Cargo
They were well sheltered, albeit the air was damp and had long seeped into their clothes, eliciting a chill that went right down to the bone. Honestly, their job really sucked sometimes.
Izumo was drawn out of his bitter contemplations when Kotetsu straightened up, peering hard through the rain that poured off the slanted roof. "Hey," he announced to his partner, "I think that might be Naruto coming. About time!"
They waited for the figure to draw closer, their eyebrows furrowing in unison.
"You sure that's him? He looks kind of deformed. There's a big hump on his back." Izumo remarked.
Kotetsu squinted more; then his eyebrows shot up. "That's no hump on his back. He's carrying someone!"
Both of the gate guards rushed out of their station, meeting the boy just as he passed through the gates, who collapsed in a heap that flung the girl right off his back. "Naruto!" they both exclaimed, only he was in much of the same state as his cargo. Out cold.
Izumo scratched the back of his head, not paying much heed to the downpour. "I guess we should get them to the hospital, ne?"
A/N: Getting some questions. For fofafie: She's 20. Chapter 10 was the end of the first "arc" and I did a bit of a time-skip again, so she's been travelling for some time. For animedeathcycle: They'll make an appearance again. And no, I'm writing this in drabbles. It clearly states that in my summary. Sorry if you want longer ones, but it's just how I've decided to do it this time around. To make up for that, I try to post two at a time for you guys. Hopefully that's a fair deal.