Hi ppl! i nowe i haven't updated 4 a while. Any who I am holding a competition of sorts for this story. in a PM or review list ALLthe references in these first 2 chapters. whoever gets them gets them all will get a guest appearance in the next chapter PM the appearance details with guesses
That night naruto slept horribly. Constant tossing and turning in the bed and waking up multiple times during the night. Around 2:30am he woke up and couldn't f all back asleep. Getting out of bed, careful not to wake up Aura, he slinked into the living room and turned a coffee table light. Grabbing his notebook with his song lyrics he wrote (when his insomnia is really bad)( yes he sings and plays instruments too ) and started writing. When he finished this what he wrote:
There's a place I've been lookin' for
That took me in and out of buildings
Behind windows, walls and doors
And I thought I found it
Couple times, even settled down
And I'd hand around just long enough
To find my way back out
I know now the place that I was trying to reach
Was you, right here in front of me
And I wouldn't change a thing
I'd walk right back through the rain
Back to every broken heart
On the day that it was breakin'
And I'd retrieve all the years
And be thankful for the tears
I've cried with every stumbled step
That led to you and got me here, right here
It's amazing what I let my heart go through
To get me where it got me
In this moment here with you
And it passed me by
God knows how many times
I was so caught up in holding
What I never thought I'd find I know now, there's a million roads
I had to take
To get me in your arms that way
And I wouldn't change a thing
I'd walk right back through the rain
Back to every broken heart
On the day that it was breakin'
And I'd retrieve all the years
And be thankful for the tears
I've cried with every stumbled step
That led to you and got me here, right here
In a love I never thought I'd get to get to here
And if that's the road
And I wouldn't change a thing
I'd walk right back through the rain
Back to every broken heart
On the day that it was breakin'
And I'd retrieve all the years
And be thankful for the tears
I've cried with every stumbled step
That led to you and got me here, right here
And I'd retrieve all the years And be thankful for all the tears
I've cried with every stumbled step
That led to you and got me here, right here
Oh, baby ohh Oh, got me here
By the time he finished the lyrics it was quarter to four he was bushed. Taking a moment toor into his fox form he curled up in a pillow and dozed off. Around 7am when Aura woke up she noticed two things. One, she was covered in her brothers soft blanket. Two, her brother wasn't anywhere in the room. After getting dressed she started looking around the apartment for her brother. Five minutes later she found naruto asleep face first in a pillow on the couch. He was tossing and turning like he was in a recurring nightmare. Taking a seat on the couch she picked up her brothers fox form and placed him in her lap.
'He's always put on the facade of being stroing even whens he's not. It's only moments like these that he can be himelf'Aura thought sadly. While she was lost in thought she absently ran a hand through his fur. When she ran her hand over his stomach naruto twitched. Cracking open an eyes he lifted his head and stared at his sister for a moment before laying his head back in her lap. He motioned with one of his paws towards his open notebook. Aura grabbed it and read it over. When she was done reading it her eyes were misted over. She had induced herself in the memory of when she first met her brother (after he was 16 ppl) (before that Yammato and Koya took care of him).
Memory Lane Jutsu 8 years ago
It was a warm day in Tanzaku town. People running to and fro doing errands and what not. In a bar not far from the town entrance a fight broke out. One of the men was about 5'8 with bronze skin and green eyes. He was wearing a loose tan shirt and black jeans with a black chain belt. In his hands are a ninja-to in his left hand and a kunai in his right.
The other man was about 6'2 with pale skin and blue eyes. He was considerably thinner and not as well armed. He was wearing a black shirt with a grey vest over it and blue jeans. The only weapon the other man had was a short sword. The fight had started in the bar but spilled out to the street.
"I want my money you mother fucker!" the second man shouted at the first. "Either you give it now or I kill your scrawny ass" the second shouted. The second tried to goad the first to attack. And it worked. The first person charged him head first with the ninja-to. Taking a swip at the second guy he had both handles on the hilt of his ninja-to.
Raising his short sword the second guy blocked the swipe and rotated on heel and smashed the pommel into the other guys stomach. The guy stumbled back and spat out a mouthful of blood. After recomposing himself he launched multiple lightning fast strikes. Half of the strikes connected resulting in multiple cuts and blood splattering on the ground. Before either man could attack again a figure jumpped in between and lifted them both up by their throats.
"What seems to be the problem gentleman?" the personasked with a bored, emotion less voice. "You see I'm not a person of patience so one of you explain the problem before I slit both your throats" the man said pulling out a sword(if anyone confused its a shadow clone holding both of the bar fighters throats the real one is behind the men). The "man" loosened his grip on both of the mens throat enough but still havinga firm grasp on them.
"He owes me money and he hasn't paid it back" the second guy said staring straight at the guy.
"Bullshit"the man holding them said. The real one mad a hand gesture and the clone. The clone nodded and withdrew a kunai. Before either men could beg for mercy their bodies dropped dead. Their throats gushed blood from slit jugulars. The real man looted their bodies and started walking away.
"Go home everyone. Shows over" and then he walked away.
Memory Lane Jutsu kai
Not noticing her brother get up she was shook from her memory with the smell of coffee. "You remember what okaa-san said don't you? 'It doesn't do you well to dwell on the past' So don't kay?" asked patting his sister on the shoulder. Extending his arm he offered her a hot cup of coffee. She nodded her head in thanks. "Something on your mind sis?" naruto asked concern evident in his voice. The only time his sister was really this quiet was when his sister was having a involuntary flashback.
Aura shook her head clear and gave her brother a loving look. "Yeah, I'm okay. Just reliving a good memory. Thats all" she said and topped it off with a smile. A fake, forced smile. Naruto just scowled for a second before his eyes softened.
"You know nee-chan you can talk to me about anything, you know that? I won't make fun of you for anything. You know that" he said. Naruto put down his coffee and circled his arms around his sister. She laid her head in his neck and started crying. Naruto tightened his hold on his sister and held her tighter and let her let it out.
Fifteen minutes later she had cied her self to sleep. He laid her out on the couch and covered her with a blanket. Laying out a quick breafest beside the couch for her when she woke up. Before leaving he wrote her a note saying where he was heading and kissed her on the forehead. Stepping back he took a look at his sister as a stranger would. zfull of hope and cheeriness, yet still retaining a serious look. Absently he tucked a stray strand of white hair behind one of her ears.
