Title: Are you the one I expected?
Author: It's me, Mekashi!
Couple: SasuNaru
Rating: T
Disclaimer: I think you know it, it's Masashi Kishimoto!
Genre: Romance, fantasy, tragedy and other...
Summary: Naruto is the fox Hidoki, the last of his species. Like all the Hidoki, he must go to school during the night and that's where he stumbles into a handsome brunet. Will Sasuke reject Naruto, or will he do everything in his power to have him? Don't forget he's an Uchiwa, THE most important and richest family in the dark world...
Prologue:
In our world, there exist humans and animals, but what is mostly unknown is that there are others who are the in-between: the Hidoki. The Hidoki are human, but with some differences: their lifespans are longer than ours, they possess magical powers that are unique to each different species, but the most important of these differences is that they have animal attributes (such as ears and tails). I should mention now, that excluding their physical appearance they are completely different then us humans. There are some Hidoki who are rarer than the other and the rarer their sub-division is, they possess more powers. These people have to hide their attributes during the day to keep humans from learning about them, for it is forbidden that humans learn about them, a law, that if broken, is punishable by death. Since it is difficult for a Hidoki to go to school and keep their attributes hidden at the same time (if a Hidoki relaxes their vigilance even a little, their attributes may reappear and their secret unveiled), they go to school during the night and sleep during the day. This is where our story begins.
Author's note: I am a French writer and I'm bad in English, but as many people have wanted to read my story in English, I translated, while the original is in French. I apologize in advance for any mistakes (there will be a lot of them), but you should understand. ''Interested fan'', I translate the story especially for you. Sorry again, and enjoy my story (with a lot of mistakes). =^-^=
Chapter 1
His alarm started to ring, but our favorite groundhog still didn't want to get up. Since his alarm had been put on snooze, it rang a second time, the volume higher than the previous time. Finally, the blond pulled himself out from under the covers after turning it off. He sat up on the edge of the bed and yawned loudly.
Naruto stood up and went to take a quick shower to help himself wake up. Once finished, he returned to the main room of his apartment and glanced at the clock shaped like a bowl of ramen soup on the wall: it was 20:07(8:07PM). He still had plenty of time, since the school did not start before 21: 30(9:30PM).
He took advantage of this to change and when he had finished putting on his uniform, his gaze was caught by a photo placed on his dresser: Jiraiya, his mother and his father, when a younger version of himself stood in the middle, all four in a familial hug.
At the sight of this photo, Naruto's eyes misted over.
FlashBack
Naruto, Jiraiya, Minato and Kushina were lowly returning from Naruto's kendo championship, which was out of town. Everyone was happy, especially our blond, since he had just won another championship, which meant another medal and another trophy.
Naruto didn't care a bit about the new trophy and he even insisted on not having his name engraved on it before giving it to his partner Kiba (the dog Hidoki), since the honor of the Inuzuka family was at stake, he proudly handed him the trophy, but wanted to keep the medal that he'd dreamt of winning ever since childhood.
Kiba, not knowing how to thank his new friend (since thanks to him, he could return home his head held high), offered to help him at any time.
"If you ever get a problem, as insignificant as it is, call me or come to my house" said Kiba.
"Same for you buddy!" replied Naruto with a huge smile on his face.
The two of them shared a friendly handshake while their tails played together a little (for Hidoki, it is something very significant to do while starting a new friendship), they then exchanged their phone numbers.
A little later, when Naruto was changed, he joined his family at the entrance. While passing through the front doors, Naruto noticed a shadow from the corner of his eye. When he turns around, his gaze falls on Kiba, who's leaning against the wall, with the trophy in his hands.
"You're not going home?" questioned Naruto a little surprised.
"I'm waiting for my mom and dad, they're supposed to pick me up."
"Oh yeah, I've been meaning to ask you, your parents didn't come?"
"Na... My parents are never on time, I'm sure my dad hasn't even realized that the tournament is already over... But don't worry, I'm used to this, he's always late!" replied Kiba with a smile.
"In that case, I'm going home...see you soon!"
"Yeah, yeah, don't worry, just go!" said Kiba while shooing him.
Naruto caught up to Jiraiya and his parents near the car. All four of them entering the car, they headed home.
A little while later, as they rolled along, Naruto exclaimed "We need to celebrate this!"
"That's a great idea" added Naruto's mom, sitting beside him in the backseat.
"Where do you want to go?"
Naruto turned to her.
"You really don't know where?"
"No! No way are we going there!" countered his dad, trying his best to hide the teasing tone of his voice.
Whaaaaaaaaaat? But why? I love Ichiraku ramen!" whined Naruto.
"You may love it, but we've had enough of ramen..." replied Jiraiya for all the adults in the car. "I think I even dream about it during the night..." he continued under his breath, only wanting Minato to hear him.
"Isn't there another place where you want to go celebrate your victory for once?" asked Minato, trying to keep himself from laughing at the sight of his son's sulky face in the mirror.
"NO!" replied Naruto, pouting even more than before.
"Okay, so it's decided, bring us to Ichiraku darling! After all, he is this evening's star, so it's up to him to decide where to celebrate!" added Kushina, to put an end to the argument.
Minato turned to offer a beautiful smile to his wife and looked at Naruto. He was about to say something when Kushina froze, and remained in a state of trance for a couple of seconds, then threw herself on top Naruto to hide him in her arms and then...
CRASH ! ... !
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Naruto woke up, feeling woozy.
Everywhere he looked was white. The light filtered through the clouds in front of him and he had to squint his eyes to look at it.
Without even realizing it, he began to move towards the light. After several steps, he began to distinguish three forms in front of him, but he couldn't say who they were, as he was facing the light.
Even if his eyes didn't recognize the three forms, his heart had already revealed to him the identity of the three shadows in front of him and then, he understood the whole situation.
As Naruto is a fox Hidoki, his fox ears where downcast over his blond hair, while his tail was lowered in helplessness and his vision became blurry, hot wet trails filled with pain going down his cheeks.
Finally, he got close enough to them to clearly distinguish the three shadows.
"…Mom….Dad…Jiraiya….." Naruto had difficulty pronouncing these simple words, the emotions coursing through him knotting his throat. He refused to believe that it was true, he refused to believe it.
"My baby..." murmured Kushina, opening her arms in invitation. Naruto didn't need to hear more and rushed into her arms and burst into tears, hot, painful and heartbreaking tears, chocked sobs wracking his body.
"My angel... don't cry, everything will be fine! Don't worry, my little fox."
Naruto was already sobbing desperately when his father joined the hug, Naruto screamed in pain and his tears ran down his flushed cheeks with renewed vigor.
At this moment, Jiraiya came up and stroked the blond's head.
"... You must be strong ... Naru!" said Jiraiya trying his best to sound commanding, but he couldn't continue, the emotion tying his throat too.
"NOOOO... NNOOOOOO... WHY..." screamed Naruto.
He screamed with all his strength and clung desperately to his parents. Because he was screaming of desperation, his cries turned into barely audible moans, but his tears continued to flow down his cheeks. "Naruto" crooned Kushina while he took deep breaths to calm himself.
She gave her angel some time to calm down, but she knew that it wouldn't happen. After all, Naruto was only 12 years old and she fully understood his pain, but couldn't-wouldn't allow herself to show how much this affected her, even though she could not prevent the tears from also coming down her cheeks.
"I knew this would happen... my Kitsune" said Kushina to everyone, but mostly Naruto. "A few seconds before the accident, I saw what would happen, that's why I threw myself on you… To protect you, my angel..."
Minato cleared his throat before adding, "Yes... I understood the situation when I was looking at you and… I knew I couldn't have done anything to prevent it" finished Minato stroking both fox ears on his son's head.
"That means you're still alive Naruto" said Jiraiya, "You see, you don't need to cry, you're still alive, and it's just your mind that is here with us."
"Yes, Jiraiya is right." confirmed Minato. "Your mother and I both have the power to see into the future, and what I could see; all four of us were dead... But it seems you cared to live more than we did, so fate gave you another chance."
"NNNOOOOO... YOU SOULD LET ME DIE WITH YOU..." cried out Naruto between two sobs, cradled in his mother's arms. "I DON'T WANT YOU TO LEAVE...PLEAASSEEE...DON'T GOOO..."
Kushina patted his ears and his head one last time, then got up. Minato and Jiraiya followed suit.
Naruto continued sitting on the floor, desperate, bitter tears staining his cheeks.
"Naruto! You have to be strong" comforted Jiraiya with a compassionate smile, tear tracks on his cheeks."
"Yes, you have to be strong my son. Be strong for yourself, but also for us. Live your life the fullest possible and also live our lives, because we can't."
As if on cue, the three figures started fading away.
"NNNOOOOOOO..." shouted Naruto, reaching his hand out to try to make them stay.
"It's time for us to leave. I love you Naruto, don't forget us..." said Minato with a hint of tears in the corner of his right eye.
"Don't disappoint me kid, I want to be proud of the life you will live." said Jiraiya with a smile.
"NO, I DON'T WANT...PLEASSEE, TAKE ME WITH YOU..." pleaded desperately Naruto.
The three shadows had almost completely disappeared.
"I love you my angel, don't forget us..." finished Kushina with tears falling down her cheeks.
It was the last thing that Naruto heard before the three silhouettes disappear into nothingness.
Alone, disoriented and abandoned, Naruto dropped to the ground. Hot silent tears ran down his cheeks and small whimpers escaped his mouth.
Gradually, the clouds began to tarnish and became gray. The rain began to fall, weak at first, but taking more and more strength and eventually thunder started rumble.
Suddenly, Naruto sat up, looked at the sky, raised his arms to the sky and shouted a word, which on its own contained all the despair of the world: "WHHYYYY...?" before it all faded to black.
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It was hard to move. All his muscles felt as if they were paralyzed. He heard a distant hubbub, which intensified when a beep rang in his ears. There were plenty of needles and tubes planted in his arms and he felt a mask on his face. He wanted to remove it because it was very uncomfortable to breathe with it, but couldn't make the slightest movement, his muscles protesting just from the idea of having to move. His mind foggy, Naruto opened his eyes with difficulty. This simple movement felt as his he'd been shot, it hurt so much. When he looked in front of him, the first thing he saw was the face of his new friend Kiba: even if he recognized him, the actual details were blurred and it took a few minutes to understand that his friend was crying, not of sadness, but of relief.
"You can't imagine how happy I am to see that you're okay(ish) Naruto!" said Kiba, emotion knotted his throat and preventing him from going further. His tail was wagging happily, which proved he was genuinely happy.
"Hunh...Where...where am I..." asked Naruto after straightening himself up without Kiba's help.
"You're in the hospital Naruto, but don't worry, you're safe. My name is Hanna Inuzuka, Kiba's sister and you're in one of the best hospitals for Hidoki..."
She didn't have time to finish her sentence because Kiba's father cut her off.
"Naruto...I... I am deeply sorry...I...I...I..." he stammered.
He couldn't finish his statement because sobs wracked his body and Kiba's mother, Tsume, came and put her hand on the man's shoulder.
"...We have no excuse Naruto; you have the right to hate us from the depths of your being... We are really sorry..." she apologized.
"STOP...YOUR EXCUSES WON'T CHANGE ANYTHING. HIS PARENTS ARE DEAD AND IT'S YOUR FAULT, BUT STOP LAMENTING YOURSELVES ABOUT IT!" screamed Kiba.
"... So…. it wasn't a dream, they actually told me goodbye...It...it was true, mom, dad and Jiraiya are... they're..." Naruto couldn't say the last word.
Naruto collapsed and cried what felt like all the tears in his body. His ears fell onto his head and his tail wrapped around Hanna's tail, who came to sit beside him to provide him with even a little bit of comfort. Kiba did the same, but he situated himself on the other side of the bed and cried silently at his friend's pain.
"I never want to see Naruto like that again...I will protect him from anyone and anything; I'll be like… like his big brother!" Kiba swore to himself mentally.
A few days later, Naruto was able to leave the hospital and Kiba brought him to his home. The latter's parents had decided to take Naruto under their wing (it was the least of things they could do) and filled papers and forms of all sorts while Naruto was recovering from the accident in hospital. With those papers, Naruto was legally adopted into the Inuzuka family as their youngest son. The first few days were difficult, since Naruto refused to speak, ate nothing and isolated himself in his corner day in and day out. Kiba was always there, and, sometimes when Naruto was sitting on the living room sofa and staring into nothing, he came to sit beside him without saying a word. He knew that the blonde sensed his presence and that it brought him comfort, he'd notice his ears or tail moving when he did so. Several times, after long minutes of silence stretching between them in the living room, Naruto abandoned himself on the Inuzuka's shoulder and wept silently. Kiba didn't do anything but cuddle his hair to comfort him, unable to say that he understood the younger male.
Time passed and the two friends who'd become inseparable were each offered their own apartment, both located in the multiple carters that the Inuzuka family owned. One of the two apartments was bigger than the other one and Kiba immediately proposed this one to Naruto, wanting his "little brother" to have the most comfort as possible, but the Uzumaki flatly refused, taking the smallest without leaving Kiba time to protest. It has now been 5 years since the accident happened and Naruto told himself that he has to turn the page, but it was stronger than him, he couldn't, the moment would forever be etched into his memory. Now, Naruto was 17 and he was starting a new year in a night school purposely created for Hidoki. Kiba had promised to follow him, but since he was a full year older than Naruto, he couldn't attend this school, having graduated last year. Naruto had assured him that everything was going well, but Kiba wasn't fooled and ordered him to call his cell if anything happened, at any time of the night. He worried about his little brother and didn't want to see him suffer more than he had already and he knew how the students of the school were. They were cruel to those who were different and he knew that Naruto, sticking out from the rest like a sore thumb, would have a hard time since he wasn't there to protect him anymore. Naruto promised that everything would be fine and that he shouldn't worry. With this last sentence, the two friends separated, Kiba going upstairs to his apartment and Naruto returning to his own.
End of Flashback
Naruto realized that he was crying and quickly wiped off his tears. His gaze returned to the alarm and he was surprised to find that it was already past 20:45(8:45PM). He'd remained in his memory for over 30 minutes, which was a rare occurrence. He sat on his bed and took his mother's comb. When he was little, every day before leaving for school, she brushed his fox tail so that its different colors stood out. She'd often tell him: "Naruto, never forget to take good care of Kyu, it must shine and be healthy!". When he was young, he'd nicknamed his tail Kyu for fun and the name had remained one of his childhood memories. Naruto began to brush his tail, taking care to pass on the entire surface. As he grew up, Kyu had done the same and now, Naruto was a wonderful and handsome young man.
"You see mom, I am and will always take care of Kyu..." whispered Naruto, with a sad smile on his face.
Having finished brushing his appendix*, Naruto attacked his ears and his hair. When he had finished, he noticed that it was already 21: 17(9:17PM). Damn, if he doesn't hurry, he'll arrive late to his first day of class.
Naruto hurriedly put on his shoes, took his black shoulder bag and left the apartment. Before closing the door, he looked at his house and smiled proudly.
"I promise you, I'll honor you as you have asked me and I'll live my life to the fullest, I swear! " said Naruto, a cute smile plastered on his face and closed his apartment door.
PHEW! what can I say, I had trouble with this chapter because I didn't know how to start the story.
But I can tell you, I look forward to write more, I'm right in my delusions of SasuNaru mouahahahahaha, stand well Naruto and Sasuke, there going to be some trouble ! !
If you like (or not), do not hesitate to send me reviews, it's always heartwarming to know that the world read my delusions =^-^=
Reviews and see you in two weeks for the next chapter!
*appendix in this context his meant in the way that means that it's an extension of a main body, not that thing in the intestine (I, the beta and translator, am leaving it there for lack of a better word.