Author's note: This fic will contain slight shonen-ai so for those who don't like that then will you please stop reading right now and go back. Otherwise if you do, then please continue onward.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or its characters. Only mine that I put in here.
"Hurry! There it is!".
"Out of our way brat!".
A small Naruto stood in the middle of the crowd, leaning against a wooden door to a rundown shack. "No" he said softly, shaking his head.
The crowd turned into an uproar. Cussing and yelling; their weapons held high.
"Let us through you demon!".
"We know that monster's in there!".
Naruto kept shaking his head as the tears flowed; listening to those hatred remarks."No,no,no,no" he kept repeating over and over utill finally he snapped.
"I won't let you hurt him!".
The blonde let out a sharp yelp, bolting upwright in the small but comfortable bed. The moonlight spilled across the tangled sheets as the ragged cloths he used for curtains blew gently in the cool breeze. Cold sweat dripped from his face; eyes wide with slight fear, staring into the blackness of his appartment. For a moment or two all you could hear was the blonde's hard gasps as he tried to calm down.
"It was just a dream" the Kyuubi holder sighed but why did he feel so sad? Naruto laid back down but he couldn't sleep after that. Soon the dawning sun came up from the horizion while the lively noise of the world began to wake. With a heavy groan the blonde rolled out of bed, getting dressed in his orange jumper suit and cooking his daily ramen.
Naruto arrived at the bridge early before any of his team mates which was fine. Peace and quiet was what he liked on days like today. Just to feel the soft caress of the wind or hear the birds calling in the sky seemed to make him not so lonely. Here he didn't have to smile to know that nature felt his pain, his sadness.
"Hmph. Morning dobe".
The Kyuubi holder snapped from his thoughts upon hearing Sasuke's cold voice. Anger swelled in his chest but somehow it disappeared and for once in his life he didn't care to snap back. He just simply grunted, never taking his eyes off of the clear running stream of water. Pretty soon Sakura joined them and all that was left was their sensei, Kakashi, to show up. But they all knew he wouldn't arrive on time.
After about an hour or so of waiting the said silver haired ninja popped up in a puff of smoke.
"YOU'RE LATE!" Sakura yelled.
"So sorry. I was just coming along when I happened to spot a poor starving kitten on the side of the street so naturaly I just took it home and..." on and on the man babbled about his lame excuse while his students simply sighed in irratation. Naruto however wasn't paying attention but allowing his mind to wander on that strange dream.
He had been having the same dream over and over for the past week now. And with each passing day it seemed to be getting more stronger, like it wanted him to do something. But what? What was he, a hyper active nuckle headed ninja, supposed to do about it. "Maybe I'll talk to Iruka-sensei about it later" Naruto thought to himself but was then hit softly on the top of the head.
"Ow! What did you do that for?".
"Come along Naruto or you'll be left behind" Kakashi replied softly as he walked away from a grumbling blonde. "Yeah, yeah whatever" Naruto mumbled, following behind his teacher.
If Naruto thought the day was going to go by fast he was dead wrong. Numerous times he was not focusing on his training and even missed alot more targets then usual. Plus he was spacing out and hardly yelled at Sasuke all day. Kakashi began to get concerned. This was not the usual behaviour of Naruto he'd seen day in and day out. Something was up.
Finally it was time to go home. Naruto trugged softly down the dirt street and ignored a few glares from the locals. Actually the villagers seemed to be getting used to him now and hardly ever said any hatefull things about him, some even starting to be more kinder. Well, most of them anyway.
The blonde walked inside his usual eatout, spying Iruka sitting in one of the booths.
"Ah there you are Naruto. I was wondering when you'd get here" Iruka chuckled as Naruto took a seat. "Hi Iruka-sensei" the blonde muttered, laying his head on the table. Iruka didn't pay much attention to this seeing as he thought the boy was just tired from his hard day at training. But the was in for a bigger surprise.
One of the waitres's stoped by their table and smiled at her two favourite costomers with two bowls of steaming ramen. Naruto took one look at the food and instantly he made a disgusted face, turning his head away to look out the window.
"Thanks but I'm not hungry".
Iruka nearly had a heart attack right there on the spot. Had he heard the his former student right? Not hungry? Now the matter was serious. "Are you ok? Are you sick? Do have a fever?" the man rambled like a wet hen, feeling the blonde's forehead which his temperature was normal.
"I'm fine Iruka-sensei" Naruto complained with slight annoyance, "I'm just tired is all". And with that he told the man about the strange dream down to every last detail. Iruka listened intently and rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "Well now that is odd" he finally spoke.
"And the weird thing is, it feels like its happened before. Thats what really bugs me" Naruto sighed, crossing his arms in front of his chest. The two sat there in silence for awhile, both stumped to the core.
"Your mind's just probably playing tricks on you. I'm sure it'll pass" Iruka smiled as he ruffled the blonde's hair. It was really the only advice he could give but Naruto didn't mind. He was probably right after all. "Well I'll see you around Iruka-sensei" Naruto called out, exiting out of the door.
Iruka watched the blonde from the window until he was out of sight. His eyes glazed over in worry mixed with sadness while he picked away at his ramen.
Later that night Naruto sat in his apartment; the moon full just like last night. As he watched the trees dance in the wind he felt a deep loneliness pang at his heart but yet something else was swirled within it. Like he wasn't really alone.
"...Naruto...".
The blonde felt a shill run down his spine. He turned his head to look around at the shadows the moon casted all over his apartment but there was nothing there. Nothing but the soft caress of air. "I'm probably just overracting" Naruto thought to himself as sleep took hold of his body.
Next chapter coming soon! Please reveiw.