RECAP: Sasuke is dead and so is Gaara

"Sakura we need to leave."

"I'M NOT LEAVING SASUKE!"

Naruto picked Sakura up then picked Sasuke up. Sasuke's blood was pouring onto Naruto but he didn't care. Sakura had so much of his blood on her. It cover her entire forearm and most of her thighs not to mention the fact that her clothes were drenched in it. The three of them hurried to starting positions and found Matsuri doing her best to save Gaara. Sakura immediately took Sasuke off of Naruto as he jumped up to Gaara's level. Matsuri's arms were going to give out. Naruto took over for her. His gauze was undone and barely hanging onto his waist. He too was bleeding profusely.

"Matsuri take Kankuro down with Sakura and the two of you head back to Konoha I'll be right behind you."

"Got it."

Matsuri climbed down with Kankuro and met Sakura who was sobbing and covered in blood. She smelled so strongly of it Matsuri thought she'd get sick.

"Sakura we have to go back to Konoha, now."

"Alright, let's move."

Naruto kept pumping Gaara's chest and crying intensely. Soon he stopped put him on his back and carried his lifeless body as he ran to catch up with the others. The running made his wound bleed more and he started getting dizzy. Once he had caught up to the others they were almost at the Konoha gates. They were met by a group of chuunin preparing to go as reinforcement. Once they were inside the hospital. They instructed Matsuri to get them help. Naruto and Sakura threw Gaara and Sasuke down and started trying to resuscitate them. Matsuri got extra nurses to help them but Sakura was head nurse at the moment seeing as she was trained by Tsunade. Sakura instructed the nurses to get her two gurneys and escort Kankuro to his own room where he'd be treated by her and only her later.

Everyone was petrified by Naruto and Sakura's appearances. They were covered in blood and Sakura had her arms stained with it up to her elbows. Naruto was crying as he pumped Gaara's chest. His hands were the only things keeping his heart beating, he was basically dead. Sakura was sobbing too but at the same time was barking orders at her nurses. Soon enough they got the gurneys ready and started with Sasuke. They took him to a bed in the ER and Sakura started using their chakra to revive him. Although all of those nurses were less qualified than Sakura they could tell he was dead.

Naruto was out in the lobby with Matsuri still who was too scared to cry. Naruto and the nurses maneuvered Gaara on the gurney with Naruto on top of him pumping his heart while they were wheeled off. Matsuri couldn't go with either of them. She stayed in lobby about to get sick all she could see and smell was blood.

MEANWHILE

All of the nurses had basically stopped trying to save Sasuke. He was dead. Sakura was still crying and trying to save him. They got out the crash carts and she started defibrillating.

"CLEAR!"

More and more electricity she was running through him. Desperately trying to save him. Naruto was doing the exact same thing. After a nurse had stapled him up real quick he switched from pumping his heart with his hands to using the defibrillator. He wasn't authorized to do that but nobody was stopping him. He was talking to Gaara and severely terrifying the other staff.

"You're not allowed to die Gaara! I won't let you! Live damnit!"

MEANWHILE

Matsuri wasn't allowed in so all she could do was worry. She had her hands in her hair. For some reason she wondered if she had any blood on her. Sure enough Gaara's blood was all over her hands and now in her hair. Iruka had seen them charge into Konoha. He'd already summoned Lady Tsunade but he didn't know what else he could do. He went and sat by Matsuri.

"Who are you?"

"I was Naruto's school teacher."

"...I'm his boyfriend's student..."

"Boyfriend?"

"Could you do me a favor?"

"Sure."

"Will you call Temari. She's staying at Shikamaru's house."

"Yeah, I can do that. What do you want me to tell her?"

"Tell her to come down to the hospital."

"OK."

Iruka called and Temari sounded pretty calm. When she made it to the hospital Matsuri had her elbows on her knees and he hands in her hair and was rocking back and forth. She then noticed that her hands were covered and her hair was filled with blood.

"Matsuri what happened!"

"..."

"Matsuri what's going on?"

"We went on an A rank mission. Half of us were horribly injured."

"Which half?"

"Sasuke, Gaara and Kankuro."

Temari's eyes welled up and the two of them just sat there. She was stunned.

MEANWHILE

Naruto kept charging and the nurses had hooked him up to a heart monitor. Right when Naruto was feeling weary he got a pulse. He was so happy and he cried with joy as the nurses pushed past Naruto to stabilize Gaara. Naruto couldn't believe it. Now that he was calm he could hear what was going on around him. Sakura was screaming, nurses were shuffling and he could hear the awful sound of Sasuke's body flailing around as Sakura sent thousands of electric currents through him. The nurses were still working on Gaara. They'd almost had him stabilized when he pulse left again. Naruto panicked and the nurses started reviving him. Someone had sent a nurse to restrain him and eventually had to take him out of the room. He was taken to the waiting room of the ER with Matsuri and Temari. For some reason the nurses had ignored the bleeding wound across his chest. Matsuri had gone to the bathroom to wash the blood out of her hair.

"NARUTO! Are you OK?"

Naruto was crying and didn't respond. Temari stood up and walked over to him. He suddenly hugged her tightly and his sobs got louder.

"Naruto what's going on?"

"He's dead! Both of 'em."

"Both of...they're both dead?"

"...They won't let me back in...he's dead..."

"Naruto you don't know that. They're probably bringing him back right now."

"...No...where's Tsunade?"

"Iruka said she was on her way."

"Iruka is here?"

"Mhm...calm down, he'll be fine. Iruka is just outside."

Naruto walked outside of the waiting room and found Iruka. He was still bleeding a lot but he didn't care.

"Naruto?"

"Where's Tsunade?"

"Oh uh I told her injured ninja had come in so she should be here soon."

"Did you tell her it was me? Did you tell her?"

"No. Naruto you need to get that sewn up."

"...Mno..."

Naruto walked back into the waiting room and stood in front of Temari who now had a line of blood on her from Naruto.

"I'm going to try and go back in the room with Gaara."

"...OK..."

Naruto did make his way back into Gaara's room. His heart monitor wasn't getting a read on Gaara. Naruto started sobbing. He kissed him and stroked his hair while he cried.