[ Sasuke POV ]
I walked up to the front door of the mansion, unlocked the door, and opened it. When I walked in, I heard yelling coming from every part of the house.
"Tenten did you take my shampoo"
"I used it this morning. It should be in your room"
"Kurama where did you put Akamaru's dog food"
"It should be in the cabinet next to the fridge"
I sat down on one of the couches and realized that there's was blood on it. I touched it,
"Could this be Naruto's"
I heard the yelling of the person I was thinking about.
"Kurama I'm going to plant a flower"
"Will it even survive"
"I don't know"
"Just don't make a mess"
I looked up from the blood stain when I heard someone walking closer. The long blond haired girl named Ino emerged from the hallway. She was dragging a white suitcase behind her and carrying a small bag.
"Sorry for the trouble"
"Hn"
She smiled,
"We're going to Russia for a job and we had just found out Naruto had gotten sick"
"Hn"
Another person came from the hallway. He was wearing a jacket and carrying a dog carrier while dragging a dark brown suitcase.
"I'm sorry buddy but this is the only way we can go to Russia"
A dog whimper came from the carrier. This time two people came out from the hallway. It was two long haired men. One with red hair and the other brown, both of them dragging suitcases behind them. Kurama looked at me with a smile.
"I really appreciate this. I just couldn't leave this many kids on their own"
I nodded my head as two more people walked out from the hallway. One was a plain black hair man and the other was a girl who had two Chinese buns. The man was carrying a single duffle bag and the girl was dragging two large suitcases along with a small bag.
"Did you pack clothes"
She placed one of the one suitcase down and opened it. It revealed clothes and multiple weapons. She rubbed the back of her head,
"I just couldn't choose which ones to bring"
Kurama shook his head and sighed. Another man walked out from the hallway,
"At leased we have weapons"
He dragged a medium suitcase behind him.
"Shikamaru's right. We never know when we would need these"
She started packing up the weapons back into the bag. The front door was opened by Naruto. He didn't look sick from the way he was able to stand. He was smiling,
"Make sure to bring me something back"
The long brown haired man replied,
"Yes sir"
"Don't skip out of work either"
This time the man with the dog carrier responded,
"Of course"
Naruto walked back outside and attention turned to me. Kurama talked,
"He might be able running around now but I can assure that he's sick"
He paused for a few seconds,
"Look after him until we get back"
The blonde haired smiled,
"Or longer"
Shikamaru looked me straight in the eye,
"Try to remember everything you can while your here"
With those words all of them started heading out the door saying goodbye to Naruto on the way.
I walked outside looking for Naruto. I turned the corner and was Naruto squatting in front of flowers. Those must be the flower he was yelling about earlier. I walked closer and sat down right next to him. His eyes were blank. There was no emotion in his eyes like there was before. He made a small cut on his finger. I waiting for him to fall back but he didn't. Instead he placed his finger over the flower and let the blood drip onto it's petals. I watch as the petals were being dyed a crimson red. I grabbed his hand to stop the blood from dripping and Naruto turned to me.
"You shouldn't do that when your sick"
He didn't respond and just looked at me with his sky blue eyes. It felt as though I was sinking inside of them. He started coughing with his head down and a hand over his mouth. I didn't know what to do.
"I'll get you a cough drops"
I let go of his hand and started standing up. I stopped, he had pulled my sleeve. I looked down at him.
"What are you doing"
He looked up at me with tears in his eyes. I felt a sting in my heart. He is in pain and I can't do anything. A memory flashed though my mind. It was of Naruto laying on a bed coughing with tears streaming down his face. He was reaching out for me and asking for help every time he could. I couldn't do anything then and I can't do anything now. Huh, why am I acting like this? Why does this feeling always come over me when I see him? What were you to me? Naruto let go of my sleeve pulling me out of my thoughts. I looked at him again saw him staring at his hand. I looked over his shoulder and I saw that he was staring at the blood in his hand. I stood up,
"I'll get you a towel"
I walked back into the house. I found a map of the house sitting on the small table in the living room. I picked it up and walked to the laundry room.
When I walked back to Naruto, I noticed that there was another flower planted in the ground. The flower was covered in crimson like the others. I gave him the towel,
"Here"
He took the towel and wiped the blood off his hands. After he wiped the blood off and I took the towel from him.
"It's time we go inside"
Naruto nodded and stood up. I walked with him inside the house.
I was making food in the kitchen while Naruto was sitting at one of the bar stools watching me. I looked back at Naruto and saw him stare into space.
"Sasuke"
"Hn"
"Why do you what to recover your memories when you can live a happy life with Sakura"
"She was just a distraction"
"What were you distracting yourself from"
"You"
"Why"
"I'm figuring that out with each memory"
We continued with silence between us again.
"I'm going to ask you a question of my own"
He didn't respond but I kept speaking.
"Are you dying"
"Yes"
Time had stopped after that word. I didn't want that to be true. Naruto was dying. He can't die, I haven't regained all of my lost memories yet.
"Is there a cure"
My voice was shaky. The stronger I wanted to sound the shaky my voice became.
"Yes"
I felt relief wash over me but I became confused. I know Naruto has more than enough money to pay for treatment so why doesn't he do it.
"Why don't you get the treatment"
"Even if there was a medical treatment it would do me no good"
"Why"
"Drugs, medicines, and poisons don't work on my body"
I turned the stove of and plated the food. I placed the plate in front of Naruto and he began to eat. They way he said that points to saying that there is no treatment for his disease but if that's true, why had he said there was a cure.
"What disease to you have"
"Hanahaki"
That was the last conversation we had that day.
Naruto was sitting on my lap sleeping like last time I was here. I was reading of my phone over his shoulder. The Hanahaki disease is a fictional disease that causes the victim to cough up flowers until they die from the suffocation. If this disease is real those flowers that he was planting came from inside him. It also says that it's fictional so he can't be suffering from that. Naruto woke up because he had started coughing again. He covered his mouth like before. He removed his hand but this time instead of there just being blood resting on his palm. There was flowers and flower petals as well. He started getting up but I stopped him.
"Where are you going"
"I have to plant this flower"
"I'll do it later so sleep"
"If you touch the flowers your going to I be consumed"
He broke out of my grasp and started walking outside. I stood up and followed him outside.
I had my flashlight on and shined it over Naruto as he planted the flower in the ground. He platted down the dirt and looked down at his work. He pulled out a needle and poked his finger. He let the blood from his finger drip onto the new flower. I walked over and pulled his wrist. He looked up at me and I pulled him up.
"It's time for you to go back to sleep"
"But-"
"When your sick you should lay in bed"
"My flowers"
I pulled him back inside. I sat on the living room couch and pulled him onto my lap.
"Sleep"
He struggled to get off of my lap but I kept holding him back.
"It just needs a little more blood"
I pulled him closer,
"Stop"
"But I-"
"Your going to make your condition worst"
He started to calming down,
"Why"
"Hn"
"Why do you act like this"
Why? That's a good question.
"I don't know"
He sighed and calmed down.
"You don't know how you feel but you still act this way"
His head dropped,
"Why are you so weird"
I woke up remembering that I had class today. I started getting up but stoped when I felt weight on my lap. I looked down and remembered everything. Naruto had fallen and was leaning on my arm. I felt a smile pulling on the corner of my mouth like last time. I noticed that there was blood on the side of his mouth and I wiped it away. He started waking up,
"The flowers"
"I know"
I started petting him,
"We can go check on them now"
He sat straight up,
"Let's go see them now"
I unwrapped my hands from Naruto's waits,
"Okay"
He stood up and started walking outside. I rubbed the back of my head and walked behind him.
"Walk a little slower"
Naruto opened the door and walked outside. I followed him outside. He kept walking and stumbled over a rock.
"Your going to fall"
He kept walking and stoped in front of his flowers. A smile appeared on his face when he saw all of the flowers standing. Naruto started patting the ground looking for something sharp.
"Naruto"
He turned around and I threw a pack of needles at him.
"Don't give them your life"
He caught the pack and nodded. He turned around and poked a finger and let the blood drip.
I let him sit there for five minutes until I grabbed his wrist.
"Time to go"
Naruto looked up and nodded. He stood up and I let go of his wrist.
"What do you want for breakfast"
"Ramen"
I turned around and slapped him on the head.
"You won't be picking any meals"
He nodded and we continued walking inside.
"Where are you going"
Naruto was walking towards the door with a bag swung over his shoulder. He didn't turn around and kept walking.
"I've got classes today"
I walked behind him and pulled Naruto away from the front door.
"Your staying home"
He turned around,
"I have to attend school"
"I'm not letting a sick person go to school"
"It's not like my disease can spread"
"Your condition could get worst at any moment"
He looked shocked,
"You care"
"Of course I care"
He started laughing.
"You-"
He calmed down,
"You really are weird"
I looked at him confused,
"I was asked to look after you so I will"
Naruto dropped his bag on the floor and I let go of his wrist. He turned around, faced me, and smiled.
"I'll stay with you then"
I felt my face heat up as I looked a his smile. I pulled my phone out and took a picture. Naruto's eyes opened at he heard the click of the camera. I looked at the picture. He looks pretty cute in this picture. What am I thinking? I slid my phone into my pocket as I heard footsteps moving closer.
"Are you blushing Sasuke"
I covered my face,
"Hn"
Naruto started laughing again. Then his joyed laughs turned into painful coughs. My head shot up. I saw the pain he was in. Every cough brought more blood and petals. Naruto fell on his knees and his head went down. He covered his is mouth to stop the blood. It didn't work. The blood was dripping down from his hand to the floor. The petals had started falling out of his hand. After a few minutes Naruto's hand fell from his mouth spilling blood and flowers. He lifted his head up and smiled.
"I guess you where right"
I had finished cleaning up all of the blood and petals. I turned my head and saw Naruto walking in from outside.
"You should get cleaned up before lunch"
"Okay"
He walked down the hallway and headed for his room.
[ Naruto POV ]
I opened the door to my room and picked out clothes to change into. I placed the clothes on the bed and I started running my hand against the wall. I stoped when I found a piece of the wall sticking out. I pulled the piece out and took a leather covered journal out of the wall. I put the piece back covering up the hole and opened the journal up. I flipped to the page I wrote on last. Under the previous writing I had wrote two days ago. I wrote down everything Second had told me when I went inside planting flowers. I made arrows and circles showing how the words inside are connected with each other. When I was finished, I placed the journal on the bed and picked up the clothes I had set down to take a quick shower.
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