A cough escaped his mouth, followed by blood. He walked drunkenly through the forest. His vision began to blur. His shaky hand ran to the large wound in his side. He walked to a nearby tree and leaned against it.
'Just… A little further…' he thought, pushing himself away from the tree. After taking a few steps, he dropped to his knees. Another cough escaped his mouth. His white teeth shone with blood as he began crawling. He ignored the growing pain running throughout his body.
Laughter. He could hear laughter, it was faint, but it was there. He forced himself to stand up, his hands shook horribly.
'Almost there…' He gagged as flashes of the last few years passed his mind. He groaned as the wound began growing. His eyes softened as he continued walking through his pain. The laughter was getting louder. Flashes of emerald green eyes ran through his mind. He dropped again and closed his eyes.
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A little girl stopped playing and turned to look at the trees. Her curiosity began growing as she could hear shuffling behind her. She walked towards the trees and looked around. She stopped as she stepped on something soft. A scream erupted from her mouth as she ran out of the forest.
"Hokage-Sama, there's someone in there!" she shouted as loud as her small voice could.
A man stood up quickly as his smile wiped off his face. His bright blond hair blew slightly in the wind as he followed the little girl forward. His deep ocean blue eyes were alert.
Fallen branches crunched underneath his feet. He came to a halt slowly as he noticed a body on the ground. He dropped down beside the body, concerned. He turned the head slightly as his eyes widened.
"Sayuri… Go get help, quickly!"
The little girl, Sayuri nodded and ran out of the forest quickly.
"Shit…" The Hokage muttered as he helped the fallen man up. He turned and looked at the face again as he smiled.
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"Sayuri-Chan, how are you?" Ino asked, smiling as the wrapped up flowers for a customer. She smiled and bid the person goodbye as Sayuri ran to Ino, breathing heavily.
"Hokage-Sama needs help! He found someone who's hurt!"
"Okaa-San, I'll be right back!" Ino shouted as she took Sayuri's hand and ran with her out of the small shop.
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Naruto walked into the hospital and called to the nearest medic ninja.
"Help him, fast!" he shouted. The medic ninja nodded.
"Yes, Hokage-Sama," he said quickly.
Ino ran into the hospital.
"Naruto-! I mean, Hokage-Sama," Ino corrected herself quickly. "What's wrong?"
Naruto turned to Ino and kept his head down. He bit his bottom lip and looked up with a happy smile.
"He's back…"
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She lay in her bed, sleeping silently. Her chest rose and lowered with every breath. Her soft, pink hair flowed over her pillow.
Sakura… A deep, seductive, caring voice called.
The voice ran through her mind. Sakura's eyes moved beneath the lids.
Sakura…
She moved under her blanket, her eyes still moving.
"Sakura-!"
