26/12/08

Nope, I'm not dead, I'm so sorry this has taken me six months, and not much really happens either, but here's chapter 9.

Disclaimer-Still don't own Naruto storylines or characters.

Enjoy.

Guardian Angel - Chapter 9 – Anger

Sasuke was sat in Ichiraku's ramen, staring absently into his bowl of noodles. He was still in a state of shock after what Iruka had revealed, and he kept replaying the moment in his head.

He wanted to say something, anything, to Naruto, he wanted to help. But then he remembered Iruka's urgency as he demanded that they not say anything, he could still hear his words ringing in his ears…

Sakura gasped, her hand flying up to her mouth.

"You can not say anything, Sakura." Iruka said, his voice hard with urgency.

"But...but…"

"No!" he roughly shook his head, "it would break him." This time he said it softer, resting his hand on her shoulder, and he looked between the two teens, to convey the levity of his words.

"What can we do?" Sasuke asked.

"Help him through. All of us."

"Naruto." He muttered. Yeah, help him through, that's what I'll do, he thought, before returning to his ramen.

Once he was done eating, Sasuke stood up, threw some money on the counter, and left the restaurant. Reaching a fork in the road, he paused in thought, before taking the turning that led away from the Uchiha district, and would take him Naruto's flat.

Upon reaching the foot of the block that housed the flat, he took the true shinobi way, and jumped through the window. Naruto was curled under the thick duvet, and Sasuke could see that his thin frame was shaking violently.

The Uchiha perched on the window sill, and watched the boy thrash in his sleep, unsure if he should wake him from his night terrors or not. Before he could say so much as 'I-hate-my-brother-time-to-go-and-kill-him', blue eyes snapped open as he jolted upright, and a strangled scream bubbled from his throat. Sasuke jumped forwards and grabbed him by the shoulders, shaking him. But it had the opposite to the desired affect.

"Get away from me!" he screamed, "Get-a-way-from-me!" Naruto tightly scrunched his eyes; his body was still trembling erratically.

"Naruto?" he said softly, backing away from the other boy, he sat at the end of the bed, and waited for the hysteria to pass. It wasn't long before Naruto stopped screaming, only until he realised that Sasuke was no longer touching him, and then another ten minutes before his breathing slowed, and he opened his eyes, blinking.

"Oh fuck, Naruto," he whispered, "What're we going to do with you."

A black figure was looming out of the darkness, and he felt clammy hands on his body. Opening his mouth, Naruto let lose a heart-wrenching scream. The man disappeared, but by this point Naruto was stuck in his nightmare, unable to realise that he had woken up.

"Get away from me!" the words burst forth, unbidden.

Eventually Naruto blinked as coherent thought returned to him, and he saw someone perched on the bed before him. He heard Sasuke mutter something. But he felt comforted, the other boy being there, though this thought thoroughly scared him. The last of the Uchiha's stood up, and slowly walked around to the side of the bed that was closer to the door. He held out his hand, but Naruto flinched away.

Instead he headed for the door that led to the rest of the flat, and opened it, leading the way to the kitchenette, indicating for his friend to follow. Naruto shakily stood up, and, pulling on a green dressing gown, followed Sasuke out of the bedroom.

Once the blond was sat at the small wooden table, Sasuke poured him a glass of orange juice from the fridge, and placed it before him on the table, before turning his attention to the as-off-yet untoasted bread.

As Sasuke watched Naruto eat his rather belated lunch, he decided that the boy was looking pale and peaky.

"I thought we could stop in and say hey to Iruka, the academy should be letting out soon." He said, nonchalantly, deciding that it would be good for Naruto to see his all time favourite sensei.

The two did just that, and spent twenty minutes helping him clear up the classroom in which he taught. Predictably, he had been delighted to see them, although it was obvious that by them he meant Naruto. They had talked about everything and nothing. Sasuke had glanced at the clock repeatedly, and eventually made excuses for them to leave, and so they left a slightly disappointed Iruka to his peace.

On their return journey, Sasuke watched Naruto out of the corner of his eye. The blond's eyes were flickering from left to right, warily watching the passing crowd. Sliding his gaze downwards, he saw that Naruto's body was tense, his shoulders hunched tightly, and his jaw clenched. His hands were clenched, digging viciously into his palms. There was a slight, barely noticeable, trembling in his arms.

Rounding a corner, there was a group of four civilian teenagers laughing and joking jovially, enjoying the warmth of the afternoon sun. One, a tall boy with ashen hair, was sat on a smaller girl that bore a slight resemblance to Sakura. She was squealing loudly.

"Rape! Rape!" She cried, before breaking into a fit of hysterical laughter.

Naruto froze. Sasuke walked a few steps more, before he realised that his companion was no longer besides him, he retreated, and stopped besides Naruto.

"Naruto?" he asked, "Naruto, what's wrong?"

"I just don't get what so funny about it." He said quietly, the quiet anger in his voice obvious.

Sasuke opened and closed his mouth a few times, unsure of how to reply, but before he could say anything, Naruto had bolted, speeding away in the direction of his flat.

Sasuke followed, and it wasn't long before he was stood in the middle of the flat, Naruto's bedroom door having just been slammed in his face, forcing him to back away, surprised.

"Just go away!" Naruto was angry, so much so that it was scary. He had never acted this way before.

"But Nar-" he was cut off by the sound of a shoe colliding with the hard wood of the door.

"Just fuck off!"

Not knowing what to do in such a situation, he quietly slipped out the door.

So there was that.

And by the way, the girl wasn't really being raped, it was just kids messing about as kids do.

Anyway, I'm of to watch Marry Poppins, hope you all enjoyed that.