So, this fan-fiction... Is not going to be like, a romance. Sasuke and Naruto will not be hugging and kissing and whispering 'I love you's in each others ears in... probably any of these chapters. . _ .;

But yeah, the rape idea went out the window, no worries. Plus I was never one to favor dominant Naruto... Not sure why.

But I hope you like this one. Enjoy!

Thanks for all the reviews, too!

Naruto wasn't sure at what point that he had decided a visit to Sasuke would make him feel better. He just remembered one moment lying in bed, thinking about things (namely the Uchiha) and the next moment he was out the door and headed for the hospital. It was late, sure, but it was easy enough to get in through the window without being seen. And then of course at that point, second thoughts were occurring. It was all too much like the last time he had visited. Only this time, if he wanted to, he could easily jump out the window and never come back… Why didn't he? That was… a very good question, actually. He wasn't sure why he didn't just run… instead, he would hide whenever he saw Sasuke's eyes opened, eyes he realized were free from their restraints. It threw him off at first, but he didn't like not being able to see Sasuke's eyes when he was talking to him, anyways.

Soon enough he found himself sitting on the Uchiha's legs, his hands around his throat, wanting to squeeze just a bit tighter, and tighter, until that neck of his finally snapped. He was capable, he knew he was… And Sasuke was weak… And yet he couldn't do it. It just didn't feel right.

But he was so angry… lately every time he heard Sasuke's name he just got angry. Sasuke didn't seem to pleased to be in his presence either, especially after what Naruto had just said.

"You don't know anything about my brother." Sasuke hissed, clearly Naruto was stepping on dangerous grounds, but it didn't stop him.

"That masked guy…" The name escaped him, and he honestly didn't care. He was a problem for another day. Sasuke was the main issue now. "He told me and Kakashi everything. About your brother, and how the village betrayed him…" Naruto looked down at his own hands. "No one knew…" Naruto's voice dropped and he shook his head, seeming disappointed. In who, Sasuke wasn't sure, but the others sudden change in attitude wasn't making up for his previous words. It only made him angrier. As he tried his hardest to squirm at least one hand out of his restraints. He didn't care how much he ached, how much his head spun, how much his throat hurt. He needed one punch. He had so much anger piled up inside him, after two months of having the shit kicked out of daily, emotionally, physically… He needed one blow. Just one.

Naruto kept talking… Kept talking about Itachi… As if he knew. As if he knew anything.

Tsunade's rules were at the back of his mind at this point.

"You've turned yourself into such a monster. Your brother wanted you to grow stronger, not to turn into a cr-" And there it was, with a lot of tugging, a slip occurred and he pulled a red wrist a hand from out of the restraints and punched the blonde right off of him.

"Shut. The fuck. Up." Sasuke coughed loudly, noting that the sudden movement sent him spiraling into a coughing fit. And while he was working on ridding himself up that, Naruto was rubbing at his red face, slowly picking himself off the floor.

How…? Naruto looked, finding one of Sasuke's hands free. He rubbed at his jaw, opening and closing his mouth for a moment before he stood up, thoroughly pissed at this point. But Naruto had never been the type to fight someone who wasn't capable- needless to say he tried to even the odds a bit. He undid the remaining straps, letting Sasuke's remaining strapped down arm and his two legs go. And before the Uchiha could get out of bed, Naruto quickly returned the favor of the punch, smashing him directly across the jaw almost in the same place he himself had gotten hit. Sasuke rolled over on to his side, gripping his face. He spit out blood, licking cracked lips before he got up. God, he was dizzy. This was a fight he knew he would lose… but it didn't stop him from getting up standing himself up right. Naruto on one side of the bed, Sasuke behind the other side.

Sasuke wiped a bit of blood from his bottom lip, narrowing glassy eyes at the blonde who was correcting his own jaw with his hand. Seemed sick or not, Sasuke was perfectly capable of throwing him off like that. This was the first time Sasuke had been able to stand, hands and legs free, eyes capable of seeing, since he had first been caught. It actually took a moment to just take it all in, enjoying it before he focused on the source of his anger. Surprise, surprise, it was Naruto. The blonde stared back with similar eyes, eyes filled with hate. "I'm gonna beat the shit out of it." Sasuke threatened. Did he think he would win a fight, now of all times? Probably not. But he intended on at least getting out some frustration on the others face.

Naruto smirked, "Yeah, I'm sure." And like that he lunged forward, tackling the sickly Uchiha to the ground. The fight wasn't something you'd normally see between two ninjas, it resembled something you would see more between two high schoolers, fighting on the school yard angrily because someone had hit on someone elses girlfriend, or something stupid like that. Fists were being thrown and bodies were rolling around. And like Sasuke promised himself, oh, he got out a lot of frustration. By the time he was done with Naruto his face looked good and fucked up and that's all he could ask for, even when he was forced to stop with the sudden movements so he could turn his head to the side and proceed with a usual coughing fit, Naruto using this time to kick him in the face and send him across the room. "You fuck!" Naruto shouted, rubbing at his nose as he stood up, only to find Sasuke turning himself into a corner, emptying the contents of his stomach on to the floor. He wasn't sure if he should feel guilty or pleased- but he didn't have time to feel either, because the door was being thrown open and before he could continue further his arms were being held behind his back. Another one was forcing Sasuke up, who had finished emptying himself and was coughing again. Tsunade and Kakashi. Seemed unlikely for them of all people to be coming at this hour of the night, but he didn't really care for why they were here, the fact they were here at all was bad enough as it was.

"Naruto!" Kakashi slowly let the blonde's arms go and looked over his shoulder to the coughing Uchiha, who's eyes were completely focused on Naruto, seeming uncaring for the Hokage, who was currently holding him up by his hair, shouting threats at him. They were clearly wasted on deaf ears. Neither Naruto or Sasuke seemed to be paying attention to anyone but each other, breathing heavily, bleeding, bruised.

"Go home." Who was he talking to? Naruto, of course, but he wasn't listening, he was taking a step forward, as if to go for another round with the Uchiha, still being held back by the Hokage. Naruto's arm was tightly grasped by Kakashi, and the words were repeated. "Go. Home." He forced Naruto a step back, "Now." The silver haired jounin rose his gaze to the hokage, who was staring back at him before dropping her gaze to Sasuke. She was still spilling out threats, along with past agreement that if he lay a hand on a single person he would be put to death. Was she really going to do that? Naruto didn't seem to be listening, otherwise he was almost certain Naruto would have reacted differently.

Sasuke, spit a mixture of vomit and blood on to the floor before reaching up to wipe at his mouth, "He's the one that fucking came in to my room." He wasn't about to take the blame because Naruto decided to lose a few screws inside his head. "He undid the restraints and then punched me." Well, that wasn't exactly the truth, Sasuke had thrown the first punch, but Naruto wasn't exactly correcting him either. In fact, the blonde was starting to look guilty, nodding his head. Agreeing. Worthless.

"I came here, s'my fault, Granny-Tsunade." Naruto had seemed to come out of whatever anger-filled world that he had succumbed himself too for the meantime and was able to register the situation at hand. Sasuke could be put to death, and… He wouldn't allow that. God, maybe Sasuke was right- maybe he really was a loser.

Neither of the two adults in the room knew what to believe exactly… Naruto had backed up Sasuke, but that didn't mean it was true. It just meant Naruto didn't want Sasuke to suffer the consequences of a fight. Tsunade and Kakashi exchanged skeptical glances before the Hokage sighed and nodded her head, "No one but us knows about this, and no one else will know… Kakashi please make sure he gets home." She turned her gaze, disappointed, to Naruto, glaring the slightest bit. The blonde shrunk back but nodded. He looked once more to Sasuke, the pair exchanging glares before he turned and allowed Kakashi to guide him out of the room.

Sasuke was forced back to the bed, sat down on the edge so Tsunade could raise his chin, examining the damage from the fight. She had to admit, she was kind of impressed with the fact that Sasuke was able to fight in his condition, he actually was strong, wasn't he? Not that she was about to speak suck encouraging words to the scowling Uchiha, who's face she was currently in the process of fixing up. No words were exchanged.

"Why would you do something so reckless?" Kakashi eventually asked after they exited the hospital, sighing through his mask. This night just got a lot longer than he would have liked. "You know what Tsunade told Sasuke, didn't you? He's under a lot of rules right no-"

"I didn't-… I wasn't trying to fight with him. I just got mad, and he got mad…" He shook his head, "It just happened." Naruto turned his head away, licking at his split lip. Sakura was going to have a mess on her hands tomorrow with fixing him up, not to mention all the questions he was going to have to answer. With lies, of course. She would probably beat his ass worse than Sasuke ever could if he mentioned what he had done… "Why are you and Tsunade visiting him so late?" Naruto asked, turning his gaze to the other ninja, who looked back to him, stuffing his hands into his pockets.

"She asked me to visit her to discuss Sasuke's future in this village. Clearly it isn't healthy for him to stay in that containment center for forever…" He shook his head, "We were trying to figure something else out, where he would stay under watch in someone's home or something of the sort." Kakashi looked to Naruto, "We were paying him a visit because Tsunade wanted to make sure the nurses had given him his medicine- since none of them truly want him there, she had to double check." Naruto was silent, but nodded his head and turned his gaze down to the ground as he walked.

"Remember that time you visited me a month ago?" Kakashi blinked at the question, but nodded his head. "You told me not to think of Sasuke as a victim… And I know that… I mean, this entire month I've viewed him as… nothing. Really. Nothing at all." Naruto sighed, looking briefly to his teacher before back down to his feet as he continued to walk, "But if it hadn't been for this village, Sasuke would still have a family… None of this would have happened, actually, if it hadn't been for the elders…"

Kakashi nodded his head, "It's very true." It was, there was no sense in lying… But… there wasn't anything to be done about it now. Itachi Uchiha had so much love for his village he killed all the people closest to him. His entire clan… And it was because of the elders he had done such a thing. This village. This village caused all that was happening to it, he supposed. "But Sasuke had allowed himself to be easily manipulated. He was turned into a monster, and… His plot for revenge became warped the moment he came in contact with Madara." Kakashi was staring ahead, his one visible eye slightly narrowed. He seemed to be deep in thought now, but only for a short moment. "All that can hoped for now as that Madara's damage can be undone here… And while Sasuke may never feel as if he could trust this place ever again, which is completely reasonable, it might be possible he'll be able to move on." He breathed, "It's what lady Tsunade hopes at the very least, and I think I wouldn't mind such a thing happening as we-"

"So you lost hope for team seven?" That was a question he never wanted to hear. Kakashi looked at Naruto, pausing with his steps and turning to face him. Naruto stopped as well, and turned to his teacher, brows furrowed.

What confused him the most was the smile that Kakashi was wearing, a hand being placed upon his head, hair messed up already from the fight moments ago. "That's the thing Naruto. I don't know anymore-… But…" Kakashi nodded his head, "That's the thing. I'll leave it up for time to tell." Naruto was confused and it was clear from his face as Kakashi dropped his hand from his head. "You can expect everything to happen in an instant. Sasuke is unwanted, not trusted… You remember what that feels like, right?"

Oh, of course he did… Every day he felt like he was walking nightmare to everyone. His stomach hurt just thinking about it. "It took time and patience for people to get used to you, for people to befriend, you for people to realize you were good." Granted Sasuke wasn't a pile of warm, smiles. There was always room for hope for the future. Thankfully, Naruto seemed to understand that. "I know what you've been trying to do… But… in your case I don't think that's good for you." Kakashi looked around then back to his student, "Pretending he isn't here, like you don't care won't fix how you feel- it'll just make you feel worse bottling it all up until you explode. And… Visiting him at the odd hours of the night to start fights isn't exactly good either." Naruto blushed and lowered his head, only to hear Kakashi laugh, "Visiting him every now and again won't kill you… While it might feel like it, it… might be better for you in the end… And even better for him, no matter how much he makes it seem like he hates everyone and anyone who comes within ten feet of him… He knows what solitary feels like much like you do… No one wants to experience it. Not even him."

Naruto wasn't used to this side of Kakashi, it kind of threw him off for a moment, but everything he said made Naruto feel ten times better. The blonde rose his head, nodding his head. "Okay… I think I can do that." Give it time… Naruto was never the most patient, that was a well known fact… but if it was for Sasuke's sake… He should try… because regardless this past month he tried hard to deny it- he was kind of responsible for the Uchiha. He brought him here. And no one wanted him here- or alive at that… And now he had to handle the issue. "You mentioned something about Sasuke leaving containment?"

Kakashi chuckled nervously and scratched at the back of his head, gaining Naruto's attention.

"Well, I'm not so sure about that now, but… it's a possibility… For the future, I mean. Clearly some time might still be needed. But like I said. Patience."

Patience… Oh, even that word was annoying! But he had to trust his teacher. Trust time. Patience.

"Thanks… I'll… Keep that all in mind."

Okay, I got a pretty vague idea as to where I'm taking this. (: As always, suggestions, ideas, the works are always accepted. I love that shit. (:
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