AN: Hey guys, CLK here again, I hope everyone is enjoying this story, cuz I am. But I have two questions, 1. Does not getting a lot of reviews mean that the story is good and there is no need to review , or does no one, except rose tiger thank you for your reviews, give a fuck? And 2. How the hell do I get a beta reader, I'd really like some help. Well without further ado, enjoy.
Oh actually while I was writing this chapter I got some new reviews from the Dreaded Rasengan, and I must say I am honored senpai I'm a big fan of a father to a blonde Hyuga, thank you so much for reviewing!
Chapter 3: "What do you wish for…when you look up at the stars?"
I looked straight at him, he was looking back at me his face was becoming redder, I don't know why he was blushing maybe he knows what gothic Lolita clothes are. Thinking back to home I was reminded of the bridge and how the pain almost disappeared, but this man had to ruin that. I mentally scolded myself for degrading Naruto's heroic action, 'Bad Hinata, bad.' but that made me think,
"Naruto-kun…can I ask you something?" I began
"Um sure what is it?"
"What were you really doing…on that bridge last night?"
'Shit, Shit, Shiiiiiiit' I cursed in my head, I began perspiring through my clothes as I began defending my story "W-what are you talking about, I told you that's the place I like to go to chill."
"That's a lie." She said matter of factually.
"Oh how the hell are you so sure that I'm lying?" I asked.
"Because, that's the place I like to sit all the time, and I have never once seen you there, and I'm normally there for hours at a time." She stated.
"Um, I only go there when it rains, it clears my head…" I told her
"Same for me, still I have never seen your face before yesterday."
My whole cunning ruse was being destroyed right before my eyes, I began to think about how the lie could stay alive, and then I said the first thing that came out of my head. "I-I was wearing a special hat an android cat from the future gave me that makes me unnoticeable to anyone…" I told her.
She began laughing at what I had just said. "D-Doraemon!?" she finally said in between.
I blinked in confusion. "You know Doraemon?"
"Haha yeah, my mother used to put a homemade take-copter on my head and lifted me up to make it feel like I was flying through the air." She giggled out.
"Ha, really? My dad made this small door in the backyard and made the place look like a beach, or France, it was like I had my very own Dokodemo door!" both of us started to laugh at our late parents use of Doraemon to make us happy.
As the laughing died down she looked at me seriously. "So…Naruto-kun…are you going to tell me why you were up there?"
I hesitated to look at her. "W-well probably the same reason you were…I was going to kill myself…" I told her looking at my white socks.
"Um may I ask why?" she asked
"Um well…" I thought to myself for a second thinking about what I was going to tell her. "Come on." I ordered standing up I started walking upstairs.
"Um where are we going Naruto?"
"My special place" I said, entering my bedroom then opening the window, and climbed out and I reached my hand out to her. "Come on I'll tell you out here."
She hesitated for a minute but reluctantly grabbed my hand, and I helped her out of the window.
We stood on the roof in our socks, and looked at the amazing scenery that was in front of us; we could see the lights of Tokyo all around. "W-wow Naruto, this is amazing!" she said gleefully. "But why did you bring my up here?" She asked.
"Well this is my real happy place, the place where I can think about stuff, and cool off. I felt more comfortable telling you about why I was up on that bridge." I told her.
"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to…" she said.
"Nah it's ok, I want to tell you…I dunno why but I feel like I should tell you, like it's right."
We both stood there for a few minutes not saying anything and just watching the lights of the city twinkle.
"I've never been in a relationship before." I began.
"Hm?"
"Well, never had a girlfriend is more accurate. I was in a relationship…a really bad one"
"Is that why you…" she didn't want to finish the sentence, trying not to offend me.
"Yes…" I answered. "For about 4 years I tried my best to be with her but…she broke my heart a lot of times…"
"I'm sorry." She said patting my back, but backed away quickly.
"Ha, ha no need to apologize." I told her
"D-do you want to talk about it…" she asked me.
"I'm sorry…I don't think I'm ready to really 'talk' about it fully." I told her, which was partly true, but I also didn't want her to think I was a creepy stalker gorilla or something.
"Did you love her?"
"…With all my heart…"
"Well…she must have been a lucky girl…I wish someone loved me like that…"
I looked at her, she had tears forming in her eyes I tried to speak up but I couldn't, I had no right to give her advice on something I had no idea about.
"Naruto-kun?"
"Hm?"
"Do you think god exists?"
"Hmm…I don't really know."
"What do you mean?"
"Well there might be, there might not…but there's no point in dwelling on what ifs…"
"Well, I hope there is…then maybe someone was actually listening when we prayed…"
"You a big god believer?"
"Ha not really…I've never even been to church, have you?"
"Nah, but I heard this one dude yelling about god, and cursing at people on the street this one time, he really annoyed me for some reason, never liked that there was chance for me to be like him." (AN:Anyone know who that was? :D)
She giggled "He sounds like a weirdo."
"He was, he was all god this, and fuck that, and he wasn't even wearing a shirt!"
Both of us started to laugh at the weirdo's expense, then we bumped hands, neither of us had realized but we had sat down on the roof and were right next to each other, our hands only a few inches apart. Both of us started to blush and scooted a couple feet away from each other, we couldn't look at each other until we both started to giggle.
"Hey Hinata…"
"Yes Naruto-kun?"
I turned to look at her and started to blush as the moon light made her skin and her hair glow bright, her eye's I couldn't take mine off them, I was in a trance, she was like…one of those weird paintings where you have to look beyond the dots and stuff to see a real painting, I wanted to keep staring at her until I figured out why I was staring at her in the first place.
"Naruto?"
"Oh um sorry, what did you say?"
"Nothing you were asking me something."
I blushed brighter "Oh…right…" I thought of what to say for a minute or so before she took the initiative
"What do you wish for…when you look up at the stars?"
I looked at her for a few minutes, contemplating her question, then I answered "Well…I don't really make wishes…I was taught by two great men…that if you're gonna do something…you have to use your own strength, and the help from those around you to make those wishes come true…you can't rely on some magic formula, or a star in the sky, or even god…you have to use your own strength to solve your own problems."
"O-oh…" I looked at her and she was obviously sad, she was probably thinking that I thought she was a worthless person if she hoped on prayer and wishes.
"But…"
She looked back at me, hanging on the edge my word.
"…that doesn't mean we can't hope that a star or a magic genie will fix our problems…if I could…I'd wish for everyone's happiness…Shikas, Kaa-sans, all my other friends, Sakura-chans, and even yours, even though we were only properly introduced a few hours ago." I told her, a large smile across my face.
"Sakura? I-is that the name of the girl you love?" she asked
"Oh uh, yeah…" I told her.
"Does she have pink hair?" she asked
I blinked "Yeah, do you know her?"
"Nope."
"Then how-"
"Her name is Sakura, I expected something about her to be pink, I was gonna ask if she wore nothing but pink next." She laughed.
"Haha, yeah the name does kind of speak for itself." I told her. "So….do you think it would be fair, if you told me why you took the deep dive?"
Her eye's widened and she began fidgeting and wasn't able to look me in the eye "um…etto…"
"Its fine, no need to tell me, I won't think any less of you."
"T-thank you…but…" she stared out into space; literally, she just stared at the stars for a few minutes, with her knees up to her chin.
"The lights in the sky are stars…" I began; Hinata looked at me confused at my obvious fact. "Yeah they're stars, stars where our spiral cousins are waiting for us." I said, echoing the ending quote of my favorite anime of all time, Gurren Lagann.
"Aliens?" she asked.
I couldn't say anything; I was dumbfounded at how stupid I was for saying that. "Um…well th-there might be life out there, you never know…" I said embarrassed by my earlier quote.
"I like alien's I read this one book about them, it's cool to think there's another race of intelligent beings out there in the cold vacuum of space. Maybe they have the same problems as us…" she said looking up at the sky's, then she raised a hand waving at the sky. I looked at her confused, not only because of her waving, but also because she liked aliens, I remember talking to Sakura about aliens once, she hates them.
"What are you doing?" I asked
"Maybe the aliens are watching us now, it would be rude not to say hi." She explained.
She had a point, so I lifted my hand and waved back at the night sky. "Maybe they just got of a bad relationship, as well."
"Or they aren't welcome in their own home. " She quickly covered her mouth with one of her hands, I looked at her for a second studying her.
"So that's why you almost killed yourself?" I said looking at her blankly.
She covered her face behind her knees, hugging them tighter. "Y-Yes…" she mumbled out.
"What happened?" I asked.
"W-w-well I had a f-f-falling out with my father…I had found out…that he had my w-whole life p-planned out for me, f-from where I would be a-attending University, to who I w-was going to marry, to when I was going to get p-p-p-pregnant and have my first son."
"You mean child right?"
She simply shook her head sadly.
"That's kind of messed up…how'd you find out?" I asked
"Well I began having m-marriage meetings, I wasn't surprised, for a while now I've known I was going to get pawned off to some rich guy, b-but then I was looking for something in my f-father's study and found a folder, filled w-with plans about my future…I got angry…" she was looking at her toes, she wasn't wearing any socks like I was. "So after the argument…and once I found out my father would be out of town…I met you." She said not wanting to talk about her attempted suicide.
"Oh…well that sucks." I told her. "When is he going to be back?"
"About two months…"
"Are you going to go back home?"
"W-well I was going to stay a-at home but…I sort of left the key when I left…"
"Is there anyone that can let you in?"
"N-no the maid's all have 2 months off…my punishment for trying to go against his wishes is l-living two months without his assistance, meaning no money, and no, as daddy calls them, 'servants'" she explained putting air quotes around servants.
"You don't like calling them that."
"N-no…they are people n-not slaves…"
"Hmm…" I thought for a second thinking "Looks like you'll be staying here till they comeback, luckily it's summer break!." I told her standing up."
"I-I don't want to be a bother t-to you or Kushina-san." She told me.
"Nah it's fine, no bother at all, plus my mom will basically force you to stay, well not force more like beg, she would feel bad just letting you leave." I told her gesturing towards the window, signaling her to go in, she listened and climbed back in.
"A-Are you sure Naruto."
"Yeah. Now come on if you're staying here you'll need more clothes." I told her climbing back in and walking downstairs.
"N-No I couldn't possibly allow you to spend money on me." She said.
I walked into the laundry room, with her following me. "Who said anything about buying? I'm an 18 year jobless otaku, I barely have enough money to buy anime merch." I told her bending down and opening a cardboard box. "I think these should be your size." I pulled out a pile of clothes and handed them to her. "Try these on." I commanded her.
"Are these your mother's clothes?"
"N-Not exactly..." who they belonged to was NOT important. "I'll go make up the guest bedroom."
I walked up stairs into the guestroom and started putting covers and sheets on it, also making sure there weren't any bugs living in the closet or under the bed.
"Naruto they seem to fit fine…"I heard Hinata announce from downstairs.
"Oh cool, be down in a sec." I finished making the bed and walked downstairs, what I saw nearly took my breathe away, for the third time meeting her mind you, but this time was more because my little dragon balls started to summon the mystical Shenlong , sadly I couldn't make a wish because if I did I was afraid it would cause Shenlong to shoot out a beam of light…and then I would not be able to use my dragon balls for a year.
"H-how do I look?" she asked, me trying to silently tell the mystical dragon I didn't need a wish and to come back when Tambourine killed Kuririn. She was wearing a t-shirt with the words 'DEMON FOX' Sprawled across her large breasts in large orange letters, the person who owned these clothes had very questionable tastes.
I couldn't look directly at her in fear that I would 'Release' my Bankai. 'Wait I thought it was a dragon not a zanpaktou' I thought. "Y-You look fine Hinata…" I said fidgeting and using my shirt to cover my extending spirit sword in a manner similar to Kuwabara's. 'Damn it stick to a fucking analogy.' I yelled at myself.
"Naruto-kun…" she said moving her face in front of mine, our noses only a few inches apart. "What's wrong?" she asked tilting her head, her arms behind her back.
I bent over trying to cover my DRILL THAT WOULD PIERCE THE HEAVENS! 'Ok fine, whatever floats my boat.' "Nothing I just think…I'm still getting over my c-cold." I told her my face becoming a bright red that make Gurren Lagann's paint job look dull in comparison.
"Really?" She asked putting a hand to my forehead, making me even brighter. "You don't feel like you have a fever, but you look like you do…" She said
'God , Buddha, Allah, Kefka, ANYBODY please save me from this situation, come on I'll give you 300 yen.' I begged in my head.
"I'm home!" a voice announced from the entrance of the house.
'Never mind guys, looks like your help wasn't necessary.' I told the god's in my head.
"How did you guys enjoy your evening without me?" My mom said walking down the hallway towards us.
"We're fine Mrs. Namikaze." Hinata told her, still in my personal space.
She entered the laundry room, noticing Hinata dressed in the t-shirt. "Naruto, you gave her y-"
"Yes." I answered not letting her finish the sentence. "She needed some clothes and I gave her these, also mom, her father and sister are gonna be gone for about 2 months, and she can't get back in her house. Can she stay here?" I asked.
"Of course you can!" She said hugging Hinata. "and don't be afraid to ask for anything, we're here to help, and since Naruto's term is over he can help you anytime you need." My mom told her.
"B-But what if Naruto wants to go out."
My mother looked at her for a second then went out in a burst of laughter, which annoyed me greatly. "Y-Y-You don't have to worry about that Hinata-chan!" My mother told her hands holding her sides.
"I don't understand, what's so funny?" She asked looking at me.
"If it weren't for school, and the ocassional trips to Akiba with his friends Naruto might as well be a Hikkikomori." My mother explained to her.
"Thanks for the confidence boost mom." 'I already have enough problems talking to people who aren't my friends.' I'm not a very social person, well when it comes to strangers. When it's not my friends or fellow otakus, or someone who needs help like Hinata, I have trouble talking.
"Sorry hun you know I love and believe in you." She said planting a kiss on my forehead. "But I'm not letting you becomea NEET so drop out of school you better get a job, I'm not planning on dying at an old age knowing my son is a MADAO." She said leaving the room "love you~" she said in a sing-song voice.
"Sigh my mom is crazy."
"But she cares about you right?" Hinata told me in a bright voice.
I looked at her; blushed, turned around and looked at the clock on the washing machine, 00:57 I saw "We should get to bed." I told Hinata.
"Yes, Naruto I think we should." She agreed as we both walked up the stairs.
"Night Kaa-san"
"Good night Mrs. Namikaze."
"Night you two." My mother yelled from the kitchen looking through the fridge for some beer.
Our doors were right across from each other as we entered our separate bed rooms.
"That's not all that happened…is it?" She asked as we reached our separate sleeping quarters.
"Ha, not by a long shot…and you didn't tell me everything either…huh?" I asked her.
"Nope."
"Ah…well if you're ever wanna talk about it…I got a lot of time on my hands." I told her, opening my door and entering it. "Night."
"You know…I have a lot of time to spare as well…if you want to talk about it…you know…if you want." She said as I closed my door.
I simply shrugged and closed the door giving her a silent answer 'We'll see' is what my action said.
I closed the window, then I took another dose of my medicine, and fell backwards onto my bed, and the exhaustion of the day instantly took my into sleep land.
It was a dream that I had before, it was a dream I actually enjoyed. It was simple I acted out the final battle scene of Gurren Lagann, with me as Simon, the girl in my hand…well tonight I couldn't make out the face of the woman that was supposed to be Nia, Usually it was Sakura, but tonight I couldn't tell who it was but I couldn't act upon it because right when I was about to see said girls face, my dream ended.
I woke up feeling a weight on my stomach, I tried to open my eyes, but I didn't want to so I started to fall back asleep, as I tried to drown out the faint calling of my name. Then I felt something grip my nose, then I couldn't breathe and I shot up from my bed and opened my eyes and saw the one person I was hoping not to see for a while since Hinata was here.
"Ohaiyo, Naruto Nii-chan~"
It was my twin sister…Naruko Uzumaki-Namikaze...
To be continued…
Wow this was a really long chapter, I hope you enjoyed it. Well before we go I want to introduce a new thing I'm adding to my story, please welcome my first guest to The Otaku Dream show. I'm Your host the Crimson Lotus King and every new chapter of AOGL I'll be having a different Shonen action hero to give their thoughts on the story and the chapter itself. My guest today is the star of the great gag manga Gintama, please welcome, the white Yaksha himself, Gintoki Sakata!
Gintoki: You know you're paying me this right.
CLK: Please just read the script Gin-san
Gintoki: Oh um right, ehem "I really enjoyed this chapter Crimson-san, you're such a badass mother fucker all the lad-" ….-throws script at my face- WHAT THE HELL IS THIS BULLSHIT!
CLK: ehem nothing Gin-san, I don't know what you're talking about. –fixes my glasses while turning away with an innocent face.-
Gintoki: You know exactly what I'm talking about you asshole I outta rip off you ***** for what you were getting me to say, I'm an S you know, hope you're an M and enjoy torture you asshole
CLK: ehem anyway that concludes this chapters addition of Otaku dream show.
Gintoki: Matte I have something to say, Naruto should really stop eating so much ramen its not good for him, instead he needs more strawberry milk in his diet! It has calcium which could solve the whole Sasuke thing, and probably even fix his whole Jinchuuriki problem!
CLK: That's all the time we have Gin-san we're already at 10 pages!
Gintoki: I don't care, the message of calcium must be spread!
CLK: -speaks into walkie talkie- take him out.
Kagura:–crashes into roof and kicks Gintoki in his rib- MICHAL JACKSON!
CLK: thank you very much Kagura-san
Kagura: no problem Crimson-kun –starts dragging gintokis lifeless corpse out of the studio- come on Gin-chan I'm hungry and you're buying lunch.
CLK: I hope you enjoyed todays chapter of An Otaku and a Goth loli, thank you for your continued support. –bows- please Review, faveorite, and follow. See you next time
-CLK out.
