Chapter 3-
A/N:
This chapter's got some fluffiness of the SakuNaru going on, but don't worry all you sasunaru fans! I'm only your side! > damnedSakura.Just wait until the next chapter, your anti-sakura bloodlust shall be fufilled! -insert evil laugh here-
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Sakura held the blondes hand, and ran her nimble fingers lightly along his wrists. The blood had soaked through the medical gauze. She had been told that he was in a coma. She could only guess what had made her over-exuberant teammate so hopeless. "Naruto… Please… God, Please wake up…" she cooed in his ear, petting his hands. She looked all over him, and for the first time saw the beauty of his features. Kakashi and Sasuke retired for the night, Sasuke unwilling and stubborn yet obviously exhausted had to be escorted home and watched carefully the first night. This time alone allowed her to carefully get a look at him.
His eyes were closed and there were brown circles about them. Blonde hair covered them, almost protectively. His hair, for once, wasn't a spiky mess. She preferred a little more bounce to it, she decided. She rubbed his soft locks, and soon his hair was unruly again. She smiled.
Later that night, as she watched him softly snore, she decided to further examine him. She lifted the blanket off of him and folded it at the end of his bed. She ran her fingers curiously up one leg, noticing he didn't have much hair on him, other than on his head. He wasn't wearing a shirt, and there was a strange design upon his stomach; perhaps a tattoo. Whatever it was, she wasn't interested in it. She spread his eyelids open, to look deeper into his eyes. The pupils were small and his eyes were misted over giving his eyes an eerie 'see all, but see nothing' kind of feel. They were grey, but if you lost yourself in them, you would see the beautiful blue, too afraid to surface. She let them close. She traced the whiskers on his face with her fingertips, and swore she saw a slight smile at her touch. "Who hurt you…? I'll destroy them…" She whispered, touching his strong arms. There were lots of bandages; most of them had bleed through to the surface. She slowly touched his wrist, and licked the blood from the soaked medical tape. Sweet. She shook her head, and cleared it. 'Don't lick that! He's probably got a disease,' Inner Sakura scolded. Sakura sighed, she didn't think anything was wrong with Naruto, she saw the way the villagers treated him; however, he wasn't beautifully wonderful like Sasuke, and he was much too loud. Like Ino, but male. She shrugged and continued to look him over. Every time he got more beautiful. She ruffled his head gently, and touched his forehead, and was reminded of his missing hiate-ate. She wiped her tear-brimmed eyes and lay down on the hospital visitors-mat they set for her.
three days later, at 4am+
Sakura was awakened by a faint whisper from her sickly teammate. "Sa…kura…chan?"
"Oh! Naruto! Naruto!"
Sasuke's head perked up, and he too was grateful to see the blonde alive. "Naruto…!" He exclaimed scrambling to the boy's bedside. He smiled and kissed the same spot their female companion had kissed. "You're alive!"
Kakashi smiled, still slumped in his chair. He covered the sharingan with his untamed grey hair, removing the hiate-ate. "You really pulled through, Naruto-kun." Their sensei said, tossing Sasuke the headband. "It's not as special as Iruka-sensei's… but it'll do until I get Iruka-sensei drunk enough to let me have it," their sensei chuckled as Sasuke and Sakura twitched uncomfortably. Naruto smiled, and his heart monitor slowed down. He pulled the oxygen mask from his nose, and greeted his friends with a less stifled voice.
"I missed you guys in Hell…" he laughed painfully. It had really felt like hell.
"Who did this to you?" Sakura asked, brushing the boy's blonde locks from his sweaty forehead and tearful eyes.
"I did it to myself." Naruto said, his eyes closing again as he became weaker.
"Who made you do this?"
"A couple of chuunin's." Naruto replied. He closed his eyes and cried a little. Sakura pet his head, and Sasuke grabbed three of his kunai. Naruto looked at the kunai-belt and his face turned pale, remembering how much the wounds from his fellow hidden-leaf shinobi hurt. His crying became sobbing and rambling, "Monster monster monster…"
"Naruto… why did they call you a monster?" Sakura asked as the boy faded.
"Kyuubi…" he said, lifting up the blanket to reveal the four-point seal. It was illuminated, a blood red colour. "…She doesn't like… shinobi…"
"She?" Sakura asked. "Kakashi-sensei?" The grey teacher smiled and shrugged. It wasn't his place to tell her about the Kyuubi, other than it belonged inside of Naruto.
"She…" Naruto said as his voice trailed off. He pulled the pale blue blanket back up over his stomach. Sakura stared at his grey eyes that once held an ocean of blue. He seemed so sad. The blonde rolled over upon his back and they heard the ripping of flesh. All three of his friends rushed to him and rolled him over. The bandages had become caught and his wrists were flowing again. Naruto gasped, and lifted his bleeding arms. "It…doesn't hurt…anymore…"
Sasuke flew out of the room, tripping noisily over his own feet. He scrambled to a nurse, "BLOOD! LOTS OF BLOOD!"
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A/n: Thank you all for all the greatcomments, one more chapter to go! ;
