Chapter 3
Naruto held Kuro to his chest. He was in 2nd grade and still had a stuffed animal. He wrapped his tail around Kuro. He twisted his tail and fixed the fur on his tail to cover Kuro. He had been doing this since Sasuke called him a baby for carrying. Sasuke was always mean to him but nice to everyone else. He even called Naruto a 'girl'. 'I'm not a girl. I'm one hundred percent male,' he angrily thought. Sakura and Ino stopped talking to him little by little, now all they say is hi. Gaara was leaving so everybody was hanging out with him. Naruto sighed. It was going well but somehow it's spiraling down. People whispered around him, cold stares always were directed to him. Naruto didn't even have to look; he could smell it. Roku-sensei always gave Naruto a glare and went out of his way to catch Naruto doing something wrong. Naruto fiddled with his dress-like shirt. He frowned, the other students were slightly taller than Naruto and their shirts didn't look like a dress, they looked like shirts. Naruto was able to control the emotions swirling around, though sometimes it was too much to handle. Kakashi was spending less time at home, causing Iruka to worry, but Kakashi always came back smelling like perfume. Iruka noticed too, he also noticed the mosquito bites on Kakashi's neck. Naruto sometimes heard Iruka cry when he thought that he was asleep. It was so gloomy it caused Naruto to also cry, but Iruka didn't know. Iruka stopped doing the things he usually did for Kakashi and Kakashi got mad and upset. Naruto didn't like coming home anymore; it hurt his stomach and made him want to curl up, crying his eyes out. Iruka soon started working later hours. Naruto uncurled Kuro from his tail. Kuro was smiling in a cute, beastly way. His leaf cape started to float and wave, Kyuubi's doing. Naruto giggles and stops. How long has it been since he laughed at home. No one was happy in his home. Then Iruka came home saying that Naruto would be living by himself. Naruto starts to cries and Iruka sighs, " Naruto, it's not that I want to, but the Hokage told me now is a good time to let you go." "Why can't you live with me," Naruto asks. Iruka's ears flop down and his tail entwines with Naruto's tail. Iruka places his forehead to Naruto's forehead, " Because I'm not allowed. If I could I would live with you." Naruto looks deep into Iruka's eyes, " With Kakashi too?" Iruka growls, " No. I don't like Hatake-san." Naruto frowned. Iruka used to call Kakashi by his first name. Why doesn't he get what's going on? Naruto enters his room by himself. Iruka had promised to be there with him but never arrived, so Sarutobi took Naruto inside the building and left him at the door of his apartment. Naruto sat in his new bed. The apartment was quaint and comfy. But he felt the resentment of his neighbors pouring through the walls as he lay there; he took out Kuro and looked at the leaf. Naruto sniffed the leaf and there was the lingering smell of jasmine and blood. Naruto licked his lips at the smell. The leaf quivered as if laughing. Naruto pouted, " Stop laughing, momma." The leaf hummed. "Why do you think Kakashi started looking at other ladies instead of Iruka?" The leaf twisted. Naruto glared at the leaf, "That's no fair. How come you can't tell me until I get older?" The leaf quivered. Naruto scowled, " Fine be like that. Good night momma." The leaf went silent as Naruto cuddled with Kuro.
The years went by and Naruto was in the 5th grade. He still had three grades to go before high school. All of a sudden Sasuke stopped coming to school for a while and when he came back, he changed. He was no longer kind and was more reserved than before. He had a pungent, smell of rain on a dirty street and a spicy rage flaming inside of him. Sakura and Ino started to fight nowadays and spent a little time from each other each day. Everyone was collapsing. During recess, Naruto ran to the edge. No one was watching the kids on the playground so Naruto deemed it safe. The forest began to sway as Naruto ran towards it. A couple of trees branched to the height of Naruto. The vines wrapped around Naruto and red small flowers popped out. Naruto started to cry, "Kyuubi, I miss you. I don't want to go to school. I want to be back to when you and me travelled village to village." There came a bunch of coos and yips from the forest animals, the vines stroked Naruto's hair. The earth was soft and welcoming. The trees rustled making an ocean sound, or so Kyuubi had told Naruto it was an ocean sound. Naruto slept there until the bell rang and the vines grew a thorn, gently pricking Naruto's cheek. Naruto sits up alert but he notices the children going back inside. He wagged his tail as he kissed the flowers goodbye. Naruto dashed inside. The rest of the class was dull and boring. Naruto opened the door of his apartment and pulled out a recipe book from the kitchen. He had nothing else to do except learn to cook. He felt cheated though when he went to buy the groceries, the vendor was giving Naruto a glare and the stuff cost so much more than when he went to Iruka. It was bitter. At home, at the market, at school, at what used to be Kakashi's and Iruka's home. It was making the air so unbearable. Naruto rushed to the bathroom and threw up. His long golden hair covered his eyes as he flushed the toilet. Naruto was angry. He was sad. He was hurt. He took off his clothing and put an orange jumpsuit on his dresser. Naruto stood naked and reached inside of his body for his tails. He let them go, and his nine lush tails wrapped around his body. Naruto had the best sleep he had in years since Kyuubi disappeared.
As he walked to school, Naruto wore a wide grin wearing the bright orange jumpsuit. People gave hateful glares at him, even the children following their parents' example. Naruto began to do pranks. Laughing obnoxiously, he dropped paint on teachers, switched books from each classroom making it difficult for teachers to teach without having to recollect all the books to sort, which is which. Students were victims of spitballs and paper airplanes. Girls began to swarm around the Uchiha, the last known survivor other than Itachi who went rogue; after all he killed his own family. Sasuke was cold and spoke by one-syllable words. But he and Naruto always argued to full paragraphs. The prodigy and the dead last since Naruto began failing ever class. They shared a kiss by accident and the girls had really beaten up Naruto for it since then Naruto was pissed at Sasuke. Naruto yowled every curse word he knew from countless people who yelled at him at Sasuke. Sasuke always gave a scoff and smirked. Naruto only found comfort in the forest. There, Kyuubi lovingly held him. Naruto lied to Kyuubi about great everything was at home. Kyuubi felt suspicious but never said anything. It all would change when they entered high school. He was certain that high school would be safe and nice. He walked back home, his long hair waving in the breezy air like sunrays. "Kyuubi… is it alright to cut my hair for high school cause no offense it's weird that you don't let me." Kuro's leaf cape floated in the air and made a whistling sound. Naruto grinned, " No more being mistaken for a girl!" Naruto dashed home on four legs. He scrambled over the stairs and avoided the people in mere seconds. He shut the door as he heard the yelling of his neighbors. Naruto took out a cup of ramen. As he waited, he let his tails loose. They spread across the ground, coming from the window the moonlight making his tails seem silver. Naruto stared outside; the moon was big and luminous. Naruto blushed at how it reminded him of Sasuke's pale skin. Naruto put his hand to his chest; it was beating fast when he thought of Sasuke. "How embarrassing. I fell in love with my rival," he murmured. He fell asleep thinking of Sasuke and of his mother. Wishing they would revert to their former selves.
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