Memoirs of a Family
A young Naruto sits at home staring out the window on a stormy night, and wishes he has someone. He too young, and small, and lonely to be left alone. He wants someone, anyone, to be there with him right now, and he wouldn't be picky.
He should have done something stupid earlier today, or pulled a prank, because then at least he would have someone yelling at him and lecturing him, but he wouldn't be alone.
Because young Naruto is scared of the lightening and the thunder and there's no one he can look to for comfort.
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Sakura runs her hand through her hair in front of the mirror. It's pink, and bright, and long enough to touch her shoulders. She's been growing it for a small while, and she wants it to be longer faster, because Sasuke-kun likes girls with long hair.
There is a pair of scissors on the desk to her left her as she stares in the mirror. She doesn't touch it, but she looks, because there is a ribbon in her hair holding back growing bangs and her forehead is exposed.
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Sasuke is eating dinner at the family table and he wants to talk to his older brother, because he was everything Sasuke wanted to be when he grew up. Tall, handsome, intelligent, strong, and dangerous.
He's sitting at the dinner table and he's eating and he wants to talk to his brother but his brother is not responding, so he talks to his parents instead.
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Hinata is resting, lying beaten and bruised under the sun. Her breathing is hard and erratic and her body shudders every now and then. There is pain running through her body.
She is alone on the field, her parents are at home taking care of her baby sister, and her instructors have long since left her. Though she hadn't been landed a direct hit to the heart, it still hurts there.
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Neji is practicing by himself behind his house. His punches and kicks are quick and precise. He's fighting an imaginary opponent and he refuses to lose. It's been hours already and his body is tired, but he won't stop.
There is sweat gleaning on his forehead and dripping down to his eyes, but he doesn't wipe it off, because he hates touching the thing that is there.
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Naruto does stupid stuff almost everyday now. He pulls pranks at least once a week, and he smiles and laughs, and runs away before he is caught. He falls asleep in class, and fails exams. He raises his hand and says stupid things that make Iruka-sensei angry.
So he gets a detention, so he has to stay behind to be lectured or to clean up what mess he made, so he doesn't have to go back to the empty place where he lives for another small while.
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Sakura is smart and she gets top marks. She spends a lot of her free time in the library or reading. She is usually seen with a book for company. She doesn't hang out with a lot of people and she has no one she really wants to spend time with.
She and Ino are not on good terms, and her hair is growing longer.
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Sasuke sits at an empty dinner table now, and there is a meal only for one. There is no other noise as he eats except for the ones he makes and the noise coming from outside. He lives in an apartment now and he cooks and cleans after himself.
He still wants to talk to his brother, but he wants to kill him as well.
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Hinata watches Naruto-kun as he is called to the front of the class for the exam to perform 'Henge no Bunshin'. She feels her eyes widened as Naruto-kun give Iruka-sensei a nosebleed, and then bites her lips as he tries to transform into the Third. She watches him laugh it off, and her eyes soften as he tries again.
She finds him brave and wishes she had the courage to do the same.
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Neji is on a mission. Ten Ten is saying something about waiting for back up but he knows he can take this opponent down himself, so he does. Gai-sensei and Lee comes right after he has defeated the opponent and has taken back the item they were sent to retrieve.
He tosses the scroll to Gai and as they disappear into the night, he ignores the angry Ten Ten muttering next to him. They barely enter his vision at all.
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