Authors note: Here's chappie 7! Dumdee dum dum. –waved around stick and pokes kat wit it- lookey lookey!! The people are still reading!! –starts dancing around with Katharine and then we trip on our own feet- oops clumsy us…. Eheheh…

This story contains YAOI!! If you don't like YAOI then don't read!!

Kk just wanted to get that outta the way.

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Naruto or any of the other Naruto charries.

Chapter 7
"Gaara what the hell!?" Sasuke demanded shoving the Kage up against the brick wall behind him. The plants above shook dangerously at the heavy impact; their vases clanking loudly together. Gaara blinked in surprise before realizing Sasuke was touching him, something he'd only permit Naruto to do.

He pushed the raven haired boy away from him with a scowl forming on his face.
"Don't touch me." Was all he hissed before storming away. However Sasuke recollected himself and charged after Gaara, spinning him to face him so Gaara would listen. The Kage sighed but listened though he moved a few feet away from him; paranoid he'd touch him again.

Sasuke paused, frowning at Gaara's obvious distaste-gust for him, before he continued.

"How could you leave Naruto in the house like that? He's crying!" he accused angrily. Gaara's frown deepened, he didn't like the fact that he'd made Naruto cry—but if Naruto hadn't invited Sasuke over it wouldn't have happened! But…Gaara never said he shouldn't invite Sasuke out…in any case, he wouldn't be proved wrong by This Uchiha.

"How could you leave Naruto in the house alone with Tsunade?" he challenged back. However, this thought left them both in a dark shadow and immediately they moved back to Naruto's apartment; Sasuke running, Gaara fast enough not to be seen…they both expected the house to be gone and Naruto crying over a lost poker hand.

Though, when they got there and both tumbled inside all they found was Naruto on the sofa, crying his baby blues out with no Tsunade to be seen. Sasuke froze up at the sight of his close friend crying so desperately; even more so than when he was hurt, but when Gaara headed toward him with a gentle expression on his features Sasuke's skin crawled in anger. He'd never seen a look like that on Gaara's face and to see it directed toward Naruto almost caused loathe seeping from him completely. He didn't want Naruto anywhere near Gaara ever.

His mind snapped back into action, his eyes coming back into focus from his thoughts only to widen at Gaara actually wrapping his arms around Naruto. Naruto leaned into Gaara and cried harder; his pale hands grasping the Kage's shirt as Gaara closed his eyes and buried his face into tufts of blonde hair. The position looked so natural to them Sasuke became so abhorred he practically exploded. Striding towards Gaara he hissed out;

"I need to speak with you…" then, with a glance toward Naruto who was looking up at him with wide, watery blue eyes he added sharply; "Alone."

Gaara sighed, hesitantly looking at Naruto who looked away and slowly unlatched his body from Gaara's. The Kage stood up, spitefully, and glared at Sasuke before slowly following him into the hall.

"Listen," Sasuke began sharply only for Gaara to cut him off.

"Make it fast, Naruto needs me." He muttered smugly causing Sasuke's teeth to clench harder than they had been.

"All right, well…" Sasuke paused to the impatient look on Gaara's face, nervousness starting to win him over as he swallowed thickly.

"I need you to stay away from Naruto." He managed in struggle, straining his voice. Gaara raised his eyebrows.

"Need? Well, in that case, no." he stated before going to turn away.

"Wait!" Sasuke urged grabbing the Kage's shoulder that instinctively sent sand shooting around the Uchiha's neck, pinning him to the wall.

"Don't touch me." He seethed before letting the pale boy down. Sasuke glared slightly; rubbing his throat.

"Don't you want to know why I need you to stay away from Naruto?" he growled. Gaara shrugged and sighed; leaning against the wall.

"Obviously I all ready know." He stated in a bored yet threatening tone, however he managed that. In any case, the statement caused Sasuke's eyes to widen. He knew? How!? Panic started to spread through him until Gaara's next statement.

"You're in love with Naruto." This caused him to gape at the Kage in disbelief.

"N…Naruto?" he snorted, before letting out a bark of laughter. Gaara's eyes narrowed.

"Don't try to lie your way out. You're overprotective of him, you keep him away from me…you don't even want him talking to—"
"That's because I like you!" Sasuke blurted out, causing Gaara's mouth to drop open before Sasuke turned his head away, ashamed and blushing. Gaara stared at him in disbelief because…this couldn't be happening! Sasuke? Liking him? No! Sasuke's face slowly tilted toward him with an expectant expression on his face that held a severe amount of hopefulness. Too much…so, he wasn't lying.

"Then why are you so protective of Naruto?" Gaara asked confused.

"Because he's my friend but he's just a friend. I feel more…. feelings towards you" Sasuke admitted.

Gaara sighed, and slowly shook his head before turning and walking down the hall; back towards Naruto, as an answer to Sasuke's repository statement. Sasuke stood where he was, his heart tearing at the seems and ripping in half. He'd never…well, only once experienced this much agony. It almost made him want to bawl. Not only that, but the raven haired boy had never been turned down before. He stood in the hall for what must've been an eternity but what could only have been maybe a minute. Slowly for that eternity he changed his pain—with great difficulty—to determination. This was Uchiha, Sasuke we were speaking of. And Uchiha Sasuke always got what he wanted.

Gaara stepped towards the couch where Naruto was laying. His head was turned towards the back of the couch so he couldn't see anything. Gaara looked at the boy curled up in a ball, still crying. He sat down next to him and waited until Naruto looked up before pulling him into a hug once more. Gaara rocked Naruto back and forth, trying to comfort the boy. Naruto wept for a while longer before lifting his head up to gaze at the red head.

"You… and Sasuke… L-left me….. I… I was all alone.." Naruto sobbed out. Gaara looked into those sad blue eyes of Naruto's and he started to feel guilty about reacting the way he did. He replayed the scene in his head and he thought he acted like a little kid. Gaara held Naruto tighter and whispered into his ear so that Sasuke, who was standing near the kitchen entrance, couldn't hear.

"I'm sorry Naruto. I shouldn't have left you… I won't let that happen again." Gaara promised and he pulled away a little so he could see Naruto. He lifted his chin so he could see that cute face of his clearly, and bent over to give Naruto a small kiss on his forehead. This made the Uchiha boy go red in anger, but he didn't do anything about it.
Sasuke wanted to push those two away from each other. He didn't like Gaara being so close with Naruto. He realized his temper was rising and he didn't want to do anything while Naruto was there, so he just left the two 'love-birds' alone and ran to his house to think of a way to get Gaara in his clutches.

'I WILL get Gaara to be mine, even if I have to make him. ' Sasuke's face stretched into pain at the measures he would have to take just to have…the boy he possibly loved, but again, determination rose and spread across his features. With a sigh the Uchiha slowly sat down to his desk, mingled with papers and papers of information about his brother, Itachi. Everyone knew his life's obligation was to kill him, avenging his clan. But as the Uchiha shoved all paperwork from his desk and took out a notebook; beginning to write down facts about Sabuku No Gaara, the Kazekage, he figured that he had a long life; and his vengeance could wait.

Gaara embraced Naruto until he stopped crying. He was glad that Sasuke had left and that they were alone. Gaara turned on the TV for Naruto, and gave him the remote and a blanket, because he didn't think Naruto was going to get up anytime soon. Gaara walked into the kitchen to see some unfinished cookies. So he decided to finish them for Naruto. It only took a few minutes but he didn't want to be away from Naruto for long. Once they were done he quickly placed them onto a plate and brought them out to the living room.
Naruto was sitting on the couch watching nothing in particular, he held the remote loosely in his hands and would occasionally flicker through the channels. The blonde was sheltered in the blankets and he was holding his knees as he stared at the TV, he looked warm…and maybe even a little bit uncomfortable, the boy's eyes drooped tiredly and he didn't even look up to see Gaara come over with food.

"Gaa…Kun…" he murmured, sounding like he needed help with his head lolling to the side slightly.

Gaara placed the cookies on the small table next to the couch and reached out to place a hand on Naruto's forehead. Gaara's hand swept over Naruto's forehead gently and he realized that Naruto had a fever.

"Naruto, go to bed now." Gaara whispered carefully…he still…wasn't used to being this loving. Naruto lifted his pale face towards Gaara and could only nod in agreement. He struggled to get on his feet and when he finally did, he only fell forward weakly landing in Gaara's arms. Naruto leaned limply on Gaara, until with one sweep of Gaara's strong arms Naruto was picked up and carried into his bedroom.

Gaara laid the boy down on the bed and tucked him under the covers. He walked over to the dressers where the music box sat. He opened it up and let the melody gently waft through the room and hall way. Within seconds Naruto was fast asleep and Gaara placed a cold, wet rag on top of Naruto's forehead, to help cool down his fever. The Kage bent over to kiss Naruto again on the forehead, frowning worriedly when his lips came back hot before shutting off the lights and left the room to let Naruto sleep.

Gaara sat on the couch watching the show that Naruto had left on, it was Elfen Lied again, he settled into the episode, occasionally changing positions and worrying about Naruto until he eventually though restlessly fell asleep.

Naruto let out a small whimper; he slowly dragged his body up into a sitting position only to squint his watering eyes shut from the pounding pain in his temples. He was freezing and boiling all at once with his throat stinging like fire and metal, his stomach turning violently. He opted to bite through the pain for a moment and call for his new-found protector, Gaara, who could always make him feel better. But at the same time he could practically feel himself getting weaker, being babied. Since Gaara had come he'd turned into a complete kid…it may have been pleasing others but personally he was starting to get disgusted with himself.

He sat up and, biting his bottom lip, shuffled into the bathroom to take a shower. Once the cold…or hot, he wasn't sure with his bodily temperatures at the moment, hit his skin he sighed in relief and let his senses clear; if only by a slight amount. With his newly cleared senses his mind opened up to all the sounds around him, through the running water he could hear muttering voices coming from the living room. Curious, Naruto turned off the water and wrapped a towel around his waist. He could all ready feel himself worsening without the water and the walls of his throat started to feel prickly with saliva. Slapping his tongue to the roof of his mouth the blonde made his way from the hall to the living room, turning redder from embarrassment than fever immediately.

Standing in his living room, arguing with two men, was Sakura. She looked up as did the two men…who were Koichi and Ikuto, just before Gaara was sent flying into the wall with a furious Tsunade rushing in, causing Gaara's eyes to go bloodshot and him to capture her with sand. While they were fighting Kiba, Hinata and Shino all made their way in, placing bets on who would win. Sakura paused suddenly; seeing someone outside the door she shot out an insult and Ino came running in angrily, followed by an irritated Chouji and Shikamaru. Akamaru suddenly bounded for the door, getting caught only to be helped in by Konohamaru and friends who looked at all the people and started grumbling about how they weren't invited to the party. Rock lee ran in soon after, pronouncing his love to Sakura only to have Tenten attempt to pull him away. Neji walked in, in an annoyed way and looked over to Naruto only to widen his eyes and let out an extremely loud scream that caused everyone to look up.

Suddenly Hinata started blushing and everyone turned toward the terror that must've made the great Hyuuga's so terrorized. It went dead silent, and several people's noses started bleeding; including Kakashi's, who had just walked in to get himself something to eat.

"N-Naruto…" Gaara managed, pushing his way through the crowd and placing two hands on the shocked blonde's shoulder. "Are…you feeling all right?" he asked sheepishly. The kage only wanted to have Tsunade come over with Shizune—who was in the kitchen—to make medicine for Naruto. However Ikuto and Koichi, thinking it was an official meeting had to come too…Sakura was all ready on her way over to yell at Naruto for making Sasuke not open his doors to his house—Sasuke wasn't here—and then, well, it happened with all the people.

"Naruto, are you all right?" Gaara asked again, now more fiercely as Naruto had gotten thin and white as paper and was shaking back and fourth like a ghost, his eyes went pinpoint big and a shutter rippled through him before the blonde fainted and fell to the ground. It was too fast for Gaara to catch him, and on the ground…well, Naruto's towel fell too.