Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Make Me Immortal 2 ❯ Chapter 3 ( Chapter 3 )

The silence was eerie, like they were at a funeral; actually, a funeral might have been noisier. Yeah, it was that quiet.

 

 

“So…how long have you been here?” Naruto asked Ino in a desperate attempt to rid the tense stillness.

 

 

“I only got here about half an hour ago with Shika, Chouji, Shino, and Tenten. Lee was already here. Kakashi, Sasuke-kun, and everybody else came shortly afterwards,” she paused, “except for Neji, Hinata tells me that he's been here since Sakura got here. She said he rarely leave this place.”

 

 

“Seriously?!”

 

 

“Apparently, they've gotten real close in the past few weeks.”

 

 

“So they're dating?” Naruto was shocked to say the least.

 

 

“I don't know,” Ino shook her head.

 

 

Naruto looked at Neji, his eyes trailed to his hands. They were holding Sakura's small ones, and his eyes, filled with concern and worry, rested on Sakura's pale face. He wasn't the only one who noticed. Sasuke sent a fierce death glare towards the Hyuuga boy's direction, but Neji was either oblivious or ignoring him. His only concern was the young girl lying in the hospital bed. Naruto also noticed that his fists were balled into fists and his mouth was set in a straight line.

 

 

`That's weird,' thought Naruto. “How long has Sakura been here?” he asked no one in particular.

 

 

“It's been a couple of weeks,” Shino answered.

 

 

The intense silence was back. Everyone was off in their own world still trying to digest what they just recently acquired. It all seemed so unreal to them. Ino and Tenten rushed over to the hospital as soon as they heard (like Naruto), they met Shino and Shikamaru on the way and they came together to find Neji, Lee, and Hinata already there. Chouji and Kiba were the last to arrive before Kakashi and Sasuke. To say they were shocked was an understatement. No one wouldn't guessed, she seemed happy enough to them, to them she was always innocent, naïve little Sakura Haruno.

 

 

Neji looked at her sorrowfully. He mentally urged her to wake u. His eyes were narrowed slightly, his teeth were clenched, and his grip on her hand was firm, but gentle. His thumb rubbed circles on the back of her palm. She had been in a coma for two whole weeks, he, along with everyone else, wished she would wake up. Suddenly he heard a faint whimper. It was possibly softer than a whisper, but he definitely heard it.

 

 

Sakura's face was slightly scrunched up, indicating she was in pain or having a nightmare. Her hand twitched a bit, and then another whimper.

 

 

“Maybe we should get the Gondaime,”(sp?) suggested Shikamaru.

 

 

Kakashi nodded and was gone in a poof. He came back with the busty blonde not long after. Tsunade made her way over to her apprentice, who was currently still in a comatose state. She put her hand on Sakura's forehead she did some small medical procedures, and turned around to face them all. Questioning looks were shot toward her.

 

 

“What's wrong?” Naruto frowned, he did not like this at all.

 

 

“It seems that something in the back of her mind, perhaps a memory, has triggered something in Sakura, and now, she has forced herself into a genjutsu,” explained the fifth hokage with a frown upon her face.

 

 

“What kind of genjutsu exactly?” asked Tenten.

 

 

“I don't know, but unless we get her out of it, she could be stuck in this state for a loooooong time,” Tsunade stretched that word to emphasize her point.