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Open Your Eyes
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Chapter 8: I want to see you

“She should be waking up soon...” Voices, from who? It sounds like there are more.

“Any serious injuries?” A males voice, sounding like... Jiraya’s.

“No,” A woman’s voice. “But the hospital wants to keep her here for just one night, in case infections come up from her cuts.” That has to be Tsunade.

“What about Naruto...?” Naruto...? Was he hurt?

There was a sigh, “Nobody has found him yet since he disappeared this morning. We have no idea where he is.”

Naruto’s missing? Where is he? Why aren’t they looking more?

“I shouldn’t have told him what happened... Not immediately.” Kakashi said.

What happened...? Sasuke, the fight, Naruto, kyuubi, hurt, blackness, Naruto, Naruto, Naruto.

“Naruto...”

“She’s waking up!”

Tsunade was immediately by her side as Sakura began to wake up.

“Sakura... how are you feeling?” Kakashi asked.

Sakura ignored the question, though. “Where’s Naruto?” She asked, her eyes adjusting to the light, her voice back to normal. She slowly began to sit up, looking at the three.

Nobody spoke, they didn’t look her in the eye.

Sakura began to lose her temper, “I asked, where is Naruto?” She asked in a stern voice.

There was no answer yet again. Sakura had enough of the silence. She pushed the sheets off of her and quickly stood up.

“Fine, I’ll go look for him myself!” Just as she wanted the walk, she began to moan, falling down on her knees. She clutches her stomach, as if it was ripping apart.

“Sakura!” Tsunade said, as she kneeled down beside her. “You wounds are not yet healed, please, rest.” She helped Sakura up and put her back in her bed.

“Where is Naruto...” She asked again, and planning to ask them until they answered.

“Gone.” Jiraiya bluntly said.

Sakura looked up to him, looking surpised, “What do you mean ‘gone’?”

“It’s just as I said, he’s gone. We don’t know where he is, nobody can find him.”

Sakura’s eyes went wide, and looked at Kakashi and Tsunade, “Is this true?” But her question was answered when nobody answered.

“Why...?”

“Right after we brought you two here, Naruto didn’t looked too good.” Tsunade began to explain, “We were able to heal him, but we were almost too late. When he regained consciousness, Kakashi explained the whole story. And... when Kakashi told him that he hurt you in his kyuubi rage, he ran away. When I came to look how he was doing, he was gone.”

“He... blames himself that he had hurt me, right?” Sakura asked, tears forming in her eyes.

Tsunade nodded, “Probably so.”

“That idiot...” Sakura whispered, while the first tears fell. “I... would never blame him, ever. I can’t believe he thinks that way.”

“Sakura...” Tsunade began, as she saw Sakura’s head bowing down more, her hands gripping the sheets tighter. Her shoulders began to shake.

“I want to see him... I want talk to him, telling him that it’s not his fault. Why did he ran away? He never ran away from anything. I want to see him...” More tears began to fall.

‘Running from love is something different than running from a mission...’ Jiraiya thought. Naruto didn’t had much knowledge about love, he knew that much. Jiraiya tried to teach him, but he was more interested in new jutsu’s.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Sakura quickly looked up, hoping it was Naruto. But that quickly faded away when a nurse came though the door.

“I’m sorry, but visitors hours are over. I have to ask you to leave.” The nurse said with a kind smile.

Just as the three were about to step outside, Sakura whispered something, “Please find him...”

“With everything we’ve got, Sakura.” Tsunade said softly, as they left the room.

“Naruto...” Sakura whispered again. She had to see him, she felt so miserable. He was always there for her, never leaving her side. Now she wanted to be there for him, she wanted to search for him.

“Damnit...” She cursed, she was useless yet again. She looked outside; it was raining. That did not lightened her mood.

“Naruto, where are you? Please, come back...”

She held her knees close to herself, “I don’t want to be alone...”

And just like it came out of nothing, she began to sing a song she never heard of;

‘Kiss me sweet

I’m sleeping in silence

All alone

In ice and in snow

In my dreams, I’m calling your name

You are my love’

But where was Naruto?

Naruto found himself standing in front of the big gate of Konoha. The rain messed up his hair, his breathing was heavy. He ran trough the rain to this point. He didn’t knew where he was going; he just let his legs run.

‘I... hurt Sakura... I’m... really what they say I am; a monster.’ He thought. He gripped the fabric of his wet jacket tightly, closing his eyes. ‘I shouldn’t even be here anymore... Sakura... she must hate me by now.’

“Damnit!” Naruto screamed as he fell down on his knees, and began punching the ground. “If I can’t even control this... thing inside me, then I can’t be called a worthy ninja.”

He suddenly began to laugh, still sitting on his knees while the rain came down faster. “I am such a coward; what must they all think of me?”

“Becoming Hogake doesn’t matter anymore to me if I hurt the ones I love...” He looked down, seeing the ground turn to mud.

He slowly stood up, remove the mud on his pants. He took of his headband, and let it fall on the ground. He didn’t looked back, as suddenly strong wind went by. It seemed like... it was saying something...

You are my love

“Sakura-chan?” Naruto said, eyes wide. He was sure of it; it was Sakura’s voice. But was it really her? Where did it come from?

Naruto turned around, looking into an empty village. He had a bad feeling, somehow, when he heard her voice.

Sakura had enough, she didn’t wanted to sit and wait here. She wanted to look for Naruto. She wanted to see him, having him hold her like he did that night when she waited for Sasuke.

“Sasuke-kun...” What happened to him? “He’s gone again, is he?” She whispered to herself. But, Sasuke wasn’t her top priority right now. It was Naruto this time.

Sakura pushed the sheets off of her, and slowly stood up. She received some pinches, but that didn’t let her stop her. She grabbed some clean clothes that were laying on a chair close to her. She put on her shoes, and quickly went out the door, actually forgetting her headband.

Just as she was out the hospital, a nurse came to her room, “Miss Haruno? A little check-up before it’s bedtime-“ She looked around. “Miss Haruno?” She looked around; her clothes were gone, her bed was empty.

The nurse picked up the headband she forgot. “I’ve got to warn the Hokage!” She said as she ran out the room, leaving it empty and dark.

Sakura wanted to run harder, but the pain in her stomach was winning. She held her stomach, but that didn’t let the pain subside.

The rain and wind weren’t helping either. She began to gasp for air. She suddenly stopped and buckled forward, actually expecting to throw up. But nothing came.

“I don’t have time for this, I have to find Naruto!” She began to run again, but, where was she running to? She didn’t knew where Naruto was. They said they looked everywhere, in whole Konoha. Why would she be the one who knew where he was?

Suddenly, her sight became blurry. She thought it was because she was tired; but it wasn’t like that.

She still ran, as she slowly lifted up her hand; blood. The wound on he stomach re-opened again, and was bleeding. Sakura’s face became pale, only looking at her hand, and not paying attention to the road.

She felt something strange; she didn’t felt the ground under her feet anymore. She looked forward, only seeing that her sight went up, and her body went down.

Sakura hit the ground, letting out a yelp. She moaned, still holding her stomach. Tears forming in her eyes again.

“I... don’t want it to end like this... I have to find... Naruto..” She said, moaning. She wanted to get up, but her legs didn’t listen to her. Her sight was still blurry, becoming even more blurred with the second.

She looked beside her, and she saw a tiny red stream being carried away with the water from the rain. She knew it was her blood.

“Naruto... I am so, so sorry...” Sakura whispered, as she began to feel cold, her body starting to feel numb.

She left out a little laugh. “How is it that it is always me who gets into trouble?” She coughed, her vision becoming dark.

“If only... I could see you again...” She closed her eyes, letting out a sigh, letting herself know that it was ok. Everything went black, but before she was completely away, she heard a someone calling her from a distance.

“Sakura-chan!”

To be continued