Someone like me..I didn't know anyone else COULD be like me..
There are alot of others like you. You've just never met them.
And Naruto is one of these people?
Yep.
Naruto stepped closer to my bed, the shock still showing on his face. 'Do you have a demon?' he asked firmly. At first I thought he was angry, but at what? I hadn't done anything! It wasn't my fault I had this stupid monster inside me. Naruto took another step. 'Well?'
'Naruto..' said Sasuke, beginning to rise. 'It's not her fault. There's nothing she can do to control it.'
'Shut up,' said Naruto, not even bothering to face Sasuke. 'I'm talking to her, not you.'
I had never heard Naruto be mean to anyone. Especially not Sasuke. They had been best friends from even before I met them. But here they were, Sasuke shocked into silence, and Naruto with a shocked and angry look. What do I do?!
Tell him the truth.
But he's mad!
No. Tell him. Nothing bad will happen.
'I..Yes,' I said quietly, tears beginning to come to my eyes again. Naruto's eyes widened, and I was afraid that he might start yelling. I shut my eyes and let the tears drip down my face silently. Then Naruto did something that I never saw coming. I heard him take one final step towards my bed, and then put his arms around me in a hug. At first I thought he had passed out, but then I saw him sobbing. Naruto was crying. I..What..
Even Kakashi had a surprised look, and hardly anything surprises Kakashi these days. Naruto raised his head to look at me. I nearly flinched. There were tears running down his face, and his bright blue eyes looked sadder than I had ever seen them.'I s-should've known. The K-kyuubi told me that someone else had a d-demon. She s-said it was right in f-front of me, b-but I never saw it. I s-should've seen it on the m-mountain. I c-could have h-helped you..'
He buried his face into my neck again. The tears were still running down my face, too. 'I'm so sorry!' he screamed, holding me tighter. 'I could've saved you so much pain!'
'Why do you care so much, Uzumaki?'
Naruto's eyes widened with rage when he heard the voice. I thought I saw a hint of orange before he spun around. 'Get out.'
Those two words were the only ones to come out of his mouth, but they held so much hatred and venom that even I flinched a little bit. 'What, you didn't learn the first time? Stay away from her.'
Neji snorted and walked to stand next to Sasuke, who eyed him suspiciously. 'Isn't your room, Uzumaki. It's hers.' He pointed to me. 'And I'll only leave when she tells me to. So, Kikyo?'
I felt strangely calm, despite everything that was going on. 'What do you want, Neji.'
Naruto held my hand tightly. 'She obviously doesn't want you here. Leave.' There was still a trace of tears on his face.
'Why don't you want me around her? I won't hurt her.'
'I don't want you changing her, like I know you will. You'll make her into another one of your little toygirls. And she deserves better than that. She deserves better than you.' Naruto was beginning to raise his voice, and I could feel the anger building up in his chakra.
Neji rolled his eyes. 'Well, as far as I see, it's not really your choice, is it? It's Kikyo's choice. It's her life.'
'I will never let her choose you,' said Naruto. His voice was even louder. 'You don't know her, and I do! She's too clever, beautiful, smart for the likes of you! You're nothing but a playboy, and everyone knows it!'
'Why won't you let her choose me? I mean, if she does, then you can just move on. Find another girl. I mean, there's plenty in the village.'
That's when I finally realized what Neji was doing. He planned this. All of it. He was using Naruto's anger against him. Frantic, I looked at Sasuke, who nodded slightly. He saw it too. And he knew what was going to happen.
'So why do you care so much?'
At first I thought Naruto might just punch Neji again. I saw his eyes hold such anger than I thought he might blow up right there. But there was something else in his eyes too. Something that was probably the direct opposite of anger. Neji asked again. 'Why do you care about her so much?'
'BECAUSE I LOVE HER!'
Silence.
Silence.
Blink.
Sasuke coughs.
Blink.
Silence.
Neji grinned. 'Well, then. I won't intrude. See ya, Kikyo.'
Door closes. Damn, he's clever.
Waaay clever. I wish I would've realized what he was doing before, though.
Yeah, me too. Hey, how does my face look right now?
Well you look like someone just told you that your fly is open.
Shocked?
Very.
Kakashi cleared his throat. 'Er, Sasuke, I think we should, uh, go, you know, get..something.' Naruto was still staring straight ahead, as if he couldn't believe what he had just yelled. Sasuke nodded, and he and Kakashi left the room. So, here I was. Alone with Naruto.
What do I say?!
Well, do you love him?
I..I never..
I know. The demon has always prevented you from loving anyone. But obviously this kid can take care of himself. Do you love him?
Yeah. I do.
I cleared my throat. 'Naruto..'
He spun around so fast that I thought he might fall on his face. His eyes had tears in them again. 'Kikyo, I love you! I love you, I love you, I love you! I'm sorry I didn't say it but I do, and, and..Please don't go with Neji, he's a such an idiot, I mean, I know I'm not so smart, or clever as Neji, but please! I love you, please!'
I laughed. 'Naruto, you're babbling.'
'I'm sorry! I won't babble if you don't want me to, it's just that I've never loved anyone and I know I pretended to like Hinata cause I didn't want you to know, I mean, I've never even kissed anyone!'
'Babbling, Naruto.'
He looked down at the ground. 'Sorry..So, you're going to go with..with Neji..?'
'I never said that.'
He looked up at me with a puzzled look.
'Naruto, you really are the dobe. I fell in love with you the second I met you two years ago.''R-really?!'
'Yes, you weirdo. And, I-'
Didn't get to finish my sentence, because Naruto hopped up and kissed me. Sweeeeeeet! This is BETTER than TV!
Whoa. Didn't see THAT coming.
I diiiiid!
