A/N: Okay so I'm REALLY SORRY about not updating in so long but I had a touch of writers block with a side of major year end projects. >
This is not very longand I thought about making it a little longer 1. because I haven't updated in so long. 2. because I'm really bored.
But I also wanted to get this out because its been so long.
So I hope this will do and I'll probaby update in the next few days because I have good ideas .
So thanks for waiting and I'll let you read the latest chapter now.
Pain
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Naruto killed Itachi. How was that possible? It was supposed to be Sasuke who killed Itachi in the end. Why did it have to be Naruto? It was Sasuke's dream to finish Itachi. Why?
Naruto stood unmoving. He still held the kunai in place and Itachi was still standing. His eyes bulged out in shock, a small stream of blood trickling down from his mouth. Naruto just stared at the man in shock. He had been going to save Itachi for Sasuke to finish but his instincts took over and Naruto had plunged it in too deep in his chest for it not to kill him.
Sasuke's eyes had been barely open and he had gotten hit with a couple drops of blood when Naruto had delivered the blow to Itachi's chest. He smiled weakly and passed out for good. Itachi was dead and he was safe. Or as save as he could be from losing a lot of blood.
Naruto stood frozen a little longer until the Kyuubi decided to let go of him and hide in the depths of his mind (or where ever he hides) again. He could feel the burning all over his body just like the first time. He didn't flinch once. No matter how bad it got he didn't wince or contort his face in pain. He didn't think that he would've been able to even if he'd wanted to. He was just too worn out.
Naruto's energy drained and he collapsed.
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Naruto groaned. He could hear a high pitched beeping sound somewhere. He just wanted it to go away so he could sleep. He tried to roll over. But something was stopping him. Naruto looked down… there were straps going across his body in multiple places. The ends of them disappeared under the bed. His guess was that they were bolted under the bed. But why? Why was he here? Was it another one of Itachi's sick plans? No… it couldn't be… Itachi was dead. He'd killed him. If it wasn't that… then what was this.
He yelled.
Soon enough a familiar body came through the door.
'You!' He yelled at the person.
'Now now Naruto. No need to damage your vocal chords.'
'What are you doing here old hag?'
'I think that you should be thanking me…'
'Thanking you? For bolting me in here?'
'For saving you,' Tsunade finished as if he hadn't interrupted her.
'You didn't save me,' Naruto said with a fiery glare in his eyes. They burned a little but he didn't pay any attention to it, he was too angry.
'Naruto. This is why I can't let you out of this room,' Tsunade said.
'What?'
'You're a danger to everyone and yourself. The Kyuubi's power broke the seal. It is freely contained in your body. For example when you get angry you show signs of the Nine Tails. You will need to stay here until it is sealed up properly again.'
'Pfft, old hag. You know that I wouldn't hurt anyone. Is this bed really necessary?' Naruto asked her. He just wanted to get up and walk around his body felt cramped.
'Yes, Naruto. This bed is crucial to your recovery. If not then you would find ways to escape. Please just bear with it for now. It will be over soon, just don't yell too much. You'll bother the other patients in the hospital.'
'I'm in the hospital… but wouldn't I hurt the other people in here if the Kyuubi got free?'
'Yes, you probably would but you are in a secluded part of the hospital so the only thing that you'll be hurting is their ear drums so keep quiet you little brat,' the woman said in a loving voice before she left.
As she reached for the door handle Naruto said something. 'Tsunade where is Sasuke? Is he alright?'
'He is still sleeping but he should be awake soon. He lost quite a bit of blood. We've been pumping him full of it but it just doesn't seem to be enough. We think that there is something inside him that's taking it all but we've tested him for everything. Think back to the battle. Did Itachi do anything to Sasuke?' Tsunade asked him turning back to face him. 'If you remember anything then ask the nurse to get me.'
Naruto nodded and watched the Hokage leave. His face turned hard after that. His muscles tensed and Naruto couldn't wait to get out of the bed. He had to see Sasuke. How long had it been since he'd laid eyes on the pale beauty? Since he'd kissed him? He found it hard to hold back tears and felt a few slip down him face.
Naruto struggled in the bonds but was awarded no success. They wouldn't move and they were tight. Naruto gave up due to exhaustion and soon passed out from the overwhelming need for sleep.
Naruto woke up and saw that the straps had been removed. He felt fine and swung his legs over the edge of the bed. His feet welcomed the cold of the floor. He got off the bed and snuck out into the hallway.
Naruto navigated the halls like he'd done it a million times before. Soon the blonde found himself in front of a closed door. He shakily reached out to grasp the handle and drew back his hand from the cold. Naruto shivered. Something bad was on the other side of this door.
Naruto went to grasp the handle of the door this time prepared for the cold of the metal and the shiver down his spine. The door was suddenly opened from the other side. He was faced with Sakura. She looked like she'd been crying, just as Naruto was thinking that two more tears traveled down her face. He tried to reach out to her but Tsunade pulled her out the door. And right through Naruto. He was shocked. So shocked that he couldn't move. Brought out of it only because of all the girls who were crying in the room that Sakura and Tsunade had just come out of. Someone had to have died for all these girls to be crying like this. The only guy in the village who had this many fan girls was…
Naruto paled. Sasuke… he was… no… he couldn't be…
Sure enough he saw an even paler Sasuke lying perfectly placed on the bed. There were nurses waiting to take him away but they just couldn't get through the girls. Naruto tried and found himself literally walking through the girls. It couldn't be possible but all he wanted was to reach the side of the bed. Just to lay his eyes on the boy he had fallen in love with. It hadn't seemed that long ago when he'd pushed Sasuke up against a tree and kissed him. Or when Sasuke had tried to save him after Naruto had been locked in that cell for a month. He smiled at the stupidity of the boy that laid here in front of him. Dead.
Why hadn't he been able to save him? Why couldn't he say goodbye when Sasuke was still alive? Why did it have to be Sasuke anyways?
Naruto was starting to feel a burning sensation in his stomach. He didn't pay much attention to it but it soon started to be too much. Naruto clutched his stomach in pain and curled into a ball. He expected the girls around him to laugh but they didn't. That almost hurt more then them laughing. Not even acknowledging his existence. It was pitiful. Naruto was emotionally numb. The blonde screamed in pain. His vision was blurred white from what he guessed was pain.
Naruto was brought back by the beeping sound.
The constant beeping. Also the white-hot pain searing through his body.
'Come on. He's not going to last long like this. We have to hurry.'
Naruto could hear someone ordering the nurses around. Someone was touching his stomach too. It was cold and felt like probing chakra. The pain in this stomach growing, he cried out again in pain and sorrow. He'd seen Sasuke dead. Was it just a dream or could it be real?
Sasuke was too strong to be killed by a loss of blood. Wasn't he? Everyone could die from losing blood. Even he, the Kyuubi.
'Sas…uke…' the last words from Naruto's mouth before he passed out from the pain inching its way up through his body.
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To be continued
A/N: its been a while so that gives you even more of a reason to review.. so DO IT.
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Shimizu Asuka