Chapter 9
3 days had passed since I called Naruto, I tried several other times aswell. Today was Wednesday, a day I hate. I don't know why but I do. Maybe it's the name...I don't care. I haven't heard from Naruto yet, what could take him so long to reply to me. Just then the phone rang and my heart leapt as I thought of Naruto. I rushed over to the phone and picked it up, "Hello I'm calling from Tech Shurikan Industries, is it possible to speak to Mr. or Mrs. Uchiha?" A woman with a nasely voice answered the phone and I just put the phone down on her. I mean they weren't here and so she would have just asked me wasting time and effort, plus Naruto could be trying to phone me. By 4 O'clock he still hadn't rung me so I gave up and decided to go to his house. I mean I can easily get in there if he isn't home and just put his clothes on the side and leave again.
I put his clothes in a back pack and slung it over my shoulder. Heading out I slipped on my shoes and shuriken holder, just in case. I locked the house and jumped over the fence making my way towards Naruto's house and on my way I found myself walking faster and faster untill I was running to his house. As I reached the front door I didn't bother knocking but went straight through the open window next to it. "Hey Naruto, you here?!" I shouted as my feet touched the floor. There was no answer so I guessed he had gone out and forgot to shut the window. I put the clothes down on the table in the kitchen, if you could call it that and then wrote a note asking him to call me. I was just about to go back out when I spotted his bedroom and decided to see what it was like.
No wonder Naruto loved my bedroom, his was small and had a single bed tucked in the corner. I went over to it and sat down on the hard matress. It creaked and squeeked as I move into a more comfortable position crossing my legs on the thin quilt. I looked around at the pitiful amount of stuff Naruto had, and all of it seemed to be displayed on the floor. He had a small dresser in the opposite corner to the bed so I decided to take a peek. Again there was little in the drawers and I picked up a small white top of his. I imagined it on his, hugging his figure, making him look all the more attractive, I held it up to my face and buried my face in it. It was softer than I imagined and smelt like Naruto. I inhaled again and laid down on the bed with it still covering my face and before I knew it I had fallen asleep.
"Sasuke...SASUKE!" I heard a voice as I woke up. I rubbed the sleepy dust from my eyes and pulled Naruto into my chest. He felt different though, come to think of it he sounded different too. I opened my eyes to see pink hair and two eyes looking up at me in a 'WTF' fashion. "Sasuke...WTF?"
"JESUS! Sakura, I'm so sorry!" I let go of her and she got up and backed away a few paces. "What are you doing here?" I asked acting totally cool as I realised I was in Naruto's bed. "I could ask the same thing...Where's Naruto? And why are you clutching his top?" I looked down and chucked the top in the corner of the bed. "Oh nothing, just taking a nap...in Naruto's bedroom...so...Yeh I don't know where Naruto is..nope...not a clue...to think of it I havent heard from him in days, since he left with you and Ino actually..." I looked down again at my now empty hands missing the top...missing Naruto.
"I left him a message on his phone but he never replied, do you want to come look for him with me?" Sakura said. Her voice was sympathetic, she could tell I missed him and I just nodded and followed her out of the house.
We checked all his usual haunts but we couldn't find him anywhere. We had been walking for hours when suddenly from around the corner walked Naruto. He hung his head low and his, well my, clothes had rips and tears in them and he had lost the top I gave him. I looked at his arms, legs and torso and there were cuuts and bruises all over them. My eyes were wide and I stopped dead. My heart felt like it was breaking just looking at him, if I met his eyes I know I would cry.
I started towards him, breaking into a sprint but just before I reached him he whipped to the side with imense speed and turned on me, his face ravaged, scaring me. He growled at me as his eyes glowed red. He took up a fight stance and stumbled back in suprise. He couldn't see me, he didn't recognise me. I searched his face, it had become distorted almost, he looked like he had a muzzle as I recognised the 9 tailed fox within him smile at me. "Naruto, it's me...Sasuke...What's wrong?" I tried to stay calm but I heard my voice crack. It seemed like hours before he responded, the colour in his eyes died and went back to being blue, his face softened and his eyes closed. He started to tip forwards and I ran ahead to catch him, limp in my arms we both fell to the floor. I scraped my knees on the floor as we knelt beside each other.
"Naruto.." I whispered in his ear as warm tears ran down my face. Sakura walked over and placed a hand on my shoulder but I couldn't stop, not even when passers by stared at us, commenting on what was going on. "Come on Sasuke..We need to get Naruto home." I din't reply, I just slipped Naruto over my shoulder and walked back to my house with Sakura holding my hand as she udnerstood my house was closest.
By the time we reached my house I felt ready to drop, Naruto wasn't light, annd felt like a dead weight. He was a dead weight. I took my time going up the stairs, I wasn't about to put him on the hard sofa as Sakura suggested and so was taking him to my room so he could be comfotable. Each step got harder than the last, it felt like I would never reach the top untill I felt Sakura give me a helping hand with a big shove on the back propelling me up the last few steps. When we reached my bedroom I laid him down on the bed and tucked him under the covers as he was shivereing from the cold night. I hadn't realised how dark it had gotten as we walked back and so I sat down next to him and held his hand and prepared to wait out the night untill he woke up.
