A/N: Eeep. Which of my parings, naruhina or sasusaku,do you think will make-out in this chapter! EEP! Read and find out!  MY CAT HAD HER KITTENS! OMFG!

Don't own Naruto.

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Chapter 14:

Sakura had left the hospital at about ten o'clock that night. She wanted to head home and think, first her Sasuke-kun got hurt, then Hinata got hospitalized.

"I'd better clean up the blood from Hinata off the floor before I go to sleep." The pink-haired girl grabbed a rag and walked into her room. She gasped at how much blood had spilled onto the floor, she had seen Naruto's jacket and how bloody it was from him carrying her out to his car but didn't imagine how much would be left at her home.

She knelt down and started to clean up the drying blood. It took her several rags to finally get it all up and by now she was exhausted mentally and physically.

"I hope Sasuke-kun's alright." She mumbled as she fell to sleep on her red couch. She lived alone most of the time because her mom was always gone doing something. So Sakura got the house to herself a lot, which didn't bother her much.

She had drifted into a deep sleep from all the recent incidents with her friends, but all she could dream of was Sasuke.

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Naruto sat alone at the hospital, hoping they'd let him see Hinata, or at least tell him if she lived or not.

Sakura left at ten and Neji and TenTen left at quarter till eleven, but now it was three in the morning, and Naruto had not slept at all. He vowed that he would not sleep until he saw Hinata-chan.

A doctor walked down into the lobby towards him. "Come with me."

Naruto followed without question through the hallway to where Hinata was being kept. The woman turned the knob. They stepped inside the room where Hinata was alive in.

Naruto sighed. "How is she?"

"She's not in a critical condition any longer, but she still is severely injured and will be staying here longer."

"I see. When do you think she'll wake up?"

"Any time now, she may just keep sleeping though, she had dark rings under her eyes."

Naruto looked over at Hyuuga Hinata, she was bandaged around her forehead from falling over from fainting and was wrapped up around her shoulder, over her bust and down over the stab-wound. She had dark purple rings under her eyes and red dots over them from an even longer lack of sleep.

"Can I wait for her to wake up?"

"Sure. If you notice anything wrong, please notify someone immediately."

Naruto nodded and sat in a chair next to her, staring at her injuries. 'Damn, I should have just taken her to the doctors last night! Then maybe she'd be in a better condition than this.' He squeezed the side of the chair.

Hinata blinked, looking around the room to see where she was. All she could remember was a lot of pain and Naruto running over to help her and then black.

She looked over to right and saw Naruto falling asleep and waking himself up.

"N-Naruto-kun." Hinata said almost in a whisper.

"Hinata-chan! You're awake!" Naruto was now completely awake.

She nodded and smiled. She looked tiered still stayed awake.

"Are you okay?" Naruto now looked very concerned.

Hinata nodded and coughed softly. "G-gomen Naruto-kun."

"What are you sorry for? You didn't ask for this. I'm glad to you're alive."

"T-t-thank you." Hinata turned her head to see him better, she knew why she loved him, he was dedicated, kind, strong, but she was the only person who noticed. "Na-Naruto-kun, I-." She cut herself off; she was too tiered and heavily drugged to have to explain why she loved him.

"What you say? I didn't hear you."

"N-Nothing, its not important."

"Okay. How are you feeling?" Naruto looked at all of her bandages.

"F-fine, just a bit tiered."

"You sure look it, you have dark rings under your eyes! When was the last time you slept other than at Sakura's."

"I ca-can't remember. It's been a l-long time, I-I was scared." Hinata looked off into her dark memories of her sleepless nights.

"Then sleep, I'll be here when you wake up." He smiled gently and held her hand

She blushed but smiled back sleepily. "Na-Naruto-kun I l-." She tried to tell him but couldn't find the strength to talk anymore and she drifted off to sleep.

Naruto smiled and kissed her lips softly before she was completely asleep. "Goodnight, Hinata-chan."

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When Sakura woke up she saw how bright it was outside and heard someone else in the house. 'Mom doesn't come home for two month…'

The pink-haired girl crept down the hall towards the kitchen where the noise was coming from. She was about to walk in when she bumped into the intruder and screamed, the intruder jumped back.

"What are you doing? Trying to wake the dead?" A startled Uchiha Sasuke asked.

"Sasuke-kun! Gomen, gomen! I didn't know you were here. So sorry!" She apologized from the floor.

"Geez," He rubbed his ears. "You scream loud." He held out his hand to help her up.

"Sorry Sasuke-kun." She took his hand and started to get up but her broken ankle gave way under her, she fell into Sasuke, their lips meeting.

"Oh! Sorry Sasuke-kun!" Sakura blushed.

"Not a problem." He helped her stand up. "I enjoyed it."

Sakura's face turned red but hid her face so Sasuke couldn't see it. "You could have just woken me up."

"I could have, but I didn't, you looked peaceful."

"Thank you. So what do you want to eat, I could get food delivered." Sakura sat down on the couch.

"I don't know." He sat down next to her on the soft couch. "How about pizza?"

"Okay." She dialed the pizza places number.

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'Please father! I promise I'll work harder! Please don't!' Hinata cried as her father held a knife high in the air.

'You lying bitch! You said the same thing when I gave you your warning! But no improvement! You know the consequence!' He swung the knife, but Hinata turned and it hit her shoulder. Blood splattered on her sheets and walls. Hinata sobbed harder and screamed at the pain.

'F-Father! Stop!' Hinata put her hand on her bloody shoulder. 'I'm sorry! Please don't hurt me!' Hinata cried.

'Maybe you'll do better if it hurts more!' He swung the knife again, hitting her thigh, spitting more blood into the air.

'P-p-p-plea-please! Stop!' Her father grabbed her and rammed her against the wall with a huge amount of force.

He held her head against and stabbed deep into her side. She screamed and spat blood up and fainted as he pulled out the knife from her side.

'I'm not finished yet. You can't hide forever.' He hissed.

Hinata screamed hoarsely as she woke up. She was sweating and her heart was beating fast.

"Hinata-chan! What's wrong?" Naruto grabbed her hand.

Tears started to pool in her eyes, she grabbed Naruto's shirt and cried harder. "M-my f-fa-." She couldn't say anymore through her tears.

Naruto pulled her closer and stroked her head to comfort her. "Please tell me what happened so I can help you." He kissed her head.

She sobbed harder, "H-he said that I-I couldn't hide fo-forever."

"Who?" He remembered her story the other day when she broke down after school. "Your father, huh? Well you're safe here and once you get out of here you'll be with me and I won't let anyone hurt you ever again. I promise." He hugged her tighter.

"T-thank you." She coughed from all of her crying.

"Don't get too upset, he doesn't know where you are." He looked back at her damaged body, no wonder she was so scared.

She let go of him slowly and laid back down on her back, her face was red from all of her crying. She held on to his hand shakily.

The blonde stroked her cheek soothingly. "I promise that he won't find you." He kissed her on her other cheek.

She smiled and blushed, she held his hand tighter, "I'm g-glad I w-w-won't be alone."

"I won't let anything happen to you." He stroked her face again. "Now sleep, you need it."

She nodded shut her eyes and drifted back into sleep.

"Good, she's asleep again." He whispered as he leaned back in his chair.

"N-Naruto-kun." She whispered, making Naruto jump. "T-thanks again, for all yo-you've done for me." She smiled.

"Hey, just get some sleep. I want you to be as healthy as you can as soon as you can." He smiled.

She nodded and really went to sleep, but now she had a smile on her bandaged face.

He smiled and leaned back in his chair again, but was interrupted again by a knock on the door. He got up and opened it, Neji and TenTen stood there.

"She just got back to sleep, so be quiet." Naruto warned and stepped back to let them in.

Neji and TenTen saw how awful her injuries were and got momentarily taken aback by them. " Is she okay? Did anything happen to her?" Neji whispered.

"She was fine, she got scared by something in her sleep but fell back to sleep." Naruto informed.

"Do you know when she'll be out of the hospital?" TenTen got into the conversation.

"No, we don't know."

"Where will she be when she gets out?" TenTen tilted her head to the side.

"She'll be living with me after she's out of here."

"Naruto, are you crazy? Is she just going to wear the same bloody clothes she has? She can't wear your clothes! And she's a girl, what about girly things, you know, "girly things". You can't afford all new stuff for her! You can't even afford food for yourself, and now you'll be paying the expenses of two people! You don't even have a job! " TenTen scared both Naruto and Neji with her outburst.

"TenTen, I guess you're right, but she will still live with me, but I'll pick up a few jobs and Neji could grab some of he clothes from their house. I'll give her money for "girly things" and there! Problem solved." Naruto crossed his arms.

"Problem solved! Are you nuts! We women are not that low maintenance! And we don't eat the same thing for every meal either. Are you that dense or something? And do you even have a hairbrush! Oh Kami, have you ever even had a girlfriend before!" TenTen was fuming.

"No, I haven't had a girlfriend no matter how lame it sounds, I haven't. Sorry for eating the same thing for every meal, it's cheaper. Yes, I have a hairbrush. And sorry for being low maintenance, it's cheaper!" Naruto was angry as hell for TenTen's remarks about his lifestyle.

No one noticed as Hinata watched the argument unfold. It hurt her knowing they were arguing over her. "U-um…"

Everyone looked over at her. "Way to go TenTen, you woke her up!" Naruto snarled.

"Me! You're the one who was yelling!" They glared at each other hatefully.

"P-please stop fighting." But her voice didn't reach them. "Stop!" Everyone stopped arguing and looked at Hinata. "Please d-don't argue about me. I'm fine being low maintenance. But if Nejinii-san got me some c-clothes from my house I'd appreciate it." She looked at all her friends and cousin. "I c-can afford to buy stuff for myself too, I'll be able to pay for myself and wh-what I owe Naruto-kun for staying at his h-home. I'll pay for myself; y-you don't need to worry about money, Naruto-kun. I a-appreciate everything, y-you three." She smiled weakly at them.

"Gomen, Naruto. It's not my business about what you can afford or not." TenTen looked a bit embarrassed.

"You're right, I do need to get a job, I wouldn't be able to afford food for two people, and she shouldn't eat just ramen. Gomen, TenTen, you know more about what women need than I do."

Neji stood there out of the way; he now was in charge of getting Hinata's stuff without getting caught by his uncle. But he wasn't so sure how the argument started.

Then, the nurse walked in. "We need to ask you all to leave, we need to do more tests and finish up our work on her now."

"Okay." Neji and TenTen left first.

Naruto walked over to Hinata and kissed her cheek. "I'll still be in the lobby, if you need me, I'll be here for you Hinata-chan." He whispered in her ear and left.

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Sasuke and Sakura were flopped against her couch, they ate two whole pizza's and felt like they'd never eat again (That's how I feel after I eat a gallon of ice cream. -.-)

"Never… Eating… Again…" Sasuke groaned.

"Me either, I am going to have to work out a ton to get rid of all this pizza fat." Sakura leaned against the raven-haired boy's shoulder. "Hey Sasuke-kun."

"Hn."

"Why did you want to stay with me?" She smiled sweetly at him.

Sasuke's heart skipped a beat; he had NOT expected her to EVER ask that. "… I just didn't want to hear Itachi give me shit about my injury, that's all."

Sakura seemed disappointed by his answer; she'd hoped that he'd have wanted to stay because of her, not his brother. "Okay, well, how are you feeling?"

"Better." Sasuke was someone no one could understand, the way he acted, the way he treated others. It was a fangirl's dream to spend even a second alone with the real Uchiha Sasuke. The Sasuke who cared about others and didn't use a cold shell to hold back his feelings. But Sakura had seen that side of Sasuke. When he kissed her and hugged her, which would forever be cemented into her memory.

"Sasuke-kun," Sakura swallowed hard. "I-I love you." She blushed and hid her face in her hands.

To her surprise, Sasuke pulled her close to him and whispered in her ear. "I love you too, Sakura-chan."

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A/N: Awww. Now wasn't that the sweetest ending? Well, hope u liked the chappy. Been real rushed since my cat had kittens in my neighbors garage and I'm waiting for them to get home so I can ask for the key to get in it! I can't wait to see em! EEEP! I'll update asap!