If you want to read my gundam seed story, it is out. Read it. I think it is pretty good.

I hate it, when my mother steals my lab top off of me. I was tried to proof read this (i proof read it once, but i wanted to proof it again) and she deceided then that she wanted to play on it! She was playing on it for hours, so i never read it again. I didn't feel like reading again, so if you see any mistakes, don't kill me!

I don't know what else to tell you.

O, yea! Thinks for the reviews

And By the way, this chapter deals with loose ends, i hope you like it!

6-21-08

I do not own Naruto, just the plot!

Chapter 14

Tournament?

Part 14

Tsunade felt useless as she watched Naruto breathed slowly. Naruto hadn't waken up yet, and Tsunade decided that she wouldn't leave Naruto's side until she woke up. She didn't want to leave Naruto incase something were to happen to her. All of Naruto's injuries were healed, but her arm and leg were still broken in a couple places. Her injuries was nothing serious, but Tsunade didn't want to leave her side. She set up a desk and did her paper work there.

Tsunade wanted to kill the Uchiha, when she saw the condition that Naruto was in. She blamed him, even though she didn't know what happened. Did it involved the guys that were after Naruto, or was it sometime else? All that the Hokage knew was what Kakashi told her, which wasn't much. Why did Naruto go farther into the cave?

It had been a couple days, since Naruto had came back from the cave. Tsunade was the only one, who was still at the hospital. Everyone went back to their missions/jobs, but their prayers were with the unconscious blonde. The cursed Uchiha had to be forced out of the hospital, but he never tried to return, since Tsunade ordered, well, threatened him to stay away. He may had been Naruto's body guard, but she was the Hokage. She was better then any body guard that Naruto would ever need. Jiraiya stopped bye for a hour, but he had his 'research' to do. He needed something to take his mind off of what happened to Naruto in reality.

Tsunade would look up every few seconds to see how Naruto was. Naruto's eyes flicked as Tsunade looked back down at her papers. "Naruto." She uttered, when she forced herself to look back up to Naruto. Tsunade's heart beat rose.

Naruto felt herself being called, but she couldn't find out, who was calling her. She was being taken in by the darkness of itself. There was nothing she could as she heard the voice call for her again. She tried to reach up with her right arm, but it wouldn't move. It felt like it weighted a ton. A tear ran down her cheeks. She didn't want to be in the darkness anymore. She wanted to be love.

I don't want to be here anymore! I want to see my friends. Light flicked in front Naruto's eyes. The voice, she heard before, became louder. She forced her eyes open, and she came face to face with a crying Tsunade, which wasn't pretty. "Obaa-chan." Naruto uttered as Tsunade had her in a tight bear hug.

"Naruto, I am glad you are okay!" Tsunade cried. She slowly pulled away. Why didn't Naruto pull away or yell like the last time? It surprised the Godaime.

Naruto looked over herself as Tsunade helped to pull her into a sitting position. Her left leg was in a cast. Her right arm, which was also in a cast, was in a sling across her chest. Fox didn't heal me yet…….But that is explainable, since it was sealed farther down. These were the times that she wished the fox wasn't sealed farther down. She wasn't into much pain, but she was very uncomfortable. "Obaa-chan, are you okay?" Naruto inquired as she saw the look in the Hokage's eyes.

"You didn't shy away from me." Tsunade answered.

"I learned that life is too short and you were doing what you thought was best." Naruto smiled. There was something more there, and Tsunade saw it. "I forgive you"

"Gaki." Tsunade give her small bear hug. "What happened in the cave? Why did you go farther in? Why not stay with the Uchiha? Why were you in the-"

Naruto raised her hand to silent her. "I can only answer one question at a time." She felt lost on the inside. She didn't want to recall what happened with her and him. "Ryu attacked Shadow Wolf and I."

"Ryu is the missing ninja, who saved Yuki, the man who almost ra-"

"Hai." Naruto quickly cut Tsunade off. She never wanted to hear that word again. She wouldn't be able to take it. "Ryu said that Yuki is dead."

"Hmm." Tsunade was in deep thought. "He could be lying."

"I don't think so. I saw it in his eyes." Naruto spoke. "We started to fight. Shadow Wolf ended up in the cave. He couldn't move. I took over the fight, but I had to save my teammate. Then the cave caved in on us. We were stuck in the cave." Naruto paused. She didn't want to tell Tsunade the whole true. She didn't want Tsunade to think she was weak. "I wanted to explore the cave, but he didn't. I explored the cave alone. I couldn't see in the cave. I tripped, and well, you know the outcome." Naruto articulated.

"Gaki, is that all?" Tsunade eyed her carefully.

"Hai, why?" Naruto asked innocently.

"You won't say the Uchiha's name, and it doesn't make sense why he would let you go farther into the cave." Tsunade eyed Naruto. What isn't she telling me? "Did you two get into a fight?" Naruto looked away. "Naruto, you can tell me."

Tears ran down Naruto's face. Naruto told Tsunade everything that was said in the cave. She didn't leave anything out. "He just wanted sex!" She cried.

Tsunade's hand turned into a fist. "I going to kill him." She growled. She stood from Naruto's hospital bed. Naruto's left hand grabbed Tsunade clothes. "Gaki?"

"No. Please, leave him alone. I just want to forget it." Naruto whined. Sure, she never wanted to talk to or about the teme, but that doesn't mean she wanted him to get hurt. She wasn't into revenge. To her, revenge was imbecilic. It was a useless emotion. It only made a person weak. "Revenge won't solve anything."

"I know."

"The village needs him healthy. It doesn't matter what we think of him." Naruto lectured. Naruto tried to get up, but it was useless. Tsunade saw this. She started to play around with a needled that was filled with a clear liquid.

"Gaki,-" Tsunade was cut off as a certain pervert entered the room.

"Naruto, you are wake!" Jiraiya grinned. "Everyone has been worried sick."

"Well, I'm Naruto Uzumaki, the next Hokage." She cheered as she rubbered her head with her good hand. "Nothing can keep me down, dattebayo!"

"That is good to hear." He gyrated away from Naruto. "Tsunade, we need to talk."

"Okay, but hold on a sec." The Hokage ordered. She placed her hand on Naruto's left arm. She found Naruto's major blood vessel. She inserted the needle in Naruto's arm. "This is for the pain." She lied.

"But it does hurt." Naruto whined. Her eye lids felt heavy. "Ero-Sennin, I forgive you. I…" She was out cold.

"Gaki." He said softly. He felt a weight disappeared, but he never got to respond to the blonde. "What did you do to her?" Jiraiya asked.

"I sedated her. Her mental state isn't the best." He eyed her curiously. "It is the Uchiha's fault." She raised her hand to silent him. "I will explain a little bit later. And I can't have her leaving the hospital. As you know, she has an habit of leaving the hospital, when she shouldn't." Tsunade moved away from the sleeping blonde. "What do you have to tell me?"

"Someone sneaked into the Hokage's office sometime, and we don't have a clue how he don't it."

"What?" Tsunade blustered.

"It wasn't today, but it was sometime in the past week. There is a scroll missing. And other scrolls were misplaced. He was looking for something, and I believed he found it." Jiraiya sneered.

"What scroll was it?"

"The scroll was listed, but it wasn't named. No one knows what is in the scroll, but it is rumored to have Konoha's secrets in it." Jiraiya explained. "Anbu is on it."

"This could be a problem." Tsunade sneered. "Do you think this has a connection with the people after Naruto?"

"There is a good chance." He answered. This wasn't good. How could someone sneak into the village without anyone noticing? How could they sneak in the Hokage's office? There was a long silence. "So what did the Uchiha do this time?"

Tsunade told him what Naruto told her. "He only cares about one thing, which is the one thing you always think about." She hissed. No one messed with her 'daughter' the way he did and got away from it.

"Don't place me in the same group as him." Jiraiya gnarled. That Uchiha better watch his back. He thought. Naruto was important to him, and plus, he believed he owed it to Minato to protect and take care of Naruto. "Don't do anything stupid."

"I won't. I just have to keep the Uchiha away from Naruto."

"How will you do that, when the council won't let you? They already have put you on thin ice." Jiraiya stated. The facts didn't help them, but they wasn't going to let that stop them. They were dead set in keeping the Uchiha away from Naruto.

"I am the Hokage. I will find a way, even if it kills me." Tsunade said. "I have to go to the Hokage's office….. I have Anbu here, but.."

"Don't worry. I will stay here with our favorite blonde." Jiraiya grinned.

"Good. If the gaki wakes up, makes sure she doesn't try to leave."

"She has a broken leg and plus an arm. I don't see her going anywhere."

"Did you forget who this is? Naruto can do anything, if she puts her mind to it." Tsunade commented.

"Well, she is a trouble maker."

"Yea, but she is our trouble maker."

Sasuke sat in total darkness in his house. He was the only soul in the Uchiha Compound, and it looked like he would be the only one ever to live here. He wanted to take back what he said to the dobe. If he never said those things, Naruto would be laying on a hospital bed. He wanted to cry, when he saw her condition. She was cover in blood, and she had broken bones as well. It was his fault that she was like that. He put her through hell. What went through her mind, when I said those things?

She must hate me. He thought. It was his fault, if she disliked him. My dobe is forgiving. He hoped or rather prayed that she would forgive him. She, however, did give her teachers a hard time, when they didn't tell her about her father. He still had a hard time believing that she was the daughter of the Yondaime. If Sasuke cared about bloodline, Naruto would be the perfect person to be his wife with her bloodlines.

That is if he could get his dobe to forgive him. He would do anything to get her back. She was the one for him. She was his soul mate, and he knew it. He wondered if she knew. He doubt it, since he said horrible words to her. He would make her see it, even if it took years. She was the only one he would ever love. He knew from the moment their lips touched. When he had her in his arms, it felt right. It felt natural.

He had to get to Naruto, so he could tell her the true. He doubt he could get close to her, since he believed the dobe had told Jiraiya and Tsunade about what really happened in the cave. He knew they would be out for blood, his blood. They probably thought he was a sex fiend, who just wanted to hurt their 'child.' Naruto was the most important person to them. Tsunade was the Hokage, and she was a problem. She would do anything to keep him away from Naruto. Jiraiya wasn't tied to any rules like the Hokage was. He had a lot more freedom, so Sasuke was in trouble.

He didn't have much time to think, when a knock came at his door. He growled. He didn't have time for this. He made his way through his home to the front door. Not many people came to visit him in the compound. Knocking started to get louder. It was getting rather annoying. He wanted to yell get lost, but Uchiha didn't yell. He opened the door to come face to face with Sakura and Lee. Lee seemed as cheerful as ever. What made him so chipper? Sakura seemed to be glowing, but Sasuke didn't care. "What do you what?" He growled.

Lee and Sakura pushed themselves in, as Sasuke was left to close the door. "No one knows what happened in the cave, since Naruto isn't awake yet. A-" Sakura started.

"And you want to know if I knew what happened to her." Sasuke sneered. "I don't, so go." He ordered.

"Don't talk to my girlfriend like that!" Lee lectured.

"I can handle myself." Sakura corrected as she placed her hand on Lee's shoulder. "Have you see Naruto lately, Sasuke?"

"No." He answered.

This puzzled Sakura. She knew how Sasuke felt about Naruto, so why wouldn't he go see her? "Why?"

"The Hokage ordered me to stay away, and I dare not go against her orders." Sasuke started. Plus, I doubt Naruto would want to see me right now. I said horrible things to her. I just want to give her a little space, since she is in the hospital. "Have you seen her?" He asked.

"I saw her early today, since I was working in the hospital today. She still is unconscious." Sakura muttered. "I am not use to seeing her like that."

"Hn." The raven replied.

"You seem down, Sasuke. Are you okay?" Lee noticed.

"Hn." Sasuke had no interest in telling them how he felt or what he did. He just wanted to be left alone as he thought of what to do. He would go to the end of the earth to earn Naruto's forgiveness. He wouldn't beg, but he would do other things to make her see how he felt.

Tsunade sat in her office. She didn't have a clue about what exactly was in the stolen scroll. That scroll hadn't been touched in years. It was collecting dust in a corner of the study. The only thing she knew about the scroll was that it was written by the Yondaime. How ironic. Ryu must had taken it for his master.

"Hokage, is there a problem?" Kakashi asked as he entered through a window.

"A scroll, written by Minato, went missing, and in a week a tournament will began." Tsunade said. She didn't like it, when people entered through the window.

"Was that what you and the Kazekage were taking and messaging about all this time?" Kakashi asked. He was reading his book as he paid close attention to the woman in front of him.

"Hai. The Kazekage and I have been working on this for months. The tournament is for the best of the best. Any one can join. The first part of the tournament is in Konoha, and the last part is in Suna." Tsunade started. "The winner gets one of their wishes granted as long as it doesn't hurt anyone."

"Hm." Kakashi responded. I might have to enter.

"And now, there is the mess with Naruto. There is no doubt that Naruto would want to join the tournament, but I don't want her to."

"No one can stop her, if she wants to do it." Kakashi lectured.

"I know, but it is a great opportunity for that Ryu to take her to his master."

"Naruto is strong. She won't let that happen." Again. He thought.

"I know." Tsunade admitted.

"Can you tell me anymore about this tournament?" He asked. This tournament sounded cool. He had a wish in mind, but he wouldn't reveal it just yet.

"No, I will reveal all the details about the tournament in a couple days, and you will just have to wait like everyone else." Tsunade ordered. She didn't want to talk about the tournament anymore. Naruto was the only thing on her mind.

"How is Naruto?" Kakashi inquired.

"She had waken up, but I sedated her." Tsunade said. The Copy Cat Ninja eyed the Hokage curiously. "Don't get me that look. I don't want her to leave the hospital."

"She has a body guard. I am sure he can take care of her." Kakashi muttered. He stopped dead. Tsunade gave him the dead glare. "What did Sasuke do?" He asked not wanting to know the answer. He knew it had to be bad by the look in her eyes.

"He tried to use Naruto for sex, but she didn't want to, when they were alone in the cave. He was sweet to her just to get sex! He insulted her, after she turned him down!" Tsunade snapped. "She had her heart mashed by that pig." That bastard hurt her gaki, and she wasn't going to let him get away with it. She cared too much for 'daughter' to let that happen. "That Uchiha better watch his back." She snickered. She had a plan going in her head.

Kakashi was in shock. He thought Sasuke loved Naruto. Did Sasuke lie to him? He didn't detect a lie, when Sasuke admitted he cared for Naruto. He had to push him to admit it, however. Could he have said those things out of anger of being pushed to say them by his old Sensei? Or was it that he insulted Naruto out of Angry, because she denied him? "I doubt Naruto would want you to get revenge on himfor her."

"I know, but she is hurt. She just wants to feel love." Tsunade revealed.

"She has many fan boys, who care a lot about her." He laughed. Kakashi thought Sasuke would be a good match for knucklehead blonde kunoichi. He wasn't sure now. Kakashi would do anything to cheer up Naruto. He would make her smile again.

"Yeah that would include the Kazekage." Tsunade laughed. "At least, her fan boys aren't the Blasted Uchiha. I have to come up with a plan to keep him away from the gaki, even if it is the last thing I ever do." She snickered.

"Since the tournament is in a week, we can keep her off of missions without her knowing. She will be too focused in the tournament to notice. And the council can't whine that you disobeyed them, since she isn't on a mission." Kakashi planned.

"And I will have a week plus the length of the tournament to come up with a plan." Tsunade smirked. "Good idea. Hatake." She would come up with a plan, there was no doubt she wouldn't. Life was great.

It took him forever to get the two lover birds to leave. He was going to see Naruto, no matter what. He was ordered to stay away from her, but he had to see her. He had to tell her how he felt. He had to make things right. Sasuke would sneak into Naruto's hospital room, if he had to. He would do almost anything to see her. He wouldn't beg. He had his Uchiha's pride and everything.

The hallway looked miles long to him as he shuffled down the hall rather slowly. He didn't know what to say to Naruto (if she was even wake) to make it better. The only thing he could do was try, right? He wasn't going to give up no matter what. What an Uchiha wanted an Uchiha got. He wouldn't rest until he got what he wanted. Naruto was what he wanted. He would go a thousand miles for her. He just wouldn't beg.

He found himself outside Naruto's hospital room. He felt more then one Anbu stationed around her room. He felt someone else in the room with his dobe as well. He felt himself growl softly. He felt his heart beat raise. He felt his temperature raise. He hadn't see the Naruto since the day she was bought in. He seized the door knob and pushed it open. There in the a chair in the corner of the room was Jiraiya, who eyed him like a hawk. It sent chills down his spine, but there wasn't any words said.

Naruto laid asleep (well it looked like it) in the bed. Her right arm and left leg were in a cast, but she looked wonderful in his eyes. Sasuke knew she was unconscious, but he didn't know what to make of it. He moved close to her bed slowly. "Don't move any closer." The silent Jiraiya demanded.

"Why is that?" Sasuke gnarled. No one told him what to do. He did what he wanted. He was his own man. And Naruto was his woman, even if it didn't look it.

"I know what you said and did." Jiraiya revealed. His voice wasn't loud, but Sasuke could taste the angry it held.

"How do you know what I said?" Sasuke sneered. He wasn't going to tell the old pervert what he didn't already knew. It would be unhealthy, since the old pervert would probably kill him for what he said to Naruto.

"Naruto told Tsunade."

"How can the dobe do that, if she is still unconscious." Sasuke smirked. He is just fishing, but he won't catch me.

"If you just want sex, stay away from Naruto. There are plenty of whores, who would love to sleep with you. You might have to pay them though" Jiraiya snickered. He may had been laughing at his last sentence, but he wanted to skin the Uchiha alive. "You should just stay away from her like you said." Sasuke knew Naruto must had told them everything, but why was she still unconscious? "She is sedated." Jiraiya answered the unasked question.

Sasuke wanted to ask why, but he knew it probably was so she wouldn't leave the hospital. "I said what I said out of anger." He explained.

"You wanted sex, and you would do anything to get it. She, however, didn't want to have sex. You tried to push her, but she wouldn't bit." Jiraiya sneered. "Like I said, there are whores who would love to experience you." He grinned.

"You shouldn't talk with your research of yours, pervert!" Sasuke snapped.

"Hmm. You may be right, but hurting Naruto is unacceptable." Jiraiya corrected.

"I didn't mean what I said." He tried to explain. "I said it out of anger."

"I don't want to hear your excuses." Jiraiya responded. He glanced over to Naruto, who was breathing softly. "The gaki is like a daughter to me. I don't want to see her hurt."

"Hn….I know." I don't want to see her hurt either. The raven thought.

"No, you don't. I see how Naruto handles pain, and I don't like it. She puts on mask, and she pulls into herself." The Toad Sage explained. He was dead serious, and it would be deadly to interrupt him. He would so anything to keep the Uchiha away from the blonde. "I won't let Naruto be broken and least of all by you."

"What do you mean by that?" Sasuke vociferated. He didn't like to be insulted, and then the pervert was inferring that he would hurt Naruto. He would never hurt her, well, again. And he was sure he wasn't going break her, if she could be broken.

"Whenever she was in pain, it always about you!" Jiraiya sneered. "I could list all the times, but that would take too long." He paused. "Stay away from her."

"You can't tell what to do." Sasuke smirked. "You aren't lucky enough." He folded his arms across his chest. "I have the council on my side."

"First, you are lucky I don't hurt you for touching her the wrong way. And second, there are ways around the council."

"What do you mean by that?"

"You will have to wait and see." Jiraiya grinned. To say the very least, he would have some fun messing with the Uchiha. This was beginning of the end for that man. The Toad Sage would do anything to keep Naruto safe from that man.

"I will leave now, but there is nothing that you could do to stop me from seeing her." Sasuke vocalized. He would track Naruto to the end of the world if he had to. (Stalker much.) He would make her see his side.

"Didn't you two agree to stay away from each other? I thought there were plenty of girls, who aren't like her, out there. You said you didn't need her." Sasuke glared at him. "Your words not mine." Jiraiya smirked as he watched the Uchiha's face fall.

"As I said, it was out of anger."

"Let me make it clear to you. I. Don't. Care." Jiraiya said. "It seemed like you are angry a lot, and you say nasty things when you are angry."

"What are you saying?" Sasuke snapped. Every time he started to leave, the pervert would say something imbecilic to call him back.

"You will hurt Naruto every time you are angry with your nasty words, and I won't accept that. That is what I am saying."

"Whatever." Sasukegyrated to the door. "I won't hurt Naruto."

"But you already have."

"Hn." Sasuke sighed in defeat, but only this time. He knew the Sage was right, but he was going to make sure it would never happen again.

Sasuke left without a second word. Jiraiya was thankful for that. He couldn't deal with the Uchiha anymore. The Uchiha was pretty darn stupid. It was getting late as the day was coming to an end.

Awww, Jiraiya is being protective just like a father. It is sad that he is dead (spoiler) in the Naruto Manga. Naruto looked so sad!

Please review, and check out my other story that i just put up.

-Cass