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"Naruto," the doctor began, "Your blood test came back and as it turns out, you have cancer."
"What?!?!?!?!" Naruto's ear shattering scream was fluent through the hallways on the third floor. "How on God's green Earth did I get Cancer?"
The doctor coughed and shh'd Naruto and looked at his notes. "Well I asked a couple people and came to find out you are the possessor of Kyuubi. Is that correct?"
"What does that have to do with anything????" Naruto demanded.
"Well as the holder of his soul, Kyuubi has always protected you from any disease that could possibly harm you for too long. You haven't even had the chicken pox yet. Well your Kakashi sensei informed me that you felt a lot more tired after your mission a month ago, he said your chakra had been drained considerably. I'm under the impression that you've been blocked from using Kyuubi's chakra and protection. Well the entire time Kyuubi's been protecting you, your white blood cells which protect you from sickness haven't had time to grow; and when he was blocked, you got a cancer to the cells that make you not able to heal yourself." the doctor explained as he pushed his glasses to the bridge of his nose.
Naruto sighed and bent his head down. "Well how do we get rid of it?"
"Well you're in luck my friend, a new treatment has come across and there's a sixty percent chance that it won't come back again as long as Kyuubi doesn't help you anymore." The doctor saw Naruto's face lighten up slightly. "But the treatment will take up a years time. There's radiation involved, but it does little to no harm other than killing the cancer which by the way is located in you stomach area. So I can't let you train during treatment-"
"I can't train! That's not acceptable! I can't just NOT train! I have to become Hokage one day!" Naruto kept rambling on till the doctor interrupted him.
"Do you want to get through this or not Naruto?! 'Cause if you don't, you can keep training and you won't live to Hokage-hood! So if you want your dream to come true, you need to calm down and let me tell you your treatment schedule." The doctor was calm now and he saw Naruto's terrified face.
"But, okay." Naruto sniffled a bit and said, "When should I come in?"
The doctor looked at his calendar. "Come in next Monday. Be here at 8:00 in the morning and treatment will begin at 9:00."
There was silence for a moment until five minutes passed and Naruto asked, "Can I go home now? I think I need a nap." The doctor nodded and Naruto was quick to leave.
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Naruto was met by Hinata outside the hospital. She looked worried. Naruto put a sad smile on his face and asked, "What are you doing here Hinata?"
"W-well. I heard you were in the hospital for something and I was about to check on you." she said in her very shy way. She looked at him with hope in her eyes. "Why were you in the hospital in the first place."
He kept his smile on and grabbed her hand lightly and began to walk, "Let's go to my apartment. I'll tell you there over Raman."
Hinata's face seemed both worried and pleased and, with a blush, she went with him, holding his hand every step of the way.
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They were at his apartment in about a minute and Naruto let Hinata in. This was the first time that Hinata had seen the inside of Naruto's small but warm apartment. It was small and had not much furniture, and the furniture he did have was old and worn, but everything was clean.
"Would you like a cup of tea? Raman?" Naruto asked as he stepped into his small kitchen.
Hinata smiled slightly and nodded saying, "Raman will do fine."
He nodded and proceeded to put two Styrofoam cups in his microwave. He was smiling lightly the whole while and sat at his itchen table, motioning for Hinata to sit as well. She did and put her hands on the table nervously.
"Don't be nervous Hinata." This only made her more conscious of her nervousness and Naruto found himself holding her hands again, this of course made her freeze and bush wildly. "That's better." He said quietly. Hinata noticed a change in his voice. He wasn't loud or obnoxious, she hadn't even heard him say 'Believe it!' yet. She was really worried.
A short time passed and then….BEEP! The Raman was done. Naruto quickly fetched the raman cups and came back with two sets of chopsticks. "Here." he said as he handed her a cup. She took it with a smile and a quiet thank you.
It wasn't but a couple of minutes of silent slurping and gulping sounds before Hinata could take no more of it. She slamed her cup down and demanded with courage, "Naruto Uzumaki what is wrong? You've been different for the past week, and now you don't even eat your raman right!" Hinata's nerves were tested only a couple times a year and this was one of those times.
Naruto merely stopped his slow slurping and put his chopticks down gently. He looked up with a sad frown and a couple tears falling down his face. "Hinata," he began. "I've got cancer." There was no answer. He slammed his hands on the table and stood. "Did you hear me!?"
Hinata flinched slightly and whimpered. "Yes." She said scared.
Naruto noticed the terror in her face and the tears came more freely. "I'm sorry." he said, his face becoming more sad than anything. "I'm so sorry." He sat down in his seat and laid his face in his arm to cry. He'd never been like this.
Hinata saw her friend and went to her friend and hugged him lightly. She didn't say anything, only let him cry.
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I know Naruto's a little OC but he just found out he wouldn't be able to train for a YEAR! Flame all you want, but I assure you it does get less sad.