This is my second fic, my first was really horrible, so, uhh.... yeh. This fic is yaoi so don't like, don't read.

Thank you to Orrin-Chan, my best bud, for help on the plot and stuff.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. So, get off my case! *Runs away crying*

Summary: On a mission Sasuke gets hurt. I mean really hurt and is in the hospital for a few months. So, Naruto visits him in the hospital a lot and eventually finds himself falling in love with Sasuke.

PG-13 (May go up... I dunno.) This chapter might be kinda gory, so watch out.

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Chapter 1: Sasuke!!!!

"You're late!!!" Naruto and Sakura yelled in unison.

"Gomen, my cat died 'cause it ate my shuriken." Kakashi said.

"LIAR!!!!!" They yelled.

"No, really." Kakashi sighed, "Well, let's begin today's schedule. We have a new mission."

"Yes! What is it?" Naruto was really excited about this.

"We are to find a certain medicinal plant hidden in a specific cave not too far away. The catch is that the cave has some hungry cursed tigers." Kakashi informed them.

"How are they cursed?" Sakura asked.

"They can't leave the caves." A voice came from nowhere. Naruto and Sakura turned to see Sasuke.

"And you know how?" Naruto glared.

"Hn, dobe. I learned this long ago from my.... parents. Anyway, the plant is called Kings' Blood, isn't it Kakashi?" Sasuke said coolly.

"Ah, hai." Kakashi was not impressed at Sasukes' information. "Well, we leave tomorrow. See ya." With that, he left. As well as Sasuke, followed by Sakura. Naruto sat for a second, thinking about tomorrows mission. Not too long after he heard his name being called.

"Oi, Naruto! Come on, dobe!" Sasuke called.

"DON'T CALL ME THAT!" Naruto shrieked. He ran to catch up with Sasuke and Sakura.

Tomorrow was going to be interesting.

"Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?" Naruto would not shut up.

Kakashi ignored him when he yelped for pain after Sakura whacked him on the head pretty hard.

"Shut it Naruto." She frowned. The frown left when Sasuke turned around to check on Naruto.

He kept doing this the whole way there. He would turn back every once in while when he knew Naruto wouldn't be looking, and just stared at him. Sakura saw this, but said nothing of it.

The cave was coming into view. It had to be the right cave. According to Kakashi's description earlier.

.:Flashback:.

Thwaks Naruto on the head, "No, we are not going to kill those tigers." Kakashi hissed.

"So, what exactly does this cave look like?" Sasuke asked.

"Hmm, let's see. It goes underground. All you get to see of it is a giant stone above ground with a big whole in it. It happens to be in the very middle of a big clearing. And don't worry, I've been here before, so we won't get lost. Well, I haven't been IN the cave, but I have visited. My friends' friend died there." Kakashi sighed.

"Oh, sorry." Sakura looked really sad on the outside.

Inner Sakura: "Who cares about your friends' friend. Let's go!"

Naruto hopped around like a little frog, "Well, let's leave now."

"Yes, yes. We will leave now." Kakashi said.

.:End Flashback:.

"Ok, this is it." Kakashi stopped walking and pulled out a picture of the plant from his pack. It was a bluish-purple plant with a small red flower on the top. It also had five leaves exactly. "This is what we need to find. Now, be careful of the tigers, they are very strong. I can't even beat one alone, so let's try not to have to fight them." He put the picture back in his pack and motioned for them to follow him.

The entrance to the cave was fairly steep and led deep into the ground. Lanterns were already set up here, but there became less and less of them deeper into the cave. Soon, they were in pitch black and had to get their own lanterns out.

They had to travel very far into the cave before they even saw any signs of plant-life. A few minutes later, Sakura saw something out of the corner of her eye.

Apparently, the plants grew on the ceiling. There were many of them.

"I guess we found them." Naruto laughed. "Now I'll go get some."

By the time he had finished saying that, he looked up to see that Sasuke had already used his chakra to climb the walls and was collecting the plants.

"Kuso." Naruto fumed.

"Naruto," Sasuke sneered, "Catch." He dropped a big amount of Kings' Blood right on top of Naruto. Kakashi, who saw this in time, caught all the falling plants in a bag. He gave Sasuke a mean look with his one visible eye, "Don't play around Sasuke. Now, we are lucky to not have come upon any tigers yet. We must leave before anything happens."

Too late.

A deep growling could be heard. Kakashi heard it. "Now, we must leave now!" He yelled towards his team of chunin. Sakura began to run, followed Naruto. Sasuke jumped from the ceiling, and landed not too softly on the ground. Kakashi was the last to follow; he had to make sure nothing happened to his team.

Sasuke turned to see three tigers were coming up towards them, and fast. These tigers were bigger than any normal tiger Sasuke had ever seen. He threw some shuriken back. He hit one tiger on the paw. This only angered it horribly. It ran faster than the rest, too. Soon, it passed Kakashi and was nearing Sasuke.

They were coming towards the steep entrance and had to climb steep bit fast. Concentrating their chakra to their feet, they climbed. But, Sasuke put too much chakra in his feet and did a flip in the air, causing him to fall back in the cave.

The fastest tiger came in too fast and couldn't slow down. It opened its' mouth when it saw the ebony haired boy hit the floor of the cave. Sasukes' legs were paralyzed from the fall and he couldn't move at all.

He screamed in agony when the tiger rammed him into the wall, hard. The tiger was unconscious, because it hit its' head on the wall. (A/N: Stupid tiger.) But Sasuke, still conscious, was in horrible pain. He guessed he broke some ribs. And from the fact that the tiger was lying his left arm and he couldn't feel it, he guessed that that was not good.

Sasuke looked up to see that Kakashi had jumped back down into the cave to stop the upcoming two tigers. Sakura was now by his side, crying.

"Where's Naruto?" Sasuke managed to say, through all the pain.

"I don't know." Sakura looked away.

"The tigers didn't get him did they....?" Sasuke choked up a little blood.

"No, Sasuke." Kakashi said without turning around. Another tiger was coming up. It slowed down and roared. But, this roar was so loud. Sakura fainted, her eyes all swirly. So did Kakashi. The third tiger came from behind the second. They both had a dangerous look in their eyes.

Sasuke tried to pull out a shuriken, but the second tiger latched onto his arm. It didn't pull it off, just hung onto it. Sasuke screamed. It hurt, bad. He was on the verge of tears and he knew it. The third tiger came in for the kill. It held it giant mouth over chest ready to chomp down. Sasuke held his breath. This is the end, he knew it.

Suddenly, a blinding red light lit the cave.

The last thing Sasuke remembers was seeing a blond figure dressed in orange, blood smearing his face and hands, kneeling next to him, "Sasuke?"

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TBC...............

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Sorry, I hate to leave you on a cliffhanger. But the more suspense, the more you might want to read this story, right? Naruto, you do the honors.

Naruto: Please R & R my wonderful fanfic readers and writers.