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FOR THE COMPLETE INFO ON REVISIONS…
Hi! This is me, Rei Haruno –Sakura no Imooto- and I will be revising the story…
Giving it a nicer experience!
I don't know if those who had read it will read it again. Feel free to read on, though, newcomers.
Welcome back to Kuroningyoo no Yume! My second story and the oldest one.
But I will be naming this fic Kuroningyoo no Yume [Director's Cut]…
Its main genre is Horror/Romance and this is my first NaruHina… (the forgotten pairing…)
I will also reread and reread… clearing rising questions as I go…
Anyway, there are a lot of changes to be enjoyed!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto… just this story.
Warnings: Nothing much but CHANGE!
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Summary: Naruto was hated by most of his classmates; thus, they always resort to bullying him. Imperceptibly, he harbors great hatred within him and it had given life to a soul. Monsters are everywhere and there is no other thing which can protect him but a doll.
Rated T Horror/Tragedy Naruto U. and Sasuke U.
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My mother is a doctor… and she's the best! She's working at a nearby hospital… which is running from the donations my Dad's company is giving. But she never has had the idea of leaving… since she tends to hundreds of patients there. She likes taking care of them all… and so she wants me to be doctor, too!
Of course, I want to be a great doctor just like Mom! So I can take care of lots of patients, too! Instead of playing at the playground, I am helping my mother at the hospital. That's how I met someone… who I cared for a lot. I don't know his name… but I know he is my friend. I come to his room almost every day!
Mom drops me by his room. She always tells me to report suspicious people, movements, noises and anything else. She leaves to do her sworn job but she leaves him to me. She says, "Remember, do not disturb him if he's asleep. The button is above the table. Do not play with it, okay?"
"Uhm!" I nod energetically and I let her ruin my hair. I watch her walk away and then I walk near him… gazing at him with great affection…
'A FRIEND… MY ETERNAL GUARDIAN…'
CHAPTER 0: FRIEND…
REI HARUNO –SAKURA NO IMOOTO-
KURONINGYOO NO YUME [DIRECTOR'S CUT]
I sit at the bed gently… not to wake him up. I slowly raise the covers and hold his hand. I see a smile rise from his lips and I grab his hand and place it above the covers. I look at his porcelain-coloured hands… and I squeeze it somehow. Then I take a look at his face… his face full of bandages. I stare at the bandages running around his eye line… so thick and light-proof. I see those bandages around his neck, too. I always get so curious… but I'm afraid to touch them…
I gaze at the doll at the side table. It is made of ivory and it is one and a half feet tall. It is in a black Victorian dress and it has an ebony blindfold and gold bangle neckband. It looks like a child… a creepy child. It is always staring at me despite the eye cover. Dolls do always STARE! It freaks me out… and it guards him…
That's why…
I can only hold his hands… and cheeks.
I smile as I gaze back at him.
He is not moving much. He seems to be in comatose like how everyone else would think. But he is awake… far more awake than every nurse that takes care of him. But he cannot speak… for almost two years here in the hospital, he haven't said anything.
I feel him squeeze back and I hold his hand in both hands. I love this feeling… the warmth and comfort. If only I know what to call him…
"Excuse me. I need to conduct his daily check-up." A nurse goes in and she speaks in a voice that is not loud enough to wake up patients. I nod at the nurse and I give his hand a final squeeze. I let go and am about to stand up when he grabs my shirt. I notice the nurse twitch for seeing a movement from him. But I didn't mind the nurse and I ask for permission, "Can I just stay here?"
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I know it's going to be alright! I know he's in a good condition. I rush in the room after I see the nurse walk out. I roughly sit down the soft hospital bed. I hold his cheek, "Today, you know what? It's my first time to see an elephant! It's very, very big! It's as high as the walls and it makes a very loud 'Muuuuuuuuh!' and it makes me want to climb it!"
He smiles…
"And do you know how long their noses are?"
He smiles…
"Heheh! It's—" I gently grab his hands and spread it across the room to demonstrate the length, "It's THIS long!"
He continues to smile as I put his hands down…
"Then the lions are scary! They have this—" I hold his hand and size a gap between his thumb and pointer that demonstrates the size of the teeth I have seen, "BIG teeth and they have this furry necks! And they are doing some disturbing and scary 'Rooooaaaaaarrrrr!' It's really scary! Then there also lions without the furry necks! But they are still too scary to get near to. I even thought they're gon'na eat me!"
He smiles…
"Would you let them eat me?"
He smirks… and reaches for his paper and pencil. (How could he write when he can't see anything?) He makes scribbles of the word 'Lion' and places it far away by throwing the paper to the edge of the bed. He makes me wonder and then he pushes me towards the edge of the bed.
What the—?
Wait! Does he mean?
He will push me towards those scary furry things!
"Hey!" I pout as he makes soundless snickers. I grab his hand… but he pulls me near him. He hugs me and I hug him back… "That's rude… don't push me to the lions…"
He starts to laugh soundlessly… and he makes me pout.
"Hmpft." I cross my arms at my chest as I sit up the bed, "Why don't you say something?"
He resumes back to smiling…
"Hey!" I exclaim.
He places his finger before his lips… like shushing me up while displaying that smile.
"I'm not shouting. Come on, say something!" I plead as I watch him place down his hand.
He gives a wide smile… the smile that I hate… and the smile that I love…
I feel pink tint run across my cheeks whenever I make him and see him smile. I'm quite glad he can't see me blush… I think I would wanna kiss him… but mom would get angry big time. And so I begin storytelling again…
He is my only friend. And I love him so much. Yes, I'm a guy and I should like girls. But what I feel towards him is not that kind of love. He is my brother… a part of my family. And I don't want him to leave… no— he won't leave! He will be always there… I just have to come back every day to see him. Despite the terrifying doll he has, I love him and I don't think I can survive without him. But… please…
I then hug him again and whisper with tears about to fall, "Please don't leave me…"
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The day passes by and it means goodbye. I have to leave since visiting hours are over. Another nurse picks me up and she gives me some time to say goodbye. I walk towards him and cup his cheeks with my hand, "Buh-bye. See you. I'll tell you about the dolphins tomorrow, okay?"
I hear the nurse talk to my mom, "Dr. Uzumaki, we'll take care of the patients."
"Thank you. Sorry, it's just that I have to do something. I have to work under time." Mom answers and the nurse left.
I walk out the room and I see Mom greet me, "How's he?"
"He's great! But he still won't talk…" I grow sad and I feel Mom's hand at my head and I listen to her almost bitter voice, "He… he doesn't have much time. Please make him contented every way you wanted."
"He…" I grow sadder… letting tears flow from my eyes…
But there's a feeling that makes me think that…
He will never leave me… why should I get sad?
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It is midnight and Mom rush to my room. She slams the door and she says, "I'm going to the hospital! Please stay here!"
"Mom, what's going on?" I rub my eyes as I follow her around. I stand by the door and watch her run around her room. The night has been so quiet but then she suddenly panics around the hallway.
She is preparing some of her things and she seems to be on call despite the hours she has taken off from this day. She doesn't mind if I am standing by the doorframe since I am not stumbling around with all her stuff. She seems to be hurling around… but then she calms down and she walks to me. She hooks some stray bangs behind my ear, "Everything's going to be fine. Just believe in him." She then walks out the place… out our house.
I sit at my mom's bed. I wonder at the commotion… and there's a very weird feeling. I look around and I feel somebody is inside the house with me. I stand up and walk to my bedroom.
What was that!
I have seen a figure fly off my sight after I have opened the door. I follow it to the window and look out only to see no one down there. I look around and see writings on the mirror…
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"Mom!" I yell as I run towards my friend's room. I open the door and I see lots of nurses and doctors crowding at him. Code Blue has been alarming around and so I cannot just relax. It means someone's going to die…
I see something at my friend's face… more like an oxygen breather. I get blocked by other nurses from entering and so I haven't seen him much. I sit at the bench outside the room and I listen to their murmurs. I look up to see the overlooking window… and I peep in.
They are trying to revive my friend with those defibrillators… but they cannot. They are doing every measure they can do… but it seems not to be enough…
Am I going to lose him? Please not now…
Tears start to form at my eyes…
I want to believe in the note he left me with the other day…
Those tears stop from flowing and my heart seems to not ache anymore. Despite the high-pitched noise of no heartbeat, my mind seems to calm down…
Why did I stop crying? Why did I stop feeling grief and pain?
I gaze at the doll that is always by his side. I stare at it like how it stares at my friend. I find it weird for that ivory doll to look at another direction… from where its body seems to face. I take some more time to gaze… but I have not seen it move.
Why do I want it to move anyway?
I then look at the mob. I watch them lose hope of reviving him. I stare at them… and I see Mom look at me. I twitch as I see tears form at the corner of her eyes. I then gasp as I look at the doll again. It is staring straight at me…
IT IS NOW STARING AT ME!
No one could have moved it. Everyone's too busy to move it…
My attention gets taken by the passing nurses before me. The nurses begin leaving the room as well as the other doctors. My mom stays and so she calls me in. She watches me walk and sit down beside him. She says, "We did everything… but he is too weak to fight any longer."
"It's alright, Mom." I murmur… and I feel my mom's hand cap above my head. I want to cry… but I feel no pain.
So the mirror is right… 'Your friend is dying…'
I reach down my pocket and draw out a paper… which has the letter he has written for me.
It says, 'I will not leave you…
Neither will you leave me…'
[The End]
There! Hahah! I will be revising every chapter… making it longer and less stupid than before. :D
If this is a book, this is one of my bestsellers… hahah!
On with the story!
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