Hello and this is my rewrite to Cuts are the Deepest. I changed a lot to it. I hope you enjoyed the changes. If you remember this story. :)
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. I wish I did though. Oh well. :)
Chapter 1
"Naruto, hurry, we are already running late! We don't need to be even later because you are walking so slowly," my pink haired teammate shouted at me. I rolled my eyes when she opened her mouth. I was annoyed she was talking to me like that. It's not like I had a crush on her anymore and would just do anything she said. Maybe when I liked her I would listen to her more, but, she didn't like me. She wanted Sasuke from the beginning. She only had her eyes for him. It was driving me to my breaking point. So I finally decided to give up. I didn't want to get in her way.
"I'm coming, I'm coming," I muttered under my breath. I was still annoyed that she was talking to me as if I was some child and that this was my first mission. I started to wonder how Sasuke could take her constant criticisms about everything. I did notice that Sasuke was spending a lot more time with her.
When I first found out that Sakura and Sasuke were going to try to date I was crushed. It hurt because I still liked her at the time. Now I could really care less about it. Still Sasuke would talk to me every day about their dates because I was his best friend. He knew that I didn't want to hear all the details about their date. I never told him that I didn't want to hear it because it was none of my business. I didn't want to hurt my best friend's feelings.
"Naruto," I heard Sakura say impatiently.
"What," I asked in an annoyed voice.
"You are walking slower than a mule! You need to pick up the pace."
I said I didn't care under my breath. I was glad that she didn't hear what I said because I knew that if she did she would punch me in the face. I didn't want that treatment from her.
I was wondering why she was caring about how slow I was walking. Her boyfriend was standing right next to her, holding her hand, and talking to her. I didn't want to hear any of the conversation they were having. It was none of my business.
"It's an important mission," Sakura told me. I knew that it was an important mission. She didn't need to tell me again.
"I know," I said so she knew that I knew.
"Sakura, go on ahead without me, okay? I'll talk to him," I heard Sasuke say. She objected to that idea, but he insisted that she go ahead of us. She sighed losing the argument and just sped up. I couldn't help, but notice that her head was hanging low a little bit. Why was she so sad that Sasuke wanted to talk to me for five minutes? Jealous much?
I knew that Sasuke wanted to talk to me because it was about his date with her. I honestly didn't care what they did. It was the same thing over and over again. They would either go to the movies or out to a park to be alone. After that they would go back to her house to make out. Then they would lay down with each other and go to bed.
The ironic thing was that night I saw them while they were on the date. We were all at the movie theater to see the "Akeelah and the Bee". I wanted to see it because I thought it was going to be a good movie. It was a great movie too. I didn't know that I was going to bump into Sasuke and Sakura at the movie theater. If I knew then I would have picked an earlier showing. They asked to sit near me, but I declined.
"Naruto," Sasuke said. He was breaking me out of my thoughts.
"What?"
"What's going on in that head of yours? You seem to have something really important on your mind." He asked me. Why did he want to know what I was thinking about? I found that a little bit creepy.
"I don't want to hear the details of your date. It's the same thing over and over again," I told him. He looked at little hurt by my statement. I guess he really wanted to tell me. "Besides, you tell me all the time and it's getting kind of annoying."
"I see your point," he said sighing. He was giving up on telling me. I was so happy on the inside. I told Sasuke to go catch up with Sakura. He just nodded and went to walk with her. I was happy that I was alone.
I pulled out something from my pocket. I looked at the kunai knife that was in my hand. I was started to question what it would feel like if I dug it into my skin. I wanted to know what self harm was like. I was in depressed anyway because I wasn't getting anything in life. I knew that it could kill me, but what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, right? I never had cut myself in the past. A nagging voice in the back of my mind made me think…why start now?
I looked up to see that Sakura and Sasuke were way far ahead of me. I put my thoughts on hold while I caught up to them. Sakura was still complaining that I was making them run late. I didn't care. I let my mind wander again. Thoughts were still running through my head about how and what cutting was like. I knew that I had a mission to focus on before I could do anything. I knew that if I did cut I would have to hide them.
I wondered silently to myself how long I would have to wait until I feel the blade dig into my skin. I also figured what Sasuke, Sakura, and Kakashi-Sensei didn't know didn't hurt them. I wasn't going to let them know about the thoughts going through my head.
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My eyes went huge when we reached the place we were supposed to all meet at. The place that we had to meet at was huge. The place looked more like a castle than a house. I knew somewhat about the mission. I wasn't really paying attention when the old man was giving us our mission. The only think that I knew was that we had to protect some lady. Apparently she was a really important person.
"Sasuke, Sakura, Naruto, I'm glad you all made it here safely," Kakashi-Sensei said. I was shocked to see that he was already there. He was normally later than we were when it came to training or missions. Maybe he had something to do before he got here.
"I'm surprised you're early," I said to him. I could hear Sasuke and Sakura saying me too at the same time. I could see small smile lighting up in his eyes as if he was laughing.
"I'm not that early. I got here just a couple of minutes ago. Anyway time to get down to business," Kakashi said. I asked Kakashi what the mission was. He looked at me kind of annoyed. Mainly for the fact that we were already told what the mission was. Sorry I didn't pay attention.
"We have to protect Princess Amaya while on the way to get to the village Hidden in the Water. Amaya is really important to that village because she holds the key to something in the village," Kakashi sensei muttered.
"I knew she was important," Sakura said to Kakashi. Kakashi looked like he was deep in thought. He wasn't really paying attention to anything anyone was saying. Sakura was getting annoyed with him not responding. "Sensei, you aren't listening to what I'm saying."
"Huh?" he said looking up at her. I sighed because she couldn't tell he was deep in thought. The look on his face showed it all. I was just shocked that he wasn't reading his perverted books like he normally did. Sakura should have noticed that, but in my opinion I think she just liked to hear herself talk. Sasuke knew that too and was still attracted to her.
"I said I knew she was important," Sakura repeated for the third time today.
"I think the princess is way pretty than Sakura," I thought in my head. Princess Amaya had just walked out when I thought that. When I got a look at her she was stunning. Sasuke and I had both dropped our jaws. She truly was prettier than Sakura. She had long dark hair that covered her one eyed and her eyes were a soft color of pink. She was wearing a black outfit that matched the color of her hair perfectly. She smiled a very cute smile and when she walked down the steps she was elegant and graceful.
"Sorry to keep you all waiting," she said. We all shook her hand and introduced ourselves. I could feel a blush coming onto my face when she shook my hand.
"It's nice to meet you, Princess Amaya," Kakashi sensei said.
"You don't have to call me Princess. Just call me, Amaya," she said in an angelic tone. I stammered when I said hello to her for the first time. I was really embarrassed that I did. She laughed and told me it was nice to me. I was just about ready to faint when she kissed me on the cheek.
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As we started walking Amaya started to brief us on why she needed to be protected. "I am the key to the village. Right before my father died he was the Prince. That automatically made me the Princess of the village. I don't know what the powers I have locked inside of me are."
"How old were you when he died," Sasuke asked her. I could feel Sakura glaring daggers at the Princess. It was sad to see how immature Sakura was acting. I glared at her, but she didn't do anything about it.
"I wasn't born when he died. I was born with the powers that my father had," she responded. She looked tired after five hours of walking. It was starting to get dark outside was well. Kakashi asked her if she wanted to rest. "Yes, rest sounds like a good idea right now."
"I think we should find a place to hide you until the morning," Kakashi told her.
"No need." She pulled out a little white box from her pocket. When she opened it I could see a whole bunch of little bottles. She took out the bottle that had the number one on it. She pushed the button on the top of the bottle. When the bottle landed on the ground a house appeared. The house was huge and black. All of our jaws dropped at the site.
"Wow," we all said at the same time.
"I knew we would need this so I'm glad I packed it," she said with a smile. She unlocked the door to the house and walked inside. She gestured for us to follow her. "Before any of you ask there are ten bedrooms with bathrooms attached to it. Also there is a kitchen and a sitting room as well. Feel free to pick out any one of the bedrooms you like. My bedroom is on the left. If you need anything just let me know. I also hope that you are comfortable in your rooms."
After that speech she went into her room. We explored the house a little bit before we picked out our bedrooms.
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When everything was settled we all decided what rooms we would like to stay in. I picked a room that had black wallpaper and had a bed the size of my living room. Sasuke picked a blue and white stripped room. Sakura had a green colored room that was the same color as her eyes. Kakashi had chosen a gold/copper color. Amaya's room was already labeled for her. She let me check it out before she went to bed. It was a nice room.
"Thank you," I told her for showing such great hospitality to us. She smiled at me.
"You're welcome. I'm going to get some sleep. I had a long day. I'll see you in the morning," she told me and returned to her room.
I walked into my room as well because I was a little bit tired as well. I made sure that I closed the door. I took the kunai knife from out of my bag. I was ready to do what I thought best for myself. I put the kunai slowly to my wrist and pressed down. I slid it along my arm. I guess I cut too deeply because the cut wouldn't stop bleeding for five minutes. I was just glad that there was a box of tissues sitting right next to my bed. I grabbed them and pressed the tissue to my arm. I applied pressure so that the bleeding would stop faster.
I decided to slit my wrist a second time. I actually found that the pain from the knife felt really nice. It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to bed. I decided that after the fourth cut that I was done. I cleaned off my kunai because I didn't want anyone to see the blood. I didn't want them to find out. After everything was cleaned I lay in bed and got prepared for a good rest.