Before you start reading this I'm sorry for the wait to my followers but here it is chapter 2. I reread my story and made it even better, i suggest before starting to read this to read over chapter 1 I kinda fixed parts and added some stuff too, enjoy XD
Chapter 2
Shikamaru walked down the street towards the knuckle headed ninja's and good friend's apartment. Once he reached the building he looked over to see Kiba staring at the building seeming like he was debating whether to go in or not.
"Were you worried about him too?" Shikamaru asked, Kiba turned to the voice with a light smile "Yeah, you're gonna come in with me" he stated in response
Shikamaru nodded "Where's Akamaru?"
"I left him with Hinata, I told her I had to pick up some stuff and there was no dog's allowed"
Shikamaru nodded again and they headed up the stairs of the old building to apartment 10 on the third floor and then knocked.
"One minute" they heard an exasperated voice call. The door then opened revealing Naruto with an over exaggerated smile "Hi, what can I do for you today" he then upon realizing who it was released his smile to go back to a frown and let his eyes droop tiredly "It's only you guys... come in" he muttered turning walking into the living room and plopping down on the sofa exasperatedly like it took all his energy merely to walk to the door. Shikamaru and Kiba followed him in, Kiba closing the apartment door as they went.
They two sat on some chairs and looked at Naruto expectantly. They both looked at Naruto's form it was hard seeing him so gloomy and disheveled. His skin didn't give off its normal creamy and golden glow, it was now pain and held a shin from the small layer of sweat that now adorned the membrane, only to be seen by an observant eye. The boy's eyes were now a dull blue with noticeable black caverns under his eyes the complete opposed to his regular bright Safire that had always wore a sparkle.
After a few minutes of silence "What do you guys want?" Naruto asked flatly obviously ready to get straight to the point.
"We want an explanation of your current condition" Shikamaru eyed Naruto's reaction carefully
"What's there to tell I am sick, it's getting worse and I'm going to die shortly" Naruto responded casually
"HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT SO CASUALLY?" Kiba yelled and stood up "HOW CAN YOU SIT THERE AND LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOURSELF, AND DO IT ALONE WE CAN HELP YOU, LADY TSUNADE CAN HELP YOU"
"NO!"Naruto stood up "TSUNADE HAS SOO MANY PATENTS, I DON'T WANT HER TO WORRY ABOUT ME A LOST CAUSE WHO WILL DIE ANYWAYS VERSES PEOPLE WHO CAN BE HELPED, AND BESIDES I DON'T WANT TO SPEND THE REST OF MY LIFE IN A HOSPITAL...Now... Now GET OUT...GET OUT ...please" All of the sudden Naruto stopped arguing, the two boy's observed as the blond boy's eyes went wide and he gasped for air while clutching his chest trying to breath properly, as if digging his nails into his chest would help relieve his constricting pain 'great now it's my lungs I...I can't breathe' he thought.
Shikamaru and Kiba stood up concern written all over their faces before they could take a step towards him, Naruto collapsed to his knees then felling onto his side, he pulling his knees to his chest, breathing desperately for the much needed air . Shikamaru and Kiba sat at his side comforting him, not knowing what to do to help. After a few minutes Naruto was able to breathe again, his eyes were clouded and tired looking.
Kiba picked him up bridal style and carried him into his room. 'He is so light, has he been eating anything? Why Naruto? Why won't you let anyone help' Kiba thought as he gently placing his light load on his bed, while Shikamaru pulled the blankets over his small and now sleeping body.
"Shikamaru, why do you think he lets himself suffer like this?" Kiba asked
"I don't know, but it probably has something to do with always being alone... he's been alone for most of his life only having himself to depend on… or it could be his big heart and how he doesn't like to be a burden to others … or it could simply be because of his hate of hospitals"
Kiba only stared down at Naruto. After a minute of staring, Shikamaru spoke.
"Come on Kiba lets let him sleep" he whispered
"Is it okay to just leave him here?"
"Yeah, he's just sleeping he needs rest, and besides he wanted us to leave anyways, I have to do some thinking"
With that the two friends reluctantly left the apartment, they stood quietly outside the apartment building.
Kiba was the first to speak "So what are we going to do?"
"I don't know, I'll think about it but for now we should comply with Naruto's wishes"
Kiba simply nodded at him and Shikamaru both knew nothing was going to turn out well, and then they both went their separate ways.
XOXOXO
Sasuke stood in front of Naruto's rundown apartment building debating whether to go in or not. He knows something is wrong with his knuckleheaded ninja (yes 'his' you read that right 'his') but didn't know what, and he also know that Shikamaru and Kiba both knew something about it as well, he felt a pain of jealousy that Naruto didn't trust him enough to tell him, his long-time team mate, rival and friend, yet Shikamaru and Kiba both knew.
Then he looked up at Naruto's apartment window were his bed room was supposed to be, and then he saw Kiba? Carrying Naruto? And Shikamaru? What was this? So many questions went through his mind and the curious person he was wanted all the answers.
All of the sudden the apartment building door opened, Shikamaru and Kiba walked out, Sasuke quickly ran behind a bush and watched the two. They both look a mixture of sad, confused and conflicted.
They stood in silence for a few minutes before Kiba spoke "So what are we going to do?" he asked Shikamaru
"I don't know, I'll think about it but for now we should comply with Naruto's wishes" responded Shikamaru
Kiba nodded before both went their separate ways.
Sasuke clenched his fists he was full of anger of the proof that there was something wrong with Naruto and he was kept out of the loop, but Naruto could trust those two enough to tell them.
He had a plan to figure out exactly what was going on with his yellow haired smiling friend.
XOXOXO
"Hey, Kit I think you should tell your friends about your sickness" the tailed fox behind the cage growled at Naruto on the other side
"NO, did you not hear a word I said to those guys, there is no point there is nothing they can do, besides why do you care?" Naruto replied
"But kit even though humans are weak they care, and even though they know they can't do anything even if they attempt to help then when you die they will at least know they tried to help, you are only going to make everyone else more upset because they couldn't help... and you never know they might figure something out"
"Pfft, you're the one who told me it was useless... you just don't want to die because you know if I die so do you but too bad I'm taken you down with me"
XOXOXO
Kiba and Shikamaru both showed up at the training grounds a few hours later. They both looked at each other surprised to see the other.
"Long time no see Shikamaru" Kiba chuckled
"Kiba, what are you doing here? Did you get called here too?"Shikamaru asked
"Yeah, and obviously so did you? Do you think Naruto called us here?"
"No, I don't think so; he couldn't be out of bed so soon" Shikamaru's thoughts were elsewhere he had been thinking about Naruto since they left the boy's apartment, he didn't know what to do about the bay and he was very worried for his friend's life 'Troublesome' he thought.
"Kiba, Shikamaru" said people turned their heads to the voice, Sasuke. He stared at them with a mix of anger and seriousness while they looked at him with confusion.
"Sasuke, why did you call us here?" asked Kiba
"Don't act stupid you both know exactly why you are here" Sasuke glared incredulously "I want you to tell me about Naruto and his 'condition'"
The two boys looked from each other than to Sasuke. They were both thinking what to tell him. They had two choices tell Sasuke, he could possibly convince Naruto to get help or to keep Naruto's secret like he asked, and either way one of them had to say something.
"I know you know something, you have known since the campfire, haven't you... and today I saw you at Naruto's he was unconscious and you were carrying him, then you said something about keeping his secret... what's that all about? TELL ME... please" he cried in almost a begging voice, but he wouldn't admit that with his Uchiha pride.
"Yes" Shikamaru said softly "We know, on that night-"
"Shikamaru, are you going to give up Naruto that easily?" Kiba yelled
"DO YOU THINK IM HAPPY WITH BETRAYING HIS TRUST? NO!" he yelled before quieting down "No, but you and I both know Naruto needs help, and he might actually listen to Sasuke"
Kiba huffed "Fine… on that night, Shikamaru and I found out by accident, we noticed something was wrong with Naruto so we followed him into the forest-"
"We found him coughing up blood, practically choking on it, when we confronted him he told us that it happened multiple times, he said his body was nearing its limits, the frequent transformation put pressure on his body the Kyuubi's chakra was destroying his body, and the healing powers he had were going away, he asked us not to tell anyone especially you and Sakura"
Sasuke was speechless he didn't know what to say the information was too much; all of this was going on without anyone knowing. Naruto had been quietly suffering alone.
Kiba spoke up again "Today we went to talk to Naruto about getting help, he kept refusing saying he didn't want to be a burden and they couldn't help him if anyone knew or not. He refused again but then he started gasping for air and collapsed on the floor, after regaining his breath he went unconscious so I carried him to his bed to sleep"
Sasuke went quiet he was trying to process what he just found out, before he could say a word everyone else walked out from the bushes they were hiding in; Sakura, Ino, Choji, Shino, Hinata, team guy, Kakashi, and Iruka.
They all had their own expressions and emotions; Sakura, Ino and Hinata were on the verge of crying, Guy and Lee were crying and sobbing about the end of youth and the strength of youth. Shino and Neji didn't display any emotions but were also saddened by what they were hearing; Choji, TenTen, Kakashi and Iruka had small tears in their eyes as well.
Everything went extra quiet when Kiba and Shikamaru looked around horrified, then quickly turned to Sasuke questionably with anger.
"I thought they all had a right to know... they were all worried about Naruto as well and obviously for a right reason." Sasuke stated
"Why? Why didn't he tell us?" cried Sakura who was heartbroken "WHY DIDN'T YOU GUYS TELL US? He's my team mate and best friend, we've been through soo much together." she screamed
"It scares me how he has been suffering all alone" Ino sniffled
"I'm not that surprised to be honest, He has been alone for have his life, he's not the type to worry people" commented Ten Ten
"How mean the world is to the youth" Lee decided
"It's not the world's problem it's a Kyuubi problem" Neji piped up in a matter of fact way.
"Naruto's strong I wouldn't be able to hide that" spoke Choji
Everyone had their own emotion and thoughts for the news, the horrible news that was the truth of what has been going on for a while now.
XOXOXO
Naruto woke up in his room, tucked into his bed. He sat up and looked around, he looked out the window it was late afternoon now.
"Hmm, Kiba and Shikamaru probably put me here" he stated to himself remembering what happened earlier that day.
"I guess I will take a short walk, some fresh air will do some good" he stood up and walked outside, he walked around for twenty minutes before he decided to walk over to the training grounds.
Once he reached the grounds he breathed in the sweet, familiar and comfortable air he was lacking a few hours ago. But he froze as he saw all his friends standing around the center of the training area; he cautiously walked over to them, preparing himself with a wide, fake smile.
"Hey, guys!" he spoke "How's it going? What's everyone doing here?" he smiled
As he got closer he noticed everyone's sad and pity filled eyes, then he noticed how Kiba and Shikamaru were standing in the middle and how they refused to look at him.
"Drop the smile Naruto you have been found out" whispered Shikamaru finally looking at him
Naruto's face was stunned; the pity filled faces were for him everyone knew, they knew. Naruto's face dropped to almost a glare. "YOU TOLD THEM!" he yelled indicating to everyone around them "YOU TOLD THEM! WHEN I ASKED YOU NOT TO, I ASKED YOU NOT TO TELL ANYONE, HOW CAN I EVER TRUST YOU GUYS AGAIN!"
"Naruto, We-"Kiba tried to say but was cut of
"Don't blame them I already knew something was up" Sasuke said quietly
"OH YEAH AND LET ME GUESS YOU INVITED ALL OF THEM TOO... DIDN'T YOU! WHY CAN'T YOU LEAVE YOUR DAMN UCHIHA NOSE OUT OF OTHER PEOPLES BUISNESS" Naruto yelled
"BECAUSE I AM YOUR FRIEND AND I WAS WORRIED WHY? WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US...? ME I...I COULD HAVE-"
"YOU COULD HAVE WHAT? HELPED YEAH, SURE WHAT WOULD I SAY...? HEY SASUKE HOWS IT GOING? HOW'S YOUR DAY? OH AND BY THE WAY I'M SICK, IM TIRED ALL THE TIME I HAVE UNBEARABLE PAINS ALL THROUGH MY BODY SOMETIME I CAN'T EVEN BREATH, AND SUM TIMES I CAUGHT UP BLOOD CONSTANTLY TELL I PASS OUT AND AND THE WORST IS WHEN MY WHOLE BODY BURNS UP MAKING IT FEEL LIKE SOME ONE SET MY FLESH ON FIRE OH AND GUESS WHAT I'M GOING TO DIE AND YOU CAN'T STOP IT SURE THAT WOULD GO WELL"
Everything went quiet, everyone thinking about what he said and the pain he described.
"How? How can you talk about death so easily like its and every day dinner conversation?" he asked
"Because I have accepted my fate"
"YOU'RE FATE? HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT? WE CAN HELP-"
"SASUKE PLEASE, NO DON'T GIVE ME THAT YOU DON'T UNDER... UNDER-" Naruto was cut off when he burst into coughing fit, blood come out and pooling on his hand, he looked up to Sasuke who's eyes were wide and surprised. He looked to everyone else who stared at him with concern.
Naruto's eye flew further open as pain ripped at his stomach, he clenched it tightly, gasping for the much needed air and then collapsed to his knees, and he fell to his side with a thud. Again, again he felt it the burning, to feeling of being set on fire and laughed at, although no one laughed, Sasuke went to his side.
"My...my body... it... it burns" he claimed in a low voice, Sasuke without saying a word picked up Naruto and ran off to the hospital leaving everyone worried and wondering what to do or blaming themselves for not noticing earlier.
So Chapter 2, I have done many many I repeat many read overs I hope this chapters batter, please let me know in a review XD
P.S. WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH FANFICTION DOC MANAGER! It's pissing off because every time I want to add one simple chapter the damn thing screws up my spacing and i must go through separating the lines, or it turns random sections into bold that aren't supposed to be bold and and (yes more complaining) it changes my line brakes I like the "Tilda, asterisk, Tilda" but noooooo everytime i put that it dissapers so I'm forced to do "XOXOXO"... AHH sigh, glad i got that out
Therefore, to conclude if there are any font/ structure F-up it's FF fault, and next chapter will be up after this XD