"I… Did that to him?" Naruto said, grasping his chest. "How?" Suddenly, his few memories of the event flashed into his head… a glimpse of the fox, that red-haired girl screaming… and someone calling out to him. Sakura looked at the floor, ashamed.

"The Death Eaters used some sort of necklace on you that made the Kyuubi's chakra take over. I guess you can't remember, but Sirius arrived and ripped the necklace off just in time." Hermione said, continuing for Sakura. Naruto looked at Harry.

"Harry," He said, "I'm sorry I did that." His voice wobbled a little at the end of the sentence, and Harry noticed. "I never meant to injure your godfather." Harry looked sternly at Naruto….

And gave him a large grin. "Don't worry about it," He said, watching Naruto's face light up, "We know the Death Eaters were really behind it." But even after Harry's little pep talk, Naruto still looked somewhat mournful.

The healer worked quickly and efficiently, having already formed the Life Bond between the two patients. It would (mostly) assure that if one person started to die, the other would bring him from the brink. She traced her wand over the white-haired pervert's chest, watching the sign she had made previously on his chest glow. As she transferred the life force again, her mind began to wander.

She was the Head Healer, and a good one at that. Declared a prodigy by her teachers, she had risen to the top of St. Mungo's hierarchy easily. But was she really good enough for this surgery? The surgery had just been spawned from the mind of Morid Schimera, one of the greatest Healers of all time. Morid had barely worked out the kinks when this case came along. He was dedicated to saving these men, and had recruited her in doing so. Just then, she stopped the healing, feeling that enough energy was transferred.

"Energy source?" She asked her assistant. The Healer nervously handed her a bright yellow stone. After transferring some of its energy to both patients, she wiped her brow. "That's the best I can do," She said while helping wheel the two men out of the operation room.

Harry rushed up to the gurneys being rolled out of the room with Naruto at his side. Naruto had abandoned the crutches and had just started running towards the gurneys.

"You aren't supposed to walk without your crutches, Naruto!" Sakura called nervously. Naruto wasn't listening, so he kept on tailing the gurneys with Harry by his side. Finally, the healers got to the recovery room. Naruto and Harry sat down on the couches and waited.

30 minutes later, Sirius opened his eyes to see Harry leaning over him. Again. "Seriously Harry, why must you always lean over me?" He said weakly. He glanced around the room and saw Naruto again. "Hey there," Sirius said to the young boy, "Are you faring better than me?" Naruto's whiskered cheeks turned red, ashamed and embarrassed.

"I-I'm sorry, I didn't mean to…" He stuttered nervously. Ever since he was a little kid, he had been terrified of rejection, having experienced a lot of it. Sirius smiled weakly.

"It's okay, I was joking," He said, then turning to look at Harry. "Did the Death Eaters get away?" He asked. Harry nodded. "Well, then. Looks like we have a job to do." Suddenly, Harry's face crumpled in confusion.

"Wait a second, Sirius! How did they let you in the hospital? Aren't you a convicted criminal?" Sirius shook his head, smiling as if Harry had asked what one plus one equaled.

"Harry, don't you remember? There was huge news about me being declared not guilty! The only reason I was kept inside Grimmauld Place this entire time is because we were afraid someone would frame me again." Harry's face uncrumpled.

"Oh. Right. Sorry, I was having a moment." Just then, the same nurse that Jiraiya had had walked in. Sirius' nose started bleeding uncontrollably, which made Naruto laugh. "Hello, nurse." The nurse furrowed her eyebrows and slapped him. "Ouch!"

"Looks like you got more from Ero-sennin than life force," Naruto said, still chuckling. Harry knitted his eyebrows together, and then realized what Naruto was saying.

"Great, now he's even more perverse than before!" Harry said exasperatedly.

The three specialists sat at the table, looking into the small bowl before them that held a picture of Jiraiya. "That surgery didn't injure you too much, right?" Badfox said to the bowl. Jiraiya's face shifted uneasily.

"I'm a little tired, but that it," He lied. The truth was that Jiraiya felt like crap. Every single bone in his body screamed 'Tired! Tired!'. He guessed he was really feeling his age now.

"Okay then, we'll bring you home tomorrow," Whitemagic said quickly. "We need you to focus on healing, okay?" Jiraiya pouted while nodding.

"I guess I'll give everyone the good news," He said as the picture faded.

"We're leaving tomorrow?" Naruto said, surprised. "That soon?" Sakura, Harry, Naruto, Hermione and Ron (who had finally stopped hallucinating) were gathered around Jiraiya's bed.

"I guess today's just full of surprises," Ron said sarcastically. Hermione proceeded to smack him. "Ouch!"

"That's what you get for being a smart aleck," She snapped. Naruto turned to Jiraiya again, pouting this time.

"Do we really have to leave?" He whined, wanting to stay with his new friends. "They like me here."

"Well, there are people at home who miss you, Naruto," Jiraiya said in English. "We're going first thing in the morning."

"Well, goodbye then," Naruto said, turning to his new friends. "Don't let Jiraiya's perverseness take over Sirius." Sakura turned to Hermione.

"We should really get together sometime to talk about things," Sakura said. "Being the only girls in our groups and all." Hermione smiled.

"I'd be happy to."

Whitemagic stood next to Jaycee in the large circle they had painted. "Jaycee, are you sure you can do this?" She asked nervously. Jaycee bobbed her head up and down.

"Yep! Trust in me, nee-chan!" Jaycee said, a hint of irritation in her voice. "Okay! Reverse Summon Technique: Retrieval!" She exclaimed, slamming herbs soaked in a liquid to the ground. A large puff of smoke appeared, and out of it came Naruto, Sakura and Jiraiya. Naruto glanced around happily.

"It's good to be home," He said. He looked at the ground, and a single teardrop fell, unnoticed by anyone except Naruto.

Well, was that a good story? By the way, the Head Healer's name is pronounced Mor-reed. Sorry this chapter was so short.

If you're interested, I'm going to do a memoir from Deidara's point of view. Check it out when it gets posted!