Naruto was brought back to reality when he felt someone lift him into a sitting position. The pain in his side began to to feel like knives repeatedly stabbing into him. When he was fully sat up he gritted his teeth in agony. "Damn..."
Sasuke only slightly laughed at Naruto's reaction. He took a roll of bandages and set it next to himself before removing the old wrapping. When it began to come off it also brought with it large amounts of red blood and chunks of dead skin. The sound of the blond's deep inhale, causing him to stop, to then continue slower than before. He threw out the old ones and placed a new bandage on top of the flesh wound.
Naruto shut his eyes and gritted his teeth at the unbearable pain. He didn't know how to react, either. Seeing Sasuke here, worrying about the village, and becoming a prisoner for Madara, nonetheless, a test subject. All the emotions he was feeling seemed to jumble up and leave him in a state of confusion.
A sigh was let out behind Naruto. "Naruto... how is the leaf village doing...not that I care."
Naruto's eyes widened at what he had heard. His heartbeat raced at noticing the urgency in Sasuke's voice! He inhaled and tilted his head, glancing at Sasuke's clouded eyes. He was just as confused as he was. They both didn't know what emotion to rely on.
"It-" He coughed out a vigorous spray of blood across the floor. "...Better..."
"Even when you're in an unhealthy state you don't give up." He finished wrapping Naruto's side and stood up to leave. He paused for a moment and put his hand to Naruto's head. The boy's head was burning up! He removed his hand. "I'll get you something for that fever."
When Sasuke left the cell and locked it behind him, Naruto sighed, coughing harder than before. He had been holding it in the whole while Sasuke was there. His body began to shake in agony and he started to feel dizzy again. He wasn't gonna show him how weak he was when he wanted to prove to the Uchiha that he could be as strong as anybody else even at the most painful of times.
"Naruto..."
The boy turned to face Kurama to instantly frown. The fox had a slight grin and was chuckling under his breath. "What the hell are you laughing about?"
The fox smiled. "He seems to have a liking to you."
Naruto huffed. "What the hell are you talking about?"
Kurama averted his eyes from Naruto's gaze and chuckled once again. "The Uchiha seems awful interested in Konoha. Being the one who abandoned it in the first place."
"Whatever." Naruto faded back to the present and ignored the light comments that nine-tails made. Was he right that Sasuke was strangely caring about Konoha? That he was starting to care? He noticed that the way Sasuke acted toward Naruto was...it was...what was it?
It was strange. That's what it was.
After a few moments Naruto had drifted to sleep and found himself in a dream. For some reason he was smiling and didn't know why.
He stood In the middle of a field of sunflower. A soft wind blew and gave him comfort in this unfamiliar world. There, at the edge of the field, stood two people. A beautiful woman with red hair as bright as a pepper and a young man, around his twenties, had long and flowing blond hair that spiked at the tops. They stood there, holding each others hands and looked deeply into each pair of eyes. There was sadness in their gaze and tears fell down their faces.
The scenery changed to tails whipping, lashing, bloodshed, and violence. Buildings upon buildings were destroyed beneath wide feet. A mother and her baby stood among the father, hearts beating and blood dripping. A massive claw had struck between the parents as they spoke their final words.
The last image soon faded to bright nothingness and turned to hatred, meeting, followed by unbreakable bonds of friendship.
A loud roaring was heard. Not understandable words were yelled out into Naruto's dream, steadily becoming louder and more frightening. The boy only seemed to be trapped in sleep.