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Chapter 2

While following the medic team towards the hospital, Naruto caught a glimpse of the figure that was being carried on the stretcher. "Is that the crazy Jounin that lead the 2nd part of the Chunnin exam?" he thought to himself. He remembered how she first appeared, by jumping through a window after the first exam was finished, and how she threw a kunai close enough to cut his cheek and then licked the blood off it afterwards. His body shook as if trying to shake out those memories of the crazy purple haired kunoichi. "But a comrade is a comrade," he exclaimed, "And I don't leave comrades alone, even if they are crazy purple haired kunoichi!" Making up his mind with a large fox-like grin and pumping his fist into the air, Naruto jumped down to the ground and ran towards the hospital doors in order to see his fellow comrade.

Walking into the hospital, Naruto saw fewer doctors than normal, and he should know, he has been in the hospital too many times to count anymore. He reached the front desk, where a young nurse was busy talking on the phone. She gave him a quick "I wish you were dead, so leave me alone" glare just like everyone else, so Naruto just pushed it away with his trademark grin and said, "Excuse me do you know where I can find Mitarashi Anko? She just came in and..." The nurse continued ignoring him. "This bitch is doing it on purpose! I can't hear anything coming out of the receiving end, can you Kyuubi?" Naruto asked his lifelong prisoner.

"Hmm, nope, can't hear a thing Kit, why not show her what can happen to people that are rude to us? Heh heh heh!" Kyuubi answered, with his laugh sounding more like a feral growl than anything a human would make. With Kyuubi's advice, Naruto went to the back of the phone and pulled the plug, effectively ending the nurse's charade, and forcing her to talk.

She gazed upon Naruto with daggers for eyes and coldly asked, " May I help you?" Naruto smiled inwardly and asked where Anko was. "Ugh, she is in room 317, now get lost brat," the nurse replied.

"Man, what a major bitch! She must be on that time of the month everyday!" Naruto thought as he rushed over to room 317. As he reached Anko's room, he noticed that there were ANBU right outside. Casually walking up, and giving them a wave, the young genin asked, "Yo guys, can I see Anko-san right now?"

The ANBU on the left with the tiger mask replied, "Sorry kid, no one is allowed in until the Hokage says its alright."

"Aw, come on, all I want to do is see how she is doing, just let me in this once," Naruto pleaded with puppy dog eyes. A silent reply was the only answer, and so Naruto walked off defeated down the hall.

"FINE," the loud mouthed ninja shouted, "Lets see you hold back all of me! Kage Bunshin no jutsu!" Twenty Narutos ran up to the two ANBU and began pushing and shoving them away from the door, while the real Naruto swiftly ran into the room.

The room was very warm and humid and smelled of sweat and blood. Naruto looked around and saw a lot of blood on the floor."Whoa, this must have been pretty bad..." Walking up to the lone bed, the boy saw a miserable looking Anko, covered in sweat, with a pile of used, bloody bandages next to her in a waste bin.

Kyuubi entered Naruto's thoughts, "Wow Kit, and I thought you had gotten messed up before, she seems to have already lost a lot of blood, and from what I can tell by her smell, she has a very high fever."

"Do you think she can live Kyuubi," Naruto asked his companion with worry.

"I don't doubt it Kit, but how much time it will take to recover is up to her will power," Kyuubi said assuringly, knowing that the boy would have a hard time just standing there watching a comrade die while doing nothing about it.

"Well the least I could do to help is clean her up a little right," the boy asked, picking up a towel from a leftover table. Naruto began softly dabbing the kunoichi's forehead with it and thought to himself how she could have possibly gotten this way since she was one of the stronger kunoichi and she was even taught by Orochimaru. "What could have caused this much pain to someone so strong?" Naruto thought curiously.

Meanwhile, Tsunade was quietly watching Naruto take care of Anko and smiled, at both the kind gesture made by her "little brother" and knowing that if Anko wakes up and finds him doing that, she will most kill him. She decided to save him from any future pain, and came out of the shadows.

"Naruto-kun, what are you doing to Anko-san?" Tsunade feigned amazement in order to tease him. "It was too good to pass up," she smirked as she thought of how he would answer her, his azure eyes widening to the size of dinner plates.

"T-T-Tsuna-a-ade no baa-chan," the blonde boy stuttered, shocked that his "baa-chan" had found him with Anko. He backed away holding his hands in front of him, leaving the towel on Anko's forehead, "I wasn't doing anything bad to her! Honest!"

"Are you sure Naruto-kun," Tsunade slyly remarked, "It definitely looks like you were doing something to Anko-san..." With this, Naruto turned a deep shade of red and turned to walk away before things got worse. "Wait Naruto," Tsunade called out, "I was only kidding, hehe, you really are fun to tease..., you just wanted to see how she was doing right?"

Naruto gave her a quick nod, and she decided he could be trusted with the truth behind her injuries. Tsunade gained a serious look and spoke in a calm, professional manner, "If you must know Naruto-kun, I had sent Anko out on a reconnaissance mission to see if she could find out the whereabouts of Orochimaru." With the mention of that name, Naruto immediately tensed, and looked downwards, trying to hide his anger for the man that caused him and everyone else in Konoha such pain and anguish.

Naruto stared directly into Tsunade's brown eyes and quietly asked, "Was she able to find him?" Tsunade simply replied that there was no way to get a report from her in her current condition. Naruto looked crestfallen and utterly defeated that Orochimaru and Sasuke were yet to be found. As he was turning to leave the room, a painful moan came from Anko.

Tsunade rushed over and began checking Anko's pulse. "It's rising fast! She could be dying!" She began using chakra in order to calm the kunoichi's heartrate, but it did not work. Naruto was simply standing in shock as he watched Anko's body shine brighter and brighter, almost gaining a completely ethereal glow.

"Am I losing another precious person," he asked himself as he shed quiet tears.

A/N:There you have it, chapter 2 is now complete. I tried to get it to move along as fast as I could so that I can begin the real story, but I also needed to explain some of the back story so it was a bit longer than anticipated. Hopefully I can continue finding new ideas for this story, and as always feel free to leave feedback, later! - Kuldain