Author's note: Mwa ha ha! I'm sooooo evil. Naruto's dieing!!! I know you like this and u want to review!

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Naruto screamed out in pain as he lay next to a crying Sakura. This was scary. Naruto has NEVER screamed in pain. He winced but he did not scream. This must be absolutely excruciating for him to be in such a state.

"Sakura it hurts." He cried slowly drifting into unconciosness.

"No. NO! Naruto stay awake. I need you to stay awake!" She screamed. But it was too late. He was unconscious. She checked his pulse. It was faint, but it was there. She then took of his jacket very carefully. What she saw almost made her gag. His shirt was stained with lots of blood.

She laid her hands on him, trying to get a steady heart beat. But it was still fading, slowly.

"Sasuke we're losing him!" She screamed

"That's it, I've had enough of this!" Sasuke yelled as he dodged a punch from the man. He readied his hands, creating the chidori. At light speed, he plunged it into the man's heart. He coughed up blood.

"The Akatsuki will get what they want. It's no use trying to stop them." Were his last words. Sasuke looked at him with raging fury. He did not feel sorry at all for this man. He tried to kill his best friend. and he might have succeeded.

Sasuke ran over to where Naruto and Sakura were.

"We need to get him to the site. The others are probably already there." Sasuke said, very carefully picking up a limp Naruto.

"If they are we need to start treating him right away." Sakura said getting up. And the two ran as fast as they could to get to the others.

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Ino, Shikamaru, Chouji, Hinata, Kiba and Shino were already at the camp site with everything set up. They had been there for 20 minutes. Chouji, Shino and Kiba were gone in the forest to get some thing s they might need to treat Naruto. Ino and Hiinata were medical ninjas too but they weren't as advanced as Sakura because they started training way after her. Ino and Shikamaru stayed behind, waiting for them.

"I'm worried about them. It's been 20 minutes since they called and they said they were only 5 minutes from the site." Ino said pacing back and forth.

They heard some one jumping through the trees. Sasuke, holding a limp and bloody Naruto, and Sakura jumped down. Ino and Shikamaru were shocked.

"He needs treatment now!" Sakura exclaimed getting Naruto into the tent. Sasuke followed while Shikamaru went to go find the others.

They laid him down gently on an already prepared sleeping bag. Sakura checked his pulse again. Still faint. Naruto unconsciously winced in pain.

"Okay we need to get his shirt off." She said lifting him the slightest bit. When they took off the blood stained shirt, what they saw was unbearable. The wound was deep and big and was still bleeding. But what surprised them the most…. was the sealing mark on his stomach…it was glowing red as fire.

"Ino, can you get me some bandages?" Sakura asked.

"Of course." Ino went through some bags to look for it. In the meantime Sakura cleaned the wound as much as she could with out touching it. Ino gave her the bandages and they both wrapped it around him.

"Is he gonna be okay?" Ino asked.

Sakura sighed. "I……I don't know."

"I…I…h..ope..you…do" said a voice behind them. They all turned around. It couldn't be…..

"Naruto!" Sasuke exclaimed

"Naruto how do you feel?" Sakura asked

"Can't….breathe…..so good. And it…..AHHHHHH!!" he screamed clutching the sealing mark on his stomach.

"Naruto!" Sakura shouted. "Ino I need you to help Shikamaru find the others. We need those herbs!"

"Okay."

"Sasuke, can you hand me that bag?" she asked

"Ya, sure." Sasuke handed her a small brown bag. Sakura pulled out a pill and gave it to Naruto.

"That should take care of the pain for now." She said.

"Thank you." He said slowly letting his hand drop from where it had laid on his stomach. His breathing was shallow and weak. This poison was working slowly and painfully. But in some cases that was better. Slowly, was giving them more time to analyze it, and they did have some pain killers to help. But that still did not make things easier. It was doing something to him that effects, not only his body, but his soul. Deep into his soul. Where the Kuuybi was sealed.

"That's all I can do until the others get back." Sakura said sadly.

Sasuke looked down at her. "You're doing great" he said putting his hand on her shoulder.

"I just hope that's enough." She answered