Chapter 3.
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Naruto woke up the next morning with an aching body and a sore head. It hurt terribly making it physically impossible for him to attempt to turn over. It was the kind of pain that stayed intense no matter how much you wait it out and beg for it to stop. Because he couldn't turn over , he laid on his stomach, and it seemed he had to stay that way until the pain appeased.
He groaned and slowly turned over, he had experienced worse pain and this pain would not deter him but , Oh My Goodness!
Laying on his back was like breaking a bone and have somebody put a brick wall on it and then sit on it. It hurt so much he couldn't even see for a moment. He shook his head to regain his senses and sat up , taking his time slowly and carefully less he caused himself more pain.
He stood up and crept across the room and as he passed his mirror he caught a glimpse of his back and was astonished. His whole back was a bright, blood red, and was really swollen.
It was swollen as if he just carried a whole house on his back to Suna and back. The swelling was fresh and raw , probably because of the low quality bedsheets , the landlord provided for him. He was slightly afraid to touch it , with the way it looked.
Naruto reached behind and poked his upper shoulder, hissed and pulled his hand away quickly as if burned. The swelling went from below his boxers to all the way up to the back of his neck, where it stopped as it reached the hairline.
He observed this and had he not been in mind blowing pain he would of thought it kind of cool. He glared slightly at his swollen back , it was making his life complicated not only by the pain but by the fact that as his back was 'sick' or 'injured' , he couldn't train with his full potential , as he usually did and this would cause suspicions to persevere. The only option would be to go to training and act like normal because the King the Ramen knows that when people get suspicious , they get nosy. He knew what he had to do and he knew that standing around wasn't going to get it done. He was rarely ever sick and something like this needed to stay hidden.
He groaned , as he limped to the bathroom....if he could even make it to the training grounds.
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Taking a shower was more of an obstacle than he would have ever thought at any other point in his life. The water was freezing cold as usual as the landlord refused to let the water company send hot water to his room, not that they were that willing in the first place. He thought that the coldness of the water would have soothed his burning back , but because it was so raw, it just made it burn worse. He groaned as the water ran down his back , it sort of felt good in a painful way. He stood there thinking that it might help the pain a little bit , but as the water got colder it stung his back all the more.
He sighed. Would his life ever be normal?
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Naruto stumbled out of his apartment , in a baby blue tee made of a soft silk-ish material and black ninja pants. He couldn't wear his normal attire and though , he did try , the rough material of his jumpsuit greatly irritated his blazing back and he just could not handle all that pain at once , so he wore a smooth cotton , vest and put a soft tee shirt over it. He just strapped on his usual ninja gear and holders onto his thighs.
As Naruto stumbled , limped and staggered to the team meeting place , the bridge , the muscles in his back tensed and rippled causing his back to hurt even more. He could not believe this! How the hell was he supposed to act like he was training if he couldn't even walk!
The gods must be upset at him for saying that he could handle pain like this , because right now all he wanted to do was go back to bed and stay in it. But it was too late. He was already half way there.
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By the time he reached the bridge , it was all he could do not to just pass out right there, in the middle of the bridge and take a good rest , for all his trouble. He still had no idea why he woke up with his back feeling like someone built a new village on it , he had no idea that this was part of his bloodline awakening , as it seems the bloodline awakens by awareness so that when the clan was still alive when the clan elders thought the young ones were ready to know of their bloodline , according to skill , their bloodline would awaken the next day , but of course , Naruto did not know this.(!!!)
When he reached his usual spot on the bridge he sat on the ground , Indian style , laying his burning back on the cool metal of the the bridge railing. As usual , Naruto was the first one there but only had to wait five minutes before Sasuke showed up.
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Sasuke walked to the bridge calmly but as he got closer he noticed that Naruto was not in his usual outfit , was sick and was obviously not supposed to be here.
'Once a dobe , always a dobe.' ,he thought. "Usuratonkachi, don't you even know to stay home when you're sick? I thought there was a limit to this kind of stupidity."
"You ...*pant*...bastard...." Naruto got up slowly and seemed to be struggling but when he was on his two feet said, "Even if I'm sick I can still kick your butt!"
"You dobe, you cant even stand straight." And it was true, Naruto was swaying as he spoke and looked like he was about to faint.
Sasuke wasn't fast enough to catch him and could only watch as he fell unto his back and let out an agonizing shout. Kakashi had popped up right about then and Sakura came running as she was close to the bridge already.
Naruto squirmed and rolled onto his stomach to try and ease
the burning pain. It was excruciating. He didn't know how it cot this bad , burning and itching and unbearable. It didn't come close to this sort of pain when he was walking here.
'Stupid Sasuke , let me fall!' His skin felt like it was peeling off , his bones hurt like he broke all of them , his muscles felt like somebody was pulling them and squeezing them , he couldn't find words to describe the feeling. All he could do was to say that nobody would have liked to feel it.
Kakashi , Sakura and Sasuke just stared in confusion at the way Naruto was acting.
"Ahhh!!" Naruto screamed and his teammate's eyes widened when they saw him thrust and jerk, on his hands and knees , looking as if he was having a seizure. Kakashi took some steps closer to Naruto's active figure. "You two , stay back." Kakashi was afraid to touch the boy , in fear that he would make whatever it is was wrong with the boy, worse.
Naruto's hand let go to leave him held up by his elbows , which were shaking and shivering , as if he had a fever. His tee he had taken so much time to pick out this morning , was in for the worse. There were orange sized lumps , moving along the shoulder blades on Naruto's back , going up and down in two straight lines and eventually the moving became faster and they pushed up and across to leave two long , bloody openings on his back and this ripped his t-shirt , it just fell to pieces below him.
He screamed once more and arched his back. The pain was reaching it's climax and Naruto stilled and raised up , allowing two white wing to burst out of his back , glistening and beautiful.
The wings were beautiful , no other words could describe it. Shining bright , covered in a slick , wet , gooey looking substance with a little blood running down them.
The pain in Naruto's back had lessened immensely and when he gathered himself enough he looked up and gasped.
'W-what the-...! Is that w-what I t-t-think it i-is? My bloodline...'
Kakashi was in a similar state.
'Is that S-s-sensei's bloodline ability?!?!?'
Sakura and Sasuke just stared. Sasuke especially. Kakashi watched as Naruto gasped at his wings and watched as his eyes drooped little by little until he was unconscious and Kakashi picked him up and slung him over his shoulder.
"Follow me." Kakashi ordered , and Sasuke and Sakura nodded dumbly and trailed after him. They didn't register what had happened fully yet , but they pretended in their minds that what was in front of them , obvious and indescribable , had not occurred. Kakashi ventured off , to where he believed Naruto lived.
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Halfway to the area Naruto lived , Naruto himself woke up and looked around. He groaned and turned to look at his wings. They twitched and more blood ran down Naruto's back. It was then that Naruto realized that training his bloodline limit would be much , much harder than he thought at first. If this was just getting the wings , how would he deal with flying , and learning to feel chakra while flying , even just fighting an opponent while flying?
"Naruto."
Naruto looked up at Kakashi , whose shoulder he was apparently
riding on.
"Do you think you can walk? You're quite heavy."
"Oh. Y-yeah , Kakashi- sensei! Just let me down easy okay?"
Kakashi was smart enough to take the back route of the village , where no one else walked , so that the villagers won't get suspicious. But now Naruto had to deal with his team.
Naruto looked around , hoping that they wouldn't ask about the wings.
"So...Naruto , what's the deal with these wings?"
No such luck.
Naruto looked at Sakura and opened his mouth to speak and then closed it again , and it happened two more times before sound actually came out.
"U-u-um.....w-w-well....y-you see , t-the thing i-is-"
Kakashi , seeing his distress , decided to help him out .
"C'mon kids , let's leave him alone for a little while , okay? He
obviously has a lot on his plate now doesn't he?" Kakashi winked down at Naruto and he mentally sighed in relief.
'Thank the Lord of Ramen for Kakashi....'
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While his students walked , Kakashi trailed behind , thinking , 'I should have known....I should have expected this, he is Sensei's son...It was only a matter of time until- ...no , it wouldn't have happened at all , if not for the scroll...Sensei...what do you have planned for Naruto...and what is it exactly, your bloodline, you never really explained sensei...'.
Kakashi stopped walking because his students did."What's the hold up, my little duckies?"(1)
But his students didn't hear him...Sakura was too busy bombarding Naruto with tons of questions. Sakura in a slightly scared voice said ,
"N-naruto...what is all this?...I mean...I-I thought we were going to your house?...why are we here?"
Sakura gestured out to the surrounding area, the Garbage cans, the homeless people, the drug addicts shuffling around, the prostitutes at the corners, at the side of old buildings, hanging out with the drug addicts. The whole area was gray, much like the inside of Naruto's apartment.
"Sakura...this is my neighborhood , sorry to disappoint."
Sasuke, Sakura and Kakashi were shocked at the loss of the honorific and the slightly cold voice in which Naruto said the statement. He seemed so sad, and ashamed of where he lived.
Sakura never wondered or cared about where Naruto lived. She just lived her life thinking it was normal for everybody to have these things. She lived in a fairly large house in the good side of town, with her loving family. To Sasuke , it was different but with the same sort of principle. Sure , his family was dead but he had a whole mansion to himself. He guessed it sorta mattered to him where his teammate lived. Naruto was living in such a dismal? ....wasn't quite the word he was looking for , but was very close. At the back of his mind, he was mildly concerned, but he paid no mind to that and was consumed by his thoughts.
'Wings?! The freaking dobe grew wings?! He really is the most surprising ninja. I bet all of this has to do with the damn scroll...I should have stolen it when I had the chance...If I wasn't distracted by Neji's words I would have had it. That idiot is getting stronger and I am still weak, Itachi should just kill me now.(2) With wings Naruto now has an advantage....I have them with my curse seal, but that is dangerous to my health...Naruto's wings won't hurt forever..but mine will...'
Sasuke grew jealous quickly. Who was this dead last, to grow wings? Who was he, to get stronger everyday while Sasuke struggled? Who was he to smile and laugh and have fun while Sasuke was alone and constantly suffered? Who was he, Sasuke always asked , to get so close to him? To be his best friend , to bring him back from the sinister claws of Orochimaru , to...to actually make him reconsider going after Itachi?
Sasuke squashed these questions as soon as they arrived.
He didn't need friends. All he needed was only to kill Itachi. The only things he needed to feel were hate and the need for revenge. Sasuke focused back to the scene in front of him.
He and his teammates stood there, looking at Naruto , who had his head bent down , a shadow over his face , covering his eyes , radiating sadness , an emotion rarely seen on Naruto's face.
"Naruto...wha-what apartment do you-"
"Six- thirty five."
"W-what?"
"6. 3. 5. Sakura , are you deaf?" Sakura stood shocked.
'Why did Sasuke have to take that tone of voice with me?' (A/N: Ya'll thought it was Naruto didn't you?)
"So...Naruto , I believe when we get upstairs we will be getting a detailed explanation to what exactly is going on?"
Kakashi was no fool. He wouldn't let his students know his true thoughts on the subject.
'I believe when we get upstairs you will be giving me a detailed explanation to your bloodline and it's abilities?'
Naruto tensed before stiffly nodding. Sasuke and Sakura could feel the slight trembling of Naruto's muscles and wondered if even if they weren't holding on to him if he would make it up the stairs.
(A/N: I didn't put it in earlier but Sasuke and Sakura had to help Naruto to walk , kay?)
Naruto...you all right?..."
"I'm fine...just take me up to the room...I'll explain everything..."
Well, he was going to ,that is until, Naruto passed out , once again. It seemed that walking so much after an ordeal like that was too much stress for his body. Sakura struggled to hold him with the sudden weight but luckily Sasuke was holding tight on the other side. She gripped on again , on Naruto's shoulders to avoid the red swelling that , decreased a little but didn't go away
completely.
They ended up carrying Naruto to his apartment. As Naruto , unconscious , started in on a dark , painful dream.
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My little duckies!! Thank you for waiting!! I've been trying to make the chapters longer, so it took longer! Hows that for an interesting chapter? I'm not trying to whore my chapters out so I wont tell you I wont update till I get reviews. I will beg and say sweetly "Please review? Pretty please with a bunny on top? Give me some reviews, please?
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(1)- I love to say that! i call everybody a little ducky! Even my daddy sometimes.(yes I said matter how old I get , Daddy will always be my little ducky.)
(2) He should, shouldn't he? Oh how I wish he would!!
F.Y.I – The scroll said a little pain , right? Well Naruto had to go through so much pain because the Kyuubi chakra was reacting negatively to the change of Naruto's chakra to adapt to the bloodline ability.
(!!!) - I know some of you are like huh?! But you would be surprised how easy it would be to hide a bloodline in such a wide environment, but the were only allowed to use their bloodline on missions and they were only allowed to go on missions when they activated their bloodline so...yeah.
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