Chapter 6

A Talk With The Inner Self

Okay. Sucky chapter I know! BUT I'M TRYING TO EXTEND THIS BOOK TO 36 CHAPTERS!!!!!!!!

DISCLAIMER: Okay...here in my hand are the owner's papers to...BLEACH?!?!?!?!?!?!?! I HAD NARUTO PAPERS! T-T!

Sakura yawned as the sun arose to start the next day. She had been up all night trying to find a way to cure Naruto, but still hasn't succeeded. Slowly, she got up from her chair and stretched. There were at least two more piles of books to go through before she ran out. After she was finished stretching, she plopped back into the chair and stuck her head back into the book.

Chakra Coils – Section 20 – Secondary Chakra

When dealing with shinobi that have more then one type of chakra, you have a very hard case on your hands. If you mess up, not only will you disrupt the flow of the person's own chakra, but as well as the other source. Thus, ending two lives with one mistake.

Someone might have a demon sealed in him or her, a jinchuuriki. Then they would have an extreme amount of chakra in the Secondary Source. But in this case, jinchuuriki's chakra coils are healed by their demon's chakra. Unless, the jinchuuriki is passed out, then you have to do a lot of work.

When a jinchuuriki is unconscious, the medical ninja has to be careful…

Sakura shut the book. "There's another useless book." She sighed, and threw it aside, picking up a new one.

Jinchuuriki – Section 1 – Bijuu's Power

Jinchuuriki have seals that keep the demons at bay inside them. Therefore, their power is transferred to the container. It depends how the person is to trigger the chakra of the Bijuu. It could be sadness or anger; anything might set them over the edge.

But, when the Bijuu can't heal their container, medical ninja are to keep watch on the jinchuuriki for 24 hours until they wake up. Until then, they are on watch, not able to do anything else.

No jinchuuriki has even been in a coma; therefore there is no information on the subject at this moment. But, it is said that if a jinchuuriki would ever go into a coma, they would have a slim chance of living. Mostly because they will only have 1 month to wake up, or they'll die.

Sakura shut that book, and stood up. "Shannaro! There is just no way to do this!" she screamed, and slammed a fist down on the table, nearly breaking it. "What am I supposed to do now? It's just like three years ago…when I was useless…" A solitary tear crept down her face, followed by more. "Naruto…"

Naruto was still struggling to catch up to Atsuiiki, his legs going as fast as they could. "Come on Naruto-kun!" Atsuiiki shouted over her shoulder. "You can't be that slow!"

Naruto growled at the other spirit. "You know I could get a little closer if your hair wasn't in my way!"

Atsuiiki growled back. "Fine then." She snapped her fingers and her hair curled up into a nice neat ponytail. A lock of hair was on each side of her, and the ends of them connected to the bow that kept the hair up. "Is that better?"

The jinchuuriki nodded his head, and sprinted forward. Soon, he was at her side, running at the same speed. "Where are we going exactly?" Naruto asked.

"A place that is familiar to both of us." Atsuiiki answered. "I'm sure you'll remember it."

Naruto's mind drifted off else where. He was thinking about Sakura, and how she has been worrying about him. But, Sakura had gone into his house, which made him worry. The memos he'd stored in there were meant for his eyes only, and if Sakura had read them…

"Hey!" Atsuiiki shouted next to him. "Stop thinking about that girl!" Naruto dropped his head. Atsuiiki stopped running, and sighed. "Do you love her that much Naruto-kun?"

Naruto looked over to the other spirit, and nodded his head. "I don't want her to worry about me." He sighed. "Sakura has enough going on as it is."

Atsuiiki giggled and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Come on, just a little more." Once again she took off, leaving Naruto to try and catch up again.

Tsunade barged into Sakura's apartment. "What is going on here?" she yelled, and saw nearly have of the place trashed. "Sakura?" she called.

Sakura came out from her bedroom, and her hair was all messed up. "Yes, Tsunade-shisho?"

"What happened here?" Tsunade asked. "It looks like a tornado hit this place or something."

Sakura sat down and sighed. "Sorry, shisho." Quickly, she glanced at the mess she had made. "But I can't seem to find a way to wake Naruto-kun up. I only found…" Her voice drifted off.

Carefully, Tsunade took a seat next to her student. Tears were creeping down Sakura's cheeks. "What did you find?" she asked.

"If Naruto doesn't wake up in a month…" she choked, and wiped her tears. "Then he will…"

"No way." Tsunade echoed.

"He'll die."

Everything went silent between the two. "S-seriously?" Tsunade stuttered, and Sakura shook her head. "Kami…"

Slowly, Sakura stood up, and walked over to the pile of books lying near her desk. "I think you should leave, Tsunade-shisho." She suggested, not looking her in the eye. Tsunade nodded her head and left obediently, and Sakura fell to the ground. "Why…" she asked herself. "Why will Naruto die?"

Don't even think that!

Oh just shut up! I don't need my inner-self talking to me right now!

Cut the crap! You so need me to talk to you!

Shut the hell up!

Look, you want to save Naruto-kun right?

Well…duh.

You love him, right?

NO!

Say it…

I DO NOT LOVE THAT LITTLE-

You love him!

Naruto can go to hell for all I care!

Gasp! How dare you!

Oh Kami…did I just say that?

Sakura…I'm gonna kill you!

How can you kill yourself?

Just shut up! You DO love him right?

…

Well?

-tears up-

…

FINE! I DO LOVE NARUTO TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH!

Now doesn't that feel better?

You know, it does. Thanks!

WHY ARE YOU STILL TALKING TO ME! GET YOUR DAMN HEAD BACK IN THOSE BOOKS, AND FIND A DAMN CURE!

Oh…right.

Sakura stopped the conversation with her inner-self, surprised at what she had just admitted. Did she honestly and truly love Naruto? Well, whether she did or not, she had to find a cure for him.

Naruto stopped running. "What's wrong?" Atsuiiki asked, and gently jumped back to the Genin. "Naruto-kun?"

The jinchuuriki jumped and he looked over at the other spirit. "Oh…it's nothing." He answered, and stared going again. "Come on Atsuiiki. I don't know where the hell I'm going."

Atsuiiki sighed and went after Naruto. "So, any idea on where we are going yet?" she asked the blonde shinobi, who replied with a shake of the head. "Well then. We're almost there."

Still watching his footing, Naruto glanced at the surroundings of them. Something about this place was familiar, but he couldn't remember it. It was dark here, nonetheless, and there was rubble and ruins of houses everywhere.

Atsuiiki stopped running, and put her hands on her hips. "We're here." She announced, and walked over to a clear section of the ruins. "Now do you remember?"

Again, Naruto looked over the scenery. He walked over to a section of rubble that had a red spiral on it. Then it hit him. "T-this is…" he stuttered.

"That's right, Naruto-kun." Atsuiiki nodded her head. "This place should be most familiar now. It's where you were born."

Naruto stopped rubbing the piece of rubble. "So then, this is..." he dragged on. "Father's home…the Yondaime's official home."

Sakura's done with her argument with her inner-self. Hopefully I should get some more ideas for the next chapter...

Oh! And they JUST got to Naruto's house, where you will see flashbacks of before Naruto was born.

Yamahato Yokimoko-san