Okay, this is the fourth chapter of 'Fix You'! I want to thank my reviewers for their support and I'm hoping to get a few more! Yosh! Thanks everyone for reading this far and I hope you like the newest addition to 'Fix You'. I'd also like the announce that I'm thinking about starting another story but I'm not sure. I'll have to brain storm on it for awhile. Thanks again for reading and I'm sorry this chapter is a little short! I'm going to get better I promise!

Warning: Yaoi/Shounen ai, rape, abuse, death, angst, OOC, and a little self mutilation.

Disclaimer: I still don't own any of the Naruto charters, darn.

Main Pairing: Sasu/Naru Yay!

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Chapter 4: Stuck in Reverse

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"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."

- Oscar Wilde

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The rest of the day when by uneventfully for Naruto as he waited for night to come and Sasuke to fall asleep. Mostly he had sat in Sasuke's living room reading a book he had found on the desk off to the side of the living room. There hadn't been anything else in the desk much to Naruto's disappointment. He couldn't concentrate on the book, it being a book about the history of some countries Naruto hadn't even heard of before, and because of a certain raven headed Teme who was sleeping on the other side of the wall.

Naruto sighed putting the book down and tip-toeing up to Sasuke's door Naruto peeked inside. The room was darker then before the sun having over to the other side of the house casting the corners into darkness. Naruto crept into the room spotting the book on the window seat but not going over to it. Naruto crept over to the bed checking to make sure Sasuke was sleeping. In his sleep Sasuke looked relaxed unlike his awake form of lightly tense and blank expressions. In his sleep Sasuke look almost fragile the small amount of sun that came though the window making his skin glow in almost an unearthly way. Naruto gently moved some of Sasuke silky blank bangs out of his face letting them slip though his fingers back into Sasuke's pale face.

Sasuke's eye lids fluttered slightly as Sasuke started to stir in his sleep. Naruto backed away as Sasuke's eyes snapped open to revel the beautiful blank orbs they had been concealing. Looking around trying to get his bearing Sasuke's eyes fell on Naruto and widen slightly. "N-Naruto what are you dong in here?" Sasuke asked groggily sitting up and running his slender hand though his hair.

"It's almost time for dinner so I cam to wake you up." Thankfully right at that moment Naruto heard the French doors open and Ino's loud voice yell 'I brought you two dinner1' from the living room. "I'll go get you medicine." Naruto left though the door joining the two rooms heading for the bathroom. After checking the charts he got the pills Sasuke needed to take while also taking a pill that the chart said was a strong sleeping pill. Naruto quickly crushed three of the pills up and mixed the rough powder it in a glass of water.

Naruto went back out to the living room to find Sasuke and Ino already sitting down three bowels of noodles on the small coffee table. Naruto set the glass of water and the small cup of pills down by Sasuke's food before taking a seat on the floor in front of the coffee table. "Hey Ino!" Naruto greeted happily looking down at the food with a wide grin. "So which one is mine?"

Ino smiled at the hyper blond and Sasuke just yawned still a little tired from his nap. "Their all the same so it doesn't really matter which one." Ino picked up her own bowel while Naruto took the one that was in front of Sasuke instead of the one in front of him.

"Dobe," Sasuke muttered taking the plate Naruto left and started to eat what ever it was they had made for the servant's dinner. Sasuke was sure that his Father and Aniki was eating something a lot more rich then Raman noodles but Sasuke didn't mind. The really rich foods made his stomach upset now a days. "So Ino what's the special occasion? Normally you eat with Kiba and them down in the kitchens."

Ino shrugged he shoulders staring that the food in her lap. "Do I need an occasion to visit a friend?" Ino asked a fake hurt look on her face. Sasuke gave her a blank expression obviously not buying it and Ino sighed. "Fine I have to tell you sooner or later. "Sakura arrived around noon today. She wants to see you."

Naruto stopped his eating with noddles hanging from his mouth as Sasuke scowled and curse. "What the hell is she doing here? She knows what it's like. What-" Sasuke started coughing his mind spinning slightly as he took deep breaths.

"C-calm down Sasuke it's okay. Kakashi already said he'd take care of it and he's contacted her parents. It turned out that they didn't know she was leaving she they'll be here in a couple of days to get her." Ino explained worry written all over her face as she bit her lip. "H-here take you medicine." Ino grabbed the cup of pills and the water handing them to Sasuke who shook his head.

"No. I'm okay. Let's just finish eating." Sasuke pushed her hands away as Naruto shot him a slightly worried look.

Ino looked way as she bite her lip and put the water and pills down. "That isn't all I need to tell you. The King.. You father is vary sick. The doctors say that it's the same desires that the late King had when he died.. There's no hope for him to make it though." Sasuke didn't' meet her gaze or Naruto's surprised and a little worried expression.

Without a word Sasuke picked up his pills swallowing them in one gulp before turning back to his food. Naruto glanced at the water eating his Raman more slowly then before. The small group fell into silence except for the clanking of silverware against the bowels as they ate their soup. Sasuke the salt in the soup a little too much for him took a large gulp of the drugged water slightly gaging on the strange taste of it.

"Are you okay?" Naruto asked though a mouthful of noodles as Sasuke shook his head.

"It's nothing." Sasuke muttered not looking at Naruto as he put down the half eaten bowl of Raman. "I'm going the bed..." Sasuke left for his room shutting the door behind him with a wince. Staggering across the room Sasuke flopped down on his bed staring at the darkened wall. Sasuke hated the night and dark when he was feeling like he was. Like his world wasn't only falling apart but being completely destroyed in front of his eyes. Rolling over Sasuke closed his eyes letting sleep take over and his body relax.

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"Is he always like that?" Naruto asked Ino from his spot on the floor. The girl was staring at her barely touched food her eyes and expression empty. When she didn't answer Naruto put his empty bowl down on the table and stood to sit next to her. "I'm still not sure about everything that's going on here but I believe that it's going to be okay. Once this Tsunade person gets back I'm sure he'll get better just with time. He just needs some time." Naruto nudged Ino with his shoulder to get the girl to look at him and grinned. "So cheer up. He wont get any better if your always so sad."

Ino smiled slightly giving Naruto a nod. She wasn't sure how but his smile and eyes made her believe him more then she had ever believed in anything before. "I should go and you should get to sleep. Sasuke wakes up really early sometimes so you need your rest." Ino picked up the bowls and Naruto took the water to dump out in the bathroom sink. "Goodnight."

"Night," Naruto Yelled after Ino as he shut the French doors. Once he knew she was gone Naruto went to pour out the water then waited in his room for a few minutes until he was sure Sasuke was sleep. Silently Naruto slid into Sasuke's room heading over to Sasuke's bed first so if he was awake Naruto would just be able to claim he had gone to check on him.

Sasuke's room and almost pitch black making the corners seem to grow eerily but Naruto ignored it as he made his way to Sasuke. Sasuke's eyes were shut the lids sifting slightly as the eyes moved underneath to she that the raven was having a dream. His breathing was deep and regular showing that he was sleeping soundly and not faking it. Naruto dragged his eyes away from Sasuke's face turning to the window seat where the book still sat.

Quickly but noiselessly Naruto grabbed the book and left the room before he could change his mind about anything. A strong feeling in his gut was telling him that no good would come from reading to book or taking it to Orochimaru but he had no choice in the matter. The snake had him by the throat, so to speak, and Naruto didn't have the power to stop him.

Naruto left Sasuke's rooms quickly and quietly making his way though the castle knowing every turn and twist it had. Before coming he had to memorize the entire layout of the castle but to his surprise he had already vaguely known the way to Sasuke's rooms and to many other places.

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Two pairs of eyes watched from the darkness of the corners as Naruto left Sasuke's room with the book in his arms. The pair of red eyes narrowed at the blond while the other, one red the other black, sighed stepping from the shadows. "So you suspected it too Itachi-sama?" Kakashi asked his normally smiling face somber.

"Of course. I'm not as slow as my Otouto there." Itachi sighed from the darkness his eyes wondering over to Sasuke's sleeping form. "I just want to know why he's doing all of this. It doesn't seem right."

"From what I've gathered he doesn't remember anything of his past and that Orochimaru is the one pulling the strings. He had him under some kind of contract." Kakashi sighed his hair falling over his red eye. "But what do we do about the book? Should we be letting him read it?"

Itachi eyes drifted to Kakashi in a bored manner as he spoke, "He can have the book. It is part of his birth right after all. Let's see if her can remember his past on his own before we intervene."

"Itachi-sama, is that the right thing to do? Leaving you younger brother to figure all this out on his own?" Kakashi asked slightly surprised. "He could get hurt."

"No I don't think he will. If I keep trying to protect him from everything then he'll never get butter but if this works in our favor there is a good chance that he'll be able to move on." Kakashi nodded in understanding as Itachi started to leave. "Just keep an eyes on them. Do to the king's illness I don't have the time to watch him like I've been doing." With that Itachi disappeared leaving Kakashi to think over everything alone. Soon Kakashi too left in a blink of an eyes making one think that they hadn't been there in the first place.

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Reaching two paintings, one of a large nine-tailed fox and the other or a huge white snake, Naruto moved the one of the snake knocking softly on it. "Who is it?" A voice whispered from the other side and Naruto rolled his eyes.

"Who do you think? Open the door." Naruto growled already getting annoyed at the though of being around the snake again.

"Hm, I don't know. What's the password?" The voice said not bothering to hide the amusement in his voice. Naruto growled punching the wall where he knew the person's face would be making a large dent and the wall shake slightly.

"There's your password Sai." Naruto could practically feel the other's smirk and the painting of the nine-tails swirled and rippled like water. Naruto walked into it a cold and wet feeling running though his body making his cough as he made it though the wall. "God, I hate that." Naruto looked up into the smiling face of Sai making him frown. "Where's the snake?"

"He left with Kabuto a while ago and hasn't come back yet." Sai informed the blond his smile still in place. "What's that you have Naruto-kun? You've never been one for reading so what's the sudden interest?"

Naruto flopped down on the couch on his back lifting the book up over his head to look at it. "It's a book the Sasuke was reading." Sai appeared standing over him and took the book from Naruto. Sitting down by Naruto's feet the taller boy opened the black leather book only to frown.

"How can he have been reading it when there is no words? Is he that insane?" Sai asked flipping though the pages.

Naruto rolled his eyes taking the book back with a smirk. "Oh, it had words. You just have to find them." Biting his thumb Naruto made himself bleed then held it above the slightly yellowed pages. Like time had slowed down the red substance dropped form his thumb splashing onto the the pages. Sai and Naruto watched fascinated as it soaked into the pages disappearing before the book grew hot like last time. Naruto quickly dropped it right as it burst into flames like the last time.

Sai stared as the gold title burned it's way on the cover. "Naruto what the hell is this thing?" He asked as Naruto picked up the unharmed book and flipped though the now full pages.

"There are still some empty pages in the back though. I wonder why." Naruto muttered ignoring Sai's question. "Uzumaki.. I've heard that name somewhere before but I can't remember." Naruto's eyes narrowed as he trying to think of how that name sounded so familiar but nothing came to his mind. Shrugging Naruto turned to the first page of the book and started to read Sai reading over his shoulder.

It started out talking about a land that had once been uninhabited by humans. It said of a place where these huge red birds lived a paradise where humans hadn't destroyed yet. Then the first human appear, a young boy of no more the 17. He saw the bird's beauty and wanted many people to know about it. So he left across the great river that divided the empty land from the humans and told a few people at first but in vary little time at all his entire village knew about them. People started flocking toward the birds to hear their beautiful songs and watch them fly though the air.

Soon the dragons, that had ruled over the land the village had rested on, found out about the birds. A first all seemed okay as the dragons met the birds and listened to their songs in awe but one powerful dragon felt jealousy towards the birds. All the people loved them more so then the dragons and he didn't like it. So, one dark rainy day, the dragon cursed the birds with a never ending fire that engulfed their bodies. Since the bird's natural element was wind it worked in his favor to keep the fire going even as the other dragons tired to save the poor birds. Soon all the birds were nothing but ash and dust being carried off by the wind.

The people cried then many many people became sad over the loss of the bird's beauty and their voices. The dragons, feeling sorry for the humans and sad about the loss, cried too. It was something rarely done as a dragon only cried in loss of a mate or child. The most powerful and wisest dragon, the king of them all, then did something no one ever thought possible. He used all the magic he could and from the ashes the phoenix was born. But great power brings great repercussions and the King died.

Soon the other dragons found out that the person responsible for the destruction of the birds that resulted in the death of their king was the King's own friend and advisor. Enraged they attacked the dragon who was still weak from cursing the birds. He fought and fell against the might hatred of the dragons he once called his brothers. With his last bit of strength and hatred he cursed the dragons and the phoenixes with a great spell turning them all mortal and giving them the shape of the weak humans that they use to protect. It was then that the Uchihas and the Uzumaki families were born.

A sudden knock from the wall interrupted Naruto's and Sai's reading making Naruto jump and hit Sai with his shoulder by accident. "Itai!" Both Sai and Naruto yelled out at the same time grabbing their wounds. The knock came again this time louder and Naruto could almost feel the anger though the wall. Sai quickly went over to the wall putting his hands together before pressing them to where it was to open. The wall shifted and waved like before and Sai stepped back. Naruto hide the book under a couch cushion before standing next to Sai.

Two figured emerged from the wall one Orochimaru in all his creepy glory and the other a man with silver hair and large round glasses resting on his nose. "Oh, Naruto-kun I'm sorry to have kept you waiting." The snake purred his face turning into a creepy smile.

Sai gave the Snake a fake smile and small bow. "Welcome back Orochimaru-sama." Naruto rolled his eyes muttering an impolite hi to the snake bastard.

"So where is this book you were talking about Naruto-kun?" The snake question ignoring Sai's greeting as his eyes never left the blond.

"I-I couldn't find it. Sasuke must have hide it somewhere and I didn't have time to search to night because he was starting to wake up." Naruto lied sending a glance at Sai's slightly surprised face.

"I see. I though you would do better then this Naruto-kun." Orochimaru turned to Kabuto his eyes slightly narrowed. "Go take care of getting Sai a position in the castle." Kabuto nodded going back though the wall and heading out.

"H-hey! It's only been one day and you expect me to get something?" Naruto started but Sai put a hand on his shoulder to calm him down. "Fine whatever." Naruto fumed glaring at Sai half heartedly.

The snake just laughed walking into the hallway that lead to the a few rooms and Orochimaru's laboratory. "I'll be awhile. Don't disturb me." The snake slithered (metaphorically) away and Naruto heard the opening and closing of a door.

"Why didn't you tell him about the book?" Sai asked as Naruto pulled it out of the couch. For some reason the words had stayed in place though Naruto had put it down.

"I'm not sure. I guess I just want to read it over before I give it to him. So I'll have the information before he does I guess." Naruto have Sai a huge grin making the taller boy have to hold back a slightly blush. "Thanks for not telling him." Naruto patted Sai on the shoulder making the boy wince from the impact.

"It's no problem Naruto. Now you better get back before Sasuke-kun wakes up. It's already almost 5." Naruto nodded with a tired yawn heading back to the way out.

"I'll see you around the palace I guess. I wonder what random job your going to get." Naruto chuckled giving Sai a small wave before disappearing though the wall.

"Bye Naruto-kun." Sai whispered after him before he left for his own room to get a little sleep.

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