The guardian chronicles : Nirvana (Todoroki Shoto x Uzumaki Naruto)

Chapter 26

Am I in a memory? Or have I finally woken up?

Naruto rubbed her eyes and darted her eyes around the hospital room. It doesn't look anything like the hospital rooms in Konoha, so maybe she finally woken up? A quick glance to the television screen blaring to life, along with a couple of empty beds confirmed her suspicions that maybe she was in a hospital bed in Japan.

The whole room seemed empty except for a large blond-haired man sitting on the chair right beside her bed. Wait, a large blond-haired man? Blue eyes grew large as Naruto's mouth dropped open at the sight of a relaxed All Might sitting right beside her bed. Okay, this had to be a dream. She pinched her skin, fingernails digging deep till a small mark formed.

Right, this was not a dream.

"You are not dreaming, Young Uzumaki." The number one hero straightened his back, shuffled himself around till he sat properly. No humor leaked through his eyes nor could Naruto hear the usual goofy tone in her teacher's voice. It was like he decided to drop that humorous mask around her, like he was not in the mood to act like his usual teaching self.

Naruto tilted her head. "What are you doing here, All Might-sensei?"

"Checking up on you, Young Uzumaki."

That made sense.

The blond-haired girl ran her hand through her hair, detangling the tangles in her hair as her eyes focused on the television screen. Students attacked in USJ: several students injured and Pro-Hero Eraserhead has been injured. That was the banner running through the news channel as several reporters discussed about Yuuei High and their security.

'Where were the heroes? One of the students decided to run recklessly against the villain and nearly got themselves killed.'

Were they talking about her? Or were they talking about anyone else? Naruto chewed on her bottom lip as concern rolled over her in her stomach. How did these people know of the attack? The thoughts swirled around her head, almost forcing the blond-haired teen to kneel down and cradle her head.

'It isn't like Yuuei High would know this would have happened!'

She balled her hands into a fist. They couldn't blame the school for what happened, how would anyone know about the attack? She balled her hands against her blankets as another set of blue eyes focused upon her.

'But Yuuei High has one of the best security systems in the country!'

Her teeth grinded together as several deep breath were breathed in and out. Did anyone realize it could be easy to break into a building if they knew a weak spot? Every security system had a glitch, a weak area that could be taken advantage of.

"How long have I been unconscious?" she turned to her teacher as her hand reached out to the bedside table, where a single remote lay. Pressing the button, the television screen turned blank and Naruto relaxed against the hospital bed.

"Two days," All Might grimaced. "You were in surgery for a whole day because of the wound sustained to your stomach."

Naruto lifted up the blanket, hand reaching down to her stomach and balked at the feeling of the small, delicate stitches to her stomach. Right, these people didn't do healing jutsu and so it was only natural that they decided to operate on her. None of them even know she had the Kyuubi, so they didn't consider to wait to see if the monster would heal her.

"How is Aizawa-sensei? Is he..." Her throat tightened as her stomach rolled around at the idea of her precious teacher dying. Bile rose up to her throat, burning it to the point that it actually felt like she swallowed a bunch of fire in her mouth.