My Curse

Ok, now I know I have been gone for a long time, and I am sorry.. But I got a new laptop now, and I am channeling Sasuke like never before. I am even listening to the music to help me out again… so here we go.


Chapter 16.


Naruto went into the Doctor’s room and sat down without another word. Seeing Sasuke had given him a jolt like he hadn’t felt in…well gee a day? Who was he kidding? His life had become a big damn jolt.

He sat down and looked at the man. He did look like a pervert, and he didn’t care what Tsunade said.

“Hello there, Naruto.” Kakashi said, his eyes closing in a smile. “How are you feeling today?”

Naruto wanted to tell him everything. There was something in his demeanor that made the blonde want to open up to him.

“Kakashi…” Naruto started. “Umm, I mean Dr. …”

“Call me Kakashi if you’d like.”

“Kakashi, can I ask you something?” Naruto asked.

“Of course you can.”

“What did you talk to Sasuke Uchiha about?”

Kakashi smiled, and Naruto was glad. The smile meant that the doctor thought it was just fan boy curiosity.

“You know I can’t tell you that, Naruto.” Kakashi said. “Besides, I would like to talk about you.”

“What about me?” Naruto asked. He really wasn’t feeling up to this anymore. He wanted to go back to his room and go back to sleep.
“Why did you take those pills, Naruto?” Kakashi asked.

Naruto was slightly impressed with the doctor’s candor. It was good of him to get right to the point. This may not be as bad as he had first thought.

“I wanted to sleep.” Was the best answer he could give. “They were sleeping pills.”

“You are a smart guy,” Kakashi said, leaning toward the blonde a little. “You know what happens to you when you take too many pills don’t you?”

“Look.” Naruto said, getting a little irritated. “If I had wanted to kill myself, I would be dead, after all I’m a smart guy.”

Kakashi sighed. “Have you been having problems sleeping?”

“Lately, yes.”

“Do they coincide with your attack?

“Yes, they do.” Naruto said.

“Do you want to tell me about the rapist?” Kakashi asked.

“Funny you should mention that…”

******

Sasuke lay in bed while he waited for Gaara to come back. It seemed to take forever. He couldn’t believe Uzumaki Naruto was in the same hospital as him. It was unbelievable.

“Sasuke.” He heard, causing him to start, then wince at the ache of his wounds.

“Did you find out?” He asked the redhead walking into the room.

“Of course I did.” Gaara said. “He is in room 609.”

“Really? That’s like…” Sasuke started.

“Right down the hall.” Gaara finished. Sasuke had seen his room number as he had come back in. It was 606.

“Exactly.” Sasuke said. “Did you find out what he was in here for?”

“Well, they didn’t want to tell me, but I put on the charm and it just spilled out.” Gaara said, winking. “Apparently it was a suicide attempt.”

Sasuke’s stomach climbed into his throat. He felt like he was going to be sick. This perfectly normal high school student had tried to kill himself, and it was Sasuke’s fault. He needed to talk to Naruto. He had no idea what he would say, but he needed to apologize for starters.

“Gaara, can you tell Deidara and Sasori to come to my room this evening?” Sasuke said, plotting his move.

“Umm….” Gaara started, obviously wondering why Sasuke would want the tech managers to come see him.

“Please Gaa?”

“Whatever dude.” Gaara shrugged. “And you better get some rest. Itachi said he would be here in a bit, and you are gonna wanna rest up for that.”

Agreeing to that was easy enough, and Gaara left. Sasuke didn’t go to sleep however, he lay in bed and planned his meeting with Uzumaki Naruto.

******

Naruto went back to his room. Tsunade took one look at him, and said he would be staying one last night at the hospital.

“It doesn’t look like Kakashi had any affect on you.” She had said. “Did you talk to him?”

“A little.” Naruto said honestly. He climbed back into his bed and turned on his television. “You should go home to Jiraiya tonight, Tsunade. You aren’t even supposed to be here during the day.”

“Like that matters.” Tsunade said. “Shizune switched with me, and I borrowed these scrubs from her as well. I get off at 8, and I will be back here then.”

“So you have been up for how long?” Naruto said, looking at her, realizing just then that she was actually wearing scrubs. “Almost 48 hours?”

“Don’t worry about me, Naruto.” Tsunade said.

“Go home and get some sleep, and if I need you, I will call you, no matter what time it is.” Naruto said, desperate to have her gone.

She looked doubtful for a moment. Then she sighed tiredly. “Fine, but I am going to have Shizune check on you from time to time.”

“Fine.” Naruto said, knowing he could fake sleep long enough for that.
******

Sasuke was wide awake when the door opened and his older brother walked in. He closed his eyes quickly, but it was like Itachi could see right through him.

“Hello, Sasuke.” He said, his voice laden anger and concern.

Sasuke opened his eyes, and looked at his brother’s face. It was, as usual when he was sober, unreadable. “Hi.”

They were silent for a minute, while Sasuke braced for what he knew was coming.

“What the fuck man?” Itachi finally said. “I mean, is your life that bad?”

Sasuke remained silent, he knew his brother wasn’t done yet, and he wouldn’t be well off to interrupt.

“Do you know what was going through my mind when Gaara started yelling when he opened the door?”
He paused for a second, obviously waiting for Sasuke to answer.

“I don’t know, Itachi.” He said lamely.

“Well, you better get a fucking clue.” Itachi said. “We have a fucked up relationship Sasuke, and I know that, but you are still my brother.”

“I’m sorry, I wasn’t aware that you cared about me when you were sober.” Sasuke said, getting angry at his brother’s realization. “You sure have a fucked up way of showing it.”

“I am not here to argue with you, but I will tell you one thing.” Itachi said. “You don’t have anyone but me, so you better fucking well learn to respect me.”

“I may have to stay with you, Itachi, but I will never respect you.” He said, and was immediately sorry he had said it. The blow landed just after he flinched. A crisp smack across his cheek.

“Don’t fuck with me Sasuke. You may be in a hospital bed now, but you have to come back with me sometime.”

Sasuke watched through watery eyes as his brother turned around and walked out of the room. He wanted to scream, or cry, or both. He began shaking and couldn’t control it. As with any other time this began to happen, he pulled up one sleeve of his gown and with his other hand, he raked his fingernails across his skin, leaving red angry trails behind them.

As his mind began to clear a little, he started to wonder if this meeting wasn’t a bad idea, if he was found in Naruto’s room, it would definitely cause a problem. However with Sasori and Deidara, he shouldn’t have to worry about that. He needed to cleanse his soul, and he felt like his blonde victim could help him with that.

******

After Tsunade had finally left, Naruto had resumed his show watching regimen. He had to stay up all night. With that bastard Uchiha in the same building, he could easily slip into his room, and…well Naruto didn’t even want to think about how that sentence could end.

At just after 10, Naruto began to feel drowsy. One would think after the ordeal he had gone through, seeing his rapist in the same hospital would keep one awake, but the continuation of his ordeal seemed to be getting the better of him, and he dozed a few times.

“Wake up, Naruto.” He said to himself, sitting his bed up a bit more to keep himself propped up. This didn’t last long, however and he was asleep.

“Naruto Uzumaki.” Someone whispered. “Please wake up.”

“No…” Naruto said, still asleep.

“Naruto…”

“Leave me alone,” Naruto said, trying to roll over.

“Wake up!” The whispering voice said urgently.

Then Naruto remembered where he was, and that he had fallen asleep. He bolted upright and looked around. The room was dark, and someone was very close to him. He reached for his call button and pushed it.

“I’m sorry, but that isn’t going to work.” A voice said from his right.

“We cut the wires, Yeah.” A voice on his left said.

“I’m sorry, Naruto.” Said the eerily familiar voice at the foot of his bed.

“Sasuke Uchiha.” Naruto said quietly. “I’m going to scream for help.”

“Don’t.” Sasuke said quietly. “I promise I am not going to hurt you, I need to talk to you.”

“Fuck you.” Naruto said. “You break into my room in the middle of the night with your two goons…”

“We aren’t goons!” The left voice protested loudly.
“Quiet Deidara.” Right voice whispered.

“Just sayin.”

“Anyway…” Naruto said loudly. “You think I am just going to fucking trust you?”

“Just listen to what I have to say, and I will go away.” Sasuke said.

“You have three minutes, asshole.” Naruto said.

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a/n:
Ok, so there you go.. What is going to happen next? Hmmm I don’t know.
It seems a little different this time writing it. Kinda… more emo.. If at all possible. Hell I don’t know, but I still pretty much like it.

Its funny how this has become more than I wanted it to be… but I guess that isn’t a bad thing per se.

Let me know what you think…and thanks for you all in advance who have stuck with me even through my absences
-sk