Ice Blue- Chapter Two: Droplet
Droplet: A very small drop of a liquid
Naruto walked into his math class feeling better than he had in a very long time. It wasn't until he entered the room and saw the hostile faces turned his wasy that he recalled where he was. The seven year old ignored his classmates and sat in the last seat of the back row, near a window.
Immediately, Ino sashayed over to his seat and hissed, "I don't know what's gotten into you, and I don't care, but you'd better kill it fast before we kill it for you. This is your only warning."
Naruto gave her a small smirk and cooed, "Aww, are you're trying to protect me. Or are you coming on to me?"
Ino stood straight, cold fury clouding her face, she walked back to her seat stiffly as she spoke, "Watch your mouth, demon. If you don't go back to silence we'll cut out your tongue."
Naruto frowned, "Don't mess with me Yamanaka, I'll put you six feet under."
Before Ino could reply, their teacher entered and began his math lesson.
IcE blue
Her plan wasn't going to work. Ino had worked on a scheme to end Naruto's newfound joy, and her plan had originally had no flaws.
And then Hinata happened.
She made fun of the girl left and right, she had believed she was just as helpless as Naruto. However, when she'd taunted her with her plan to re-crush Naruto, The 'shy' girl had shoved her down and slapped her violently before hissing, "Listen you blonde bimbo bitch. As much as you fuck with me and tease me, you should be content and leave Naruto alone. Remember this: If I eversee you mess with him… you won't see another sunrise. It is not you place to touch Naruto or even speak to him. You are below him! Do you understand?"
Ino was too scared to answer. Hinata lifted her half way up and slammed her back down, repeating the question. Ino nodded. Content, Hinata stood and stared at the blonde, "Ino-chan are you okay? You should go back to class." As sweet as her voice sounded, her dark frown told it all. Ino scrambled up and ran out of the room as fast as she possibly could.
IcE blUE~ Five Years Later~ IcE blue
The twelve-year old wasn't popular, but he had two friends now, though the rest of the orphans tolerated him. Ino and Kiba flanked him, bickering about the horrible lunch food.
Naruto had come to accept the girl when he was eight. She had ran up to him, fidgeting and nervous. When he had finally decided to acknowledge her, she knelt and begged for forgiveness. Around his eighth birthday, he regained his voice, and his led healed so the first thing he did upon hearing her apology in front of the whole class was shoot up and ask incredulously, "The fuck?" earning him detention along with Ino.
In detention she informed him on how sorry she was and that she wanted to become his friend. She did not mention Hinata, though she was the deciding factor. Naruto hadn't trusted her at first but slowly, the days went by taking his suspicion with it. Now they were a fairly tight bunch.
Naruto laughed as they bickered over who had worse food when suddenly, the blonde boy let out a long groan. He answered the question on Ino and Kiba's faces without their prompting, "They gave me non-dairy creamer."
There was utter silence at their table before Kiba and Ino burst out laughing. Naruto continued to mourn the softer, silkier, dairy-filled creamer though he couldn't retain a smile, "I'm so happy you guys are my friends" the blonde said warmly.
"You better believe it!" Kiba interjected.
"What else would we be?" Ino questioned with a grin. Naruto smiled, this was one of those times wear you could feel the happiness so much it was tangible. Like little Raindrops falling to earth. After lunch ended the trio, with it being a sunny Saturday, decided to go outside.
The blonde flopped to the ground along with his two friends and looked up at the sky, content with his life for the first time in a long time. He loved the feel of the grass between and under his fingers, of his friends currently flanking him, of his voice working properly.
He laid back and smiled with his eyes closed. There was nothing better than the sun…save ramen, but still the sun rocked. The blonde twitched and sat up at the sound of a car turning into the orphanage.
A red haired boy hopped out of the car silently, and then proceeded to run over to a patch of sand and cup some of it in his hands. He moved back toward the adult and walked into the orphanage, continuously rubbing the sand with one hand.
Naruto stood to his feet, startling his friends. He recognized that look, now that he was so much happier, he could remember the look well, but he knew it was his signature look five years ago.
Kiba and Ino hurried to stand and ran after him into the orphanage. Naruto felt markedly uneasy, yet he didn't go to speak to the boy, instead he told Ino and Kiba goodbye, despite their protests that he stay outside, and ran to the nurse's office.
"Hinata?" he called, "Hinata?"
The blue-haired assistant peeked from behind a curtain before walking up to him, "Naruto," she whispered, "How are you?"
He smiled, "Awesome as always! I wanted to ask your advice though."
"Yes?"
"Well, I've got a problem…but I don't know what to do about it…and I'm not really sure what's wrong." He said, shuffling from foot to foot.
Hinata sorted items in drawers and moved things around as she tidied before saying, "Sleep."
"What?" Naruto asked
"Go to sleep. That's where I find my answers."
Naruto nodded uneasily and walked to his room recalling his last answer based on sleep.
ICE BLUE
Naruto sat in an open clearing, he vaguely remembered it from five years prior. He looked around cautiously, until his eyes landed on a familiar figure or a boy. The area around the boy was hazy, blurring the boy himself and everything around him. Naruto inched towards the figure slowly until he close enough to touch the boy. As he reached out to do so, the boy and the fog disappeared.
Confused, Naruto felt the air where the boy had just been, confirming that there was really nothing there. He turned around slowly and left the clearing, walking back onto the gravel road. The road had become overgrown with vegetation since the last time he saw it, covered in briars and exotic flowers. As he walked the flowers fell before his feet, protecting his feet from the briars.
Naruto felt himself straighten, standing taller as an emotion coursed through his body. He identified it almost subconsciously: haughtiness. The gravel road continued for what seemed to be miles before it opened to another clearing. The ground was gold plated, and in the middle of the clearing was a diamond throne. The blonde sat in the throne and a feeling of rightness enveloped him. This was where he belonged. He relaxed, and accepted his throne.
A figure materialized on the gravel road; the boy from before. He approached the throne and knealt, his head touching the golden tiles. Naruto held out his hand, and in it a scepter appeard. Tapping the flower emblazoned head on either side of the boy's head Naruto smiled. The boy stood and disappeared. Naruto stood as well and the golden clearing faded away.
Gaara Gaara Gaara Gaara
His day was horrible, and it didn't even start officially until tomorrow! The red-head locked himself in his room after someone had jeered and picked on him for the umpteenth time. He didn't have to fight the tears that wanted freedom, no matter how much Gaara wished to cry, the tears hadn't come in years. He flopped onto his bed heavily, exhausted from a disappointing day and drifted to sleep; someone had once told him things always looked better in the morning.
A/N: Well, yet another chapter revised. This one's a bit shorter as the next one is going to be a bit bulky. I'm attempting to cover up past plot holes but keep the story confusing. Whereas before I said this story wouldn't be long, I now believe it's going to be quite large. Thank you for the support as I fix this.
