Author's Note; Sorry for the late triple update, I was going to update yesterday, but I got hit with whatever is making me sick. I still don't feel all that good, but at least my migraine is gone for the time being. Any who, here's the next three chapters. I hope you all enjoy!

Chapter 27

Naruto

I couldn't believe Gaara wouldn't tell me he didn't feel good. Hell, it pissed me off and when Sasuke told me, I wanted to rip something apart and scream at the top of my lungs. But given Gaara's situation with him not allowed to see me, I guessed he didn't want to worry me, but he should know me better. And I wouldn't give a rats ass about his father not letting me see him today. He's my boyfriend, I have a right to see him.

And when we saw Gaara's dad standing in the door way of his room, I was more than prepared to show him mercy when I stomped up to him and crossed my arms for a few moments before letting them back down by my sides when he started talking to me.

"You aren't allowed in here." Gaara's dad said when Sasuke and I made it up to his room with Sasuke carrying my bag for me, and I glared at him like Gaara would. I learned it from him well.

"If you don't let me see him, I'll make you regret keeping us apart." I hissed as I felt my hands clench tightly into fists by my sides.

"I don't care, really, you're not allowed to see him." His dad repeated. "And if you keep trying to, I'll make us move to where you can't."

"You wouldn't fucking dare!" I yelled, earning stares from the people in the hallway. "I know my father is a fucking jackass, but you're just cold hearted and you care only about your image! I have a right to see him!"

"You're too selfish to realize that him spending so much time worrying about you is making him sick!" His father yelled, and I thought he was going to hit me, but I never backed down a single inch from him when I saw his hand raise.

"Sir, if you don't lower your hand, I'll take it into personal account that I'll make sure you can't move for a month." Sasuke hissed behind me, and I knew he was serious.

"And if you think I'm selfish, think again, because I don't know how to be selfish!" I yelled and pushed my way past his father and into Gaara's room and planted myself in the seat next to his bed. I guess Temari and Kankuro made sure I had a seat to be in when I got here because I had seen Temari get up when I walked in.

The next thing I knew, wasn't something I expected to happen; I was grabbed by my hair and dragged out of the chair painfully by a strong hand. I didn't even have time to get level on my feet before I fell to the floor. The only thing holding me up was the hand still holding onto my hair.

"Get the fuck off me you bastard!" I yelled out in pain and frustration as I fought to get myself into position to kick the person in the leg.

Then suddenly, I felt a pop in my back and my vision went black for a few moments before I realized I was screaming so loud that my throat felt like it was being cut. But to be honest, I felt the most pain coming from the middle of my back and up. The thought that something happened to make me not feel pain below the middle of my back was making me terrified and I wanted nothing to do but cry.

"Get the fuck off of him Dad!" I heard Gaara scream once mine was over and I fell to the ground. Great, I woke him up.

"What the fuck is going on in here?" A loud voice said, I couldn't see who it was because my eyes were screwed shut and I was trying to take in a deep breath but whatever I did to get any real air into my lungs failed miserably.

I was so wrapped up in my pain that I didn't realize that someone was trying to help me to my feet, but I only cried out in more pain when I was moved even an inch.

"We need Tsunade now!" I heard Sasuke scream.

"S-Sasuke!" I said as loud as I could, mostly because I didn't know if my voice could work or not, and it sure as hell only came out in a loud groan more than anything.

"What is it Naruto?" He asked.

"K-Kick m-my leg, please." I asked, well, pleaded because I wanted to know if I had any feeling down below my mid back.

"Why do you want me to do that?" I heard Sasuke ask, and it sounded like he didn't want to move me at all.

"Just fucking do it!" I yelled as best as I could, now laying on my back because that seemed best to be in right at the moment.

The next thing I knew Sasuke stood up and I watched his leg to up, then back down … and I felt nothing except the pain in my back from the sudden move, and I could see whatever color Sasuke had in his face, suddenly drain and he looked even paler than he ever did in his life. That's when I watched him stomp his foot down and I still watched him get paler, until a few seconds later when his face become red with anger and frustration and turn to face whomever stood in the doorway.

"I should fucking kill you!" Sasuke yelled before I heard Tsunade's heeled foot steps come up to the room and stop by the door way.

"What the hell is going on in here?" She asked, apparently she couldn't notice I was on the floor, crying, in pain in only half of my body until whomever was standing in front of her moved and she screamed my name so loud that I thought something was going to break … like my ear drums.

"Why the fuck are you on the floor!?" She yelled a moment later and looked up at Sasuke, who was pointing at Gaara's father. "What the fuck did you do to him?"

"I did absolutely nothing, he did this to himself."

"That's a fucking lie you fucking bastard!" Sasuke screamed.

"Yea Father, you dragged Naruto out of the seat over there by his hair and didn't give him a chance to get his proper footing!" Temari screamed after him. God, why couldn't this just be over with? "You knew he had a bad back!"

"Did anything happen to your back Naruto?" Tsunade asked as she knelt next to me as she tried to soothe me while Sasuke left the room, dragging Gaara's dad out, and I honestly wanted to get off the hard floor.

"First … I … want off … the floor." I gasped.

"Sasuke went to get a couple nurses and a gurney." She said, and I believed her.

"My back popped … and I had Sasuke kick me … and stomp on one of my legs, and I couldn't feel anything he did." I said, now crying harder than I wanted by the time I was done explaining to her what happened to my back and I buried my face in my hands.

"Naruto, I'm going to explain a few things to you before we lift you okay?" Tsunade said softly to me as she tried to calm me down, and I nodded to let her know I had her attention.

"Your surgery is being moved to today, since you said your back popped, it means that fragment moved and is now probably putting serious strain on your spinal cord, and when we move you, try your best not to move at all, okay? Any sudden moved will probably make it worse." She explained, and I nodded once again to let her know I listened.

"I'm back with Saiken and Matatabi." Sasuke's voice rang into the room as I heard wheels in the background and stop behind me by the door.

"Thank you Sasuke." Tsunade said, turning her head to look back at him for a moment by the sound of her voice. "Okay Naruto, we're going to roll you onto your side so we can put a back board underneath you, to lift you off the floor okay?"

"Okay." I said, lowering my hands from my face when I heard two pairs of foot steps go to my sides and helped guide my hands across my chest before I was rolled onto my side. I had to bite my tongue hard until I felt warm liquid fill up in my mouth and was rolled back onto my back and I could tell now that I was laying on something, only because my shoulders felt it.

"Okay, Saiken and Matatabi lift by his head, Temari, Kankuro, lift by his feet and listen to what I say to get him out in the hallway." I heard Tsunade say and the corresponding foot steps letting me know I was about to finally get off the floor, and I kept my hands where they were because I wasn't told to move them yet.

"And stop biting your tongue Naruto, please." I heard Tsunade say before I was lifted off the floor until I felt the soft sheets of the gurney around my head and I knew I was able to relax a little bit, if I could.

"Okay, stay here Sasuke and I'll let you know the progress, and I'll have him sent up here to stay in the same room okay?" Tsunade said.

"No." I whined. "Let him come."

"Are you sure Naruto?" I heard Sasuke ask as he walked up to the side of the gurney, and it made me wonder where Gaara's dad was.

"Where's Gaara's dad?"

"He's in the waiting room with the police." Sasuke answered with his arms crossed.

"Oh …" I sighed and closed my eyes again. "This is all my fault."

"No it isn't Naruto!" Sasuke snapped.

"If I had just listened I wouldn't be hurting, Gaara wouldn't be freaking out and his Dad would be with him." I cried and buried my face in my hands once again as I cried.

"Stop that, please Naruto." Sasuke begged, and it sounded weird because he never begs. "I'll go with you only if you stop blaming yourself for everything."

"Why can't I get any pain medicine?" I said loudly, trying to change the subject, hoping that Tsunade would hurry up.

"Hey, Naruto, I'll be down in a few minutes. I'm going to talk to Gaara when Tsunade takes you down, but I will be there, okay?" Sasuke told me and I nodded. I was hoping he'd be able to calm Gaara down before he came to sit with me. And I had a feeling he was going to call Itachi also.

"Okay, Naruto, lets go down okay?" Tsunade asked me as she came into my field of view and I forced myself to smile, and I think she realized it was forced as Saiken and Matatabi pushed the gurney towards the elevators.

Why couldn't they give me pain medication right now?

"And we'll give you some pain medication once we get down stairs okay?" Tsunade said, and that was the best thing I heard all afternoon.

"Thanks so much baa-chan." I smiled and closed my eyes again. Just imagining the pain going away was making my back feel better, at least for a few minutes when the gurney suddenly stopped, making me jerk a little bit on the bed and cry out in a little pain.

"Get out of the way Raiden." I heard Tsunade hiss, and she sounded totally pissed off.

"I wanted to say something to Naruto …" A man said, wait, that's Gaara's father's name? So weird.

"Do you want to talk to him Naruto?" Tsunade asked me, and I honestly didn't know how to answer, but I did the best I could.

"You're a jackass, but I'll listen." I said, trying to sound calm, but there was a shake in my voice because of the pain.

"I'm sorry, Naruto, I was just so frustrated that Gaara completely disregarded his own health and away from school that I became blind to what I was actually doing. I didn't mean to hurt you, I actually forgot you hurt your back completely and wearing a back brace under your clothes doesn't help either." Raiden said, more like dragged and made it more awkward by the second. "I just … worry about Gaara too much I guess."

"Gaara's father … Raiden right?" I started saying, then asked because I wanted to say the name myself, and when he nodded saying that I was right with his name, I continued with what I was going to say. "I love Gaara … and if I hadn't been finally focusing on my own well being, I would have made sure Gaara never got sick. I know he gets sick easily, but with the fact that my father isn't around right now and me having the back surgery Saturday … well now … I've been stressing myself over more than I normally do."

"I know, and I just wanted to let you know that I'm sorry for what happened." Raiden said as I heard Tsunade sigh heavily in annoyance.

"Thank you Raiden, now we need to get downstairs, I have to give him some pain medication still and get an open operating room ready." Tsunade said, and I heard Raiden walk off somewhere and an elevator open up.

God, this was the longest day of my damn life … I think.