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Chapter 3

After Tsunade had said that Naruto was going to be fine Sakura had ran around the village letting everyone see knew know that Naruto had woken up.

Everyone had different reactions

The first people she had run into were Gai's team. Neji had let out a sigh and a small smile in relief that his friend had made it through okay, Tenten, while not knowing Naruto very well was pleased that no one they knew had died. Lee on the other hand had dropped to the ground with tears of joy giving a speech about the 'Springtime of Youth' mentally scaring many of the people nearby.

Next she had run into Choji and Shikamaru. Choji had dropped his bag of chips and had even let a few tears fall, and Shikamaru looked the most relieved of anyone she had seen yet as he was thankful that nobody had died on his first mission.

She ran into the Yamanaka flower shop next and told Ino who hugged her happily knowing how much this meant to Sakura and how much this would relieve Shikamaru.

Sakura found Kiba and Shino next, who were currently eating at a small restaurant. Kiba had grinned like a chesire cat ironically, and if the buzzing from Shino was any indication, he was happy too. They said they would let Hinata know as well

She stopped by the Ichiraku Ramen stand next, she knew that Naruto and the Ichiraku's were close and they had even visited the hospital when they could. They both became teary eyed and the ramen chef told Sakura that when Naruto was well enough to let them know and they would let him have an all you can eat ramen buffet for free. Sakura thanked them and left again.

Sakura had found Kakashi next who knew something had happened to Naruto the moment he saw Sakura as the girl hadn't left the hospital grounds since Naruto had been put in there. When Sakura had told him that Naruto was awake the only thing Sakura saw was his single eye widen and then for him to vanish, probably to see his blond student.

Then she had run into Gaara and his siblings, who were there to help finalize the new treaty between the Leaf and Sand villages, and when she told him a small smile appeared on his face

The last place she had stopped at had been the Academy where she had stormed into her old class room where Iruka had stopped his lesson upon seeing Sakura, waiting in anticipation

"Naruto's awake"

When he heard those words Iruka felt more relieved than he ever had in his whole life and the Konohamaru squad burst into tears in the middle of class, happy that their 'big brother Naruto' was going to be okay.

After that Sakura had gone home to see her parents to tell them the new and ask them about something her and Tsunade had talked about.

When she finally got back to the hospital she had been stopped by Tsunade before entering the room.

"What is it Lady Tsunade?" she asked curiously

"I told Naruto about his condition and how he won't be able to use most Ninjutsu anymore." Tsunade tooke a breath at this and Sakura became worried about what this would do to Naruto

"He was quiet for a bit but then he put on that big smile and claimed that he would still take the hat from me, but I know that this is bothering him a lot more than he lets on, so watch out for him, okay?"

Before leaving Sakura stopped Tsunade

"Lady Tsunade could I talk to you about something?"

Tsunade looked at the young girl curiously

AN HOUR LATER, NARUT'S ROOM

Naruto stared at the ceiling, when he was alone in a quiet place he couldn't help but think.

His chest still hurt, especially on the right side but he supposed that made sense from what the old hag said he had a hole punch through him.

But thinking about his injuries made him think about his arm.

He tried to lift his right hand up and touch his nose but he only managed to lift it up a little bit and it felt like it was taking everything he had to keep it there, unable to keep the effort up anymore his arm fell right back on the bed and he started coughing, he covered his mouth with a tissue and when he pulled it back he saw blood on it. When this had happened earlier he had nearly had a panic attack but Grandma had said that where he had a large amount of blood inside his body from all of his injuries he would be coughing it back up every now and then.

But that wasn't the worst part, the worst part was how everytime he would cough the right side of his chest would explode into some of the worst pain he had ever felt in his life.

And when he thought about these injuries he couldn't help but think of the person responsible

Sasuke

He still had a hard time believing it, Sasuke was someone he had come to look to as his best friend and brother.

But then he had tried to kill Naruto and had shown that he didn't care if any of their friends died

Naruto realized now that he and Sasuke were no longer friends, even if Sasuke reformed and became a good person Naruto didn't think he could ever trust Sasuke again.

Still, he didn't hate Sasuke as he believed that it was Sasuke's brother, Itach and Orochimaru who had helped push him into becoming Naruto's enemy.

Still, he thought happily, Sakura had been there when he woke up and he couldn't help but wonder how long she had spent here.

But then his thoughts went back to his injuries and he tried to stay positive, thinking about Lee, and how he could become Hokage even without all the fancy and cool Ninjutsu.

But then he was hit with the though again that he would never be as good at Taijutsu as Lee because of his lung setting a limit on how hard he could push himself physically, still from what Granny had said he could still become highly skilled in Taijutsu, and he could learn those cool Seals like he saw Pervy Sage use before and when he and Kakashi had talked about the different things he could learn Kakashi had said that the Sealing arts were incredibly powerful. And there were weapons he could learn, he just had to focus on what he could do and believe that he could be Hokage, it just meant he would have to work harder now.

With a slight knock Sakura came in

"Hey Naruto, How are you feeling?"

"Not the best but granny said I'll be able to leave in a week or two, and the sooner I'm out of here the sooner I can get ready to take that hat from the Hags head" he said with a grin with Sakura smiling back

Then a frown came across Naruto's face

"Hey Sakura what happened to Sasuke?"

Sakura frowned as she didn't want to talk about Sasuke. But she told Naruto about how Sasuke was in jail under ANBU guard 24-7 and awaiting trial. Naruto didn't feel bad for Sasuke as he had done horrible things and had betrayed his village and friends and Naruto agreed that Sasuke needed to be punished for it.

Still, he saw that the topic made Sakura uncomfortable so he began asking about what had been going on in the village since he had been injured and as Sakura happily chatted Naruto couldn't help but feel at ease as he felt comfortable around Sakura.

The Hokage Tower

"HE WHAT" Tsunade yelled breaking her desk

Jiraiya was many things, Spymaster, Sage, Seal Master among many but one thing most people didn't know about him was that he was also the biggest legal expert in Konoha, even though he had mainly learned so much about the law to make sure that he never broke the law in his peeping but that's besides the point.

He was currently working as the Prosecutor against Sasuke Uchiha who had just surprised them

"Sasuke Uchiha and his lawyer have petitioned the Daimiyo" Jiraiya repeated

What that menat was that after the founding of the village in case of a legal battle between the Senju and Uchiha clans would pop up they could petition the Daimiyo meaning that the case would be brought before the Daimiyo in the capitol city of the Land of Fire where the Daimiyo would be the judge instead of the Hokage.

Now, since Sasuke would probably still lose this didn't make much of a difference except that Naruto was currently not in the condition to travel to the Capital so this bought the Uchiha and his lawyer even more time.

Tsunade sat back down in her chair, rubbing her head as if she felt a headache coming.

"That means that he'll have to be sent to the jail in the Capital until Naruto is capable of traveling that far without risking his recovery, and that could take months, maybe even years."

Jiraiya nodded in agreement

"Exactly, their using this to buy time to try to think of a way out of this, that is, if Sasuke hasn't already"

Tsunade raised an eyebrow, signaling for him to explain.

Jiraiya cleared his throat

"The fastest way to get to the Capital from here is a road that most people avoid and on this it's a two day journey for a normal squad of Shinobi. Not counting the fact that they'll be escorting a prisoner and some civilian lawyers will add on another two days. All in all a four day trip on a road with little traffic would give Orochimaru the perfect opportunity to set up an ambush to take Sasuke and with the amount of Shinobi currently at our disposal we could only send a small squadron of ANBU and maybe two Jounin"

Tsunade turned in her chair and looked out over the village she had sworn to protect

She couldn't help but feel that things were going to get a lot more complicated in the near future

TWO WEEKS LATER

Naruto was being wheeled out of the Hospital in a wheelchair by Kakashi with Sakura on his right and Jiraiya and Tsunade on his left

"Man, I can't wait to see my apartment again I've missed that place" Naruto said. The nurses and Sakura wouldn't let him eat any ramen while he had been in the hospital but he had tons in his apartment's cabinets and in secret spots hidden from visitors.

"Sorry Naruto but you won't be going back to your apartment just yet" Kakashi said

"Huh, What do you mean Kakashi sensei?" Naruto asked with confusion plain on his face

"Naruto, you can hardly walk across a room without getting exhausted and your right arm is pretty much useless and your still in a good bit of pain, basically you can't take care of yourself so you'll be staying with someone for the time being" Tsunade said

"Who?" Naruto asked

"Me" Sakura said

Naruto's jaw about hit the floor

"Sakura been studying hard the past few weeks in preparation to help you recover so you'll be staying with her and the further along you progress the more I'll teach her. In other words she'll know a whole step ahead of what you need to recover" Tsunade said

"Though you'll still have to come by once a week for testing to be done but I've also tought Sakura some things to help you with your physical therapy"

Sakura flashed Naruto the victory sign

"In other words until further notice I'm the boss of you, and that means no ramen until further notice"

Naruto didn't know whether to be ecstatic or sad. On one hand he would be around Sakura a lot more on the other he wouldn't be having ramen for a while.

As they exited the door the light briefly blinded Naruto

"SURPRISE!" was the loud shout he heard and when his vision straightened out he saw all of his friends and the jounin sensei's standing there

"We thought we'd congratulate you on getting out of the hospital" Ino said

"Yeah it wasn't troublesome so I went along with it" Shikamaru said

As everyone congratulated Naruto and wished him a quick recovery he couldn't help but feel incredibly happy

There another one done!

I wanted to show Naruto's release from the hospital in this one and the reactions to him waking up

Now some of you may be wondering why he has been released. Well, members of the Uzumaki clan were said to heal and recover at incredible speeds so this is just that working but he still has a long way to go before he can pick his ninja duties back up

Now I've been on Spring break recently but now that school has started back I won't be able to update as much but I will try to update at least once a week

Now for reviews

Spaceorbis: I always felt like Sakura never really knew the real Sasuke and only had this idea of Sasuke that was nothing like the real thing so the Sakura punching Sasuke was more like her seeing him for what he really was.

RAZGRIZ: It will take a few chapters for Naruto to recover enough to go on missions but things will definitely change and have already changed between Naruto and Sakura and I always thought that Naruto wasn't living up to his full potential so with him being forced to use means other than Ninjutsu he'll have a chance to grow as a ninja more.

Ivan meza: He will definitely face challenges as he continues to aim for the title of Hokage.

Thedarkpokemaster: I went into detail more with what is going on with Sasuke and he is being charged with a serious crime so no slap on the hand this time although a certain snake may try for a jail break later on.

Jh831: as you can see I am continuing. In the original series it was said that jutsu that reguired hand signs would always require hand signs and the whole thing about being able to use jutsu that require hand signs without them came at the end of shippuden so it kinda conflicts with what was originally stated and I'm going to go by what was originally said which is that hand signs are required for most Ninjutsu. holding grudges and hating people is something that Naruto is not good at doing he even forgave Pain, but as you can see he doesn't trust Sasuke and no longer thinks of him as a friend.

Redfoxshadow: hope you liked this chapter.

MaeMana: I have decided to continue and I'm glad you like the story. As for the whole Tsunadae and Tsunade thing I think it's a language thing like how Jujitsu has 3 of four ways to spell it in English I think there are different ways to spell Tsunade as I have seen different versions of her name before but I've changed it to Tsunade, hope you enjoyed this chapter.

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