DISCLAIMER: I don't own Naruto but I do own Sanada Sakumi who is my own character in this fic.
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It was morning. Rise and shine to the whole of Konoha. Today was the second day since the training mishap. A blond boy who was lying in a bed in Konoha hospital was starting to awake. He was surprised since yesterday he felt a little burning pain throughtout his whole body but it was now gone. Even though he was still incapable of movement he was glad that the pain was gone.
'So kid how are you doing now?", a voice spoke in Naruto's mind.
'Fine thank you', Naruto calmly thought bavk in reply to Kyuubi. He looked outside. The sunrise was beautiful. The golden red rays of the sun shone on Konoha and the gray violet skies started to turn blue and yellow. It was majestic to say the least.
'Kit? What's wrong with you?', Kyuubi asked Naruto as he sighed admiring the sunrise.
'What do you mean Kyuubi?', Naruto asked innocently.
'You seem so subdued not usually your energetic cocky ramen-crazed self', Kyuubi asked concerned. 'If I didn't know any better I'd think your an impersonater but since I'm sealed in you that's not possible.', Kyuubi added.
'Ah I don't know what's wrong with me but I just feel...', Naruto searched his mind for the right words.
'What? you can tell me kid', kyuubi spoke curiously.
'At peace', Naruto finished.
'At peace?', Kyuubi asked puzzled.
'Yeah like I couldn't ask for anything more, like being alive is worth the effort like the kind of feeling that's not happy nor sad but just... content.', Naruto blinked. Kyuubi's was going crazy.
'Okay you must be an imposter cause the Naruto I know doesn't think that deep. He may have deep emotional scars that carry wisdom through experience but he can't think that deep', Kyuubi spoke.
'Are you making fun of me furball?', Naruto asked in reply to the statement that was clearly insulting his intelligence.
'Now there is the lovable moron that I know', Kyuubi laughed in Naruto's mind.
'How about you Kyuubi why are YOU so nice all of a sudden', Naruto retorted narrowing his eyes anime-style the way they do it when they go all sneaky and sly.
'Well since I'm gonna be stuck here for your whole life I might as well make the most of it so other than coughing up hairballs or bathing and stuff there's not much to do but get to know you', Kyuubi spoke.
'I see as for me I don't know what's making me feel this way. It just feels wierd.', Naruto said unsure.
'Don't worry I'm sure you'll be back to your dumb old self', Kyuubi snickered.
'Shut it furball', Naruto snapped at Kyuubi in his mind.
'See your already back to normal', Kyuubi just laughed all the way.
With Naruto's regenation abilities the Hokage was sure Naruto would be able to speak or talk about what happened without risking any complications. She was planning on speaking with Naruto today in the company of both Jiraiya and Kakashi as well as Shizune. She walked with authority to Naruto's room. It was quiet no more like deserted. She looked around and she couldn't see any of the hospital staff in the hallway where Naruto's room was located. 'This was expected after Shizune was asked directly by a certain nurse to be assigned to Naruto which was quite a surprise', Tsunade thought as a vein twitched in her temples. She would have a talk with the hospital staff when this was over. Jiraiya recognized the symptoms and stood as far away from Tsunade as possible and Kakashi followed his lead while Shizune just walked on nervously. They slowly knocked on the door to Naruto's room. They heard gentle giggles come from the other side of the room. They all cocked their eyebrows and knocked again.
"Come in", they heard Naruto's voice from the other side of the door. They entered and were surprised to see Sakura in a nurse uniform conversing with Naruto as she peeled him some fruits.
"Sakura?", Kakashi blurted out instantly
"Ah gomen Uzumaki-san has told me that I look a lot like his teammate I assume her name is Sakura but my name is Sakumi", Sakumi bowed.
"Ah Sakumi so you were the one who asked to be transfered. I thank you for looking after this idiot", Tsunade said as she approached Naruto's bedside. Looking kindly to Sakumi.
"Nothing to thank me for Hokage-sama, Uzumaki-san is a very wonderful person", Sakumi finished peeling the fruit and standed up ready to leave. "See you again Uzumaki-san", Sakumi waved to Naruto before she bowed to them and left.
"Naruto do you know that you just scored a jackpot.", Jiraiya said the perverted look on his face.
"Whattya mean ero-sennin?", Naruto asked eyes narrowed.
"I meant that she'll be a very good res... I mean looking woman if you give her a few more years.", Jiraiya grinned lecherously.
"Don't even think about it Jiraiya", Tsunade spoke cracking her knuckles. "Now as for you", she fixed her gaze upon Naruto after seeing Jiraiya back away into a corner.
"What up baa-chan?", Naruto grinned.
KAPONK!
"OW! WHAT DID YOU HAVE TO DO THAT FOR!", Naruto asked as his head throbbed painfully unable to nurse the huge lump on his head since his hands were still imobile.
"That was for calling me baa-chan...", Tsunade stopped and Naruto instantly found himself enveloped in a hug. "and for worrying me. Don't you know how scared I was of what might have happened to you after feeling Kyuubi's chakra", Tsunade scolded Naruto.
"I'm sorry that I worried you baa-chan but it won't happen again", Naruto spoke after realizing the things that the people that really cared for him went through just because of his stubbornness. Tsunade held him at arms length and looked at him and with a gentle smile Naruto solemnly said, "I promise".
Tsunade smiled and let Naruto go. Now looking all official again she asked the thing that was bothering them the whole time. "Naruto what happened?", Tsunade asked concern evident in her voice.
"Oh that hehe", They all swore even Kyuubi that if Naruto could move his hands he would be scratching the back of his neck at this very moment. "Well I was training on controling Kyuubi's chakra. Guess I went overboard and here we are", Naruto explained with a grin.
'That isn't exactly the truth', Kyuubi said in his mind.
'But it isn't exactly a lie either', Naruto answered back still grinning to everyone.
"I see just don't woory us like that Naruto", Jiraiya spoke up from the background.
"Yes, I'll get Sasuke and Sakura to visit you sometime", Kakashi added as he looked at Naruto intently.
'Do you think they know that I'm lying?', Naruto asked.
'I thought you said you didn't lie', Kyuubi asked innocently.
'technicalities', Naruto muttered in his mind.
'Fine I think they know but they're just brushing it off cause they trust you.', Kyuubi spoke a bit exasperated at the developments. Soon they all left but Shizune who said she wanted to make sure of Naruto's condition. Tsunade said she would do it but Shizune pointed out that she still had other duties so Shizune was left.
"Naruto.", Shizune confronted Naruto who was panicing.
'Is she gonna ask me what really happened?', Naruto thought panicing a chibi form of him running around arms flailing and sweating profusely in his mind.
"What's really going on between you and Sakumi", Shizune asked
"Eh?", Naruto asked confused the chibi in his mind pausing midstep and fell face-first.
"What's going on between you and Sakumi?", Shizune asked again
"Nothing, why do you ask?", Naruto answered confused.
"Well Naruto you and her seem to be getting very friendly", Shizune said as she sat down.
"We just met yesterday. She seemed nice enough and I needed more friends", Naruto spoke in return
"Wow yesterday, you sure work fast Naruto", Shizune teased.
"I finish all the work I have to do as soon as I get them as long as they don't involve really smart people to do.", Naruto spoke seemingly searching his mind for answers.
'It's either this kid is totally a moron or he's just playing dumb', Shizune thought. "I mean do you have a crush on Sakumi?", Shizune asked curiously.
"Not really", he answered truthfully. Then he remembered the first time his sapphire blue eyes met Sakumi's emerald ones then he blushed looking at his sheets.
"Aha! So there is something between you two", Shizune accused Naruto giggling as she saw his blush.
"It's not really a crush it's just that I felt really wierd after looking into her eyes when we met yesterday", Naruto answered in a subdued voice.
"Wow how romantic!", Shizune squeeled blushing in her seat beside Naruto's bed.
"That's not it", Naruto tried to make his outburst as dramatic as possible to get her to stop. "I don't know what this feeling is but I don't think it's a crush cause I remember when I had a crush on Sakura-chan.", Naruto spoke clutching his sheets as he looked at them trying to make sense of what he was feeling.
"What did you feel when you had a crush on Sakura?", Shizune asked gently
"I felt like my whole body was coursing with electricity when I saw her and I all I thought was That 'that girl is cute' and I've only looked at her eversince", Naruto said and felt like he had something lifted from his shoulders. He sighed and when he thought of Sakumi his lungs and heart felt like they were filled with the freshes of breezes and he inhaled then exhaled deeply. "When it comes to Sakumi it's hard to describe I feel like everything I could want in my life is right in front of me. It's like I could wish for nothing more like...", Naruto just couldn't find the words.
"Like she's the one that keeps you alive", Shizune tried helping.
"No like she's an angel no a Goddess coming to lift me from this hell I call my life", Naruto spoke his eyes seemed blank.
"Naruto", Shizune said slowly trying to know what the blond felt like. "Naruto did it feel like she made you complete.", Shizune closed her eyes trying to remember her past relationships trying to relive those feelings. LIfe came back to Naruto's blank eyes and he spoke.
"Yeah that's exactly how it felt!", Naruto looked at Shizune surprised.
"I know that feeling well Naruto-kun don't let it go cause it only comes once", she said looking at the boy as she spoke from past experience.
"Hmm..", Naruto lay down from his inclined position and tried to sort out his feeling. 'Sakura-chan
really likes Sasuke and Sakumi just makes me feel so nice.", Naruto thought. 'Right I've decided',
thought Naruto as he slowly fell asleep.
Shizune got up as she saw the blond fall asleep. She left but before she did. She looked around the
room to see if everything was okay. She tried to get Naruto a good room and that she did. The bed
was right beside the window giving a good view. To the bed's left was a night table with a lamp and
a vase a chair and there was a cabinet beside the night table where extra blankets for visitors
staying overnight were kept. She looked inside the cabinet. There was nothing inside. Shizune
sighed. She was gonna have to check the cabinets of every unoccupied room of the hospital again and
see which rooms blankets were discarded without her knowledge or if some one was actually foolish
enough to steal them. Didn't they know the blankets might have some disease or something?
It was night time. 'I guess I'll go make Uzumaki-san's dinner', Sakumi thought as she walked to her home from the grocery with two bags in each of her hands. She was wearing jeans a long sleeve sweater and a sleeveless jacket(sometimes I wonder if my fashion sense is messed up). She wasn't wearing her nurse uniform cause she was still enjoying her afternoon break. Her life was like one big schedule. She was attending special tutoring classes well she had to. She thanked God her first lessons consisted of first-aid and medicine cause with that she was accepted as a nurse in the hospital that helped her get through her life not to mention she liked to help people. Some thought she should have been a ninja but she was against violence so she decided being civilian was best for her. She stopped in front of her two-storey house. The front yard was a plantation of sorts. To the left was a patch of vegetables and to the right a couple of trees one apple and the other mango. In the middle of the two pieces of agricultural land was a cement path that led to her home. When she got to the porch she took the keys from her pocket and opened the door that led to the living room. Where there were the usual TV, couch, table, a cabinet containing different movies and other furnishings. She went to the kitchen which was behind the living room and placed them on the counter top. Her kitchen was also her dining room since at one side was the counter which held drinks and such on one side while cooking utensils and ingredients on one side. Her fridge was huge to say the least. It even had an ice making machine built in. Sakumi was just putting away the things she bought when she remembered the time she asked to be assigned to Naruto.
-flashback-
"I am curious Sanada-san. Why do you wish to be assigned to patient Uzumaki Naruto.", Shizune the second director of the hospital asked her as she scanned Sakumi's file.
"I don't have much of a reason director but I feel the staff has been neglecting him as soon as he came in.", Sakumi answered.
"Yes, that is true", Shizune was not blind to this truth as well.
"It also appears that you live alone yes?", Shizune questioned eyeing her.
"Yes, I do live alone", Sakumi replied.
"And you are only twelve years old with 2 years of service", Shizune spoke surprised that one so young was already working. Well on civilian standards.
"Yes, but I have been trained in first aid and medicines thoroughly though not in medic-nin jutsus", Sakumi answered.
"Then I am assured that you will be the one taking care of Uzumaki Naruto after I assign you to him?", Shizune asked for assurance.
"Yes", Sakumi replied.
"Then your transfer is official", Shizune closed the file as she smiled hoping for the best as she was still skeptic due to the unknown factors surrounding the girl.
-end flashback-
'well that was past best I do my job and cook Naruto-san dinner', Sakumi thought as she prepared dinner for our favorite ramen crazed prank-pulling fox ninja.
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AUTHOR'S NOTES: I hope this chapter is up to standard cause I just rushed through the whole thing please review.