Chapter 2 - Busted! Naruto's Hard Choice

Naruto stayed frozen in fear as he watched the Uchiha climb out of bed and come toward him. But something wasn't
right. Naruto could tell. Sasuke's eyes were bloodshot, as though he hadn't slept in a long time. And Sasuke was
sweating, even though it was the middle of winter, he had the fan on, and he was shirtless and in boxer shorts. Naruto
didn't know why Sasuke was looking like this. Sasuke was also a dangerous shade of white. Whiter than normal, Naruto
decided. Naruto finally felt the strength to run, but he only ran a little way. He sat down with shaking legs on the
balcony just outside Sasuke's window. He shut his eyes tight, knowing Sasuke would find him there, and waited for the
mountainous tidal wave of anger to break the surface.

But it didn't come. Naruto waited and waited, but it never came. So finally he cracked open one eye, turned around,
and looked. But Sasuke wasn't there. Naruto couldn't summon enough strength to get up and get back home, so he
decided to stay for a while letting his legs get the feeling back in them. He leaned against the wall of Sasuke's house,
and then he heard something very strange. He heard coughing, violent coughing. A few seconds after the coughing had
died down, he finally gathered enough strength to look inside. Sasuke was on the hard tile floor, violently shaking, and
at the same time trying to slowly crawl and inch his way back to the bed.

And then Naruto knew what had happened. Sasuke had a fever, and judging from the looks of it, a very high one, too.
But something wasn't right here. Sasuke had stopped by Naruto's house yesterday, and he seemed fine to Naruto. Then
again, as Sasuke was making his way back, it had started to rain. So perhaps Sasuke had caught fever when he had
been outside in the rain. Naruto knew it was his fault. He had asked Sasuke to come over because he wanted to get
straight why Sasuke always called him a 'dobe'. Sasuke wouldn't answer, and then Naruto had just booted him out the
door.

And now, staring at the pitiful shinobi before him, Naruto's mind split into two parts. The first part said, "Sasuke's
got a really bad fever. We'll need to stay and help him." The second part said, "Sasuke...well, it serves him right. It
can't be helped. That's for mistreating me all these years." Naruto went ahead and had a mental breakdown. He didn't
know what to do. "What should I do? What should I do? I can't just leave him here, can I? I can, and I will! No! I
won't! He's my teammate! Teammates are always there for each other. Leave him! Leave him! I don't know what's right
and wrong! Stay! Leave! Stay! Leave! STAY! LEAVE! What should I do?!!!!!!!

WHAT WILL NARUTO DO? WILL HE STAY, OR WILL HE LEAVE? FIND OUT NEXT CHAPTER!

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