Cold air began to flow from what seemed like an almost empty room. A cold sensation was running through his arms, mostly on his left arm. Something warm seemed to be wrapped around his chest.
It seemed to be a room he was in, somewhere cold and unfamiliar. His mind was buzzing with so many questions and his heart was beating ever so quickly, his body burned in the inside. Damn...my chest...my shoulder...my...my...my eyes!
He didn't realize it before but his eyes were burning and were sore. He tried to open them to find that they were shut closed by what seemed like a bandage wrapped all around his head. No...no...where am I...?
He was beginning to panic when he tried to reach for the bandage on his head and couldn't. His fingers and hands were completely numbed and his left arm was attached to multiple IVs and had needle puncture wounds. His arms felt covered in fresh bruises and old cuts that were starting to open up with every little move he made. He softly groaned, afraid of whom ever else was in the room.
The sounds of a shuffle sent him frozen stiff and he turned to where the noise was heard.
A gasp and the sounds of reseeding footsteps and a closing door.
He listened only to hear a soft air conditioning above him. As soon as he was sure no one else was in the room he pushed himself up from what felt like a hospital bed and forced his arms forward to grasp onto the bandage around his eyes and ripped it off. What he wanted most was for the pain to vanish but he also wanted to see where he was. His mind was still clouded from any earlier occurrences and he wasn't able to communicate with Kurama for some reason.
As the bandage was removed from his blood stained eyes they throbbed in such an immense pain he had to re-close them before he was even able to take a quick glance at his surroundings.
"Ghaaaah! Gurrk...ahhaaaaa!" The pain was too much to handle and he threw his hands against his face and vigorously rubbed at his closed eyes. Fresh, new warm blood began to seep from them. "Chikushoooo! Ghaaaah!"
Footsteps rushed into his room and found the boy sitting up in his bed and thrashing about in pain. The heart monitor beeped furiously as his water IV and blood transfusions were knocked to the ground, breaking open.
One nurse rushed to his side. "Calm down..." They placed their hand at his shoulder only to have it slapped away.
The blond was growing in such pain that anyone whom attempted to get near him was either kicked aside or fell to the floor. Several more nurses rushed to the scene, now a total of nearly ten were in the room trying to calm the teen down.
"Please.."
"You need to stop or you'll get seriously hurt."
"What do we do?"
"He's in so much pain..."
"Stop..."
"He'll hurt himself!"
"Try to take hold of his arms..." This nurse was knocked to the ground by a flying punch from the boy. "G-get Godaime-sama!"
"Gurk...gha...ghahhhhhaaaaa! Ha...ha...haaaaa...!"
Tsunade sat at her desk, her hands folded below her chin. She was in deep thought, unable to work on the piles of paper that stood before her. She herself had sent Naruto to the hospital at the time of the rescue team's arrival. She had been standing at the village gates pacing back and forth in anticipation.
He shouldn't wake up for a while now...I should really get back to my Hokage duties...or I could go for a drink or two...maybe seven...
Suddenly the doors to her office were tossed open as three nurse rushed into the room.
"Godaime-sama-"
"Hokage-sama-"
"We need-"
"We need you at-"
"Naruto-"
"He woke up-"
"He's going crazy-"
"Nobody can do anything-"
"He's screaming and yelling-"
All three in chorus yelped. "Godaime-sama he's in serious pain!"
"He's going to hurt himself!"
Tsunade leaped from her desk and rushed passed the nurses and sped to the leaf hospital. He wasn't supposed to wake up yet!
Her heart was beating in pure fear and worry. She narrowed her eyes. "Dammit...I should have stayed with him."
She finally made it to the hospital and through a long corridor and into one of the many patient rooms. She was welcomed by a room full of nurses attempting to calm the screaming blond, toppling over and trying to hold onto the arms of the boy to anesthetize him.
"Ghaahhhh! It hurts...it hurts!" He brushed off another nurse and rubbed at his eyes with his hands in tough fists. "Tasukete...kudasai!" (Please help me)
"Naruto!" Tsunade rushed to his side, avoiding his thrashes and kicks. She snatched one of his arms at which he furiously struggled for release. "kid, calm down-"
"Let me go! I-I'm not going to be a test subject...dammit, it hurts!"
The fifth Hokage stared at him in pure shock. Test subject? "Naruto, stop it...you're going to hurt yourself." She went for his other arm and grabbed it before he was able to get away. With both hands in her hold she yelled out to the other nurses while the blond pulled and fought for his freedom. "You two, grab his legs."
Two nurses rushed over and pinned his legs to the bed.
"Ghahaaa...gh...let me go..." A waterfall of tears fell from his eyes and puddled all over the bed covers. "Please...gahaaa...rrrr...ng..."
"I need leather straps to restrain his arms and legs...now!" A nurse ran from the room and returned with the holds.
"I have them. Here."
"N-no...please...no...don't tie me up again! Please!" Naruto fought and struggled. Splatters of blood flew all over his white covers. "Guhaahuuu..."
Tsunade took the leather and wrapped it around the bed and tightly around the boy. "I'm so sorry..."
Naruto struggled desperately in the holds that kept him to the bed. "Let me go! Fuck!"
Tsunade placed her own hand into the boy's sweating and shivering one. "Re-bandage his eyes."
"Please...let me go!"
A nurse took fresh bandages and wrapped them around the struggling boy's head and over his bloodied eyes.
The blond sobbed in terror. "Please..."
Another nurse had come and placed a needle into the boy's arm, pushing a clear liquid into his vein.
He softly whimpered before his head drooped and he fell unconscious.
Tsunade sighed while most of the nurses dispersed and several cleaned the spilled IVs and replaced them with new ones. She placed a kiss on his forehead before turning to Shizune whom had walked in at the last moment.
"Tsunade-sama, why did he react like that...what was he talking about?"
"He's in a state of shock. I'm sure he's traumatized as well. He must be so confused..."
"Will he be alright?"
"All he needs is rest and recovery."
"And...what of Uchiha Sasuke?"
"I have Ibiki interrogating him. I'll decide what to do once I hear how it went."
As if on cue, a large, bold man walked into the room, stopping mid step at the doorway. He was completely shocked at the scene, though he thoroughly hid his emotions behind an emotionless face. "Godaime-sama, I've finished."
She turned her attention to the doorway. "How'd it go?" Her hand gripped tighter around the blond's own.
"He answered all of my questions accordingly and told me more than I asked. I have it on recorded. I sent the paperwork to your office."
"Arigato. Where is he?"
The man turned around for a moment and pulled something from behind the wall. He brought out the young Uchiha, his arms handcuffed behind his back. The raven's head hung low from exhaustion and his entire body was covered in bandages, concealing the wounds he had received from his recent battle with Naruto.
Sasuke stepped drowsily into the room and stopped mid-way, nearly toppling over onto the floor. He was dead-tired from his fight and from nearly five hours of interrogation. His eyes were covered in shadow below his eyelids.
Tsunade nodded and looked back at Naruto's unstable sleeping state before removing her hand from the blond's grip and stepping away from the hospital bed. She placed her hand on Sasuke's shoulder.
"It's alright, I'll take it from here. You're dismissed."
The man left with a final nod.
The Hokage faced the Uchiha, finally realizing how tired he was. She sighed. "Come on, follow me." She took hold of his arm, while he tagged lazily along.
The two finally made it to the Hokage tower, receiving many shocked glares along the way.
Tsunade closed the door behind them and pulled out her chair into the center of the room. "Sit down."
The teen fell against the chair, stifling a strained moan from pure exhaustion. He shuffled against the handcuffs that were tightly eating at his skin. He sighed before looking up with tired eyes. "I told them everything I knew about Akatsuki."
"I see." She looked at his twitching arms and realized that he was trying not to show his pained expression. "Here." She walked over to him and motioned for him to turn around. As he did she reached for his arms before freezing from her movement. "You wont try anything stupid, will you?"
He shook his head.
She uncuffed him and set herself to sit atop her desk. "Why-"
He stopped her from asking her question. "Is-Is Naruto okay?"
Tsunade nearly chocked on her own breath after hearing him. She took her composer and softly sighed. "He's should be fine in a week. I have a question."
His head flicked up in response.
"There were multiple wounds along his stomach." She inhaled after recalling his condition. "There was a patterned scar tracing the seal holding Kyuubi within himself. Where did that come from?"
Sasuke averted his onyx eyes. "It was Madara that did that."
"Why?"
"I honestly don't know."
"Do you know what they were doing on him?"
"Experimenting."
"On what?"
"I don't know."
Tsunade once again sighed. "I heard about the little battle you two had."
No reply.
"Naruto. He might be permanently blind."
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