Nightmares In Your Dreams
The classroom slowly calmed down as Iruka entered. Tension was high as the young Shinobi waited to know who were the people that they would be grouped with. Eager fangirls looked at a seemingly bored dark haired boy, while a pale eyed girl looked hopefully at a tired blond haired boy beside the other girl's attention. The students seemed to lean in slightly when their sensei opened the scroll and started reading out the teams. "Team Seven will include Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke, and Haruno Sakura. Your sensei will be Hatake Kakashi." Iruka said but had to pause when Sakura's whoops of joy interrupted him. Looking at the other two members, it looked as if a dark cloud now loomed over the Uchiha and the blond member he was only met with eyes of disbelief as the blond asked "Are you trying to kill me..?" Naruto asked causing his new teammates look at him strangely.
Tilting his head innocently to the side Iruka asked "What do you mean Naruto?"
"Well between the numerous beatings I will be getting from Haruno and the nonstop taunting from the Uchiha your almost asking me to go emo and start wanting to kill myself." Naruto said said as he propped his head on his palm.
Iruka sweat dropped as he said "Naruto I highly doubt you will go that far, I bet you and you teammates will become great friends!" He tried to finish in a happy tone but watched in shock as the Uchiha's cloud seem to grow over Naruto at that statement causing the boy to drop his head back to head desk in defeat. After all the teams were called out Iruka said "Well its time for lunch maybe you should all-" Their sensei never got to finish as a messenger hawk flew through the classroom window and landed on Iruka's desk. After taking the message the hawk flew back the way it came leaving the scared teacher to read the message. Scanning it over Iruka lifted a glaring gaze the blond who still had his head on the desk. "As I was saying you should all try and get together with your teams for lunch and try to get to know them. You are all dismissed." Immediately all the students rose from their seats
and herded for the door "Except for you Naruto." Iruka said in a warning tone.
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Sasuke was heading out of the classroom, hoping to get away from his annoying fangirls so that they wouldn't have a chance ask him out for lunch but his attention was diverted when he heard Iruka call Naruto back, seemingly angry. Curious about what the dobe did now Sasuke positioned himself outside the door so that he could listen in on their conversation. He found nothing wrong with eavesdropping, his sensei did tell him to find out about his teammates.
Naruto stopped as his teacher called him and approached the man slowly as he saw the look of anger on the man's face. The blond boy stopped in front of his teacher's desk looking down at the ground, taking all the preparations he usually did before he was screamed at, or beaten. Suddenly the fox child felt his sensei embrace him as he kneels down to his level. "Naruto why didn't you tell the Hokage that your apartment was vandalized this morning? Did they try and hurt you?" Came the concerned voice of his teacher who had now leaned back and was in the current process of trying to get him to meet his eyes.
Shuffling his feet for a moment Naruto said "I don't see why its a big deal...the villagers always come by and break stuff every once and a while.."
The boy heard his teacher sigh before the man asked "Yes Naruto and I'm very proud of you for taking this all so well but this time your apartment isn't even livable anymore. Your bed is ruined along with all of your clothes , and all your food is stolen. The Hokage wants you to move to somewhere else in the village."
Naruto looked up startled and quickly put is hands together like he was praying "Please Iruka-sensei I don't want to be sent back to the orphanage! They hate me there! I promise I'll be better!"
Iruka put his hands on the distressed boys shoulders to help calm him down and said with a smile "You think I would let you go back there? I spoke to the Hokage and he agreed to let you come stay with me!"
The child's reaction was immediate as the boy leaped at his teacher, almost tackling the man in a hug as he yelled "You mean it Iruka-sensei?!"
Iruka patted the boy's back, happy at his reaction before he released the boy from himself and set him down "Yes I mean it. Now that thats taken care of I thinks its about time you go out and try and get to know your teammates."
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Sasuke's usual bored expression was somewhat ruined by the look of surprise that seemed to be taking over. He knew that the orange idiot was an orphan, but he thought the dobe would be adopted by now. But as Sasuke seemed to think about it e had never seen anyone ever pick up the blond boy from school. Also Sasuke found it hard to believe that the villagers would be cruel enough to trash a kid's house, but the strange the was that Naruto made it sound like an everyday occurrence. Really, he knew the villagers were stupid but he never thought they were cruel.
The brooding boy was quickly snapped out of his thoughts when he heard Naruto and his sensei say goodbye to each other. Taking that as his cue Sasuke disappeared down the hall.
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Naruto sighed as he made his way down the stairs to Iruka's room where he would then take the fox child to his new home. Looking up at the door Naruto found a note from Iruka taped to the door. Plucking it off Naruto read,
Dear Naruto-kun,
I went ahead to the apartment to get things ready for you after I remember what a horrible state it was in.
Sorry,
Iruka
P.S; here is the address to the apartment,
Looking below Naruto saw the cleanly written address of the apartment. Keeping the note in his hand to be able to glance at it Naruto walked out of the academy and headed towards Iruka's. Ignoring the usual insults and glares he received as he walked down the dusty street the fox child thought about his new team. He learned from the meeting on the roof that his sensei was lazy and seemed to hold more interest in the brooding Uchiha. Also Sakura was a helpless fangirl to the boy leaving Naruto on the sidelines. Also he would have to get ready for the survival exercise tomorrow morning, even though his team was annoying he didn't want to hold them back. The short haired blond was knocked out of his thoughts, literally, as a sharp pebble thrown by one of the surrounding villagers made contact with his jaw. Naruto didn't have to lift his hand to the wound to know that it was bleeding as he felt the sluggish liquid make its way down to his chin and stream down his neck.
Sadly that one forwarded advance on him, the supposed 'demon', stirred the rest to follow that one idiots example. The small orange clad boy could now be seen sprinting towards Iruka's home with new bruises adorning his face along with a nasty looking cut on his temple, making him slightly dizzy. Forgetting his appearance Naruto knocked politely on Iruka's door getting ready to show off his wide grin when the man opened the door. Doing as planned he wasn't expecting to be pulled roughly inside the apartment to have his sensei fret over his new injuries.
"Naruto what in the world happened to you?!" Came Iruka's worried voice as sat the cut boy down the kitchen counter
Scratching the back of his head Naruto just gave off another grin as he said "Gosh Iruka-sensei calm down! Its just a couple of cuts."
Iruka sighed, knowing it was useless to fight with the boy about these issues the chunin just set to the task up of cleaning the fox child up from the drops of blood that streamed down his face. So now he was waiting at the small kitchen table for Naruto to finish taking his shower and to change. The man's head perked up when he heard the water turn off and didn't have to wait long until Naruto emerged from the slightly steaming bathroom clad in one of Iruka's undershirts, that reached a little above the boys knees, and a pair of boxers.
"Alright Naruto come over here to get some bandages." Iruka ordered, motioning to the blond
"You don't need to Iruka-sensei they're already healed." Naruto stated as he made his way over to his teacher.
Iruka was about to deny what Naruto said but was shocked to see that the boy was right and somehow all of his cuts had already healed. After blinking a couple times Iruka was able to ask "B-But how?"
Naruto just tilted his head in response before laughing "Sensei did you already forget I how fast I heal because of the Kyuubi?"
Now Iruka felt like slapping himself in the head for forgetting such an important fact about the boy. "Gomen Naruto...uh what would you like for dinner?" Iruka asked but already knew the answer as the young blond immediately yelled "RAMEN!"
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That night Iruka took Naruto for ramen but after that night he restricted the blond from eating ramen every day and introduced the boy the a widely arranged diet. But even with Naruto's improved conditions people started to notice how his hyperness seemed to slip away. The reason was because every night Naruto was reliving the dream with the Kyuubi forcing him away from a peaceful sleep.
With restless nights Naruto still didn't get a break during the day. Everyday he would get beaten by Sakura for disturbing 'her Sasuke-kun' and today Naruto didn't want another headache before his training session. So today Naruto chose to wear an loose, orange, sleeveless shirt with a pair of white khaki shorts that Iruka got him. He also tied his forehead protector around his upper arm since it was too hot to wear it around his neck or forehead. So now half lidded eyes lazily took in their surroundings as the small blond made his way to his teams meeting place on the bridge in the training grounds. Approaching the said place Naruto could see his teammates already there, with Sasuke leaning his back and elbows on the railing with Sakura sitting on the opposite.
Not feeling up to his usual loud greeting,which was usually followed by and hit to the head and a glare, Naruto walked on past his teammates to the further end of the bridge where he sat down on the hot wood letting his back and head lean against the rails behind him. The tired blond then closed his eyes the rest of the way hoping to get a little sleep before their sensei arrived. He almost let out a content sigh when he felt the sluggish black sleep approaching and was almost gone when a voice entered his mind pulling him away from the shadows.
"No screaming today dobe?" The usual monotone voice of Sasuke asked
Naruto only let out a grunt as he tried to get back to the sleep he desperately yearned for. He didn't see why today of all days they chose to talk to him.
"Yeah Naruto no baka were you stupid enough to get sick or something?" Naruto could feel his left eye start to twitch as the annoying voice of Sakura came to him pulling him further away from his objective. Letting out another grunt Naruto turned his head away from the two, hoping they would get the message that he didn't want to talk today.
He could almost hear the smirk in Sasuke's voice as the boy proceeded to urk him "Hn maybe the dobe was kept up with nightmares." he heard Sakura giggle but before she could make another comment Naruto snapped his head towards the two his eyes in their usual squinting fashion.
"Would you annoying bastards just shut up, or are you just too stupid to see that I'm trying to get some fucking sleep?!"
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Naruto trudged into Iruka's apartment and made his way to his room to try and get more sleep since he was unable to this morning. His teammates weren't too happy with his little outburst this morning so he still managed to get another hit to the head giving him a headache. Thankfully Kakashi showed up then because he was about to throw the rule of not hitting girls out the window and kick the pink haired banshee in the stomach.
They had another boring D-rank mission today, having to find a cat again. And during the mission today he vowed that if he was sent to find that freaking cat again he would see to it himself and kill the thing. Naruto ended his bloody thoughts with a sigh as he curling up in his warm bed, ready for sleep.
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Opening his eyes Naruto almost screamed in frustration when he found himself in the familiar, water filled hallway to Kyuubi. Shaking his head in defeat the blond set off down the hall only to be met with some disturbing sites. The water leaking cracks in the walls were now chipping away, making a larger opening as water happily gushed out, joining the water already in the hallway. Also the pipes that had chakra inside them burst open to let red and blue chakra angrily stream out making purple, mist-like chakra fill the halls instead of just clouding the ceiling like they had done previously. Glancing at his surroundings Naruto quickened his pace towards Kyuubi, already wanting to get this strange dream over with.
Naruto entered the cavern for the Kyuubi's cage and immediately stopped in shock of what was happening in front of him. Dark purple chakra dangerously whipped around the room as the red, bubbling chakra of the Kyuubi mixed in with the surrounding water of the cage. Taking a step back in shock Naruto watched in horror as the already abused seal was engulfed in black fire one second and the next he watched as the seal's ashed floated to the ground disappearing into the red tainted water. With no seal the great bars of the cage came crumbling down to the ground and Naruto wasn't prepared for the great wall of furiously red bubbling water that arouse before him. He felt his breath leave his lungs as he was forcefully hit with the wall of water and instinctively breathed in only to inhale red water that burned its way own his windpipe.
As Naruto was being pulled along with the current his head began to feel lighter as he sank deeper down into the water. Closing his eyes he expected for darkness to engulf him and feel nothing but just as he felt in approach he was violently jerked away as a burning pain made itself known. Forcing his eyes Naruto saw his body surrounded with red and purple chakra and slowly registered that it was forcing its way into his body. A fresh wave of burning pain made its way back into his senses and he couldn't hold back the gargled scream that forced its way through his burning throat before his world disappeared in the black shadow promising pain.
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