Just One Shot

Chapter 2

Naruto gasped for air, struggling to inhale whatever amount of oxygen that he could. He didn't understand what had happened, one minute he had been fine and the next minute he couldn't breathe. Through blurry eyes, Naruto could see the panic in Sasuke's eyes. Naruto knew that something bad must have happened but he didn't know what. He could feel his consciousness begin to fade and that scared him more than anything because he wasn't sure he would be able to wake up again.

"Stay with me Naruto!" Sasuke repeats as he presses his jacket against Naruto's shoulder wound. Naruto arched his back, struggling for air. He didn't like the feeling that he was suffocating. Opening his mouth, Naruto coughed harshly, spraying the front of Sasuke's shirt with frothy blood.

"Just hang on, Naruto, don't close your eyes." Sasuke pleaded. He didn't how this had happened, Naruto had been fine, the next he was on the ground bleeding from a few different wounds. Sasuke wasn't even sure how he would be able to stop the bleeding.

"The medics are on the way!" Kiba shouted as he joined Sasuke in trying to stifle the flow of blood. Tears formed in Naruto's eyes as he hacked up more blood. What was going to happen to him now? Was he going to die and join his parents? Naruto didn't want to, there was still too much he had to do, too much he had to say. There was a certain person that he had feelings for that needed to know how he felt. How could he do that if he was dead?

"Sasuke!" Naruto gasped, pain causing his voice to shake. "I'm scared. Don't let me die."

"You're not going to die." Sasuke insisted, pressing down harder on the wound. At this point he didn't know if Naruto would or wouldn't die, he just needed to reassure his friend that he would be okay. "Just stay awake!" Sasuke ordered. Who could have done this? Why? Naruto didn't know who had killed his parents, so it wasn't like he was really a loose end that needed to be taken care.

"Sasuke!" Sasuke looked up when he heard his name being called, Itachi was running across the field with his blonde partner right behind him. "What happened?" Itachi asked dropping to his knees beside Sasuke and taking in the barely conscious Naruto.

"He was heading home, and out of nowhere someone shot him." Sasuke said, panic in his voice. "He's bleeding so badly."

"He's going to be okay." Itachi said, standing and then bending down and lifting the teen into his arms. One thing Itachi wasn't about to tell Sasuke was that, they didn't have time to wait for an ambulance, Naruto was losing too much blood as it was.

"Get the car, Deidara." Itachi said, adjusting Naruto in his arms so that he wouldn't have to arch just to get any air.

"Why's he's doing that?" Sasuke asked watching Naruto's mouth fall open as he tried to inhale again.

"He's likely bleeding into his lung, and can't get enough air." Itachi said grimly. "That's why we don't have much time. He could drown on his own blood before the medics ever get here."

"You mean he's going to die?" Sasuke asked, tears filling his eyes. How the hell had it come down to this?

"Not if I can help it." Itachi said firmly, "Come on, we'll take him in the squad car." Sasuke followed closely behind his brother, his eyes locked on his wheezing best friend.

Upon reaching the car, Deidara threw the back door open and Sasuke crawled into the backseat. When Sasuke was settled, Itachi leaned in and placed Naruto in his little brother's lap.

"Keep applying pressure." Itachi told Sasuke, who nodded and looked down at Naruto. His best friend's face was growing paler by the second and Sasuke feared that Naruto would die before they even reached the hospital.

"He's going to be okay." Itachi said as he went around climbed into the driver's seat. "I'm not going to let anything happen to him."

"Sas'ke." Naruto gasped seeing best friend's face bent worriedly over him.

"Shh. Don't talk Naruto." Sasuke said, he didn't want Naruto to somehow bleed out faster.

"I have to something to tell you." Naruto gasped, his back arching again as he gasped for air.

"You can tell me later. Now be still." Sasuke commanded quietly, while trying keep pressure on the bullet holes.

"I can't." Naruto gasped. "I don't know if I have time. I need to tell you." Tears filled his eyes, as he tried to not focus on the agony going through his body. He had to be able to tell Sasuke this, Sasuke needed to know, needed to know how Naruto felt before he died.

"Don't give up." Sasuke whispered. "we're almost to the hospital. You have to keep fighting."

"So tired." Naruto mumbled. "I don't think I'm going to make it."

"Yes, you are. Itachi just pulled into the hospital." Sasuke said, glancing up at the blaring lights of the emergency room. "Just hang on."

"I love you Sasuke." Naruto mumbled, not sure of whether Sasuke heard him or not. He wasn't even sure Sasuke felt the same way, but Naruto needed to tell Sasuke how he felt before he left this world behind.

Sorry it's so short. I really feel like hell, after I post this I'm going back to bed. Thanks for reading and reviewing! Liz (and it kind of sucked, so for that I apologize!)