Author's Note: From now until the end of January updates will be irregular because both myself and Ignus Dracorex (the co-author you have probably all forgotten but is the real reason Sasuke is not dead - I had a plan, but he said 'no, she lives') are going fruit picking and will simply update whenever we can.

Lords First, Second and Third Hokage stand out in the hall with Arashi, Kazama, Kiba and Akamaru, Hinata, Iruka, Rain, Konan, Shisui and Itachi, Tenzou and Minoru, Kakashi, Fugaku and Rasa, Mikoto, Kinoko, Shino, Madoka and Naruto while the Five medics do one last check over Sasuke.

Fugaku stares at the open door leading into the ward were Sasuke lies, alive. He drops rasa onto the floor and steps forward, into the ward. "How is this possible?" he asks. "Just who are you?"

The medic with red hair, whose name escapes Fugaku, turns away from Sasuke and straightens up. "I am Okami Uzumaki," she says proudly. "But you may call me Kami."

"But how?" asks Fugaku. "She was dead."

"You can thank Karin for this," says Okami, putting her hand on top of the young Uzumaki's head. "She is the one who sensed the tiny spark of life left in Sasuke."

Earlier that day…

"It's alright, Karin," says Okami, patting her daughter's back. "This is normal in the shinobi world."

"It shouldn't be!" snaps Karin, turning to latch on to her mother.

"I know," says Karin's mother, sadly. "But you learn to see it and not hurl your guts up after a while. It doesn't get any easier though. But we must endure."

"I want to go and see Sasuke," whispers Karin. "I wanted to be friends with her, but she didn't like me very much."

Okami shakes her head sadly. "Come on then," she says, and leads her daughter to the room they keep the dead exam contestants in until the exams are over. Chief Fugaku is just leaving when they arrive, a pair of sunglasses covering his eyes. Okami ignores him and goes into the arena morgue.

There is an ANBU woman there with the medics. "I will stand guard," the ANBU is saying. "You lot go back to your posts. You may be needed for the next match." The medics leave, and the ANBU pulls back the sheet covering Sasuke's face. "She looks so happy, doesn't she?" says the ANBU. "Poor kid."

Okami sighs. "Yes, but you should probably leave that in place."

"She doesn't look dead," says Karin, walking up beside Sasuke. Then Karin makes the hand sign for molding chakra, activating her sensory chakra. Karin screws up her face in concentration, focusing hard. Then she let's out a yelp and says, "Sasuke isn't quite dead yet, there's still a tiny spark of life left!"

When she left the Hidden Grass, Okami vowed never to use her kekkei genkai again, however if this girl is alive, then that technique could keep her that way. Okami steps up beside Sasuke and pries the girl's mouth open. Okami takes a deep breath and places her forearm in Sasuke's mouth and pushes Sasuke's jaw closed. Immediately, Okami's chakra floods into Sasuke. Exercising fine control over her power, Okami directs the healing chakra to Sasuke's vital organs.

"Is that…?" the ANBU trails off.

"Get her heart beating," orders Okami, talking to Karin. "I'll do the rest."

The ANBU steps forward, healing chakra encasing her hands and lays them over Sasuke's heart. A moment later, Okami feels Sasuke's heart begin to beat faintly.

Okami focuses on getting Sasuke's lungs working. There is so much to heal and so little time before Sasuke dies for real. Okami only has so much chakra, and will only be able to heal Sasuke a certain amount. It is vital that she heal enough that Sasuke will live.

Then the ANBU turns to Karin says, "What is your name, girl?"

"Karin," says Karin.

"There is a woman in the audience who is an excellent medic. She wears a long, hooded cloak and a cloth mask covering the bottom half of her face," says the ANBU. "Her name is Wind. Go find her and bring her here. Quickly."

"Yes," agrees Karin, and runs to find the woman the ANBU spoke of. Karin returns in just a few minutes with the masked and cloaked woman she was told to fetch.

Wind takes one look at the situation and places hands glowing with healing chakra on Sasuke's left lung. "I'll keep her breathing, you focus on getting her other lung working. We can deal with the rest once she's breathing."

"Right," Okami agrees and focuses her healing chakra on Sasuke's left lung.

Karin starts healing Sasuke's other damaged internal organs with the medical ninjutsu she learned at the academy. Judging by the expression on Karin's face, this is no easy task for her.

Time passes. Okami can tell that Wind and the ANBU are starting to run out of chakra. "We need to get her to the hospital," says Okami. "And get her on life support before we all run out of chakra." Okami's chakra is low, but not in danger of running out. Karin is having difficulty controlling her chakra.

"We cannot move her with just the four of us," says Wind. "The chakra control required to move and heal her at the same time is beyond your daughter's skill level. We need another medic."

At that moment, a boy with white hair and round glasses walks into the mortuary. "What's going on here?" he asks.

"We need to get this girl to the hospital," says Wind. "Take over from Karin."

"Yes Mother," says the boy, and takes over healing the lower half of Sasuke's left torso. Karin steps back, shaking.

"Good, now we need to get her to the hospital, and fast," says Wind. "Get ready to move her."

"We'll need to carry her between us," says Okami. "We cannot balance the stretcher like this. We'll each need to have one hand healing her and one hand holding her up."

"I'll make sure the way is clear," says Karin, and scampers out. By the time she returns, the four medics have Sasuke resting on their arms, ready to transport her. It is awkward to hold and heal her, but with Okami and Kabuto on Sasuke's left, and Wind and the ANBU on Sasuke's right, they can manage. "The way out of the stadium is clear," says Karin. "But it looks like the village is under attack."

"No matter," says Okami. "We will just have to get to the hospital before the invasion gets to us."

With Karin scouting the way ahead and taking care of any threats that get too close, the medics transport Sasuke to the hospital. At one point, they pass Deputy Kinoko, running towards the T and I department with another member of the Police force slung over her shoulder, his arm missing. Okami is glad that Kinoko did not see Sasuke's face, or she would have stopped for sure.

Finally, they arrive at the hospital. With all the new casualties being rushed in, no one thought twice about an off duty civilian medic, two Genin medics, an ANBU and a cloaked woman rushing an injured girl into an intensive care ward.

Carefully, they lay Sasuke down on the hospital bed. Karin starts preparing the machines, under Wind's directions. Karin also fetches a hospital gown and a ton of bandages. Wind tells her to get some splints as well, which Karin does promptly. The ANBU relinquishes the duty of keeping Sasuke's heart beating to Wind, who takes the extra duty on without question. Then Wind and Karin cut away Sasuke's clothing and splint and bandage her injuries.

Okami hears the door open as they are connecting Sasuke to the machines and putting the hospital gown on her. Once the machines are connected, all five medics step back and wait to see if they need to do anything more. The machines beep away steadily. All five medics let out a long sigh of relief.

Someone walks into the room. "How is this possible?" a man asks. "Just who are you?"

Okami straightens and turns. Then she looks Fugaku Uchiha in the eye and says, "I am Okami Uzumaki. But you may call me Kami."

"But how?" asks Fugaku. "She was dead."

"You can thank Karin for this," says Okami, putting her hand on top of Karin's head. "She is the one who sensed the tiny spark of life left in Sasuke."

"Oh." Fugau walks up to Sasuke and stares down at her. "She's alive…"

"For now," says Wind. "There is no guarantee she will survive until we have recovered our chakra enough to treat her again, and I cannot stay to see this girl through."

"There are limits to my knowledge," adds Okami. "I will do my best, but there is still only a small chance I can get her through this…" Okami feels faint suddenly. She is not used to using so much chakra all at once. "Even if she lives, Sasuke will be crippled for life."

A girl with brown hair tied into two buns wanders up to Iruka. "So what's going on here, Iruka-shishou?"

"Who said you could call me 'shishou'?" asks Iruka crossing his arms.

The girl droops. "But…" then she catches sight of Sasuke through the open door. "Is that Sasuke? Is she alive?"

"For now," says Okami. "We might not be able to save her, and she will certainly have to have her arm amputated if she lives."

"It is simply beyond our skill level," says the ANBU, shaking her head.

The girl with the buns gazes at Sasuke thoughtfully then asks, "Would Lady Tsunade be able to help her?"

Fugaku turns slightly. "You'd have to find her first."

"Who are we finding?" asks a new voice. How many more people are going to wander into the hospital? Okami walks out of Sasuke's ward. There is quite the gathering in the hall. The man who spoke is a large man with long white hair. "What's going on here?"

"Pervy Sage," says Naruto, one of the people gathered in the hallway. "How Come you didn't come and watch me in the Exams?'

"I was busy…"

"Hmmph!" Naruto crosses his arms and turns away.

"Jiraiya, long time no see," says the Third Hokage. "You wouldn't happen to know where Tsunade is, would you?"

"No," says Jiraiya, shaking his head. "But I know how to find her. Why?"

"Because we need this Tsunade to help Sasuke," says Naruto, marching over to Jiraiya. He grabs the legendary Sannin by the shirt and drags him away saying, "Pervy Sage, we are going on a road trip!"

"I had better make sure they pack properly," says Kazama, following them with Arashi trailing along behind.