Naruto
I was sitting up cradling my knees and rocking back and fourth. Today was the last day…actually there was only half a day until they called the pound and until I die. I'm not lying because that's what they said.
Wait what am I doing? I'm pouting to myself while having another mental breakdown. I don't even know how many I have gotten since I woke up… and I woke up at 3. Yeah like I said I didn't get alot of sleep.
"Naruto?"
"Hm?"
"You're not rocking anymore you okay?"
"No."
"Whats wrong?"
"I'm going to die."
"No you're not."
"No one would care."
"Yes there are people that do care."
I looked at him. I guess he's talking about Gaara since he knows him but I guess he could also be talking about anybody I had yelled in my sleep. Like Hinata, Shika or Chouji.
"I guess…" I whispered.
"Naruto."
"What!" I whined because I thought it was the guy next to me.
"What tone was that!" I jumped seeing as how it was the guard at the front who had undid the lock.
"I-I'm sorry sir…"
"Now, Naruto." He hissed out my name. Now he was saying my name? "Put these back on damn anthro." He snarled and through the clothes I had been wearing a few days ago at me.
"Why?"
"Because your getting the fuck out. Now hurry up! We gotta disinfect." He hissed and Kaiden just helped me stand up but I just fell down again from shaking to much. Did Gaara actually bail me out? With that thought I actually put on the dirty boxers and my jeans before I tore off that rag and looked at my chest, darker bruises than Itachi gave me… The male helped me put on my shirt before I walked glazed with the guard out by Gaara who automatically hugged me.
"O-Ow." I stuttered.
"Whats wrong? Did I hurt you I'm sorry."
"It's not your fault." I told him and he just looked at me worried.
"I love you…" He kissed me."I love you to." I felt like crying but I didn't know if I would be able to. He slid on the ring he bought me before putting on the bracelet. But he held onto my phone for now.
"Lets take you to Tsunade's first okay? I'm so sorry this happened." He said glaring at the officers hard enough to burst them into flames.
"Okay… it's not your fault. It's mine." I said to him while he helped me walk to his car. Thing Is I noticed he was limping…
"You had sex for the money didn't you? I don't care really I can just see you are walking in pain." I said not looking at Gaara but at the floor. Really…I can't be jealous but even if I was with Gaara and with his warmth I still felt numb and I wanted to sleep for 3 days.

Gaara
"I'm not going to hide it from you. I was planning on telling you once things calm down a bit. Now don't freak out Ok? But it was Sasuke. He was the only one with the money. I want you to know there is nothing on between me and him. Ok?"
"Oh I trust you." Naruto said. "I'm just worried that he hurt you. I mean, he wasn't a douche was he?"
"No he was being really sweet almost as if he was trying to win me back. It sucks because he said he had just gotten over me. Anyway," We had gotten inside the car. "did they hurt you? Did they rape you? Are you Ok?" I asked worried.
"Don't worry, Gaara, I'm not soiled." I exhaled a breath I didn't realize I was holding. "Because I chose to get the shit beaten out of me." Naruto mumbled. He shook involuntarily, like the memory hurt. That killed me. I had to take three or four breaths to steady myself.
"Ok so do we need to go to Tsunade? Grated she wants to see you anyway for psychological crap, but I mean physically?" I asked.
"Please?... and can we stop an eat somewhere?"
"They didn't feed you?"
"Not much and I thought the water could be drugged I was so freaked the entire time I couldn't do much more then shake and cry. I probably wouldn't have been able to hold much down anyway." Naruto put his hands on either side of his head like someone would when they are really distressed. I bought him some food and took him to Tsunade. Where she got all motherly and fretted about everything. This was taking to long.
"TSUNADE, come on." I said pissed. "Just give him fucking medication so we can go home! both he and I have two nights of sleep to catch up on I just want to go lay down, and I'm sure thats all Naruto wants. Stop... fretting. He doesn't need a hospital right now. I'm sure he doesn't want to be saved from one horrible place just to be moved to a more comfortable horrible place. Ok?"
"Huh fine. Naruto you have some heavy bruising on your chest, after your rested up, i want you to come back for an x-ray because your rib might be broken... or maybe a few ribs, and Gaara?"
"Yeah?"
"Take these if you feel the need to punch anything. After two days of lack of sleep you can have even worse mood swings than normal, and Naruto cannot afford to be hurt anymore." My aunt explained. Naruto and I left soon after that, I half dragged him to the apartment and flopped down on the bed.
"Um G-Gaara? Is it Ok if I take a bath first? I feel so dirty." Naruto asked.
"Uuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrgh" I said into the pillow. "Yeah." I striped as we walked to the bathtub. Naruto slowly got naked behind me as I set up the water. I was purposely not looking at his body, because I know I would get mad or nauseous at the sight.

Naruto
He got in first and I slowly got in after him, he didn't once look at me. I didn't know if it was because he was mad at me or disgusted by how I look… or maybe he has feelings for- no Naruto stop thinking like that. You trust him enough and he did so much for you…but did he like it? I mean, he must of have liked it, having sex I mean. Not that I would ask him.
"You know you didn't have to take a bath with me…" I said out loud as I began to wash my body but doing it softly enough to not hurt myself, "You could of went straight to bed."
"I didn't want you to drown if you fell asleep."
"Oh, so you only didn't want me to drown." I mumbled to myself and I think that Gaara wouldn't of understood it…I think.
"What?" Thank god I'm right…
"Nothing." I spoke then started to think to myself. Gaara spent a lot of money… He even had to ask for money to bail me out. Were we bankrupt now? Or did Sasuke give him more money than he needed. I mean… I don't want to sell the bracelet only because Gaara gave it to me. Really to me it doesn't matter what the cost is as long as its something he gave me as a gift. So if we have to we could sell it. He spends so much for me anyway when he doesn't need to.
I finished cleaning myself and Gaara had seemed to clean himself and I just felt so…clean. And we got out. We didn't want to do our hair seeing as how it would be wet and I didn't want to have to deal with that. To much things are on my mind and really…I don't even know if I will really be able to sleep well tonight. Even if I am with Gaara.
I dried myself off and the red head did himself and we got dressed in new clothes. Me putting on a tank and an over long sleeve shirt and some boxers and my pajama pants. I want to have as much clothes as I can for night time…
"Naruto?"
"H-Huh Wha-?" I looked at Gaara who was now sitting on the bed, holding up the blankets. I took the invitation and snuggled into the bed with him.
"You were zoning out a bit. It's okay, you're with me now." He said being careful when putting his arms around me, letting me bury my head into his chest.
"I-I love y-you so much Gaara!" I cried for one of the first times in a long time.
"I love you too…now go to sleep." And like that I was out, not knowing what my dreams had in store with me.

Gaara
I let Naruto cry but he was still out pretty quickly. Gently I wiped the tears off his cheeks and I closed my eyes. He was acting weird. Sasuke had given me some tips... what was it? Naruto will act quiet and shaken up for a while but its just a phase it'll pass. I fell asleep pretty quickly. Seeing as I got about as much sleep as poor Naruto the past few days. I woke up a few hours later to Naruto crying.
"Naruto, sweet heart?" I asked putting a gentile hand to his cheeks. He flinched then his eyes adjusted to the dark.
"G-G-Gaara?" He asked as if wondering if this was a dream. I gave him a gentile kiss. He blinked awake and looked around. "Oh... th-thats right... you here..." he gave a sigh of relief before closing his eyes and snuggling back into my chest. The next awakening was rather less calm. Naruto woke up screaming.
"Naruto, Naruto, calm down your going to hurt yourself." I said. The boy just looked at me, then curled into a ball and started rocking but at the same time he was shivering uncontrollably. I didn't want to touch him in case he freaked out and someone came up here to check on us. Eventually though he calmed down. Silent tears running down his face.
"I-I-I'm s-s-sorry." He took a shaky breath.
"Oh for what? You have nothing to be sorry for sweety. Come lay down." We slept in total for a day and half. I woke up at 10 the next morning, and let Naruto sleep while I made him a huge pancake breakfast and I brought him it in bed too. Waking him up with a gentle kiss; He was startled awake, but he saw me and smiled, breathing in relief again. I don't know how much longer I can take him like this before I snap and kill some cops. I shook my head and walked into the kitchen and took a pill, then carried it into the bedroom where I have a glass of water with all of our breakfast.
"Now Naruto,"
"Yeah?" He said digging into his pancakes.
"I'm taking this pill Ok, but it makes me very... distant... numb... I'll just be acting really weird Ok? Like quiet and not caring. Just don't freak out or nothing, I am just kinda mad right now."
"A-At who?" the blond asked staring at me looking about to cry, his ears lowering considerably.
"Not you silly. At the people who did this to you. But remember what Tsunade said? If I get mad to take this because she doesn't want you getting in the middle of anything."
"oh right." I nodded and took the pill gulping it down with a glass of water.
"It'll only last about 2 hours though, because my demon blood is stronger then humans so the medicine dissolves quicker." I explained. I began to eat my pancakes, and Naruto when he finished, lay down again. I washed the dishes, and when I came back, he was lightly dozing but not quite asleep. "I'm going to take a shower k?" I asked. He mumbled an Ok and I walked into the bathroom

Naruto
I mean I was still tired, I slept but I hadn't slept good. I mean I used to have nightmares before about my parents but all nightmares stopped when I started to sleep with Gaara. But I guess when a new scarring experience happens new nightmares happen and hopefully I get over them… I don't want to cause Gaara trouble. Which I think I have.
I was sitting up now my head against the headboard thinking or trying not to think. What if I wrote what happened down and that might help me get everything out. Or maybe I need to tell somebody who doesn't already know. Breathing out to try and calm myself I went and picked up my phone that I hadn't even looked at since we got it back.
There were about 80 texts and much more missed calls and voice mails from people. Most being from Hinata but others from Shikamaru and Choji. There was Neji? Lee and Shino. Tsunade…and Gaara. How come these people care about me so much. I'm just some stupid anthro right? That doesn't deserve-
I breathed out a few times to calm myself down. I can't start thinking like that! It's not right to think like that at all. I checked the texts, mostly it was Hinata acting as worried as ever…she doesn't know I'm alright does she? I quickly called her number knowing I was in for it. I mean…shes probably mad at me right?
"Naruto?" She didn't even say hello.
"Hi Hinata…" I whispered.
"Oh my gosh where were you! We were all worried!"
"Sorry…I was in jail."
"JAIL!"
"Yeah….They treat anthro's like crap in there."
"What happened."
"T-They…" I was getting choked up and I even felt some tears start to fall down my cheeks.
"Its okay Naruto, you're okay."
"They p-put me in rags, I almost g-got raped…twice! Only because they said to get raped or get beat up…" I wiped my eyes roughly trying to calm my breathing.
"Naruto, its alright."
"Its not going to be alright! I don't know if ill be able to…just because I'm half fox I must be an animal. A stupid dumb animal."
"Stop talking like that! We all love you and so does Gaara."
"But I know hes going to get sick of me…I just know it. And they kept on saying it."
"Its not true." She whispered, "He loves you. He freaked out because you were gone. We love you Naruto." She kept on repeating as I hit my skull repeatedly on the headboard. "Can you do me a favor?" I asked her
"Anything if you stop crying."
"Fine."
"What is it?" She asked curious.
"Tell everyone where I was and sorry for troubling them…Bye." I said after she responded with a quick okay, and before I hung up and looked at a clock. Gaara has been gone for a while…close to an hour. I walked to the bathroom and knocked on the door. "Gaara?" No answer. I got scared, "G-Gaara?" I repeated before I opened the door to see the shower still going. He was still in the shower? Then I remembered he took that pill. I opened the shower curtain to see the red heads back against the tile a glazed look In his eye. I felt the water. It was fucking cold!
"Damn it Gaara!" I yelled mostly to myself turning off the water finally getting his attention. I helped him out and dried him off.

Gaara
"F-Fuck." I said as Naruto was out here. Why was he here? Fuck. "Hey." I said.
"Are you Ok? The water was freezing!" Naruto said.
"Was it?" I didn't notice. I can't feel anything. It was like the connection from my brain to my legs was cut off. I didn't feel the response saying my legs will work, but yet they were walking of their own accord. I sat on the bed and stared at the wall. It was weird, my mind could think about something like the wall for about ten seconds, but yet my thought process was slower so by the time I counted to ten a minute has gone by. So as I sat here thinking about the wall I didn't notice Naruto was even talking to me. I had turned my head to look at him.
"God this is weird." I said.
"Have you been listening to me? Come on stand up and put some clothes on." Naruto said. I had to think about each word.
"Oh right right..." I stood up and Naruto had to help me. He lay me down on the bed. "H-How long was I... in the shower." My words felt slow leaving my mouth.
"Um..." He looked at the clock. "About an hour... 50 minutes maybe."
"Wow." I said.
"Sleep this off Ok? You're acting kinda really unresponsive. I mean, if I didn't know it was the pill I would say your ignoring me. And before you ask why I would think that: It's because you're probably sick of me, sick of having to save me all the time. Sick of waiting for me to get better so you can touch me. You're probably upset that I'm stupid enough to get arrested. And upset that you had to pay so much to get me back. And You're... upset that you had to see Sasuke again... I hope-"
"Stop." I said once all of his words caught up with me. "One you're going to fast..." which was odd because his mouth wasn't rambling like normal... "And two we'll talk about this later because I can't concentrate on anything at the moment." Everything in my brain was mumbled and looked like alphabet soup. We lay down, and I figured I would try my hardest to sleep the rest of this pill. The next thing I knew I was waking up. Naruto was lying next to me, and at my movement, he changed positions, whimpered, then sat up and cradled his chest. "F-Fuck." He whispered.
"Does it hurt?" I asked. He jumped.
"Just when I move. Sorry." he looked down not meeting my eyes for more than two seconds.
"Hey." I picked his chin up to look at me. "I love you. I'm not mad. You're not stupid to be arrested, they are stupid to arrest someone as perfect a person as you. If only they knew. It's Ok about the money, I didn't spend a penny. Sasuke gave me the whole 15,000 but listen, and listen well. Ok? I didn't enjoy doing what I did with Sasuke. I enjoyed being able to get the money to save you, but I didn't enjoy sleeping with him. At the same time it wasn't bad, and I don't mean I liked it I just mean, that Sasuke wasn't a horrible bastard, and since I spent the night there we talked a bit. He said that he had just gotten over me, but it was too tempting an offer not to pass off. He told me he understood I was with you, and he asked me if he and I could be... friends." I said.
"So... you said?"
"I'd rather have him as a friend than an enemy." I said. "but I love you. You are mine. There is nothing between me and Sasuke." I assured him.
Naruto nodded. "After everything we've been through, I believe you." Naruto said. I smiled.
"Now stop worrying. I love you." I kissed him and we lay back down. "If you wake up and you need anything, and I'm asleep, just wake me up Ok? I'm only laying down because there is nothing else to do and I want to be with you alright?"
"Alright... but you've done so much already."
"Shhhh. Good... after...noon." I said before closing my eyes and resting my head on the pillow.

Naruto
I can't fake it that I don't believe him because I do believe him. I lay my head on my pillow facing Gaara as I looked at him. He actually fell asleep pretty quickly. I just know he is because his breathing changed. I love him…so much. What would I be if he left me? No…I shouldn't think like that. I scooted a bit closer to Gaara so I was resting nicely into his side without causing pain. Seeing as how he was lying on his back.
"I love you so much okay?" I whispered even though I knew he was already asleep and wouldn't get a response. And I kissed his forehead before I fell asleep, not that scared this time. Maybe if I fell asleep not as scared to actually fall asleep I wouldn't have as bad nightmares like I have been having.
"Naru-"
"Hmm?" I groaned. And turned onto my other side only to cough In pain. "Naruto? Come on wake up." Gaara?
I opened my eyes to see Gaara's face in front of mine, "W-What?"
"You were shaking and screaming in your sleep." He said gently, cupping my face and using his thumb to push away something… I think a tear.
"I was? I don't…remember anything. I don't think I had a dream… I'm s-s-s-sorry." I stuttered before I actually started to cry again, "I woke you u-up." I didn't stop looking in his eyes.
"No you didn't. I had gotten up to go to the bathroom. We slept all afternoon it's passed supper time. And now you started screaming." He told me sweetly.
I don't remember one thing. Maybe when Gaara left…that might of have been what caused me to scream in my sleep…. but that would be horrible for both of us.
"S-Sorry…" I apologized and he just kissed me slightly.
"It's okay, it's not your fault. Now do you want to eat?"
"I'm not that hungry…" I told him honestly. But then again I might be starving and I just don't know it.
"You should eat since you haven't ate since breakfast. But I'm not going to force you." He said to me before he helped me out of bed and I followed him into the kitchen and sat down.
"Can we have ramen?" I asked seeing as how I didn't want him to cook a big meal. He just gave me a small smile and nodded his head. It didn't take him long to cook it and have It in front of me and him. I believed him, I trusted him but there was still one thing that bothered me. Why did Gaara have to go to Sasuke?

Gaara
"Here you go. It's a bit hot." I warned, placing the bow of ramen in front of him and handing him his chop sticks I got him for Christmas.
"Thanks. Itadakimasu!" He said before digging in.
I smiled and sat next to him using my fork. "Is everything Ok? You seem like you have something on your mind." I asked. blowing on my ramen before putting it in my mouth.
"Well... not really. I trust you. Understand that. But... why did you have to go to Sasuke?"
"My father said no... Who else do you know that has 15,000 laying around with no use." Naruto shook his head, but looked down. "I'd have rather done it with Sasuke than some stranger for the money. I know Sasuke's clean." I said referring to STD's. For some reason Naruto thought this funny. And so did I. after everything that happened I would bring up something as normal as an STD. "Hey that's the first time you laughed since you got back." I pointed out.
"Yeah I guess." He looked down sad again. All of a sudden there was a knock on the door.
"I'll get it." I said pushing my chair away from the table and standing up, walking over to the door and opened it. "Dad?' I asked thinking it was anyone but him.
"Gaara... I'm sorry. I just... I have to tell you something." He told me. I walked over to the table not able to look at him.
"Well maybe I don't want to listen to you like you never want to listen to me," I said grudgingly.
"Just... please? You don't understand, after seeing you a few days ago, I was beginning to regret some of the stuff I said in the past. I always took my anger out on you when... I should be mad at myself." He said.
"I'm listening." I said. Naruto looked back and forth between us confused.
"Gaara... when your mother was pregnant with you-"
"Here we go." I said rolling my eyes. My dad ignored me and continued.
"I was taking a pill to make me sterile. So I couldn't get her pregnant again. But when she was pregnant, I accused her of cheating. Once you were born... with the red mop of hair it was easy to say she cheated. Nothing was the same between her and I, we fought often, every little thing she did I picked on and vice versa. When you were four I... one of the fights just got too serious. I couldn't... I was never good at holding in my anger... and I... I killed your mother. I loved her but, her having you made me snap and her protecting you made me feel sick. I told everyone she left, it wasn't hard for people to except this, she threatened to leave every single day, only I knew she didn't have the guts to go without taking you kids. Then, as you got older, the obvious... similarities between you and me and Kankuro. It was harder to say you weren't mine. I couldn't deny to myself that it was my fault she died, because it was a mess up with my pills that had gotten her pregnant. It was never your fault, it was my fault for you, and for her dying. I was too ashamed to tell you kids this... "
"You...WHAT? You mean to say you've lied to us all these years? That you... you... you blamed me? It was never my fault and even if she did cheat on you that wasn't my fault either! God you are a murderer! And a bastard! The more I see of you the more I am convinced of that! You loved her, how could you DO that?"
"That's what I'm saying! You're going to do something to him you regret. Break this off before you hurt him. It's never going to work!"
"I could never hurt Naruto. Get out of my home, and never come near me and my family again."
"What does that make me?"
"You disowned me!" I shouted.
"I said I was going to." He looked down. "I wouldn't have been able to live with that guilt too."
"I wish you had... I don't want you as my father. I wish mom had cheated." I snapped.
"Gaara, I came here to ask your forgiveness..."
"It's too late. If I didn't get the money from Sasuke, and you came here today, Naruto would have been dead yesterday. I wouldn't even have opened the door for your sorry ass. You don't have my forgiveness. Go live through another 19 years of guilt and maybe I'll forgive you then." I snarled.
"Gaara... I was... thinking of giving you the money, but you left."
"Because I got my priority's straight. If I got the money from you, I'd have been in debt for the rest of my life. My pride would have been hurt way more than what I did with Sasuke."
"Sasuke gave you the money... to save the creature that he's jealous of?"
"GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!" I screamed.
"Wait! I didn't mean it like that!"
"Yes you did. He's more human than you are." I said.
"We're Demons!"
"You're a demon... I'm half human." I said. I pushed him out of my door. "Leave." was all I said as I slammed the door in his face.

We came up with this idea on day ONE of planning! About Gaara's Dad and Mom? Yeah...it is one of the twists in this story we thought of just so you know that Gaara's Dad seems to care about him atleast a little bit. Like...he doesn't want Gaara to go through the pain of hurting the one he loves. Anyway, yeah so that was it!

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