Title: A Child's Heart
Summary: Every child has a broken heart, even the Konoha twelve.
Rated K (Because every child are not as clueless as others think, and maybe, just maybe they can relate)
Disclaimer: I wish I own Naruto
"A Child's Heart"
He ran and blinks…and blinks… and blinks… His grin fell; he was thatboy that everybody fears and hate. Why was he pushed away every time he tries to just talk or to make friends? Why him? Why is he... shunned?
He lifts his head, and looks at the sky, it looks like a blob. He straightens his neck and sees a little boy, probably his own age. He puts on a smile and walks over.
"Hey do you wan-" he starts again yet to be interrupted
"Come on, Tadashi, were leaving" his mom, he guesses. The lady drags the boy whispering in his ear, yet he hears, he always hears. "Don't come near him" and it hurts, it always does.
And in the end, it always ends like this; he always watches as parents drag their children away from him.
And he stands there,
People glaring at him
As if wanting him dead,
And he doesn't know why,
I'msorryI'msorryI'msorry
He mentally apologizes
Overandoverandover
For something he didn't do
Foranythingandnothing
And they leave him alone
And that's what he hates
Being alone
"Why me?" he mutters to himself, head tilted down, hands in pockets.
He didn't frown nor cried, instead he smiled
Because it is much bearable with a smile,
His name is Uzumaki Naruto
He was a child with a broken heart
Because he was shunned
And he didn't know whywhywhy
A young boy sits in a chair while his mother rants about his grades, his chores, and his attitude—everything about him actually, he tries to tune it out, he always try, but even if he does, he can never erase the pain it gives.
Why? He'll ask himself many times, he was the most intelligent in his whole age group; sometimes he can even outsmart adults. Then why does his mother still hasn't stop? Stopped comparing him to others, stopped saying "You can do better" or "When I was a child I was like this and that while you're just that." It hurt like crazy to be honest; finding everybody, even your own parents- your own family criticizes you.
The ranting had finally stopped, his mother sighed and mutters something, "He'll never learn", his grip on the chair tightens and he asks himself 'Then what does it take? What do I need to learn? Huh?' But he doesn't say this out loud, because it's too troublesome, instead he walks out of the door and sits in the patio, he pulls out a shogi board, his only amusement, because maybe just maybe the pain will reside
Butitwillneverleave
He stopped playing, he stopped thinking
Troublesome...
And he looked at sky, and he envies the clouds
IwishIhopeIdream
And he sleeps next, head tilted upwards, hands on the concrete floor
Becausemaybejustmaybe
I can have no more troubles
EvenifIhavetosleepmywholelife
Because maybe I can escape
His name is Nara Shikamaru
He was a child with a broken heart
Because he was criticized
Even if he did his veryveryvery best
A figure with long brown hair past the shoulders and whitewhitewhite eyes sat near a window. His gaze travelling around his surroundings, he was a child, but whyohwhyohwhy does he feel enclosed... caged... a prisoner?
"Oi you have to clean the main hall" he hears a voice, he doesn't know who it was and it probably don't matter, so he kneels slightly and takes the large container of water that was waiting near the door and proceeded to the very large space that onlyonlyonly he will clean
I'malone
It is fate
I'monlyabranchmemeber
It is fate
Iamaprisoner
It is fate
It is fate
Nothingelse
It is fate
Butthenwhywhywhy?
Why do I want to suddenly to cheat my way out?
Even if it is fate
And he looks at the sky
Andhopehopehope
That maybe someday
Maybehecanfly
His name is Hyuuga Neji
He was a child with a broken heart
Because he was caged
For a longlonglong time
There was another young boy, people are afraid of him. He has pointy teeth, slit eyes and wild tattoos. Everybody judged him from what he looked, and nobodynobodynobody ever wanted to befriend him
They never saw his big heart.
He has no father, and behind the short tempered young boy, he hid the one who cries. He has to grow up fast; he was now the man of the house
Butstillaboyalwaysaboy
And when he walks outside
Everybody avoids him
And they only look at the outside
Onhowhedressesoronhowheacts
But he just wants to socialize
Tohavefriends,tohavesomeonetolaughwith
And they never hear him out
Theyneversawthelonelyboy
And he sometimes fantasize
Andmaybehedreams
That they will accept him
Andmaybelikehimlovehim
For who he was in and out
His name is Inuzuka Kiba
He was a child with a broken heart
Because he was judged
Only for the outside nevernevernever the inside
She was not a genius, she was not a fool. She was not the prettiest child. She was not ugly. Her features are not unique, she was common, she was average, she was normal.
And she hated it.
She has brown hair and brown eyes.
Nobodyseesher
She doesn't want to be kunoichi, she wants to be a shinobi.
Nobody sees her
She put her hair into twin buns, not a normal hair style
Nobodyseesher
She learned a different style than most, she wielded weapons
Nobodyseesher
She now holds the title of Weapon Mistress at a veryveryvery young age
Nobodyseesher
And she wishes to be seen
Eveenforjustonetime
Because she was a child
Andcallherpettyorenvious
But she was just too normal
Toonormalforanyone
And for once she wants to belong
Iwanttostandout
Her name is Tenten
She was a child with a broken heart
Because she was normal
Too normal than it even hurtshurtshurts her
Another child has a broken heart; he has spiky brown, swirl marks on his cheeks and has a larger physique than most people his age. He was the sixteenth head of his clan. He is another one of a long line of troublemakers.
And that's what he fears
Thathewillbeforgotten
Because he is not that special
Neverneverneverremembered
Because he was just that boy
Thefatonetheotherone
And hurts and it cuts
Soveryveryverydeep
And he wishes to be different
Notfatnotfatnotfat
And that someone
Remembermeremembermeremeberme
Anyone
Pleasepleaseplease
Remember him
His name is Akamichi Choji
He was a child with a broken heart
Because he was forgotten
Alwaysalwaysalways in the end
He has dark bushy brown hair and dark narrow eyes hid behind a pair of sunglasses; he was always the mysterious one that everybody was scared of.
And he loathed it
"Why are they always scared of me?"
He remember asking his father
Because they don't understand.
Thatevenifhedoesn'tshowit
The feelings and the emotions he have
Because I'm human
AndI'mstillachild
And he knows they misunderstood his actions
And he loathes that too
His name is Aburame Shino
He was a child with a broken heart
Because he was misunderstood
Alwaysalwaysalways and maybe foreverandeverandever
She had always been popular. She was a fair skinned little girl, with those blueblueblue eyes of hers and that blondeblondeblonde hair of hers. And she continued to hide a fact nobody evereverever knew, she was insecure
She was smart
Butshealwayshavetotrytrytry
She was pretty
Butsheisn'tunique,she'sjustlikeanyothergirl
She was part of a clan
Butthatisn'tenoughneverenough
She was an exceptional kunoichi
Butshecanneverbegoodenough
And what she hates the most
Attheveryveryend
Is that she's too weak
Tobeevenproudatherself
Because she doesn't know how
Her name is Yamanaka Ino
She was a child with a broken heart
Because she was insecure
From the veryveryvery start
He closed his veryveryvery round eyes and waits... and waits... and waits
For minutes... days... months... and years...
Waitinghiswholelife
For that someone
To understand his actions
Hisenergyhisbeliefshislife
And tell him
Orshowormaybeevenwrite
That he's normal enough
And that somehow
Somehowsomehowsomehow
He's fine...
Finefinefine
Just the way he is
But he knows, it'll never happen
Because he's just a young boy
Full of masks
His name is Rock Lee
He was a child with a broken heart
Because he was weird
But always wishes he was finefinefine
She has fair skin, dark blue hair and white eyes.
She is bright.
Notthebightestjustbright
She is pretty
Butnottheprettiestjustpretty
She knows how to fight
Butshe'snotstrongneverstrong
And she is known for one thing
She is a failure.
Failurefailurefailure
It is the truth
Dadsayssomom'sgonenow
And she wishes that she isn't kind
Because that is her weakness
Alwaysalwaysalways
So she blink back the tears
Andtrainstrainstrains
Evenif she dies doing
Because she knows the pain won't fade
nevernevernever
Her name is Hyuuga Hinata
She was a child with a broken heart
Because she was a failure
And she hateshateshates it
And there's this one last boy, he has fair skin, onyx eyes and black hair. He sits on a tree, with a frown on contrasting his beautiful face.
.
.
He had a family once
It'sgonenow
He had a mother once
She'sgonenow
He had a father too
He'sgonenow
He had a brother he once admired
Helefthim
But he misses somebody else
Somebodyreallyreallyimportant
Somebody who smiled
Thoseneverendingsmiles
Somebody who laughed
Thoseloudlaughsofjoys
Somebody who was innocent
Acarefreelittlechild
He misses himself
Hemisseswhenhecanstilllove
His name is Uchiha Sasuke
He was a child with a broken heart
Because he lost
Anything and everything he caredlikedloved
And there's this one last girl.
She has pink hair and green eyes.
Sheisdifferent
She is a civilian wanting to be a ninja
She is a ninja in a family of civilians
Shecannevereerbeaninja
She fell in 'love' with that boy who lived with hate
Shelovedhimforwhohewas
She didn't hate the other boy, the one with the whisker marks
Sheneverhatedhimjustannoyed
And that's what broke her
Becauseshewastoodifferent
And it hurts
Soveryveryverydeep
They teased her
foreheadforeheadforehead
And they said she was a freak
Freakfreakfreak
And she will cry
Manymanymanytimes
Just because she was different
Andweakweakweak
And she knows that
And she wishes
Andhopesandpraysanddreams
That someone...
Orsomehoworsomeday
... Someone will teach her
Soshe'llneverbeleftbehind
Her name is Haruno Sakura
She was a child with a broken heart
Because she was bullied
And she's nevereverever confident enough to change it
They were twelve different children
With twelve different pasts.
Four girls and Eight boys.
With one thing in common.
A broken heart
"Behind joy and laughter there may be a
temperament, coarse, hard and callous.
But behind sorrow there is always sorrow.
Pain, unlike pleasure, wears no mask."
A/N: Woah... I just did a oneshot, I think I just typed and typed and before I knew it, it was already long... Woah ... and I didn't even checked it *laughes sheepishly*
Well anyway, what do you think? Reviews are highly appreciated. If there's something you don't understand, look underneath the underneath *winks*
Please tell me what you think of the oneshot, it's my first time doing one so... yeah...
Ja ne!