Chapter 4

"The doctor says you'll be fine," Kakashi said, leaning against the wall. He crossed his arms, watching Sasuke closely. "You had quite a bit of meth in your system. Way more than the average dose."

Sasuke looked away, narrowing his eyes angrily. He was humiliated over his panic attack the night before. It had taken him close to five hours to calm down completely. According to Kakashi he had clung to Naruto the entire time, never letting the boy go in fear that if he did Itachi would come and finish what he had started.

But now Sasuke sat in the hospital bed, his arms crossed and his eyes narrowed. He hadn't said more than a few choice curse words to anyone since he had come back to his senses.

"Luckily you didn't have anything on you. If you had then the police could have taken action."

Sasukes eyes widened suddenly. He'd been so wrapped up in his embarrassment over his attack that he had forgotten about the ecstasy and meth in his pocket.

Wait, he thought, his eyes narrowing. What did Kakashi mean he didn't have anything on him?

"What did you do with it?" Sasuke growled, turning his murderous eyes on the grey haired man.

"What do you mean 'what did I do with them?" Kakashi asked innocently.

"What the hell did you do with it?" Sasuke nearly shouted. He clenched his hands into fists as be bristled with anger.

"Flushed it," Kakashi said simply. "Same with the heroin in your room. I must say, you know where to get your stuff. That was some of the purest stuff I've seen. And I've seen quite a bit."

Sasuke felt his nails digging into his palms but he ignored it. He glared furiously at Kakashi, wanting nothing more than to rip the man apart.

All the work it had taken him to get that money, all the times he had almost been caught stealing it wasted. Not to mention his 'payment' to Kabuto.

"Mad?" Kakashi asked. "I know I would be. I'd be furious."

Sasuke said nothing as Kakashi spoke, his voice as indifferent as usual.

"If you don't want me to do it again find a better hiding place. Under the carpet is almost as cliché as under the floorboards," Kakashi said as he turned around. "The doctor said you an leave anytime so get ready. I'm going to go check you out."

Sasuke turned his eyes to the far wall as Kakashi retreated out of the room. Sasuke looked back though when the familiar sound of the door closing didn't come. He felt his face flush as Naruto entered the room.

"How are you feeling, Sasuke?" Naruto asked tentatively. He sat down awkwardly in the chair beside the bed.

"Fucking fantastic."

He glanced over at Naruto. The blond boy looked down awkwardly, lifted his head, his mouth open as if to speak before dropping his head and closing his mouth once more.

"If you have something to say then fucking spit it out already," Sasuke spat heatedly. He was pissed by the mere presence of the boy.

"I-I think I know why Kyuubi likes you so much," Naruto said quickly. He paused, when Sasuke said nothing he continued. "She knows you need help. Kyuubi's always been drawn to people who need help," he rubbed the dogs ears lovingly. "One time she led me to a little girl in the mall. She'd lost her mother. Kyuubi took me right to her than led the two of us to the girls mother.

"And it's why she adores Sakura too. She's had a hard time coping since her parents divorce. Before it happened Kyuubi treated her no differently than the rest of the girls I knew. But the day after Sakura found out about the divorce Kyuubi wouldn't leave her alone." Naruto looked in Sasuke's direction.

"You need help, Sasuke. I don't know what's happened in your life. I don't know who Itachi is," Sasuke flinched unconsciously when he heard his brothers name. "Or what made you turn to drugs. But I want to help you. Kakashi and Jiraiya too. We just want to help you before it's too late…"

"I don't want your fucking help."

"That doesn't mean you don't need it," Naruto said as he stood. Sasuke watched as Kyuubi led her master to the door.

"Why did you forgive her?" Sasuke asked suddenly.

Naruto paused, hand on the door knob. "Because if I hadn't I would have become like you…"

Sasuke watched Naruto, what the hell did he mean 'become like him'?

"Sasuke. I can tell without seeing you, you're full of hatred. And you're lost because of it.

"Like I said before, I don't know what happened to you. But you need to forgive him, this Itachi, for whatever he did. If you don't you'll end up destroying you."

With that Naruto left, letting the door close on the angry and brooding Sasuke.

A/N: Okay first of all let me apologize for how short this chapter is. Originally this was only the first half of this chapter but after careful consideration by myself and a friend we decided that I should post this as it's own chapter. I've been trying for days now to try and figure out what happens next. And it's just not working, lol. My friend and I also agreed that this seemed like a good place to end the chapter, anything after this wouldn't have flowed right, lol.

So yeah... sorry it's so short and sorry it's taken so long to get it out. I've had drivers ed these last two weeks and I move into my dorm on Saturday so I'm completely stressed out beyond please don't be too angry with me, I'll try to have the next chapter out ASAP!