I don't think I'm getting enough reviews… and I'm REALLY disappointed with the amount I got for the previous chapter.

Maybe I should put a limit for how many reviews I need to get on each chapter before I put up the next one.

Heh.


I might just do that.

But for now, Here is the next chapter.

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Chapter 9 – Finding you

Naruto felt it.

Even Kakashi who had returned to the room had seemed to notice it too.

The bad feeling drifting through the air, though Anko and Tsunade didn't seem to notice.

For a few seconds they were silent, waiting for something to go wrong.

Kakashi quietly began to start counting down.

Five

Tsunade raised an eyebrow.

What is he doing? Tsunade thought.

Four

Naruto realized what was happening.

Three

Anko turned to look at the masked ninja.

Two

Tsunade stood up at her desk.

"Kakashi Ha-"

"One,"Kakashi interrupted her just before the door slammed open. Shizune's body screamed in panic.

"Tsunade-sama!" She said, panting. Who put the hospital on the other side of Konoha?

Tsunade felt her heart skip a beat.

"What happened?" Naruto asked.

"Sa-Sakura-san!" Shizune said as she gathered her breath, "She disappeared from her room!"

Tsunade collapsed back in her seat.

"She what?" Naruto cried.

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Sakura felt like she was about to collapse.

Maybe I shouldn't have left, She thought, but it was too late now.

At least she had stumbled into her apartment, or so she thought.

Living a few doors from Naruto had its benefits, and disadvantages.

It didn't click to her misty mind that the apartment was the messier counterpart instead of her clean and neat one. Ramen cups everywhere, his pet plant dead in the corner. At least when Sakura was having a messy day, at least she'd put her dirty dishes and rubbish near the kitchen sink, instead of the bathroomsink.

Where are you, Sakura? Kakashi's thought came through to Sakura.

Sakura blinked trying to focus her vision as she turned to try and see if Kakashi was near her.

She heard knocking at another persons' apartment, actually her own real apartment.

"Sakura-chan!" Naruto shouted, "Sakura-chaaan!"

"Na-Naruto," Sakura said dizzily, her voice only loud enough Naruto would barely hear it. After a few moments, it went quiet. It seemed that Naruto had left, thinking that she wasn't here.

Sakura?Kakashi's thought rang through her mind, where are you?

I'm… I'm at home, Sakura thought, leaning on a wooden table.

A few minutes later, Kakashi was there, checking in her real apartment before knocking on Naruto's.

By this stage, Sakura was on the floor, collapsed as she tried to continue breathing.

It was only then she came to the conclusion it wasn't a good idea to leave a hospital while she was being pumped with medication for two reasons, one: to remove the alcohol and it's symptoms from her systems and two: so she wouldn't pass out and struggle to breathe like she was know.

Note to self, just stay in the hospital, Sakura thought as she felt gloved hands gently wrap around her. She felt her body being gently lifted as she met a familiar face.

"Sakura, next time you run from the hospital, make it to your apartment, not Naruto's," Kakashi smiled as he brushed the hair from Sakura's face and Sakura smirked.

"Sorry sensei," She coughed out.

"Just hang on while I get you back to Tsunade," Kakashi said as he tried to not hurt Sakura anymore because any loss of breath could be deadly for the pink haired kunoichi.

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Hmm… definitely not enough reviews. –sigh-

Ok, here's the deal.

You give me 10 or more reviews (I've had 8 before so it shouldn't be hard with 12 alerts and everyone else who reads the story!)

And in exchange, I'll make the next chapter longer. Deal?

Thought so.

Asami