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Just another day in paradise	By : arora1 Category: Naruto AU/AR > General Views: 1478 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 2
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Chapter List
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Chapter 9
Small Things

A/N, NOW IN BETA VISION, THANK YOU BOOKWORM AND REDWITCH
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Author�s Note: The characters of Naruto belong to Masashi Kishimoto.

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Chapter 9 - Small Things

Sasuke was still leaning on Naruto�s bed when the lights were flipped on and the day nurse came in. Rolling his head slightly to the side to look the nurse over, he grunted and turned back to the TV.

Nineteen infomercials had played since he had put Naruto to bed and listened to him cry himself to sleep. The only time he got up was to hide the chunk of glass in the farthest bunk in the left row. Otherwise, he had been right here the entire night. His butt had gone numb a long time ago and his neck cramped from craning it back to look at the TV.

There was a workout program on at the moment, and spandex clad young ladies were jumping around on small brightly colored trampolines. His only other choice of channels had a chief that kept trying to sell him knives, or a gadget that made Chile and fries. Yes, young ladies jumping around on trampolines was so much more entertaining. Especially since spandex did not provide enough support and the jumping girls were well endowed. Nothing like jiggling flesh to pass the night away.

Once, during the night, Naruto had reached out and accidentally grabbed his hair. The blond had jerked his hand away like it was burned and whimpered, never waking up. The raven haired teen had turned around and watched as the blonde�s face contorted in fear, the flickering light from the television reflecting off the tears that had started to trail down the tan face.

Reaching out, he had gently rubbed Naruto�s arm and the terrified blond had calmed. The tears stopped falling and the blue eyed teen curled tightly into the blankets with a sigh. Three times over the course of the night Sasuke had to calm Naruto from whatever plagued the blonde�s dreams. He did not mind. Calming the scared blond down broke up the monotony of the 6 hours he had spent sitting on the floor.

The jumping ladies show ended and the morning news came on, apparently the mayor was going to make an announcement around noon about the man who massacred the Uchiha�s. Grunting, Sasuke flipped the channels only to see the same info being put out on the other morning news shows.

Growling, Sasuke jammed the off button and the screen went blank. He knew who had killed his family and sure as hell did not want it to be all over the place. Konoha was not that large of a city, and the death of an influential family such as his was bound to catch the interests of the masses. Or at least, that�s what Martha had said. The police chief had told him that they would keep the details of the killing as confidential as they could, but the people would be frightened and the mayor would have to say some thing to keep them from thinking that it was a random killer who could strike again at any time.

The nurse had been rummaging around the office and finally came out. She stared at his unused bed before turning her attention to him.

�You really should try and get some sleep.�

�Hn.�

She put her hands on her hips and shook out her black hair.

�I don�t suppose you know what closet Nami and Steffen are copulating in?�

Looking over his shoulder at the woman who was looking thoughtful, he shrugged and grunted.

�They usually don�t care to share that information, but I thought I should ask. Any how, until they turn up I guess I�ll be the one getting you breakfast. I�m Shizune.�

The nurse opened the door and kicked a wedge in place so that the door would not close.

�It gets cold in here and I see no reason to have you two locked up. I�ll be right back.�

Shizune smiled at him again and left, returning in a few minutes later with two trays of food. The raven haired teen had not eaten since the reception for his family�s funeral. They had served finger foods and he had only picked at it, too upset to really eat. The smell of the eggs and bacon was making his mouth water and stomach growl.

Shizune heard his stomach�s proclamation as she set the tray on the un-slept in bed.

�Here you go. I got it before the cafeteria opened, so it�s still fresh. I can�t speak for the quality. Only that it�s hot.�

Sasuke grunted as he got to his feet and had to shake out the numbness from sitting for so long.

�You�re welcome, Sir Grunts-a-lot . Just a warning though, I don�t speak cave man so you might want to use words next time.�

She rolled her eyes when he �harrumphed� in response.

Sasuke sat on the bed and had to bite his lip to stop the pained sound from escaping him as a spring impaled him. Jumping back up, he grabbed one of the blankets Naruto had dropped at the foot of the bed and placed it under him. Digging in to the tray of food and finishing it within five minuets, he was far from full and the watery eggs and burned bacon only seemed to make him more hungry. There was only one juice cup and he downed it in a single gulp before looking dejectedly at the empty tray.

�Shizune?�

�Low and behold, it speaks.�

�I�m still hungry.�

�But it has no manners. I�m sorry Sasuke. But there is no second helpings. The orphanage is over crowded, and right now the kitchens are stretched thin just to feed everybody. Lunch is at noon and I might be able to sneak in some take out.�

She smiled apologetically and took the tray away to set it on top of a trash can next to the office as she went over to Naruto�s side. She called out to him, trying to wake him up without touching him. The blond dobe had burrowed into the blankets. After the third time calling his name, he awoke, and groggily pulled the blankets back, revealing his face to Shizune.

Shizune gasped, reaching out, but paused before touching his face, almost like she was asking for permission. The blond shrugged and she gently traced the scar on his cheek that had split open along with a couple of bruises that had bloomed over night.

�Oh Naruto, are you okay? Do you hurt any where? How�s your stomach?�

The nurse looked over the newest set of bruises Naruto was sporting, tracing a few of the more impressive looking ones.

Sasuke watched as Naruto flinched when his shirt was pulled up and the raven haired teen got a quick look at the infected stomach injury. Before he could get a good look at it though, the gray shirt was pulled back down and the top hem of the blue sweat pants was swiftly tugged down before Naruto could object.

The blond yelped and tried to shimmy backwards but Shizune put her arm around his shoulders and deftly pealed the bandage back with her free hand. Moments later, she re-placed the bandage and tugged the pants back up.

�It�s alright. You didn�t rip out your stitches. What happened?�

Naruto glanced at the raven haired teen sitting across the room, but Shizune didn�t catch the movement. She was looking at the other assorted bruises that covered the blond. Sasuke had not seen them in the dark last night, but Naruto�s wrists and neck were still a lively color of purple with interruptions of red where the skin had been broken.

Shizune stood up and ruffled the wild blond hair after she checked all of the wounds that could of been made worse. Naruto flinched when she touched him but did not act out. He allowed her to run her fingers through his golden lock�s as she pulled him into a hug. She ran her hands soothingly down his back before she pulled away and stood back up.

�You should eat breakfast and then take a shower.� She hooked a finger in the collar of his shirt, pulling it away from his chest so he could see the dried blood on it.

�I�ll get you a change of clothes right after breakfast. So eat.�

Smiling at the blond, she let go of his collar and placed the tray of food on his lap.

Sasuke scorned the affection the nurse showed for Naruto. It bothered him deep inside where he had pushed all the memories of his brother. Memories pertaining to when Itachi was carrying him on his back after he had twisted his ankle practicing karate, or the weight of the pale hand on his head as he stood watching the floor, unable to bid his parents goodbye for a trip he was not allowed to go on. It would have been better if Itachi was mean to him. Then he would have already hated him and it would not have hurt as much.

Sasuke had his fists clenched so tight that his knuckles were white. Shizune stopped to say something to him, but the look of pure loathing and hatred that he sent at her made her keep walking. The woman was nice. The best nurse he had so far. But he could not let someone get close to him and comfort him like that. Itachi was the only one to say a few kind words and pay attention to him. Now he did not want anybody to fill the void left by the betrayal of his brother. He did not want to let any one close enough to hurt him again. Sasuke did not want kind words and condolences. He wanted his family back.

He was being a baby, he knew it. But the raven haired teen wanted his mother and father.

The room blurred as tears formed in his dark eyes and Sasuke had to quickly brush the moisture away or risk it being seen. Taking several deep breathes and forcing the tears away, Sasuke looked over at the other occupant of the room.

Naruto was watching him and barely picking at the bowl of oatmeal in front of him. The grayish mass did not seem to be all that edible. But at this point, food was food. There was apple sauce and buttered toast as well as a juice cup on the tray on the blonde�s lap. Sasuke found his mouth watering at the sight of the food and watched as the blond watched him.

A loud bang echoed through the room as the door was roughly shoved by the overnight nurse, making Naruto jump and nearly drop the tray of food. Sasuke snorted at the almost tragedy and leaned back on the bed to hide his snort.

Shizune emerged from the office and stood in front of the mussed up night nurse.

�You know Nami, neglecting patients for your own pleasure will get you fired from this job as quick as it did from the hospital.�

Sasuke had to twist around to look at the stair-down that was being held between the two nurses. Shizune had an authoritive voice that would have impressed Martha. The over night nurse tried to get a word in but was cut off by Shizune�s quick wit and sarcastic tone, which pissed her off. Her fists clenched at her side and a scowl crossed her face as wisps of her messy bottle blond hair kept falling into her face. As the disagreement continued to heat up, Shizune grabbed Nami�s arm and directed her to the door.

�We�ll continue this outside.�

Shizune kicked the door and stomped out, leaving the door to bang shut on its own. Sasuke could still hear the voices of the nurse�s, although now he could not make out what they where saying. Though he was quite sure that they were yelling by now.

There was a sniffle followed by a soft sob, and the raven haired teen looked over to the blond. Naruto was shaking and had tears sliding down his face, fists buried in the blankets next to him.

Sasuke stood up and went over to the crying blond. How many times had he listened to Naruto cry in his sleep last night? The dark eyed teen took the tray of food from Naruto and set it on the nearest bed so the distraught teen could not knock it over. Grunting as he sat down, Sasuke noticed that the springs did not dig into him, the blankets sparring him from the skewering. There was a loud noise from the hallway and Naruto shuttered.

�You don�t like it when people are angry because angry people do irrational things.�

Naruto looked over at him with something between a glare and curiosity as Sasuke leaned back on the old mattress, making the springs creak.

�You told me that after one of our fights. When I asked you why you didn�t go running to the teachers.�

Sasuke glanced sideways at the blond teen.

�I guess you�ve seen your share of angry people. Me being one of them. Is that why you always fought with me at school? Letting me take my aggression out on you so that I would not punch some other person and get in trouble?�

Silence that made the Uchiha uncomfortable invaded the room as he shifted on the bed and began inspecting the wall. Just then, his stomach growled loudly.

The bed springs groaned when Naruto got up. He grabbed the tray of food off the near by bed and then handed it to Sasuke.

Silently, Sasuke sat up and took the tray. As soon as it left his hands, the blond grabbed the apple sauce, pealed back the tinfoil lid and ate the cups entire contents.

Sasuke did not move when Naruto set the empty container down on the tray on his lap.

�It�s your food dobe.�

Naruto bumped the tray towards the hesitant Uchiha and sat on the bed a good three feet away. The raven haired teen grunted, but picked up the spoon and started to eat the mushy, bland oatmeal. He finished it and had given the blond half of the toast when the door opened back up. Nami stormed in, grabbed her purse and coat, then stormed out. Shizune put the door stopper back in and looked over at the two teens on the bed.

�Sasuke. I would like an explanation as to why you beat up Naruto last night. And don�t take his food. He doesn�t eat enough for you to take it from him.�

Her sharp tone put him on the edge and made him angry. He jumped to his feet and glared at the nurse. Most people would think twice about talking harshly to an Uchiha. Let alone calling one a thief.

�Why the fuck would I want to tell you anything, bitch. You would not believe me anyway. The other nurse called me a liar and now you think I�m a thief.�

Shizune reached up to rub her temples and he jumped away, taking a fighting stance. His mind was filled with thoughts of how Naruto would react and it would have been with a right hook.

�Okay, okay, calm down. I�m not going to hit you. It�s just I need to confirm Nami�s story. We worked together at the hospital before the cut backs and she�s a great nurse. She has gentle hands and outstanding medical knowledge, but forgets it all the moment a tight butt walks in.�

Shizune smiled at him and he found himself relaxing his stance. She was very pretty. More so than Nami was. She had big eyes and black hair and a figure that could have been on the workout program. He created mental picture of her in spandex and jumping on a trampoline. The image made his cheeks redden.

�So why did you two fight last night? You have the starting of a black eye, so I know he fought back.�

He looked over his shoulder at the blond who had recovered the fallen toast and was watching the conversation silently.

�Ask him.�

The raven haired teen stalked over to his bunk and started to put the blankets on the bed to protect him from the springs. As he was replacing the fitted sheet over the now padded mattress, Shizune spoke.

�He won�t talk. Not to any one. Nami said that you told her he spoke to you. If that�s true, then maybe he�s getting better. Regaining some of the trust he lost.�

Sasuke shrugged but did not turn around to face the woman.

�If he wont talk to anybody else, why would he talk to me?�

�That�s what I would like to know. Did he talk to you?�

�Yes, but he won�t anymore.�

�Okay.�

The nurse grabbed the now cleared tray of food and set it with the other one on top of the trash can. Walking over to the cabinets that Naruto had gotten the blankets out of, she pulled out some clothes. Tossing a set to him, followed by a towel, she handed another set to Naruto. The blond teen stood up and grabbed the clothes, darting to the bathroom that Sasuke had not noticed before. Between the center and right hand row, on the back wall, was a door. Because it had the same paint scheme as the rest of the room, it was hidden. So he had to know where to look to find it.

The sound of a shower being turned on and the cascade of falling water suddenly made him realize that he had to pee.

Cursing how the mere sound of water made him have to go, Sasuke sat on his bed, waiting for Naruto to finish with his shower. Turning on the TV and seeing a cartoon on, he concentrated on that instead of the flowing water.
The hot water steamed up the small mirror over the sink as Naruto stood under the jets. It made his unruly hair lie flat as he washed himself, trying to cleanse the dirt from his body. The soap was strong, and it stung the stitched up wound just above his groin, but he still ran the washcloth over it. Naruto stood under the jets and closed his eyes. He could understand why Sasuke did not sleep. Eyelids were the screen that memories replayed on.

Sasuke looked like him. A younger him not so embittered by life. Last night, all he could dream about was that man using him the most. The tall, dark man seemed to enjoy fucking him and had done so numerous times.

Naruto felt his breath catch in his throat and he leaned forward so that the cool tiles pressed against his forehead.

Each one of them took a turn with him. The pallid man was first, who took him right on his own bed. But the other man, with Sasuke�s eyes, was waiting in the limo when he was brought down from his apartment.

He was thrown into the limo, wrapped in the sheets from his bed, with white and red running down his legs. The side of his face was sore from when he had been hit and his throat raw from the pressure of the hands that had been around it.

The man had choked him, squeezing hard enough to prevent him from screaming, but not enough to let him pass out. Naruto had clawed and fought, but his body rebelled against his attempts at struggling. Instead, making him lay numbly from the lack of air. Releasing him, the long haired man had striped him while he was gasping and sputtering, trying to fill his lungs with the much needed oxygen.

Then the blonde was grabbed again, his legs forced apart. The vice like grip returned to his neck and Naruto could not scream as a finger, then two, were put inside of him. He had managed to kick the man once and that was what he was hit for. The pallid man had stumbled back and Naruto gasped for air as he tried to put distance between himself and the long haired man. That was when he heard the other person in the room.

�Orochimaru, are you alright?�

The long haired man nodded curtly to the silvered haired one holding a camera. Orochimaru then punched him across his face and dragged him to the edge of the bed. Grabbing both his throat and left ankle, he forced the blond to lay on his side. Holding the leg up then wrapping it around his shoulder, he swiftly entered the struggling teen who�s stomach pain was forgotten at the arrival of a more excruciating one in his neither regions.

Naruto whimpered as the flowing water ran over him to rush to the drain. He pushed himself away from the wall and opened his eyes, confirming that he was still in the orphanage. He breathed a sigh of relief. For a moment, he thought he could feel the tall man straddling his right leg, pinning it so he could not move it, with a grip on both his throat and other leg as he thrust in him. Naruto shuttered and reached for the spigot to turn the water off. He had been in the shower for about 45 minutes and had pruned quite nicely. The sound of the door opening and someone coming in made him freeze, hand still reaching out toward the tap.

Sasuke walked into the small bathroom, having to pee so bad his eyeballs were floating. There was one stall with a toilet and one urinal. The urinal had a small partition that hid it from Naruto�s view, but he could still see Sasuke standing at it, relieving himself.

There was a small window made of square opaqued glass. It let light in, but you could not see through it. It was positioned high on the wall above Sasuke�s head. It was the only source of outside light in the infirmary. The shower took up much of one end of the rectangular bathroom, and if Sasuke looked over, he would see that the shower curtain was clear and that Naruto was visible.

The raven haired teen was not the first suicidal kid to be brought in, and they were not allowed to be alone for very long, if at all. A few years ago, one kid killed himself while taking a shower. The observer hadn�t known that the guy had hung himself until he pulled the curtain back. So now the curtains were clear so they could make sure that it never happened again.

Naruto dropped his hand and stood still, watching the distorted view of Sasuke through the clear curtain. He did look just like the man. The hair was the same, and as the raven haired teen stood there, Naruto jerked his head to the side and pinched his eyes shut as he shuttered.

After he was thrown into the limo, Orochimaru climbed in behind him. Then, the camera man, who was also the driver, started the vehicle. He struggled to his knees, the sheets wrapped around his legs preventing him from moving properly. A pale hand grabbed his hair and jerked him to the feet of the man that had waited in the limo. The hand forced his head to the side, and chilled fingers grabbed his chin, forcing him look at the face of the man that had a hold of his hair.

He had looked so familiar, but could not place him until he had been taken to the Uchiha�s house. His picture was in the entry way. Sasuke was standing next to him in a photo that was in the trophy case.

He was told in the limo that he was going to be traded and that they wanted to see if he was worth it. Then a choke chain was slipped around his neck along with a lock snapping in place to keep it from coming off. Suddenly, the man yanked on the chain and Naruto yelped as the metal links bit into his flesh.

Fighting the chain as the pale man unzipped his pants, Orochimaru started to laugh and pushed the struggling teen back towards the other man, who had his engorged arousal out and was stroking it.

Without warning, he jerked the chain back, dragging Naruto forward and forcing the blonde�s face between his spread legs.

Naruto could feel the twitching cock against his cheek and tried to pull his head away, only to have the chain snapped tight and held like that. He gasped, sputtering and struggling against the chain as his vision began to swim. The smooth, polite voice spoke.

�I do enjoy it when they struggle. He�ll be fun to break.�

The pressure around his neck lessened, and as he slumped against the car seat panting, cold hands guided his head back to the pulsing manhood.

�Bite it and I�ll rip yours off.�

He was panting, chest heaving, as out of the corner of his eye he could see one of the mans� hands wrap the chain around his knuckles. Lurching away, he was quickly reigned in. One hand grabbed a fistful of his hair as the other hand, wrapped with the chain, slammed into the side of his face.

Falling to the floor of the limo, Naruto spit out blood before he was hauled back to his knees by the chain around his neck.

�I own you. There is no way to get away from me. Do as I say and I might let you like it.�

Naruto�s face was shoved down and the mans throbbing penis was placed into his mouth, forced all the way in. He could feel it hit the back of his throat as it constricted with his gagging. His hands were on each side of the pale mans thighs and were pushing on the leather seat, desperately trying to force his head back up to get that thing out of his mouth.

The chain was snapped, making his throat constrict more and a low moan came from the man that was holding his head still. Again, the chain was snapped tight, and as the pale man hissed in pleasure at the constricting sensation, the hand in Naruto�s hair forced his head to bob up and down.

After several more minutes of bobbing and gagging, a bitter substance was expelled down his throat. The cock was removed and Naruto vomited. The bitter taste returning as a thick liquid came up and dripped down his chin.

Naruto opened his eyes and could not hide the whimper as he saw the man he had just seen in his memory turn to the shower to look at him. The scowl that would never leave, no matter how hard he tried to please him, was there. He said if the blonde pleased him, then he would not permit the others into hurting him. He had never managed to please the sadistic man. And so he�d let the other members of the group do any thing they wanted with him. He had been molested by a snake, molded like clay into crazy positions, used as an canvas for hot wax, and one man had tried to fuck him under water. He had been bound, gagged, stuffed, and whipped without the Uchiha so much as blinking.

The water had turned cold and Naruto was numb. Shaking, not from the cold water but from the memories, a black haired form reached in and shut the water off before wrapping him in a towel. Naruto did not fight back. The man would make him do what he wanted no matter how hard he fought anyways.

He was guided out of the shower and onto the chilled tiles of the bathroom where the pale skinned, dark haired form, tossed another towel over his blond hair and started to rub.

Naruto stood silently as his hair was toweled dried. The man did not like Naruto to be dirty before he fucked him. So after each event, the blond was carted off to the showers to be cleaned. The water was scalding, but it removed whatever he was covered in.

Shuttering, Naruto looked up as the Uchiha started to dry off his chest, being extra gentle around the red line over his stomach that had several dark lines stemming from it. The raven haired teen stood up straight and looked into the uncertain blue eyes.

Sasuke smiled his confidant all-knowing smirk, and Naruto jerked away.

�You took too long in the shower, dobe. Shizune was getting worried. You have to get a shot.�

The blond nodded and looked over to the pile of clothes sitting on the counter. Sasuke turned and left the room, leaving him alone.

Breathing deeply as he dressed, Naruto pulled the off white boxers on, followed by a black pair of sweat pants. The resemblance was uncanny, how much Sasuke looked like the other man. He had seen his picture all over the news shows. Their eyes were the same. The build and the hair was the same. Sasuke was his immediate relative, so they would look alike. But it was unnerving for the resemblance to be so strong. So strong that he confused them. Sasuke�s smile was what set him apart. Even in the euphoria of orgasm, the older Uchiha had never once smiled, or smirked, or shown emotion in general.

Pulling the shirt on, Naruto walked out of the bathroom and looked up at the clock. An hour and a half had passed. No wonder Shizune was worried.

The nurse came out of the office with the familiar shot in hand. Sasuke was sitting on the floor next to the blonde�s bed, watching a mind numbing children�s cartoon that was trying to teach him the abc�s.

Shizune came up to him and ruffled his damp hair and smiled. She was a source of comfort. She was pretty like the woman that was part of the group. But the groups of woman there were only there because of the same reason he was. They were forced.

�I thought you drowned in there, but Sasuke said you were fine. You must have run the hot water out, being in for so long. Now come on. You�re late for your shot of antibiotics.�

She led him to the curtained area across from the office and he turned around, putting his back to her.

�Don�t be so tense. It won�t hurt as much if you relax.�

Shizune grabbed the blonde�s shoulders and squeezed before tugging the side of the black sweat pants down, revealing the tanned hip.

Shizune watched as every muscle in the blonde teens� body tensed. The nurse sighed and picked up the syringe she had set on the metal table along with an alcohol swab.

Swabbing a spot on Naruto�s hip that she had not already administered a shot to, Shizune swiftly stuck the needle in and injected the contents. She removed the needle and placed the band aid on. She sighed, pulling his pants up. Naruto would have yet another bruise from his tensed muscles.

�There you go. That was not so bad, was it?�

Naruto turned and shrugged before walking over to his bunk and sitting carefully on it. The cartoon was over and Sasuke would have to wait for the water tank to refill and heat up before he could shower. Besides, the night nurse had said that first thing in the morning he was due for a meeting with the doctor. His internal clock told him that that would be soon.

As if on cue, a young man walked into the infirmary, sporting a white coat. The county hospital provided a psychologist. Normally, it was a medical student that needed extra credit. This one was proving to be a good one. Most got so frustrated with the kids that they quit after the first week. This one was frazzled, but surviving.

Sasuke turned to the man who just walked in then looked back over his shoulder at Naruto. The blonde glanced at the man but quickly returned his attention to the television. The raven haired teen shrugged and followed suit, returning to the TV.

�Sasuke, follow me, please.�

Glaring up at the doctor who was now standing next to the bed, the obsidian eye teen stood up and followed the doctor out. He glared at the back of the man the entire time as he was led to a small office down the hall from the infirmary.

The session ended 20 minutes later as the Uchiha�s fist connected with the doctors face. He scowled as he stormed in, returning to his seat in front of Naruto�s bed. As the doctor followed him back into the room, Shizune went to him to try and stem the flow of blood from his nose.

Naruto was trying to hold his laughter in. The doctor was Freudian and believed that all mental lapses happened due to a problem with the natural urges. Mostly the one�s involving the urge to mate.

Shizune would not let Naruto see this doctor, because in his opinion, all that was needed to �cure� him was one good lay .

The blonde could imagine Sasuke�s reaction when the guy asked about his mother in that context. Apparently he was not that far off the mark, and neither was Sasuke�s fist.

After the doctor had left, the room drifted back into silence, with the television running through the standard set of morning cartoons followed by talk shows. Sasuke sat on the floor next to Naruto�s bed and the blond teen lounged on the mattress. As 10:30 rolled around, the trio of class skippers showed up like clock work.

Dosu Kinuta, Abumi Zaku, and Kin Tsuchi came in needing medical attention every time there was a test. This week there were a series of tests right after lunch, and sure enough, these three had an ailment right before every lunch period.

This time, Zaku had his arms wrapped up, and Dosu had a bandage around his head, pretending to have a toothache or something akin to it. Kin was there to escort the boys and make sure they did not get lost in their �pained� states.

Seeing the trio of regulars walk in, Naruto could see Shizune hang her head and mouth the words �why me.�

Naruto was not very fond of the set of orphans that had just walked in. They were a major factor in his decision to drop through the cracks and get the heck out of here. They were each a pain to anybody that was smaller than they were, which Naruto was. Dosu and Zaku ran the boys dormitories, and had on several occasions teamed up to bludgeon someone that pissed them off, which Naruto had.

Right before he left over a year ago, Naruto had gotten into a free for all fight with them and won. They had shaved a 5 year olds head and drew on it with a permanent marker. Not nice pictures or words either. And when the kid told on them, they had almost drowned the little guy, giving him a super long swirly, in a un flushed toilet.

Naruto liked the kid. He liked all kids and had to do something. So he beat the crap out of the two. It had not been easy, but when the dust settled, he was the one left standing. Also, he had provoked them in a way that made it impossible to blame him, so they got in trouble for fighting and were sent to an �anger management retreat.� One that was far away from the orphanage.

The blonde had considered standing up and beating the twin terrors. It was a highlight of his time in the orphanage. They had never really taken notice of him until he had decided to fight them and show them how it felt to be bullied. But now, he was sure to be on their list of hated people.

Top five probably.

Shizune had heard about Naruto and the hatred between him and the three. It was a legend here, so she never left them alone with Naruto. A fact for which the wounded blonde was eternally grateful.

Not that he could not fight them. They just used a system involving one of them holding the victim and the other punching his stomach repeatedly. He could not take that with his stomach injury.

The three glared at Naruto as he sat on the bed watching a soap opera. Sasuke felt the distinct chill in the air and glanced back at the two boys and girl.

Kin giggled at him and he promptly returned his attention to the TV.

�So, what�s wrong with them today Kin?�

Kin, the designated talker and cheerleader for the boys, said �carpel-tunnel syndrome� and �cleft pallet� , making Shizune�s eyebrows rise. The long haired brunette was as bad as the boys when it came to bullying. Just last week she had held a girl down and chopped off her hair, calling her vain for keeping it long. The girl had barely more that an inch of hair left on her head and was so scared she could not say who did it. Not that it was a mystery. Everyone knew. Kin hated anyone that was remotely prettier than her. And the girl she had targeted was a tiny, strawberry blonde, that was cute without wanting to be.

�Oh, really. Interesting. And how do you know this?�

�Well, Dosu here said that when he ate breakfast this morning, he could feel it go through the roof of his mouth and into his sinuses.�

On cue, Dosu expelled scrambled eggs from his nose and started to make a noise like a harpooned whale.

�Oh knock it off. �Cleft pallet� is a birth defect and �carpel-tunnel syndrome� takes years to develop. Take those bandages off and return to class.�

A loud crash followed by screaming came from down the hall and Shizune dashed out to see what had happened. Darting back in, she said ,�stay right here�, and ran off.

Dosu kicked the door stopper out and Zaku grabbed the chair from the office and propped it up under the door handle.

Naruto watched the actions and made a fist. It looked like he was going to have a rematch whether he wanted it or not.

Kin flipped her long hair over her shoulder and pointed to the blonde on the bed.

�Naruto, you little creep. You got them sent to a detention facility for six months. You�re going to pay for that.�

Dosu and Zaku were stalking up to the bunk and cracking there knuckles. Never one to back down from a fist fight, Naruto stood up and was mildly surprised when Sasuke stood up next to him. There was no reason for Sasuke to join in, but he appreciated it. The ice bastard was a trained fighter and the three bullies had no idea how good of a one he was.

Smiling now that he had a solid source of back up, Naruto took his fighting stance and glared at the approaching three.

There was nothing more that Zaku and Dosu hated than a fair fight. The raven haired teen was an unknown quantity, and therefore, not wanted in this fight.

�Sit back down pretty boy, or else you wont be that pretty any more.�

Naruto watched as Sasuke took his fighting stance and glared at Zaku.

�Shut up and go to hell.�

The icy cold voice cut through the room and angered the bullies. The cold, calm, collective way the insult was delivered let them know that the raven haired teen was not a push over. It annoyed them that their carefully planned attack on Naruto, had such an un seen add in. They wanted to pound the blonde into a pulp. And the more the odds into their favor, the better. The blonde was supposed to be alone. And three to one was their kind of odds.

Smirking, Zaku removed his arms from the baggage and strutted up to the pale Uchiha. If it could not be avoided, they might as well beat the crap out of him. Besides, Kin was his. And her reaction to the teen was pissing him off.

�Did your daddy beat you to give you that black eye? Is that why you�re here, pretty boy?�

The Uchiha was a blur as he punched Zaku, sending him sliding across the floor. Dosu tried to get around to attack Sasuke from behind, but Naruto tackled him to the floor and started to pound on the teen. The bandage around the bullies head came off as Dosu rolled and threw the blonde off of him.

Sasuke nailed Zaku with a series of kicks that sent him back to the floor. Dosu, having ridden himself of the blond, hit the raven haired teen from behind, but was met with a elbow to his nose as Sasuke fell.

Kin tried to get a kick in, but the blonde teen knocked her legs out from under her then dove in to the melee.

When Shizune came back to the infirmary after dealing with the kid who had just had a bucket of nails dropped on him, it was to an odd sight. First, the normal door would not open. So she had to unlock the other one and she really had to push to open it, because there was a bunk against it. Looking about the room once she got in, made her want to bang her head on a hard surface.

Somehow in the obvious battle, Kin had gotten her long hair stuck in the springs of a mattress that had the cover torn off in the fighting. She sat hunched over and crying as she tried to unwind her precious hair from the tangled mess around the springs. Naruto had a hold of one of Dosu�s ankles and wrist in a hold that left the pinned teen flopping like a fish in his attempts to get out of it. Finally, Sasuke had Zaku�s arms pinned behind him and the teen was whining from the pain. The room was a mess. Bunks pushed over and blankets thrown about. Kin had a black eye and so did Zaku. Dosu�s nose was bleeding all over the floor and Naruto had split another one of the scars on his face.

�ALRIGHT. Naruto, Sasuke, let them go.�

Hesitantly, the two victors let go and the losers scrambled to their feet.

In unison, Zaku and Dosu chimed.

�It�s all their fault.�

The two wavered under the harsh glare of Shizune.

�Dosu that corner, Zaku that one. Kin, we�ll cut your hair to get you out. Sasuke, Naruto, are you two alright?�

Dosu had retreated to his designated corner and was nursing bloodied knuckles and a split lip, and a bleeding nose.

�Why the hell are you asking them if they�re okay? I�m fucking bleeding here.�

�And it�s your own damn fault. Stay quiet until the head master comes. The last trip to the camp did not seem to help. So maybe you should go again.�

That shut him up and Shizune started to look over Naruto the same way she had that morning. Listening to the three snicker when she had to pull his pants down to check his stitches, he whimpered and looked away. She bandaged the split cut on his face and commented on his black eye. Noticing that Naruto was hunching over and holding his stomach, she lifted his shirt and hissed when she saw the growing bruise around the reddened line.

�Oh, Naruto, it looks like a direct hit. I�ll get you the pain killers right now.�

Before she could rush off to the office, the blond teen grabbed her wrist and pointed to the silent Uchiha.

Looking at Sasuke, Shizune saw the blood start to drip off his fingers from the reopened slash on his wrist. The pale teen was watching the red fluid with a morbid fascination as it dripped to the floor.

Jumping over to Sasuke�s side, she led him to the metal table and flung the curtain back. Grabbing a pair of scissors, she removed the bandages, letting the blood flow unhindered.

Shizune breathed a sigh of relief once she saw the reopened cut. He had ripped the stitches out of three of the cuts and it was the combined blood from them all that was dripping down his arm. None of the splits were close enough to the vein for any real concern. Still, it was the worst of all of the injuries any of the combatants were sporting.

Naruto watched as Shizune removed the old stitches and put in new ones on Sasuke�s arm. Dosu and Zaku had fallen silent once they had seen the raven haired teen arms. They had been whispering to each other when she had been looking over him. Reaching up, Naruto felt the sore spot on his abdomen. His stomach did hurt a lot, but Sasuke needed Shizune more right now than he did.

The head master came in and assessed the situation. The man had a scar across his face and for the life of him, Naruto could not remember his name. The guy smiled at him then grabbed a pair of scissors, hacking away at Kin�s hair until she was freed. The girl stood up and ran crying to the bathroom to look it over.

When she re-emerged, he called the three over and explained that this was the last straw. They were out of this orphanage and going to the detention center.

Listening to the groans and complaints, Naruto held on to his stomach and hobbled over to his bunk to sit down. It had been pushed far to the right of its original position and the top blanket was on the other side of the room. As Naruto flopped on to the padded surface, he curled up from the pain in his stomach. The little chimes sounded on the TV as the program was interrupted for an important announcement.

The three arguing with the head master looked up as the mayor came on screen. The old man in the suit and tie shifted weight from foot to foot before starting his speech.

�The people of the fair city of Konoha have nothing to fear from the man who massacred the Uchiha family. We have without a doubt, identified the individual responsible for the tragedy. That man is none other than Itachi Uchiha. While his motives remain unknown, it is not likely that he will strike again. If you have seen him, report it to the police at once. Thank you.�

Reporters clamored to get more information, but the mayor just waved as he walked off the stage. As the news show went into recap, a picture of Sasuke was shown on screen and the three teens looked over to the curtained area, mouths agape.

Naruto could hear their hushed talk as he laid on his bunk. As the head master herded the trio of bullies out, Zaku had to get the last word in.

�So, it was not your father that sent you here. It was your brother. Poor little, rich, pretty boy. �

Dosu, Zaku, and Kin were laughing as Shizune had to hold Sasuke down to keep him from killing Zaku.

In the end, it took a sedative to calm Sasuke down enough to get him to hold still and allow Shizune to finish with her stitching. After the infirmary was returned to its normal arrangement, bunks were picked up and re-positioned. Only after Naruto had received the shot of pain killers was Sasuke returned to his bunk and tucked in, too doped up to fight or even respond when Naruto hobbled over and whispered a �thank you� to him. Sasuke was staring off into space and a single, fat tear, dripped off his nose.

Naruto brushed it away and turned and sat on the floor next to the bunk. The raven haired teen had watched over him the entire night and had fought next to him, saving him from a beating. At least he could do the same and stay beside him. The raven haired teen groaned and reached out. Naruto felt a hand brush against the back of his head then come to rest on his shoulder.

The blonde had known for a long time that all Sasuke wanted, even if he did not know that he wanted it, was someone there with him. That was the reason he had let Sasuke beat on him in school. The raven haired teen never meant to hurt him, he just wanted contact with someone that was not after his name.

Loneliness was something Naruto knew well. And as the hand on his shoulder twitched, he smiled. It was also something he knew how to beat.
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