Notes before we start: This chapter is from Sasuke's point of view. Also, this is Part Two of Two.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, and any of the characters in this Fan fiction. I'd love to, but it's not going to happen any time soon. Oh yeah, I don't own Furuba either.

Warning: Mild Yaoi references ahead. Don't flame the NaruSasu and the KakaSaku :3

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Sasuke stood back, looking down at Naruto. He was being too cold to notice the hidden wires he had set off just a few seconds ago. The Mist ninja's had noticed how he wasn't concentrating enough with Naruto there and now… Why did the dobe follow him in the first place? He promised that he would be back in the village by that day, so why didn't he believe him? Maybe Naruto didn't trust him enough…

Right now, that didn't really matter. Sasuke kneeled down next to Naruto and put his hands onto Naruto's neck. His pulse was getting slower by the second, and Sasuke panicked slightly.
"S-Sasuke…" Naruto's voice confirmed that he was still alive.
"Don't speak, you'll waste all of your energy…" Sasuke had to hold back tears as he watched Naruto struggle to try and pull out some of the fine needles embedded into his body. The ninja must have had some help from other medical ninja, since the needles were all placed perfectly.
"But, I wanted to tell you… I'm sorry…" Naruto smiled, coughing up a little blood as he grabbed his chest in pain. "I'm sorry…"
"No, it's my fault. But you're going to be okay, I promise. I never break promises, so hang on in there, okay Naruto..?" Sasuke started taking some of the needles out, but it had already seemed to be too late.
"I'll see you later… Sasuke-kun…" Naruto's breath hung on these last words, and as the blonde haired boy's eyes closed, Sasuke's eyes let out the few tears he had been holding back. He grabbed Naruto's hands, taking his pulse. It was faint, but fragile. Suddenly, he couldn't feel the small pulse.

"No… Naruto, you're not dead. You can't be dead!" Sasuke laughed a little through the tears, obviously trying to deny the fact that he was dead. "You're just… just joking right? I mean, you can't be dead!" His hands tightened, pulling Naruto close to him.

"You can't die Naruto! I love you so much! Please… Please don't die!" Sasuke cried out into the forest, shaking his head in determination and picking Naruto up whilst standing up. "Just hang in there Naruto… I'm going to get you to Tsunade… You're gonna be fine. Okay..?" He felt like such an idiot, but just watching someone who actually loved him for who he was, unlike the girls, was so painful. It was as if his parents were dying in front of him again. It felt exactly the same, but if Naruto died, he didn't think he'd be able to get over the emotional pain.

Sasuke couldn't run fast enough with Naruto in his arms, so he decided to carry him on his back. Some of the needles stuck into his back, but as long as he could run faster, he would just forget about that pain. "Naruto… I love you. I know you can't hear me but…" He started to run, talking to the boy riding on his back as if giving Naruto a piggy-back. "I could never tell you how much I loved you. So… Even though you can't hear me… I'm saying it now. But, you'll be able to hear me say it again, because you're still alive in that body of yours! I'm not going to let you die like this…"

Sasuke kept on running, ignoring the snow that was falling around the village. It just told him that he was almost home. No, they were almost home. The hospital wasn't far away from the entrance to the village they were going into, and that was also why he had to speed up. If he thought that he was close, he would slow down a little and Naruto might die, so he kept speeding towards the village.

The hospital was on their right, and Sasuke ran up towards the door and kicked it open. He still had tears in his eyes, but he couldn't care less at this moment.
"Please don't kic-" A nurse started, and as Sasuke's vision became more clear, he recognized the nurse as Sakura. She was early… That didn't matter.
"Sakura, Naruto's dying! You've got to alert Tsunade-sama and save him… Please, for us..?" Sasuke looked into the girls eyes with a look that she probably hadn't seen before; one of desperation.
"She's just finished in one of the emergency rooms, so just go to the un-used ones and we'll call her right away." Saying this, Sakura picked up the phone.
"Thank you so much!" Sasuke thanked Sakura as he ran down the halls, bursting into the empty emergency room and lying him down on the bed. As soon has he done so, the Hokage known as Tsunade came into the room with a team of medical specialists.
"Sasuke, you're going to have to wait outside." Tsunade's voice was louder than normal, but Sasuke didn't move.
"I'll just wait by the door, if that's okay." Sasuke grabbed his pants nervously, and looked down.
"Okay then, but don't interfere." Tsunade's voice became gentler as she started working on Naruto.

Sasuke was stood in the room, watching every move they made on Naruto carefully. A few times, some of the medical ninja's had stepped back, wanting to declare Naruto legally dead, which scared Sasuke a lot, but Tsunade kept on trying. Eventually, he couldn't watch them do anything more to Naruto and left the room. He didn't go far however, he was sat on the seats outside the emergency room with his head in his hands. "He's going to die, I know it…" He sobbed quietly to himself, but he soon felt a warm arm wrap around him. He looked up, and noticed it was Sakura. "W-What do you want…"
"I wanted to know if you were okay." Sakura smiled a little, but then stood up and looked into the room. "But, I'm also here to watch Tsunade work. Unless, you want me to stay..?"
"N-No, I'd rather be alone right now, if that's okay." Sasuke sighed, looking down as the doors opened again. He heard the annoying beeps of the machine telling the doctors that he was dead change into a pattern. Was that his heart beat? Or, was that just something making it worse..?

Another five minutes passed waiting in anticipation and worry. Everyone who had entered that room hadn't left for the past hour hadn't left, apart from himself. He almost gave up hope that he was still alive, and stood up numerous times. 'If they have been in there for almost an hour, he has gotta be dead. Hasn't he..?' Sasuke thought to himself, but the trail of thought was broken as a bed was pushed through the doors.
"Sasuke, move please." Tsunade's voice seemed saddened. 'No. He's not…' "We need to get Naruto into a recovery room." 'He's not..?'
Sasuke followed the bed into a room, where he could actually see for himself the truth that people had been hiding from him. Naruto's yellow hair stuck out from underneath wires and various bandages.

"T-Thank god…" Sasuke smiled happily, collapsing onto the wall beside him. "I-Is it okay if we're alone for a moment..?" Tsunade was still a little confused, but he noticed Sakura going to explain it to her. He didn't care who knew now, since he knew himself. "Naruto..? Can you hear me..?" He took Naruto's hand, and he saw the boy's eyes open.
"Y-Yeah…" Naruto's voice replied weakly.
"I told you… I never go back on a promise! You're alive!" Sasuke hugged Naruto happily, and he felt Naruto's arms wrap round him too.
"Yes. Thank you for not giving up on me Sasuke…" Naruto's voice whispered into Sasuke's ear, and he blushed. He could feel Naruto's face getting warmer as well, and he knew that he was blushing too.

"You didn't hear me right..?" Sasuke said, withdrawing from the hug a little bit, his hands still on Naruto's shoulders.
"The last thing I heard was my own voice, so I guess not." Naruto sat up a little, Sasuke's arms retracting. "Why?"
"Because I finally realized. I'm sorry that I was so cold to you before. But… I love you. I love you so much, I thought I'd never live if you had died." He reached forwards, kissing Naruto. He was so glad he could feel his skin and hear his voice again.

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-cries- How sad! Even I thought Naruto was gonna die, and I'm writing this! This took me a while since I was watching a Naruto episode for inspiration, and then I could write this. I can't believe it. Only one more chapter! How sad! I might be able to squeeze it out by tonight, but if not.. You've gotta wait.