Fox In The Leaf

The Real Mission

Tsunade was rushing towards the hospital with Hana right behind her. She had received word that Naruto had received a fatal injury and was in a sealed-off room until she and Hana arrived.

"Do you think he is alright?"

Tsunade looked over her shoulder at Hana who had a worried look on her face "the gaki is too stubborn to die from an injury. Although I don't fully know what it is, he has been through a lot in his life so this should just be another thing to add to the list." she saw that Hana had relaxed a bit from her words but she herself was also worried. What she said was as much as for her as they were for Hana.

Arriving at the hospital, the two women made their way towards the room that they were told he was in. once they made it, they saw that the room was actually filled with everyone that was on this mission, officially and unofficially.

Everyone turned to them with most of them being slightly relieved that Tsunade had arrived

Kiba although, was confused "sis….what are you doing here?"

Hana looked to Tsunade as if asking "what should I say?" but Ino spoke up

"They know."

This caused the two women to look at her in shock before they looked at everyone

Everyone nodded as they understood what was said

Well everyone but two

Haku felt that there was something that he was missing as it seemed everyone was talking about something extremely important.

Sakura raised her hand and asked "um what exactly is everyone talking about?"

It took everyone from the mission to realize that although they themselves had seen Naruto as a large Fox, Sakura and Haku arrived after Naruto had left and they never got the chance to see him.

Kakashi looked to the two and said "it's something that the rest of the team discovered about NAruto during the mission. it is something that he alone has the authority to tell so until he deems you trustworthy enough, leave it be."

Sakura hated the fact that she was being left out of this but before she could say anything, she felt a hand on her shoulder. she looked to see it was Haku.

"Sakura-chan, Naruto-san will tell us when he is ready. please be patient."

She didn't like it but she chose to just nod. it was also apparent that at the moment, Naruto needed medical treatment. she would get answers from him when he was back on his feet.

Hana felt some trepidation but sighed as she answered her brother in words that kept the secret but portrayed the message "due to his... condition. I am here to make sure he is alright since Tsunade might miss some things that go beyond her expertise."

Tsunade made her way to the unconscious blonde as she asked Kakashi what the injury was

"Stab wound through the heart. The rain made it hard to tell how much blood he lost but based on the injury itself and the length of time it took to get back, I would say he lost a lot…. "

Tsunade looked the male blonde over and saw the hole. This made her grimace, seeing him in such a state but she shook off the feeling and get into a professional attitude. "Hana, I need you to evaluate him in case there is anything wrong."

Hana nodded her head as she moved to the other side of the bed and began to use her medical jutsu to scan Naruto's body.

Tsunade did the same on her side as she began to seal up the hole. As she was doing this, she noticed something that should be cause for concern. 'His circulatory system is disappearing!...but it's not causing anything to stop working….?' She had no clue what was going on inside Naruto's body but due to the fact that she was dealing with a human turned Bijuu, she knew she would be dealing with some things that are beyond her understanding since no one had ever really gotten to know how the tailed beasts work.