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Eye of the wolf

The young blond sighed as he wandered though the streets of Konoha.

"Oi Naruto" he heard a voice call from behind.

"Shikamaru! What's up you lazy bum?" the blond yelled back with a large grin on his face.

Shikamaru just smirked calmly as he walked towards his blue-eyed hyperactive friend.

"So, where's your girlfriend from Suna"

"Baka!" -Idiot- Shikamaru yelled with frustration "She's not my girlfriend, the only reason I spend time with her is because Hokage-Sama makes me" he paused then added under his breath, "Troublesome Women"

Naruto was about to say something when a voice interrupted him, "Shikamaru-San?"

A young orange haired girl walked over to where they were standing, "Hokage-Sama is looking for you; she wants the reports she was asking about"

"Okay Netsuke, tell her I'm coming" Shikamaru answered, signaling for her to leave.

"Hai" she said energetically then nodded at the two before hurrying away.

"What's that all about?" Naruto asked confused motioning at the girl.

"Huh? Oh Hokage-Sama lent me some Genin to train" then he stretched and added lazily, "I didn't become a Chunin to baby sit"

They stayed quiet for a moment, "I'd better go before she has a cow" Shikamaru said as he started walking away.

"See ya' Shikamaru"

He lifted his hand with out turning around. Naruto stood there for a few minutes. He sighed again, for some reason he stopped getting real missions, only stupid D and C missions, maybe a B or two. But no interesting A missions or really interesting S missions.

Why is Tsunade so against him, what did he ever do to her? He paused for a moment thinking then gulped and rephrased his sentence, what did he ever do to her recently? But he knows how to deal with her, all he has to do is barge into her office and say….

"Oba-Chan I want a new mission!"

"No" Tsunade answered calmly without lifting her eyes from the scroll in front of her, sipping her warm sake.

Naruto almost fell over, but no, he should take it like a man

….

"Why not?" he whined slamming his hands on Tsunade's desk.

Tsunade's sake tipped over and fell on her lap. Naruto gulped and took a step back; his chances of him seeing another day depends on his next action in proportion to Tsunade's reaction.

She clinched her fist, and the veins in her forehead began pulsing. "S-Sorry I.. I didn't mean to.." Naruto yelled stepping back with fear.

Tsunade sighed and sat back down, she had bigger problems right now, "Never mind" she grunted turning back to her papers.

"Huh?" Naruto muttered corking a brow, Tsunade isn't exactly acting like usual, something must be on her mind. "Are you alright? Oba-Chan?" he asked cautiously.

"Yes Naruto I'm fine, you may leave now," she answered in a tiered voice, pressing on her eyes.

She was obviously lying, but he didn't know what to do or say. He left the Hokage office and closed the door quietly. Now, what to do? Maybe he should get a bowl of ramen, that always managed to cheer him up.

"Oji-San! Another bowl of ramen please" yelled the blond, pushing the eighth empty bowl to the side.

"Hai" Answered Teuchi with a smile his eyes getting even smaller; Naruto has always been one of his best costumers.

"I put extra shrimp in this one, just for you Naruto-San," Ayame said as she put the bowl of hot ramen in front of him.

"Arigato -Thanks- Ayame-Chan!" he said with a mouth full of noodles.

"Welcome" yelled Teuchi, as a new costumer came in.

A girl walked in and sat next to Naruto. She ordered a small bowl of ramen.

"Ah Sakura-Chan!" yelled Naruto with joy.

"Hello Naruto, what are you doing here?" Said the pink haired girl. -Dumb question, I know-

"Here you go" Ayame said quietly, setting the bowl of ramen in front of Sakura.

"Itadakimasu" she whispered quietly then slowly started eating her steaming soup.-That's what Japs say before they eat, I think?-

"So, any new missions?" Naruto asked stuffing the noodles into his mouth.

"Actually yes, Hokage-Sama just gave me a new mission, but I still have some time before I have to leave, so I decided to catch a bite" Sakura answered with a smile, stirring her soup.

Naruto got quiet, he had assumed that there were no missions available, but apparently, there were no missions for Him. He looked down; it's probably because of the beast inside of him. He knows that the counsel doesn't like him leaving the village, they just want to keep him under their watchful eyes.

"Naruto?" Sakura asked in a low voice.

"Uh? It's nothing," he quickly answered with a faint smile.

Sakura stared at him with concern, as he quietly sipped his soup. She put her chopsticks down, and stared at her feet as she folded her hands in her lap, "Naruto I….."

"Ah Sakura-San there you are" they heard a voice from behind.

"Sai! Are you going on a mission too?" Naruto yelled eying the fully prepared ninja.

"Yes, Hokage-Sama assigned it to me and Sakura-Chan, and speaking of which, it's time to leave"

Sakura stood up, and put the cost of the ramen on the counter.

"Please, come again" Teuchi said.

Sakura shook her head and smiled faintly, then she turned to Naruto, "Dewa mata… Naruto" -See you later- she said waving goodbye.

He forced out a pale smile as she followed Sai away, but when she was out of his sight, his smile turned into a sigh as turned back to finish his ramen. There goes the girl of his dreams again, he noticed the hidden tone in her voice, she pitied him for being him.

*A sound of an explosion*

"The little devil, she tricked us" the Jōnin said trying to fan the smoke away from his face.

"Which way did she go? *Caugh*" another chocked voice called from the right.

"I don't know I can't see anything" his partner answered, trying to stop the bleeding. "Where's Toshiaki? Did anyone see him?" she added her head starting to feel light.

"I'm over here.. I" a voice called from a distance, "….Ahhh"

They all heard a long painful scream. "Toshiakiiii!" the injured ninja screamed, running off, looking for her friend in the fog.

"No! Mai don't separate from the group!" the leader of the group yelled trying to stop the girl.

But it was too late, immediately after her shadow disappeared into the smoke, they heard her scream. The leader bit his lip until it bled, "Stay close, it'll be harder for her to kill us that way" he ordered.

The two remaining ninjas did as he said with fear; the three stood back to back, anxiously looking around.

"There she is!" one of the two yelled, running towards her, "Suiton: Suiryudan no Jutsu" he yelled, a water dragon appeared, and then attacked smashing into a shadowy figure.

"Ryota stop" the leader yelled, although he wondered if he had got her.

Water splashed everywhere, a figure appeared right next to the ninja named Ryota, and with one quick move, she stabbed him.

As the leader watched, Ryota's friend attacked trying to avenge his friend, "Shineaaaaaa -Dieeee. By the way I think I spelt it wrong-" he yelled throwing a storm of shurikens at her.

But it seemed to have no effect on her, in a second she was standing next to him, stabbing him in the heart. The leader Jōnin watched hopelessly as his team members died one by one, he was responsible for them, he was supposed to keep them safe and protect them, but he failed.

"Go ahead! Kill me! I don't care any more!" he yelled lifting his arms in the air, "What's the matter? Can't you kill me?" he added looking around.

Suddenly, a pair of silver eyes were staring at him; his heart trembled as he stared into the empty emotionless eyes. The next thing he knew the eyes disappeared, and he fell on his knees. He stared ahead with dull eyes; he felt his life slip away from him. A faint smile appeared on his face as he opened his jacket, and activated the bunch of exploding tags tied to his body. Maybe his last effort will help.

Boom.

"Come again" Ayame said from behind as he walked out.

"Aah" -Yeah, 'as far as I know?'- Nanruto replied quietly with a little smile. With his hands in his pockets, he wandered the crowded streets of his beloved Konoha, completely absent-minded.

"Gomenasai" -Sorry- a girl mumbled as she walked past him. Apparently, she had bumped into him with out him noticing.

"It's Okay" he answered in a low voice, his thoughts about to stray off again, when he noticed something. The top of his jacket was stained with blood, but it was definitely not his blood, but then whose is it?

He stared at the blood, it wasn't clear, but he could barely make out the shape of a hand print.

He turned around to look for the girl, she probably left that print when she bumped into him, that means she might be injured, he should try to get her to a hospital before her condition turns serious. But the girl was no where to be seen. He pushed past people looking for a girl he doesn't know, for a reason he can't really be sure of.

Of course, with his hero type of thinking it escaped him that there was a possibility that the blood on his jacket wasn't her blood either, maybe she was an enemy ninja who had just killed someone, because why else didn't she go to a hospital her self, or at least ask for help. But as I said he didn't think of that.

He looked for a while but didn't know where to start, she could be anywhere, finally it accrued to him to look for more spots of blood if any had dropped to the ground. He saw exactly what he needed, drops of blood, they were far apart, but he could still follow.

The trail of blood led him out of the crowded streets and into a small park. His ninja senses suddenly kicked in, he quietly followed the blood deeper into the trees. And there he saw her, her back was to a tree, her head slumped down, she looked as if she was sleeping, or dead.

With one ninja jump, Naruto was crouched next to her, he removed hood of the cloak she was wearing, and looked at her face that held the serenity of death. He gulped as he put his fingers on her bare neck and waited for a pulse. It was a tense moment but he still felt a very faint one.

He removed the rest of the cloak in search of the source of the blood. She was wearing a navy blue and gray vest. The whole left side was drenched in blood. Naruto was shocked, she had bled this much and she was still alive. The problem was that he wasn't a medical ninja. He bit his lip; he wished Sakura were here, she'd know what to do. He picked up the girl's limp body nervously, with all the blood she's lost, he is not sure she'll make it to the hospital.

Naruto raced through and over Konoha, hoping that he wasn't too late.

"Somebody please help me!" Naruto yelled barging through the hospital doors.

"What happened?" a medical nin asked hurrying towards him.

"I don't know I found her like this, is she going to be alright?" he said laying the girl's body on a gurney a nurse brought over.

The medic didn't answer as he leaned over the girl, and started all the basic checkups. Naruto stood back, as he nervously watched the doctors do their work. For some reason he felt responsible for the girl, as if he was her guardian or something.

"Naruto?"

He turned around to see Ino walking towards him. "Oh hi Ino" he muttered without smiling.

She walked over and stood next to him "Who's your friend?" she asked watching the medics work.

Naruto shook his head, "I don't know I found her injured so I brought her here"

"That wound looks pretty bad, could she be a ninja?" Ino asked rubbing her palms together.

Naruto shrugged. "What are you doing here?" he asked Ino after a moment of silence.

"I'm a medical ninja remember? I usually volunteer here when I don't have any missions"

At that moment the doctor stood up and sighed, the others wheeled her away. "Is she alright Sensei?" Naruto asked nervously. -Sensei can also be used with Doctors, look it up-

The doctor wiped a sweat drop as he said, "We did what we can, but we'll find out in the morning" and with that, he walked away.

"Ino-Chan can you come to room 26 please" a girl in a purple dress called from down the hall.

"Hai" Ino answered. "Hope your friend gets better, I'll try to check on her later, bye" she turned to Naruto saying with an apologetic smile, and then she hurried in the direction the girl went. Naruto stood in the empty hall for a few minutes, then put his hands in his pockets as he walked home.

There was a storm that night, Naruto dove into his bed; it was cold. He sighed, he had always wanted to walk into his room and find it lit with bright lights, and have someone there to make his nights less lonely, any one. He sighed again and rolled over; he was now facing the window. As he watched the raindrops hit the glass and the wind toss leaves around, he remembered that the girl he had brought to the hospital was also lonely.

He imagined her shivering in the cold hospital bed, nobody there to comfort her when she wakes up and finds her self in a room that isn't hers. He turned to face the ceiling, maybe right now she's opining her eyes and seeing the dark cold empty room she's in. maybe she's looking out the window but all she can see is a storm.

A clap of thunder woke him from his trance; he pulled the covers tighter around his body as he turned to face the window again. He closed his eyes, "Good night" he whispered under his breath as his thoughts slowly faded away.

"Who's this?" a deep voice asked. *the sound of ruffling papers then a pause*

"We don't know, some Genin brought her in this afternoon"

"….Well then get some ANBUs to research her background; we can't just let anyone stay in our village, especially in our current situation"

"Hai"

*Silence then a clap of thunder*

A\N: I hope you enjoyed this chapter. if you did comment, if you didn't tell me what's wrong with my story. Hopefully this chapter wasn't too short or too long. Because I have no background on posting chapters. Comments?