Chapter 7- "Is There No Way Out?"

Hinata refused to go home unless Naruto was with her. She visited everyday and the tears never stopped as she left to see Naruto in terrible conditon as he was, it seemed his progress wasn't changing and if it was there was little change in his progress. Hinata had seen him again as he brought more flowers and put by his bedside.

Naruto would follow her with her eyes as he laid there, he had woken up just a week ago after being in another coma. The doctors were concerned because it had a pattern of long-term and short-term period of time, Naruto was more frightened to see so many things hooked up to him still. He wanted to leave and not be in bed all day for the rest of his stay here.

Hinata looked back. "Naruto, I know you can't talk or anything but I feel like this is my fault. Look at what I did to you, you were just fine and now look..."

Naruto showed compassion, he didn't want her to think that this was all her fault. He looked outside the window as he looked back at her. He looked perfectly normal and the doctor had come in to check on him as Naruto saw him, he pulled the curtain as Hinata waited to see what would happen to him. When the curtain was pulled, Hinata noticed he didn't need many of the machines anymore.

The doctor pulled her aside as they went outside the room to talk, Hinata feared it was bad news and waited for the worst as the doctor explained everything to her. She almost couldn't catch her breath as she heard what could happen to Naruto.

"WHAT?!?! The infection is incurible?!?!" Hinata started to gasp and looked at Naruto who smiled and looked at her. "You mean...he's...he's...d..ying?"

"..." The doctor remained silent and nodded his head, Hinata went into shock seeing that Naruto was perfectly healthy but sick inside. The disease was destroying him slowly, the signs would come later when Naruto was more along with it.

Hinata ran to Neji and cried, he felt bad and couldn't believe Naruto was going to actually die. "Oh, Hinata...This is my fault, I was so jealous..."

"Neji, come in here..." Naruto looked at him as he walked in at his bedside. "Listen to me, this isn't your fault...You may have hit me and cut me but you didn't cause any of this..."

"B-but I did, we had a fight and I went too hard..." Neji stammered, he couldn't believe it.

"The demon fox healed all that, it was just hard for it when I went in and out of coma's." Naruto paused and he smiled. "...The sickness isn't your fault, stop thinking about it..."

Neji remained silent as Naruto watched everything go by, he had watched someone in the bed next to him die. He was suffering from cancer and his mourning family members came in as soon as it happened and it was heartbreaking to see all the tears as they mourned and cried, Naruto already knew he wasn't going to make it to Hokage and it bothered him.

Hinata went to his bedside as he turned his head. "Hey, Hinata. I haven't seen you in awhile..."

She wiped her tears away as Naruto watched. "I'm sorry, I just found out that you're...you're.."

"Dying...It's hard to believe but I'am...The doctors can't figure how long I'll..." Naruto stopped. "Um, let's talk about somethin' else...I don't like talkin' about this..."

"Will there be anymore coma's? I mean you keep going in and out..."

"I don't think so, the doctor said I was doing much better than before..." Naruto looked away again. "The infection caused me to have all those, it's somethin' you don't get from being cut open...So it isn't Neji's fault why I'm like this..."

"I forgave him, it was hard to do that..." Hinata replied, she fixed the flowers. "Oh, Naruto..."

"Hinata, don't worry too much over it..."

Hinata tried not to but it would be so hard and they had to go home soon. She knew her father would still be having a heart attack waiting as the days passed for her safe return, she could just see it happening already. He probably went insane by now wondering where she was, she knew she couldn't stay here anymore but Naruto needed to be in the hospital some more.

"Naruto..." He looked up. "I have to get home soon, I-I don't think we can wait anymore..."

"...Go on without me, I'm holdin' you guys back from going where you want to go..."

"What? We can't...We can't just leave you here, how would you get back to Konoha?"

"I'll figure it out, the doctor said that my infection can't be caught by others..." He paused. "It's only happenin' slowly, they'll release me and I'll train until I can't anymore..."

Hinata knew that it meant he would train until he was too sick to do it anymore, only Neji and her knew about it. Kakashi didn't know, and the rest of the team. They probably wouldn't believe it until Naruto looked sick and weak, it didn't matter, Hinata would wait until he was released.

"I-I want to wait..."

"Hinata, your father is worried about you...Go back home..."

"No, I'm not ready to..."

"Do it for me, I want you to go home and wait for me there..."

Hinata didn't argue as Naruto laid back in bed, she hugged Naruto as he patted her gently. The tears hit his sheets as she hugged him tighter, she let go and began to walk out.

"I want you by my side when I die, Hinata..." She hated to hear Naruto say die when he didn't even sound like he was. "I wouldn't be so alone if you were there..."

Hinata smiled and began walking out as Neji caught up to her. They walked out as Hinata fell to the ground and wailed, she tried not to act like the world was ending in front of Naruto to make him feel worse. She felt so hurt, why did Naruto have to get sick? Now she needed to make sure that every moment was good to Naruto as the months slowly reached his death.

"I-I...I can't...believe this..." Hinata sobbed, telling her anything else would just make her more sad. "My first chance at love and now I'm going to lose it..."

"Hinata..." Neji put an arm over her shoulder. "...Let's go home, I won't rush you if you aren't ready..."

Hinata finished crying as Neji and her walked away from the hospital. She wanted to run back but she didn't want her father worried more than he already was, she was finally tired of running away and it was time for her to go home and try to forget about what she knew about Naruto's condition.

Neji sighed. "I can't stop thinking about him, I still feel like this is all my fault and I should be punished..."

"Neji, please..." Hinata hugged him. "I fogive you now, I never meant what I said..."

"Should we tell someone that Naruto is sick?" he asked, Hinata didn't know what to say. "They have to know, we can't just keep it secret..."

"I don't want everyone to be alarmed..." Hinata paused. "They're all going to worry..."

"You're right, it's better if Naruto puts this in his own words..."

They stopped for a few minutes and looked up in the sky, they couldn't believe that the hyperactive and Hokage dreaming ninja was dying. Hinata didn't want it to be Naruto, he had so much ahead of his life and now he might not live to see things happen.

It would be a huge loss to everyone that loved being around him, he was just too young to die now. Death was always sad, everyone had to mourn and the after effects were even harder to go through when you know the person that you loved is no longer with you and is somewhere else.

Hinata looked back one more time, the devestation she would feel was when he died. She probably thought she wasn't going to live knowing Naruto wouldn't be here for much longer, he was her first crush and now her first love. She wished something would heal him.

The next few months, Naruto would probably be battling to live to the fullest.

That's chapter 7, Please R&R