Somebody Save Me
Chapter 12
"How is he doing?" A gruff voice asked from the doorway causing, Itachi and Fugaku to look up to find a red haired man standing in the doorway, looking more than a little pissed off.
"Who are you?" Sasuke asked turning around after a moment to stare at the unknown intruder.
"I'm Gaara." Gaara answered.
"That doesn't explain what you are doing here." Sasuke replied.
"I was Naruto's roommate at Konoha Mental." Gaara replied.
"You were the one that allowed this to happen to him?" Sasuke asked, his eyes narrowing at the other.
"When I got word that they were planning on doing something, I tried to avoid leaving Naruto alone with them. I didn't want this to happen to him, he's a good kid." Gaara said entering the room and walking across the room to stand beside Sasuke. Sasuke glared at him, not liking the other at all.
"Besides what happened with him was all the evidence we needed to get that place shut down." Gaara said.
"Your a cop?" Sasuke sneered. The red head looked like he was barely older than him and Naruto. How could that idiot be a cop?
"FBI agent actually." Gaara replied, reaching down and touching Naruto's hand. "What's his condition." Sasuke scoffed how could that short person be an FBI agent? He didn't look anywhere near intelligent enough to work for the federal government. He didn't know why the man was here, but Sasuke didn't want him anywhere near Naruto. Sasuke knew he should be grateful for all that Gaara had done to help Naruto while he was locked away. But now that Naruto was free from that place Sasuke didn't want anyone near him. Sasuke was going to be the one to protect Naruto, he didn't need this other guy's help.
"He's blinded, and he will be using a catheter to use the restroom for the rest of his life." Fugaku replied, frowning at Sasuke's show of possessiveness.
"Damn." Gaara murmured. "I wish I could have prevented this from happening to him. He's a good kid. He didn't deserve to have this happen to him."
"Damn right he didn't." Sasuke said glaring at the hand that was still touching Naruto's hand. Sasuke didn't care if the man that looked like a kid was an FBI agent, Sasuke would teach him to not touch what didn't belong to him. Naruto needed to get his rest, not be bothered by some red haired, dark circles around the eyes FBI agent who probably only wanted to question Naruto about what he went through. Naruto wasn't ready to talk about it yet, and even if he was Sasuke wasn't going to let him talk about it.
"Have those that were responsible been caught?" Fugaku asked, keeping on eye on Sasuke. He knew from the way that Sasuke's posture was stiffening, he clearly didn't like Gaara anywhere near Naruto.
"Most of them." Gaara replied, frowning down at Sasuke when he heard the low growl come from the dark haired boy sitting beside him.
"Being that possessive is never good." Gaara told Sasuke. "In most cases it leads to being abusive towards the one you are being possessive over." Sasuke growled again, glaring at Gaara.
"What do you mean that most of the guys were caught?" Fugaku asked hoping to distract Gaara from getting into an argument with his ill tempered younger son.
"I mean that the main guy that orchestrated this whole mess appears to have gone into hiding." Gaara replied, turning his attention to Sasuke's father. "We don't know where Orochimaru is right now."
"How the hell could you lose him?" Fugaku asked. "I would think that he's the one that we have to be most worried about. Since he did come up with this master plan."
"He can run, but he can't hide forever." Gaara said darkly. "I will make sure that pays for the damage he caused Naruto." Sasuke snorted but didn't say anything, he just kept his eyes on Naruto who appeared to be slowly waking up.
"Sasuke?" Naruto's sleepy voice called out.
"I'm right here." Sasuke said, smirking at Gaara who gave him a dirty look.
"Hey, kid." Gaara said looking down at Naruto. "how are you feeling?"
"Gaara?" Naruto asked.
"The one and only." Gaara replied.
"How did you get out? Aren't you supposed to be locked up." Naruto asked.
"I was there undercover." Gaara replied. "I was there to gather enough evidence to shut the hospital down." Naruto frowned.
"So you are a cop?" Naruto asked.
"FBI agent." Gaara replied. "I'm going to get the guys that done this to you. They won't get by with it."
"I don't think he needs to talk about that right now." Sasuke interrupted. "He's barely awake for crying out loud, no need to traumatize him anymore than he already is." Sasuke said.
"The sooner he talks about it the better off he'll be." Gaara said.
"Yes, well he's barely out of surgery, he hasn't even gotten out of bed yet." Sasuke said. "I think he needs to at least be able to recover in peace for a few weeks."
"Sometimes the information is better when it's fresh." Gaara replied thought. "Though that's not why I came here. I wanted to be able to cheek up on him. I pulled him out of the dumpster where he'd been tossed."
"He was tossed the garbage?" Sasuke asked, his anger rising. How the hell could someone toss a kid in the garbage and leave him there to die.
"Someone very sick and twisted." Gaara answered. "And someone who will go through more pain than Naruto did."
"Not if I get to them first." Sasuke muttered, turning when he heard a nurse come in.
"How are you feeling?" she asked Naruto.
"Not quite as sore." Naruto replied, "but mostly uncomfortable."
"That will go away eventually." The nurse told him. "Do you think you will be able to get up and walk? The sooner you can cross the room soon that you can get home."
"I guess I can try." Naruto mumbled. "But I'm going to have to have some help since I can't see."
"That's what I am here for." The nurse said, gently helping Naruto to sit up in the bed, ignoring the glaring Uchiha that was sitting beside him.
Naruto groaned at the tug of stitches, as the nurse helped him climb down off the bed.
"It hurts." Naruto moans, keeping one hand on the nurses arm and the other on his stomach.
"I know." The nurse said softly, guiding Naruto around a chair that was beside his bed. "The sooner you can cross this room, the sooner you be back in bed resting again." Naruto whimpered softly, as he shuffled across the floor, his midsection was burning with pain, and he wanted nothing more than be back in bed.
"You're hurting him." Sasuke growled, ignoring his father's swatting the back of his head. He didn't like Naruto hurting, and while Sasuke understood that it was important to get Naruto back on his feet as soon as possible after surgery, it didn't mean that Sasuke liked to see Naruto hurting.
"Unfortunately, he's going to be uncomfortable for sometime. He still has to get used to the catheter." the nurse told Sasuke, understanding the teen's need to protective the blonde boy. "If he's still hurting after this we can give him something to take away the edge." Sasuke didn't say anything, instead just kept his eyes glued on Naruto's back, ready to jump up and catch him should the blonde boy slip and fall. He didn't want Naruto to injure himself while doing the necessary exercises so that he could be released.
Suddenly Naruto's feet slipped and the boy let out a startled yelp and he began to fall. Sasuke jumped up to catch him, only to be shoved away by Gaara who caught Naruto and gently settled him back on his feet.
"You okay?' Gaara asked the trembling boy. Naruto had clearly been frightened by his near fall, Gaara couldn't blame him. He couldn't see, and only had his hearing to depend on. Gaara was sure that the world was completely scary for Naruto right now.
"Asshole." Sasuke said, moving to stand in front of Gaara and Naruto. Sasuke reached out and touched Naruto's arm, informing the other boy that he was near.
"I think he's had enough." Sasuke told the nurse when he felt how hard Naruto was trembling. "I think that near fall scared the hell out of him."
"Babying him isn't going to help him." The nurse told Sasuke. "I know that you mean well for him, but he's going to have to do this eventually."
"Yes, well if you hadn't let him slip, he wouldn't be so damn scared." Sasuke snarled, glaring at her.
"Sasuke." Fugaku said a warning tone to his voice. "You better watch your attitude. She is trying to help Naruto after all." Sasuke snorted before turning and glaring at his father. He knew he was probably being ridiculous possessive over Naruto, but Sasuke couldn't help it, he didn't like that FBI agent hanging around.
"Go stand guard over Kurama." Sasuke muttered. "He needs you watching over him more."
"I'm sure he'll be awake soon enough." Fugaku replied, "he doesn't need me to watch him as much you need to be watched over." Sasuke growled low in his throat, growing more irritated by the moment.
"I'm starting to wonder if Sasuke doesn't need to be sedated." Itachi commented from where he was sitting beside Kurama, watching as the nurse helped Naruto back into the bed.
"I would be more than happy to help with that." Gaara said. "I think all it would take is one hit and he'd be out like a light." Sasuke glared at the agent.
"Come near me and there will be hell to pay." Sasuke said, nearly snarling the words.
"Your not too young to be tossed in jail." Gaara commented.
"Yeah, I think that's why we're here now." Sasuke replied, his eyes narrowed, watching as Gaara made his way towards the door.
"Good riddance." Sasuke muttered, returning his attention to Naruto, whose head was turned in the direction of Sasuke's voice.
"He's not that bad, Sasuke." Naruto said, "he did end up getting me out of there."
"After you had already been damaged." Sasuke replied. "I can't forgive him for allowing you to be hurt, especially if he was there to get evidence to shut the place down. He'd should have had enough evidence by that point to shut it down."
"It didn't happen like that though." Naruto said, sounding tired. "You should be grateful that he was able to get me out. He could have left me in the garbage you know."
"You never should have been there in the first place." Sasuke said, closing his eyes as memories of the fear and panic he'd felt when Naruto had been arrested. He could remember how the guard that was transporting Naruto to the hospital had treated the kid. No prisoner should ever have been treated like that much less a scared teen aged kid. Sasuke couldn't imagine the thoughts that must have running through Naruto's mind at the time. Naruto must have wondered if anyone even cared about him, and what he was going through. Shaking his head, Sasuke opened his eyes, taking a deep breath and releasing it slowly. He supposed that he should calm his temper before he ended up getting in trouble. Sasuke really didn't want to end up getting kicked out of the hospital. Sasuke wasn't going to leave the hospital until Naruto did, no matter how exhausted he was feeling. As it was Sasuke couldn't really remember the last time he had gotten a decent night's sleep.
"If you're Sasuke you need to go home and get some rest." Naruto said, his hand reaching out and searching for Sasuke, who leaned forward and allowed Naruto's hand to find his face. He shivered at the feel of Naruto's thumb dragging it's way down the length of Sasuke's face.
"If you don't get some rest you are going to end up in the hospital yourself." Naruto said. "I don't think you need to stress your parents out any further."
"I can't sleep if I'm home and you are here." Sasuke replied. "I'm not leaving until you can go home."
"That might be a little while." Naruto said. "I have a lot to get used too."
"You're not going through that alone." Sasuke answered. "I won't leave you."
"Always so stubborn." Naruto muttered.
"I think you've finally found Sasuke's middle name." Itachi said. "He's always been that way." Sasuke grumbled, and leaned forward and lay his head over on Naruto's mattress. Sasuke could feel Naruto's fingers running through his hair, and he sighed in contentment and felt himself starting to drift off to sleep.
I loved this chapter! Especially writing Gaara and Sasuke! Those two are hilarious! Thanks for reading and reviewing. Liz
