I FOUND IT! YES!
Thank you all for the reviews and those of you who have brought up great ideas and viewpoints.
adamxero - Yes I agree Sakura going to Naruto all crying after she found Sasuke with another woman would be pathetic, and I never planned to do that. I thank you for seeing that very likely scenario in a story such as this, but don't worry none of that will happen. When it comes to Naruto's own relationship status however, well that will be briefly explored in this chapter.
Animaman - The villager's point of view regarding Naruto will not be touched on this chapter, but maybe in the next few. Right now I'm just setting up the feel, I guess you could call it, of the story. You know such and such is here and why they are there. Oh and of course Sakura is gonna have "words" for Sasuke when he breaks the news to her.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto
Sakura had a lot of time to think after she left the restaurant the other day. She had to admit, everything Kakashi had said was true. They had cut Naruto out of their lives, if she wasn't at the Hospital she was at home with Sasuke doing research or just relaxing with him. It had been this way for nine years now, after Naruto had brought him home.
"You do what you need to Sakura-chan, if you ever need anything don't hesitate to ask."
"Thank you, Naruto."
She was the one who never called on him, never asked for his help. It wasn't until she took notice of how much time they didn't spend together that she came up with "Team Day!".
"Maybe I should try and talk to him. Try and see if we can't be the friends we used to be." Sakura mumbled to no one.
She decided to continue her rounds, if people spotted her standing in the halls talking to herself they might think she escaped the mental ward. She looked down at her charts, she still had five more patients before she could start to think about lunch.
"Sakura-san!" A clearly female voice yelled.
Sakura whipped her head towards the voice to see one of the nurses running towards her.
"What is it?" She asked.
"There's a Genin in the ER the other doctors need you now!" The nurse explained.
Sakura shoved her charts into the nurse's hands before running towards the ER. She had to duck her way past several patients before she finally came to the door.
"Oh man oh man oh man!" A man said. "What the hell was I thinking?! How could I have let this happen?!"
"Sir. You need to calm- Kiba!" Sakura said.
"Huh? Oh! Sakura! You gotta get in there and help him please!" Kiba begged her.
Sakura nodded before bursting into the ER.
"What's the sitaution?" She asked.
"The patient has deep lacerations across 97% of his body. According to the man who brought him in, he was caught in a shuriken trap." A doctor explained.
Sakura quickly went through all of the proper sanitaion requirements before jumping in with the other doctors. She quickly isolated the more threatening wounds and began to work on those while the other doctors took on the less threatening. She gritted her teeth, the wounds weren't closing as they should and the blood was flowing too quickly.
"Dammit! Hang on kid, don't you quit yet." Sakura mumbled.
"...Nrto...snsi...Naru...sen..." The boy rasped out.
"We're losing him!" Sakura yelled.
Sakura walked out of the ER while some other doctors took the Genin to a vacant room.
"Sakura!" Kiba called to her. "Is he gonna be okay?"
"No, I'm sorry Kiba." She told him.
"Then why did they take him to a room?" He asked.
"We've set him up with life support for the next hour, we will contact his family to break the news." She explained.
"Oh..." Kiba sighed.
"I need you to do something for me Kiba." She said.
He looked up at her.
"Go get Naruto. He kept whispering "Naruto-sensei, Naruto-sensei." I'm sure the boy wants to see him." She said.
Kiba nodded before running out of the building. Sakura looked back towards the room the other doctors had carted the boy off to. She sighed before going to clean herself up again.
'So, that was one of Naruto's students. Then why was he with Kiba?' Sakura wondered.
Kiba took a deep breath before knocking on Naruto's door. After a few minutes the blond Jounin opened the door. He was wearing the standard shinobi uniform only without the flak jacket, must have still been getting ready. He had still had yet to put on his gloves or arm bands. He did however have his forehead protector on so that his now slightly longer hair fell the sameway as when they were fourteen. Kiba had to slightly tilt his head to look the 6ft. 5in. tall man in his eyes.
"Kiba? What are you doing here? You weren't supposed to be back until next week." Naruto said.
"Y-yeah... Can I come in?" He asked.
Naruto nodded and stepped back so he could enter. Kiba went over to the small stand with three pictures on it, he picked up the biggest one with a gentle hand.
"Glad to see that she holds the biggest place." He said.
"Well of course, a girl like her only comes around once in a lifetime if you're lucky." Naruto said.
Kiba put the picture back down before sitting on the couch with his head in his hands.
"Kiba? What's going on?" Naruto asked.
"...I fucked up man." He started. "I fucked hardcore man."
"What do you mean?" Naruto asked again.
"I... I took my eyes off of him for a second! I don't know how it happened! Shurikens everywhere! I don't- I mean, I-
"Kiba!" Naruto cut him off. "Took your eyes off of who?"
"...Hisoka."
"What? I thought you were taking him on a training mission with some other clan members." Naruto said.
"I did! I took him to some hostile territory, not shinobi hostile just your average bandits and thugs ya know? Thought I'd kill two birds with one stone." Kiba explained. "Teach Hisoka some new techniques, get rid of the low lives a win-win. Everything was going fine, kid's a fast learner but you knew that already. We were attacked by some Kiri-nin."
"Why? Kiri and Konoha are allies! I-
"They weren't actually with Kiri." Kiba cut him off. "They all wore the headbands and such but they had the symbol cut through, like the Akatsuki."
"Were they Akatsuki?" Naruto asked.
"No, or at least not the Akatsuki we're used to. Too many and they all were from Kiri, I don't know why they attacked us but they did. Strong too, Jounin even some Chunin." He started. "Hisoka... you would have been proud of him,
he didn't flinch once. Kid met them head on, like I said, I was keeping my eye on him just to be sure ya know?"
Naruto nodded.
"I was rushed by two of em' so I had to focus on them real quick and when I looked back he... I didn't even see it, a trip wire and shurikens everywhere!" Kiba shouted. "Dammit! I filled his head with all these ideas and promises!"
Kiba stood up abruptly and punched the wall causing a few cracks. He grunted in frustration before sitting back down, Naruto kneeled in front of him and put a hand on his shoulder.
"Kiba you need to calm down." He tried.
"No! I- Hisoka! He died on my watch man!" Kiba shouted.
Naruto gave Kiba's shoulder a light squeeze. "The truth Kiba, do you think there was anything any of you could have done?"
"I could have stuck by him! I-
"And attracted stronger enemies towards him. In that moment when you saw him step on the wire, was there anything you could have done?" Naruto asked again.
"...No. None of us are fast enough." Kiba said as his anger deflated. "You could have though, only you, you and that teleporting jutsu of yours."
Naruto gave his shoulder another squeeze and stood up. Kiba sighed and stood up too.
"Cmon', he wants to see you." Kiba said.
"Yeah." Naruto nodded.
Sakura stood outside of Hisoka's, as she was informed, room waiting for any other guests. So far only two had come to visit him, Tsume and Hana, which she found odd maybe Hisoka was Kiba's brother? Hearing footsteps she looked back to see Naruto and Kiba walking towards her. Kiba said something to Naruto before walking off looking ashamed, Naruto sighed at him before continuing his walk.
"Sakura." He said.
"Naruto." She replied.
"May I go in?" He asked.
"Of course, try and make it quick. He doesn't have much time left." She told him.
"Right." He sighed.
"If I may ask, why didn't Kiba want to go in? Their mother and sister went in." She said.
"Mother and sister? Sakura, Hisoka is Kiba's cousin, the kid's an orphan." Naruto explained.
Naruto walked into the bleach white room and the smell of disinfectant hit him hard. He shook his head and looked towards the only bed in the room. He put a hand to his mouth, Kiba had warned him but this, even with the bandages was more than he expected. Taking a few shaky steps forward he got a better look at his student. Hisoka's brown eyes were dull but open, they dragged over to look at Naruto.
"...Naruto-sensei?" He asked.
"Yeah." Naruto replied.
Naruto quickly closed the gap between him and the bed. Now he looked down at his student, bandages covering him from head to toe, a gauze pad over his left eye and an oxygen mask. The boy tried a small smile before pressing his lips into a tight line. Naruto let out a low chuckle as he touched the remains of Hisoka's once two foot long hairstyle.
"Finally got a haircut huh "Pup"?" He joked.
"The hell... you call me?" Hisoka joked back.
"I'll show everyone! Just you wait! I'll be the next Hokage, and everyone will know the name Inuzuka Hisoka!"
"You're a little off aren't you?"
"A little off huh?"
"Well yeah."
"Oh trust me Naruto-sensei you don't want any of what I am!"
"Then come on, bring all four feet of you."
"I'm sorry Naruto-sensei... I... wasn't strong enough." Hisoka rasped out.
"Don't worry about it... I'm sorry though. Never taught you the Rasengan." He said.
"Do... Hitomi or Keiko know?" Hisoka asked.
"No, not yet." Naruto answered.
"Good... those two cry... babies." Hisoka chuckled before coughing. "... Naruto-sensei, I'm really tired. I think I'm gonna go to sleep now."
"Yeah... yeah okay." Naruto said.
Naruto gently placed his hand on top of Hisoka's head and ruffled his hair lightly before walking out of the room.
Sakura standing outside the room when he got out. Sakura looked up at him and caught a quick look as he swiped some tears from his eyes.
"Says that he's tired." Naruto said, she could hear his voice starting to crack. "Thank you for doing what you could Sakura... I gotta go."
Naruto walked off leaving Sakura standing there with a chart in her hands. She looked at him as he walked away, his hands would clench at his sides then relax, it was like he wanted to hit something but held himself back while in the hospital. She sighed, the looks of devastation never got easier, especially when the look came from someone you knew. She looked down at her watch, Hisoka still had ten more minutes she would wait for anyone else to see him.
Naruto walked out of the double doors of the hospital and stopped. For a few seconds he just stood there, his right hand folded into a tight fist. He let out a couple of ragged breaths before he turned on the building, throwing his fist out he hit the hard building causing the wall to crack.
"... Dammit!" He growled and pulled his fist back.
He cradled his hand, he knew that he had broken something with that punch. Naruto looked down at his injured hand and watched as the skin stitched itself back together and bones move under the skin back into the proper place. Taking two calming breaths he walked off leaving stunned civilians in his wake.
So a few more things to touch on here.
1. Yes the 'teleporting jutsu' that Kiba mentioned is the Hiraishin, and again like a lot of things it will be explained as to how he has that.
2. I didn't just make up Hisoka, Hitomi and Keiko for the hell of it. There will be chapters exploring them and their relation to one another more than just being students.
-Raidori