Sasuke hugged me tightly. It felt...nice. His fingers ran through my hair and let out a long sigh.
"Are you okay?" He asked. I blushed slightly.
"Yeah..." I said.
"Good." he trailed off. "I'm glad." he said before fainting. He didn't let go of me. I fell backwards as he fell forward. He was heavier than me so it was hard to keep him up. Jiraiya caught us when I almost hit the ground. He finally pried Sasuke from me.
"I'm tired." I yawned.
"Then get some sleep." Jiraiya said. I felt my eyes drooping as he placed me next to Sasuke
"You'll be there when I wake up?" I asked. Half scared those guys were going to come back. The other part of me just wanted Ero-kun around for some reason.
"Sure kid." Ero-kun said before I fell asleep.
I woke up in a hospital. I was in a bed with a headache. I looked over and saw Sasuke, still unconscious. Jiraiya came in.
"You awake kid?" he said.
"Yeah. But how long will Sasuke be like that?" I asked sitting up. My head spun and then settled after a bit.
"He was hit with the same technique as you. He'll be out until we can break the jutsu." He said.
"How come I woke up so soon?" I asked.
"The Kyuubi dispelled the jutsu." he explained. I nodded and glanced over to Sasuke. He hadn't moved.
"Is there anyway we can help him?" I asked.
"We need to distinguish what the jutsu is, it will require a lot of medical intelligence... if only..." he trailed off.
"If only what?" I pushed. "Is there someone who can wake up Sasuke?" I asked. Jiraiya opened his mouth, closed it. Then opened it again.
"A famous nurse I used to know. She could wake him up, we'd have to find her though." he smirked.
"We?" I said happily.
"The Hokage won't allow you to be alone, I'll take you with me for now." Jiraiya said. I smiled and jumped out of bed, I staggered, and my vision blurred. But then it cleared right away and I regained my balance.
"I'll get ready! We'll have to leave right away!" I said.
"Calm down, We'll leave tomorrow. Get some sleep." Jiraiya said. He left the room. I walked back to my bed and went to sleep.
I woke up in the middle of the night. I rolled over and saw Sasuke with a pained look on his face.
"Sasuke?" I said as quietly as I could. No answer. Sasuke looked scared and well, in pain. I climbed out of bed. I shook his shoulder. "Sasuke?" I said again, he didn't wake up. Just kept an pained, angry, scared,and sad look on his face. I felt pretty bad. I couldn't wake him up like he did for me all those times. I brushed some of the hair from his face and he relaxed, he looked so peaceful and not all serious for once. So I climbed into his bed and laid down like he let me do when I had a nightmare (that's not weird right?), except this time it was a reverse situation. I felt his arms pull me closer as he usually did when I was around and he was in a deep sleep. I rolled over in his arms, and sighed against his chest, all those time's he would say he was just keeping me still because I moved around to much in my sleep was invalid at the moment. I decided to let him hold on for dear life like he was, and fell asleep.
I had a strange dream.
I was in the city of Konoha, the Uchiha Estate, I knew because Sasuke would walk me by here when he woke me up for missions. I looked down and I was five years old again. I saw a small boy with a to-big blue shirt was running away.
"Hey!" My squeaky voice said. The boy stopped and turned around. "Sasuke?" I said when I saw his face. But Sasuke wasn't looking at me, he was looking behind me. I turned around and saw an older Uchiha with a bloody sword standing on the roof. I looked around and saw all the dead body's around me. Sasuke screamed out something like 'No!'. I didn't hear while I backed away from the man who jumped right...THROUGH ME!? Was I not here? Why did I? Where am I? "Sasuke? What's going on?" I asked when the scene went white. The dream started over.
And over.
And over.
And over.
"NARUKO!" I woke up next to Sasuke. Jiraiya was shaking me awake. He sighed when my sleepy eyes looked over at him. "Don't do that, you almost fell into the jutsu yourself... if I was just a second late." he said.
"Sorry, Ero-kun." I yawned. "is it time to go? To find your friend?" I asked eagerly. Jiraiya smirked.
"Untangle yourself and pack a bag, we're leaving at noon." He said before leaving the room.
"Untangle myself?" I repeated. I looked down. It's true I was a wild sleeper but this was ridiculous. Sasuke's arm was around my waist and my arm was stuck under him. My leg was tossed over one of his and his other leg was half off the bed. My free arm was laid against his face. My eye twitched in frustration. I squirmed and shifted until I fell off the one person bed. I pushed Sasuke back into the middle of the bed before I dressed myself and jumped out the hospital window. I did leave a note. They'll figure it out.
I walked through the town to my house. I forgot to put my hair up so the unruly mess of blond waves fell down to my knees. My bangs, usually held up my head bands, fell in front of my eyes. I couldn't see very well. I remember I used to wear my hair down all the time... I'm glad I stopped.
"Crap, I really let my hair grow out." I muttered, blowing my hair out my face for the fifth time. I never noticed how long it was.
"But your hair looks best long." a voice said. I pushed aside my bangs to see Neji smiling down at me. I smiled back at him.
"Thanks!" I said
"Where are you off to?" he asked.
"I'm going to pack for my training with Ero-kun." I said starting to walk, he followed.
"Ero-kun?"
"Jiraiya." I said.
"One of the three Sannin!?"
"I guess. He did say something about that." I thought. The rest of the walk was silent until I reached my house. Neji smiled at me.
"Well, I hope you enjoy yourself." He said twirling his finger in my hair.
"Thanks." I blushed before he walked away. I walked into my house and began packing.
Clothes, check. Weapons, check. Scrolls, check. Money... My eye twitched in irritation. Check? Not so much. I shoved my semi-empty wallet in my bag. Then I showered, brushed my hair into one obnoxiously long pony tail. I placed my headband so my Bangs would keep from my eyes, and changed into my orange shorts, blue t-shirt and orange vest. I pulled on my blue sneakers, grabbed my bag, slung it over my shoulder, grabbed my house key shoved it back in my pocket, locked the door and left. I went to different stores and bought small snacks for the journey. Ignoring the looks and mummers from the people around me.
"Onee-chan!" I turned around and was tackled by Konohamaru.
"Oh hey!" I smiled rubbing his head.
"Your okay? You were in the hospital!" He shook me. I laughed.
"Yes yes I'm fine." I said reassuringly.
"What about Onii-chan?" He asked.
"Who? Sasuke? Oh, he'll be fine, I'm off to find a nurse that'll be able to heal him." I said, I felt like I'm trying to reassure myself more than him.
I sat in Ichirukas later that day waiting around for Jiraiya to come. I wolfed down about seven bowls of Ramen before he showed up.
"Your late. It's like three o' clock." I glared and paid for my food. He rubbed the back of his head.
"I was doing research." he said.
"You mean peeking on girls in the shower." I said plainly.
"YOU LITTLE- no, I was trying to find were my friend might be." he growled.
"Hm, sure." I laughed walking by him. He muttered something and we walked to the villages exit. We didn't talk the way there, my head was spinning, maybe I should have rested some more...
We walked for a while, according to Jiraiya we were almost there. When I realized,
"Who's your friend?" I asked. He looked down.
"What? Oh. She's known as the 'Legendary Sucker.' She likes to gamble but she can never win. She's always avoiding her debts so she moves around a lot." He laughed at his memories.
"Oh... So her name is?" I pressed, a little annoyed.
"Tsunade." He finished.
"Never heard of her. Then again, I've never heard of you either. What are the Three Sannin?" I asked.
"There the three strongest ninja's in the village, they qualify to be Hokage." He smirked. Did I just hear him say Hokage? I started hopping up and down unconsciously. He stared at me.
"So you could be Hokage? That's awesome! I want to be Hokage! I'll be even stronger than the fourth! Did you know the forth Hokage defeated the nine tailed fox?" I went on and on, leaving out the part that that fox was in me of course. He started laughing.
"I trained the Fourth ya know." he boasted.
"I'LL GET THE SAME TRAININING AS THE FOURTH!?" I screamed. I silently cheered and Jiraiya smiled at me. "Well? Is that why you decided to train me!? Cause I got potential like the fourth!?" I said hopefully. He tried not to laugh. Was that good or bad?
"Look, the only reason I decided to is because you happen to look a lot like the fourth." he said poking my forehead.
"I look like the fourth?" I asked. I really didn't get that, what did the fourth look like? Probably better than that stone carving. I shrugged off the comment and kept walking.
I went over our last conversation as we walked through a town.
"Hey. Ero-kun." I said. Jiraiya faltered, then glared at me.
"What?"
"You said there were Three Sannin, so who's the third one?" I asked. Jiraiya tensed up. He remained silent. "What's wrong?" I asked. No answer. "Is he a bad person? Do I know him?" I pressed. Jiraiya looked uncomfortable. So I stopped asking. But it made me more curious. "How far would you go to save a friend?" he asked.
"Why?"
"Because I didn't go very far to save mine."
"Oh. Well, I guess if it were Sasuke... If I had to save him I would go to the end of the world and back." I said as honestly as I could. He patted my head.
"Sometimes, that's not always best." he said. I looked up at him, his eyes had that far away look in them.
"How could I be the Hokage if I can't save my own friend?" I asked. Then I walked faster. Not waiting for an answer.
Of course I would go to the ends of the earth for Sasuke! Why do you think I'm on this search? He's my best friend, even if we don't say it. I know he would (probably) do the same for me. Cause that's what friends do. And when would that situation ever come up anyway?