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Chapter 5,

Trying to Overcome the Pain

Tsunade walked through the halls that she was so familiar with, thinking about what the orderly at the front desk had said.

Tsunade came bursting in through the front doors, walking straight up to the front desk. "Which room is Uzamaki Naruto in?" She asked, tapping her foot.

"Ummm… 2nd floor, 3rd door on the right." The orderly replied, looking it up. "Exsuse me ma'mam, but what is wrong with him" He asked.

"The people he cared about the most died in front of his eyes, and the parents are blaming him for it." Tsunade replied, walking up the stairs.

"Tsunade?" The voice brought her out of her reverie.

"Hmmm? Oh, hi Yamato. How's Naruto?" She asked.

Yamato shook his head, leaning against the wall outside of Naruto's room. "It's no good. He won't talk, he won't respond, it appears that he's gone catatonic." He said gravely.

"Thank you." Tsunade said. "Hey, go home and get some rest, you look like you can use it." She said, patting Yamato on the shoulder.

"Yes mam." Yamato replied, disappearing.

Tsunade quietly entered Naruto's room, walking silently over to his bed; she sat on the edge of it, staring into the young ninja's sleeping face. "Naruto, it wasn't your fault that they died." She whispered into his ear.

"But it is my fault…" Naruto thought, watching the entire, terrible event in his mind again.

"If that's what you honestly believe boy, then you should have no reason left. Let me have control." A deep, ominous voice said behind Naruto.

The young shinobi turned to face the giant, golden cage in behind of him. "What will you do, if I let you?" He asked.

He'll destroy Kohona. He'll destroy everything that we love." A soft, familiar voice said, right by his ear.

Naruto whirled around, coming face to face with Hinata and Sakura. "y-you're… but I thought… so how?" He stammered.

"You've always been so cute, Naruto-kun." Hinata said, reaching up with a pale hand to stroke the young blonde's cheek. Hinata said, wrapping her arms around Naruto's waist, pulling herself close to him, resting her head against his chest, listening to his heart beat. "You can't imagine how many times I've imagined doing this…" She said softly. "Please Naruto-kun, wrap your arms around me, and let me feel your embrace." She said quietly, pleadingly, as Naruto complied, hugging her tightly.

"I'm sorry I let you die." He said, tears streaming down his face.

Sakura smiled softly. "Naruto, we know that if you could have prevented it, you would have. There was nothing you could do though, it was fate." She said. "We've come here for a reason though. Naruto, you've gotta let go. We know that you're sorry for what happened, but it wasn't your fault, so you don't need to carry that guilt around. Don't pay any attention to what my father said, he just doesn't understand."

"Sakura is right, Naruto-kuun." Hinata said, pulling away. "You've still got your entire life ahead of you, so go live it. We'll meet again, when it's your time to pass over, but not before. We both love you, very, very much, and we want to see you happy, so go live." Hinata finished. The three friends embraced one last time, and then split up, Naruto closing his eyes, drifting towards the light above them.

"Girls, thank you. That may have been the kick in the ass that the boy needed" Kyuubi said gruffly.

"Of course we were willing to help Naruto." Sakura said, waving, as the two girls started to fade from sight.

"Tell Yodimane that I'll see him soon enough." Kyuubi said with an evil grin as the girls disappeared.

Naruto's eyes flew open as he looked around the white room. Feeling an unfamiliar weight on his chest, Naruto looked down to see Tsunade, her head resting on his chest, sleeping soundly.

"Ummm… Tsunade?" He asked, shaking her gently.

"uh… hn…! Naruto? You're awake!" Tsunade exclaimed, wrapping her arms tightly around his neck in a hug. "How are you feeling?" She asked, pulling back to look at him.

"I'm… better now." He said with a smile.

End Ch.5

Well, I know it was kinda short, but I felt like that was a good cut-off point. I hope its good! Review!