Love Therapy: Chapter Sixteen – Complete

G-suke's POV

Naruto lay in his hospital bed. Ever since his injuries his father had constantly sent many of his people to check up on him, particularly his aunt. Naruto sigh and looked outside his window. 'It looks like a beautiful day' Naruto turned to the flowers that Sasuke got for him. It was so nice of him to receive a gift of someone outside the family for a change The flowers gave its golden shine and the smell was lovely. Naruto let out a quiet chuckle remembering the face Sasuke gave him when he told that "Roses were for lovers". Naruto was so overwhelmed by the fact that Sasuke thought of him so deeply.

Naruto kept looking back at the past on how he first met Sasuke or even heard of him. Naruto gave a frown, he knew Sasuke marriage is still not doing well. Sasuke doesn't know it, but Sakura had constantly sent him text messages on her 'improvement' of her marriage. Sakura sent him one nearly every day, telling him what Sasuke was up to, where he just recently been and his attitude towards her.

Naruto phone vibrated again. He took the phone and opened his message.

Sakura:

He hasn't said anything to me, he didn't even bother to look at me since his outburst.

"What are you doing?" a male voice came

Naruto quickly put his phone away "nothing..."

"Naruto, I saw that..."

"It's nothing, what are you doing here anyway, Neji?"

A man with pale eyes of no pupil head towards Naruto with a soup container "Hinata sent me, she made these for you and wish you would get better soon"

"Why didn't she come here herself?" Naruto asked, positioning himself in a sitting position

"She's busy with her clients and all" Neji pulled out a chair next to Naruto "You know, I still have yet to meet your daughter"

"She's coming by later tomorrow if you want to see her that badly"

Neji leaned back on the chair "Tomorrows no good, I have to meeting with the Italian mafia"

Naruto looked down at his hand "I'm sorry I dump those work on you"

"Don't worry about it" Neji let out "Beside, I was born to be prepared for this anyway"

"Yeah...but still" Naruto let out a sigh "Itachi's brother having trouble in his marriage"

"Sasuke?" Neji rubbed his chin "Yeah! I heard about it off his father. The elders are very worried about it. You know if they end up getting a divorce, this would be a very serious problem" Neji looked straight ahead in to Naruto's eyes "I heard Sasuke has change a little since he met you"

"Me?" Naruto surprise tone came out

"Yeah, Itachi told me lately that he's been throwing a fit at everyone. From work to home, his poor wife must be ready to hang herself"

After a moment of silent, Naruto asked out "Who are you going to Italy with?"

"Itachi's coming along"

"OH! That's cool, so that means Fugaku is taking care of the business while his gone"

"Not anymore" Naruto raise an eyebrow "Fugaku recently had a small stroke"

Naruto gasp "Is he okay?"

"Yeah, he's fine. The family decided not to tell Sasuke about it, since he should be more concern about his marriage" Neji took a deep breath "Because of his sudden stroke, his wife and Itachi refuse to let him work. Their all planning to bring Sasuke into the business now, they need to take care of their part of responsibility until Itachi's gets back" Neji smiled and rubbed his head "I don't think he'll take it very well" he later let out a sigh "It's all very complicated".

Naruto looked at his hands "perhaps I should return then"

"Naruto, don't force yourself. You almost lost your life in just getting out of your duty. If you walk back in, it won't be easy. Your daughter will also be involved"

Naruto feels a headache coming "I don't have a choice. Having being in this hospital and Haruhi could of gotten kidnapped. It feels like it is my time to return"

"Yeah, but take your time with it" There was a small pause between them.

Neji finally gave in, knowing Naruto 'stubborn' blood still flow through his veins "Very well, you will give me a call when you're ready" Neji leaned forward in his chair "I'll arrange the meeting and everything. In the mean time, just enjoy your life" Neji got off his seat "I have to go and pack. I'll be leaving Japan in a month; I thought I'll drop by to see how you were doing" Neji head towards the door "Oh! I'll bring something nice for Haruhi when I get back. Get better soon" and Neji was gone.

Naruto slide back down on the bed and closed his eyes for a moment 'I think it really is time for me to return home...'

After being in the hospital for almost 2 months, Naruto was ready to return to his apartment. The first thing he did was talked to his daughter on the phone. He had missed her terribly and just hearing her voice brings tears to his eyes

"Daddy, will you come visit me soon?"

Naruto let out a chuckle "Don't worry sweetie, daddy's coming to pick you up from school on Thursday, remember?"

"Yeah" Naruto could feel her pouting "But I still want to see you now. I miss your cooking"

Naruto chuckle "Oh! Come on sweetie, your mother's cooking's not so bad"

Haruhi let out a 'Yuck' "Have you tried her spaghetti?"

Naruto shivered remembering the taste. His ex-wife maybe be from France, but her cooking skills just doesn't apply there "I think I had food poisoning that day"

"I heard that" Cossette shouted in the phone

Both Naruto and Haruhi laughed together "I love you daddy" Haruhi slipped out

Naruto eyes soften "I love you too" he whispered back, the two shared a small family silent together.

"Now come on. What else did you learn at school?" Naruto asked out after 2 minutes of silent.

After talking with his daughter for almost half an hour, Cossette took over "Naruto, how are you feeling?"

"Much better after talking to Haruhi"

Cossette giggled "Don't try to push yourself. Just because you've been discharge doesn't mean you can do whatever you like. Okay?"

"Relax, Hun. I'll be fine and you can bet that you're the first person I'm gonna call if something goes wrong" Naruto laughed out

"You better or I'm gonna let Haruhi convince you to stay with us for a while" Cossette threaten "In the meantime, be careful"

"Okay. Bye now" Naruto grinned

"Bye..." Naruto laughed out again when he heard Haruhi screamed out 'BYE' just before her mother hung up.

Naruto sat in his living room eating his microwaved food. After flicking channels after channels for something decent to watch, Naruto switch the TV off and everything in the room was quiet. Really quiet and Naruto sighs 'feels like home'. Once Neji had left Naruto four days back, Naruto have been given serious thinking about returning home. He knew it would be risky even for his daughter, but if he doesn't do something about it soon. Life is going to get much more dangerous than it is now.

Dangerous for both Cossette and Haruhi.

Naruto pulled out a small coin from his pocket; a coin that has a symbol of a leaf and number 46 on it. Naruto stared at the metal coin long and hard, he tossed it up into the air and catches it again. After thinking for almost 15 minutes Naruto decided to play heads or tails; if land on heads (Fox symbol), he'll give Neji a call. If not, he'll wait another year or so. Naruto tossed the coin high in the air; he wasn't sure what he wanted from the outcome. Some part of him wish it would be a 'head', but he knew he desire 'tails' more.

His tension came to end when the coin spin on his floor boards and landed loudly with a clear view of rough fox glaring right back at him.

Naruto gave one last thought and pulled out his mobile. He slowly scrolled down to Neji's number and pressed the 'call' button. After the forth ring Neji voice was heard "Yes?"

"I'm ready" was all Naruto said

He could hear Neji chuckle from the other line "Didn't take long for you to decide did it?"

"Arrange the meeting" Naruto instructed "I want it to happen tomorrow night"

"Of course ... Kyuubi 46"

Naruto's eyes became dark and serious "Call my father and let him know that his 'son' is coming home"

G-suke's Notes

There will be a sequel after this and the title is called: It's all business.

I received a comment in Chapter 10 from Mary-before I became a member: "When is Neji going to come in?"

That when I realised that I have yet to include Neji or any of his team members. I have to say that 'Naruto' would not be the same without all those colourful and favourite characters. So I would like to announce:

If there is a character from Naruto that you would like to see an appearance in my story I will try to make room for them, it would not be right away, but they will eventually appear.

I hope you enjoy this story so far and I hope that you will find the sequel more exciting and more interesting than "Love Therapy".

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Author's Joke: Unlucky Young Man

A young man goes into a drug store to buy condoms.
The pharmacist says the condoms come in packs of 3, 9 or 12 and asks which the young man wants.
"Well," he said, "I've been seeing this girl for a while and she's really hot. I want the condoms because I think tonight's "the" night. We're having dinner with her parents, and then we're going out. And I've got a feeling I'm gonna get lucky after that. Once she has me, she'll want me all the time, so you'd better give me the 12 pack."
The young man makes his purchase and leaves.
Later that evening, he sits down to dinner with his girlfriend and her parents. He asks if he might give the blessing and they agree. He begins the prayer, but continues praying for quite a while.
The girl leans over to him and says, "You never told me that you were such a religious person."
The boy leans over to her and whispers, "You never told me your father's a pharmacist."

"There will still be plenty of more jokes in the Sequel" – G-suke