Ok so chapter 9 is up which should mark the end of part one of the story. This chapter is sort of the borderline between the two. In part two some more action occurs. Don't want to give away too much of the story. Well anyways thanks and I hope you enjoy the read!
Chapter 9
Sakura woke up about two hours later. She looked around her hospital room noticing the IV in her arm. She looked out the window and noticed how dark it was. It must have been a long battle that they fought. She turned and noticed Tsunade was sitting on a chair with an odd look on her face. Tsunade slowly turned and saw Sakura was awake.
"Sakura", Tsunade said smiling slightly, "you had me very worried."
"I'm fine Tsunade-sama." she mumbled sounding very tired, "How is Naruto? Is he ok?"
Tsunade didn't say anything. She seemed to look down at the ground. Sakura noticed instantly and felt like something was off.
"Tsunade-sama what happened?" she asked a bit louder
"He's in critical condition. He has been vomiting a lot. We have IVs in him trying to keep him hydrated. His condition went downhill an hour ago." Tsunade mumbled sadly, "I came here to take a break from trying to help him. There seems to be a poison inside him I haven't even come across."
"What?" Sakura asked in disbelief
"He's been bleeding from his nose almost like a hemorrhage. We've got a sample of his blood and I'm going to analyze it instantly. My top medics are working on searching for the toxin in his system. When we find it I'll heal him or find a cure."
"Can I see him please? I am a medic in the hospital." Sakura said starting to get out
"Sakura I'll let you see him but then you have to go back to your room ok."
Sakura nodded and began to get up. Tsunade went over to her and helped her up. Tsunade then took out the IV and helped Sakura up a bit more. They both began to walk towards the door but stopped as they heard a person walking very fast. The door to Sakura's room opened to reveal Shizune who looked a bit shaken.
"What is it Shizune?" Tsunade asked a bit concerned
"Tsunade-sama may I speak to you quietly, real fast?" Shizune asked trying to change the shaken look to a happier one after seeing Sakura
Tsunade walked out of the room with Shizune leaving Sakura alone. Sakura though was a bit curious. She walked slowly to the door and placed her ear to it. She focused as much chakra as she could to hear the conversation.
"Tsunade-sama he seems unable to move and complains of a severe headache. We gave him something to stop the pain, but it didn't help that much. Then just a few minutes ago he well um." Shizune stopped
"What is it Shizune, spit it out now"
"He began to start coughing up blood. I haven't seen a perfectly healthy person just do that. It was just so horrible. Whatever this poison is, we need to stop it. I don't know what to do. I came here to ask you if you've heard of this poison at all." Shizune mumbled, "Do you recognize the symptoms?"
"If I knew what this poison was I would have done something Shizune!" Tsunade asked slightly louder, "I don't know a poison that acts so quickly with such symptoms. Now I need you to give me constant hourly reports. I also need a sample of his blood analyzed as soon as possible."
"We have a sample of his blood. We haven't checked it over completely, but we are noticing something." Shizune replied taking out a sample of blood, "The Kyubi doesn't seem to be help curing the poison. It is just healing the constant damage. We are hoping at one point that it does something to build a resistance. I hope it can for his sake."
"I'll take a look a better look at the blood immediately. Take Sakura to see Naruto." Tsunade said a bit shaken, "I'm going to my special lab area. I'll find a cure to help him. Hopefully I can find out what it is."
"Oh, and one more thing concerning Sasuke Uchiha." Shizune said, "Someone infiltrated the hospital and was able to remove his eyes."
Tsunade just seemed to take a long deep breath. Sakura thought she heard her curse.
"I'm going Shizune now take Sakura to see Naruto." Tsunade said angrily, "I want Anbu to investigate what happened immediately."
Sakura heard the knob turn and she immediately jumped away. She felt her heart sinking to here Naruto was in that much pain. She just thought that her master would be able to save him.
"Ok Sakura", Shizune said walking into the room, "I'm going to take you to Naruto but don't be afraid at what you see, ok?"
Sakura nodded and followed Shizune towards the critical condition section of the hospital. The two continued to walk passing rooms with shinobi who were in horrible conditions from different missions. Sakura felt a wave of uneasiness from the room the two stopped at.
"Ok get ready Sakura." Shizune said opening the door
Sakura gasped as she walked into the room. Naruto was lying down on the hospital bed with blood running down his nose. An IV with blood was connected into his vein. He was pale and under his eyes was a black and blue color. His eyes were half lidded and he had blood running down the side of his mouth. There were two buckets. One was red the other was blue. Sakura walked closer towards him and looked inside the buckets. One contained vomit while the other contained some blood. A nurse was next to him wiping away the blood that fell.
"Oh my god Naruto." Sakura whispered walking towards him
He turned his head slightly and looked at Sakura. He smiled slightly but it was halted by a coughing fit. The nurse ran over and grabbed one of the buckets. He stopped though before he vomited.
"I think we should go." the nurse said to Shizune, "Let them have a bit of time together. Just in case something does happen we'll be right here, and Sakura is a trained medic."
Shizune nodded and walked out with the nurse. Sakura walked closer to Naruto. Naruto turned back to her and she smiled. She placed a hand to his temple and her hand was wrapped with emerald chakra. She was hoping this would decrease the headache.
"Sakura-chan", Naruto said in slight whisper, "I hope you're ok."
"How Naruto, how can you care about me when look at you." Sakura said sadly, "How can you be concerned with me?"
Then it hit her hard. He really loved her. He loved her more than himself and would do anything for her. If it weren't for him then she would be like him right now. Tears began to sting at her eyes and she started running his hair.
"Stop crying Sakura-chan please. You know baa-chan will find a cure and then everything will be fine." Naruto whispered trying to smile
"Naruto it isn't that. I'm just so scared for you. Look at you! I can't do anything but sit here and watch you suffer. You saved me from this and now look!" Sakura yelled allowing tears to fall freely, "Now look at you. You don't deserve this. I'm sorry Naruto, I'm so sorry."
Naruto looked at her with an expression that was hard to make out, "Sakura-chan I would do anything for you to make you happy or keep you safe. I hope you know that."
"I do Naruto I really do." she said holding his hand and crying a bit more, "I'm sorry Naruto, I'm so sorry. I love you so much more than you can possibly imagine."
"I'm glad to hear you say that Sakura-chan." Naruto mumbled, "I love you too."
Sakura didn't respond she just sat on a chair holding his hand and stroking his hair.
Naruto
Tadao slowly walked into the hidden sound village. A look of pure dread was on his face. He allowed his Akatsuki robe to slip off of him. Some sound ninja looked at him oddly.
"I take it you failed to capture the nine-tails." Zetsu said appearing behind him
He didn't answer he just nodded. Zetsu looked at him realizing his sister wasn't there. Zetsu knew she was probably dead right now so didn't say anything. He just allowed Tadao to slowly walk off towards the nearest bar.
Madara stood in a large room looking out the window. Zetsu slowly emerged behind him and Madara turned.
"He failed didn't he?" Madara asked
"He did and his sister is dead." Zetsu said, "On the brighter side, we have Sasuke's eyes."
Madara smiled underneath his mask. It was true. Madara had Sasuke's eyes and now nothing could stop him. He would now have something even stronger than the eternal mangekyou sharingan.
Naruto
Tsunade sat in her lab and looked under the microscope in her lab. She had a book of all of the poisons she had ever seen. This substance didn't match up with any of the lists she had. She began to slowly zoom in and noticed many different particles. Different elements were in it that could probably be used. She couldn't duplicate it and the way the poison looked it would be nearly impossible to make a cure.
'It seems the poison has many different elements. The only thing that stumps me is the particles in the poison. Each particle has a different genetic makeup. I can cure one particle but then there is another. This poison has something like a backup just in case.' Tsunade thought very annoyed, 'Maybe if I can find something similar in every cell I can create an antidote. If I can't then I'll just have to give up.'
Tsunade took a deep breath. Whatever had created this poison was amazing. The only person who could would probably be able to find a cure would be the creator of the poison him or herself. It would take a long time to find that one thing that each particle had in common.
"Tsunade-sama." Shizune said walking into the lab, "Have you found anything?"
"Yes but not anything good. Get me top medics to try and cure this poison." Tsunade said, "How is Naruto doing?"
"Not good", Shizune mumbled, "it appears that at the rate this poison is advancing it will attack and possibly kill him in about five days. That is what the other doctor said. The poison will slowly deactivate body functions and then launch an attack on the brain. Naruto seems to just be experiencing the first phases. He may also die from hemorrhage if we hadn't given him the constant blood transfusions"
Tsunade took a deep breath after hearing that. She was shocked to hear that Naruto if not cured within five days would die. Shizune watched Tsunade put a hand to her chest.
"Shizune get me as many of our medics as we can and fast." Tsunade commanded,
Shizune nodded and raced off as quickly as she could. Tsunade had a horrible feeling in the pit of her stomach. She could only pray that the doctor was wrong and he would still live. She couldn't think of the future. She needed to think of now and how to cure the one she thought of as a soon.
Naruto
Sakura gave Naruto a kiss on his forehead and allowed him to drift to sleep. She walked out of the room slowly and looked around. Shizune was no where to be seen and the hospital was oddly quiet. She slowly walked down the hallway passing several nurses. She turned the corner to see Tsunade with Shizune and three of the best medic ninja she had met.
"Tsunade-sama what is going on?"
"I'll tell her." Tsunade said to Shizune, "You guys go get some more samples."
They nodded and walked towards Naruto's room. Tsunade made her way towards her apprentice and put a hand on her shoulder. Sakura gulped slightly as her master looked at her with a serious look.
"We have reason to believe that Naruto may die in five days." Tsunade said as calmly as possible, "The poison will kill him in five days if he is not cured."
"I can't believe that. Naruto won't die he can't die. He's survived much harder challenges!" Sakura yelled confessed, "Can't you come up with a cure?"
"We will try to find a cure Sakura but that poison is much more complex then we originally thought. There are particles each with a different set of genetic makeup in them. Even if we eliminated one, we can't cure all of them. The ones we can't cure will just kill him anyway. We are hoping that we can find one chemical that is the same in each particle. That should make our jobs easier." Tsunade said smiling, "Nothing to worry about!"
Sakura couldn't believe what she had heard. She needed to do something. She needed to find something out and help him. She hated always being so useless.
"Tsunade-sama tell me what I can do to help him." Sakura demanded
"You can rest and get back to your normal strength. Then just keep visiting him. Show him your support and then everything will be fine." Tsunade reassured
Sakura nodded and began to walk away. She had to admit she was a nervous wreck. She could only pray that Tsunade would be able to cure her friend before it was too late.
Thanks everyone for reading and understanding the late updates. I'll give more details next chapter on everything. Thanks!
