Sorry about the long update time, but I've been busy with college work and that… sorry.

Oh, there's going to be some Sakura bashing in this chap…hehe

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Chapter Five

A week had passed since Naruto was emitted into hospital. Sasuke went to visit the blonde every chance he could, sometimes going after school with Neji. The drug raid was the talk of the school and everywhere you went in school, there were kids talking about it. They were all talking about the fact that a teenage boy was found beaten and raped. They didn't know that it was Naruto though, which was a good thing. The only people that knew were Sasuke, Neji and a few of the teachers that taught Naruto. In fact, Kakashi and Jiraiya would sometimes ask Sasuke about Naruto after lessons.

On the Friday when Sasuke went to visit, his mother was the one that picked him up from school.

"What are you doing here okaa-san?" Sasuke asked in surprise when he saw her. Mikoto smiled kindly at him and said,

"Well, Itachi has to work late so he asked for me to pick you up. We're also going to the hospital to pick Naru-chan up. The doctor just called me saying that he's being discharged today, so we can take him home tonight."

Sasuke smiled and nodded, getting into the car. Sasuke listened, well, pretended to listen, to his mother rattling on about what she had done with her friends today…something about shopping. He wasn't really interested. She was excited about looking after Naruto. She said that he was simply adorable and she wanted to hug him for hours on end. They arrived at the hospital in about twenty minutes and Sasuke got out eagerly, wanting to see his little blonde again. Though Naruto wasn't really himself lately, he normally sat there staring out of the window not talking and he hardly ate, and this made Sasuke worried.

When they got there, they went to the front desk and Mikoto said to the staff member,

"Hi. I'm Uchiha Mikoto; I'm here to pick up Uzumaki Naruto."

"Ah yes. The doctor said he would like to have a word with you before you take him home. I'll call him now."

The woman then turned away, picked up the phone and talked to the person on the other end of the phone for a few moments and then put the phone down. She turned back to them and said,

"He's expecting you. His office is just down the hall on the right, ok?"

"Yes, thank you."

As his mother led him down the hall, Sasuke frowned.

'Why did the doctor want to talk to us? Was there something wrong with Naruto?' he thought with worry.

When they got to the doctor's office, Mikoto knocked and entered with Sasuke behind her when they heard the doctor say that they could enter. The man was sitting at a desk, reading from a piece of paper. He looked up at them and motioned for them to sit down on the two chairs in front of the desk. When they sat down, the doctor smiled slightly at them and asked,

"Your taking Naruto-kun home right, is it permanent?"

"Yes."

"Well. We have noticed that he was suffering from malnutrition when he came in, which means that he was not fed very well before he came. He's hardly eaten since he came here and we've had to give him nutritional supplements. When you take him home, I want you to keep a close eye on everything he eats and I would like you to bring him back here every few weeks so that we can keep an eye on his health. It would be a good idea if you gave him small meals once every two hours so that he can regain lost nutrients and get used to eating food on a daily basis as we can tell that he sometimes went days without food and we need to get him to eat daily."

"We can do that. Where is he?"

The doctor smiled and said,

"In his room waiting for you. He only has a couple sets of clothes, but has nothing else, but I'm sure you'll compensate." Mikoto smiled and stood up,

"Thank you."

Mikoto and Sasuke then left the office and proceeded to Naruto's hospital room. The door was open when they reached his room. The blonde was sitting at the window, his knees drawn up to his chest with his arms wrapped around them. He turned to look at them blankly. Mikoto smiled at him and went to him, embracing him. Naruto frowned, obviously confused by the gesture. She let go of Naruto as Sasuke picked up the small bag that had Naruto's clothing in from the floor near the bed. Mikoto took Naruto's hand and led him out of the hospital and to their car. Sasuke sat in the back with Naruto, who was fidgeting nervously and playing with the bottom of the white t-shirt we was wearing. The bandages that covered the gashes on his arms were visible as he wore no jumper.

"We need to go shopping for food. It won't take long." Mikoto said as she started the car. Naruto yawned widely, covering his mouth with a hand. Sasuke watched as Naruto looked out of the window with no particular interest at the passing scenery.

Sasuke really, really hoped that they wouldn't meet anyone at the supermarket… they'll all start questioning the blonde on where he had gotten to for the last week. And he didn't want anyone to know that Naruto was being adopted into his family… they'll never leave him alone!

Sasuke was snapped out of his thoughts when they arrived at the supermarket and he heaved a sigh. He hated shopping.

"Oh, stop it Sasuke." Mikoto said, giving his a small glare. He shrugged, pretending not to notice.

"Just get out of the car dear…" She said with a sigh. Sasuke smirked and got out, Naruto close behind him. He glanced at the blonde and they followed, at a respectable distance, behind Mikoto.

Sasuke noticed that the poor blonde was shivering slightly. It wasn't surprising; he was only wearing a T-shirt. Sasuke shrugged out of his jumper and held it out to the blonde.

Naruto blinked, looking suspiciously at the jumper in front of him.

"Just put it on before you freeze to death…dobe."

Naruto slowly took the jumper and put it over his slim frame and Sasuke snorted. It was at least two sizes too big. Naruto glared at him, then said,

"Thanks Teme."

"Hn. Whatever dobe."

Naruto poked his tongue out and turned his head, avoiding Sasuke's eye.

Sasuke had always hated shopping… it was so boring! He never understood fully why women liked shopping. So he and Naruto trailed behind Mikoto as she almost ran around the shop like as if it was a race or something. At one point, she stopped and turned back to them with an eyebrow raised.

"Do you boys' want to wait for me at the entrance?"

'Oh, now she says it…' Sasuke thought bitterly.

"Yeah, whatever." Sasuke said. He grabbed Naruto by the arm and led him out of the shop. He stopped, letting go of the blonde, swearing softly to himself.

"Is your okaa-san always like that?" Naruto asked quietly. Sasuke blinked and looked at Naruto and then nodded slightly.

"All women are like that…"

"Oh."

"Sasuke-kun!"

'Oh, fuckit!' Sasuke thought, turning to glare at Sakura, who had run up to them. She was smiling and blushing slightly.

"Sasuke-kun… it's my birthday next week, so here's an invitation."

She held out a white envelop to him and he stared at it, not taking it. Sakura frowned slightly,

"What's the matter Sasuke-kun?"

"No."

"Huh?"

"I will not go that stupid party of yours. I'll rather kill myself."

Sakura went pink with embarrassment and she looked on the verge of tears.

"I shall prove to you how much I love you! I am the only one for you Sasuke-kun!" She declared. Sasuke slapped his forehead.

"You're useless…" He said.

Sakura paid him no heed and her eyes focused on Naruto, who fidgeted slightly.

'Oh no, please don't start…' Sasuke thought.

"What are you doing here? And- oh! You're wearing Sasuke-kun's jumper! How dare you! You are not worthy to wear that! Give it back now!"

Naruto hung his head and shifted so that Sasuke was in between him and Sakura. She growled and went to go around Sasuke. Before Sasuke could do anything, a cold voice said,

"What are you doing?"

All three teens turned to see Mikoto standing there glaring at the pink haired girl. Sakura drew herself up importantly,

"I am telling this thing to give Sasuke-kun's jumper back!"

"As a matter of fact, Sasuke gave Naru-chan the jumper of his own free will. Sasuke saw how cold Naru-chan was and gave it to him. What's wrong with that?"

"Everything! Naruto shouldn't have accepted it!"

"Oh will you shut up you stuck up bitch."

Sasuke's jaw dropped. He had never heard his mother talk in this manner before! He then gulped, knowing that this spelled bad news. Sakura, however, completely missed the danger sign.

"What is that idiot doing here anyway? He should be in school; he looks perfectly fine to me. He should go back home, whatever pathetic place that may be."

Mikoto smiled a chilling smile.

"So, you think that Naru-chan has a pathetic home do you?"

"Yes."

"Well, as a matter of fact, I have adopted Naru-chan. So that means that he is staying in the same house as Sasuke."

"What?"

"Uzumaki Naruto has been adopted into the Uchiha family. He will be staying with us from now on. Now, piss off…NOW!"

Sakura looked as if she had just wet herself. She turned and ran off, glancing fearfully over her shoulder once or twice. Mikoto cleared her throat to attract the attention of the two boys'. They looked at her and she smiled,

"You two can take the shopping to the car for me…don't ruin anything now dears."

Naruto and Sasuke glanced at each other and then hastily picked up the bags and scooted to the car.

"Your okaa-san's scary…" Naruto said once they were out of earshot. Sasuke noticed the slight fear in his voice. Sasuke shrugged and said,

"I've never seen her that angry. Sakura must have really pissed her off."

"Oh, okay…"

They reached the car and put the bags into the trunk of the car. They then waited for Mikoto to arrive to take them home.

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Sorry about the short chapter, but I wasn't sure of what to put next… (Sigh) And I've had coursework…dammit. Well, hoped you enjoyed! Review!!