The Giver

◎Chapter 11◎ The son I never had

Previously:

An old lady had her head on the table, drowning herself in sake.

"Jiraya, i'm sorry. I-I hope I learned about this sooner." She said.

"Lady Tsunade can I join you?"

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Tsunade's POV

I just learned about what happened to Naruto through Teuchi. I was passing by and I can't help but to overhear. The time I learned about the letter I snatched it as politety as I can manage. I read the letter, my tears were flowing so hard, I gave back the bloody letter slowly without saying a word and left the stall crying. Minutes later I realize that i'm in a bar, drowning myself in Sake, once again.

My Naruto, my precious Naruto. Why did he do this? He could have asked my help any time. I could have helped him. I feel so helpless. I wasn't even present by the time he was in the ER. Naruto, please don't die on me too. Please...

I drink all the contents of my third bottle and continue on to my fourth.

" Lady Tsunade can I join you?" A man asked me. I jolted my head upward to see the speaker, only to see my successor. Hatake Kakashi. I just stared at him  then he sat down next to me and got another bottle of sake and drank it's contents.

"Now I know why you drink lady Tsunade." Kakashi said, completely out of it in my book.

"I can't believe, that a single person can make so many people depressed. All in one day. And all of those people are shinobi nothenless." He continued.

"True. The boy can even make a rock cry." I reply. Well, he may not make a rock cry though. But the guy made a hundred impossible feats already. We drank out sake quietly as possible. People looking at us from time to time. To see their godaime and rokudaime together in one public place is rare, especially in a bar. And we were both crying with red eyes nothenthess.

"Sakura, Sasuke and Sai came in earlier. They were all crying. It was such a sight to see. Sasuke and crying simply don't match." He says and laughs.

"Yes, it does not. *sighs* Oh Naruto, what just happened? When did you start to slip away? I miss you, I really do. Even though you were such an idiot and such a pain in the ass. I miss those goofy smiles. The way you call me an old lady. The way you would just barge in my office just to give me a major headache. Where did that little guy go? I miss you so much. So much." I say, tears freely flowing. Kakashi was intently looking at me with a blank expression. And looked upward.

"I do miss that boy too. He was so busy with his ninja career, that we don't hang out as frequently as before. He so looks depressed the past few weeks. And we didn't even get a chanceto celebreate his birthday." Kakashi said and took another shot.

"If we only knew sooner." I say and ordered another round.

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I went to the hospital as soon as I heard Naruto was already awake. I went straight to his room, the time I entered the Hospital. I brought him some of his favorite ramen. The boy might escape the hospital again just for the sake of his precious ramen.

I entered the room and closed the door behind me. Naruto's head faced the door'a direction as it clicked.

"B-baa ch-chan..." He weakly says.

"Shhh... don't speak. We can talk once your better." I say in a motherly figure.

"Yeah so that time you would drown the both of us in sake, just like what you smell right now." I grew a vain. I try to be nice to the guy and this iswhat I get. Guess the universe hates you Tsunade.