Suigetsu was wanting to take a shower. Unfortunately, there was only one shower in the house and two rooms. Sasuke took the one room and Suigetsu, Karin, and Jugo slept in the other.

Suigetsu was originally annoyed with this arrangement but as Sasuke was started to talk to the air and fought with invisible creatures, he became glad to be in a separate room. Grateful, even. But regardless of all of that, Suigetsu still wanted to take a shower. And Sasuke was in there.

Suigetsu was patient. In fact, he sat there for 10 minutes after knocking on the door. He thought Sasuke was merely annoying when he got no answer after knocking. When the 10 minutes was up, Suigetsu decided there was something wrong. Sasuke wasn't the type to take long showers.

That was when he realized something: the water wasn't running. Then, Suigetsu felt dumb. Obviously, Sasuke was taking a bath. That must've been why he was taking so long. Now he needed to make a decision. Would he knock on the door again and risk pissing Sasuke off or would he leave the guy alone?

Suigetsu, feeling dirty after five minutes more, got up and decided to knock on the door once again. When Sasuke didn't answer a second time, Suigetsu started to get worried (although he'd never admit it.) "Sasuke?" Asked Suigetsu.

There was no noise at all. Not a single movement. Suigetsu rattled the locked door. The door didn't budge. Everyone quickly caught on that there was something wrong. Kakashi was the first to assume a suicide attempt though. Suigetsu grabbed his sword from his room and quickly ran to the door, ready to knock it down.

It took one swipe of Suigetsu's sword to knock the door down. Karin, Jugo, and Karin stood by the door. The first Suigetsu noticed was the pinkish red water. The next thing he noticed was Sasuke's pale face. Sasuke was relaxed which meant there was no struggle. Suigetsu didn't know why he didn't think of it sooner but there was no doubt.

The group's faces turned deeply grim.

They didn't need to see Sasuke's neck and arm to know it was a suicide attempt. But regardless of needs, they had to see Sasuke's neck and arm anyway so that they could pull him out of the bath. The few cuts on Sasuke's arm were mostly not deep.

What was worrisome was the fact that he went in the water with open wounds.

Kakashi checked Sasuke's pulse. Just as he'd thought; Sasuke was alive but barely. "He's still alive." The group looked relieved. Karin quickly got bandages and wrapped them around Sasuke's neck and arm. "I'll carry him," said Jugo. They put Sasuke on Jugo's back and ran to the hospital with him.

The hospital got Sasuke to an emergency room immediately. Kakashi and Team Taka waited in the waiting room.

Suigetsu looked down at his hands that were covered in blood. Poor Jugo had it the worst. His entire back was soaked with Sasuke's blood. Suigetsu would swear that he didn't care about his teammates but he himself felt rather down.

Maybe his mother's death hit him deeper than they thought. Karin was the first to speak. "This is out faults. We, as his teammates, should've known." Suigetsu thought about it. "Yeah, but that guy's been so unpredictable lately." Karin gave Suigetsu a cold look. "So are you saying it's his own fault that he tried to kill himself? If you don't care about Sasuke, then just leave!"

Suigetsu was annoyed by that. "No. I have my own reasons for staying with him. I have just as much a right to be with him as you." Fighting was their way of getting their angst out. In the end, they all hoped Sasuke would be okay.

Tsunade called for Kakashi and Kakashi was off. Kakashi didn't want to lose his student. He only wanted a happy life for his team. Flashbacks of his father whom he lost to suicide flashed through Kakashi's mind. He didn't want something like that to happen again. Although it was likely Sasuke would survive, who was to say he wouldn't try again?

Kakashi got to Tsunade's office. "Kakashi," Tsunade addressed. "I know about what happened with Sasuke. Do you think you're fit for a mission?" It was on the contrary, actually. Going on a mission would get his mind off things. So he nodded.

"Very well. There's a mission for you, Naruto, Sakura, Hinata, Shino, Kiba, and Shikamaru once again. The mission is to get Intel on the enemy. This time, you won't have to find Kabuto directly. Your mission is to find Intel and that's all. Sasuke's team was going to be sent too but as Sasuke's out of it, I doubt they'll want to join."

Kakashi thought about the team. She was probably right. But after spending days with the team, he thought it might be good to get at least Suigetsu out. Suigetsu loved fighting and depended on it like a vampire. He needed to fight to survive.

"I'll see if they'll come with me." Tsunade nodded and fell silent. "Kakashi. Sasuke will be okay. I'll personally see to it." Kakashi nodded once. "I leave him to you." Tsunade nodded. "You're dismissed. If you're out for long, I'll a hawk to tell you when he's awake."

"Thank you," Kakashi said in a serious tone. "I'll be going now." Kakashi went to find Sasuke's team where he left them. He wasn't sure if Karin would want to go. She was infatuated with Sasuke and might not want to leave his side.

Kakashi reached the tense group. Suigetsu and, surprisingly, Jugo and Karin wanted to go. Maybe they wanted to get their angst out. Kakashi told them what Tsunade told him. On the way to meet everyone else, Suigetsu and Karin spoke.

"Y'know, Karin; I'm surprised you're not staying by Sasuke's side. Karin had a dark look on her face. "I'm only going because I know Sasuke would look down on me for staying by his side when I could be helping instead." Suigetsu had nothing to say for once. Soon, they were met with the rest of the team.

Naruto was pumped to go on a mission but then he realized Sasuke's team was there without him. He didn't assume anything bad right away. Actually, he was ready to tease Sasuke for being late. But the grim faces of his teammates told him something was wrong. "Why're you guys so down?"

Shikamaru gave a grim look. He figured it had something to do with Sasuke. Shikamaru had the choice to pretend nothing had happened or to let Naruto know something bad happened to Sasuke. He chose the latter. It was inevitable that Naruto would find out. Naruto would only be that much more upset if he found out everyone was lying to him about it.

Jugo, who was usually calm and silent, answered first. "Sasuke tried to kill himself. He's in the hospital right now."