A/N: This is really, really short. I'm sorry for that – but the next chapter is longer. Just you wait until we reach chapter nine. That's pretty long! I hope you'll like this chapter, and that you'll tell me what you thought.Thank you for all the reviews!!
State of Shock
Remember him?
I have never wanted to punch someone as bad as I wanted to punch Sai at that moment. The former ROOT-member had never really bothered with me, except for those few times when he teased me about being so overprotective with Naruto.
Naruto didn't need my protection. He was a strong man, and I knew that he could kick my ass any day. Yet, I felt the need to keep him happy. Especially since he stopped talking – stopped defending himself through words.
When he came back from Jiraiya, he had grown up to become quite a sight. He was as tall as I was; which made me feel a little unnerved. My entire life, I had looked down on him. He had always been short.
It wasn't until he stopped talking and eating – after Sasuke's comeback – that I started worrying over my new best friend. Shino spent a lot of time together with Naruto and me, and he was the one who noticed it in the beginning, so it was not imagination when I realised that Naruto had lost a lot of weight.
I could handle Sai's teasing, it was no big deal. I knew that a lot of people thought that I had become Naruto's guard dog. Yet, when he spoke those words, I have to admit that I might have overreacted.
I shouldn't have punched him in the face like that, just because he was lying. I mean, Naruto would never let Uchiha Sasuke bang him. Naruto knew that Sasuke was bad, that Sasuke wasn't good for him. He knew that because I had told him countless of times.
To Be Continued
