I don't own Naruto!
'Calm down, just breathe, breathe'
Yuki stood in front of the Hokage's office, feeling more frightened than she ever had in her entire life.
Even more than when she was younger and accidentally killed the house cat, the reaction from her parents was something she would never want to live through again.
Placing a supporting hand on the door, she leaned slightly forward and rested her forehead on the pale wood.
'I have to ask him about Naruto. This could potentially be more problematic than it looks'
Psyching herself up, she turned the handle and walked as calmly as she could into the large room.
This was greeted by the Sandaime's expecting face; he nodded to her and pointed to the chair in front of his desk.
Yuki gulped and carefully made her way to sit down.
"You're the nurse who look's after Naruto am I right?"
"Y-yes Hokage-sama"
"I'm guessing your not here to review Naruto's check-up am I right?"
"No Hokage-sama"
The old man sat in silence.
Feeling awkward, she shifted slightly and waited for a response from the man.
He turned to her and she stiffened.
"The look on your face tells me you want to ask me something, what's on your mind?"
They made eye contact and she relaxed in the chair, thinking carefully what she was going to say.
"I… know about Naruto. I'm worried Hokage-sama."
"…"
He looked away.
He didn't seem surprised at the confession, instead appearing calm and slightly relieved.
"I see."
"…."
"Can I trust you Yuki-san?"
"eh?" was the confused response
"Can I?"
"Yes Hokage-sama, of course."
He seemed satisfied with the answer and pulled a draw open, searching through the many papers to find a thin folder with the stamp 'TOP SECRET'
"… There has been news from the Council."
She made a noise of confusion "The council sir? Do they know about this?"
"Indeed they do. They sent me a letter explaining their plans on how to deal with this matter. Here, read it for yourself."
Taking the folder from the man, she read it slowly and took in all the information.
Once she had finished reading it, shock washed over her and she dropped the papers to the floor.
"T-they can't be serious! They don't have the power to do that!"
The Hokage closed his eyes in sadness "They do. I'm sorry"
'This can't be real!' she screamed in her mind 'they want to contain him and use him for experiments!'
Tears started to form in her eyes and she gripped hands together, the man made a grunting noise and she was pulled out of her stupor.
"Yuki-san… I have a job for you"
"Can I speak to one of the nurses who is in charge of Uzumaki Naruto?"
The woman at the desk turned her head and frowned. She glared at the young pineapple haired boy and snorted
"Is there a reason for this little boy? If you want to make a complaint then tell the head of medicine"
Shikamaru sighed and placed his hand on the desk " look, I have some business with one of them! I'll be real quick I swear!"
"munch munch munch"
"Take your friend with you and come back when it's visiting hours."
Stomping off into a back room, the boy groaned and slammed his face into the desk, Choji came up and patted him on the back.
"Don't worry Shika, lets just come back tomorrow."
"Excuse me!"
Turning their heads to meet the direction of the noise, they saw a woman walking up to them holding a clipboard. She smiled apologetically.
"I'm sorry about that, if it's really urgent I might be able to do something for you."
Shikamaru nodded and started to explain.
"We need to talk to one of the people in charge of Naruto. Can we meet with them?"
Her face lit up in recognition, "I'm one of the nurses who looks after him, is there something you would like to ask? I'm Yuki by the way"
"Shikamaru, and its about Naruto's illness. Can we talk in private?"
Yuki jolted at the word 'illness' and looked at him suspiciously.
She pointed to a door marked 'staff room' and the two boys followed.
Sitting down in opposite facing seats, she placed her clipboard on the coffee table and looked back to him.
"What is it you would like to ask?"
"…. By your reaction just now I'm guessing you already know"
She raised her eyebrow and leaned forward.
"Know about what?"
The boy also leaned in and stared at her eye to eye.
"Its more than it looks right? He already told me what he thinks it is.
I'm just here to make sure."
"…He told you?"
"Yes"
She pushed herself back in her seat and thought carefully. 'If this kid already knows about it, he's planning something. Naruto was the one who told him personally, so I think I should be able to trust him'
Coming up with an idea, she stood up and picked up her clipboard
"And what were you going to do about it?"
He shrugged and looked nonchalant. " That depended on the answer"
She smiled and motioned for him to come closer
"I'm going to tell you something very very important. This is assuming I can trust you, okay?"
He didn't have a clue what she was getting at but decided to play along
"You can trust me"
"Hey, Naruto!"
Almost jumping out of his own skin at the unexpected noise, Naruto turned like a rabbit and stared in disbelief at the boy who had walked in the room
"…What are you doing here?"
Genuinely surprised at Shikamaru's visit, he wasn't sure whether he should thank him for coming back to see him or be angry that he left so abruptly yesterday.
Shikamaru didn't seem to notice the look on his face, instead focusing on the plan at hand. Walking up to the bed, he put his hand on Naruto's shoulder.
"I need to take you somewhere real quick"
"Say what?"
Twirling around so his back faced the other boy, he kneeled down and waited for Naruto to climb on piggyback style.
"Where do you want to take me?"
"That doesn't matter, now hurry!"
"OWOWOWOWOW! I'M DYING! AAHHH! HELP! MY STOMACH!"
Suddenly, a loud wailing sound was coming from outside the room. Nurses and doctors all jumped into action and ran down the hallway.
"W-What's going on outside?"
"Its just a distraction, now come on!"
Deciding not to ask any more questions, he pushed himself as far forward as he could from his bed and landed on top of Shikamaru's back.
Standing up, the brown haired boy sped through the door and down the corridor, walking straight through an archway that was labelled NO ENTRY.
Once they had passed through another door near the back of the building, they submerged into an over grown garden where Yuki was standing and carrying four heavy looking backpacks.
"Good, You made it! Where's your other friend?"
Shikamaru panted and glanced up to the woman.
"He's probably escaping now, or getting told off for making such a racket in the middle of a hospital floor. Either way he should be here soon"
She nodded and placed the four backpacks on the floor.
"There's another person coming here soon, I don't know who it is though.
The Hokage said he would help with taking care of Naruto and his illness "
Listening intently to the conversation between the two, the blonde haired boy didn't know what to make of it and decided it was time for him to speak up.
"What are you both talking about? And what's with the backpacks? Where are we going? Who's Coming?"
Yuki expected this and walked up to the two boys, she placed a comforting hand on Naruto's head and ruffled it slightly.
"We're taking you out of here Naruto-san. Away from Konoha"
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