaara…" Naruto sulked. He looked down at the floor…and his stomach growled a moment later.
"…Would you like me to treat you to some ramen?" –End of Chapter
I had a bit of a hard time coming up with what to use for this chapter...
