This is the chapter 1 (revised)! Welcome!
Oh yes, I will be revising almost everything now! But tell me if you like the old one more!
Well, yeah… enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto but I do own a Deidara duffle bag
Warnings: Nothing much… only CHANGE!
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Yawww! That was boring…
I wish the days are not like this…
"Naruto-kun… anou…"
I turn to the caller. It is the shiest girl in the world… "Oi, Hinata!"
Hyuuga Hinata, she is well, uh, someone I can call a friend now. She has this dark long hair and light eyes. When I first saw her, I thought she was blind… but she said she can see very well and it's just her normal eye color. White irises and pupils are quite a feat. Well, seriously, I do like things that are not normal… and she's cute that way. Slim build, large breasts, nice waistline, flawless skin and a wonderful smile…
"Anou… are you… f-free… later… a-after c-class?" She says in her normal shy tone. Sometimes, I'm scared that she might just faint at any given time. She looks too frail for anything that can startle her.
"Uh, yeah… let's go to the Ramen Shop." She smiles and walks away. And yeah, she's a pianist of the Music Club. She is very impressive and she plays the piano in a lovely way. She is quite famous for that aspect of popularity. But she is turning down each and every one of her suitor… Well it's quite a little odd for a beautiful girl like her.
And everyone says that she's my girlfriend. But she's not, we're just friends. We're just so close and we always hang out. And yeah, unlike 10 years ago, I've managed to gather lots of friends but I don't know if I can really keep them for a long time…
'IN THE MIDST OF THE NIGHT… DO NOT BE ALONE…'
CHAPTER 1: THE HAUNTED
REI HARUNO –SAKURA NO IMOOTO-
KURONINGYOO NO YUME [DIRECTOR'S CUT]
It is now after class and we're stuck here at the Soccer field. I guess no one's in the mood to do things now. We're just going to lose no matter how hard we try. Well, I can play good… but they can't just always depend on me and ONLY on me. We still need defense and some sort like that. And since no one's in the mood… everything has been so boring. And I'm part of the enthusiasts…
"Youthful Uzumaki!" the coach hooks his muscular arm around my neck and gives me that encouraging tone, "Come 'ere, young one. The districts are approaching. We need to put everyone in the beat!" Our coach has this fuzzy brow and he absolutely loves that green tight suit of his. I just don't know why the school has let him wear something so… gay. Well, he's not gay… or is he? I just don't care…
Who cares about the districts? It's not like we even had the chance to pass the preliminaries even once. We're just playing for fun and leisure… not competition. I can't believe he will gladly push us to the limits with those competitions we can't even win. So much for optimism…
"Gai-sensei…" I say… making him feel my desire to go home. I am greatly representing everyone in the club as well.
"I know, Naruto. But if you don't win even just one match this time… prepare to be on the other side of SPORTS! I'll push you for thousands of push-ups! A kilometer sprint! Or a—"
"Sensei… we're helpless… the so-called blossoms of youth will never bloom…" I squeeze my way out of his muscular arm and leave him behind. I swear he is looking with those poorly-expressed puppy eyes… it will never look good on him.
I meet with Hinata at the school gates and walk our way towards Ichiraku ramen house. As usual, lots of eyes are flinging at our way… taking note how perfect of a couple we are. But I'm sorry, we're not a couple. However, Hinata gets fidgeted by all the ruckus. She starts to pant heavily and her voice gets a little choppy if it will be a phone signal. Poor girl, I wish I can do something to stop them from staring…
Like always, I treat her again… since she can't really concentrate will all those eyes around us. Anyway, I have told her to just drop them… but she can't manage to do so. I start digging in my ramen… while gazing at her tomato-red face. She notices me gazing and she asks, "Do… Do I look like—?"
"Going to faint any time? Yes. Come on, Hinata. Forget about it and eat. It will get cold if you won't touch it." Hinata nods hesitantly and breaks her chopsticks now. She then slowly clips those noodles groggily and puts them inside her mouth. She slurps them quietly… once again, she catches me gazing at her every action. She blushes and faces another direction. After that, I have decided to focus eating and go home as early as I can.
It is a typical horror movie night sky. The dark clouds are shrouding the moon and any minute now, a dog might just howl. I gaze at those shapeless clouds… appearing like my senseless life. True meaning of life? I don't seem to know what mine is all about… but sorrow and emptiness. I know my mother and father needs me… but what exactly do I have to do? I wonder around these streets… trying to search for invisible answers.
I eventually reach my mother's hospital and I enter the establishment. I earn some congratulations and hellos… as I walk towards the bulletin board, eventually knowing what is it all about. Employee of the month… none other than 'Uzumaki Kushina'! My mother gets another best employee award… she's the head doctor… but no one can deny she's giving the biggest effort in making this hospital run on pure donations. She even has to go on good terms with the man who once made her life miserable…
"Hey! Naruto-kun!" I hear my mother's voice and I turn as she calls me again. I just smile at her… "Hey Mom!" She then poses up a wondering look and moves like trying to see if someone is behind me. She then places a finger at her lip and poses goo-goo eyes, "What's up, Naruto-kun? Anything wrong with you and Hina-chan?"
"Nuh-uh… not here for anything in particular." I smile bigger… completely extinguishing her thought of any problem. Seriously, why would she ask about us? It's not even us. She then looks depressed and dispirited with her sad news. She sighs by dropping her shoulders as well, "Really? I thought you seek my motherhood…" My mother says, followed by a whimper.
I roll my eyes at her comment… and then I see something move from the corner. It seems to be a small creature… uhh, a leprechaun? No, they don't exist. I stare at the empty corner and seem to wait for anything that can further explain the image earlier… but none has come. And then my mother makes me budge as she pokes my cheek, "Anything wrong?" She then gazes at the same empty corner and back to me immediately.
"No… nothing…" I take my gaze off the corner and look at her, trying to change the subject and the mood, "Is he here?" My mother gasps and gives a sad face, "Huh? He just went a while ago…" R-Really? I drop my head with all the disappointment in me. And here I am hoping to see him that much... Then she smiles, "I'm just joking… he's at the office…" My invisible dog ears perk up and I beam in excitement. I grab my mother's arm and run towards her office, dragging her.
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There are people crowding in front of my mother's office. Something seems to be amiss and I cannot find it out until they are all get out of my sight. Most of the people around are as tall as I am and it's too hard for me to see a thing with all those heads blocking the view. She feels something not good and it shows in her eyes… danger. We immediately try to shove in the crowd… not losing sight of one another amongst the thick crowd of by-standers.
Fortunately, he is unharmed. I see him near the doorframe and he seems to be giving out orders to the security. The hospital runs because of his money and he practically owns the place now. He's directing the guards and paramedics… like they're dealing with something I don't know or not sure of. Some of them are carrying a stretcher with something that is rolled with sheets. I know it is a body… based from the size, it's a grown man. But whose?
"Minato?" My mother hurries to him and then watches the corpse getting carried to the morgue from his point. She then gives him a worried gaze and he notices it right after. He gazes at her with a small smile, "Don't worry, I'm not hurt. But Akai-san… he was sleeping at the sofa of the office to my surprise. He then said he was waiting for you. Then I sat down to wait for you, too. When I was reading some magazines, he started shouting and yelling 'Get away from me' or something. Then he collapsed. The next thing I know is he was bleeding from all possible exits. It was disgusting…"
"Did you check the security cameras?"
"We did. We didn't find anything doubtful but this image." He shows Mom a picture of the scene where the bastard Akai is shooting his hands up in the air like very scared. Since my mom is so beautiful and she's a single parent, a lot of male employees are courting her… and that Akai is one of them. And of course, I hate every one of them… I have a complete family here, don't they realize that? I get near them and he runs his hand over my head as a sign of acknowledgment. I see a small shadow at the corner of the window… which appears to be unnoticed…
Then I remember something… and it, too, feels strange. Mom drops the picture unintentionally as she directs another nurse to call police since it is a murder scene now. I then pick it up and look at the picture closely, paying more attention to the unnoticed something. It is the same shadow that moved from the corner! And I'm so sure of it…
He then puts his hand over my shoulder and says, "Let the police handle this." I nod and he takes the picture… only to give it to the nurse my mother has called. Then I twitch, realizing a scary truth. I gaze at him with my concern written all over my face, "You might be a suspect."
"I'm innocent so I'm not scared… so you should be, too, Naruto."
"Dad…" I smile. Yes, he's my dad. Namikaze Minato is the owner of the hospital and he's my mother's worst nightmare before. She hates him so much before… and I guess they won't really get reconciled if ever the hospital hadn't suffered from the greatest impact of bankruptcy. So, I'm still lucky… even I have to be illegitimate for the rest of my life. He then holds my wrist gently and places his finger at his lips like shushing me. He slowly drags me away, wary that my mother might notice. Mission failed… my mother then yells, "Minato! Get back here!"
Then we start running faster and he yells back with a victorious laughter, "I'm taking him! See you tomorrow, Kushina love!"
"Minato! Naruto!"
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My parents have the hobby of kidnapping me every now and then. But I have my uniform and some clothes in both houses so I don't have to worry about changing whichever house I'm spending the night at. My dad still has the Divorce case on his first wife pending in the court… so they can't marry like what they have promised me. That's why we are living in separate houses. And that's why every now and then kidnapping is made. But no serious cases of kidnapping filed in the court since… if I'm an inanimate object, when I'm stolen, I get to be retrieved.
My dad's house is very big and amazing! Namikazes are one of the riches families in the state, the company name is Rasengan Industries. It's a group of jewelry traders and medical institutions owners. Lots of money is coming in every day! And yes, my father is the CEO… he has promised me he'll give it to me in time. I may not look like it but I am breed in a rich type of living. I can seriously get everything I want… but the very thing I really want cannot be bought… back. And no one knows that my father is so prominent…
My room there is just like my room at my mom's house. All is in orange… the color scheme is in orange rather. And some other things are on duplicate that sometimes, I forget whichever house I am. I then drop off my things there and proceed to the bathroom. I strip myself, clothes straight to the basket, and walk down the shower. It starts to feel weird and yet I do my thing without like I don't care. I then proceed to my bedroom and lie at the bed after drying my hair with a towel. I pull the covers to my shoulders and turn off the lamp. We have already eaten dinner on the way home so all I have to do is to sleep.
Moments after and the wind has started blowing outside… so strong that it makes a whistle as it passes through the gap at my window. And I can't sleep… as if something is calling me outside. Its voice hurls with the wind's whistle… making me shudder and feel strange. I stubbornly get up and walk to the window as to satisfy my curiosity. I pull the double-door window open and look down only to see no one. I sigh and decide to go back to sleep. I close the window and sluggishly walk back to bed until… "Naruto…"
"Who was that!" My mind and mouth chorus upon hearing the strange sound. Its impossible to hear a voice from outside because I have already closed the window. I pivot on a heel and stare at the window for a moment. It may be just my imagination, though. I then sigh…
"Naruto…"
"Fuck!" I dash to the window and almost slam my palms at the glass. I look around outside only to see a shadow at the foot of the tree. It is small and doll-size, dress look like balloon or some sort. My eyes grow very wide as my mouth gape at the scene before me… it is the image in the picture. I then pull myself off the window and crashes at the floor in terror. I pan heavily and clear out my mind. I then stand up again and look out… failing to see the ghostly image. I then decide to pretend that I have not seen it… then I turn to the mirror…
Fear has struck me and all I have done is to run and go under the covers. I let tears fall off in fear and pray for the nightmare to end. I then feel something has descended at the top of the blanket… like standing on my back. I feel small feet touching my spine and I even tremble some more… then the covers start to drop till they run off me. I shut my eyes close in extreme fear, not wanting to see anything. The feet disappear… and reappear at the side of my face. A small hand touches my cheek and I start to cry. It seems to wipe those tears off—
"Naruto, what was that!"
That very moment, the ghost disappears and I suddenly jump off to hug my dad. I shove myself deep into his chest and he seems to be surprised. (I could have acted a little girly… but… I'm fucking scared!) He squeaks from my hold, "N-Naruto, what's wrong?"
"It's going to kill me… Dad! It's going to kill me!"
"What's going to kill you?"
"T-The… black shadow that killed Akai!" I cry as I continue shaking him a bit… earning a hug from him as well. He then tries to hush me and stops me from crying. I let go of him and sobs… now keeping my tears to myself now. He then smiles at me and ruins my hair, "Okay, listen. Daddy's here. He's not going to let this Shadow kill you. Stay in my room for the night." I sheepishly nod and childishly wipe my tears. He embrace me some more and walks me to his room. I look back to my room's door. I remember the note on the mirror. 'You can never escape me…'
We reach Dad's room and the place is quite dark. I clutch at his shirt and he chuckles, "Here, here." He opens the lights and we continue walking till we reach the bed. I shove myself under the covers and he chuckles yet again. He lies beside me and flips the cover so he can get underneath it as well. He pulls it to his shoulder and he cups his hand at my head is (I am completely hidden under the covers), "Naruto, don't worry, okay? Just… stay close."
"…" I reach out my hands and clutch at his shirt again. He chuckles again and pulls me closer to him. He continues to chuckle as I let him snuggle me like a side pillow. Seriously, I do act girly around my dad… I just don't know why. I close my eyes and hear the wind whistle yet again…
Knowing that the figure could be watching…
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Oh, there! The revision on the first chapter is complete!
I hope you like the added spice.
Someone did request for me to come back and revise the story so…
Here it is! I hope you'll like it!
On with the story…