Tough Love
Naruto's POV
I woke up around five due to my sister screaming in the other room. I walk to her room and found her huddled in the corner crying. I walked over to her and held her as she slowly calmed down. When she could talk again she said "It was that dream again." I nodded and held her closer. When we were seven our house was robbed and our parents were killed. Shire saw the whole thing and has been having the same nightmare ever since.
My name is Uzumaki Naruto and my sister is Shire. We are Sophmores in highschool and have just moved to Japan to start school at Konoha High.
When Shire was completly calm I let her up and she grabbed her clothes and disappeared to the bathroom. I assume to get ready. I left to get ready myself. I didn't want to look bad on my first day of school.
At 6:30 we were heading out the door to go to a small cafe down the street for breakfast. The walk there was filled with an akward silence. The cafe was pretty must empty when we got there but after we had finished our coffee a flood of people came in. We paid and left at 7:15. Shire hadn't said a word since early this morning and I was starting to worry so when we got back home to get the car I asked "Are you okay? And tell me the truth." She stared at me and nodded.
I knew she was lieing but I let it go. She would tell me sooner or later she always did. We got in the car and just made the bell for homeroom. We walked into class and no one made a sound. The teacher stared and then motioned us to the front. He said, "My name is Kakashi Hatake. I will be your teacher. Please tell the class a bit about yoursevles then you may sit in the back if you like." Shire nodded and nugded me. "Hi my name is Naruto Uzumaki and this is my sister Shire. Um we both love cars and music and Shire is awsome at art. We're orginally from America and have moved here with our uncle who owns Woop Operations." (Woop is the best phone company in the world) Kakashi nodded and motion for us to sit. We walked to the back Shire holding my hand the whole way. She hates new people. She sat by the window and stared like she always does. It helps her relax to see the peace of nature. Kakashi started talking after the bell rang again something about grammer I don't know. I was to worried about Shire she's been through more than most people have in a life time.
She moves her arm and I see all the cuts and scars of her many suicide atemps. She's bi-polar and tramatised what do you expect from her to live happily? Not gonna happen. Something catches my attention to my right. I turn and see a guy probably 6'1 raven hair and dark eyes staring at us. He gives a slight wave and I feel Shire hold my hand tighter. I know she sees him and he scares her. I return the wave and turn my focus back to her. I rubbed my thumb across the back of her hand and start taking notes from the board so she can read them later. My thoughts are scrambled. I'm worried about Shire, these notes, and that guy who waved. He was quite attactive. I have known I was gay since 8th grade so this is no surprise I like a guy in my class. But it is a unnerving that he scares Shire this could be a problem.
The bell rings and we go to our lockers to get our science books. The guy comes up to us and says to Shire "I noticed you in class and you seemed a bit out of place. What would a beautiful girl like you need to cling to their brother for. Why don't I show you around?" Shire tenses and I step in front of her. "Thanks but she will pass." He stares at me and frowns. "I think that's for the lady to decide." "Trust me that's what she decided." I push pass him towing Shire behind me her almost being in tears. Then it hits me he must look like one of the guys who killed our parents. I was going to make sure to keep her away from him. There goes my guy. But he hit on Shire so I guess I didn't have a chance anyway he must be straight.
Kakashi met us in the science lab 20min late. Me and Shire in the back again. She was staring out the window and I started the experiment. "Shire are you going to help at all?" I finally asked hoping to get at least a word from her. She looked at me and said "Sure." I smiled and handed her a test tube. "Now pour haft of that in the water and it should foam." She did as intrusted and the solution foamed. She smiled and my smile widen. She always did like science.
When the bell rang and we went to our locker the guy was there again. I walked up to him and said, "Dude what's your prob. She doesn't want to be around you and if she doesn't want to be around you neither do I. So go back to your buddies over there and leave her alone." He stared at me with wide eye and then left. I heard a soft "Thanks Naruto" behind me and smiled at Shire. We got our books and headed to History where we talked about the Medival age. Shire acutally listened the whole time and took notes. I was so happy. When the bell rang and we went to lunch we ate outside far from everyone else so we could talk about things no one else needed to know.
As I thought Shire opened up and told me about her dream. "It was worse than normal. There was more blood,more screams, and they raped mom and were about to me but I woke up. It's get worse Naruto I can't take it." She was crying at this point and was cuddled in my lap. We stayed like that for the rest of lunch and went to Math. This time the guy was no where near us. Math was boring and we talked about fractions. When that was over we had art which Shire enjoyed a ton. Me I wasn't artstic so I just watched her. We had study hall for our last period and we went over the English notes.
On our way to the car that guy was there. I was ready to kill him. Was I not clear when I said to leave us alone. We walked up to him and was about to say something when Shire let go of my hand and punched him right in the jaw. He yelled in pain and fell to the ground. "Shire!" I yelled and went to make sure the guy was okay. "Dude I'm so sorry about my sis you just pissed her off." He rubbed his jaw and looked at me. "Uh it's okay I guess I deserved it I was just going to say sorry. Um I'm Sasuke by the way. Sasuke Uchiha." I look at Shire and she offers Sasuke her hand. He takes it and when he's up Shire whispears sorry and gets in the car. Sasuke stares at me when she's gone. "She's been through alot." He nods and holds his hand out. "We okay?" He asks. I nod and shake his hand. He grabs his bag and say "See you tomorrow," and takes off.
Maybe I still have a chance after all I think as I get in the car and drive home. Shire finally talking a hundred miles an hour like she normally does about art class and what she wants to do paint tomorrow. I smile and all seems right for once that day.
