Strength of a Demon chapt. 16

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Sasuke looked at Kakashi a small croaking sound came from him before he started to speak. "I-I don't feel good..." Sasuke mumbled as he fell forward into Kakashi's arms.

Kakashi wrapped his arms around the boys shaking body and Sasuke rested his head again Kakashi's chest listening to his heart beat, which seemed to soothe him.

"I know..." Kakashi whispered as he gently stroked Sasuke's hair.

Konan looked at Sasuke's eyes and frowned. "Poison." She said aloud as she opened Sasuke's eyes wider.

"What?" Suigetsu asked.

"He's been poisoned." She said as she watched Sasuke tremble.

"With what?" Juugo asked looking at his leader sternly.

"I don't know...but it's nothing good." She replied.

"These two need to see a hospital immediately." She said.

"I...I'm c-co-ld..." Sasuke whispered.

Kakashi looked at Sasuke now noticing the boy was shirtless. "Well no wonder...your shirt is gone." He said softly as he took off his vest and put it on Sasuke. "Here it won't help much but it's the best I can do..." He said softly.

Naruto looked at Sasuke, he was a bit worried about his friend.

Sasuke looked at Kakashi his vision blurry. "Itachi..." He whispered looking down sadly. Kakashi picked Sasuke up and they started walking again.

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They were all waiting in the waiting room, they had been waiting for a long time for information of what would become of Sasuke and Itachi.

Kisame was sitting with his arms crossed a slightly concerned look on his face, Kakashi was sitting calmly in a chair by the window reading his book, Juugo was playing with one of his bird friends and Suigetsu and Karin were bickering as usual. Sakura was thinking about what she would do if Sasuke actually did die and Naruto was sitting impatiently in his chair.

"Kakashi sensei..." Sakura asked.

"Yes Sakura?" He replied looking up from his book.

"I...um...will he be okay...Sasuke...is he...going to...I mean..." She stuttered as a tear ran down her cheek.

"I don't know Sakura..." Kakashi replied looking up at her.

"This isn't fair!" Naruto yelled suddenly getting to his feet.

Konan sighed as she looked at Kisame, they both knew Itachi was strong and they had a strong feeling that he would pull through, however they didn't know Sasuke well enough that they could say the same for their friend's younger brother.

The door opened and a doctor walked out into the waiting room.

"Uchiha Itachi is awake and he is in a good condition...we made good progress in getting the help he needed and he was lucky that he got here on time. He is awake and is asking for Hoshigaki Kisame and a girl named Konan." The two ex Akatsuki members nodded stood.

"He is in room 143." The doctor said.

They started but the doctor stopped them. "Try not to ask him too many questions...he had damage to his vocal cords." The doctor said.

Konan nodded and left for Itachi's room but Kisame stayed back. "And what of his brother?" He asked.

"Uchiha Sasuke is very sick at the moment we're still trying to get rid of the poison but it is unknown to us what kind it is so we do not know how to cure or get rid of it. He is currently unconscious but he's stable at the moment." Kakashi put down his book and sighed as he heard the news. Naruto was in shock at this and Suigetsu and Karin were stunned as well. Kisame just nodded and then started for Itachi's room himself.

"Will he be okay?" Naruto asked the doctor.

"We honestly don't know if he'll make it...we have our doubts...I'm sorry..." The doctor said and turned to go check on his other patients.

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Kisame and Konan walked into the white walled room that Itachi was in, Itachi was lying on the bed looking out the window.

"Itachi." Kisame greeted.

"Kisame. Konan." Itachi replied.

"How you feeling?" Konan asked.

"I'm feeling fine. Thank you." Itachi said.

There was a long pause before Itachi continued.

"Where's my foolish little brother?" Itachi asked.

Kisame swallowed nervously he didn't know if he should tell his partner the news. "Well...uh..." Kisame stuttered.

"He's healing. He was poisoned Itachi." Konan answered for him.

Surprisingly Itachi didn't react to the news. "With what?" He asked calmly.

"They don't know it's some sort of unknown toxin." Kisame said.

"I see." Itachi replied still not taking his eyes off the window he hadn't looked at them once since they'd arrived.

"Are you okay?" Konan asked.

"Yes I'm fine." Itachi replied.

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Naruto had managed to convince the doctor to let them into Sasuke's room to see him, the doctor said that he had woken up but was still very weak.

Naruto, Kakashi and Sakura walked over to the bed and looked down at their friend.

His eyes were hardly open and he looked horrible, he was very pale and looked drugged and sleepy.

"Sasuke-kun?" Sakura said softly, laying a hand on his cheek.

Sasuke looked in her direction and opened his mouth to speak but all that came out was a choked whisper.

Naruto looked away from Sasuke, he hated seeing his friend so hurt. Kakashi sighed and put a hand on Naruto's shoulder for comfort, Naruto looked at Kakashi who gave him a strong confident look.

Naruto looked back at Sasuke who was shaking in pain, he sat down in a chair next to the bed, Sakura sat on the edge of the bed the young Uchiha was lying in.

Kakashi just stood there watching his students, he had hoped he would never see something like this happen to any of them.

He had to admit he cared for Sasuke like he was his son, he couldn't really explain why he felt so strongly about Sasuke and not the others, though he cared for them too.

"...Sakura...w-where am...I? I...don't...I don't feel good..." Sasuke rasped, a tiny amount of blood dribbled out of the corner of his mouth.

Naruto looked away again, the doctor had said Sasuke was bleeding off and on from the mouth and that it wasn't too serious at the moment, all they had to do was make sure it was bleeding too much.

Kakashi walked to the counter and grabbed a small wash cloth and got it wet, then he started to dab at Sasuke's mouth to clean the blood off.

A tears streamed from Sakura's eyes.

"I know...but you should be better soon..." Sakura said softly.

"Y-You're at the hospital Sasuke..." Kakashi said as he walked over and rested a hand on Sasuke's head stroking his hair a little bit.

"W-Why?" Sasuke asked.

"You've been poisoned with an unknown toxic poisoning." Kakashi replied.

"Am..am I going to die?" Sasuke choked out, but before they could answer Sasuke spat up a mouthful of blood onto the sheets and went into a coughing fit, each time he coughed he'd cough out a large amount of blood. Kakashi sprang up and started calling for a doctor and he told Naruto and Sakura to leave while he got help for Sasuke.

Kakashi leaned over Sasuke and held onto his shoulders.

"I-I...Ita...chi..." Sasuke whispered as tears streamed down his face.

"Shh...you'll be okay just hang on." Kakashi said as he held Sasuke close to his chest.

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