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In God's Hands:

Temari stood at the gate as she patiently waited for the team of Konoha ninja to arrive. To anyone observing her, she was a picture of calm on the outside, but inside she was nervous. Naru Uzumaki was her brother's best friend. If anything happened to her, he'd be devastated.

Of course, she doubted Naru was too bad off. The girl was the Kyubi jinchuriki, so she doubted the fox would let Naru be too injured. Sai and Lee were just overly excited, at least that's what she told herself. The team arrived shortly after.

The girl was broken from her train of thought by the guard announcing the team's approach; she looked towards the direction the guard was pointing and saw a cloud of dust headed her way. The team arrived shortly after.

It surprised Temari to see the rest of the Konoha eleven plus Kakashi and Captain Yamato. When Sai and Lee said their teams were on the way, she was only expecting two, not four. Her eyes quickly searched for Naru, it didn't take long to find her.

The moment she saw her Temari's eyes field with horror. Naru was laying in Kakashi's arms, completely unresponsive. Her usual tan skin was black and blue, and the skin that wasn't bruised or bloody was deathly pale. The girl's beautiful blonde was matted, her legs, which were dangling were bent at odd angles.

"OMG! What the hell happened to her!," Temari thought, her eyes looked over at Shikamaru who looked uncharacteristically angry. "Oh Shika," she thought, thinking he was upset because Naru was hurt. She knew that the shadow user cared for Naru like a sister.

Temari's attention turned to Sakura and Ino who approached her, "Temari san, can you please lead us to the hospital? Naru's condition is critical, the sooner we get her to surgery the better," the pink-haired girl said.

Temari nodded, "Yes, of course, right this way," she said, signaling for everyone to follow her. Before she left the gate she told the guard to retrieve her brothers. The guard quickly left to retrieve his Kage, while everyone followed Temari to the hospital. "Please God, for everyone's sake let Naru chan be okay," she thought.

The moment the team arrived at the hospital Sakura got to work; she knew she didn't have time to waste. The medic had Kakashi place Naru on the gurney, and then she along with Ino and a team of Suna medics raced her into surgery.

Sakura's top priority was to stop any internal bleeding, her second was to heal Naru's blood loss, and her third was to fix Naru's broken back and legs. It was fortunate that she had a team helping her or the girl might not make it.

Although, the medic silently wished that Lady Tsunade was here to help her. Lady Tsunade was a better medic than her and could fix almost any injury, but Tsunade was not here and it was up to her to save her teammate.

The medic carefully set to work on healing Naru's internal injuries. It was while she was doing this that one of the Suna medics said something that caught her attention. "Sakura-san, check Naru's womb, there is an extensive amount of chakra surrounding that area," he said.

Sakura's brow went up as she placed her palm over her friend's womb, a minute later shock ran through her. "No way! This is," she thought to herself. Quickly, she removed her hand, not wanting to embarrass or shame her teammate she lied to the Suna medics and Ino, "It's nothing, it appears the Kyubi is just at work fixing something," she said.

The medical team worked quietly after that, but inside Sakura was worried, "she would have to talk with Kakashi sensei the moment she was done.

Finally, after nine hours, the surgery was finally finished; although Naru might need another operation to help her back heal properly and; although, the girl was in a coma, she now had a fighting chance at least.

Kakashi sat patiently in the waiting room, to anyone watching him he appeared calm, but inside he was anything but. He was naturally worried about Naru and he was dying to know if she would be okay.

Tenzo had left a while ago to send a message to Lady Tsunade since he hadn't had the patience to do it; his mind was on other matters. For example, finding a way to bring Danzo to justice. He knew the Warhawk still held a grudge against him for all those years ago, but he never suspected the man would go after Naru. That had been foolish on his part, but if Danzo thought he was going to lay down and take it, he was dead wrong.

Danzo had gone too far this time and he was going to pay. Kakashi was pulled from his revenge felt thoughts when Sakura stepped into the room. He stood looking at her, waiting for her verdict.

Sakura looked at her Sensei and let out a breath, "She's alive for now, but she's still not out of the woods yet," she said. Kakashi nodded, "Is she conscious," he asked. The pink-haired girl shook her head, "I put her in a medically induced coma to help bring down the swelling in her brain," she said.

Kakashi winced, "Do you know how long she'll be in it," he asked? Sakura shook her head, "It's impossible to say, it's in God's hands," she said. Kakashi nodded.

Kakashi was about to turn and go sit down when Sakura placed a hand on his shoulder, "Sensei, we need to talk," she said. Kakashi raised a brow at her. The medic sighed, "Privately," she said.

Author's note: Sorry if this wasn't the best chapter, I'm writing this while I'm sick. I hope you enjoy it nonetheless and as always, thank you for reading. Nerdzone6.