Heals with time

Disclaimer: Still no offer to give me Naruto so I don't own it, still

Notes: Thanks for all the reviews and I think, after talking with my mom and grandma, my grandpa will be fine! So now on to the story, as for my lovely reviews thank you all again for them.

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Outside the hospital Sasuke was trying to calm down Sakura, though he didn't know what had upset her so much, as far as he got with the doctor he would wake up and be fine.

"Sakura, Naruto is going to be fine, you can calm down," Sasuke said as he rubbed small circles on her back. She just shook her head knowing that Naruto would never be alright again.

It took Sasuke a while but he finally got her to stop crying by convincing her that if she did he would bring her to see Naruto.

They walked into the room and Sasuke winced. On the bed was their hyper energy full team mate lying motionless with white bandages all over.

Sakura went over and sat to the side that Iruka wasn't on and took his hand gingerly. She was careful not to disrupt any wires of tubes.

"Iruka-sensei who did this?" Sasuke asked stupidly, why would he know.

"Someone with a very vengeful heart, but never the less I have no idea who would go this far and do this to him," Iruka said brushing some stray hair off of Naruto's face.

Sasuke couldn't take this anymore he turned on his heels and left the room, just in time to pass Kakashi who had just let the kids out.

Kakashi didn't like the aura of the room when he stepped in. Everyone was so gloomy, though he could tell Iruka wasn't trying to be.

Hearing the noise of someone entering the room Iruka's head shot up, his dull eyes immediately came to see Kakashi's face.

Iruka gave Kakashi a look that said, 'shut the door this is for only us to know'. Kakashi shut the door and stood at the foot of Naruto's bed.

"Kakashi apparently the person who attacked Naruto wanted to seriously hurt him," Iruka started but had to stop, not really sure how to word what he was about to say. Sakura cleared her throat.

"Kakashi-sensei, Iruka-sensei is trying to say that Naruto, he was, raped," Sakura said, she had a much easier time saying it this time.

Kakashi's face expression hadn't changed as far as they could tell but he was streaming with anger inside.

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Outside, Sasuke had taken running threw the forest to try and expel some of his anger. He stopped and punched the ground. Why did this have to happen, more importantly, what happened, they were all keeping something from him.

He decided to take a long walk back to the hospital to see if Naruto had woken up, and if he hadn't, well then he was going to wait for someone to tell him what the hell was going on.

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Kakashi had left a little while ago to talk to Hokage and Sakura's parents had come and dragged her home saying something to the affect that he deserved what ever he got.

Only Iruka was left watching over Naruto when he started to stir.

"No, stop, please leave me alone, I'm not telling, no, I won't tell you where he is, no, I'll protect him," Naruto started to mumble. Iruka shot up at the sound of his voice; he noticed he was talking in his sleep.

Sasuke had just gotten back from his walk and was standing outside Naruto's door contemplating wither or not to go in and ask someone what was going on.

"STOP, please, GET AWAY," there was screaming coming from inside the door, without hesitation Sasuke rushed into the room thinking that whatever hurt him in the first place was back to finish the job.

Iruka was franticly trying to wake Naruto up; he had his hands on his shoulders and was shaking his lightly.

All of a sudden his head shot up franticly looking for someone. He didn't see the men, but he did see the worried faces of both Sasuke and Iruka.

Remembering what had happened to him tears came to his eyes, he tried to hold them back, he didn't want to cry in front of Iruka and especially Sasuke.

Iruka tried to comfort him but when he touched his shoulder Naruto yelped and pulled away. "Naruto, it's just me, Iruka-sensei, calm down you are safe now," Iruka said in a calming voice.

Naruto turned and looked at him, frightened beyond comprehension. Finally he broke down and jumped into Iruka's embrace crying into his chest.

Sasuke was confused and worried at the same time, what the hell did they do to Naruto to make him like this. He was more worried that they would come back and finish their job.

"I would have stopped them, but I couldn't move, I couldn't defend myself and I let them do that to me," Naruto cried out and Iruka rocked him back and forth.

"What happened was not your fault, you tried to stop them, we all know that, calm down, it's okay," Iruka tried to calm the frightened child.

Things were coming together for Sasuke but he still couldn't see the big picture. All of a sudden Kakashi and Hokage knocked on the door, Sasuke opened it up for them and he noticed the grim look their faces held.

Iruka noticed their arrival as well but didn't want to have to let Naruto go. He unfortunately knew the look on Hokage's face and he lowered Naruto back on the bed. It was clear the Naruto didn't want him to leave, especially since he was clinging to Iruka's shirt.

Sasuke gave his old sensei a look that said the he would take care of him while he was gone. Iruka shot Sasuke a thankful look and left the room with the two elders.

Sasuke went over and sat at Naruto's side.

"Hey dead last, how do you feel," Sasuke said trying to bring some life to Naruto's eyes. Naruto forced a glare at Sasuke but he could tell it wasn't true.

"So, you want to tell me what happened?" Sasuke said. Naruto just looked away and shut his eyes; the memory was painful for him. He was surprised when he felt a hand on his shoulder. "You can tell me, we're team mates," Sasuke said soothingly.

"Sasuke, you don't understand, I had to protect," but Naruto didn't finish what he was going to say.

"Protect who Naruto, anything you tell me will stay with me, I won't tell anyone," Sasuke said, he was trying to be understanding.

"You," Naruto cried out tears forming in his eyes again, Sasuke was in shock, he got beaten up to protect him.

After getting over the initial shock Sasuke lent his shoulder to cry on. After a while Sasuke noticed his sobs subside and his breathing even out showing he was asleep. Sasuke placed him back on the bed and pulled his blanket up.

He was confused, who was Naruto protecting him from and why, Sasuke thought he hated him.

Naruto's dreams were short loved as the memories from that night came back to him.

*~Dream Flash~*

"Where is the survivor of the Uchiha Clan?" The man asked as he kicked Naruto in the face.

"I am not telling you where he is," Naruto said as he spit blood out at the man.

"Fine then we are just going to have to touchier it out of you," someone else said as they preceded taking off Naruto's clothes.

At this Naruto started to try and move out of there, it was then eh realized that his whole body wasn't working.

'Body-binding Jutsu?' Naruto thought.

"No we just dislocated all of your joints," a guy said, taking his own clothes off.

*~End Flash~*

Sasuke was about to lean back in the chair when he heard Naruto move again.

Sasuke looked over to him; he looked like he was in shock, sweat dripping down his face.

"Naruto is everything okay?" Sasuke asked. Naruto's head turned towards the voice fearfully, only loosing some of his tension when he noticed and confirmed it to be Sasuke.

"Tell me what's wrong Naruto, I might be able to help you," Sasuke tried to reason.

"You can't help, no one can," Naruto reasoned and he pulled his legs up to his bruised chest.

"Just let me in, God Naruto it pains me to see you like this," Sasuke said without thinking.

"I thought you hated me," Naruto said looking over to his companion.

"I don't hate you Naruto, now tell me what's hurting you," Sasuke said taking his hand to try and comfort him.

"I can't say it, I just can't," Naruto said pulling his hand back as if Sasuke burned it.

"Yes you can, just take a deep breathe," Sasuke said sitting on the edge of the bed trying to give Naruto comfort.

"Sasuke, I was, raped," Naruto said breaking down and crying, curled up in a fetal position.

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So Naruto told Sasuke.wait till the next chapter.

Next time:

The talk.Hokage, Kakashi, and Iruka make a decision.

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