Broken

Chapter 36: Always Together

"You'll feel a little pinch."

He nodded, feeling it, gripping the side bar of the stretcher. Shutting his eyes at the pain, it was erased a little when the rubber band was removed and the medics saying they'll give him a little morphine to ease the pain. Taking a breath through his nose and letting it out through his mouth, he felt the familiar burning sensation of the drug that killed pain for patients.

Blinking, Itachi moved his hand to hold the wound but it was batted away by one of the medics, making him grab at the rag that was a shirt. He wondered how Naruto was taking it since he was pregnant. Time could only tell.

Parking the car in the closest available spot, the blond raced toward the building where Itachi was loaded into with doctors surrounding him. Pushing himself to go faster, Naruto got beside Itachi and smiled. "I'm here."

The Uchiha nodded almost lazily, staring at him dully. Guess the drug was taking effect fully now. He could hear doctors shouting things at the nurses but didn't want to understand them. He knew he was stabbed and that it hurt like hell.

Naruto was stopped by one of the medics because he couldn't go any farther. "What are they doing? It doesn't require surgery."

"They need to find out if it hit any organs." The medica said, helping the blond sit down as he felt his knees grow weak.

He needed someone there to help him. Getting up again, he walked numbly outside, pulling out his phone and collapsed onto a bench. Dialing his mother's number, Naruto felt the tears come again. Hearing his mother's voice made it all fall, causing the teen to cry because of how scared he was. "Oka-san can you come to the hospital up here? Itachi-he . . ."

Hearing his mother ask what happened, Naruto bit his lip, trying to get the words to come out when he didn't want to say them. His mother asked again. "Itachi was stabbed!"

The phone went dead after that, telling him his mother was going to rush up and be with her son. They were going to drop everything and be there for their son and hope that nothing happened to the long-haired man.

Swallowing, Naruto closed his phone and went back into the building, sitting down in the waiting area where others were for different reasons. Looking up at the television, it was playing kid shows but it was all blurred to the blond that was crying. "Itachi ple-please be okay. Please, please."

Bowing his head and putting his hands together, he did a silent pray even if he wasn't the person to do so. If there was someone up there, then they would hear him. He didn't want his child to be growing up without his or her father. Taking a breath, Naruto got up, wiping at his moist eyes, strolling toward the vending machine.

Grabbing out the money he needed, he put it in and got a water. Taking a drink of it, he capped it in time because his mother came barreling in and hugging him.

"What do you mean?"

"I-I-I came home. He-he was standing there. Mada-Madara did it." Naruto stuttered, looking into the blue eyes of his mother but they didn't help. He also knew that this was going on then the police was going to be involved. He hated it when the law enforcement was involved.

Taking another drink, he saw a doctor come out the doors, looking around and strolling toward them. His hopes were up but dashed when the doctor bypassed them for someone else.

"Please." Naruto begged, looking to the ceiling.

"Is anyone with a man by the name Uchiha, Itachi?" Someone called, causing Naruto to run up to the doctor.

"How is he?"

"Stable, luckily he didn't get any organs hit. He has stitches in so he'll have to stay tonight so we can monitor him. If nothing goes wrong, then he'll be able to go home tomorrow." The doctor explained with a hand falling onto Naruto's shoulder. "You can go see him but he is under some pain killers."

Nodding, Naruto with his parents followed the man to the room where Itachi laid with his eyes closed. Speed walking over, Naruto grabbed a hold of the hand that didn't have any needles in it.

"Naruto remind me never to hold a knife." Itachi slurred a little as he tossed his head over to stare at the teen.

Nodding, Naruto laughed a little when someone walked into the room.

"I never thought I would see you here Itachi." The man said, staring down at him then went on checking vitals.

"Surprise Daichi." Itachi said, still looking at Naruto.

"Who's he?" Naruto questioned, using his head to point at the man that was in the room.

"Ex." Itachi answered then closed his eyes. Painkillers always wore him out more then other people. It made him go into a sleep like state if not sleep altogether. "Don't worry . . . Naruto . . . I still love you."

Nodding, Naruto watched the guy leave the room and turned his attention back to his lover. Taking a breath, he laid his forehead against the pale skin, hearing the sound of thunder again. Then he heard a couple of nurses saying that it was down pouring like there was no tomorrow but it didn't matter. He was going to stay with his Uchiha whether the nurses liked it or not.

"Can we ask a few questions or is Uchiha-san asleep?" Someone asked.

Turning around, Naruto shook his head which they nodded.

"May we ask you a few questions then?" Someone else inquired which drew Naruto away from his injured boyfriend. "What happened or were you home at the time?"

"I was out with friends because they wanted to tell me the news that I was going to be the best man for their wedding. They dropped me off and . . . I walked inside. Itachi was standing there with someone else and he didn't look . . . right. He was paler."

"Did you notice anything else?"

"He was holding onto something that the man used."

"Did you get any look at the man's face or was it someone that would want to harm Uchiha-san?" One of the officers asked, he wasn't sure who. It was a guy and girl team.

"I did. It was Uchiha, Madara." Naruto answered, remembering that face. He wouldn't get it out of his head since he knew that he was after the company.

"Thank you. We'll be back tomorrow before Uchiha-san leaves for his statements." The man said, with both of them walking away.

Getting back into the room, Naruto grabbed a hold of Itachi's hand, holding it there and hoped that nothing would go wrong. He didn't want anything to happen to the man that he cherished deeply even to the point he would risk his own life to protect him. He did that today by throwing himself onto Madara to get him away from his Uchiha. "I'll get back at you for it Madara in some way."

Wow. I don't think – maybe – Naruto would say those words. It depends. Please review