Okay peoples, I'm not getting much reviews so I may not continue this story. I know it's hard to find one specific story in this place, but still I'd like to have some feedback on my writing. I thank the TWO people that actually reviewed my story. PLZ! R&R. Here it goes...Chapter 3...

Sasuke waited another five minutes when Sakura came running down the stairs. "Sorry I took so long!" she said. "I was having difficulty looking for the kit." Sasuke nodded and moved from his spot beside Natsumi so Sakura could sit there. Naruto came down from the stairs too when Sakura was starting to examine Natsumi's wound. Both Naruto and Sasuke kept quiet while the medic-nin did her work. After a minute more of silence, Sakura began to ask questions.

"What happened? Her wound looks clean, which is good, but this wound looks rather odd. It's pretty deep -- right to her heart, yet it looks as if something bit her," the pink-haired medic commented. She glanced over at Sasuke.

"I don't really know about the bite somment, but Natsumi did say that she was stabbed first and blacked out," Sasuke answered. One of her wolves may have seen what creature bit her."

"Where are the wolves?"

"Outside."

"Naruto, let the wolves in," Sakura ordered as she began to heal Natsumi's wound with her chakra. Naruto nodded, walked to the door and let Silver Fang and Blizzard inside the house.

"Uh, pardon my asking," Naruto said, "but how will we know what the wolves are saying? Natsumi's out, so who else can translate?"

"I can," Sasuke said. Sakura and Naruto stared at the Uchiha, but didn't comment. Sakura nodded, urging him to go ahead and translate. Sasuke looked at the two she-wolves and asked, "Which one of you saw the thing that attacked Natsumi?"

Silver Fang barked several times, and Sasuke translated. "Silver Fang says that the thing looked human, but it had deathly pale skin and fangs along with dark red eyes."

"The fangs explain the bite-mark," Sakura said. She stopped healing, even though there was still a big portion of the wound left. When the two men and the wolves stared at her, Sakura answered, "This is as far as my healing goes. Something is preventing me from healing the wound further. It may be because of a poison, but I can not see any evidence of it." She examined the wound on Natsumi's chest again. "We're going to have to take her to the hospital to be further examined."

Sasuke nodded. "Alright, then we better get going." Sakura nodded and looked over at Naruto.

"Get a spare shirt for Natsumi," she said. Naruto nodded and ran up the stairs again. He came back down with a black T-shirt and handed it to Sakura. Both boys turned away while Sakura dressed Natsumi. "Okay," the medic said. "We're ready to go." Sasuke walked over to Natsumi and picked her up, and they all left out the house and headed to the Konoha Hospital.

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Natsumi heard the sound of footsteps softly walking up and down a hallway. She began to hear soft whispers that were talking to someone about a person's medical condition. The girl then realized that she was in the hospital. Why the hell am I here? Natsumi wondered. She opened her eyes and was blinded by the bright light on the ceiling. Her eyes adjusted to the light a bit, and then she heard a voice. "Natsumi?" Sasuke asked. The young woman looked to her left and saw the Uchiha.

"Hey..." she replied. "Why am I in the hospital? I thought Sakura--"

Sasuke cut her off. "Sakura did the best she could. Something was preventing her from completely healing it and so we had to take you to the hospital. Tsunade came in about two hours ago to heal u."

"Tsunade? I was that bad?"

The Uchiha nodded. "When the nurses tried to check your wound, you started to murmur about the pain in your wound. All of a sudden you started struggling, and a few nurses got hurt." The man stared at the floor, not loking at her. "You were mumbling, telling them to stay away or they'll die."

"I did?" Natsumi closed her eyes, trying to remember. She began to feel horrible. "What is wrong with me?" she asked to herself. Sasuke stared at the Niikyo, and she stared back. "Did I hurt anyone badly?"

"No, you calmed down after a while and they were able to get you to a room. Tsunade came a while after to see what was wrong."

"And...?"

"She didn't say," Sasuke answered. "All she said was that you mayhave been infected by something."

Natsumi's eyes grew wide and she sat up fast. "Infected?! How?!!" The woman winced after sitting up, and she looked at her side, which was bandaged. "Did she heal it? Both the wound and the infection?"

"She healed the wound, but I'm no sure if she did the same with the infection." Sasuke frowned. "I'm sorry Nat, I wasn't allowed in the room when she was healing. I only heard what she told the nurse." He looked at Natsumi, who nodded in understanding.

"That's fine Sasuke," she said. "I just can't believe I would threaten the nurses. Did I sound like I wasn't myself when that happened? I mean, did it sound like I was promising that they'll die if they touched me?"

Sasuke shook his head. "You sounded like your worried self. It was more like you were telling them that they were in danger if they came near you, but you couldn't explain why." The Uchiha's onyx eyes showed much worry when he looked into his wife's golden eyes. "You had me so worried when that happened."

"I'm sorry..." Natsumi said. "I'm clearly not myself. Something is changing about me...but I have no idea what." She then asked, "Is anyone coming to see me, or was I visited while I was asleep so I wouldn't 'kill' anyone?"

"Well, Mayume came. She brought you new clothes to wear once you get out of here." Sasuke gestured toward the bag sitting by the side of the bedside table. "Yin, Yang, Nhamo, and Hunter came too. They were worried."

"What did the kids do when they saw you?" Natsumi asked her husband.

The Uchiha was silent for a minute. He then replied, "They were stunned at first, but then they were happy to see me and hugged me." When the man looked from the window to Natsumi, he saw her smiling.

"That's good to know that they are not mad at you." Then Natsumi realized something. "Sasuke, did you tell Tsunade-sama about my mission?"

He nodded. "I told her that you did not complete it since you were attacked only about five miles from the village."

"Okay, thank you for telling her."

"No problem." The Uchiha stood up and leaned in to kiss Natsumi on the lips. "I love you."

"Love you too," Natsumi replied. "Are you staying here tonight? You can go home if you want."

Sasuke smiled. "I'm staying here Nat. I'm thinking that if I leave you you'll end up getting hurt again. You are so danger-prone these days," he laughed.

"Hey, that's the life of a ninja," she answered as she stuck out her toungue. That little action made Sasuke chuckle again, and he kissed her forehead.

"You're still the same old Nat," he said. "Now get some sleep, okay?"

Natsumi sighed. "Fine." She laid back down and closed her eyes. Sasuke smiled to himself again and sat down in his chair. He watched Natsumi for a few minutes, and then he stared out the window. After a while he leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes. As the couple slept, they did not notice a dark figure watching them from a nearby tree. With the wind picking up and moving the tree's branches, the figure leaped and vanished in mid-air.

oooh...who could it be?? you'll find out in the next chapter. Plz review! thanks