To pick up all the broken pieces chapter I I know, I know I should be working on "Behind a Foxes smile" but this fic came at me with a %#$%$ BAZOOKA! So I had to write it. Sasuke: Your pathetic. And you have the word uke in your name SasUKE! Sasuke: so? I'm still the seme in most of the yaoi fic's and I am in this one too I hate you. Sasuke: No you don't Just do the disclaimer. Sasuke: Yeah, yeah. Kitten does NOT own Naruto. So don't sue her okay?

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Kakashi, Iruka, Sasuke and Sakura all paced up and down the hospital hall. It would have been humorous to watch if not for the dire circumstances under which they were here.

Sasuke and Sakura were waiting for Naruto and Kakashi-sensei, which was odd. Not Kakashi being late, but Naruto. He's usually the first to arrive at the grounds. When Kakashi-sensei showed up was when they really started to worry. So of course they went to look for him. Sakura left to check if he was at the school grounds, see if he was sitting on his favorite swing. Kakashi left to see if he was at Iruka's house, then went to the Ramen Stand while Sasuke went to see if maybe he had slept in.
"Oi dobe! You in here?" Sasuke wandered around Naruto's home noting the mess. He was nearing the bathroom when he heard a sob.

"Naruto?"

Another sob was the only reply, definitely originating from the bathroom. Sasuke was really worried now. He opened the door and was shocked by what he saw. Naruto was sitting on his knees wearing only a pair of boxers. If Sasuke had had the time to notice he would have seen the seal on Naruto's stomach but he was paying more attention to other things. The blonde's eyes were red and puffy from crying and his wrists.Oh god his wrists! They were covered in deep cuts that spilled his life essence all over the floor. Naruto looked up at Sasuke for a moment.

"S-Sasuke what.?" Was all the boy could say before he passed out on the floor.

After that everything was a blur to Sasuke. He bandaged up Naruto's wrists, contacted the others and had Naruto rushed to the nearest hospital. Now they waited for the news praying that he would pull through.

Sasuke couldn't figure it out. Why had Naruto tried to kill himself? He knew Naruto was lonely, hell he was too but the blonde had always been so full of life. The Naruto he had found looked more like a broken doll than the boy he had once hated, now his greatest rival and closest friend.
A nurse came out of the room and was met with four pairs of expectant eyes. (A/N: Well 3 ½ considering that Kakashi usually has one of his eyes covered.) She looked from Iruka to Kakashi before she spoke.

"I assume you are his guardians?"

"In a way." Was Kakashi's reply.

"Is he okay? Did he.?" Iruka couldn't even finish his sentence, to afraid of the possibility that Naruto was dead. It was no secret he considered the boy the son he never had.

"He'll live but we found something that couldn't be self inflicted."She looked at Sasuke and Sakura before she led the sensei's into the room. Sasuke noticed she looked slightly ill.

It was only a few moments before they heard someone yell. A few moments later) Kakashi stormed out of the room. He was angry; for what his other two students couldn't see from his face, his anger came off in almost tangible waves. Sasuke almost felt sorry for whoever was the target of that anger, but he figured that they were the ones responsible for Naruto's suicide attempt, they deserved it.

The nurse came out soon after and told them they could visit Naruto for a short while; he needed his rest after all. Sakura and Sasuke entered the room and saw Naruto wrapped in Iruka's arms sobbing For the briefest moment the most irrational thought ran through Sasuke's head; HE wanted to be the one who was holding Naruto, not Iruka. He filed the thought away for later pondering and sat down on the right of Iruka, and Sakura sat down on the left. She was the first to speak, voicing the question the question every one wanted to know the answer to.

"Naruto why?" Naruto's answer chilled Sasuke to the bone.

"I-I-I can't.. I feel so-so dirty."

And on THAT cheerful note I end this chapter! So? You like? Hate? Gonna kill me? TELL ME! Sasuke: What's wrong with Naruto?! HI-MIT-SU! =^.^= Sasuke: No more Gravitation for you! Awwwww.