Chapter 2

The Results

Now you will find out what happens to Naruto-kun. I bet you will be shocked. Time for the thing we hate most.

Disclaimer: I own Naruto...or do I? Think about it. If I owned Naruto, Sasuke would never had left, he would have a MUCH better attitude, and Sakura wouldn't be sooo worthless!

Ino started backing away as everyone started stomping after her. "I-I didn't mean to do that!" she stuttered, afraid.

Sakura was giving her a death glare, Neji was cracking his knuckles, Lee was unwinding his bandages around his arms, TenTen was taking out her scroll of wepons, Hinata had her Byakugan activated, Kiba and Akamaru were barring their fangs, Shino had his bugs crawling out from everywhere, Chouji had smashed his chips into a little pieces, Shikamaru was preparing his jutsu, and Sasuke had his sharingan activated. Guy-sensei and Kakashi were sitting back, staring in horror at the blonde shinobi lying on the ground.

"C-Can't we rethink this?" Ino asked, and backed into a tree. "Please don't!" she cried, and the angry shinobi stopped charging the kunoichi.

Sasuke stepped out from the crowd and walked over to Ino. "If your little incident," he growled, pointing at the kunai in Naruto's head. "Kills my best friend, you will be wiped from the face of this planet! Got it?"

Ino nodded her head slowly.

"Well," Kakashi stated as he examined Naruto. "It seem the kunai broke his forehead protector, and hit his skull." Carefully, he removed the kunai, and wiped the blood off the kunai. It looks like this time the Kyuubi won't be healing him. Kakashi thought to himself.

Sakura ran over to Naruto, and picked his unconscious body up onto her back. "Let's go." She grunted, and became balanced.

The group of shinobi raced off back to Konoha. Sasuke kept looking over at the blonde shinobi passed out on Sakura's back, and he could feel grief rushing into him. Baka. He thought over and over in his head, trying not to let his tears show.

When they arrived, Sakura, Rock Lee, TenTen, and Neji immediately rushed Naruto to the hospital, while the others ran over to the Hokage's office.

At the hospital, the nurse took the blonde shinobi from Sakura, and forbid any of them to follow, despite Sakura being a medical ninja.

"We've got a serious case!" the nurse shouted as she ran through the halls. "Boy in a coma!"

Many doctors came out, and were following the nurse. "What happened?" one of them asked.

"It seems a kunai accidentally hit his skull."

"Hurry! We might be able to save him before…"

At the Godaime's office, Sasuke and Kakashi were explaining what happened to Naruto, with Tsunade listening to every word. "So, Yamanaka Ino through a kunai, putting Naruto-kun in a coma." Kakashi finished.

Tsunade looked over at Sasuke. "You wish to return to the village?" she asked the Uchiha, but he was looking out the window. "Sasuke?"

Sasuke was thinking about everything that was happening. His best friend was in a coma, all because of him. What could he do to change that? Pain filled his heart as he remembered how he almost killed the blonde shinobi three years ago, and now he was the cause of his near death state.

"Answer me damn it!" Tsunade yelled, and punched Sasuke in the jaw.

Sasuke turned to the Godaime and sighed. "Why do I cause this village so much pain?" he asked Tsunade, and clenched his fists. "Why?"

Kakashi placed his hand on Sasuke's shoulder. "What happened today had nothing to do with you." He reassured him. But it didn't help Sasuke much. It was the mission about him where Naruto got hurt. It was his kunai that put him in a coma. It was his entire fault, whether Ino had thrown the kunai or not. If he had not tried to stab himself, Naruto wouldn't have tried to stop him, and Ino wouldn't have thrown the kunai. All trails lead to him.

"May I go now?" Sasuke asked. "I'm tired."

Kakashi looked over to Tsunade, and she nodded her head yes. "Okay then, come on Sasuke." Kakashi said, and left the office, with Sasuke slowly following.

Back at the hospital, Sakura was walking back and forth in the waiting room. Will Naruto be okay? That was all she could think about. She couldn't bear not seeing his smiling face again, not hearing his laugh again. No matter what, Naruto would have to survive. Tsunade had told her that Naruto said he would not die until he had completed his dream. This is all Ino's fault. Not Sasuke's.

Normally, Sakura and Ino would be happy that Sasuke was back. But, at the result of him being gone for 3 years, their feelings for him slowly slipped away. Now Sakura had feelings for Naruto, while Ino had given up on boys at the moment.

"He'll be okay, Sakura-san." TenTen assured her friend. "Naruto-kun has lived through a lot of live-threatening situations." At that statement, Sakura thought back to all the troubles the blonde shinobi had. All through Akatsuki, being chased by Itachi, Kisame, Deidara, and Sasori, it was a wonder that he was still alive even now. Still, despite it all, he had never been in a situation like this.

The doors to the emergency room opened, and a young nurse stepped out. "Are you four Haruno Sakura, TenTen, Lee and Hyuga Neji?" she asked, and the shinobi nodded their heads. "Please follow me."

The five of them entered the doors to the emergency room, all anticipating what would happen.

As they walked through the long halls, Sakura was looking through the glass showing some of the hospital and surgery rooms. One person looked just fine, for he was sitting up. Another was in critical condition, his entire body covered in bandages. Then they came across Naruto's room, but there was no blonde shinobi in there. Only a large lump on a hospital bed, with blue covers on top of it could be seen.

"Please come in here." The nurse said, and opened the doors to the hospital room. Sakura rushed over to the lump, but dare not touch it.

"Is this Naruto?" she asked, her hand hovering over the bed.

The nurse nodded her head. "I'm sorry." She choked. The four shinobi looked up to the nurse. "We…couldn't…" Sakura's eyes grew large with fear, and the other three were trembling. "Save him."

Sakura fell to her knees, and looked at the ground. "He's dead?" she asked, feeling the cold tears start to creep down her cheeks.

"No, not dead." The nurse replied. "Just deep in a coma. When you got here, we only had about 5 minutes until we lost him for a long period of time, but we were too late." The nurse walked over and rolled down the blue blanket from the bed. When she finished, you could see a peaceful expression on Naruto's face, and a large bandage around his forehead. Naruto looked so quiet, so peaceful. "He won't wake up for a while."

Sakura stared down at the unconscious shinobi lying on the hospital bed, and she carefully touched his face. It was cold, but there was still a faint, steady heartbeat. Please, Slowly she took away her hand. Don't leave me. It was hard for her to stand the fact that for a long time, she would never hear his voice. She would never see his smiling face. She would never see him cheerful. Naruto had been taken from her.

A little unbalanced, Sakura stood up, and walked out of the hospital room, tears still flowing down. "I will kill Ino," she whispered to herself. "It Naruto-kun dies."

As she was walking to exit, she ran into someone, muttering a soft sorry. "Sakura-san?" Sakura lifted up her head to see Sasuke looking down on her. "Did you get any news about Naruto?" he asked her, his eyes filled with concern.

Sakura looked to the ground, and began trembling. "H-he's..." she choked. "Not going to wake up for a while."

Sasuke sighed. "Will he be awake soon?" he asked.

"No. He won't Sasuke-kun." Sakura stated, and walked off. "Not for a very long time."

Sasuke stood there frozen. He won't wake up? He thought to himself. For a long time? He felt tears began to well up in his black eyes, but he forced not to let them show. "Naruto," he muttered. "Don't you dare die baka."

I decided to make Sasuke caring in the fanfic. Why? Because I don't want to have an emo freak spoiling a precious moment!!!!!! Please review!

Yamahato Yokimoko-san