Okay then, cranking out another chapter! Enjoy!
Midori Fujiwara
Kakashi called Naruto to his class after lunch to talk to him after discovering what might have been keeping Naruto depressed.
Naruto didn't have a solemn and unresponsive emotion drawn on his face any longer however.
"Will you leave me the fuck alone?" Naruto yelled at Kakashi.
Kakashi didn't even flinch and let Naruto rant at him, hoping for a chance to just be able to say a word to the raging student.
"My brother is insane!" Naruto continued. "He's in jail and he's not part of my life anymore!"
"Doesn't look like you've gotten over it," Kakashi bluntly said.
Naruto cursed him. "I have," Naruto spat back. "And I'm just alone because I like it that way! And as for your calculus shit, it's just too fucking hard and I'm not going to spend money on a graphing calculator for a class I'm going to fail in any case! Just leave me alone!" Naruto paused for a moment to breathe. "This has nothing to do with you! You're my teacher! Just a teacher!"
"Naruto, I told you," Kakashi said, his voice calm. "I told you in the beginning of the year. You can come to me for anything. If you can't afford a calculator or you're still grieving—"
"You're a teacher," Naruto repeated, and then he walked out of Kakashi's room, slamming the door behind him.
Kakashi watched Naruto's grade in his class drop to a F. He waited for a while before he was required to make the mandatory call to his parent informing about the failing grade.
His mother picked up the phone.
"Hi, Mrs. Uzumaki?"
"Yes…who is this?"
"Hi, this is Mr. Hatake, Naruto's calculus teacher," Kakashi quickly introduced himself once again.
"Hello…Mr. Hatake."
"Well, the bad news is that Naruto is failing my class. His grades have dropped down an F. Um…" Kakashi paused. "I understand about…his situation. I…am aware about what happened over the summer…but I'll try as much as I can to have him pass. I won't let such a bright student fail—"
Kakashi was interrupted by an awkward silence.
Kushina spoke a while later.
"Naruto…just feels very guilty," Kushina said.
Kakashi understood this even though it was obvious Naruto had nothing to do with his father's death. Often the relative of a victim takes blame against him or herself. Still, Kakashi asked, "Guilty?"
Kushina sighed, and Kakashi could see her tired and depressed face through the heavy breath against the phone.
"The bullet…the bullet was meant for him."
Hm. I like that last sentence. And you?
Midori Fujiwara