Changes Changes Chapter Two In the Sand, a naruto fanfic

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AN: Here's the second chapter

ALERT: English isn't my native language (far from it...)... There aren't any ortographic errors (bless word O.o) but the automatic correction doesn't include every grammar errors, so if anyone sees one too flagrant please tell me so I can correct it. Thanks

Chapter Two – In the Sand

Opening up his eyes slowly, Naruto found himself looking to a bright white ceiling, his nerves tensing.

"Where…"

"Naruto!" Something pink obscured his field of vision, and the faint smell of Cherry Blossoms made him more at ease as the kuinochi hold in him increased.

"Sakura-chan… You're asphyxiating me…" She quickly loosened the grip and sighed relieved.

"I'm glad the antidote I synthesized was enough for this… But it was so strong… I was afraid…" Naruto looked at her worried face and smiled warmly.

"Don't worry Sakura-chan, I'm feeling much better now… you're amazing…" Sakura blushed a little and scratched the back of her head embarrassedly as she smiled faintly.

"I guess the training with Hokage-sama really did paid off…" Naruto looked to his left, seeing Kakashi, his arms bandaged.

"Sensei! What happened? Are you hurt?" he asked concernedly. Kakashi shrugged.

"Not much… I just used Raikiri too much I guess…" Naruto nodded.

"Then… what happened to that Akatsuki weird guy?" By the corner of his eye, Naruto saw Sakura shiver. Kakashi sighed.

"Well after you were kidnapped, that guy resumed Sasori's work and tried to kill us, but reinforcements arrived…" Sakura nodded.

"Yes… Lee's team came up to back us up, and because it was five against one he quickly scrammed away…" Naruto nodded and Sakura hugged herself. "But it scared me his power. He still put a fight against us…" Kakashi nodded.

"It was lucky for us that we had already weakened him a bit before Gai arrived… Or maybe we would have more ninja's in this hospital… Gai and Lee are so fast, and Neji his a monster with Byakugan… not to mention TenTen and her weapon accuracy… even so they were having problems…" Naruto nodded.

"I see… As Jiraiya-sama told me, Akatsuki aren't just a bunch of S-class criminals on the run… They're very dangerous…" Naruto sighed "And the ones who rescued me…" Kakashi smiled behind his mask.

"Kurenai's team… by what she told me, they distracted Sasori with a Genjutsu and with one of Kiba's most powerful attacks, along with Shino, attacking from each side, and then Hinata was able to attack one of his defenceless chakra points and render him immobile for some seconds as they escaped…" Sakura looked down.

"Even so, they were very dishevelled…"

"What about Gaara? No one went after him?" Kakashi sighed.

"Gai and Asuma's teams went after him but… I'm not expecting miracles… After all, you were only minutes apart from us and we barely could rescue back… Gaara has been missing for two days now…" Naruto looked down, his hands clutching the bed sheets toughly. Sakura looked away.

"Shit…" Kakashi looked away too. "When are we going after them then?" Sakura looked at him sadly, and then averted her eyes again once more.

"I don't know Naruto… probably tomorrow or the day after… my arms are still hurting and Sakura still needs to check you up, for traces of the poison…"

"We're stuck here then… For two days…" Naruto said angrily. Kakashi nodded.

"It seems like so…" said Kakashi as he drew out his copy of Icha Icha Tactics.

AN: I hope you liked it.