Here's chapter 7! Hope you like it. Enjoy!

Stay With Me

Chapter Seven: Hospital Visitors

the following morning around nine o'clock Sakura had woken up and was sitting up on the end of her bed she had been trying to walk around but she has only managed to get a few feet away from the bed before loosing her balance. So she was sitting on the bed waiting for the strength to come back into her legs before trying again. She was about to get up and try again when there was a knock on her door.

"Sakura?" a nurse poked her head into her room. "You have some visitors here to see you." She said. Sakura nodded and the nurse let them in.

"Sakura! How are you? Feeling okay? Are you in and pain? When are you getting out of here?" the blonde haired and blue eyed ninja said bombarding her with questions.

"Wow…one at a time Naruto." Sakura told him.

"I wouldn't be surprised if he woke up the whole hospital." A familiar voice came from the direction of the door. Sakura turned her head in the direction of the voice and immediately jumped off the bed seeing it was Sasuke forgetting about her weakened state. She was a few feet in front of him when her legs gave out on her but Sasuke reacted quickly and caught her. "Hn. Annoying." He said and helped her back to her hospital bed.

"So the traitor came home?" a dark haired ninja said once he entered the room. The three teens turned and looked towards him.

"Sai!" Sakura snapped followed by Sasuke and Sai glaring at each other.

"Sorry Sakura but I don't like him." Sai replied.

'At least the feeling is mutual.' Sasuke thought. Finally the final visitor entered the room breaking the glairing contest with his eye glued to his orange book. Causing Sakura's eyebrow to twitch.

"Good to see your awake, Sakura." The silver haired ninja told her.

"Thank-you Kakashi sensei." She replied. Kakashi looked up from his book when he noticed Sasuke's presence on the end of Sakura's bed.

"Decide to finally come home hun." Kakashi stated looking at the Uchiha. Sasuke smirked at him.

"Isn't that obvious?" He replied and kakashi returned his gaze to his book.

"You bastard when are you going to loose the attitude." Naruto asked Sasuke.

"Not now loser." Sasuke responded pounding him on the head.

"Ow...why you." Naruto said then greeted his teeth and getting ready to punch Sasuke but stoped when he hearded Sakuras voice."Naruto stop it!" she yelled and Naruto turned to look at her.

"Sakur…" Naruto stopped in mid sentence when he heard laughter coming from the corner of the room. Both Naruto and Sasuke turned around and glared at the source.

"What's so funny Sai?" Naruto asked him pointing a finer at him.

"You act like children." Sai responded.

"Then leave if you have a problem with it." Sasuke told him smirking at him and a huge grin plastered on Naruto face.

"S-sasuke..." Sakura whispered to herself wide eyed. Sai narrowed his eyes at Sasuke.

"I wouldn't want to spend any longer in the same room as a traitor any way" Sai shot back before heading towards the door. When he reached the door he paused for a moment.

"oh and Sakura, I hope you feel better." He said not aware of Sasuke glaring daggers at his retreating back.

"I should get going to." Kakashi said after Sai left. The teens looked at him and nodded. "Oh Sasuke I'd like to have a word." Kakashi said turning his head towards him smiling under his mask.

"Hn." Sasuke replied and stood up glancing at Sakura quickly before following Kakashi out of the room Sasuke and Kakashi stopped a few feet outside of Sakura's room and faced each other.

"There's a few things that happened while you were gone that you need to know." Kakashi told him. Sasuke raised his head waiting fro him to continue. "Sai joined team seven and Sakura had become cold." He informed him.

"Aa. I noticed her cold eyes when she was brought to me." Sasuke replied.

"But this is no longer the case her old self seems to be slowly returning." Kakashi stated.

"Aa." Sasuke responded.

"Sasuke, if you decided to rejoin team seven know that Sai is trying to take your place." Kakashi told him waiting for his reaction

"hn." He turned his head away from him and looked over his shoulder at Sakura's door.

'So he understood what I meant.' Kakashi thought. "Later Sasuke." Kakashi said and teleported out of the hospital. Sasuke walked back to his room while Naruto was still talking his mouth off in Sakura's room.

"Um Naruto could you leave I need rest." Sakura told him followed by a yawn."Sure Sakura I'm going out with Hinata away I'll let her know you woke up I'm sure she'll be glad to here it bye Sakura." Naruto replied and ran out of the room.

'Naruto will always be Naruto.' Sakura thought and lay down on her bed. She looked out the window and noticed that the sun was out and shinning brightly but her thoughts soon drifted off to Sasuke. She couldn't stop thinking about what Sasuke had told her in the forest when he fought with Orochimaru 'I need you to live.' what did he mean by that and that kiss she almost forgot about it but why had he kissed her was it possible he had feelings for her but this is Sasuke Uchiha human ice block. Sure they had gotten closer in the passed few months. She wanted to ask him about the kiss but she just wouldn't know how and it was likely better to not ask him about it for a while of wait for him to bring it up.

Sasuke at the same moment was lost in his own thoughts about the kiss like why he had kissed her and what would he say to her if she asked him about it all he could come up with was that is was he'd have to tell her it nothing or that he isn't ready to answer the question. He decided he'd go with number two if she were to bring it up after all he didn't want to loose her.

Hours later Sakura had woken up and had her food delivered to her which she had taken a few bited of and neglected the rest. She was now trying to make her way around the room but she kept grabbing onto something once and a while for support. She looked out her window and saw that it was now raining lightly over konoha when there was a knock on her door.

"C-come in." She replied slightly startled and turned her head in the direction of the door and a familiar raven haired man entered.

"You're walking?" He asked looking her over she still had a few bandages on her arms but the ones on her neck and legs had been removed although he didn't know about the one that was likely around her ribs. Although her color had returned he could tell she was still weak by the way her legs wobbled slightly and her having to hold on to things in order to keep her balance.

"A little but not much, I need to hold onto things to keep my balance." She replied.

"Aa." he responded and looked over at her food on her side table that looked untouched while she began to approach him without any support. "You barley ate." He stated. She nodded at him and continued to walk towards him. "It will help you get your strength back." He told her

"True." She replied and suddenly her legs gave out on her from standing without any support.

"Sakura!" Sasuke said noticing her falling form but acting fast and caught her with one of his hands supporting her back and the other under her knees. He took her into his arms and brought her over to the bed laying her down on it.

"Thanks." She told him and he smirked at her. Suddenly the door opened and the hokage walked in.

"oh good your both here." She said and they both looked at each other and then returned there attention to the hokage.

"I just checked over both of your records and you're both being released. However Sakura you will be staying with Sasuke until you are able to fully walk around on your own." She informed them.

"What!" Sakura exclaimed and turned her attention to Sasuke. "It's not that I don't mind but is this alright with you Sasuke? I don't want to be a burden." She said who just smirked at her.

"He suggested it." Tsunade told Sakura and her head shot up in her direction and then to Sasuke.

"What?" Sakura spoke and Sasuke turned his head away hiding the very light blush on his cheeks.

"Whatever." He replied. Sakura smiled at him.

"Oh and Sasuke I spoke to the elders and they believe you had redeemed yourself by killing Orochimaru but they still want you on probation for a little while but are leaving the decision as to how long up to me." She informed him.

"How long?" Sasuke asked.

"I'm going to let you off with a month." She replied.

"Hn." He responded

Meanwhile outside the village in an unknown area 2 clocked figures were leaning against a pair of trees.

"It's time I paid a visit to my little brother and remind him of his goal." The first spoke.

"You heard the news of Orochimaru then I gather." The second said only to have the first glare at him.

"D-do you wish for my assistance?" The second asked.

"No. I'll do this alone." He replied.

To Be Continued…

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