Author's Note; Here's another chapter guys! :) R+R+F+F 3

Chapter 10

Sasuke

I groaned painfully when I felt sunlight hitting me in the face through Naruto's hospital window. Then pain shot through my entire body when I moved from the position I was in and almost yelped in pain. My whole body felt like it hadn't moved all night.

"Don't move too sudden, you'll be sore for a while." I heard my brothers' voice say, startling me a bit but I didn't jump like I expected I would.

"What time is it?" I groaned, slowly sliding myself up into the chair better, shivering when I noticed my blanket was gone.

"It's almost noon." He answered, making my eyes snap open just to squint because of the light, so I had to cover my eyes with my arm before they could adjust and I stared at him.

"Why did you let me sleep in?"

"Sasuke … someone slipped sedatives in your drink last night while you were out of the room and Naruto was sleeping before Gaara came over." Itachi explained, and I couldn't do anything but stare at him, I didn't know how to believe him until I looked at Naruto to explain, when I noticed he was wearing an oxygen mask and sleeping still.

"What the fuck happened last night? Where's Gaara?" I asked, wanting to yell, but I didn't want to risk waking Naruto up at all.

"Well, Gaara's going to explain, his father stopped by early this morning saying he was allowed to miss school today because he needed to explain to Tsunade what happened last night. I'll let him explain to you, not me. I only know what happened to you." Itachi said, and I sighed heavily in frustration.

"This better not be Yagura's fault." I growled.

"Like I said, I'm leaving it to Gaara to explain." Itachi sighed and we could only sit there in silence while listening to Naruto breathe steadily, softly, yea, he wasn't going to wake up any time soon.

"Itachi … when did you get here?" I asked, looking down at my lap and reached for the blanket that fell on the floor and wrapped myself with it.. I was freezing.

"I got here around three in the morning when Gaara called me. He sounded pissed and worried at the same time, all I can tell you about Naruto, was that I could hear him crying." He answered, and I felt my body tense when I heard that last bit.

"It had to be Yaguro!" I hissed angrily, I wanted to beat the shit out of him.

"And before you think about beating the shit out of him, Gaara already beat you to him. I heard he's lost his job too, but those are rumors." Itachi told me, like he read my mind. It creeped me out.

"Stop acting like you can read my mind." I mumbled and curled into a ball in the chair. Why was Gaara and Tsunade taking so long?

"Tsunade and Gaara will be here in a few minutes." Itachi said a moment later and that's when I glared at him.

"Get out of my head damn it!" I hissed.

"I got a text from Gaara …" He said, slowly. Great, now I sound like I'm going insane.

"Sorry." I mumbled and looked away, my bed at home sounding so much better as the seconds drew by. My whole body was so stiff that I couldn't find a comfortable position.

"And we're going home as soon as Tsunade says he's okay to go." Itachi said, and that made me relax a little bit.

"Okay, first off, Sasuke, I need to check you out." Tsunade's voice echoed when she walked into the room. Her heels clicking on the linoleum floor and making my teeth grind.

"What for?" I asked.

"Because the sedative you drank could have seriously hurt you." She said, reminding me of something I didn't want to remember.

Sighing, I stood up and walked over to her. Gaara looked exhausted more so than yesterday. He looked like he was sleep walking.

"First off, is Gaara okay? He looks like he's sleep walking with his eyes open." I said, pointing over at the red head and he glared at me in disgust.

"He's right Gaara, when was the last time you actually slept?" Tsunade asked, her arms crossing as she looked at him.

"That is none of your concern, I'll be sleeping when I get home." He growled, and I left it at that.

"So, what could the sedatives have done to me?" I asked, wishing I hadn't, but I needed to know as she took her stethoscope out and listened to my heart beat, only to put a finger to my mouth to shut me up.

"You sound fine, you weren't affected with it, it seems." She sighed happily as she straightened up, completely ignoring my question but I didn't mind, it helped not knowing, that's for sure.

"Gaara, what the hell happened last night?" I asked, looking at him and hoped he wouldn't get pissed for telling.

"Naruto couldn't sleep so I went to get Matatabi to get some sleeping aids and when I got back, that asshole was standing over him. I don't know what happened, but I know for sure that it wasn't something good because after I talked with Itachi, he started hyperventilating and needed oxygen and sedation to calm down." Gaara said, glad he wasn't getting angry. Guess he was too tired to be angry at this point.

"So, we'll have to hear it from Naruto what exactly Yaguro did to him to make him get into that state." Tsunade sighed as she checked him over. "And the sedation should ware off within the next hour, and he doesn't need this mask anymore." She added as she took the oxygen mask off of him and put it on the wall behind the bed. "He'll need plenty of relaxation and no moving around too much unless it's completely needed when he gets to your place."

"Did you guys tell his dad what happened?" Gaara asked, and I honestly wished he didn't.

"He does know, but he can't come here and see him. He'll have to wait until the forty-five days is over." She sighed and sat down in the chair next to Naruto's bed.

"Hey Gaara, would your dad be offended if we let you sleep at our place and go home tomorrow?" I asked out of nowhere, probably because I somehow got this feeling he'd fall asleep in our car on the way to our place to drop Naruto and myself off.

"I'll ask." He yawned and pulled his phone out slowly and started either texting or dialing his fathers' number.

"I'm having Ibiki give him a psyche evaluation today after school." Tsunade said out of nowhere, even Itachi was shocked she said such a thing.

"What the hell for?" He asked, apparently he didn't like the fact Ibiki was going to be in our house. I wonder what that story is about.

"I need to know what the history is between him and Yaguro, there is no other way to get that done." She explained, and I got what she was getting at.

"Fine, but call me before he is on his way over." Itachi sighed, and it was apparent that he was agitated.

I yawned and rubbed at my eyes, letting the blanket drop down my shoulders because I was starting to feel warm again and groaned at how itchy my eyes have gotten in the last five minutes when Itachi stopped talking.

"What's wrong Sasuke?" He asked when I winced in pain.

"I slept in my contacts." I groaned and went to the bathroom. No wonder my eyes were starting to hurt, they weren't meant to sleep in.

When I got to the bathroom, I noticed that my eyes were slightly blood shot and I took them out, throwing them away because they were dispensable and looked closer at my eyes. But once the contacts were out, I couldn't make anything out in my eye color of my eyes because my vision was that bad. Then I felt my heart sink to the pit of my stomach.

"Itachi!"

"What?"

"Did we ever order next months' contacts for me?" I asked, hoping and praying he would say yes.

"I don't think so, you ran out all ready?" He said.

"It's the end of the month already Itachi, and I don't have my glasses with me." I sighed heavily and stumbled out of the bathroom and back into the chair I was sitting in. "I'm going to have the worst headache ever."

"Sa … suke …" We all heard Naruto mumble under his breath and stir in bed a little bit. But no one knew if he was waking up at all or talking in his sleep. I knew first hand that he talks in his sleep because he used to sleep in class.

"He's still sleeping." Tsunade said, and she was in a better position to tell if he was waking up or not.

"No … Don't do it …" Naruto continued mumbling in his sleep. And I was becoming curious as to what the hell he's dreaming about, especially since I'm in it.

"I think we should wake him up." Itachi offered, and I agreed completely.

Tsunade only raised her hand to silence us while we sat and listened to what else Naruto might say, and she was right, he was going to say something else, but it wasn't what anyone was expecting.

"Take me instead …" And we all stared at him, I couldn't see him very well, but I could tell that by the way he was breathing, he was getting close to waking up in sobs.

"Wake him up." She finally said before her and Gaara reached over and shook his shoulder softly.

"Hey, Naruto, wake up." Gaara mumbled.

"Wh-What?" Naruto mumbled as he was pulled out of his disturbed slumber and I watched him sit up, but not without hissing through his teeth in pain.

"You ready to go home?" I asked, wanting to take his mind off the dream he had.

"I've been ready Sasuke-teme." He said, and I couldn't help but think he was smirking, hell I hoped he was.

"Well, you can leave in fifteen minutes. I want to have a look at your back since you've slept on it all night and half the damn day." Tsunade said as she stood up and Gaara took her chair.

After a few seconds of him sitting down, I got a text message and growled under my breath. I could only think that Gaara sent me a text message and I just tossed my phone to Itachi so he could read it and crossed my arms. God I wish I had my contacts now, this squinting was really starting to put a strain on my eyes.

"Well, other than the laceration almost healed, he can go home. He can take the brace off when he's laying down during the day to put ice on it for twenty minutes and off an hour. This will bring the swelling down the rest of the way, and I want to check him out again in two weeks for new x-rays." Tsunade said after a few minutes, and she sounded satisfied. "Now, can you guys leave the room so I can talk with Naruto for a moment?"

This surprised me, but it shouldn't have because I knew what she was going to ask him about, and we all know that Naruto wouldn't want all of us in the room to hear about it.

"No … they can stay in the room … I know what you're going to ask Tsunade-baa-chan." He sighed heavily. Oh how I wish I could see so I could see the expression on his face.

"Are you sure?" Tsunade asked, most likely wanting to make sure he was comfortable with his decision.

"Yea, I'm sure." He said, and I think he nodded.

"Okay … what happened last night?" She asked bluntly. Why couldn't she have been at least a little nicer.

"I couldn't sleep last night, hell, I was up most of it, listening to Sasuke breathing and watching Gaara doze in and out, but whenever I tried to sleep, I just kept getting this feeling that something bad was going to happen, so I kept myself awake. Gaara realized what I was doing and I agreed to let him go get Matatabi to get me something to help me sleep. But, while he was gone, Yaguro got into my room and pushed my head down into my pillow knowing I couldn't move well and …" And he suddenly stopped, but I knew what he was going to say afterwards. And just knowing made my stomach drop and I wanted nothing more than to puke.

"You have to say it Naruto or I can't press charges." Tsunade said, and she sounded pissed off.

"He touched me, and it wasn't the first time." Naruto said, and I could tell he was crying, I didn't have to have my vision to realize that.

"What do you mean by that?" Tsunade growled, and I saw Itachi stand up abruptly. I knew he was going to have a word with Tsunade when this was done.

"He touched me yesterday when I was half asleep and facing away from the door. I didn't know he worked here or I would have never came in." Naruto cried, and I didn't blame him.

"Point to where he touched you." Tsunade said, glad she wasn't making him say it out loud.

"He touched me everywhere down there! If Gaara hadn't come in when he did I thought he was going to actually do it!" He screamed, I could tell he was frustrated, but I honestly wished this was over with.

"Do you think he may have possibly left any traces of touching you? I want to make sure I get enough evidence against him to make sure he doesn't see society again." Tsunade asked, and she was dead serious about what she said.

"Yea, I probably have a noticeable bruise on my damn balls because he almost made them fucking burst." Naruto growled, I could tell he was getting more frustrated the longer he talked. "And his ring scraped at my ass when he was pulling his hand out of my damn pants." Now that made my blood boil to a point I thought steam was coming out of my ears.

"You know we'll have to take pictures of the bruising, right Naruto?" Tsunade asked, and I know she didn't like the thought of having to because of where they were, but there was no choice in the matter.

"Take as many as you need but no more and so help me if there's an off picture I'm breaking the damn camera." Naruto growled.

"Fine by me. Who would you rather take the pictures?" She asked.

"Uhm …" And this is where Naruto finally faltered and wished he could sink comfortably in the bed to hide. "Ask Matatabi if she would … I'm not having a male nurse take pictures of me."

"I can understand, and she's still here for a few more minutes so wait a moment while I go ask her." Tsunade nodded and left the room quickly. I guess she asked because since she's the principal at school, it would be completely inappropriate for her to take the photo herself. There'd be parents asking for her to be removed immediately.

"Sasuke … why are you squinting?" Naruto asked, shit, he wasn't supposed to know about my eye sight.

"The light is blinding, but I'm alright. We're leaving soon anyway." I told him, knowing he'd find out about the truth later.

"And why are you so quiet Gaara?" Naruto asked, and when he got no response, I could only guess that Gaara passed out in the chair. "Oh … oops."

"It's okay, you didn't know." I heard Gaara grumble, though I could say, personally, he wasn't upset. And that was odd.

"I'm wearing these home, I don't wanna change, it's too painful." I heard Naruto say and I couldn't help but blush a bit from his suggestion.

"Good morning Naruto." Matatabi's voice sang as she entered the room. I knew she was tired, but she hid it better than Gaara did.

"Out!" Naruto said, and we all knew who he was talking to, and I stood up with Gaara and Itachi and the three of us walked out of his room while Matatabi closed the door, but I didn't go through the doorway without running into the wall a little bit.

"Sasuke, you're going to have to tell him eventually, and I don't think I can order your contacts for two months so you're going to have to wear your glasses for a while." Itachi told me in a hushed voice. Only him, Tsunade and Gaara knew how bad my eye sight was. It was fucking embarrassing and I hated wearing glasses. I get paranoid whenever there's even a spot on the lenses.

"You're just saying that to piss me off." I growled.

"I'm telling you the truth, Minato can't afford to pay Naruto's hospital bill, so I told him we're paying for it and his rehab bill. Plus, it's bill time and I got bills to pay for us as well so that's taking a lot more money than I would expect." Itachi explained. I was infuriated, but I could understand Naruto's situation and let it slide.

"Minato paying us back?" I asked.

"Every penny. I told him if he didn't, we wouldn't help him out with the bills again." Itachi answered firmly. I was glad he set that rule down with a firm foot. I just hoped Minato followed through.

"Okay, you guys can come back in the room now." Matatabi's voice smiled when she opened the door and we saw Naruto sitting up on the bed ready to leave. I could tell he didn't want to be here anymore. "And Itachi, I'd like to talk to you when I'm talking to Tsunade, Naruto requested it."

"Alright." Itachi nodded, and I understood then and there that Naruto wanted Itachi to know the full extent of what was going on. I could only guess that it was because he was going to be under our roof and wanted us to know what happened. But I wasn't upset, he'd tell me in his own time, and Gaara.

"Sasuke … Gaara … I'm sorry." Naruto suddenly said before we officially walked back into his room. And the two of us were confused at the sudden apology.

"What are you sorry for?" Gaara asked before I could.

"It's my fault that happened to Sasuke and it's my fault you can't sleep Gaara, it's all my fault." He said, and he sounded hysterical. It made me think he finally lost it.

"No, nothing is your fault Naruto." Gaara said as I watched him go over and sit next to Naruto on the bed and comfort him. Something I couldn't do even if I tried. I wouldn't know how.

"You don't understand, it is my fault." He said just as I heard the familiar clicking of Tsunade's heels come up from behind me.

"Is everything okay?" She asked, obviously hearing Naruto's cries of him blaming himself for what happened and I could just feel the worry vibe coming off her as she stood next to me.

"He's blaming himself, is there any way we can get Ibiki here now?" I asked, hoping it was possible.

"I'm making the call to Shizune now." She said, I didn't notice she had her phone out already until she was speaking with her. Probably because I'm practically blind right now. "I was planning on talking to her when you left, but I guess now is as best as any."

"Sasuke, I need to talk to you." Gaara said suddenly very close in front of me, making stagger backwards and almost bump into someone.

"Dude!" I yelped.

"Sorry, I forgot." He said and the two of us went to the window that was at the end of the hallway next to Naruto's room and leaned against it slightly. I only used it for support.

"So, whatcha need to talk about Gaara?" I asked.

"It's about Naruto …" He sighed. "He's stressing too much, especially since his dad did what he did. I just want to let you know he might do something stupid."

"What do you mean stupid?"

"When he stayed at my house a couple of times, he always locked himself in the bathroom for two hours taking a shower. By the time I finally got our bathroom door unlocked, I would always find him with fresh cuts on his arms and legs, passed out in ice cold water and he'd have blue lips because he was in it so long." Gaara explained, I wanted to let my jaw drop, but my jaw only tightened.

"So you're saying Naruto sometimes hurts himself?" I asked quietly.

"Sometimes, only when his father is verbally assaulting him instead of physically assaulting him. But that was last year into this year. I'm afraid that he might go back into doing that." Gaara said, and I could tell this worry and what he was saying was genuine.

"We need to tell Itachi and Tsunade about this." I said, and I felt a hand up over my mouth.

"Naruto doesn't even know I'm telling you about this. He'll be pissed if I told them." Gaara said.

"But if they don't know, we can't give him the proper help he needs." I said after he lowered his hand from my mouth.

"I'll talk to him, but I'm not guaranteeing anything. I know you're right, but ultimately it is his decision." He sighed, we were both frustrated with everything that's happened in the last three days.

"Hey, guys, we're leaving." I heard Itachi suddenly say, but we couldn't have been talking that long could we?

"Isn't Ibiki coming here?" I asked, because I thought that's what the plan changed to be.

"No, he's meeting us at our place in twenty minutes. Tsunade heavily drugged Naruto so the car ride wouldn't hurt him too much." Itachi said, and I nodded.

"Gaara, you can sit with him in the back." I said as we headed back to the room to see Naruto in the wheelchair, his head bobbing a little bit. I wouldn't be surprised if he fell asleep on the way home.

"Okay." He said and handed me my things for me. I would have tripped over them other wise.

"H-Hey Sasu … ke …" Naruto mumbled. "You look weird." And he laughed, damn, she gave him good drugs, but it made everyone around him laugh. And it lightened everyone's mood completely, even though just a little bit.

"Lets go, I think everyone's ready for a real bed." Itachi said, I didn't have to look to see him smiling as we all walked down the hallway, save for Naruto who was being pushed down in the wheelchair that Tsunade said he could keep until he didn't need it anymore.

Gaara and Naruto passed out the moment they were loaded into the car and buckled up. Naruto using Gaara as a pillow and Itachi and I couldn't help but take pictures on our phones, though Itachi took the picture for me and saved it so I could taunt them later. I needed some entertainment if they were going to sleep at my house, especially since Naruto's staying for a couple months.

When we got home, it was a different story. Itachi had to get Naruto out while I had to get Gaara awake. It wasn't hard getting him awake, what was hard, was keeping him awake long enough to get inside the house. But we were able to get him to use his legs, me as a crutch so he wouldn't fall, and I let him sleep on our couch. Itachi had already wheeled Naruto to the spare bedroom he was going to stay in and got him in bed carefully. We both knew that these two would be out of it for a long while, especially Gaara. I must not have noticed he took the sleeping aid before we left, but according to Itachi, he hadn't taken it yet.

"Should we call his dad? He might not wake up to go home later." I suggested.

"When the time comes and he is still sleeping, I'll call his dad. I promise." Itachi said, and I only nodded before using the walls of the hallway for support to go to up to my room and frantically searched for my glasses that I thought were on my dresser.

"Hey, Itachi, I need help." I said loudly, but only loud enough for him to hear me and come into my room and shove something in my hands. I realized right away that they were my thick, black colored frames and put them on. Instantly, everything around me became focused and my headache was starting to slowly go away, though I knew I needed some pain reliever to get rid of it completely. "Thanks, where were they?"

"They were on your desk by your laptop." He told me, and I felt stupid. "And you're welcome."

"I don't remember putting them there." I said, but shrugged and threw myself on my bed.

"I'm making lunch soon, do you think you can stay awake that long?" Itachi said, still standing in my doorway.

"I think I can. I slept for twelve hours so far thanks to that asshole. So I'm going to stay up and work on homework and maybe some of my novel I started over the weekend." I said, then realizing I finished my homework yesterday.

"Oh, that's right, Ibiki's going to be here any minute!" Itachi said and quickly left just before there was a knock on the door. I just had to follow and see what was going to be said. Some entertainment would be awesome right now to lift my depressing mood for the time being.

"Hey Ibiki, I had almost forgot you were coming over." I heard Itachi say as I walked into the living room.

"It's alright Itachi, is Naruto awake?" I heard Ibiki ask, though he sounded worried for a change.

"He's out cold. Tsunade gave him something for the pain on the way home and it put him to sleep like a light." Itachi explained, and it wasn't over exaggerating.

"I'll stop by in an hour, if I know Tsunade well, it should only have him out for an hour." Ibiki said with a small nod. "Afternoon Sasuke."

"Afternoon Mr. Ibiki." I nodded back.

"You can wait here for him to wake up, if you'd like. That way you won't have to use up more of your gas in your car." Itachi offered, and I was baffled. "Gas is expensive these days."

"Yea, but I don't want to feel like I'm intruding." Ibiki said.

"You're not." Itachi smiled and let Ibiki into the house, who took the offer after a moment and Itachi closed the door behind him. But what none of us expected was for us to hear Naruto's scream coming from the spare bedroom that was loud enough to make my hair stand on end.

"Where the fuck am I?" He was screaming. Great, he forgot where he was staying and I hurried into the spare room.

"You're at our place Naruto, it's just Itachi and me." I said calmly, hoping he'd calm down once he saw me.

"Oh … sorry. I thought …" He started saying before he stopped himself and became stiff when Itachi and Ibiki came into the room behind me.

"Is everything alright in here?" Itachi asked.

"Yea, I forgot that I was coming here." Naruto mumbled, his head was now low so we couldn't see his face. I could tell he was trembling. He must have been in a nightmare again.

"Naruto, would you like to talk to me?" I heard Ibiki ask, and I felt offended, even if Naruto didn't.

"Sure … but everyone has to be out." Naruto said quickly, still keeping his head low.

"Naruto …" I started saying, but I felt Itachi's hand on my shoulder and I had to give in to letting Naruto being alone in our spare room with Ibiki. The man who knew how to tear you apart mentally to the point that you wished that you weren't ever born.

"See you in a few Naruto." I said, turning and looking back to see him before Itachi and I left the room and closed the door behind us. All we could do now, was wait for it to be over and hope that Naruto would be okay.