Sasuke was waiting for news on how the blonde was doing. He had been sat in the hospitals waiting room all night. The rest of Naruto's friends who had been waiting along with Sasuke had been told to go home and get some rest. The raven had glared at anyone who tried to make him leave. He nearly killed the last nurse who had touched him, so despite the fact people were now scared of the moody Uchiha, he was allowed to stay. "Sasuke." The raven looked up to see the hokage. He immediately jumped out of the chair; if she was here, it meant she was no longer treating Naruto.
"I-is he okay?" he croaked. The hokage looked at him sympathetically. "Just tell me how he is!" he demanded.
"It took a while, but we got him breathing again. However…" she trailed off, but Sasuke gave her a look that made her know he wanted her to continue. "Whatever he had been injected with is…its slowly destroying Naruto's internal organs. For lack of a better term, his insides are melting." Sasuke looked like he was going to faint.
"Y-you can heal him, right?"
"I can heal his organs as they deteriorate for a while, enough to keep Naruto alive, so that buys us some time to wait for Kakashi to return with Kabuto." She replied.
"Kabuto?"
"I need to know what was in that syringe if I am going to be able to cure Naruto. If Kakashi loses Kabuto and comes back without him…Naruto will die. If I knew at the time I would have sent more ninja with Kakashi, believe me." Sasuke sat down heavily. "This can't be happening…t-this really can't happen to Naruto…he doesn't deserve this." Sasuke mumbled.
"I'm afraid it gets worse." Sasuke looked up, dreading what the hokage was going to say next. "There is a chance, that even with Kabuto's knowledge, whatever he has done to Naruto is irreversible." She sighed and put her hand on Sasuke's shoulder. "He's strong Sasuke. We just have to hope." Sasuke stood up shakily.
"C-can I see him?"
"He's resting at the moment and when he does wake up…he's going to be in a lot of pain." Sasuke nodded and followed Tsunade to the room where Naruto was. Understanding, the hokage left him alone with the blonde. He sat in a chair and pulled it up to Naruto's bed. Sasuke ran his fingers through Naruto's soft blonde hair. "I love you, dobe. Just hold on…"
When Naruto woke up, he couldn't work out where he was. He felt something heavy on his chest but could move to get it off. When everything finally swam into focus, he smiled slightly. "Sasuke…your kinda heavy." The raven's head shot up.
"Naruto! Y-your awake…I was so worried about you dobe!" he said. A sharp pain flared up inside him and the blonde cried out in pain. "Ahhh! Sasuke!" the raven jumped up in worry. "What's wrong?" he asked.
"I…don't know…it just…hurts so much…" he panted out. Sasuke called for the hokage. "You have to help him!" she simply shook her head.
"There's nothing I can do for him, Sasuke." She said quietly as the raven watched Naruto clutch his chest and double over, screaming. "Do something! Heal him, anything!" it was hurting Sasuke to see his blonde in so much pain.
"Healing him now is pointless because it only aggravates the internal wounds. I can only do it when it's necessary." Sasuke gasped as Naruto suddenly went silent and slipped off the bed. He caught him quickly and placed him gently back on the bed. "He's passed out…he was in so much pain he fucking passed out! I swear if I ever see Kabuto again I am going to murder him myself!" Sasuke screamed, angry tears welling up in his dark eyes. He covered Naruto up with the bed covers and kissed him lightly.
The hokage noticed how pale the blonde had become. "When he wakes up again, call me if he gets worse than last time. Try to keep him as calm as possible so he doesn't put too much of a strain on his heart. I can have someone else watch him if you want to-"
"I'm not leaving him." Sasuke stated plainly. The hokage nodded.
"I have things to take care of in the office, but if you need a nurse press the red button over there and someone will be here immediately. Remember we can't do anything for his pain." Sasuke told the hokage he understood. He sat back with the blonde and prayed that Kakashi was bringing Kabuto back.