Haylie: Hiya! Haylie here! I wrote this for no appearent reason, but I hope you enjoy it anyway! It's an 'On Lark' story, so tell me how you like it, and if you want, give suggestions for the future! .
Naruto: And Haylie doesn't own us so don't sue her!
Haylie: (Out of nowhere) I had a dream that I bought you for a dollar on Ebay once.
Naruto: What?! O.o'
Sasuke: Even I think the Dobe is worth more then that.
Haylie: Aww, Sasuke cares! Oh, and in my dream, you were worth over a million and Lindsey Lohan bought you!
Sasuke: (Shudders) I'd rather have Sakura grope me then that.
Naruto: That's messed up. I'm glad Haylie bought me instead of getting that fate. You're being punished for your past life or something Teme!
Sasuke: (Sighs) Lets just get on with the story...
Sasuke walked along the back alleyways as he always did. I mean, having a crazy fan club following you around wasn't as fun and hysterical as people who were watching it thought. Actually, it was quite annoying if Sasuke had to think about it as a whole. They are all just crazy women willing to give themselves to him on a whim. How sick and twistedly desperate was that? But back to the real subject, he was walking down an alley, as always, until he heard a strange noise, something between a cough and a growl, giving the Uchiha something to check out with a hint of interest for the first time in what seemed like months. But what he found is what really peeked his interest as he hid by the wall and masked his chakra... It was Naruto, his teammate and rival with his back against the wall and looking around in frustration and nervousness. He then coughed again, but this time, the Uchiha saw what was wrong. Blood. The happy go lucky, always optimistic blonde was coughing up blood. The Uchiha shifted uneasily, he wanted to run out and demand an explanation from him. But that would mean getting caught in the process, so, having to much pride to allow himself to be found out, he waited till the blonde stood up, wiped his red splattered hand on some kind of rag and tossed it, walking back out to the main road. What's going on? The Uchiha thought in frustration. How come I didn't find out about this sooner? Does anyone else know? Well, the only thing he could conclude was that he shouldn't tell anyone. Heck, he knew a few people who'd be worried about him. I'm gonna follow him and see what this is all about. He jumped from the shadows, still keeping his chakra concealed, and began his chase.
Naruto went into one of his all too serious coughing fits and dived into the nearest alley, gasping for breath as he felt the thick liquid begin to stain his hands with each cough, anxiety beginning to take over him This has been happening more and more lately, I wish I had the money to go to the doctor and get some medicine to slow it down! Heck, not even Iruka has that much extra cash! He did tell me to tell him if something's wrong though, but I don't want him to use what little money he has got on me, I don't know how much longer I can last, but--. He hears a noise and looks around nervously, then waves it off as a mouse or something when he doesn't pick up any chakra signals. He then hits another coughing fit, which was worse then the last, and continues his thought while wiping off his hand with a spare rag he had on him. But I can't let ANYONE find out. He then walks out of the alley hastily, planning on telling only one person about it and one person only. Iruka-sensei! When he got to the apartment that belonged to his teacher/father figure, he tried to figure out how he was gonna put his confession into words, until the door opened that is.
Iruka was standing in the doorway of his apartment staring down at his student that he considered his child. And being the father figure in this aspect, he knew something was wrong with his little ball of sunshine. He was pale, gasping for breath, and had a little bit of dried blood in the corners of his lips. "Naruto! What's wrong! What happened?" Before even he himself knew what he was doing, he picked the blonde up and carried him inside, he did see that Sasuke was following him, but decided to brush that detail off and closed the door behind him. Taking the blonde to his living room and setting him gently on the couch so that he was lying down. "Now" He said, like an impatient mother attempting to seem patient. "What's wrong?" Naruto frowned at him, and looked as though he was about to cry, "Umm, Iruka sensei, don't get mad at me ok..?" He said, looking like a child who was just about to tell his mother he broke her 50,000 dollar vase.
Sasuke was furious; he had followed the blonde all the way to the outskirts of town to an apartment complex and what happens? The door opens with a surprised Iruka sensei and in the next minute, Naruto gets swept up off his feet and carried inside like a four year old that had just gotten a booboo! And guess who now knows nothing about what's going on, again. Ya that's right, the one who likes to know what the hell is going on, that's who. So now he's franticly looking in all the windows of the apartment for some way to keep his 'prey' in his sights, and get the 411. Ahh, finally! There they are! And the windows open too! Sasuke sighs quietly and listens to the conversation only just starting in front of him. "...Don't get mad at me ok?" This was the first thing that Sasuke heard, and it came from the blonde too, "What is it, Naruto?" Iruka sounded very impatient and worried too, "Um, I have this illness, and, well... It's kinda one of the bad ones..." Naruto replied hesitantly. Now Iruka looked scared, very scared, like 'the world is about to end' scared." And... It's getting worse..." Naruto finished, avoiding the extremity of the illness, and Iruka's eyes. "What is this illness you're talking about Naruto..?" Iruka asked regrettably, and you could tell it too. "Uh, I'm not exactly sure... Um... Exactly?" Naruto said, now stumbling to form his sentences. Iruka then went into his 'worried parent' mode. "Tell me the symptoms, I can find out for you." Naruto looked very hesitant, but went on. "Um, I get tired really easy... I'm not eating a lot... I'm coughing up... Blood..." Iruka's eyes grew extremely wide, he looked like he would have fainted, if he wasn't a teacher and didn't have to learn how to control himself in all situations to become a ninja, he probably would have too. "You're coughing up... Blood? Come on, we're going to the hospital right now!" He went to pick up the blonde, but he struggled in the arms of the man and yelped, "No I don't want you spending your money on me! I-I can take care of myself!" It was Iruka's turn to retaliate, "Oh no you don't! We're going to the doctor, and that's final!" Naruto struggled more, but seemed to wear down quicker then usual, and this even worried the Uchiha. For he had always admired, though not out loud of course, the optimistic blonde's sheer force of will power and stamina that always seemed to draw everyone in, including him, though as before he would never admit to it. But now his friend/rival was suffering from an illness the took his best feature in the Uchiha's eyes away, and that pissed him off all the more, so he marched up to the front of the house in a rage and began pounding on the door. Yah, not a great tactic of finding crap out, but in this situation, it's his best bet.
Iruka was shocked. His most precious thing he had was now hurting, and he hadn't noticed it at all. To tell the absolute truth, he felt guilty as shit. But, that didn't stop him from trying to help now. He picked up the blonde and waited for his struggling to subside, which surprisingly and almost sadly enough, didn't take long. And to make sure he wouldn't run off while he was getting ready he tied a shirt around his ankles and another around his wrists, his living room was dirty enough for this action luckily. He places the blonde back on the couch and was about to go get dressed when there was a furious knocking on the door that pulled his attention away from clothes for the moment and made him walk to the front of the house in a somewhat curious manner as he ignored the protests of his kid in the other room. He opened the door and guess who he found there, even to his own suprise? The proud, yet extreamly arrogant Uchiha, who also just happened to be pissed, just great. This was definately not one of his better days to say the least. But he let him in with a sigh, realizing the boy must have listened in on his and the blonde's 'conversation' and wanted in on it himself, seeing as he didn't like being left in the dark. He watched him storm into the living room and a conversation insuing between the blonde and the Uchiha and stormed in himself when he heard coughing, seeing the Uchiha already leaning down and rubbing Naruto's back reassuringly while he coughed blood into his hands,which were now untied, painfully. Iruka had never seen such affection come out of Sasuke before, but just brushed it off quickly and ran into the bathroom, grabbing wet rags and bringing them back to the living room in a rush.
Naruto was really surprised at the 'surprise appearance' of Sasuke as he stormed into the living room in a fury. I mean, he'd just been tied down by his teacher and brooding about it, when in steps The Proud One. What's going on here? Can life get any worse then this? Well, yes, but metaphorically speaking. That's what was buzzing in his brain, when, after eying him, the Uchiha finally said something, "So you finally fell to something other then me, did you?" He was taunting him..! But wait, there was a sense of anger and sadness thrown in as well. But taunting me is a crime in my book! Naruto thought, his anger rising. "I never fell to you EVER!!" Naruto shouted, well knowing the consequences that would come later. "Oh, but you did. And why didn't you go to a doctor when you started getting sick?" More frustration and sadness on the Uchiha's side, but it once again went ignored. "That's NONE of YOUR BUISNE--!!" Naruto yelled, but was cut off by a mad fit of coughing, or in other words, the consequence caught up with him. But his anxiety to the whole thing was supressed by small, comforting circles being rubbed into his back. He opened his eyes in between coughs and saw it was Sasuke looking reassuringly back at him. For some reason, he felt safer then when he was alone. His fit subsided and he felt Sasuke lay him gently down on the couch and take a step back so Iruka could have his chance to worry as a parent and wipe all blood from Naruto's face and hands gently, then hug him saying "Naruto, let us worry about you..." Naruto sighed in thought, then finally gave up, "Fine... We'll go to the damn doctor..." He replied turing over to face the couch and away from the ones who cared. They didn't see his smile forming to his own relief.
End of Chapter 1!
(Reveiw me and tell me what you think!)
Haylie: Whoot! I wrote this on a whim too! Yay whims:D
Naruto: (Looks semi anxious) So? What do I have?
Sasuke: (Smirks) I know what you have, it's obvious.
Haylie: Ya, but in my story, you have a hunch, but you don't know either!
Naruto: (Laughs) Ha! You don't know either!
Sasuke: But I do in real life and you don't. (Looks like he's about to laugh at Naruto)
Naruto: (Wheels around to Haylie) What! How come he knows! Did you tell him?
Haylie: (Laughs at Naruto's outburst) No, he's just a smartass!
Sasuke: (Nodds and smirks even more)
Haylie: (Adds) Plus, he's an emo boy!
Naruto: (Fox like smile) Ya, you're right!
Sasuke: (Looks pissed all of a sudden) I'm not EMO!
Haylie: (Waves him off) Sure you are! Hey Naruto! Wanna go get some ramen?
Sasuke: HEY-!
Naruto: It depends, who's paying?
Sasuke: I'M-!
Haylie: We'll flip a coin! Heads I get treated, Tails you pay! Sound good?
Sasuke: NOT-!
Naruto: Ok!
Sasuke: EMO-!
Haylie: (Flips it and it lands on tails) Tails! You pay!
Sasuke: ...T.T'
Naruto: Aww, that-! Hey wait a minute! You cheated!
Haylie: (Points out) Ya, but you agreed to the terms!
Sasuke: I hate you all.
Haylie: (Looks at Naruto) Don't worry! That's how we know he cares!
Sasuke: WHAT!?
Haylie: Come on, Sasuke! We're getting ramen! Naruto's treat!
Naruto: (Grumbles) How do you two always get me on those games?
Haylie and Sasuke: 'Cause you don't pay attention.
Naruto: Baka! ):o
Haylie: (Waves) Bye everyone! We'll see you next time on 'Who Cares?'!!