Naruto:
I stared at Gaara with shocked eyes.
"G-Gaara!" I screamed. Why did he just tell this person that? I couldn't believe it!
"Naru, it's okay."
"No I-it's not okay!" I screamed, tears almost in my eyes.
"Actually it is, um"
"His name is naruto and he needs help NOW." Gaara said sternly. I was shaking and Gaara began to rub my arms.
"Yes Naruto. It is okay. Now if you would like to take this conversation to my office." I first started to refuse, but Gaara gave me a look of 'trust me' and I followed slowly.
When she closed the office door I froze stiff. I felt as though I was trapped, no way out.
"Naru its okay, there's no need to worry. You're safe here." Gaara whispered to me. I could only nod.
"Naruto, I am Tsunade. And sadly, I'm Gaara's aunt."
My eyes widened. Not another family member!
Gaara:
"On my mother's side!" I corrected. I saw Naruto's eyes reflect fear. "My mother was human. She left when I was a baby and no one knows why, except my dad and he refuses to tell. This is my aunt Tsunade and because she is my aunt, she knows I'm a demon. She is the other reason my Dad sent my siblings and I here. We tend to, if you haven't noticed, hurt each other when we get mad, and dad didn't want us far from emergency care. But if you wanted me to kill kankuro, I'm sure aunt Tsunade here wouldn't mind bringing him back to life." I said, trying to lighten the mood.
"Kankuro did this?" Tsunade was looking at the bruising on Naruto's wrist, "He had one hell-of-a grip."
"He tried to eat him." I explained. Naruto shivered.
"Your lucky all he did was break your wrist then." my big busted aunt said.
"Don't scare him, it was a misunderstanding and it won't happen again." I pleaded.
"You seemed to get out of the tussle fine." she looked me up and down.
"Yeah, only because Kankuro tripped and slammed his head on the marble counter. He was woozy after I bit him."
"You bit him? When you go home, I want you to apologize to your brother." Tsunade chastised me.
"What? He tried to eat Naruto!" I protested.
"He didn't do anything that's not fixable. Now sweetie, can I see your wrist?" she asked. Naruto nodded slowly, I don't know if he was listening to me and my aunts banter or not, but whatever it was he seemed distracted. "It's really banged up, and you'll need a cast. You should regain full usage of your wrist again, but when you get older it might cause arthritis. Mean while, I will put you on some pain killers, do not, I repeat DO NOT, let your brother get a hold of this Gaara. I have a feeling he's been doing drugs as well as drinking." Tsunade explained to me. Naruto took the pill.
She took Naruto to an x-ray room and got an x-ray scanned. Then she went to go pick it up.
"Naruto? Are you ok?" I asked.
"My head is spinning." he said. "I feel... feint. My head hurts Gaara..." he took in one of those breaths right before you start sobbing. I cradled his head to my chest as he cradled his wrist to his.
"You're so quiet." I observed.
"It's so much to take in, everything fells like a blur..." he mumbled his head growing heavy.
Tsunade came in and asked what was wrong with him. "You don't think it's a side effect of the drugs do you?" I asked worriedly, he was in fact acting high at the moment.
"Maybe... but it's usually not so strong... unless you're not in pain. Has he been going through a lot of stress lately?"
"I'd say. I mean he only recovered from hypothermia yesterday morning. And not to mention his uncle kicking him out." and then Naruto passed out...
Naruto:
Tsunade gave me some pain killers and I took them without complaint. But then I felt like my head began to get heavier and everything was spinning in my head.
Gaara asked what was wrong but I could barley respond to him. Why do I always get sick? And why does it always have to do with my head!
Gaara held me close but it wasn't helping me. I tried to say Gaara's name but nothing came out. I passed out.
Everything was black. This time there was no shifting of movement into a horrifying dream. It was just dark. The occasional whispers being heard around me.
'W-What happened?' I asked myself. And I listened as if suspecting to hear and answer.
"Hypothermia! Are you insane Gaara! how come you didn't bring him to me earlier!"
"I'm sorry! I was worried and I wasn't thinking clearly! I promised him I would protect him and his secret and I couldn't call the ambulance! And I dint have my car so what was I supposed to do!"
Silence...
"You really care for him don't you?"
"Yeah I do..."
Everything went silent again. Nothing, just my thoughts.
After what seemed to be like years I started to hear beeps. Repeated beeps over and over. I felt something warm holding my left hand.
I slowly opened my eyes, my red head staring back at me.
"G-gaara? Why am I..." I stopped talking to see my arm in a sling and my other arm connected to an IV
"Naru, sorry but they needed to check your vitals. Because of your stress levels and because of the hypothermia from yesterday..."
Gaara:
"H-how long was I out?" Naruto asked me.
"About 2 hours. Tsunade gave you more medicine; she says it will help you cope with the stress. Are you hungry? I was just about to go get some lunch, I missed breakfast." I rambled on because I was nervous. Tsunade gave me a huge speech about how I was unfit to be taking care of another person. She reminded me that I'd killed almost every pet I ever owned. I tried to argue back saying Kankuro killed two and Temari forgot to feed one while I was on vacation once, but it's true the other 5 didn't last too long either. My dog ran away, my first hamster I ate... the second one was Kankuro's fault. My cat was hit by a car the second day I got her. My fish ate the smaller fish, and then kankuro ate him. My iguana didn't eat anything I gave it. My rat escaped, and my gerbil bit me... so I bit him... he turned a green color and died three days later. But I was young then.
Naruto sent me to go get food, I saw Tsunade as I walked out.
"I'm going to check on Naruto, is he awake?" my aunt asked me.
"Yeah. Be nice to him."
"I'm nice to all of my patents."
"Not us."
"You're my nephew, that rules over patient any day." she waved her hand and entered the room I just left. I walked down stairs to grab some food and maybe a coffee. I debated whether or not I was right for Naruto. Every fiber of my being hated us being apart and my life seemed right when we were together. But I did have a temper... and Naruto was scared of people being mad. I loved blood, sometimes craved it, and he freaks at the sight of it. What else are we opposites at? Is he too fragile to survive in my demonic family? Can I protect him? Not will I, because I'd die to save him, but am I strong enough to protect him?
Naruto:
I was still silent and still as Tsunade walked in. She didn't say anything and neither did I. she just checked some charts and papers, sometimes smiling, others frowning.
When she got to my arm I whimpered.
"Don't worry I'm not going to hurt you." She smiled sweetly I only nodded. Silence again. Normally I would like silence with a stranger. But this women was Gaara's aunt AND a doctor. Don't doctors talk a lot?
"Gaara...what do you think of him?" She broke the silence, making me lightly jump and my eyes to become calm.
"How can I explain it...I-I love him. He's sweet, generous and t-takes care of me. He protects me as much a-as he can. And he's an amazing cook." I softly smiled as I got lost I'm my own little world.
"Are we talking about the same Gaara?" She joked.
I nodded my head.
"He's warm and he loved me back...but sometimes I think as if I'm not good enough for him. As if he could do better than me. An Anthro and a demon? It's like Romeo and Juliet. But this time it's just our beings that could keep us separated..." Where was this coming from? How come I'm spilling my heart out to this Tsunade person! Was I that desperate to tell someone.
"Well, Naruto, all I have to say is be careful for-"
"I hope you're not filling his head with crap Tsunade. Temari already did that before." I jumped at Gaara's voice and stared a him in the eyes.
Gaara:
"No I'm not." Tsunade snapped at me. "Listen, Gaara, I know you'll through a fit and a half if I say he has to stay the night, so I'll let you guys check out, but I'm going to lay down some rules." Tsunade said.
I nodded.
"No violence, the smallest thing can cause Naruto stress. the medication he is on is for depressed people, it's supposed to make you feel numb, no emotion, but I'd only gave him half so it has little effect, only to cover some stress issues. He only takes half at a time, you could take it at morning and at night, or seeing as your asleep all night, you can take it in the morning. The painkillers last 6 to 8 hours, you take two pills each time. After the six hour mark if you feel any pain just pop two more in. Be careful of the wrist. Don't baby it but don't do too much with it unless the painkillers are working well. If you have to take the cast off, like let's say to shower, don't close your fist. This is cream to help with the bruising and the swelling, just put it on right after you shower. Secondly, Naruto, Gaara told me everything that happened, which means Gaara has to stop exposing you to blood. Which means no horror films and no beating on your brother. If some accident happens, just get him clear and clean up the blood, try not to let him see. If he has any symptoms I didn't warn you about Gaara, call me. You know my emergency pager # that I always have on me. If I don't answer my cell call that. Ok? Get out of here you two."
My aunt can be so bossy. She had made it clear I can't beat up my brother. But that's fine, I already had a plan to get back at him. It would have to wait for Naruto to get better.
Naruto:
Gaara held my hand as we walked through the hospital. As if he was guiding me.
"Naru, you know I love you right?" I nodded my head, still feeling sort of woozy. In truth I don't know if it was from the pain pills or the depression ones. Why was I getting them anyway? I know she said it was for stress but... "And I'm really sorry Naruto. Truly sorry. I dint mean for this to happen." Gaara again opened my car door and I shuffled in.
"Y-Yeah I know Gaara..." I whispered.
We drove on the street in silence.
"Why am I on depression pills? I'm not going to kill myself."
"Yes I know that. We know that. And we told you it was for stress. If you didn't notice, Naruto, you are under A lot of stress. It's kind of hard not to notice it." Gaara rambled on, "and stress can lead to depression." he whispered.
I just nodded my head and watched out of the window until we pulled up to the house again. I felt nervous all over again as gaara got out of his car and opened up the passenger door for me.
"Thanks Gaara...For everything again."
AN-I know its short T_T and i dont really know why its short. im not the type of person to advertise random shit becuase i dont approve of that. And i mean it when people are lik "Oh! If you like this you will looooove these on my other website!" blah blah blah. But Im not saying this to advertise anything. If you want quicker realeses and want to see other chapters go to my deviantart account which is on my Bio Page.
And sorry that it seems like slow updating even if we have all these chapters done. I only update this story when I update another story...which i wont tell you which. Plus i have exams so...god i cant wait till next week! End of school year.