Chapter 6 for your reading enjoyment. DON'T OWN. YAOI. ETC.


"Glad to see you're awake." Tsunade said as Sasuke slowly opened his eyes. Sasuke took in the sterile white room and the looked at Tsunade.

"Where's Naruto?" Sasuke asked.

"He's next door. You two were in pretty bad shape when the team found you." Tsunade said. Sasuke nodded. "You were burned pretty badly from your elbows down and had nasty gashed on your arms and back. Sakura said you appeared to have tried to heal them. Your chakra level was dangerously low though. Naruto was burnt up pretty bad, and mostly unresponsive." Sasuke nodded again knowing Tsunade was really asking for a report on what had happened.

"I felt the Kyuubi's chakra and went looking for it. When I found Naruto he had four tails. I used my sharingan to keep him under control while he calmed himself. When he was down to one tail he told me that they were going to kill him so he had to protect himself. I'm assuming that means he killed his captors. When they Kyuubi's chakra was under control Naruto passed out. While I was trying to calm him, the Kyuubi's chakra burned me where I was holding onto him and he was clawing at my arms and shoulders. That's all I know. After Naruto passed out I set up a barrier around us and sent one of my summoning snakes to you." Sasuke said.

"Did you look into the hide out at all?" Tsunade asked.

"No, ma'am. I didn't think it would be safe to leave Naruto in the woods while I investigated. However, while I was there no one came in or out of the hideout." Sasuke said. Tsunade nodded.

"And Naruto said nothing about what happened to him while he was in there?" Tsunade said.

"He said he was really scared and that they were going to kill him. He seemed to get very upset by it because one of his tails started growing back but I calmed him back down before it fully formed." Sasuke said. Tsunade nodded again.

"Thank you, Sasuke." Tsunade said.

"Can I go see Naruto?" Sasuke asked.

"He's not awake." Tsunade told him. Sasuke smiled.

"I don't care. I just want to see him to show myself he's really okay." Sasuke said. Tsunade smiled and nodded. After she left the room Sasuke got up and slowly made his way next door to Naruto's room. He found Sakura sitting on the bed, holding Naruto's hand.

"Sasuke?" Sakura asked seeing the teen enter the room.

"How's he doing?" Sasuke asked slowly walking towards the bed.

"He's unconscious, but other than that he's perfectly fine." Sakura said standing up and helping Sasuke to the bed. "What about you? How are you doing?"

"I'm fine. Just a little sore and tired, but I'll be fine by tomorrow." Sasuke told her. Sakura smiled.

"Naruto always says that too." Sakura said.

"You know when he wakes up he'll be just fine." Sasuke said.

"Yeah, but I still worry about him." Sakura sighed. Sasuke smiled and took her hand as a sign of comfort. "I should probably get going. My shift starts in ten minutes." Sakura said standing up after they sat there for a minute or so.

"Okay." Sasuke nodded.

"By, Sasuke. I'll come back to check on you when my shift is over." She smiled as she left the room. Sasuke stayed in Naruto's room all night. He started feeling somewhat drowsy and laid down next to Naruto and fell asleep.

"Sasuke?" A soft voice asked. Sasuke opened his eyes to see confused, sleepy blue eyes looking at him Sasuke smiled.

"Hey, Dobe." Sasuke said.

"You came looking for me." Naruto said softly, still too tried to speak much louder. Sasuke nodded.

"Yeah. I figured I should return the favor. Although a month and a half probably doesn't make up for six years." Sasuke smiled. Naruto laughed softly.

"Not at all." He said.

"Hopefully I won't have to make up the other five years and ten and a half months the same way." Sasuke said. Naruto nodded.

"Thanks for saving me, Sasuke." Naruto mumbled.

"Don't mention it." Sasuke said brushing some of Naruto's hair out of his face. "Are you feeling any better?"

"Just really tried." Naruto said. Sasuke nodded and kissed Naruto's forehead.

"Get some rest then." Sasuke said. Naruto smiled and closed his eyes and easily fell back asleep. Sasuke smiled softly and kissed Naruto before getting up. He found Sakura in the hallway. "Hey, um, Naruto woke up for a bout two minutes a little while ago. He's still pretty exhausted but he should be back to full health tomorrow or the next day. I know Tsunade is wanting a report from him when he wakes up." Sasuke said. Sakura nodded.

"I'll go tell her right away." She said.

"I'm going home to get a shower and a new pair of clothes. Can you ask one of the nurses to keep an eye on Naruto?" Sasuke asked.

"I'll do it personally." Sakura smiled at him.

"Weren't you going to tell Tsunade?" Sasuke asked.

"I'll get a nurse to do it." Sakura shrugged. Sasuke nodded and left. He made it home and took a long, hot shower and got changed. He decided it would also probably be a good idea to eat something. By the time he had done all of that, he was really tried again.

'I'll just take a little nap and then go back to the hospital. It's okay, Sakura is taking care of Naruto.' Sasuke thought as he sat down on his couch and started falling asleep.

holy crap this is short. sorry but i cut it off here because next chapter is kind of long.