SasuNaru
Locked Up With You
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or St. Lukes, or Hutton Unit, or anything else really.
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Naruto woke to the sound of two angry voices and the occational softer voice trying to quiet them. Blue eyes fluttered open, looking at the top bunk and still hearing the small snores from Kiba. Rolling on his side, his eyes met furious wan green ones.
"Welcome to mornings," the redhead grumbled before rolling over to face the wall.
Swinging his legs over the side of the bed, Naruto staggered down the mini pathway between Gaara's bed and his, seeing Neji and Sasuke arguing. They looked ready to jump each other.
"What's going on?" Naruto asked, rubbing his eyes a little.
Neji looked to Naruto and swore lightly. "Go to bed."
Sasuke scoffed, crossing his arms across his chest smugly. "What's wrong, too busy babying the newbie?"
"Whatever, Uchiha. Jealous you can't let your motherly instincts out?"
Naruto realized he'd been forgotten and frowned slightly.
"No, you'd probably do a better job at it than me, girly-man," Sasuke replied.
Neji fumed silently before saying anything. "Sorry about outshining you, sissy."
"Siss-y?!" Sasuke asked, eyebrow twitching and vien popping. "Says the 'man' with hair to his knees."
Gaara stood, walking through the small gap between the two and placing his hand on the doorknob before turning to face the residents of the room.
"I'll count to three..." he said. Neji pushed past Naruto and mounted the bunk beds, climbing on his own. Sasuke grabbed some things from the untouched buttom bunk of his bed and strode to the door where Gaara still was. The redhead opened the door, alowing the other to leave the room. Gaara looked at Naruto, who still looked lost. "You should go back to bed."
The redhead left and Naruto looked at the other tw in the room. Kiba was snoring obliviously, and Neji was madly talking to himself.
"Wait for me, Gaara!"
The blond ran after his new friend, who was making his way to the corner chair. They sat and Naruto looked around, shifting uncomfortably at the weird looks he was getting. The redhead had already gotten out his book and was reading.
"Is it that weird to be new?" Naruto asked quietly.
"No, you're sitting with me," Gaara said.
Naruto blinked dumbly a moment before it clicked. "Why don't you sit with others?"
"Kiba's too loud, Sasuke's an ass, Shikamaru's meant to work, and Neji talks too much."
Naruto chuckled a little. "Neji talks too much?"
"Well, yeah," Gaara said. "He just sits there and talks to himself."
The blond nodded and was about to say something else when he thought talking constantly in front of Gaara mightn't be the best thing to do. The redhead noticed that Naruto had gone back to shifting uncomfortably and sighed. "Maybe you should go wake Kiba up?" he suggested.
"Yeah, maybe I should."
--
"I don't see why you needed to wake me up," Kiba whined from his upside down position. "I mean, is Gaara that boring?"
Narut sniggered. "No, he's not, but your snoring might've driven Neji to killing you."
Kiba shrugged and nodded in agreement. "I can't be the only one who snores though, you must- oh, maybe it's Gaara?"
"Nope, Sasuke."
Kiba laughed, clapping his hands. "Seriously? Man, tough, cold, stiff lolipop Uchiha comes loose at night then?"
"Yeah, something like that," Naruto said.
"Well, they say everyone has a strange sleeping habbit, what do you think the others are?"
Naruto paused, thinking hard. "Talking. I think Neji would talk in his sleep."
The two were too busy to notice the angry growl from the window, or the half smirk from the corner.
"Ha, I totally agree! He talks most of the time, nothing to stop him when he's asleep," Kiba said. "I think Gaara would...sleep walk."
Naruto laughed at the thought of the redhead walking around, maybe eating like he'd heard sleep walkers do. Neji scoffed with amusement, while Gaara's head burried itself in his book.
"Genius," the blond commented. "What about...Shikamaru?"
Kiba grinned. "Talker."
"How do you know?"
"He's always asleep, I half expect him to start talking or muttering about how 'troublesome' something is."
Naruto laughed again. "That's Neji's thing though."
"Oh yeah," Kiba started thinking. "Sleep eater?"
"I think if he isn't, he needs to be. He's so thin!"
Kiba laughed again.
"I don't do anything weird in my sleep, thank you," a voice from the door said. The two by the TV looked over to see Shikamaru walking over, smirking lightly.
The nurse flicked at Kiba's shoe, making the boy turn the right way up. He turned to Naruto, stuffing his hands in his pockets.
"How was your first night?" Shikamaru asked.
Naruto stole a quick glance at Neji, who was glaring at him, daring him to say something.
"It was good."
"Nothing happened I hope," Shikamaru urged.
The blond looked to Gaara this time, who was giving him a hard look.
"Nope," Naruto said with a grin. "It was good!"
Shikamaru nodded. "That's good. You two might want to go get something to eat, I have reports to write."
The nurse walked off and Kiba stood, motioning for Naruto to do the same. "Reports from yesterday probably," Kiba muttered with a smirk.
Naruto sniggered and the two entered the lunch hall. They had a selection of cereals, most of which were finished, and a few people still in the room. Sasuke was sat were he normally was, twidilling a pen in his hand and staring at a paper.
Kiba and Naruto had just sat down as Gaara burst into the room, storming up to Sasuke and slamming his hands on the table. With the paper covered by a hand, Sasuke was forced to look up. The entire room was silenced.
"Have a fight with me," Gaara said.
Sasuke scoffed and glanced over the redhead. "Get in trouble for you? I'd rather not."
"I'll tell the nurses, specifically Sakura, about your morning feudes with Neji."
"You wouln't do that to him," Sasuke said, standing none the less. The height differece was made obvious, but that didn't put Gaara down.
Gaara crossed his hands across his chest and smirked. "What's wrong, afraid you'll get beat, Sasgay?"
Naruto blinked when Sasuke lunged forward and punched Gaara's face, making the redhead stumble back and hold his eye. A moment later Gaara had his fist in Sasuke's gut, winding the Uchiha. Naruto sent Kiba a glare when he called 'go Gaara'.
The door flew open and Shikamaru ran in, Sakura behind him. The male nurse grabbed Sasuke before the Uchiha planted any more punches, and Sakura tried to hold Gaara back. She was pushed to the floor and the redhead lunged again until Neji ran into the room, wrapping his arms around Gaara so he couldn't use his own hands. The redhead was sightly off the floor, and Naruto wore those kicks would left bruises on Neji's shins.
A blond lady suddenly burst into the room, an angry look on her face. Her large breasts were covered by a green traditional outfit and she looked ready to explode.
"Take your meals into the lounge!" she bawled. "Now!"
Everyone ran out the room, passed her and into the lounge.
--
Naruto looked around the silent room. Now everyone was in the same room he realized how little people lived in the ward. There were a few nurses chatting to try liven up the atmosphere, but it didn't seem to be helping. Kiba was prodding his food, looking like the world had fallen in, and neither of them had seen any of their three other room mates.
"Wonder where they are..." Naruto mumbled to himself, looking at the door. He jumped out his skin when Kiba suddenly started wailing loudly.
A nurse ran over, holding Kiba's arms and hoisting the boy up. There was a female nurse with them, babying him. They escorted him out the room as he cried like a child.
Naruto's blue eyes were wide and he could feel his heart beat. It was all happening so fast and loud. He jumped again and let out a small scream when someone put their hand on his shoulder. He looked up at a blonde nurse who looked stylish and was giving him a pretty and warm grin.
"Hey, you want to go for a walk?" she asked. "I bet it's been a busy day?"
Naruto nodded soundlessly, letting the women guide him out the room. Shikamaru was in the hall, leaning against a door that had someone screaming and crying behind it. Naruto guessed it was Kiba. Shikamaru was banging his head against the door, muttering about how troublesome the whole situation was.
"Shikamaru!" the blonde nurse snapped, suddenly void of warmness. "Take this one out."
The man stared at the two blankly before pushing off the wall. "Ino, Kiba's my-"
"I don't care," she said. "This one needs to go out."
Shikamaru sighed, giving up without much of a fight. He inclined his head to the main door, looking at Naruto. It was then the blond boy caught up with what was going on. To go out meant to leave the ward. Something he thought woulnever happen.
"Come on."
Naruto would've ran out the door whe Shikamaru opened it had he not thought that would cause some worry. Shikamaru closed the large doors behind him, sliding down them with a sigh. Naruto banged his forehead lightly against the wall that would be Kiba's room, thankful that the walls were thick.
"Come on," Shikamaru said again, heaving himself up and walking down the hall. "I need a smoke."
--
Naruto sat on the cold bench, looking up at the hospital. They walked round the larger unit of the metal hospital, coming to the front to see a very hospital-looking building. Shikamaru had his cigarette out, litted and all. The nurse sat next to Naruto, blowing puffs of smoke into the air.
"That," the Nara started, pointing to the main unit. "Is St. Luke's hospital. A few of the people on your ward used to be in there," he took another long drag before pointing to the hospital for physical inguries. "That is St. Cook's hospital, for the normal people."
Naruto would've been offended, had he not agreed.
"And you are in the Hutton Unit, lucky thing. All three are part of the same health care unit, but for three different things. Thus, they spilt it into three units."
"But..." Naruto started. "Both the Hutton unit and St. Luke's are for the...metally ill."
Shikamaru smirked, thoughhis eyes gave a grave look. "Remember how I said some people on your ward used to be in there?"
"Yeah..."
"Sasuke, for example, started in there, took his medcine everyday, seemed to be doing well," another long drag, pulling tenstion with it. "Stopped taking his medcine, got worse, and got sent to the Hutton unit."
Naruto didn't have to be a rocket scientist to figure that one out. Hutton unit was for the worst off.
"What about Gaara?" the blond asked. "And the little episode today?"
"Well, Gaara's a diabetic. He has to have blood tests every now and then to check his blood sugar levels. Sometimes he has to have an ingection if it's too high," Shikamaru started to light another cigarette. "But he hates needles."
"Really?"
"Really, he'll tell you why if he wants to, I'm not sharing stories," the nurse snapped. Another long drag of the cancer stick put him back into his lazy calm self. "While we're on the subject, I should tell you about the rooming arrangements. You know those single person rooms next to the smoking room?" Naruto nodded. "Well, they were talking about moving Neji and Sasuke into them.
"It won't effect you as much as Kiba and Gaara, but it might be weird for you, as you're not even settled properly and things are changing. We always have a spare room,just in case, and if there's two then they'll most likely be given to Neji and Sasuke..."
"What did Neji do?" Naruto asked.
There was a slight glare in the sarcastic look Shikamaru gave him. "Gaara told us about this morning's eppisode. And yesterday morning, and the morning before that, and the mornings for the past few fucking months," Shikamaru took another drag, calming himself. "I don't think Neji will be happy with him, and Sasuke just seemed surprised that Gaara would go that far."
"So why does that get him in his own room?"
Shikamaru sighed. "Neji's condition was complicated-"
"You don't need to tell me if it's too...troublesome."
The nurse gave a lop-sided smile. "I'm happy," he said, making Naruto relax and listen. "Neji came into the Hutton unit and started in his own room, because he would constantly snap at people. He walked around talking much more openly than he does now to the voices in his head, as if they were next to him and everyone else could hear them- I think he thought everyone could. Anyway, evetually he stopped snapping at people as much, and he got moved into the room with Gaara and Kiba, and a man called Lee back then. Neji and Lee had their...fights, but it made Neji fit in even more I think. Lee was off his rocker, and he's one of the people who as soon as you meet him, you know he's not right. When he left, Neji really just had Gaara and Kiba, and vis versa. Then Sasuke came along, and everything seemed normal...I never knew that Sasuke caused Neji to start snapping."
"Neji will just be moved into a new room, right?" Naruto asked.
Shikamaru cringed. "I don't know, I'm not his nurse. But he might well get a stronger medication."
Naruto looked down at the ground and frowned a little.
"Hey," Shikamaru said, nudging the boy and standing. "Brighten up will you? We have to go in, and I don't want to be blamed for making a patient depressed."
Naruto grinned and nodded.
--
When Naruto got back into the lounge, everything looked reletively normal. When he looked closer, he pointed out what wasn't. Neji was sat by the window, giving venemous looks to Gaara, who was sat in the corner reading innocently, occasionally looking to Neji with a slight pained look. Neji's glares would stretch to Kiba every now and then, who would look nervously over his shoulder at both Gaara and Neji. Everything looked normal if you weren't looking.
Naruto walked over to Kiba, who was sat next to a beautiful girl. The boy who was, for once, not upside down grinned.
"Hey Naruto!" he said. "I heard Shikamaru took you out on the grounds!"
"Yeah, it was nice..." Naruto lied. The place didn't look like anything special, and the conversation wasn't exactly warm.
Kiba sniggered. "Yeah right, Shikamaru's boring!" he exclaimed.
"Oh!" Kiba pointed to his right to the girl. "This is Haku."
"Hey, nice to meet you," Naruto said with a grin. The girl nodded and made a few signs, puzzling Naruto.
Kiba laughed. "He says 'nice to meet you too'. He's a mute."
Naruto blinked dumbly. "He's a mute?"
"Ha, yeah, Haku's a guy, and he doesn't talk," Kiba said. Haku was giggling silently at the obvious mistake.
"S-sorry!" Naruto exclaimed, but Haku waved it of with a smile.
The blond sat next to Kiba and looked at the news. Neither Kiba nor Haku seemed too interested, but Naruto didn't say anything. The blond looked around, seeing another person enter the room. He had short black hair and his black outfit showed off his mid drift. Unlike Haku, he was obviously a boy, especially with the well-toned chest.
"Hey Kiba..." Naruto started.
"Yeah?"
"Who's that?"
Kiba looked over to where Naruto was looking before scoffing and looking back to the TV. "Sai."
"He looks like fun..." Naruto muttered.
"Don't go there, seriously."
"Why?" Naruto asked, not taking his eyes off the man.
"Just trust me."
Sai had already caught the bright blue eyes however, and was walking over with a small fake smile. Naruto frowned a little at this, but jumped as he heard a loud bag next to him. Looking over, Haku looked absolutely furious. His fists were balled and had slamed down onto the arms of the chair, a spiteful look in his eyes.
"Hey," Sai said, now behind Naruto. "You must be new?"
"Yeah...Naruto," the blond said, blinking stupidly.
Sai chuckled. "I'm Sai, nice to meet you...oh, Haku, I didn't see you there."
The mute stood, knocking his chair over and made a few angry hand signs.
"Sorry," Sai said, shrugging with his fake smile still in place. "I don't understand sign language."
Haku stuck up a finger, pushing his tongue into his bottom lip.
"Ah, I know that one though," Sai said happily. "Nice to know you finally make sense of something."
Haku brushed past Sai, walking over to where a table was and flipping it over. He stormed down the hall and there was a loud bang, signalling a door slamming shut. The blonde nurse that Naruto met eariler ran into the room and down the hall, knocking softly on a door and walking in.
Naruto looked back to Sai, who smiled happily. That fakeness in his smile still confused Naruto. Kiba however was glaring fiercely at the man, daring him to make a move.
"I'll see you later, Naruto," Sai purred before walking off.
Naruto turned to Kiba, who gave him a sarcastic look. "What?!" Naruto asked.
"Nevermind..." Kiba muttered, rolling his eyes and turning back to the TV.
Shikamaru soon came into the room, walking straight to Kiba and Naruto. He said hello to Naruto before hitting Kiba's shoulder lightly.
"Doctor call, come on," he said.
Kiba stood nervously, following Shikamaru out the room into the hall. Naruto frowned a little before turning round to see Gaara and Neji still in their normal places. Gaara didn't seem to actually be reading anymore, and Neji wasn't talking. He was just sitting still and staring out the window.
Ino came out from the hall, waving happily to Naruto. The boy waved back with a grin. A few moments later, Haku came into the room, playing with his hair. He sat where Kiba once was and smiled nervously at Naruto, waving slightly.
"Hey Haku, you ok?" Narto asked. Haku nodded happily, looking at the TV and scrunching his nose up. The news had finished and the cricket was coming on. Naruto chuckled. "I don't like it either."
Haku stood, taking hold on one of Naruto's hands and leading him down the hall. He opened a door that was two down from the smoking room, looking around for nurses and the ushered Naruto in. It was the first time Naruto had seen the inside of the single rooms, and he hoped he wouldn't ever get one. It had a small bed, a bedside table, a wardrobe and a mirror. Along one wall there was numerous pictures, drawn and photos. Naruto was drawn to one in particular; a traditional ink drawing of Haku, the male's name written down the side in Japanese.
Naruto smiled softly and turned to Haku. "This is really nice, did you do it?"
Haku shook his head and looked down shamefully for a moment. He walked over to the picture, lifting it to show the back. Written in a scruffy pencil was the word 'Sai'.
"Sai drew this for you?" Naruto asked inamasement. Haku nodded.
Noticing the uneasyness of the long haired boy, Naruto moved on to a photo of a younger Haku and a tall man. The man was very well built, and looked slightly crazy himself.
Haku giggled and Naruto turned to him. "Who's this?"
Holding his hand to his heart, Haku acted out the look of a love-sick school girl, making Naruto laugh.
"A lover?" the blond asked, getting a nod. Naruto felt happy he understood.
"Haku!" someone exclaimed from the door. The two turned round to see Ino standing there. "You know you're not meant to have people in your room!"
Haku grinned sheepishly and lined his arm with Naruto's, guiding the fair haired boy out the room. Ino frowned at the two and beckond for Haku.
"Tsunade-sama wants to talk to you," she said before smiling brightly. "Cross fingers, but I'll let you in on a little something; you've been doing really well!"
Haku looked like he squealed, making Ino giggle. The blonde linked their arms together and scurried off.
Naruto stood in the hall on his own before walking through into the lounge. Shikamaru and Kiba were sat in front of the TV, Kiba bubbling about something. Neji and Gaara hadn't moved an inch, and Gaara was scanning the pages to finish the book by the end of the day. Naruto walked over to his friends by the TV, sittg next to Kiba.
"Guess what?!" the boy asked, a look of pure excitement in his eyes. "I've got leave!"
Naruto frowned before his eyebrows rose. "You're going outside?"
Kiba nodded furiously. "Shikamaru convinced Tsunade that I was doing really well and they agreed that I should had leave."
"What will you do?" Naruto asked. "Go see your family?"
Kiba snigged. "I guess you could say that. Shikamaru looks after my dog, Akamaru."
"Ah," Naruto nodded. "I see, that's nice of you, Shikamaru."
The nurse scoffed. "It was forced on me. Stupid troublesome dog- it only listens to Kiba! I can't control it at all."
"It has a name and a gender you know," Kiba snapped.
"So do many things that get called it, am I bothered?"
Kiba rolled his eyes and tured to Naruto. "I hope you'll find a way to burn time while I'm out dog walking."
"Of course!" Naruto said with a grin. "How hard could it be?"
--
Blue eyes scanned the room again, a annoyed bored look in them. Neji had gonre back to talking to himself, and Gaara's reading pace was normal. People were sat around with their nurses or each other, talking away. Naruto looked nervously at Gaara and Neji before creeping out the room and into the hall. A nurse gave him a weird look, which he simply grinned at before walking into the kitchen. Some people were setting tables and Sasuke was sat at his own un-set table, spinning the pencil in his finger and looking out the window, had on his chin. The light played with his face in such a way Naruto thought he looked almost...angelic in a fallen way.
"Teme," Naruto greeted, standing at the end of the table with his hands fistedon his hips. Sasuke didn't even make an effor to aknowlage him. Naruto frowned before continuing. "That-that...picture..."
Sasuke looked up that time as Naruto trailed off, looking down at the floor. "The one of you."
"Y-yeah!" Naruo said,snapping back to his old self. "What was that?"
Sighing through his nose, Sasuke flittered through his papers, pulling out a complete picture of the lady holding her baby. Naruto took his hesitantly, staring in awe at the picture.
"She's pretty."
Naruto's gob-smaked look turned to Sasuke, who rolled his eyes. "The lady, she's very pretty."
"Th-thanks..." Naruto managed. His throat was dry and he desparately tried to gather spit to swallow.
Sasuke stood, getting the attention from his companion. He could feel the tension and hallowness in the usually bubbly blond. "Let's go into the living room, so they can set the tables."
Naruto nodded and held onto the picture, following Sasuke out the lunch hall and into the lounge. He scowled as Sasuke sat down in his seat.
"Oi," he snapped, standing next to Sasuke. "That's my seat."
A passing smirk skimmed along Sasuke's face before he gave Naruto a sarcastic look. "Yeah, sure it is."
"I've been sitting in that seat for most of the time I've been here!"
Sasuke scoffed. "A total of, what? A day and a half? Please, I've been here so much longer."
Narto flustered, half out of embarrassment, hald out of anger. Fuming silently he sat in Kiba's seat, crossing his arms across his chest and pouting.
"Whatever," he muttered. "Teme."
"Naru-Sasuke-kun!"
The two looked over to the door, seeing a pinkette standing there. She grinned at the sight of the two and trotted over, swinging her hands behind her back and smiling warmly.
"I'm glad to see you're making friends!" she exclaimed. "I'm proud of you!"
"Yeah, right. We're just sitting next to each other, not making friends," Sasuke replied boredly, not tearing his eyes from the TV.
Sakura sighed before turning to Naruto with a happy look. "Naruto, I'm glad to see you're well! How was your first night and day?"
"Great, thanks Sakura-chan," he chimed. "Very...different I guess..."
She giggled, nodding. "That's expected really. I've been assigned as your nurse, so I hope to talk lots tomorrow! I believe Shizune, the doctor, wants to talk to you tomorrow too. I hope you'll be ready!"
"Thanks a lot..."
She shook her head, green eyes widening slightly at the sight of the paper clutched to Naruto's chest. Her eyes lit up hopefully again. "Sasuke-kun, did you draw Naruto a picture?"
"No," the Uchiha scoffed. "He stole it."
Naruto flustered. "I didn't steal it!"
Sakura let out a tired sigh, smiling still. "Sasuke-kun, have you moved your things? Do you want help?"
"I'll do it later."
The lady nodded, opening her mouth to say something else, however she was cut off by Sasuke. "Can I go to his grave?"
Her warm look faltered into fear for a moment. "Sasuke-kun...dinner is almost ready and-"
The Uchiha stood, towering over the nurse. Naruto was on his feet in seconds.
"Can I go see his grave?"
Sakura's look hardened. "Sasuke-kun, look after Naruto, he's new here and I really want you to get along!"
Naruto was between the two suddenly, his hands holding a punch that would've hit his face. Sakura was panting lightly, a sweat forming a line on her brow. Sasuke and Narto glared at each other a while before Sasuke broke his hand free and stood for a moment.
"I need to move my things," he announced, staring at Naruto a moment before making a move to leave.
"I'll help," the blond offered, making Sasuke stop abruptly. His back was to Naruto, so his facial expression couldn't be seen.
There was a long pause, making Sakura closen to Naruto for comfort and the blond boy stepback aprehensively.
"No...thanks anyway."
When Sasuke was out of ear shot, Sakura gave Naruto a large hug from behind. "Naruto! Thank you!"
Before the blond could register what was going on and ask questions, Sakura had left the room. Gaara and Neji were watching on, each with a mixed look.
"Thank you for what?"
--
Shikamaru groaned as he was tackled to the ground, face up with a large tongue licking his face. Pushing with futile efforts he tried to get the large dog off himself. There was some laughter as Kiba got closer to them, finding the whole situation amusing.
"Kiba!" the nurse roared. "Get-it-off."
"Akamaru!" Kiba called, making the large white dog bound over to him. Kiba laughed happily and nuzzled his dog, whose tail wagged quicky. Shikamaru stayed laying on the ground watching the clouds pass.
Kiba ran around the field with his dog as Shikamaru did the boring cloud watching thing. The nurse sat up after a while and looked at the boy.
"We've got...half an hour left," Shikamaru called, looking at his watch. Kiba ran over, the dog catching up and tackling him. He landed with his front in the ground next to Shikamaru, who smirked.
"Can we go buy some mince?" Kiba asked, looking childish.
Shikamaru frowned in confusion. "Why?"
"Because...I don't want you to keep feeding my dog that shit you call dog food?"
Sighing, the nurse got up and brushed himself down. Kiba whooped, pushing his dog off with ease and standing, clapping for the dog to do the same. Shikamaru sighed, promising himself to go to the gym.
"Hurry up then," Shikamaru said, walking down the grassy hill. Kiba laughed and followed, clipping the leash on to the collar. Shikamaru lit a cigarette, taking a long drag and trning to look at Kiba.
"Hold on!"
--
Naruto and Haku looked up from their places at the TV to see Shikamaru and Kiba walk into the room, Kiba looking over the moon, and Shikamaru looking exsaughsted. The two at the TV waved, Kiba slumping into the chair with a winning grin on his face, Shikamaru standing behind him.
"Hey!" Kiba exclaimed. "Not been too bored without me I hope!"
Haku clutched his hands together and nodded, giving Kiba a sad look. Naruto laughed at this. Haku streached his hands across Naruto ad Kiba took them, giving a similar sad look.
"I missed you too, Haku!"
Haku took in a large breath, covering his mouth and sniffling, nodded furiously. He looked up and mouthed a 'I missed you!'
Shikamaru rolled his eyes, though he was still smiling. "Hey Haku, Ino told me you went to see Tsunade-sama?"
Said male nodded, making some hand signs and beeming, Shikamaru clapped quietly. "I'm happy for you, I hope she follows through with it. You'll have to do your part though!"
Haku nodded, maing a few more hand signs before slapping his hand on his leg. Naruto jumped a little, not used to the boy's mood swings.
"Now, you'll have to ignore Sai, you know he's just trying to get a reaction. You shouldn't give him one!"
Haku sighed and nodded, warm smile returning. Shikamaru patted his shoulder before his watch went off, making people turn to him. Clapping hands, he walked through to the hall where the smoke room was.
"Smoke break!"
There was some movement as people followed him into the room, happy to have their nicotine.
Kiba fumed, crossing his arms across his chest. "I don't see why it's so addictive. I mean, it smells bad, it must taste bad, it kills you, it makes you smell...it's just gross!"
Haku giggled from his seat and put his right hand against his left shoulder in the shape of a claw. he drew a line across his chest, laughing silently at Kiba's embarrassed face.
"What it is?" Naruto asked, clueless.
Kiba didn't hear him, retorting a "I'm not jealous!"
"Sure you're not," Naruto said, getting the jist. "You keep telling yourself that."
Kiba's face reddened. "I'm not!"
Haku looked to Naruto and did the sign again, nodding. Naruto nodded with him, mouthing 'jealous much'.
"You two suck," Kiba complained. "When's dinner starting?"
--
The dark haired boy lay awake in the dark, staring up at the ceiling. He rolled over to see his pale arm extending over the side of the bed, laying limp. His eyes scanned the new room, falling on the mirror. Standing, he stumbled over to it, glaring at his reflection. A dark haired boy glared back and he started to panic.
Looking round the room, he ran to the draws, pulling them out one by one, empyting the contents onto the floor. Pale hands shook as they shifted through the clothes and belongings, trying to find something.
Standing again, he looked to the mirror, seeing a different pair of eyes looking back at him. His heart thumped in his head, making him feel like he would explode. Beads of sweat lined his face and rolled down his chest. Shaking hands clutched his head as a voice screamed at the back of his mind. One voice seemed to mulitply into thousands.
Not knowing what else to do, he snapped. Raising his fist, he charged at the mirror, smashing it into many pieces. Eyes looked back at him, seeming to bed into red. He grabbed a piece of glass and raised it to the back of his head, gripping his hair and cutting the locks.
"No..." he managed, voice shaking badly and cry. "I'm not him...I'm me...I'm me...I'm me I'm me I'm me!"
He went into a chant, repeating the two words over and over, cutting at his dark locks. The door burst open and Shikamaru charged into the room, grabbing the glass and ripping it out the pale hand, cutting himself in the pocess. He grabbed the arms that tried to hit him and screamed as the boy slammed his head into the floor.
"Sasuke! Snap out of it!"
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You know how ANNOYING it is to try re-write a chapter, when you can't remember what was in the first one? -fumes-
Well, I re-wrote it somehow. On my CRAPPY computer that doesn't have microsoft word! DDX but yeah...I don't have the internet, so I'll have to fish off my friend's for a while...I'm in England, at my Grandad's house, with my dad's computer. At least I have a computer o.o;
As for pairings, seeing as no one seems to mind, I'm dumping names in a hat and pulling them out X3 till I decide, I'm going to play around with different pairings...hehehee...
ja ne
Kitty
Preivew -
"You'd think they'd choak..."
"I feel kind of sorry for Gaara."
"Why Gaara? He deserves it."
"Neji-"
"Yeah, yeah, whatever."