3rd Person POV:

After a while, they reach Tsunade as the others all gasp as they spot the trio; especially murmuring when they realise Y/n's unmasked face.

It's not everyday that you see Y/n without their bandages and with a horrid scar etching from ear to ear on their face, after all.

After a bit of explaining what was going on, they managed to get Sakura to heal Naruto properly and fix the things Y/n's couldn't help with.

After all, Sakura's medical knowledge even surpassed that of Tsunade's.

Surely she should be able to help the young blonde Uzumaki...!

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Sakura's POV:

I saw Gaara, Y/n, and Naruto. They were arriving on Gaara's sand from a distance...

When they arrived, I saw Y/n trying their best to heal Naruto's more minor injuries and keeping his heartbeat steady.

Naruto looked deathly pale. As if he was going to die any second...

Tears threatened to spill from my eyes in fear of what may happen.

"Naruto..." I murmured.

Gaara immediately went to ask for Lady Tsunade.

I looked at Y/n, realising something...

They...weren't wearing their bandages?!

Their mouth was slitted, ear to ear. The scarring...It was unwillingly done.

It made them look...snake-like.

Their haori had splotches of blood all over it....Y/n was injured.

"Sakura...please...heal Naruto." Y/n quietly murmured to me.

I have never seen Naruto or Y/n in such a condition before...

I hesitantly nodded, "Yes! I'll help him...don't worry, Y/n." I was unable to look Y/n in the face due to their slitted mouth.

I quickly got onto Gaara's sand platform, as I placed both my hands on Naruto's chest and checked for a heartbeat.

It was barely there...If Y/n wasn't helping him, Naruto wouldn't have died a bit ago...

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After a lot of healing, I was running out of chakra.

At this rate, Naruto might actually die...!

Sweat dripped down my face in nervousness.

I checked his pulse again.

It stopped.

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What?

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I watched with my mouth gaped. Y/n was staring at me, confused on my reaction.

I quickly placed my ear to Naruto's chest to feel any signs of his heart beating.

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Nothing

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There was no heartbeat.

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No warmth.

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Nothing.

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His whole body was freezing cold.

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My tears spilled out, as I bawled; unable to stop the tears spilling from my eyes.

"Sakura....what's wrong?" Y/n furrowed their eyebrows, as Gaara only stayed silent.

Although Gaara was silent, it was clear that he was nervous for my response.

"N-...Naruto....he's...dead..." I let my tears drip down my face as I admitted to them what had happened.

Gaara's eyes widened, his fists clenched as he gritted his teeth. Tears were built in his eyes, but he didn't let them fall like I did.

Y/n's eyes were dilated, their veins bulging out their head in evident anger.

Y/n turned to Gaara quickly, their hair covering their eyes as they comforted him.

The words I had just said began to process in my mind.

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What kind of medic ninja am I?...

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I trained so hard under Lady Tsunade, yet nothing has changed!

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I'm still so weak...

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I'm so useless...

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Suddenly, Y/n goes to check Naruto's heartbeat; almost robotically.

"Heartbeat...I can hear a heartbeat..." Y/n narrowed their eyes, "Sakura! There's a small pulse!!"

My eyes widened in shock, as I quickly yet carefully slit open Naruto's chest. I then performed CPR.

"I'll try to go faster...Is Naruto good?" Gaara quickly asked.

"Yes...! His heartbeat is slowly coming back!!" I exclaimed.

Gaara's eyes widened, as a small smile reached his face.

"He's not dead...but his heartbeat is slow." Y/n observed, "Well done, Sakura." A tiny ghost of a smile appeared on their face.

I grinned widely in return.

After a while of doing all of this, we finally reached Kakashi-sensei and Lord Fourth.

"Y/n! Naruto! Sakura!" Kakashi exclaimed, clinging onto us, which was surprising...Kakashi-sensei was usually not a very touchy person...

Suddenly, the Fourth Hokage tried to transfer the Kyuubi, only for black Zetsu to appear and steal the Kyuubi.

"Shit..!"

TBC...