I Don't Even…

"Kakashi's Super Ultimate Combo! FINISH!"

A controller falls to the floor and the hands holding it previously shoot up to cover its owner's mouth. The three genin can't help but stare at the screen with wide eyes and with varying emotions.

"N-Naruto-kun…", whimpered Hinata who was covering her mouth and nose with her hands, her face red and her eyes already overflowing with tears. Her eyes were wide in fear and concern.

"I don't even…", whispered Kiba who was gripping his controller so tight, it was already threatening to snap in two, his eyes twitching wildly. His eyes were wide in disbelief and surprise.

"GAI-SENSEI!", screamed Lee who was holding his controller in one hand on his head, while the other was pulling on a fistful of his hair, his eyes crying up a river. His eyes were wide with horror.

With the room being silent, they could hear the grinding of teeth from behind them. They turn their heads to look at the three people who were lying down on hospital beds, teeth grinding in frustration and eyes set in murderous glares.

"Oh Naruto-kun…" Hinata went up to the side of the blond's bed, gently pulling his face to her chest, giving him a one-handed hug as the other hand ran through his hair in a comforting manner.

Lee was not so reserved as he glomped onto his idol and kept shouting.

"GAI-SENSEI! PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR I HAVE FAILED YOU GREATLY!" He copied Hinata's action, but instead of gently pulling Gai's face to his chest, he pulled it so hard with a sudden jerk that there was an audible crack that echoed around the room. Lee apparently didn't notice though as he hugged his sensei's neck in a chokehold, burying his face in his idol's hair which he would then proceed to use as a tissue.

Kiba just stared at them with a face that clearly shows that he was undecided on whether he should laugh, take pity on them or just question the sanity of everyone in the room, including him. Of course this didn't go unnoticed to the only person that wasn't being suffocated by anybody (which Lee was doing so well on Gai, but not as much as good as what Hinata was doing on Naruto).

"What are you doing here, dog-breath?!"

His eyes turn to the Uchiha whose bed was in the middle so even if he did have someone to suffocate him, it would be very difficult as the three beds were pushed together.

"We know why Lee is here, seeing as his father is here. And Hinata's here because she's drowning in love over only-Kami-knows-why Naruto of all people. So what's your excuse?"

"I came to escort Hinata here to the hospital."

"Hn, you really are a loyal dog, aren't you?"

"What did you say, asshole?!"

In his rage, he didn't notice the three nins in bed tense at the word.

"Isn't it obvious? You only came to escort your little princess here, and yet, you're still here. Such loyalty!"

Sasuke did his best stick-up-the-ass face, which due to his current injuries looked a lot more natural, and then proceeded to air clap.

"Blame your stupid banshee fangirl! She saw me and since she was 'busy with her rounds' and 'not allowed to focus on only one patient' and 'Tsunade-sama banning her from getting near you since she tried slipping you an aphrodisiac as well as a sleeping pill', making you 'the only one that doesn't have any visitors to nurse you back to health', she dragged me and screamed in my ears to go 'entertain the great Sasuke-kun'."

Sasuke didn't know what he should feel. On one hand, he was impressed that Kiba had nailed the Sakura impression on all those quoted remarks. On the other hand, he was disturbed that Sakura tried that aphrodisiac and sleeping pills thing. On the other hand, which he does have but it only appears when he's in Cursed Level Two and is webbed and acts like creepy wings that shouldn't really allow him to fly but still does, he was feeling sad and sorry for himself for not having anyone to suffocate him…or rather, take care of him. And finally, on his last hand, which was also webbed and is currently hidden in his Cursed Seal maybe, he was feeling thankful to Sakura for sending Kiba and thankful to Kiba for actually being there. He was so confused as to what to feel that he just decided to throw all of them away and think 'Kill Itachi' thoughts.

Kiba decided to ignore him and stop the other two from killing off the other patients.

"Hey! Let them breathe, or else Tsunade-sama will put you in similar beds!"

Hinata then gently lays down Naruto's head back onto his pillow and goes back to her seat next to Kiba. Lee just dropped his sensei's head and went back to his seat.

After a few minutes of staring at each other in awkward silence, Kiba decided to start the conversation.

"So…that was really the reason why you're all here?"

This earned him a death glare from all three of the bed-ridden nins, intensified by the up close death glares he was getting from Hinata and Lee.

"I'll take that as a yes.", he mumbled, before going back to his regular volume, which was only an octave lower than Naruto's.

"But damn, that was one nasty combo huh? To keep even Naruto stuck here."

"Actually, Naruto recovered from that weeks ago."

The three death glares were lifted from Kiba and directed to the person on the hospital bed beside Hinata. In all of the weirdness, they all forgot he was there.

"W-what do you mean, Kakashi s-sensei?"

Kakashi put down his porn and gave Hinata his eye-smile, making it extra sparkly and attractive in an attempt to lure in the seductress that was the Hyuuga Princess as he just read a very interesting activity in his book and wanted to try it out ASAP, and since she was the only female in the room…

"Gai and Sasuka are still recovering from the wounds and paralysis from the waist down. Naruto however, healed from everything all by himself in that same day that Tsunade-sama healed the other two from their full-body paralysis."

Another uber sparkly and attractive smile made Kiba twitch in irritation. Shooing Hinata from her seat and directing her to sit on Naruto's bed instead, he glared at the masked Jonin and beat Hinata to the question.

"So why's he still here?"

The eye-smile was gone and he was back to reading his porn when he replied in a monotonous droning voice.

"Because soon as he was recovered, he tried to kill me in front of Tsunade-sama. When she managed to pry him off me and ask Naruto what the hell he was trying to do, he called 'Tsunade-baachan' an old hag. Of course that slight beating he was supposed to receive for trying to kill one of her patients in her hospital and right in front of her turned to a beating within an inch of his life. And the next day, he'll be recovered and it'll just repeat itself."

Kiba looked in awe at Naruto. Either he was really brave or really stupid, it was still something to be amazed at. Shaking his head, he asks another question that has been bothering him.

"So why are you here?"

He got an eye-smile from the silver-haired Jonin.

"Chakra exhaustion."

"For three whole weeks?!"

For some strange reason, Kiba swore that the eye-smile grew, and he could actually see Kakashi's teeth show as his grin widens, despite the fact that he was still wearing his mask.

"Yep. Doctor's orders."

A ding from a bell later, the door suddenly opens. As if on cue, Naruto, who was now fully recovered, leapt from his bed and lunged at Kakashi, a look of murder on the blond's face while a look of absolute bliss from the silver-haired Jonin. When Naruto was soaring just in front of the door, he was brought crashing to the floor with mighty stomp from Tsunade, who then stepped off of his twitching form, looked at the clipboards for each patient, scribbling down some notes on her own clipboard and then stomped on Naruto once more. Picking him up, she gave him a judging look from head to toe. With a shrug of her shoulders as if she was satisfied, she threw Naruto back onto his bead and scribbled more notes on her clipboard and promptly left.

The awkward silence returned, and once again, Kiba took it upon himself to break the silence.

"So, who was playing Kakashi-sensei earlier?"

No one was able to answer and they all looked towards the 4th controller, which was neatly placed on top of the game console. The sudden slam from the doorway brought their attention to the now-closed door.

"Uhhh, did any of you close the door?"

When all of them shook their heads, a chill went up through the room, leaving them staring wide-eyed at each other.

Meanwhile, outside the hospital, a transparent Sakumo was floating along back towards the direction of his grave, sighing as he went phasing through whoever he floats into.

"I'm finally given one chance to leave my campfire see my son, talk to him and settle all of my emotional baggage, and it's on the same day that he proudly admits to doing something stupid in real life what he did in a stupid video game."