CHAPTER 2

"Naruto!" A brown haired sixteen year called out opening the door to the school roof, his name? Inuzuka Kiba; He had a natural tan, wild unkempt brown hair and two red upside down triangle tattoos on each cheek.

"Oi! Naruto you there?" He called out once more stepping out leaving the door opened behind him. "Man, where is that guy!-?"

Kiba growled as he walked over to the railings. "I've been looking for him for hours!" He yelled ruffling his hair in irritation.

"Miso… no…Beef…"

Blinking, Kiba made his way over there only to find a sleeping blonde arms propped up to use as a pillow a MATH book covering his face his chest rose up and down in an even pace signaling his deep slumber. "This idiot . . ." Kiba visibly shook in anger as he watch the content blonde roll over to his side effectively making the book drop from his face only to see him smiling that idiotic smile of his, a bit of drool as well.

He took in a shaky breath as he approached the sleeping blonde with a bright smile.

"Na-ru-to!" He said in a sing song voice stopping just beside him "Wake up you little bastard." he heard him mumble out 'five more minutes' before sending a swift well deserved kick to his ribs effectively making him roll over his stomach waking him up from the pain that erupted in his stomach.

"AHH!-! THE HELL KIBA!-?" The blonde yelled as he looked up to see his attacker smirking.

"GET UP YOU ASSHOLE!" He yelled back. "THOSE BASTARDS IN SOUND ARE CAUSING TROUBLE AGAIN!" He yelled kicking him again only to be caught by the glaring blonde. "THEY'VE BEEN ASKING FOR YOUR ASS EVER SINCE THEY ATTACKED US AT THE GYM!"

"DAMN IT ENOUGH WITH THE KICKING!-!" Naruto yelled pushing his foot away making him lose balance and onto the floor as well.

"WHATEVER! JUST GET YOUR ASS OVER TO THE GYM PRONTO!" Kiba yelled standing up followed by Naruto who was already dusting his clothes off.

"WEREN'T YOU THE ONE WHO CHALLENGED THEM AWHILE AGO!-?"

"Oh yeah . . . about that…" His face got all serious, Kiba tensed. Naruto never gets this serious unless it's really important

"W-What?" Kiba asked his voice hesitating.

He turned to look him in the eye dead serious.

Kiba gulped.

Naruto smirked.

"I'm skipping!" He smiled cheerfully placing both hands at the back of his head. "Besides I've got more important things to do!" he yelled darting towards the roof door.

"Damn it!" he yelled running after the blonde who was already running down the stairs.

"NARUTO!-!"

"BAA-CHAN! ONEE-CHAN! " Naruto yelled as he entered the large white building.

"Naruto!" A loud voice called out as he approached the reception table. He turned to see a woman who was in her mid 30's glaring at him her hand on her waist a frown etched on her beautiful face as she stalked towards medical coat fluttering behind and forcefully grab him by the collar.

"HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU!-?" She yelled shaking him violently

"THIS. IS. A. HOSPITAL! YOU CAN'T JUST BARGE IN HERE SCREAMING LIKE AN IDIOT!"

"BUT B-BAA-CHAN!" He choked. "YOU'RE SCREAMING TOO!-!-!" He yelled his voice even louder.

Most of the people around them had stopped to look at the two blondes in amusement and fear as the two threw banters at each other.

"DON'T YOU DARE SCREAM AT MY FACE YOU BRAT!-!"

"LET GO OF ME YOU OLD HAG!-!-!"

"O-OLD!-? I'LL SHOW YOU OLD YOU LITTLE BASTARD!-!-!"

"W-WATCH IT BAA-CHAN!-! YOU'RE FACE WILL MELT!"

BAM!

The two blondes now sat quietly on the floor both sporting a large bump courtesy of an innocently smiling Shizune who was holding the offending clipboard tight to her chest.

"We shouldn't disturb the patients, ne?" She smiled sweetly and although her eyes screamed bloody murder if they did anything drastic again

"H-Hai. . ." They both whispered head down at the terrifying black haired woman.

"So Gaki, came for your daily visit?" Tsunade smirked as the blonde teen gave her a thumb up.

"Mochiron! I promised didn't I?"

"Yeah . . . you did." She smiled and patted him on the head. "Go on, you can't keep her waiting!" She said kicking him towards the elevator.

"See ya later" He called as the elevator door began closing "Baa-chan."

Too bad Tsunade's shoe didn't make it.

Naruto smiled to himself as he heard the familiar tune playing.

'How long has it been since then . . ?'

DING!

The elevator door opened he stepped out into the familiar hallway silence greeting him.

'Eight? Ten years?'

. . .

'Yeah Ten years since that day.' He closed his eyes letting his feet take him to his destination.

Two little boys glared at the door, they've been sitting there for hours. Their parents sat at the end of the hallway looking at them worriedly.

"Sasuke-chan? Naruto-chan" A soft voice called out to them; It was Mikoto Uchiha his best friend's mother.

"I-It's getting late, don't you want to go home and rest?"

"No."

"Naruto." His father approached him with a small smile. "Don't worry; Sakura-chan is a big girl, she'll be okay." He smiled as he patted both boys on the head ruffling their hair slightly.

None of the two boys moved, they stayed glued to their spot staring at the door, the hallway dimmed as the only thing illuminating their spot was the bright red OR sign.

Seconds. Minutes. Hours passed they still didn't move. Finally the bright ER light shut off and Tsunade emerged from the door sweaty and exhausted an equally drained Shizune following close behind.

"B-Baa-chan?" Naruto's voice was hoarse from all the crying but he didn't care. He needed to know if his Sakura-chan was alright. Sasuke stood up next to him wanting to know the same thing.

"Ah. You're still here?" came her irritated voice. "Shizune, you explain it. I'm gonna be in my office… drinking sake." She mumbled rubbing her temples as she threw her medical coat towards the startled Shizune.

"H-Hai." She stuttered looking at her retreating form. She sighed as she faced the group in front of her all eager to know what had happened to their pink haired blossom.

"S-Shizune-neechan?" Sasuke tugged on her coat. "W-Where's Sakura-chan?" He asked tears threatening to fall, next to him was an already crying Naruto who tried to keep on a brave face.

"S-She's. . ." Shizune bit back a sob. "Sa-Sakura-chan is a-asleep right now." She tried to smile as she bit down her lower lip to keep her tears at bay.

"A-asleep?" They both said looking up at her with a hopeful smile on their faces.

"Yes, asleep." She repeated patting them both on the head.

He chuckled at the memory. "Asleep." He muttered as he stopped in front of a familiar room, the numbers 143 greeted him.

Naruto reached for the door knob and opened it gently; a sweet lullaby welcomed him as he entered the room. The steady beeping of medical equipment was heard in the background. He bit his lip trying to keep his emotions in check. He approached to queen sized bed, a dresser at its side, surrounded by all kinds of machines a tube ran up the bed attached to a sleeping girl.

"Asleep. . ." He repeated once more to himself as he approached the bed. Wherein a sleeping figure lay, her pale alabaster skin, her long slender frame that was buried under thin white covers, pink hair fell down passed her waist. Two beautiful emeralds hidden beneath closed eyes. The steady rise of her chest was the only evident sign that she was alive and breathing.

He grabbed a chair and placed it right beside the sleeping pink haired nymph, he took her hand in his as his other hand moved up to brush her long pink locks away from her face.

"Ne, Sakura-chan . . ?" He whispered his hand tracing down her jaw. "How long do you plan on sleeping?"

re-written: 10/31/11