Aaaannnddd I'm back! Vacation is tomorrow for me though, so don't expect to see another one within the next week. I will try to update at least once a month though….note I said "try". Anyway, on with the show! The last chapter was… the most emotional I've ever wroten. I don't think any will come near, but new characters are introduced! Woot.
Sarutobi sighed heavily, and looked at the sleeping blonde. "I only hope you can find another to make you as happy as she did." He said, and walked out, needing to get back to the school. Naruto unconsciously rolled over, gripping his blanket to him. Hinata had slept last night with him, and her scent was still on the sheets. He sniffed them deeply in his sleep, as a single tear fell onto his bed. "Hinata…..chan…" he murmured, before gripping the sheets closer, and continuing with his fitful sleep.
New students aren't often, but when they are, they're usually ignored. This was a very different case. A tall, lithe girl with flaming red hair, full lips and curves galore was walking to the principals office for her schedule, and any head that was male, the one on their head and the one in their pants, was turning to watch her walk. She walked with a kind of grace that no one had really seen except with a few seniors, the kind grace that said "I'm untouchable, so don't even try." She knocked gently on the door and a tired old voice replied "Come in…"
Sarutobi had seen better days. It had been about a month since Naruto received the news, and he had started coming back to school about a week ago. The school didn't seem alive anymore, all the spirit and energy had come from the boy. He had been friends with everyone and everything and made everything happy and shiny, like it had its own glow. That was all gone now, the lockers had been painted over, Naruto didn't even care that he had the same green as everyone else. Before it was amusing being the head of the once crazy high school, now, it was just dull.
'Maybe this new student can liven things up a bit…' he thought wearily.
There was a soft knock on the door. 'And speak of the devil.'
"Come in…" The door opened and Sarutobi's eyes widened slightly. 'This girl is gorgeous…maybe…Naruto can learn to be happy again…'
He smiled and Kakashi, who was also there to greet the new student, noticed.
'What are you up to old man…this wouldn't have anything to do with- oh boy…' Kakashi was just as fast with catching onto things as he was getting to the bookstore after they announced they had the new issue of the Icha-Icha series out.
Sarutobi stood up and shook hands with the girl. "Welcome to Konoha High, I am your principal, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and I hope we can get along well. Your name is?"
The girl smiled a large smile, similar to Naruto's and replied, "Kyuubi. Simply that and no more."
Both Kakashi and Sarutobi blinked. "I see…" Sarutobi said, "Well then Kyuubi, you're going to need a guide around the school, so I'll buzz in a student for you. That's alright, isn't it?"
"Of course it is." Kyuubi said, and smiled at him.
He smiled back. 'Oh yes…you might be the one.'
Naruto was sitting in chemistry when the buzzer overhead rang out, "NARUTO UZUMAKI, PLEASE REPORT TO THE PRINCIPALS OFFICE" He sighed and started the long trek down the halls. He was actually slightly annoyed, the first emotion he'd felt in awhile.
'I just want to get caught back up, what would Ojii-san want now…'
He walked into the office to a strange sight, his adopted grandfather talking to Kakashi-sensei and a strange girl. He regarded her with the same expression as everyone he did nowadays, a blank one.
"What is it that you need Sarutobi-sama." Naruto asked in a voice that made everyone flinch. It was completely dead, devoid of life, like a child who'd lost his favorite toy, or a collector who'd lost all his collections in a fire.
Hiruzen cleared his throat, "Naruto, this is our newest student, Kyuubi. Is it any trouble to ask you to show her around the school, so that she has a basic understanding of where everything is?"
Naruto nodded and said, "Of course Sarutobi-sama. If you'll follow me Kyuubi-san…" He walked out the door and held it open for her.
"Ah," Sarutobi stood up quickly and handed Kyuubi a folded piece of paper, "this is your schedule, if you have any trouble come see me and I'll fix whatever it is."
Kyuubi nodded and walked out the door, still held by Naruto, and he closed it after them.
Kakashi looked at the chuckling old man. "Your hoping she'll bring him out of his depression, aren't you."
Sarutobi merely chuckled and said, "I have a good feeling about this Kakashi, don't jinx it now or I'll dock your pay."
Kyuubi eyed the blonde-robot-boy that was walking her down the halls pointing out each classroom and hallway. 'What's up with this guy? I've moved several times in two years, forced to make new friends each time, fathers horrible, my LIFE is horrible, and he has the nerve to act this sad and depressed? NOTHING can be more horrible than what I've gone through. He is gonna GET it when we get somewhere quiet.'
She new she was acting selfish, but she couldn't help it. She'd been through so much, she couldn't help but feel angry that someone better off than her was acting WORSE than she was.
She had walked into the school feeling like her usual, friendly self, but that quickly changed like it did every time she went to a new school seeing as every boy just felt like ogling her, which in turn made every woman hate her. So she decided that, once again, she would act the cold, sexy bitch that rejected everyone and watched out for only herself. She hadn't been able to act her real self in the two years she'd moved around and it was getting tiresome.
She was drawn out of her thoughts by spying the perfect place to ask this kid what his deal was. She pointed towards a small spiral staircase and said in her sweetest voice which would make most guys melt, "What place does that lead to?"
He simply started walking that way, without responding at all, which made her happy as he was walking right into her bitch zone, yet she was also slightly miffed that he hadn't so much as SMILED at her. Usually boys were throwing themselves at her left and right, and this one hadn't thrown her a second glance.
"This leads to the attic, but students aren't allowed up there. There are a few classes that have special permission for certain projects but that's it."
She nodded and pushed him into a sitting position on the stairs so she was taller and glared at him.
He didn't even blink, which only served to get her more pissed.
"What's your name?" she asked in her sweet voice again.
"Naruto."
"Ok, listen here Naruto, I don't know who you are, or what you've been through, but I have had my life so mixed up that I have no friends and only my mom for comfort, I have EVERY right to be like you, but I don't. I deal with it. So tell me, who stole your milk today? Or whatever bullshit reason that your like this, spill it and get on with your happy life, got it?"
Naruto stared at the red haired girl in front of him in disbelief. First, he gets pulled out of studying to show some random chick around the school, fine. Next, he feels her glaring at him for no reason, whatever. But when she shoves him on his butt to bitch at him for something she knows nothing about? That's when he felt it. The first REAL emotion he's felt since he had everything taken away. Raw anger. He stood up slowly, his hair obscuring his eyes.
"There," Kyuubi said, "see? Was that so hard?"
Naruto picked her up and slammed her against the wall, pinning her there, eyes glaring.
"You think you know anything about my life? Do you even know me? What I've been through? WHO I AM?" he screamed the last part at her and she just glared back.
"Listen you prick, I've moved almost ten times in the past two years and had to leave everything behind each time, so don't give me-"
"Your parents moved with you didn't they?" he questioned her, which was received with a nod.
"Well then let me tell you this, BITCH. My parents are DEAD. YOU HEAR ME, DEAD!"
She stared a little with pity, but not really, which only served to piss him off more.
"My father died to protect the students of this school only a few days after I was born, so I never even knew him. My m-mother…..was hit by a car right in front me. Drunk driver. I watched her crawl back to me, bloody and dying…" she was squirming, trying to get out of his grip.
"S-stop…"
"A FUCKING MONTH AGO MY GIRLFRIEND OF TWO YEARS WHO I LOVED TO DEATH DIED THE SAME WAY AS MY MOM ONLY I WASN'T THERE WITH HER! SO DON'T YOU FUCKING TELL ME ABOUT SHITTY LIVES, I'M LIVING ONE!"
He dropped her to the ground and collapsed on the stairs, balling his eyes out like he had so many times for the past month. He didn't fight them anymore, it was futile, he just let them run their course.
'God…why does this girl feel the need to torture me? And why did I tell her everything? Only Ojii-san knows everything, and he knew from the start, I havn't told anyone…oh well. At least maybe now the bitch will leave me alone.'
He wiped the tears from his eyes and stood up shakily. "There's your tour, you know where everything is now."
She jumped slightly, as if being drawn out of thought. "N…Naruto…"
"Go terrorize someone else." He stated harshly, and turned and went back to class.
Kyuubi stared remorsefully at the spot Naruto had turned the corner and disappeared from sight. 'Oh god…right in front of him…and his girlfriend too…god what have I done…'
She sat on the stairs in the exact spot he had been and hugged her knees to her chest, tears coming to her eyes. 'I always screw things up on the first day…always…he needs a friend a lot more than I do…maybe I'll try…yes, I will make up for what I've done by being his friend and cheering him up!...if he'll ever talk to me again.' She slumped. 'But how do I explain my situation without coming off as a total bitch again?... Oh this is so troublesome!'
She sighed in exasperation and started off towards her first class. 'I'll think about it after I get through this day…and hopefully start things off better tomorrow.'
Ahhh, there you have it you sexy fine readers you. Another glorious chapter! And it sparkles! Not gay vampire sparkles though, badass red blood sparkles! So, if any questions, simply post a review and request an answer and I shall answer as best I can without revealing the future plot. For instance character backrounds or things that happened in the chapter ect. Also special shouty to my girl who started reading my fanfictions! May god have mercy on her beautiful soul. Till next time~
