Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto…
A NINJA LOVE STORY
BEWARE! This chapter happens to be very depressing and some people see it as a tear jerker, but don't worry! it gets better!
Chapter 1: Two TOTALLY different people!
I layed on my bed, staring out the open window above it. A cool spring breeze came through, it felt so warm and calm. I started to drift off into sleep when I heard my mom's doctor come walking down the hallway from her room. I immediately shot up, "Is she okay?" I asked him.
He paused and took a breath. "Kate… Her illness is worsening… She isn't doing to good… it would be a miracle if she survived this week… I'm very sorry."
I felt a tear stream down my cheek. "I have no one else…My father left when I was an infant, and my grandparents died a few years ago… what am I supposed to do?! Where will I go?!" I shouted almost completely covered in tears.
He put his hand on my shoulder. "We'll have to let fate decide that… oh! You should get going to school now! You'll be late!"
I glanced over at the clock. "CRAP!" I shouted. I wiped the tears off of my face and grabbed my school bag. I ran as fast as I could, finally I made it to school, just in time too! I was almost late.
I took a seat next to haruka, who was obsessing over her long time crush, Shikamaru Nara. "OMG!! I wanna be on his team sooooo bad!!" she gushed. I gave her a glare.
" heh heh heh… not that I don't wanna be on your team!" she said with a sweat drop over her head.
"nah, it's fine…" I said in a quiet voice.
"what's wrong? You look really sad, like you're gonna cry…" she said sympathetically.
"… I found out some bad news about my mother today… she might die sometime this week…" I said trying to hold back tears. Finally I couldn't stand it anymore and let them all out.
Haruka looked like she was gonna cry too. A few minutes later, the whole room got quiet. We looked over, there was a group of people standing around. In the middle of all of them…NARUTO AND SASUKE WERE KISSING!!!
Me and haruka were giggling so hard. It felt like I was about to explode with laughter. I didn't though, 'cause then I'd have a huge group of Sasuke lovers attacking me.
After everything was situated and I stopped laughing, Haruka asked, "ya know… Kate… The entire time I've known you, I've always told you who I like, but the thing is, you've never told me who YOU like. Sooooo I was wondering…. WHO DO YOU LIKE?!?! PLZ TELL ME, I WON'T TELL ANYONE ELSE, I PROMISE!"
"No one" I said
"NO ONE?!?!" she said back with a scared look on her face
"no one…" I said calmly
"You've GOTTA like someone! I'M GONNA FIND YOU A BOYFRIEND!" she announced
Just seconds later, Neji Hyuuga walked by. "OOOOOO WHAT ABOUT HIM?!?!" she said excitedly
"no" I said shaking my head.
"why not???" she asked.
"He hates me, the last thing he'd want is to be my boyfriend." I implied
"And how would you know this?" Haruka questioned.
"I don't know, he doesn't really ever seem very interested in me, he's really quiet. Say I go to ask him a question, it's like he pretends I'm not there or somethin'" I sighed
"awwww, he's just playin' hard to get." She said trying to cheer me up.
"okay, quiet down everyone, we will now be assigning you to your teams" Iruka said loudly to get everyone's attention.
He read off a few teams, then it was turn for my team. "Kate Yamada, Neji Hyuuga, and… Haruka Ayakashi."
Haruka slammed her head on the desk. (Haruka's thoughts: NOOOOO!!!!!!!! I WANTED TO BE ON SHIKAMARU'S TEAM SOOO BAD!!!! But oh well, at least I'm on Kate's team…)
I stared off into space as I thought "WE ARE GONNA HAVE THE WORST TEAM THERE EVER WAS!!! STUPID NEJI'S PROBABLY NEVER GOING TO LISTEN TO ME! AND…AND… OUR TEAM IS JUST GONNA PLAIN SUCK!)
Haruka nudged my shoulder "hehehe… you know who's gonna be on our team…" she giggled.
"shut up… anyway, theres a lot of stress in me right now, my mother could die sometime soon!" I said, this time you could tell I was holding back my tears.
"ya, and a boyfriend could make everything better…" Haruka smiled
"sure…" I said humoring her
A little later, our team got together to get to know eachother a little better (Haruka's idea) She practically dragged me there.
"this, is Kate, say hi, kate!" She said cheerfully to Neji
"hi, kate" I said (hey! I listened to exactly what she told me to say, she said "say 'hi, kate'" so I said it!)
"Kate don't be stupid." Haruka said.
"Fine… hi" I said sighing
"hi" Neji said staring off blankly.
I whipped around and pulled Haruka away "HARUKA! I told you he hates me!! He barely pays attention to me! Just face it, HIM AND I ARE TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT PEOPLE!"
Haruka turned me back around and pushed me toward him "you need to get to know eachother a little better and eveything will be fine!" she whispered.
I gave in and sat down next to Neji. "awwwww they're soo cute together!" She said to herself.
"hi, I guess I shouldn't be so conceited, sorry for that. But we are on a team together now and I think we could improve on our communicating abilities… anyway, I'm Kate, my life sucks, as my mother is probably gonna die this week and my father left us when I was an infant, now, how about you?" I said trying to be cheerful.
"wow… is that why you were crying earlier?" he asked sounding a little concerned
(my thoughts- WHOA! HE ACTUALLY NOTICED ME EARLIER?!?! AND HE SOUNDS LIKE HE ACTUALLY CARES!)
"uhhh… yeah…" I said in total shock and depression, it's like evrything that reminds me of my mom makes me wanna cry.
I turned my head a little so he wouldn't see me wiping the tears off of my face.
"if it makes you feel any better, my father died when I was younger, I know how you feel…"
"Now, why would I feel better if I found out your father died?" I asked wiping a small tear from my left eye.
"I was just letting you know that I know exactly how you feel… I also meant to say, I'm sorry for also acting a bit conceited too. I get really serious when it comes to school."
"Uhhh…" I blushed a little bit. I glanced at my watch. I noticed it was time to give my mom her daily medication. "Oh! I gotta go!" I said grabbing my bag. I ran out and started walking home.
Ran started pouring down out of nowhere. "wow, that's…weird…"
An eerie feeling came over me. I felt my stomach drop. My heart started racing. Imeediately, I knew something happened. It's like I can sense these things.
I started sprinting home. I ran inside and ent straight for my mom's room. "mom?!" she didn't do anything. She was still breathing though. "mom?!" she wouldn't wake up.
I called the doctor. He told me to take her temperature. I took it. "it's 104°F! SHE ISN'T DOING ANYTHING! SHE WON'T TALK, SHE WON'T EVEN MOVE!" I yelled at him.
"hang on, im coming over" he said urgently
he came over and did a whole bunch of tests on her.
"she's in a coma." He told me. "you should stay with her." He said, a hint of sadness in his voice.
I stayed with her for a few hours
She slowly opened her eyes. "mom?" I said with a sigh of relief.
"kate…it's time… for me to…go…" she pushed out of her weak lungs.
"what?" I said, as tears started rolling down my cheek.
"I've…suffered enough…I don't have…enough…strength to…go on..."
"mom, what am I supposed to do?! Where will I stay?!" I yelled grabbing her hand.
"don't worry…I'll… watch over you…" she said. Her grip on my hand loosened and she closed her eyes.
"DOCTOR!" I yelled sobbing.
He rushed in, and checed her pulse.
"she's gone…" he said
my legs gave out and I collapsed on the floor crying. I felt empty inside. Thought my heart was gonna stop.
"is there somone you can stay with?" he asked
" I don't know…I'll ask Haruka or somone…" I said trying not to hyperventilate while crying.
"okay" he said pulling a sheet from her bed over her face.
"I need to be by myself for a little bit…" I said.
I went outside and sat on the front porch, trying to regain my sanity, which was very hard.
"Kate? What's wrong? What happened?!" I heard Haruka ask.
I didn't say anything. From that she knew exactly what happened.
"I'm…so sorry…" she said sympathetically as she hugged me.
"is it okay if I stay with you?" I asked
"sure, I don't know how long though, but I'm sure my parents will understand,"
"thank you."
I went back inside to get some of my belongings. I saw the cute picture in my mom's room of her and me when I was little. She loved that picture.
I put it in my bag to make sure it wouldn't get lost, and so I wouldn't forget her. I was still sobbing.
Almost evertime I went past something of hers, I burst into tears.
Finally evrything I needed was packed. I walked outside and Haruka was waiting for me.
We walked to her place and had dinner. I fell asleep kinda early.
THE NEXT MORNING
I felt a nudge on my shoulder. It was Haruka.
"you comin' to school today?" she asked.
"no, I gotta talk to the doctor 'bout setting up the funeral, and sulk of course" I said in a drowzy voice.
"okay, then I'll see you later" she said walking out of the door.
I layed in bed staring at the ceiling for a few min " I can't believe she's really gone…when I was little, she would always play with me, and always made me laugh. I remember I used to ask her 'how come even when we walk really far away the moon is always there, like its following us?' and she'd always say 'because you're so cute' it always made me giggle…"
"guess I should go see the doctor…" I said getting up
MEANWHILE AT SCHOOL
"hey, howcome Kate isn't here?" Neji asked
Haruka paused "her mother died yesterday after she got home from school, she's seriously depressed."
"really?… she was talking about her mother yesterday… what happened?" he asked
"her mom had some weird mysterious illness, it got really bad." Haruka said sadly
"oh…" he said quietly
"the bad thing is, there isn't a lot of room in my house, she took my bed last night. I don't think she'd like growing up in a cramped house with me and my bro and parents… I don't know what we're gonna do…"
Neji thought for a second "… ya know… she could possibly stay at my house, I know it sounds weird staying with a strange guy, but I got enough room… it's just a suggestion though…"
"hmmm… that doesn't sound too bad… I don't think she'd mind it." Haruka said (Haruka's thoughts- YES! IT'S PERFECT, HER AND NEJI WILL FALL IN LOVE AND SHE'LL HAVE A BOYFRIEND AND SHE'LL BE REALLY THANKFUL I'M HER BEST FRIEND!! MWAHAHA")
she started smirking evilly. "are you…okay?" Neji asked with a strange look on his face.
"uhhhhh… ya! I'm fine!!" she said nervously with a sweat drop over her head.
