Sasuke just stared straight ahead into space as Tsunade bandaged up his arm silently. She did not know exactly what happened between the two young men, but Naruto's earlier explosion had undoubtedly affected Sasuke. He had not even blinked the whole time he sat in the room. He could not take his mind off of the blond nuisance. He had learned a lot in the past five minutes. He learned that he was a rapist, a murderer and the last true heir to his family name. He wondered for a moment how his life had gotten even worse than it was before. At the exact moment, Shizune walked into the room and cleared her throat. Tsunade turned an regarded her curiously.

"Tsunde-san. Naruto has a visitor and he is insisting of seeing him." she said softly.

"Well, tell them that Naruto cannot have visitors right now." she said dismissively and turned back to Sasuke's arm.

"Well, I'm afraid it isn't that simple. It's the kazekage." Shizune replied. Tsunade gasped and her grip tightened in Sasuke's arm. He winced at both the mention of Suna's leader and the iron grip on his wrist. Tsunade noticed his expression and smiled softly in apology before finishing up the wound dressing. She sighed and stood up facing Shizune.

"Take me to him." she ordered. They both left the room and left Sasuke to ponder.

"What the hell is he doing here?" he asked himself. His curiosity gave him the incentive to snap out of his daze and he walk out of the room. He peered down the hall, his eyes immediately attracted to the blood red hair at the end of the corridor. Tsunade was talking to Gaara who had his arms crossed over his chest and he sporadically nodded as she spoke. The jade eyes glared in his direction as he notice the raven head's presence. They locked gazes for a moment and the tensioned thickened. Tsunade looked between the two in confusion.

"Thank you for the information, Tsunade. I can handle myself from here." Gaara said in a tone that left no room for argument. Tsunade seemed ready to say something but then decided against it and went on her way to deal with other important business. Gaara and Sasuke stared for long testosterone filled moments.

"Uchiha." Gaara hissed venomously. Sasuke's eyes narrowed not liking his tone in the least. "I leave Konoha, and when I return I find Naruto comatose in the hospital." as he spoke he approached the unmoving man. "I ask Hokage Tsunade what happened and she seems extremely reluctant to tell me, and that only means one thing… it has something to do with you." he explained smoothly. Sasuke tensed.

"What makes you say that?" he asked smoothly.

"Because… Uchiha." Gaara spat the name, "Anytime anything untoward involves Konoha's favorite shinobi, people get tight lipped for some reason. As if they all want to protect you. You, the people's investment. So, since it seems that Tsunade is so reluctant to tell me what I want to know, I think that I should just ask you. What happened to Naruto?" they were now nearly nose to nose. Sasuke was not going to back down.

"It doesn't concern you."

"Oh, but it does. It concerns me a great deal. Now tell me what you did to him!"

"….."
"I won't ask you again." the sand in the gourd strapped to Gaara's back shifted the cork in the gourd's opening.

"That's enough!" Shizune called from behind them. "Remember where you are. This is a hospital. If you cannot behave then you will have to leave." she said heatedly. Gaara gave Sasuke a final glare before turning toward Shizune.

"My apologies. I assure you, it won't happen again." Gaara said softly. Being kazekage, he had to learn a lot about how to behave toward others. Not too long ago, he would have had his sand rip right through Sasuke, and also the lady who interrupted them. Shizune took in the attractive red head and blushed before nodding and walking away. Not wasting his time in turning back to Sasuke, Gaara walked to the door of Naruto's room and stepped inside. He was shocked to say the least. Naruto looked to frail, so helpless. It was completely out of character for the loudmouthed blond. Ignoring Sasuke's presence, he stepped forward beside the bed, his eyes riveted to the unresponsive blue eyes that stared blankly at the ceiling. He reached forward and touched the whispered cheek almost worshipfully not hearing Sasuke's growl. Gaara leaned forward in spite of himself to smell the sunshine hair.

"What the fuck to you think you're doing?!?!" Sasuke yelled jumping forward. In reflex, Gaara's sand sprang forward and bound his attacker to the wall. Gaara did not seem to notice as his nose came in contact with the silken knots. He sighed deeply allowing his nose to nuzzle Naruto's and his eyes drifted closed. He was shocked but extremely pleased when the sky colored eyes blinked and focused on his.

"Hello, Naruto."

Sorry this is so short, but it just seemed like a good place to stop. I really don't know who should get with Naruto or if either of them should for that matter.

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