Chapter 9 - chapter 9

A/N: Disclaimer: I don’t own Naruto!

“Well, Mr. Hyuga, thanks for getting me back so fast, we might not be as late as we thought we would be.” Naruto grinned as he got up, and leaned on Neji’s shoulder to follow the nurse back. Hinata followed right behind him, with Hiashi behind her.

With Sakura, Ino, Sasuke and Shikamaru

The four of them sat there, in a nervous, uncomfortable silence. The girls were too worried about Naruto, and Sasuke and Shikamaru were too smart to risk upsetting them further. Fortunately, the doorbell rang and both the girls jumped up shouting, “I’ll get it!” in unison.

When they had left the room, Sasuke looked at Shikamaru. “I don’t know why they won’t believe us. The dobe is going to be fine.”

“Troublesome.” Shikamaru sighed. “We’ll just have to let them wait and see Naruto for themselves. That’s the only way they’ll believe us. Hopefully TenTen will be more sensible about everything.”

“Hn.” Sasuke said as the three girls entered the room.

“Hi, Sasuke, Shikamaru.” TenTen greeted with a smile on her face.

“Hn.” Sasuke replied.

“Hey.” Shikamaru said.

“Have you heard from Neji?” Sakura asked her friend.

“Mmhm.” TenTen said as she nodded. “He called me not too long ago. He said Naruto was getting his X-rays done, and that the doctor said he’d probably just broken something, and that it was nothing severe. He told me that Naruto wants every to know not to worry, because he’s still going to beat Sasuke in a snowboarding race.”

Sasuke merely Hned at this piece of information, and Sakura and Ino sighed. They were happy that Naruto was definitely going to be alright, but they knew he wouldn’t be snowboarding by the end of the week. Especially not on his injured leg.

“So, how long do you think it’ll be before we can leave?” Shikamaru asked TenTen. It was getting late, and they had a few hours on the road ahead of them, even if they weren’t the ones driving.

“It shouldn’t be too long. It all depends on what’s broken and what’s not.” TenTen said.

“Ok.” Shikamaru said. He was guessing, an hour, two hours tops before they could leave.

TenTen nodded then motioned to the small bag in her hand. “What should I do with this?”

“We already put our last minute bags in the car. We can go put yours in now if you want.” Ino offered.

“All right then.” TenTen said. She and Ino walked out of the room, with Sakura close behind them.

With Naruto, Hinata, Neji, and Hiashi

“Well, Naruto.” The doctor said, looking at his X-rays. “It appears that you’re leg should be fine. You’re knee was slightly out of place, which was the cause of the swelling there. We’ve already fixed that.” The doctor glanced at Hiashi at this, who nodded and motioned for the doctor to continue. “His arm, however, is another story. It’s broken in two places, and will require a cast. All in all, I wouldn’t do too much on your leg for about two weeks at the least. No hard running, sports, etcetera. With your arm, you won’t be able to participate in basketball and not much else that requires the use of your arm.” Naruto’s face fell at this. He and his friend’s had made the basketball team, but so far had only had practices. The Konoha High basketball season didn’t start until after Christmas. At the least, it would be over a month before he could play.

“So, how long will I have the cast?” Naruto asked.

“It depends on how fast your arm heals. You’ll have to come back monthly for check-ups, and we’ll decide how long it should be after your next visit.” The doctor said.

Naruto sighed. “Fine.” He wasn’t too happy about having to have a cast in the first place, but having to wait a month to find out when it was coming off was crazy.

“If you’ll come with me, we’ll get that cast on and have you out of here in a jiffy.” The doctor said, leaving the room and motioning for Naruto to follow him. Naruto got up and slowly trudged after the doctor.

With Sakura, Ino, TenTen, Sasuke, and Shikamaru

Sakura jumped when TenTen’s cell phone rang.

“Hello?”

‘Hey.’

“How’s Naruto?”

‘Good. His arm is broken.’

“What about his leg?”

‘He dislocated his knee, they fixed it, and it should be fully healed in two weeks.’

“Ok. I’ll let everyone know. Where are you now?”

‘On our way to Ino’s.’

“Ok, I’ll see you in a little bit.”

‘Hn.’

TenTen hung up the phone, and looked at her friends. “He has a broken arm.”

“What about his leg?” Sakura asked her.

“It’s fine. His knee was dislocated or something like that, but they fixed it. He’s supposed to stay off of it for two weeks, though.” TenTen explained.

Sasuke smirked. “Good luck with that one. There’s no way the dobe is going to stay off of his leg when he could be snowboarding.”

“Troublesome.” Shikamaru sighed. “But Sasuke’s right.”

“We’ll just have to help Hinata keep him off of the slopes. I’m sure there’s plenty that they can do that doesn’t involve being on the slopes.” Sakura said, looking towards Ino for confirmation on this.

“Yea, there should be. There are a lot of special events going on this week.” Ino said.

“Right.” Sasuke said. “And you’re going to get Naruto to participate in those over hitting the slopes?”

Sakura and Ino nodded vigorously.

“Good luck with that.” Shikamaru said.

“We won’t need luck.” Ino said, grinning. She had a few ideas to keep Naruto off the slopes herself. And a few of them depended on Hinata’s willingness to help keep her boyfriend off the slopes. To Ino, this would be a piece of cake.

“Well, guys…”TenTen started, but was cut off by the doorbell ringing.

Ino and Sakura jumped up at the same time, and shouted, “They’re here!” They both rushed to the door to greet them.

A/N: ok, they should leave on their trip next chapter. And arrive at the resort. Not much to say about this chapter, except that I didn’t want Naruto’s leg broken, because he’ll probably try a lot more to get on the slopes with his leg this way. Also, I never really wrote about tryouts for sports and stuff, because I had other things to focus on. Now I'm bringing it back in. Everyone made the team that they were going out for. =) Reviews are loved!

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