Chapter 11

Sasuke started to wake up his mind was fuzzy and the first thing that he could feel was heat. His body was warm and he was lying on something soft so he wasn't in the cave anymore. His mind was all fuzzy and his head was pounding his body was in pain to go with it. Slowly he started to open his eyes though even doing just that simple task his body regretted it. The bright light hurt his eyes and made them burn after being in the dark for so long. Sasuke let out a whimper and closed his eyes again.

Asuma got up and turned a couple of the lights off so they wouldn't hurt Sasuke's eyes. Kakashi stood up and moved over to the bed.

"Sasuke it's ok it's Kakashi. It's ok you can open your eyes the lights are turned down."

Sasuke slowly began to open his eyes again slowly the room wasn't as bright. It took a few moments for his eyes to adjust to everything. Kakashi was beside him sitting on the bed Asuma was over near the end of the bed and Iruka and Gai were to his left. He was confused as to what was going on he assumed he was in the hospital at Konoha but how he got there he couldn't remember. The pain was getting worse the longer he stayed awake.

"What…"

Sasuke started coughing talking was really difficult and painful for him to do.

"Don't try and talk your not ready yet for that yet. Can we get a minute?"

Kakashi asked the others in the room. He needed to tell Sasuke about what happened and he thought it would be best to do alone. The others understood and they got up and left the room closing the door behind them; however, they didn't go far they wanted to make sure they were there in case something happened. Kakashi sat down on the bed and looked at Sasuke. He was exhausted and in obvious pain but he was trying to handle it without letting someone know about the pain.

"You spent a week in the Sound. Naruto, Neji, Shikamaru, Shino and Kiba got you out earlier in the morning. I found Shino trying to get to Konoha in the middle of the storm you and the others were hiding in a cave from it. When I found Shino he brought me to you I made the decision that you couldn't wait any longer and brought you here with the others. You are now safe in the hospital are you with me?"

Sasuke gave a small nod.

"Your injuries are server you shouldn't be talking for a few days with your mouth being so damaged. You have multiple bruises the stab wounds and cuts were healed. You have ten broken ribs so you need to be careful of them. Your wrist is in a cast and will be for six weeks. You won't be able to do any missions or training for six month with all your injuries. I need to ask you something do you remember being alone with Orochimaru?"

Sasuke couldn't help it at the mere mention of the name he started to cry in that moment Kakashi got his answer. He moved over and gently moved Sasuke so he was now lying in his lap. He knew that he couldn't touch Sasuke in a lot of places at risk of hurting him more but Sasuke curled up against him and let it all out. He couldn't handle the memories and he didn't think he ever would. Kakashi sat there stroking Sasuke's hair and gently soothing him. After a good twenty minutes Sasuke's crying died down.

"I'm sorry I wasn't there to protect you but I won't make that mistake twice. I'll be here for as long as you are to keep you safe. Once you can leave the hospital you'll be staying with me for a while. You'll need help with your injuries and I won't let anything happen to you."

Sasuke gave a nod but Kakashi could feel him shaking. After a few moments Kakashi heard a whimper the pain was reaching its maximum level and it wasn't something that Sasuke could handle for long.

"Sasuke are you ok?"

Sasuke shook his head no "Hurts"

Kakashi began to run his hand through Sasuke's hair.

"Iruka!"

Iruka and the others came into the room and saw Sasuke in Kakashi's lap in a great deal of pain. Iruka knew what Kakashi wanted immediately and he left to find Tsunade. Gai and Asuma came over to the bed and looked at Kakashi. Sasuke was in an unbearable amount of pain. He was having a hard time staying still he was trying to escape the pain. It felt like hours before Iruka returned with Tsunade. Tsunade went over to Sasuke and saw how much pain he was in.

"Can you give him something?" Kakashi asked

"I can give him a sedative to put him back to sleep or I can give him some pain medication."

"What kind of medication?"

"Morphine"

"Lets try the sedative before giving him that kind of drug."

"Alright"

Tsunade grabbed a syringe in put it into Sasuke's I.V once it was empty she threw it in the safety bin.

"He should be back asleep within a couple of minutes."

Kakashi gave a nod and Tsunade waited till Sasuke was indeed asleep once again.

"The sedative might not relieve all the pain if his heart rate goes to high I'll need to give him a low dose of morphine."

"Is the pain as bad as you thought it would be?"

"No it's worse he's asleep right now but his heart rate isn't in normal levels his body is fighting hard but the pain and injuries are very server. If the morphine doesn't work that only levels us with one option."

"Which is?"

"A medical induce coma. I would put him into a coma and when his body has healed and the pain has lessened I would then take him out of it, but lets only do that if it's the only option."

With that Tsunade left once again leaving the men alone with a sleeping Sasuke curled up in Kakashi's lap.