Chapter 7 Times Pass
Naruto was shocked looking at the figure with his eyes wide open. The figure walked forward with tears from their eyes. Sakura and the rest of the team saw the figure with shocked expressions as well. No one moved for seconds in time as Naruto stood up with a freaked out expression shown on his face.
"Iruka-sen-sensei…" Naruto muttered under his breath.
Iruka walked towards Naruto knowing that everyone in the village thought that he was dead. Iruka was in front of Naruto hugging him tightly when he heard that Naruto starved himself for a year that he was gone. Naruto didn't know how to react since his mind was blank with a shocked expression on his face.
"Naruto I am sorry…. See I'm back Naruto!" Iruka said happily when Naruto collapsed on his arms.
"Oh My God! Naruto are you okay?! Naruto!" Iruka soon screamed holding the unconscious boy up.
"Iruka-sensei…" Sasuke soon said with his eyes wide open as well.
"Sasuke … you came back? How long have you stayed here?" Iruka soon questioned.
"I just came back here a few months ago…" Sasuke explained with a smile on his face.
"Oh okay…." Iruka held Naruto placing him on the couch. "Will he be alright?"
"Yes Iruka he will be fine… However I don't know how this will affect his psyche since it was pretty damaged when you were gone…" Tsunade told while she inspects the blonde.
"What! What happened when I was gone?!" Iruka shouted when Kakashi told him to quiet down.
"I'm sorry… But what really happened?" Iruka apologized.
"Naruto starved himself for a year and just recently left the hospital. He soon went crazy one night… He doesn't know the people that care about him. He also has a cold expression on his face not the happy goofy face he usually has. I also probably think that he don't know what it means to cry or to smile anymore." Sasuke said when his last words shocked everyone.
"What? Is this true Sakura?" Iruka asked turning to his old time pink haired student in the academy.
"Yes Iruka sensei it's true…" Sakura replied when her shocked expression soon clamed down.
Iruka soon couldn't believe what happened to his adopted son after a year. He just didn't understand what's really going on. Sasuke then walked besides Naruto who was asleep on the couch. He brushed his hair with his fingers and soon said.
"Iruka sensei do you want to see Naruto's house right now?"
Iruka soon came back to reality giving a nod to Sasuke who stood up telling Tsunade that Naruto will move in with him today. Tsunade nodded and asked Kakashi and Sakura to help Sasuke pack Naruto's belongings while she watched Naruto on the couch. They all left towards Naruto's home. When they arrived Sakura opened the door with her keys leading them inside. Iruka soon was shocked by Naruto's living conditions walking around the area. He soon opened Naruto's room seeing that it was empty barley having anything inside with only two pictures on the table top. He touched and caressed the picture of him and Naruto. Then the group soon heard something drop on the bottom of the bed. Iruka checked what it was when his eyes widen taking out the objects under Naruto's bed. Everyone soon gasped at the sight of the items which were kunai's with blood on them. The blood was old and crusted like it hasn't been used for a long time. Sakura soon checked the items recognizing that it was Naruto's blood on them. They soon placed the kunai back on the bed and they cleaned up the area when Sasuke opened the door of the closet.
"Everyone look at this!" Sasuke shouted since no one ever entered really into Naruto's belongings.
They saw that Naruto's closet had more kunais and other objects that had blood on them. Hardly any of the clothes were clean most of them had blood stains printed on them. Sakura being the only girl there soon puked on the floor as Kakashi and the rest of them just stared in shock. They looked through other cabinets only to find clean and nicer clothes neatly folded. They grabbed some bags placing the clothes inside since the house didn't really need to be empty. Some of the objects were just borrowed from neighbors and the only items that were his was in his room. They left the apartment closing the door and one bag had all the blood stained objects inside so that they can show it to Tsunade.
-Hokage's Office-
(Naruto and Tsunade are located)
Naruto soon woke up to see that he was on the couch of the Hokage's Office. He soon sat up spotting that no one was around. He checked if his weapons were in his pouch when he soon remembered that he saw Iruka in the office. His face then turned cold as he repeated in his mind that it was a fake and Iruka was truly dead. But the other part of his mind soon rejected the thoughts when Naruto was confused in his mind. While he trashed from the thoughts he heard a kunai fall to the floor when he remembered what happened before.
-Past-
Naruto was in his room waking up and he didn't want to do anything but just to leave the world. His mind was blank pushing himself up opening his closet to see lots of weapons inside. He then saw a long delicate and most fascinating sword he got from training with Jiriya. He touched the sword grasping when he stabbed himself, he gasped and thought this pain feels real nice. He took out the sword and stabbed his arm again and again. Blood trickled down to the floor and Naruto smiled a pleasant content smile which took his whole face. He dropped the sword on the floor not noticing the pain when he grabbed a kunai placing it on his wrists.
"This is fun…" Naruto soon chuckled when he kept on cutting and stabbing his body.
Naruto soon collapsed on the floor as the Kyubii healed his wounds rather quickly. Naruto woke up later when he changed his clothes and then felt more interested on what he was doing when he tried it again. A pool of blood was under his feet, Naruto licked the blood of the sword feeling pleasure run through his veins. He soon laughed happily when he did it for two more days. When most of weapons soon were used he stopped and started starving himself on the next day.
-Present-
Naruto got up and picked the kunai up placing it on his wrists thinking that if he rejects the Kyubii's chakara that from these injuries he would actually leave the world. He smiled when he heard the door open revealing Tsunade and the rest of the group enter the room. Tsunade soon rushed to Naruto's side seeing that the kunai was near his wrist. She tried to take off the kunai off of Naruto's hands but was pushed back. Kakashi caught her helping her up and Naruto soon made his move but instead of at the wrist he stabbed himself in the stomach. Everyone gasped and Iruka rushed to his side as Naruto collapsed on the floor.
"Naruto! Please be alright, please be alright…." Iruka soon cried and cursed himself that his leaving made a huge scar on Naruto.
Tsunade soon walked besides Iruka and Naruto checking the wounds seeing that Naruto was rejecting the healing from the kyubii.
"Let's bring him to emergency right now!" Tsunade called out while she healed Naruto with her chakara.
They soon brought Naruto to the hospital where he was treated immediately. Naruto was asleep in his hospital room and everyone else was outside the hospital having a discussion.
"So what were you going to show me?" Tsunade asked with her arms crossed over her chest.
"This Shishou… "Sakura handed the bag with the materials of the blood stains on them.
Tsunade looked shock when she rummaged through the items.
"So what now?" Sasuke said with his hands behind his head.
"Man, Sasuke I can't believe your calm about this…" Iruka said with a confused face.
"I'm not really calm but just standing here isn't really going to solve the problem…" Sasuke explained.
"He's right you know we should do something now and not worry about the past…" Sakura said.
They all stood there and thought that they should discuss the items with Naruto. They all agreed and went to Naruto's room. Naruto was awake disappointed that he didn't die like he wanted to. Sasuke was the first to enter the room sitting besides the blonde who was looking out the window. Everyone else came in quietly and Iruka sets the bags of the blood stained items on the floor in front of Naruto.
"Naruto do you know what this is?" Iruka asked holding a kunai in his hand.
Naruto looked at him and turned away ignoring their presence in the room. Iruka walked forward asking Sasuke to move out of the way. Sasuke obeyed and Iruka sat down touching Naruto's hands. Naruto looked at him with no expression and saw the kunai in Iruka's hand. 'No use of ignoring them…' Naruto thought still looking at the blood crusted kunai in his old teachers hands. He then faced his teacher in the eyes waiting on what they wanted with him.
"Naruto do you know what this is?" Iruka asked holding out the item in front of Naruto.
"It's a kunai…" Naruto responded.
"Yes but really do you know this?" Iruka continued.
"A kunai I used to kill myself a year ago on this day…" Naruto answered.
Everyone turned shocked without knowing what to say when Sasuke shouted.
"You usurantonkachi why do you want to die so badly!? Look you have another person in front of you who cared about you!"
"Who is that?" Naruto asked.
Iruka was stunned and stood up.
"Naruto, I am back and… do you want me to tell you what happened to me?" Iruka asked.
"Who… who are you?" Naruto asked.
"Naruto it's me Iruka sensei…" The teacher said.
"Iruka sensei died already so I don't believe that you're him… Plus I can't grasp anything anymore since look it's a bright day… Really bright day… Another day where I will soon lose myself probably… Just days were I have been lied to and no one cared for me…" Naruto said pulling his arms up moving it towards the bright light from the curtains.
Everyone just became quiet and Tsunade asked Iruka to tell what happened to him. Iruka nodded and then told what happened to him.
-A year ago-
"Run! Just run people!" Iruka shouted.
Everyone did as they were told and a large explosion happened where Iruka did a kage bushin. That bushin as left on the floor as he was else where unconscious. Then a young child was walking around the area saw Iruka and took him home.
"Mama! I found somebody!" The young child shouts.
"Oh my who did you find…? Oh, my put him on the bed immediately!" The mother shouted.
The child followed the instructions placing Iruka on the bed. The mother quickly took out some medicine treating Iruka and changed his clothes. Iruka woke up hours later seeing that he doesn't remember himself. 'Who is I and where am I but mostly who am i?" Iruka thought when in the back of his head he heard his name Iruka. The mother came in with clean white towels and soon introduced herself.
"Oh, hello my name is Amelia… My son Tsukomi brought you here… Also what seems to be your name sir?" She asked.
"I don't know but I think Iruka…" He answered.
"Seems to be you lost your memory… But don't worries it will be back soon just takes some time…" She said.
"Okay but where am I?" Iruka asked.
"You're in the secret village of the sand country… It seems that you came from Konoha…" Amelia pointed at the headband besides her.
"What's Konoha?"
"Oh, it's our allied country so in a way our friend country…" She smiled.
"But you better rest right now since you have a slight fever."
"Okay good night." Iruka closed his eyes.
"Good night…" She said leaving the room.
-Present-
"Well I gained my memories 3 months later and my injuries were soon healed six months later… But to thank them I helped them out and traveled back here…" Iruka explained.
Naruto looked shocked when he tried to say something but his injuries made him go to sleep. He fell back on the white pillow and Sasuke said that he will stay for the night as everyone left.
-Next day-
Naruto soon woke up to see the bright morning light come through the hospital window. Sasuke was reading a book from the hospital as he sat besides Naruto noticing that Naruto's fingers twitched.
"So you're awake now aren't you?" Sasuke said closing the book.
"He's back isn't he…?" Naruto said.
"Oh, you mean Iruka yeah…"
"Oh I see… I guess it's been awhile since I remember him…" Naruto reasoned.
"Naruto I…" Sasuke hesitated but soon cried.
"Uchiha-san why are you crying?" Naruto asked.
"Naruto I love you… I really care about you so please smile just once…" Sasuke said.
"You care… I don't know anymore… I don't remember how to smile…" Naruto said.
"Just please don't try to kill yourself anymore…" Sasuke asked.
"But it brought me pleasure and no one cared about me when I was younger so how should I believe that someone cared for me now?"
"Just see those people around you who watch you and your well being… Those are the people who care about you…"
"I'll think about it as time passes…" Naruto said. "But right now I'm sleepy…"
"Good night then Naruto…" Sasuke caressed the blonde's hair.
Well here is the next chapter and this I used my whole brain for this so I am out of ideas right now. So hope you enjoyed this chapter and Naruto will be a bit cold and will open up in the next chapters. So please review!
