I, piie-chan, (Becky that is), do not own Naruto! Although, it is rather awesome and I would LIKE to own it... I'd have to be some rich snob who would buy it off them and finish it off with some kind of evil laugh while... owning Naruto I guess! Heehee I digress, I do apologize!
"NARUTO!" Sasuke yelled as he grabbed his friend by the arm, just before he hit the ground.
Kakashi and Sakura stopped to see Naruto in Sasuke's arms, unconscious.
After placing the blonde on the team leader's back they set off faster than before, they needed to reach Tsunade fast as their concern for Naruto increased by the minute.
Half and hour later they had arrived at Konoha's hospital where they then asked for the aid of the Hokage.
"What's wrong with Naruto-kun this time? Fallen off a cliff? Tried wrestling a bear?" Tsunade said sarcastically as she and Sakura approached the hospital room.
"Tsunade this is serious, we don't know what's wrong with him. Lately he's not been his usual self at all, he's tired, clumsy, and he passed out a few times. He was perfectly fine a few days ago!" Sakura led the 5th Hokage to Naruto's bedside and waited for her verdict.
After doing some routine check ups, Tsunade crossed her arms and sighed.
"What? Is something wrong? Is he in any danger?" Sasuke stood up sharply, prepared for the worst.
She looked at Sasuke, her face was expressionless.
"Well, he doesn't have a fever or illness of any kind, his pulse is perfectly normal and his temperature is fine, it look to me like..."
Team seven leaned in closer, anticipating the diagnosis.
"He's not been getting enough sleep!" Tsunade put the chart back down. "Obviously he's had some trouble sleeping and has over exerted himself lately."
Sasuke and Sakura looked over at Naruto's sleeping face, as peaceful as the blonde looked, all the two friends wanted to do was scorn the boy for making them worry so much about him. Naruto mumbled in his sleep, something about Iruka-sensei and some ramen...
After a very long day Kakashi headed home while Sasuke and Sakura were left in charge of looking after Naruto. Tsunade had said that it he had no need to stay at the hospital and would be much better off sleeping at home, so Sasuke carried Naruto on his back while Sakura accompanied him and helped to get Naruto safely into bed.
Once inside, Sakura looked at the small and messy rooms in disgust until she remembered that Naruto had no parents and had lived his whole life alone. She then looked sadly at Sasuke who had also lost his parents when he was younger, she had always considered her life being hard, but hers was nothing compared to the lives of her two team mates who had to come home everyday to an empty house. She guided Sasuke into Naruto's room and laid out the bed ready for him to place the body of the sleeping boy down.
Naruto twitched and mumbled, but as soon as Sakura went to close the curtains he suddenly sat up and startled his team mates as he stared around the room.
"Where am I?" He squinted at Sakura and Sasuke while rubbing his eyes.
"You're in your bedroom Naruto, you passed out and we took you home, after visiting Tsunade to see if you were alright that is." Sakura and Sasuke sat down either side of him. "Anyway, you need to get some sleep. We'll have stay for the night and make sure you're okay, doctor's orders I'm afraid."
"So why have you not been getting any sleep lately?Is something wrong?" Sasuke mumbled, he didn't like to show any emotions in front of Naruto, especially when he's worried.
Naruto scratched his head, "I don't think there is a reason for it. I just can't seem to get any sleep at night!" He leaned against the wall and yawned.
"Maybe there's something we could do to help! You know, herbal tea, sleeping remedies that sorta thing!" Sakura smiled.
"Na, sorry! Tried all sorts! Nothing seems to work." Naruto yawned again, his eyelids felt heavy but he didn't close them.
"Maybe we should try hitting you over the head with something, knock you out. It doesn't take much to knock you unconscious you know." Sasuke scanned the room for something hard, preferably non-breakable.
Naruto scowled and Sakura sighed and shook her head.
"I've got it!" exclaimed Sakura. Naruto sat up and Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "Hypnosis!"
Naruto giggled and Sasuke raised his eyebrow even further. "You mean like those magicians with the whole when I count to ten you will be under my command, turning people into zombies kind of thing?" Naruto thrust his arms forward in a zombie like fashion.
Sasuke nearly smiled but decided otherwise.
"No stupid!" Sakura slapped him round the back of the head, gently mind, "I mean like hypnotherapy! It helps a lot of people when it comes to fears and things like trouble sleeping!"
Naruto shrugged and Sasuke remained silent, hoping for an amusing outcome.
Sakura rummaged in her pockets for a while before asking Naruto if he had anything like a necklace or any kind of object on a chain.
"You mean something like this?" Naruto removed the crystal pendant, that he had won off Tsunade for a bet, from around his neck.
"Perfect!" Sakura picked up the pendant by the chain and began swinging it from side to side before Naruto's eyes. "Now Naruto I need you to relax and watch the crystal."
Naruto sat comfortably and stared at the swinging object. He felt stupid but hey what's wrong with letting Sakura trying?
Sakura's voice became slow and melodious "Relax Naruto, let your entire body relax. As you stare deep into the blue crystal, you become more and more relaxed."
Naruto did feel relaxed. He felt his limbs loosen and his body grew heavy.
"Now, you can barely move your body as it grows heavier and heavier. In fact, you are so relaxed that you don't want to move. Just watch as the crystal swings from left... to right... from left... to right..."
Sakura's voice echoed in his mind and his arms fell limply at his side, too heavy to move.
Sasuke watched in awe as he witnessed his friend slowly falling into a trance. The peaceful expression, the watery blue eyes, the relaxed posture. Soon Sasuke too was feeling at ease just from watching Naruto.
"You're so very sleepy, your eyelids are growing heavier. You want to close you eyes, you want to go to sleep Naruto." Sakura's voice was so soothing and calm, she smiled slightly as Naruto's expression slowly become glazed. It's working!
Naruto's eye were slowly coming to a close and his vision was becoming hazy and blurred.
"Sleep, Naruto. Go to sleep, let go..."
Unable to fight the fatigue any longer, he gave in.
Naruto's chin met his chest as his head sluped forwards, and he was in a deep sleep.
Sakura smiled further to see her friend looking so peaceful, and turned to Sasuke, only to find him also with his eyes closed.
"Sasuke?!" Sakura shouted in surprise.
"Wha? I'm awake!" Sasuke jumped. Naruto on the other hand was still deeply relaxed and fast asleep.
Sakura giggled. "Hey, I'm tired too! You try carrying that lump all the way from the hospital!" Sasuke protested, which made Sakura laugh all the more. "Anyway now what? Do we just leave him?"
"We should probably see if we can find out why he's not sleeping while he's in this state!" Sakura leaned over and whispered in Naruto's ear softly. "Can you hear me Naruto?"
Naruto nodded slowly.
"So what, can we ask him questions while he's asleep?" Sasuke peered closely at the boys face, the same relaxed expression.
"Yes, that's what you do when people are in a trance. They are in a state of deep sleep but they are still conscious, to a degree. Hypnotists often use this to unlock certain memories by asking the subject questions!"
Sasuke raised an eyebrow again. "Sakura, how do you even know all this?"
"My mum had a nervous breakdown, so we took her to see a hypnotist and it helped her back to normal! Cost a lot of money though and I don't see why, it's obviously not that hard to do!" Sakura frowned to herself then turned back to Sasuke."Anyway, we need to find out why he's been having trouble sleeping lately! That way we can sort it out and never have to do this sort of this again!"
Sasuke nodded and the two of them leaned closer to their sleeping friend. Suddenly a wicked idea flashed in Sasuke's mind.
"Sakura?" he whispered.
"Hmm?" She enquired.
"We can do... other things as well... can't we? You know... ask him stuff or make him do stuff?" Sasuke smiled, it was a rare occurrence but this was a particularly evil smile.
"Well... yes I suppose we can! Why what did you have in mind?" Sakura anticipated as to where this was leading. It's a bit mean to take advantage of Naruto like this, but hey! It could be a good laugh!
Sasuke's smile spread even further. "Well, I was thinking along the lines of..."
LOL! I'm rather excited as to where this is leading myself! =3
awwww it'd be really sweet to see Naruto's cute lil sleeping face! and at least we all know he doesnt have some kind of fatal disease!
but yes... EEP sasuke lol!
Please review and wait for the next chapter!
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