Kurenai's eyes were slightly teary as she walked into the hospital room of one Sarutobi Asuma. Machines were hooked up to him and his face was incredibly pale, his head was mostly wrapped in bandages, only the left side was visible, his two arms were in casts as well as a brace to keep his waist from shifting along with a cast on his left ankle and right femur.
She shed some tears looking down at him on this state.
She let her eyes travel to the clip board at the edge of his bed.
Name: Sarutobi Asuma.
Rank: Jounin
Age: Twenty eight
Severe concusion, fracture in the left collar bone, both forearms suffering multiple fractures,, left hip bone has been shattered along with the left ankle and right femur.
Current condition: Comatose
Expected time of recovery: Unknown
She let her tears fall down her pale cheeks before walking over and sitting down on one of the chairs. Letting her hand grip his.
He did not respond.
"OHHH FUCK ME!"
That was the cry of pain that tore its way out of the throat of one Umino Iruka as Anko re-broke his left forearm which had been placed back together by an amateur medic nin who had done a piss poor job of it.
"Ohh quit being such a little bitch, I barely touched you!" She said shaking her head.
"Barely touched me! Look woman I don't know if you break your arm in three places everyday for fun but I'm actually sane!" He yelled at her as his forehead dribbled with sweat.
Anko smirked and her eyes flashed with a deadly gleam in them. "Ohhh, you don't think I'm sane Iruka-kun?" She asked in a sickeningly sweet voice that sent chills up and down his spine.
But still he glared at her. "Your following that lunatic, so yeah, you have a few screws loose."
Anko shrugged. "He killed Orochimaru. So it really doesn't matter to me what he does from here on out.
"So you'll follow him even if he leads us to another great war?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.
She smirked. "He killed that snake. So…yeah. I'm with him until the end…no matter how this plays out.
A Hyuuga walked in through the door. "Anko-san. Naruto-sama requests your presence." He said bowing
She nodded and stood, as she made it to the door she paused. 'And who knows…a world of peace…might be good for a change." She said before leaving the academy teacher alone.
Iruka looked thoughtful for a moment before he leaned back on his bed and looked to the ceiling. 'A world of peace huh?'
Kakashi sipped a bit of Sake from his saucer. "Want another?" He asked as he extended the Saucer to Gai, who sat across the table from him.
The green beast nodded and took the saucer pouring himself some more of the alcoholic beverage he shoved it down in one huge gulp. "So…what now?" He asked, somewhat subdued.
Kakashi shrugged. "We made our choice. Now we gotta play it out till the end."
Gai sighed.
Kakashi looked at the green clad Jounin. "Your worried about your students aren't you?"
He nodded.
Kakashi swirled his Sake. 'Leave them be for now. Time is the only thing that can heal that particular wound." He drank through his mask. "They'll be fine."
Gai nodded, pouring himself another drink before smirking at the Copy ninja. "You do realize I defeated more opponents than you did in that last battle don't you?"
"Hmm, did you say something?" Kakashi said peeking up from his book.
"GAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! DAMNYOU HATAKE!" He yelled startling the birds in a five mile radius.
Tenten knelled setting down a bundle of flowers on a small simple collection of stones Lee and herself had placed. Also on the stones was a picture with their third teammate, Neji.
Tenten felt tears prick the back of her eyes and bit her lip in order to keep from crying out. Lee saw the girl's shoulders tremble slightly and placed a comforting hand on her. "Come on Tenten-chan. I'll take you home."
Naruto sat in his desk in the middle of the night staring absently at the bright moon that hung over the city of Konoha, his hood was down but his mask was still in place. A knock was heard at the door. "Enter." He commanded.
The door opened revealing the former sound Five along with one Hatake Kakashi and one Mitarishi Anko.
"Good your all here" He remarked standing tossing Kakashi one scroll and Kimimaro another.
The two elites caught the scrolls and looked at them. They stared back at their leader who began to explain.
"Oto is all but non-existant with the loss of Orochimaru. You five were influential when he still held power. You are to go and recruit ninja." He said looking to the five former sound ninja. "You are not to return here until you have a force of at least thirty at minimum. Am I understood?" He asked with authority.
They each nodded.
"Good. Now Hatake and Mitarishi. Your mission is simple. You are to infiltrate Kiri. Disguise yourselves, I don't care as what. Kiri has been locked in a civil war for over a decade. You are to go and discover which side has the greater chance of victory as well as which side is the more complacent of the two. Report back here in two months time. You all leave by at least two days time."
They each bowed and left the room.
Naruto leaned back in the chair and closed his eyes settling himself into a meditative state. More plans needed to be made.
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