Naruto

This can't be real.

It feels like everything is in slow motion, as I walk through the doors of the hospital. Sakura is in the waiting room, with a white haired man. Sasuke runs to the puffy-eyed Sakura and gathers her in his arms. She's crying into his chest, and he's whispering soothing words to her. The white haired man has his face buried in his hands. Everything seems so far away, like its not my eyes I'm looking through.

This can't be real.

"Naruto? Naruto? Naruto!"

I snap my head toward Sasuke, "What?"

He stands in front of me, and puts his hands on my shoulders, "Sakura wants to know if you want to go with her to see Hinata." he asks me.

Hinata...

I nod my head slowly, and follow after Sakura. We walk down a blank, white hallway. It smells sterile. The walk to the double doors felt like forever. I didn't speak one word to Sakura, if she was talking to me, I didn't know.

We we reached the locked double doors of the ICU, Sakura picks up the phone.

"Sakura Haruno and Naruto Uzumaki. Here to see Hinata Hyuga." she say, lowly. As soon as I heard the click of the doors unlocking, I push through the door.

Death. I smelled death. My heart raced and I felt the tears sting my eyes, "Where is she?" I asked, my voice cracked when I spoke.

Sakura stared at me with sad eyes, "Over here. Follow me."

We went down another hallway, and I was getting impatient. I just want to see my Hinata-chan. I ball my hands into fists until I feel my short fingernails dig into my palms.

"Here." Sakura says.

Room 206. I go first and turn the handle.

My heart stops. My Hinata. She's barely recognizable. Her eyes are black, one is swollen shut. Her nose is obviously broken, there is a small cut on the side of her temple, and gash on her lip. She has a respirator shoved down her throat, and IV's stuck in her. A drain tube in her head, and nose. There is a red hand print around her neck, and bruises on her arms.

I let the tears fall freely as I walk up to her, forgetting all about Sakura. I reach for her hand, and gently lay it in my own. I stroke her forehead, wishing I could kiss it, "Tell me she's only sleeping."

I hear Sakura sniffle behind me, "I'm sorry, Naruto. Her body sent her into a coma from all the trauma to her head. I-its bleeding, her brain, from whoever did this hitting her there so much." I hear her choke on her words, "She has to heal, at her own pace."

I nod my head in understanding, "She'll come back when she is ready." I stroke my thumb against the back of her hand, and begin to talk to my Hinata, "Hey, love. I know you can hear me. I'll be here everyday until you wake up. You won't be alone," I look up and blink back some tears, "Please, heal. Heal, and take your time, but please...Just come back to me." I tell her. I drop to my knees, and kiss her hand.

I don't know how long I was kneeling next to her bed. I was more than okay with sitting right here, until I saw those beautiful lavender eyes again. A hand grabs my shoulder gently l, and I looked up to see it was the white haired man, "Yes?" I ask, my annoyance obvious in my voice.

"Go get some rest. I'll stay by Hinata's side for right now." He says, calmly.

I glare at him, "Who are you?"

"Kakashi Hatake. Her boss, and long time friend." He tells me, as he takes a seat, "Don't worry, Naruto. I won't let anything happen to her, while you are gone."

I look at Hinata for a long moment, and finally bring her hand to my lips, "I'll be back soon, love." I turn to Kakashi and tell him, harshly, "Don't leave her side for even a second." He nods his head at me, and I walk from the room.

I find Sasuke, and walk right up to him, "Give me a ciggarette." I say.

He looks at me and shakes his head, "Don't start that habit again."

"Give me a god damn ciggarrette, Sasuke!" I scream.

He sighs and reaches into his pocket, and hands me his pack and a lighter. I rush outside and pop one into my mouth, lighting it as quickly as I could. I take a long, slow drag off of it. I exhale slowly, and run my hands through my hair. I find the curb and sit down, "This is all my fault." I tell myself, letting the tears run down my face.

"No. Its not." I hear Sakura say. I didn't even notice her follow me.

I scoff at her, and take another drag. She comes and sits next to me on the curb, "Its not." She repeats.

I finally look at her, "I wasn't there! I didn't protect her!" I get up, find the closest tree, and punch it as hard as I can, "I told her I would protect her." I say, my voice shaking, " I promised her." I curl up into a ball and let my tears fall, again.

Sakura came up, takes the cancer stick from my fingers, and stomps on it, "She told me to tell you not to let you blame yourself." She says, quietly. I am still crying as I look up at her, giving her my attention, "She told me to tell you it will be okay."

"O-of course she'd say t-that. It doesn't change the fact that i-its my-"

"She told me to tell you that its not your fault." Sakura tell me, sternly.

I cry harder after hearing that, and pull my knees closer to myself.

"And this last part... She didn't get to finish before..." She stopped herself from saying her thought, "I think she was trying to let me know to tell you that she loves you, Naruto."

When she tells me this I feel my heart break more, "I want to hear her say it herself." I whimper.

"You will." Sakura tells me. She gives my shoulder a reassuring squeeze, and walks back into the hospital.

I stay outside for another fifteen minutes, and walk back into the building. I find my way back to her room, and Kakashi is still there, "Thank you. Can we have a moment?" I ask.

He nods his head, "Of course."

Once we are alone, I grab her slender hand, "Hinata," I start, "you never think about yourself, even when you're hurting." I notice her heart beat raise slightly, making me believe she can hear me, "I need you. I always have. From the moment I met you at that ramen shop, I-I knew." I wipe my eyes with my free hand, and set my knees on the ground, "Please, don't leave me...I love you so much, Hinata." I whisper to her, with a heart broken tone.

"Well, its nice to know Hinata has such kind suitors, but who the hell are you and why are you holding her hand?" a man asks. I turn to look and see who the man is that owns the sarcasitc voice, and see that he has similar eyes to Hinatas, not nearly as pretty though.

I look back to Hinata, as I say, "I'm Naruto, and you are?"

He chuckles, and walks to the other side of Hinata, "Neji," he says, "Neji Hyuga. Her elder cousin."

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A/N: This was an emotional chapter for me to write. I based this off something that happen to me in real life. What Naruto says and does is almost exactly the same as what I did. Thank you all so much for your support.