Rating: M (for swearing)

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

Sorry I'm not undating as much, (which is why there's a lack of reviews!) But my new job if keeping me pretty busy and school work is too, but I get out in June, so that won't be too long.

Chapter 19

Here I close

"Here you go, Naru-chan!" Kushina smiled, placing the lunch tray on Naruto's bedside table. Naruto didn't look up. Kushina and Minato took a glance at one another before looking back at their son.

"Naruto? What's wrong?" Minato asked.

"I'm not...very hungry." Naruto answered, rolling on his side to try and fall asleep. Kushina and Minato took another glance at one another then both frowned. What had happened while they were gone?

"Are you okay, Naruto?" Kushina spoke, concerned.

"Yeah. . .Just tired." And Naruto drifted off to sleep, with Hinata on his dream cloud.

"I've known him since he was the size of a baby slug!" Tsunade weeped, tipping a large bottle of sake into her mouth and chugging. Jiraiya glanced at the blonde, wondering if this was a good idea. Well, it was a good idea to try and make Tsunade greve for her emotions, but it wasn't a good idea on his wallet.

"Well, Tsunade, how about we-"

"I'm a failure!" She cried out, slamming her head on the table, crying loudly. Jiraiya shivered, gently tapping her back.

"There. . .there" He tried to comfort her.

"Why? Why is it always the kids who suffer?!" She bawled. Jiraiya couldn't answer that one, cause Tsunade, form all her drinking passed out on the table. Jiraiya looked around the smokey bar. The tender was in the back and it was just the two of them. He also couldn't help but notice her shirt had stains of booze dripping down to her-

He blushed.

"Uh. . .Tsunade?" He asked.

She didn't answer.

Insted of jumping for joy that his long awaited dream had came true to take advantage of this situationg, he picked up his phone, calling Minato.

"Hey, Minato. I uh. . .need your help."

Three Days later

It was getting worse.

And now the poor boy had a cold. His throat was raw and his nose stuffed up even with breathing tubes placed inside to help him. He was always cold, even when he was boiling hot. Kushina never once left his side, and the lack of sleep was getting to her. Always irritated, quick to snap at everyone but her dying child. When Tsunade returned from being forced on a sick day, the situation was worse.

"Give me that! You're not a doctor, you have no idea what you're doing!" She screamed at the red-head.

"I do to! I was a nurse and went to med school!" Kushina hollared back, taking the medication out of the blonde's hand.

"I could have you kicked out of here if I wanted to Kushina!" The blonde was at her wit's ends, it seemed Kushina was in full denial that Naruto was going to die soon. Everyone knew somthing bad was going to happen, but Naruto dying was somthing they never talked about.

"Don't tell me what to do!" She snapped, sitting on her son's bed while Naruto tried to breathe. "Here, Naru-chan" She became strangley sweet, (only towards her son though, for Naruto could do no wrong) "Open wide."

Naruto hadn't kept anything down since Sunday, and it was terrifying to Tsunade who acted so tough.

While Minato brought Kyuubi to the Cancer Center, Kushina was with Naruto.

"Naruto?" She asked him, while he had his head propped up on her lap. He shivered, looking up at her.

"Naruto, do you need anything?" She asked. Of course that was asked probably about the millionth time that afternoon and Naruto didn't reply, as he laid his head back down and coughed loudly. Kushina bit her lip, rubbing his back. Her little boy must have been only twelve years old, but he'd always be her and Minato's baby.

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"Tell her to get out, Minato!" Tsunade raved outside in the hallways at the blonde. Minato held up his hand, to silence her.

"I'll see what I can do Tsunade, just take five, alright?" He spoke. Tsunade wasn't one to be bitter, but she scoffed, turning away to walk down the hallway. Minato turned to open the door when he turned to Kyuubi.

"Kyuubi, stay out here for a few minutes, please?"

Kyuubi wanted to rebel, but the sad plead his father gave made him nod, as he sulked in a chair. Minato entered the room, obviously with a fake smile.

"Hello, Naru-chan." He softly greeted. Naruto opened his eyes slowly.

"How are you?" He kneeled down to his son's height, stroking his soft head. Naruto didn't want to wear the wig, he claimed it scratched his scalp. Naruto took a deep breath, trying to talk.

"I. . .hurt." He wheezed.

Minato faught tears. "Oh yeah? What can I do to help?"

Kushina looked at her husband. Minato looked so tired. She couldn't remember the last time he slept, she felt like such a bad wife for letting her husband do this to himself, although he probably was doing the same thing.

"Would you like a song, Naruto?" Minato smiled, rubbing his son's back. Naruto nodded, for some reason, the comforting tune of his father's soft voice made him feel so much better. Even if it was just for a few seconds.

January 1st Midnight

"Naruto!" Kyuubi smiled, sitting on the edge of Naruto's bed. "Another great year together, isn't that wonderful?" It had just reached Midnight in Tokyo and Japan was going nuts on the new year. Kyuubi was in the room watching his baby brother while Kushina and Minato made payments for Naruto's perscription. Kyuubi smiled, but it faded seeing Naruto had fallen asleep.

Kyuubi crawled up as slowly as he could to lay next to Naruto, he sniffed.

"Hey, remember when I used to lay with you?" Kyuubi cried. "You'd. . .hog the covers."

January 14th 2:45 p.m.

"Hey, Naruto! What's up buddy I haven't seen you in a long time, how've you been?" Sasuke Uchiha had gotten permission from his parents to visit Naruto. Itachi had came along as well and both brothers stood beside Naruto's bed. Naruto gently turned his head, slowly, only to see Sasuke's face briefly for a few mintues. Then he turned away, falling asleep again.

Sasuke bit his lip. Was it somthing he said?

January 20th 4:55 p.m.

"M-Minato?" Kushina asked. Minato looked inside Naruto's room, puzzled.

"W-where's-Where's Naruto?" She asked, frightened. That morning she and her husband left for grocery shopping, only to come back to find Naruto and his bed gone. She was shaking and her eyes were wide, Minato wrapped his arms around his wife, fearing she'd faint.

"Let's ask Tsunade, he probably needed a check up but didn't want to get out of bed, so they took the whole thing. Ha, ha, that's somthing Naruto would do, right?" He tried to cheer her up, but failed.

January 21st 9:30 p.m.

"Three days, I'm afraid" Katsuya spoke. Kushina didn't even feel the tears fall from her eyes.

"K-Kaa. . .Kaa-san." Naruto tried to make out. He had been taken down to the Intensive Care Unit. Apparently these are where Naruto would spend his last few days. Kushina pratically bolted herself to the bed to stay by her child.

"Y-yes Naruto?!" She asked quickly, almost happy to know he didn't die on her.

"Can I. . .'ave a hug?" He asked. She nodded, and gently wrapped her arms around Naruto. She despratly wanted to squeeze him, thinking that somehow that would make him better. That if she were to hug and kiss his boo-boos that he'd be fine the next morning and all of this would be a horrible, terrible nightmare. Naruto yawned, closing his eyes slowly as he drifted into slumber.

Around eleven the door opened and a male nurse stepped in. "Uzumaki-san, you look haggard. I think the best thing for you to do is get some sleep."

Kushina looked at her son, heart constricting.

The nurse smiled sadly. "We'll inform you of any changes. But I think it's best you come back fully energized tomorrow. I'm sure it will make Naruto happy."

"R-right... just a sec..." She got up from her feet and grabbed her bag. She bent down and kissed him on the cheek and stroked his face lovingly. "I'll be here first thing tomorrow morning okay baby? I love you." With one last kiss, she allowed the nurse to lead her out.

What no one saw were two blue eyes open ever-so-slightly just as Kushina got one last look of her son as she left.

Naruto's eyes opened again, and he became frightened. Where was his mother? He struggled to speak. "M-Mom. . . Mom. . .Mama. . ." The lids closed over the boy's eyes and never did reopen.

January 21st-11:34 p.m

"Minato!" Kushina shot out of bed, somthing was wrong.

Minato slowly opened his eyes, looking at his frazzled wife trying to get dressed. "Kushina?" He asked. "What's wrong?"

"Naruto" Was all she needed to say and both parents called Jiraiya to come watch Kyuubi until they returned from the cancer center. Both parents booked down the hall. Minato confused and Kushina worried. Kushina reached NAruto's room and she wanted to screamed in terror as there were only two nurses in the room.

"W-where's Naruto. . .?" She asked quietly in fear.

One of the nurses bit her lip.

"Uzumaki-Namikaze-sans. I'm sorry to tell yout his but. . .Naruto-kun. . .passed away an half-an-hour ago." Minato saw black and Kushina fell to the floor.

So sad! Please review! Sorry for the lack of updtes, last chapter coming soon.

-The Un~Wanted Angel