Having a phone that could text, call, and do anything made Naruto so relieved. The first thing he did was text Sasuke and Sakura. Come to the hospital after school to room 316. I need to talk to you.
Sakura replied five minutes later. What happened? Why are you in the hospital?
I'll tell you when you and Sasuke when you get here.
Sasuke text him three minutes after. Why are you in the hospital? He asked.
I'll tell you when you get here. Sasuke didn't reply.
Sasuke is coming? I can come now. I'm in P.E. It's no big deal! Naruto read from Sakura. He laughed.
Let me ask what class he's in.
Five minutes went by and Sasuke replied, I'm in Literature but I guess I can leave. The sensei is trying to get us to read smut. A few are willing. /:
Alright, I'll see you two in 20 minutes (: Naruto text, sending a MMS message.
"How are your grades?" Jirayai asked Naruto, putting down his magazine. It was a taijutsu magazine this time.
"Umm… They're great! Top of the class!" Naruto lied, looking proud.
"You? Top of the class? If I know you, you're at the bottom failing all of your classes and in danger of not passing eleventh grade." Jirayai replied, watching Naruto's face fall.
"It isn't my fault! My sensei always kick me out of class and then I don't learn anything." Jirayai sighed.
"You remind me of your mother."
"My mom?" Naruto wondered, getting comfortable.
"Yes. She wasn't an A, B student either- or C. She had an attitude like you too." He saw Naruto was engrossed already. He smiled. "Your father- you look just like him. He was on the track team… fastest anyone had ever seen. He also won every taijutsu tournament- when your mother wasn't involved."
"He fought my mom!? Was she really that good?" Naruto asked, surprised.
"Yeah. For some reason, she always beat him. Maybe it was her attitude and behavior. I'll never know." Jirayai didn't speak anymore.
"Is that it? Isn't there anything else?"
Jirayai laughed. "Of course! I'm going to tell you later but I hear a woman in the hallway." Naruto looked at the door.
"That's probably Tsunade. I'd be careful old man. She's crazy-" The door opened and she entered, looking at Naruto, a clipboard and pen in hand.
"This is Tsunade? She's not like I imagined." Jirayai said drawing Tsunade's attention.
"Jirayai? Is that you?" she asked, walking closer to him.
He studied her for moment then grinned. "Tsunade, it's been a long time! I see you were able to finish medical school." He told her.
"Yes, well, I'm still paying off some 'I owe you's." Tsunade admitted, sitting next to Naruto on the bed. "Why did you come here? You're writing those books."
"Naruto is my godson- more like my grandson actually." Jirayai said.
"Really? Is that why you needed the computer?" Tsunade asked Naruto. Naruto nodded. "I was wondering why that nurse said you needed it… What happened to your phone? You have one, don't you?" she asked him as she checked his back.
"Yes but it's broken. Jirayai just got me another today."
"IPhone 4 or 5?"
"Same as –" he hissed as she touched wound.
"You're going to be here longer than I thought. I'll be right back." Tsunade told him as she exited.
"How do you know her?" Naruto asked as he shivered from the cold.
"We went to school together- from elementary to high school. I take it you know Orochimaru?" Jirayai asked.
"Yeah, he's our science teacher. How do you know him?"
"He was a friend of ours but he… did some stuff he wasn't supposed to and so we broke apart and all went our separate ways."
"I would hate if that happened to me and my friends. I can actually kind of see Sasuke turning out to be like Orochimaru. They both have this emo-like thing about them." Naruto said as Tsunade came back holding medical supplies.
"I brought some friends of yours." She said as Sasuke and Sakura entered.
"That was fast guys!" Naruto exclaimed as Tsunade forced him to lay on his back.
"Sakura insisted I go thirty over. She even made me run a red light."
"Thanks Sakura. At least someone cares." Naruto narrowed his eyes as he looked at Sasuke. Sasuke shrugged.
"We would get here sometime." Sakura sat next to Jirayai.
"How did this happen?" she asked.
"I don't know. It was probably last night when I fought Takeshi." Naruto replied, feeling angry again.
"Who is he?" she replied as Naruto flinched from the stinging of the antiseptic.
"A drunk." Sasuke answered. "I heard he has a girlfriend. He abuses her too I guess."
"Why doesn't she just leave him?" Sakura wondered.
"She can't." Naruto retorted angrily. "If she tries, he'll hurt her into making her stay. She's so used to being controlled by him that she doesn't know how to make her own decisions." Sakura didn't say a word.
"You seem to know a lot about this Naruto. I take it you know his girlfriend?" Sasuke asked as he walked closer.
'Hinata.' Naruto wanted to say. Instead, he pulled up Facebook messenger and logged onto Facebook. He selected Takeshi and handed Sasuke the phone. "Read it." Naruto demanded. He waited until Sasuke was finished. "You too Sakura." Sasuke handed her the phone. "Then read what Hinata said when she messaged me." Five minutes later, Sakura handed the phone back to Sasuke to read what Hinata said. Sasuke handed Naruto back his phone and his friends looked at him.
"If we knew, we would've came earlier." Sakura responded in just a whisper.
"I think you should've heard what she had to say." Sasuke told Naruto. Naruto felt the needle through his skin as Tsunade sewed his wound back together.
"Do you think I wanted to?" Naruto asked as he glanced around, waiting for a message.
"No, but regardless-" Naruto's phone suddenly went off. He looked at the ID. 'Blocked.' Naruto had an idea of who it was.
He groaned and answered it hesitantly. "Hello?" he asked.
"I haven't talked to you in a while." Takeshi replied. Naruto could hear traffic in the background and other voices as well.
"We just did." Naruto heard a scream.
Tekashi replied, "That was about four hours ago."
"How did you get my number?" Naruto asked, looking at his friends and godfather who were trying to ignore his conversation.
"Your number is on Facebook. Hinata," Tekashi called away from the phone, making Naruto's heart stop.
"Yeah?" he heard her say.
"I have someone on the phone who wants to talk to you." Tekashi replied. There was silence, the only sound of traffic. Naruto heard the phone fall to the ground and Tekashi yelling and screaming.
"Let go of me, please!" he heard Hinata cry in fear. He wanted to stop Tekashi from doing whatever it was he was doing.
"Hinata? Takeshi?" He yelled into the phone. Naruto tried to get up but Tsunade pushed him back down.
"I'm not done." She told him, still sewing him up.
"Hinata could be in trouble!" he said, still listening for anything other than traffic.
"Now you care?" Sasuke asked.
"I-" Naruto suddenly heard the phone get picked up.
"Hello?" Hinata asked, sniffling and sobbing.
"Stop crying or I'll do it again." Takeshi demanded in the background. Hinata immediately listened.
"Hinata, what happened?" Naruto wondered, hearing her gasp.
"I can't tell you."
"Please Hinata. I want to help."
"I deserve death remember? You hate me."
"I was just really angry that you would say something like that- especially since you didn't mean it!" Naruto said, not wanting his friends in the room.
"I did mean it!" She yelled through the phone loud enough for everyone on Naruto's to hear. Sakura made her way to the door, taking Sasuke with her. Tsunade stopped and Jirayai followed her, closing the door behind them.
Naruto sat up. "Then why would you say those things?"
"I… Naruto I can't tell you now." Hinata replied, sounding scared.
"What happened to Kiba?" he asked, realizing she should be with him instead.
"I can't tell-" the phone was taken away from her and Takeshi came back on.
"You're worried about that stupid kid? Don't be. We won't hurt him." Takeshi replied making Naruto realize he had been on speaker phone.
"Where are you?" Naruto asked, trying to think of places they could be.
"You'll see them tomorrow Naruto. They won't miss school." 'I can ask Kiba what happened.' "If you even talk to either of them- about any of this- there's going to be blood on your hands." Takeshi said, stopping Naruto's breathing.
"I'll ask you myself then." Naruto replied, hoping that wouldn't cause trouble for Hinata or Kiba.
Tekashi laughed. Naruto could hear him walking on gravel then he stopped. "If you want to talk to your buddy, here you go."
There was silence and then Kiba spoke. "Naruto?" he sounded tired and hurt.
"Kiba where are you?" Naruto asked worriedly.
"I don't know. I can't see too well. Did you talk to Hinata? Is she ok?"
"Yeah… I think." Naruto thought back to her scream.
"I smell gas- if that helps. I don't-"
Takeshi came back. "Now you know they're fine. When I heard what you said to my girl, I wanted to kill you but I've changed my mind."
Naruto dismissed the 'my girl' for now and asked, "Changed your mind?" he stood and walked to the window to try and find what Kiba was talking about.
"I'll let you come see them tomorrow- just you. Bring anyone and I get really rough with Hinata, got it?" Naruto managed a yes. "Don't stop me either. You try, it'll only get worse." Takeshi said before hanging up.
"Damn!" He said as he slammed his fist against the window. "What the hell am I supposed to do now? He wants me there so I can watch him beat my friends?" Naruto asked himself as everyone came back in.
"How did it go?" Sakura asked.
"He has Hinata and Kiba and if I talk to them, he's going to hurt them worse than he already has… He wants me to meet him there tomorrow but I don't know where." Naruto climbed back on bed and laid on his stomach for Tsunade to finish.
"You're not going to are you?" Sasuke sat down.
"I have to try and save them. Kiba has helped me through all sorts of stuff before-"
"Not like this."
"So what? I'm not going to run away. I will protect the ones I love-" Seeing his godfather's face, Naruto shook his face. "Not like that. I'm being serious though. Hinata and Kiba shouldn't be going through that- it's my fault."
"How?" Sakura asked as she sat on Sasuke's lap.
"I wouldn't leave her alone about it when she said to."
"Naruto, if you're going to possibly die tomorrow, I want to tell you everything about your parents."