A/N I have never ever ever written angst. This was going to be a happy ending but I'm a sucker for alliteration, so the last line stayed. SPOILER ALERT.
K is for Killed
"Please, please, please, please."
On the way home, jumping from tree to tree, he had stopped every five minutes to make sure the wilted little figure in his arms was still breathing before starting again. He still made it back to the Konoha hospital in record time.
"Please, please, please, please."
Because they hadn't gotten Sasuke back yet and who would train with him and who would make him and who would heal him and Jiraiya was dead and his parents were dead and-
Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.
A slow beep and a steady line.