"Now what are you going to do Teme?" Naruto asked as they walked up to her house.
He sighed, "Nothing now, I guess." He opened the door for Naruto, who had his arms full.
Said boy carried her over to a couch and gently laid her down, "You're not mad at her are you?"
Sasuke looked around the fairly bare house, then back to Naruto and the unconscious girl. He sighed finally and sat down, "No. If I was in her situation I would do the same thing."
"Good. That's the only reason we never told you…that and she was more unstable when she came here three years ago," Naruto sighed out.
He got up to go get some water for when Nitsu woke up, leaving Sasuke to his own thoughts. He opened the scroll and read to himself.
"Sasuke, I hope my message reaches you. I am sorry that I couldn't have changed the past. I know it was your mission to kill me but I guess Nitsu beat you to me. She's strong. Keep your temper in check, otouto. I'm afraid that Madara-san and myself have damaged her some mentally. Keep an eye on her. Itachi."
Sasuke sighed as Naruto came back with three cups and a pitcher of water. "What'd he say?" the blonde asked.
The raven shook his head, "He says he's sorry and that Nitsu beat me. He wants me to watch my temper. That him and Madara had mentally damaged her and that he wants me to keep an eye on her."
Naruto sighed, "Zetsu's the one who brought her to the forest outside of Konoha and I just happened to be walking around. At first I thought it was an ambush but he laid Nitsu down and said that I shouldn't have to worry about the Akatsuki. Their leader had been killed and they didn't know what to do now."
Sasuke got a cup of water and sat back as Sakura came walking in, "How is she?"
Naruto pointed, "Still out. So, what now? How long do you think she'll be like this?"
The kunoichi sighed, "Hopefully not too long. Here, get her to sit up so we can give her these. Tsunade-sama said that those will help speed up her healing."
Naruto sat Nitsu up some while the raven held up a glass of water. Sakura opened Nitsu's mouth and placed three pills in then Sasuke put the cup up to her lips.
Feeling the cold water, Nitsu started drinking greedily.
"Whoa Nitsu. Don't drown yourself," Naruto laughed.
After she finished, she sighed happily and opened an eye, "Sa-Sakura…can you help me upstairs to change?"
Said girl nodded as Nitsu tried to stand up, only to have her legs buckle and be caught by Sasuke.
"Teme, you help carry Nitsu with Sakura. I'm going to go make something to eat," Naruto said with a grin.
Sakura groaned, "No ramen."
He pouted, "Have some faith in me. I can make more than just ramen," he said as he walked back into the kitchen.
Sasuke and Sakura stared in shock as they began to carry her up the stairs. She pointed, "That door on the right. And I taught him how to cook."
They opened the door and led her to her bed as she sighed, "Thanks. You," she pointed to Sasuke, "Out."
He blinked as he stood there when Sakura pushed him out, then shut the door. "Alright, I have a deep red shirt in the top drawer over there," Nitsu said pointed to her dresser.
Sakura pulled out a sleeveless shirt and tossed it to Nitsu who then pointed to her closet, "On one of the hangers, there's a pair of black pants."
"These?" Sakura asked as she held them up.
Nitsu nodded, "Yeah, toss 'em here."
Carefully, she wobbled over to another drawer and grabbed some underwear and a bra then made her way over to her bathroom that's connected to her room.
A few minutes later, Nitsu and Sakura opened the door as the smell of food attacked their noses. Both girls looked down to see a raven sitting outside the door.
Nitsu raised an eyebrow, "Is my floor so comfy that you couldn't bare to part with it?" She grinned as the Uchiha stood up and stared blankly at her, "Do something, you're kind of freaking me out."
Sasuke chuckled as he threw her left arm over his shoulder and wrapped his right arm around her waist, "C'mon…baka."
Sakura watched in silence then walked ahead of them to help Naruto.
"B-baka?!" she yelled coming down the steps with Sasuke, "If anyone's the baka it's you! And you just chuckled!"
Naruto peeked around the corner and did a double take then went back into the kitchen to Sakura and whispered, "Either I've lost my mind of Teme's smiling."
Sakura peeked out, then dodged back in with big eyes, "Oh my, this is…odd."
"What's odd?" Nitsu asked as she shoved away from Sasuke and sat at her table, watching them carefully.
Sakura sat a large bowl of rice in the middle of the table beside the bowls filled with beef and mixed fruits. "That Naruto can actually make something other than ramen," she said as she and Naruto placed bowls and small plates for everyone.
Nitsu quickly filled half of her plate with fruit and smiled big as she and the others, filled their plates.
After a few silent minutes someone banged on the front door.
"I got it," Nitsu rose, only to fall back down, "Okay, I don't got it."
Naruto shook his head and went to the door, the three listened carefully, "Oi! What're you three doing here right now?"
They looked at eachother in confusion as Naruto came back in with Kakashi, Tsunade and Jiraiya.
Sasuke, Nitsu and Sakura groaned and hung their head as they started back eating.
"That looks good. Who cooked?" Jiraiya peeked over their shoulders.
Three pairs of chopsticks pointed to the blonde boy who looked up quickly, "Hey, you taught me!" he yelled pointing to Nitsu, who shrugged.
"What are you three doing here anyways?" Nitsu asked popping another grape in her mouth.
Tsunade looked around, then back to Nitsu, "Kakashi informed us of everything. Why didn't you tell us sooner?"
She sat her chopsticks down and sighed, "I couldn't. Not without completely losing my mind in the process."
Jiraiya nodded his head, "Well, to have gone through all that PLUS put up with these three," he said pointing to Sasuke, Sakura and Naruto, "You've got to be pretty tough."
Nitsu sighed as she picked up a chopstick and started stabbing several pieces of fruit onto it, then eating them off slowly.
Sakura looked around, then stood up and started gathering dishes. Naruto went to the sink and started washing them while Sasuke got the bowls with rice and beef to put in the fridge.
Kakashi watched in amusement as Tsunade and Jiraiya blinked.
The raven went to grab the bowl of fruit only to have a chopstick about to skewer his hand. He looked over to a grinning Nitsu, "Leave the fruit behind."
He twitched at her then went to go get his things. He came back and handed the ring and scratched forehead protector to Tsunade, "See, he's gone."
The Hokage sighed and nodded, "Alright. Come on you two, I doubt Nitsu wants two hentai's like you in her house." She grinned and dragged the two glaring men out and shut the door.
Sakura sighed, "Well, I'll see you guys tomorrow. It's getting late and mom will be wanting me home."
Nitsu nodded and waved a chopstick that still had a piece of strawberry on it, which caused it to go flying off and hit Sasuke in the middle of his forehead, then slid down, "Now you're attacking me with fruit, Otsuka?"
Everything seemed to stop as Sakura stared wide-eyed and Naruto bit his lip to keep from laughing. Nitsu was laughing but had a piece of pineapple slide down her throat.
She stopped laughing and starting coughing as she reached for her throat.
"Nitsu, are you okay?" Sakura asked.
Said girl motioning to her throat quickly.
"Did you laugh to much?" Naruto asked in confusion.
Nitsu slammed her head down in the table.
Idiots. They're all idiots. Every last o-
"She choking," Sasuke said as he came over to her as she jumped up and nodded her head quickly.
He got behind her and wrapped his arms around her, pushing quickly on her ribs trying to force the fruit out. He did this about three more times before the evil little thing flew out of her mouth.
She coughed roughly as the juices stung her raw throat.
Sasuke stepped away after helping her stand as she nodded to him. She downed her cup of water and mumbled 'idiots' under her breath as she put the bowl of fruit up. Evil fruit.
Sakura shook her head and left before Nitsu gave her a heart attack.
Naruto grinned, "Try not to kill yourself in your sleep Nitsu. I'll see you guys tomorrow." He waved as he left.
Nitsu collapsed on her couch and laid down with her arm covering her face. She sighed after a few minutes, then lifted her arm slightly, "What are you still doing here?"
Sasuke tossed the scroll to her as she caught it, "Have you read it Otsuka?"
She shook her head, "It wasn't my place."
"Read it," he said as he sat down in a chair.
Nitsu carefully unrolled the scroll and noticed Zetsu's handwriting. He must've done this right after she left the two alone, before Zetsu killed Itachi.
She blinked and muttered, "You're damn right you two bastards damaged me." She reread it again then looked at Sasuke, "What does he mean, 'Keep an eye on her'?!"
He pointed to the piece of fruit still on the table. She hung her head, "Am I really that predictable?" She gave one look to the smirking raven, "Don't answer that."
She glanced at the clock, it reading almost midnight, "Don't you have to go home?" she groaned.
Sasuke raised an eyebrow, "There's no one waiting for me."
Nitsu sighed, "It seems the only one who does is Sakura." She looked down and sighed, then stood up, "Well, I'll see you tomorrow."
She led him to the front door and opened it. He nodded then began to walk out but looked back, "Be careful and try not to kill yourself in the night."
Sasuke smirked at her as she glared at him, "Baka…Sa-"
She stopped as she seemed to be thinking about something.
He raised an eyebrow, "What?"
Nitsu blinked then shook her head, "Nothing. You know, if you keep acting like that, people might think you care."
Sasuke glared at her as she grinned, "There's the Sasuke we all know." The raven blinked in realization as Nitsu stared, "What?"
Sasuke shook his head, "You called me Sasuke. Now who cares?" he asked with a smirk.
Nitsu started her reenactment of a fish out of water before she hit her head on the door several times, muttering under her breath. She looked back over to the stunned Uchiha, "Go home. We have to meet tomorrow, so go get your beauty sleep… Sas-UKE!"
Sasuke stiffened and glared, "If you hadn't went through a tough day, I would kick your ass."
Nitsu grinned, "Aww, still sensitive about me finding out you're gay?"
He glared, "I'm not gay!"
She smirked and waved her hand to dismiss him, "Yeah, yeah. I wonder what your fan club would say to this."
Sasuke sneered at her, "The only way those freaks would leave me alone was if I was with someone."
"Then I suggest you go find yourself a good strong man," she smiled sweetly.
He hardened his glare on her, "You're pushing it."
She sighed and stretched her arms above her head, "Okay, let's pick back up tomorrow. I'm tired now. Go home."
Sasuke studied her, only to see the exhaustion in her eyes, then sighed, "Oyasumi."
Nitsu nodded as she waved over her shoulder, "Ah…" then shut the door behind her to go crash on her bed, already asleep before she hit the pillow.