Coffin Birth†
Summary: Caged behind a thin wall of glass and cut off from the outside world and from any daylight to seep through. Naruto must go through the pain of his severed memories and his sensitivity to sunlight to be able to protect those dear to him.
By: LifeIsAJokeSoLaugh
p.s. — do not own neither Naruto nor Katekyo Hitman Reborn, shall thou read 'til the end.
"Yes or No" --- Talking in Flashback
"Yes or No" --- Talking normally
Yes or No --- Thoughts/Flashback/Lyrics
Previously on Coffin Birth†:
With thick black curtains covering over the long windows blocking out any daylight making it almost pitch-black inside the room, it was comfortable in here. It was safe. With the goggles he could tolerate the sun long enough to hide in other dark places like in sewers, but there was a part of him that still feared of daylight even when he was in the deepest darkness he could still feel the rays of sunlight up in the sky waiting to torture him. To most children the darkness was their greatest fear, to Naruto it was the exact opposite. He feared daylight, his eyes were sensitive to any bright light, his eyes could sand the light of candles but that was about it. That is why Naruto received the goggles, they shielded his eyes and he could stand the brightness of bulbs and other few objects. However, if they were taken away…Mukuro had the power; the boy knew that and despised the blue-haired teenager than he already had before.
Mukuro could take away the light.
Mukuro is God.
Mukuro could destroy his last salvation.
Mukuro is the Devil incarnate.
In Naruto's eyes, Mukuro is both his protector and his torturer.
†With Open Arms†
With a trembling hand Naruto held the sharpen pencil, his fingers holding the thin wooden utensil unsteadily as he pressed the tip of it against a sheet of paper. Drawing out wobbly letters of the alphabet in his room, the light of a candle settled near to brighten the nearly pitch black room just a bit with music from his radio occupying the silence.
No one knows what it's like
to be the bad man
to be the sad man
behind blue eyes
and no one knows
what it's like to be hated
to be fated to telling only lies
Resting his chin in the palm of his hand, the blonde-haired boy wrinkled his nose in annoyance. The grip on the pencil tightened, almost breaking it in half from the boy's unknown strength. Sighing out in frustration, Naruto scribbled out the wobbly letters of E's that looked more like squiggly B's and J's that appeared more like sketchy U's. The tip of the pencil snapped from the sheer force of blackening out the poor excuse of letters, the eraser chewed out long ago leaving the dented metal on top of the writing utensil.
But my dreams they aren't as empty
As my conscience seems to be
I have hours, only lonely
My love is vengeance
That's never free
No one knows what its like
To feel these feelings
Like I do, and I blame you!
No one bites back as hardon their anger
none of my pain and woe
can show through
But my dreams they aren't as empty
as my conscience seems to be
I have hours, only lonely
my love is vengeance
that's never free
Sighing, exasperated at him and his horrible handwriting, Naruto crumpled the paper in his hands into a wad and threw it in a random direction in the dark room. Sitting straight up in a cross-legged posture with his face resting in both his hands Naruto closed his eyes with his eyebrows knitted together. His fingers trace over the skin under his eyes where the goggles hinder them from going any further, they're mindful of the shallow cut going along under the right side of his face. He tries to relax, rid of the stress that gave him a migraine from staying up since late last night. Naruto feels tired, his mind is exhausted but his body is still up and running, the only reason he was still up.
Discover L.I.M.P. Say it
Discover L.I.M.P. Say it
Discover L.I.M.P. Say it
Discover L.I.M.P. Say it
Somehow, his mind drifted off to yesterday while the random song coming from the radio continued in low volume so as to not disturb the rest (M.M. and Ken complained before, even though Ken bought it for Naruto).
-†-†-†-†-
Time: Yesterday afternoon
Location: in one of the abandoned buildings of Kokuyo Center
Pulling down the thick curtains to rid of the sunlight, Naruto smiled to himself as he adjusted his goggles, one hand at his side where the large bruise hid.
"Hey, Chikusa, have you seen my jacket?" The blond-haired boy questioned his superior who relaxed seated in one of the ratty old couches of the "living room" (Ken kept calling the room that so everyone stuck with it). The black-haired teenager eyed Naruto through his glasses before turning to read the book he was currently reading.
"No," It was a frigid answer. Sighing out in frustration, Naruto rubbed at the nape of his neck as he skipped down the steps away from the draped windows and plopped down on a beanbag. Rubbing at his bare arms, the boy drew his knees up to his chest; he wore only a black wife beater and faded orange cargo pants that hid his feet and leaving his toes peaking out from under. From behind the goggles, Naruto's transparent blue pupil-less eyes watched in dull fascination at the other occupant of the large room, a finger raised with a sharp talon for nails to gently scratch over the three slanted scars of his left cheek. Tracing over the thin, black scars the ten-year-old kept on his "I'm bored" stare.
Where the hell did his jacket go? That thought crossed the young blonde's mind. As if the Gods had fated it (which Naruto believed the great deities truly resented him) M.M. waltz right in wearing HIS JACKET, his BLUE PUFFER JACKET, his ONLY jacket dammit!
"What the—" He started, His fingers digging into the fabric of the beanbag, unknowingly his usual transparent eyes hardened into a murky glowing red in the pale blue.
"That's my jacket!" He jabbed an accusing finger in the redhead's direction, M.M. gave the young boy a blank stare before a smirk stretched across her face as she settled her arm full of shopping bags full of clothing on the floor. Where she got the money Naruto will never know (maybe she has a part time job as hooker).
"Oh?" The fifteen-year-old raised an expensive manicured finger to her bottom lip, acting as though she didn't understand what he meant.
"You mean this jacket?" She lifted her hand with her fingers tugging at the sleeve, her purple eyes gleamed in glee as Naruto's expression transformed into a horrific state. If it weren't for his long golden locks of hair shadowing over his forehead the teenage girl would have seen his eyebrows shot up. A great big green mess of what seemed to be from a smoothie stained a large portion of the torso of Naruto's jacket, a tear ran across the side with the stuffing coming out of it.
"…No…you can't be serious…"
His jacket…It's ruined…
"You…you…" Naruto growled out, his anger rising over his shock. His shoulder-blade-length hair that was done in a low, loose ponytail spiked at the ends, streaks of red began to stand out from the locks of golden hair. Two fangs that resembled of Ken's Lion Channel set of teeth poked at his bottom lip; this startled both M.M. and Chikusa (who was the silent spectator). M.M. is a total moron, thought the male Kokuyo student's mind as he settled the aside to ready himself for a fight.
"Kufufu,"
Before Naruto had time to react a fist slammed into his gut knocking all the air out of his lungs. He stood there, stunned, his shielded demonic eyes stared shakily at mismatched ones before the world blurred all around him and fell into Mukuro's awaiting arms. The scent of fruit and blood aroused his sense of smell,
"—that was quite stupid of you—……nger him like that again and I won't hold him bac—"
The sound of Mukuro's voice focused in and out, Naruto slowly lost consciousness as he squirmed his way out of the other's hold but failed.
"This boy…—monster insi—…—kill you…"
Monster?
Kill?
What was Mukuro talking about? Naruto wondered that, but that thought soon slipped away as quickly as it had entered his thought process.
"…We cannot allow Kyuubi to break free…"
-†-†-†-†-
Kyuubi? What the hell is Kyuubi? Shaking his head side to side, Naruto shrugged off the thought. Even if he asked Mukuro what he meant when he was on the brink of unconsciousness that bastard would cast one of his illusions once again to evade his ever growing questions. Yawning suddenly, Naruto stretched with his arms raised as the fatigue of his lack of sleep finally began to break through his thick head. With a quick exhale, the wick of the candle at his side burned out leaving a trail of smoke fade into the air. Falling gently on his back, cuddling into the blankets searching for the warmth, his jacket was ruined now but he could have worn it a little longer but once Naruto had woken up Mukuro had burnt the piece of clothing to ashes. Damn that pineapple. Another song started from the radio station Naruto had randomly chosen it had a nice tune to it.
You are my sunshine
my only sunshine.
You make me happy
when skies are gray
you'll never know, dear,
how much I love you.
Please don't take my sunshine away
the other night, dear,
as I lay sleeping
I dreamed I held you in my arms
when I awoke, dear,
I was mistaken
and I hung my head and cried.
You are my sunshine,
my only sunshine
you make me happy
when skies are gray
you'll never know, dear,
how much I love you.
Please don't take my sunshine away.
Please don't take my sunshine away.
Life: Yes, i have no life...not! Finished this chapter around the time i posted the 2nd chappy up, i just looked it over today and fixed some things. Might be misspelling and all since i wasn't so thorough. This might be boring so sorry but I felt like writing this out of pure boredom where Naruto is unable to write very well sicne he's been in Vendicare for who knows how long (I know the reason he was there and I ain't telling you! *adopts Lambo's annoying laugh*). Ooh, Mukuro knows about Kyuu-chan! My cute little monster *cuddles Kyuubi plushie* THere are a lot of secrets about Naruto that not even he knows about! Maybe both Kyuu-chan and Naru-kun have merged together like Kiseki No Tenshi said in his/her review or maybe he's like Mukuro and was Kyuubi in a past life or its just like in the Manga and he is still the container sharing Kyuubi's memories. Who knows? Heck, I don't even know and I'm the author! *Is shot* XD
Behind Blue Eyes and Sunshine were the main music in the chappy, the first one fits Naruto so well it scares me...
And FYI might be rated M later on in chapters if I feel like getting some characters intimate. Okay, you lovely readers get to make a choice on who should Naruto hook up with since I can't make up my mind.
These are the girls I liked for him to be paired up with:
Chrome?
Hana?
Bianchi?
Lal Mirch?
And maybe Kyoko? (I don't like her that much but I can imagine naruto with Kyoko)
You guys pick since I can't make up my mind!
Warnings: No Harem, Kyuubi is a guy (Why does almost every Naruto story I find have Kyuubi as a chick?), and OOC-ness later on. I'm an angsty writer so I'll probably fuck a lot of peoples lives up in this.
(4th Chapter Preview: †Wallflower†)
flickered from the light purple shade to red slits, he slowly paused to a stop with the bug in his hand slipping out of his fingers. His pointed ears twitched as the breeze of air past through his golden locks, the hair on the back of his head raised slightly into spikes as they slowly transformed into a crimson red from golden yellow. His nails began to lengthen into sharp points of talons and his teeth grew out with a pair of pointed teeth over his full bottom lip. The black twirling circles on his neck began to grow on his face and under his clothing.
"Father…" The boy said that was barely above a whisper, the brown-haired girl turned to stare at her friend who was across the field from her. The sunflowers around Kyuu hid him from her site and the only thing she could see was his demonic eyes through the petals of the flowers. She could feel her eyes grow wide, with the long bangs of dark brown shadowed over them, hiding away any emotion that flickered through her dark brown eyes.
"Kyuu…?" Her voice wavered and as quiet like her friend's voice before, her hands fisted together and gripping onto the jewel that was dangling around her neck, her hands began to bleed but she paid no heed to it.
"Kyuu-nii!"
Hot, salty tears began to streak down her face as she cried out for the other, her nose beginning to run and she sniffed to clear her sinuses. The boy was silent, his ears straining to hear. The wind began to pick up and petals and seeds of sunflowers, dandelions, poppies and other flowers were taken away by the wind. "Kyuu?" He ignored his younger friend's call.
Dark clouds surfaced over in the clear blue sky, flowing up from the trees where the village was suppose to be. Kyuu turned on his heels and leapt on to Hinata who squealed in surprise. The two laid on the ground on their side with Kyuu's arms encircling around Hinata with her head pressed against his chest. She tilted her head up and was about to open her mouth before the boy clamped his hand over Hinata's mouth with his nails ghosting over the girl's cheek causing tremors throughout her whole body. He shook his head side to side, the rings pierced around the shell of his ears made a soft jingling sound as they clanged at one another from his head movements.
Life: Suspense much? Well Review please! The 4th chapter won't be coming anytime soon since I'm hardly done with it, and possibly either Kyoko, Haru, Bianchi or Tsuna may appear breifly! Btw, does this chapter seem shorter then the 2nd one? It seems so to me.
Remember vote which girl ya' want to see Naruto with!
