First Christmas Disaster part 5
"What?!" Sakura shouted.
"I'm afraid Naruto has fallen ill; do you want to go and see him?"
"Yes! Oh and at Christmas as well. Is it a cold or something? Sasuke told me about him being out in the rain too long".
"Where is Sasuke anyway?"
"At his rented apartment. Shall I go and get him?"
"No, I think it would be just you first. The others can maybe see him later. Remember you are Tsunade's apprentice now". Jiraiya smiled. He wouldn't disclose all the information about Naruto. She could see for herself.
They arrived at the hospital moments later. As he had found her just walking past, they hadn't finished cleaning all the blood from him yet.
Sakura looked at Naruto and screamed.
"What's with all the blood? Did he get injured? I can cure that!"
"If that was the case, than Tsunade could have done".
"Tsunade-sama can't cure him? Oh no. Is he going to die?"
Jiraiya didn't look her in the eyes. Sakura's eyes brimmed with tears.
"I have to go and find Sasuke-kun", she stammered. She ran out of the room. Jiraiya looked at the seal on Naruto's stomach and touched it. His right hand did signs as his left hand swirled over the seal. Jiraiya peeked in to Naruto's subconscious and saw Naruto with the fox.
"What the hell is wrong with you? Get the hell better do you know what you're doing is affecting me?!"
"Shut up brat. I have no idea what is wrong? Do you want me to kill you here?" the fox tried to reach through the bars in the cage to grab Naruto. Naruto dodged and jumped back.
"We need to figure this out or we'll both die!"
"Unless Tsunade cures me; that magic will cause me to be free and you to be alive. But do you think she'll risk everyone in the village for you?"
"Of course not she's isn't stupid! But I don't want to die yet and neither do you so we have to work together to figure something out! What happens if you use your chakra?"
"Well, do you want me to find out because your body is the one to pay?"
"Well if I feel pain, so do you so just try it", Naruto argued.
The fox used some of his chakra and Jiraiya broke free and watched Naruto's body as the orange red visible chakra whirled around Naruto's body and then suddenly vanished. Jiraiya could see no visible signs of difference.
He repeated his jutsu and was back in Naruto's subconscious to see Naruto shouting at the fox.
"What good is your healing ability if you can't cure this?"
"Shut up brat, I so want to kill you".
"Well you can't your sick!"
"Shut up!"
"Alright, let's start over. How did you start getting ill?"
"When you got cut by that man".
"Was there anything significant about that knife or anything?"
"The only thing I noticed was that there was a particular strong hate coming from that man mixed with evil".
"Evil?"
"Yes, not as evil as me though".
"Well no one could be as disgustingly evil as you".
"Watch your mouth brat!"
Naruto stayed silent and sat on the floor. The walls of his subconscious were a cold stone colour grey. There was no orange or red that he usually associated with the beast inside him. That gave him an idea.
"What colour would you say this evil was?"
"What are you stupid?" the fox snarled.
"I'm working on an idea. Much better than what you're doing".
"Believe it or not I am trapped in here! Not much I can do. Oh if only I were free I would so enjoy killing you".
"That can wait for a time when you get free, okay? Have you got an answer?"
"Well I would say a kind of purple colour. What?" the colour drained slightly from Naruto's face.
"I had a sneaky suspicion that it was him. That bastard OROCHIMARU!" Naruto yelled. Jiraiya startled and broke free from his jutsu again. He looked at the seal again and noticed a slight purple tint colour appearing.
Jiraiya walked to Tsunade's office. "Hey Tsunade, have you got anything to conquer Orochimaru's curse mark power?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Naruto discovered that it was Orochimaru that has a connection with how the fox got ill. The fox has been infected with this curse mark power of his by a disguised man that Naruto met yesterday. It was around that time that the illness kicked in",
"How did you discover this? Naruto's unconscious, how would you know?"
"I sneaked in to his subconscious and saw him talking with the fox behind its bars".
"Do you think he's still here or what? Why the hell would he want to get Naruto with his powers, it's the complete opposite of his plans isn't it?" Tsunade said getting up and walking back to Naruto's room with Jiraiya. They opened the door and found that Naruto had gone. All that was left was a small pool of blood on the floor by the open window.
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