Fanfic Title: To Wait By One's Deathbed

Anime: Naruto

Pairing: Sasuke x Naruto

Author: keadeblue264

Hi Hi! This is my first SasuNaru yo! *bells and whistles go off* I know I should work on my other stories, but I HAD to start writing this. I HAD TO!! Anyway, I realize that I might get flames for this because I'm considering putting some character death in this fic, but I'm still thinking about that detail. I hope whoever reads this story enjoys it anyway. And I figured that I would try writing their names they way they do in Japan. (ex. Uzumaki Naruto) I wanted to see if I prefered it that way. I LOVE YOU GUYS AND FF.N!! :D!

Here's some FYI for you people that may be reading this. I…hate…Sasuke. I hate him and he must DIE!! HE JUST BETTER BE GLAD HE'S SEXY AND THAT HE'S GOOD IN THE SASUNARU FANFICS!! coughandbeingOrochimaru'sbitchcough In fact, just writing this pains me a little because Sasu-teme doesn't deserve someone like Naru-chan! *pouts* But I'm doing it anyway so yeah…PLEASE READ AND REVIEW!!

Summary: After a rogue ninja attack leaves Naruto with irreversible brain damage that could possibly kill him, Sasuke has the unwanted job of staying by his side for comfort. Whether Naruto will live or whether he will die is in question, but the love that he and Sasuke begin to feel during their time together might make his final days happier.

Disclaimer: Obviously, I don't own Naruto. But if I did, I would make the yaoi fangirls (and yaoi fanboys. Yes, they exist. Just a lil info for those of you who didn't know. Hell one of my best friends is a yaoi fanboy. I LUVS U!! *glomps my yaoi fanboy BF*) of the world happy by filling it with yaoi smex.

Warnings: Boy-boy romance (more in the shonen-ai department than full-blown yaoi smex), possible character death (DON'T KILL ME PLEASE!! I NEED MY LIFE SO I CAN WRITE MORE YAOI FANFICTION!!)

Chapter 1: The Results

The feeling in the waiting room was tense and chaotic, medical ninja running in and out of the patient ward in hurried groups where an unconscious and fatally injured Uzumaki Naruto lay. The mission that was assigned to Squad 7 had ended horrendously, the evidence of their failure profoundly marring the young ninja's body.

"Kakashi-sensei, is Naruto going to be okay?" an anxious Sakura asked.

Haruno Sakura had already been a nervous, emotional wreck upon arriving at the hospital, but it go worse with every medical ninja that scrambled by. She was always overemotional, but at least this time she had reason to be.

"Well, we won't know until the examination is done, but I'm sure he's fine," Kakashi responded coolly.

Hatake Kakashi, however, was as levelheaded as ever, his face buried inside his always kept on hand Make-Out Paradise book. Keeping a cool head under pressure was second nature to him by now and he wasn't going to blow it just because an accident happened to one of his genin charges.

"But Sensei! I realize you're trying to make me feel better, but we all saw his injuries! He could die!" Sakura yelled hysterically, her eyes on the verge of overflowing with tears.

"Calm down, Sakura," Sasuke said in his usual monotone voice.

Uchiha Sasuke was sitting on one of the waiting room benches with an aura of complete calm surrounding him, so relaxed to the point where it didn't seem like he cared at all about what happened to the blonde ninja. Getting emotional was never really an issue for him either.

"There's no point getting upset now," Sasuke continued, "Just sit down and be calm."

"Sasuke's right, Sakura. Besides, you know what Naruto would say if he saw you like this," Kakashi said.

Sakura reluctantly did as she was told and sat down on the same bench as Sasuke with her hands together in her lap. She did appear slightly calmer, but she still jumped when a medical ninja came in the waiting room, clipboard in hand.

He turned to Kakashi and said, "Kakashi, we have the results of Uzumaki Naruto's examination."

Several hours earlier

In one of the main structures of Konoha, mission debriefings were heard left and right and clients exchanged payment for completed missions. The squad captain and the three genin of Squad 7 walked out of the building on their way to their current mission.

Uzumaki Naruto, the class clown and container of the Kyuubi, was known amongst his teammates as a nonstop complainer. Not five minutes out of the building and the first of most likely many expected complaints was issued.

"Kakashi-sensei, why do we have to go on this boring mission?" Naruto asked, his arms behind his head.

Their squad captain sighed before saying, "Naruto, you ask me that every mission and I answer you every time. We have to do the missions we are assigned."

"But they're so boring," Naruto said.

"You say that every time, too," Sasuke commented, walking past the slow moving Naruto.

The blonde glared at the dark-haired boy, about to start a fight with the Uchiha, but Sakura rushed inbetween them.

"Yeah. Can't you just do the missions we're given and not complain?" Sakura asked, following behind Sasuke closely.

Sakura looked at Naruto with death in her eyes, silently promising to beat him senseless if he even thought about hurting the object of her over obsessive crush.

"Well, I can't help it if I'm about to die of boredom every mission," Naruto replied sarcastically.

Though he was slightly afraid of the look the pink-hair ninja was giving him, Naruto managed to stay cool under Sakura's death glare, which was a grand accomplishment by itself.

"Will you three stop? We have to go out of village for this mission so please try to keep your guard up and remember to work together if we happen to run across any danger," Kakashi said.

"Yes, Kakashi-sensei," the three genin said in unison.

They exited the grand gates of Konoha and set out to the location of their mission. Kakashi was the only one who knew the details of their assignment and the three young ninjas had to wait until they got to the location to find out what they would be doing.

"Come on, Kakashi-sensei. Just tell us what we're doing already," Naruto whined.

"I just don't understand how your mind works. You said it was a boring mission, but you don't even know what you're going on a mission for," Kakashi said.

"Doesn't mean it won't be boring," Naruto complained yet again.

The other squad members let out an agitated sigh. Most would think that the rest of the squad would be used to the blonde's complaining by now, but nothing could be further from the truth.

"Naruto, you're annoying," Sakura groaned, her hand covering her forehead.

"More annoying than usual," Sasuke said with his back to Naruto so he didn't see the blonde glare at him.

"Can't we go through one mission without the three of you bickering with each other?" Kakashi asked.

"But Sensei--what's wrong, Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura asked, seeing that the gray-haired man was stiff.

"We're being followed," Kakashi answered, his visible eye tracing their surroundings carefully.

Sakura gasped and looked around before asking, "Where are they, Kakashi-sensei?"

"I don't know, but stay still until I can pinpoint their position."

The three genin nodded in response to his order. The area remained quiet for a few moments. The tree branches scraped against each other when the wind blew, all other sounds fading away in the dangerous atmosphere.

Kakashi looked around, examining his surroundings as best he could for any sign of enemy ninja. He held the lives of three young ninjas in his hands and if any of them were hurt, he could only blame himself.

Just as this thought crossed his mind, he sensed the presence of two enemy ninjas and shouted, "Naruto! Look out!"

But it was already too late. The enemy ninja burst through the trees and attacked Naruto with metal pincer-like contraptions attached to their hands. Naruto jumped back to avoid the first ninja, but he was not fast enough to evade the second.

The second ninja lunged and pierced Naruto on the left side of his abdomen, the claw stained profoundly with the boy's blood when it came out his back. The blonde coughed up blood, its metallic taste filling his mouth and running along his tongue. The ninja were exceptionally fast, the other squad members had a difficult time trying to keep up with any of their movements as they attacked Naruto and they were too stunned to actually help their comrade.

But they were really unprepared for the next part.

The first ninja grabbed Naruto by the head with his claw, ripping the boy's body from his associate's claw. The ninja flung Naruto, the claw leaving deep gashes on his head and face. The other squad members saw the target of the ninja's throw, but they were powerless to stop it in time. Sakura screamed and covered her eyes.

A sickening crack rang through their ears.

Naruto's head had collided with a large boulder thirty feet away. His body slumped to the ground with a thud, blood from all of his injuries spilling out onto the grass with the fall. The blood continued to flood out of his body as he gradually lost consciousness, his clothes immensely contaminated with the red liquid. The last thing Naruto heard before he blacked out was Sakura's second scream.

Author's Note: Yeah I'm sorry about the shortness of this first chapter, but I just couldn't do anything else with it. Hopefully, the following chapters will be at least a little longer, but I have I feeling that they might all be about this long. And before any of you ask, the ninja with the claw thingys that attacked Naruto have nothing to do with the ninja in the that attacked the group before Zabuza showed up. You know, the ones with the poison in their claw thingys. I just needed a claw thing to make it work out so yeah. Anyway, please read and review and I'll see ya'll in chapter 2!