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Chapter 02: Leaving the Hospital
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¡§I¡¦m sorry, but who are you?¡¨
As soon as I said those words, I regretted them.
You know all those happy and smiling faces I mentioned before? They were wiped away instantly, and replaced with expressions of shock and horror.
Now I really regret what I said.
¡§You don¡¦t know?¡¨ The girl with pink hair looked like she was on the verge of tears.
Not knowing how to respond, I just shook my head.
There would have been an awkward silence, had not a nurse walk in that very moment. She took one look at me, saw that I was awake, and then proceeded to kick everyone out.
¡§Everyone. Out. Now.¡¨ She said, opening the door and motioning everyone out. ¡§The patient needs his rest. Out. Come visit later.¡¨
When at last the entire group had left, she clicked the door shut and made a clucking sound with her tongue. ¡§Child, you got more visitors in one day than anyone else.¡¨
I smiled hesitantly and nodded my head as she sat down next to the bed to begin her tests. I think that she was waiting for a response, because when I did not answer, she looked at me with concern.
¡§Hey kid, you can still talk right?¡¨
I nodded hurriedly. ¡§Yeah¡¨
She sighed, and went back to her examination. ¡§Good¡¨
She took my temperature, checked my blood pressure, listened to my heartbeat, did something she called a ¡¥Chakra Reading', and looked at me through a magnifying glass.
When she was done, she was still sitting in that chair, looking over my results as if she was hypnotized or something simliar to that. After a while, I was beginning to get restless. Just when I was about to ask her what was wrong with me, she snapped the papers on her clipboard and said, somewhat amazed:
¡§Wow. Even though you¡¦ve been in a coma for five days, you¡¦re perfectly normal. It¡¦s like you¡¦ve never been in the coma at all.¡¨
¡§Does that mean I can leave?¡¨
¡§By all means, yes. Clothes,¡¨ she motioned to a small file cabinet I hadn¡¦t noticed before, ¡§are on top of that. You might want to change before you go anywhere.¡¨
¡§Alright.¡¨
She stood up, walked to the door, opened it, and was about to step outside when---
¡§Oh yea. And kid? I never want to see you here again on the account that you hurt yourself. Got it?¡¨
She winked, then slammed the door shut behind her.
I blinked. //People in this place sure are... different.//
I got out of bed promptly and found out that I was wearing . . . a hospital dressing gown.
A very SMALL hospital dressing gown. It¡¦s so small, I doubt it goes all the way around me. . . nope.
Without delay, I strode over to the file cabinet. And the clothes I found were by far the weirdest array I had ever seen. I think. A black tank that was too small, black pants that were too big, and a black jacket that was just right. And the shoes were weird too. They looked like a cross between boots and sandals.
But while those clothes are definitely not common, it was either that, or the hospital gown that barely goes around me and is tied with a string.
I think I¡¦m going to change.
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Of all the people who came to see Naruto, only the three originals remained. The rest had gone training for whatever reason they became a ninja. Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura waited impatiently in the waiting room, not for Naruto, but for ---
¡§Ayame!¡¨
The ¡¥nurse¡¦ who had previously been in Naruto¡¦s room turned at the sound of her voice.
¡§There you are.¡¨ She said, exasperated as she disappeared, and reappeared at Kakashi¡¦s side. ¡§I was wondering where you were. I left the kid telling him that he¡¦s okay to leave. He¡¦ll be coming down here any second, but there¡¦s something you should know about him.¡¨
For this ¡¥nurse¡¦ was no ordinary nurse. She was a Chuunin level ninja who studies in the medical effects of ninjitsu on body parts, especially the brain.
¡§He was hit in two very precise points in the temporal lobe of his brain.¡¨ She said, all in one breath. ¡§It was targeting the areas of the temporal lobe that controls his memory for sight and sound. The effects are immediate after the attack.¡¨
Then, she looked straight at Kakashi and said:
¡§That ¡¥attack¡¦ in your report wasn¡¦t an ordinary attack. It was planned. Someone out there wants Uzumaki Naruto to lose his memories.¡¨
Sakura gasped. Sasuke glared.
¡§What do you mean ¡¥planned¡¦?¡¨ the latter growled.
¡§Well, in the temporal lobe, the memory for sight is at the top, memory for sound is at bottom, and memory for speech is smack dab in the middle. The boy can still talk normally. If someone had just wanted him dead, they would have struck the whole temporal lobe. Not just the top and bottom.¡¨
The two fell silent, thinking, racking their minds for anyone who hated Naruto enough to do such a thing.
¡§Personally,¡¨ Ayame continued, ¡§I think that there is a much deeper motive involved in this. But I will confide it to the Hokage before saying anything ---¡¨
She cut off.
¡§He¡¦s coming.¡¨ She said suddenly. She leaned over, whispered one word to Kakashi, then, without a warning, she disappeared into thin air.
//Always has to make a fancy exit.// thought Kakashi. But what she had said disturbed him.
Just then, Naruto emerged from the top of the staircase.
The flash of recognition in his eyes that had been previously missing indicated that he remembered the three of them from before, when he was in the hospital room.
¡§Hi.¡¨
¡§Yo¡¨ Kakashi said lazily. ¡§You ready to go?¡¨
He blinked. ¡§Yeah.¡¨
They checked out of the hospital, and headed out into Konoha Village.
But still, while maintaining his careless attitude, Kakashi couldn¡¦t stop thinking about the one word Ayame had whispered in his ear.
And that one word?
¡§Kyuubi¡¨
========== END CHAPTER 02 ==========
Author¡¦s Note: Wow! 27 reviews on the first day! (That¡¦s GOTTA be SOME KIND of record.) Thank you EVERYONE WHO REVIEWED! Thank you Thank You THANK YOU!
Now, I know I said that I absolutely needed a pairing for Naruto, but that doesn¡¦t mean you can¡¦t vote for anything else. You can vote for KakaIru, or NejiHina. I Don¡¦t CARE. The reason I like this series so much is because of the fact that its¡¦ pairings are so versatile. So . . . I mean it. ANY pairing, as long as he/she isn¡¦t paired up with someone else with more votes.
And the reason I didn¡¦t write the chapters out is because I don¡¦t want to rush this story. I will write one-shots in the future, but this is not a one-shot. This will drag on. For. A VERY long time. So just be prepared to be reading a lot.
Vote. PLEASE. Also, you can send me your votes at my email. (It¡¦s at the bottom of this page). I change my mind. You cannot just vote for ANY PAIRING. You have to vote for a pairing that does not contain Sakura or Lee in it. They are the only official pairing, but then again, they ARE an OFFICIAL pairing. So, no more NaruSaku or SasuSaku votes. Okay?
Once again, if you have any questions about this story, email me at: icy_cloud359@kuririnmail.com
-Yume
Chapter 02: Leaving the Hospital
==============================
¡§I¡¦m sorry, but who are you?¡¨
As soon as I said those words, I regretted them.
You know all those happy and smiling faces I mentioned before? They were wiped away instantly, and replaced with expressions of shock and horror.
Now I really regret what I said.
¡§You don¡¦t know?¡¨ The girl with pink hair looked like she was on the verge of tears.
Not knowing how to respond, I just shook my head.
There would have been an awkward silence, had not a nurse walk in that very moment. She took one look at me, saw that I was awake, and then proceeded to kick everyone out.
¡§Everyone. Out. Now.¡¨ She said, opening the door and motioning everyone out. ¡§The patient needs his rest. Out. Come visit later.¡¨
When at last the entire group had left, she clicked the door shut and made a clucking sound with her tongue. ¡§Child, you got more visitors in one day than anyone else.¡¨
I smiled hesitantly and nodded my head as she sat down next to the bed to begin her tests. I think that she was waiting for a response, because when I did not answer, she looked at me with concern.
¡§Hey kid, you can still talk right?¡¨
I nodded hurriedly. ¡§Yeah¡¨
She sighed, and went back to her examination. ¡§Good¡¨
She took my temperature, checked my blood pressure, listened to my heartbeat, did something she called a ¡¥Chakra Reading', and looked at me through a magnifying glass.
When she was done, she was still sitting in that chair, looking over my results as if she was hypnotized or something simliar to that. After a while, I was beginning to get restless. Just when I was about to ask her what was wrong with me, she snapped the papers on her clipboard and said, somewhat amazed:
¡§Wow. Even though you¡¦ve been in a coma for five days, you¡¦re perfectly normal. It¡¦s like you¡¦ve never been in the coma at all.¡¨
¡§Does that mean I can leave?¡¨
¡§By all means, yes. Clothes,¡¨ she motioned to a small file cabinet I hadn¡¦t noticed before, ¡§are on top of that. You might want to change before you go anywhere.¡¨
¡§Alright.¡¨
She stood up, walked to the door, opened it, and was about to step outside when---
¡§Oh yea. And kid? I never want to see you here again on the account that you hurt yourself. Got it?¡¨
She winked, then slammed the door shut behind her.
I blinked. //People in this place sure are... different.//
I got out of bed promptly and found out that I was wearing . . . a hospital dressing gown.
A very SMALL hospital dressing gown. It¡¦s so small, I doubt it goes all the way around me. . . nope.
Without delay, I strode over to the file cabinet. And the clothes I found were by far the weirdest array I had ever seen. I think. A black tank that was too small, black pants that were too big, and a black jacket that was just right. And the shoes were weird too. They looked like a cross between boots and sandals.
But while those clothes are definitely not common, it was either that, or the hospital gown that barely goes around me and is tied with a string.
I think I¡¦m going to change.
==============================
Of all the people who came to see Naruto, only the three originals remained. The rest had gone training for whatever reason they became a ninja. Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura waited impatiently in the waiting room, not for Naruto, but for ---
¡§Ayame!¡¨
The ¡¥nurse¡¦ who had previously been in Naruto¡¦s room turned at the sound of her voice.
¡§There you are.¡¨ She said, exasperated as she disappeared, and reappeared at Kakashi¡¦s side. ¡§I was wondering where you were. I left the kid telling him that he¡¦s okay to leave. He¡¦ll be coming down here any second, but there¡¦s something you should know about him.¡¨
For this ¡¥nurse¡¦ was no ordinary nurse. She was a Chuunin level ninja who studies in the medical effects of ninjitsu on body parts, especially the brain.
¡§He was hit in two very precise points in the temporal lobe of his brain.¡¨ She said, all in one breath. ¡§It was targeting the areas of the temporal lobe that controls his memory for sight and sound. The effects are immediate after the attack.¡¨
Then, she looked straight at Kakashi and said:
¡§That ¡¥attack¡¦ in your report wasn¡¦t an ordinary attack. It was planned. Someone out there wants Uzumaki Naruto to lose his memories.¡¨
Sakura gasped. Sasuke glared.
¡§What do you mean ¡¥planned¡¦?¡¨ the latter growled.
¡§Well, in the temporal lobe, the memory for sight is at the top, memory for sound is at bottom, and memory for speech is smack dab in the middle. The boy can still talk normally. If someone had just wanted him dead, they would have struck the whole temporal lobe. Not just the top and bottom.¡¨
The two fell silent, thinking, racking their minds for anyone who hated Naruto enough to do such a thing.
¡§Personally,¡¨ Ayame continued, ¡§I think that there is a much deeper motive involved in this. But I will confide it to the Hokage before saying anything ---¡¨
She cut off.
¡§He¡¦s coming.¡¨ She said suddenly. She leaned over, whispered one word to Kakashi, then, without a warning, she disappeared into thin air.
//Always has to make a fancy exit.// thought Kakashi. But what she had said disturbed him.
Just then, Naruto emerged from the top of the staircase.
The flash of recognition in his eyes that had been previously missing indicated that he remembered the three of them from before, when he was in the hospital room.
¡§Hi.¡¨
¡§Yo¡¨ Kakashi said lazily. ¡§You ready to go?¡¨
He blinked. ¡§Yeah.¡¨
They checked out of the hospital, and headed out into Konoha Village.
But still, while maintaining his careless attitude, Kakashi couldn¡¦t stop thinking about the one word Ayame had whispered in his ear.
And that one word?
¡§Kyuubi¡¨
========== END CHAPTER 02 ==========
Author¡¦s Note: Wow! 27 reviews on the first day! (That¡¦s GOTTA be SOME KIND of record.) Thank you EVERYONE WHO REVIEWED! Thank you Thank You THANK YOU!
Now, I know I said that I absolutely needed a pairing for Naruto, but that doesn¡¦t mean you can¡¦t vote for anything else. You can vote for KakaIru, or NejiHina. I Don¡¦t CARE. The reason I like this series so much is because of the fact that its¡¦ pairings are so versatile. So . . . I mean it. ANY pairing, as long as he/she isn¡¦t paired up with someone else with more votes.
And the reason I didn¡¦t write the chapters out is because I don¡¦t want to rush this story. I will write one-shots in the future, but this is not a one-shot. This will drag on. For. A VERY long time. So just be prepared to be reading a lot.
Vote. PLEASE. Also, you can send me your votes at my email. (It¡¦s at the bottom of this page). I change my mind. You cannot just vote for ANY PAIRING. You have to vote for a pairing that does not contain Sakura or Lee in it. They are the only official pairing, but then again, they ARE an OFFICIAL pairing. So, no more NaruSaku or SasuSaku votes. Okay?
Once again, if you have any questions about this story, email me at: icy_cloud359@kuririnmail.com
-Yume