Chapter 6 - The Beginning of the Long Wait

Well...eventually Kakashi-sensei did come back. Naruto noted that his hands were all red and sore and he was breathing
heavily. There were also some wood splinters on his Jonin uniform. He was carrying a plant that was short and thin, it's
leaves were red, and it sort of looked like a cabbage. "What is that, Master?" Naruto asked his sensei.
"It's a shinobi herb. It's called wolf's bane. It'll help Sasuke's fever."
"Oh, it will? But Sasuke's not awake. He can't eat the thing just like that...Can he?"
"Oh no...I'll have to brew it into a liquid so he can DRINK it."
"Oh, I see..."

Kakashi couldn't find a stove in the whole hospital (weird, huh?) so eventually he left Naruto and Sasuke again to go to
his house to boil the wolf's bane. He returned carrying a plastic bowl with a green-reddish sort of liquid. Naruto knew
it was the wolf's bane, because green and red were the colors of its stem and leaves. So anyway, they had to force
the medicine between Sasuke's cracked lips...mainly because he refused it every time they didn't force him. Master had
said that it would take a few days for the wolf's bane's full effect to start working it's magic, so they would just have
to wait. Kakashi also mentioned that he had important things to do at the Jonin Elite, so he would have to leave Naruto
and Sasuke alone for a few days. He asked if that was alright with Naruto, and Naruto said it was. So the day after
tomorrow, Master Kakashi left the hospital. He would be back on Sunday, which was 5 days away from now.

All through those 5 days, Naruto watched Sasuke very closely...well, he couldn't but help stare at him. Sasuke didn't do
anything unusual...but when he was in one of his awake moods...well, everytime he tried to move, he cried out. Naruto
didn't know if it was from pain, or hunger, or something else. Sasuke's awake periods didn't allow much time for
anything, so Sasuke couldn't eat or drink or talk that much. And Naruto stayed by Sasuke's bedside the whole time. He
also noted that Sasuke's arm, which was over the sheets, was getting thinner and thinner by the day. Naruto felt this
feeling of complete helplessness...watching his teammate waste away while he was living just normally and fine. He ran
a hand gently through Sasuke's unkempt hair, and said to himself, "Sasuke...I really do love you..." Of course he knew
Sasuke couldn't hear his words, but it couldn't hurt to try. Naruto knew, that eventually, Sasuke would stop breathing
completely, and it would be as though there never had been a Sasuke. Naruto knew that eventually would happen. But,
he told himself, instincts can be wrong sometimes too...And so began the very long wait...

I KNOW...THIS CHAPTER SUCKS!!!!! LOOK, I ONLY HAD 8 MINUTES BEFORE PIANO PRACTICE...SO I WHIPPED
THIS UP IN ABOUT 8 MINUTES OR SOMETHING...PLEASE...PLEASE DON'T FLAME ME!! IF I GET FLAMED, LET'S
SAY 5 TIMES...I THINK I'LL MAKE SASUKE DIE!!!!!!!!! AREN'T I JUST SO CRUEL SOMETIMES? AND YES!!! I MEAN
IT!!!!! THIS IS A THREAT TO SASUKE LOVERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and everyone else who enjoys yaoi...

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