Iruka POV

I can't believe he's this stupid. Damn you Hatake Kakashi, what the hell were you thinking? Did you think that something like this wouldn't effect anyone else?

Stupid jounin. Didn't you think about how this would effect your team?

Just because it's a former team doesn't mean that they don't still care about you, bastard. Sakura's been on a personal rampage since they brought you to the hospital. Hell, she invented a new medical jutsu on the spot so you wouldn't die right there! (1) And Naruto….

Naruto's been quiet. Still. The apocalypse is officially coming, for Naruto has been sitting quietly in his chair for the past God-knows-how-many hours.

Do you know he was the one that found you? Dragged your sorry ass here? He wanted to eat ramen with you.

He missed you, you moron. He's beating himself up because he didn't know you were this sick. He's terrified that one of his precious people will die.

Didn't know you had made it on the list, did you? You've always been stupid like that.

God. How couldn't you say anything? You had just completed a mission yesterday! A solo S class, at that. How could you not mention that you had TB? That was blood you were coughing up, jackass!

Breathe in…

Breathe out…

Alright, I'm calm now. I've never been able to control my emotions very well. But you already knew that, didn't you?

At least I'm not the emotional retard that you are.

Jerk.

The real kicker is that you knew, and hid it. You tried to make it easier for everyone by pushing everyone away. You idiot, no one pushes everything away at once without a damn good reason. You think I didn't notice? Baka.

And that, I think, is what upsets me the most. I knew something was up, but didn't know what. Had I stopped being the polite chunin long enough to be your friend, I could have prevented this. I could have told the Hokage. She's the best healer Konoha has to offer, she could have found some way to cure you.

Instead I have to deal with a quiet Naruto, and you have to lay there with a ventilator breathing for you. You look so frail…

Stupid jounin.

1) TB deteriorates the lining of the lung so that blood just goes right through the lining, and the infected person drowns to death. Sakura created a chakra barrier so that the lung wouldn't be flooded. Thus the ventilator can do the rest.

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