Story: Shattered Truths, Chapter 10
Summary:
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto...
Konoha Hospital
"Naruto, what's wrong?" Sakura questioned, as she stepped towards him, only to be stopped by Sasuke's hand. Naruto tried his best to find the words, but couldn't. He just looked down, trembling, as he let his bangs fall in his face. He hated people seeing him cry. He felt like it made him look weak. He thought people would look down on him if he did.
"I'm...sorry..." he mumbled, barely loud enough for them to hear. Everyone stared at him bewildered.
"Sorry...? " Sakura repeated, with a mixture of concern and confusion. "Why would you be sorry..?"
"For causing so much trouble..."
Sakura stepped towards the streatcher, startling him. She couldn't stand it any longer. She couldn't stand to see him like that...
'What is she doing?' Naruto wondered, glancing up. Was she going to punch him...?
He was just about to prepare to protect himself, when Sakura quickly embraced him, crying. Silence filled the room imediately. No one said anything for several minutes. They were all taken by surprise.
"Don't worry, It's fine..." she assured him. "You haven't caused any trouble, but If you ever try something like that again...I don't know what I'll do... You hold Team 7 together. So If we lost you, our team would be shattered..."
Naruto, nervous at first, returned Sakura's embrace. Meanwhile, Kakashi stood, speechless, trapped in his own thoughts. He was happy that Sasuke and Sakura were willing to accept Naruto, but at the same time, he was frustrated, because, of all the people he'd met, Naruto should've been one of the most important people to him. After all, that was Minato's son. No, it was his Sensei's son. He was left with the responcibility of teaching Naruto, and being a role model for him. But what did he do instead. He just set back, reading his book while Naruto was suffering. And the only one he'd wanted to train was Sasuke. The special one.
"Kakashi..." Iruka whispered, startling him.
"Yeah...?"
"The Hokage needs to know about this...and he might want to see you... someone here at the hospital needs to know what happened so the nurses can keep an eye on him." Iruka explained. Kakashi simply nodded.
"Sasuke." Iruka said, interrupting his train of thought.
"Huh?" Sasuke responded, as he turned around.
"Kakashi and I need to talk to the Hokage. We may be gone for a while. So I'm leaving him in your care. Will you be okay...?"
"Yeah..." Sasuke nodded.
"Alright then..." Iruka said simply, soon after, facing Kakashi. "We've gotta go."
"Right."
Iruka was about to step out the door before seeing the expression on Naruto's face. He seemed so lost.
"Oh yeah, Naruto, we've got to take care of something. But I promise we'll come back later." Iruka said.
"You mean it...?" Naruto asked. Iruka gave a small smile, as he answered.
"Of course..."
Soon after, Iruka stepped out of the room, followed by Kakashi, who said nothing. They walked half way down the hallway, before spotting a nurse. She was writing something on a paper, possibly a form, that was attached to her clipboard
"Excuse me," Iruka spoke, getting the woman's attention. She gazed up, wondering if he was talking to her.
"Yes?"
"I'm Iruka, and this is Kakashi. His three students came here earlier. One of them were injured, and unconcious. I don't think anyone knows what happened."
The nurse thought for a moment, turning to Kakashi, then suddenly recalled something. "Is one of your students named...Naruto...?"
"That's him." Kakashi replied.
"Yeah, there were two other people with him in earlier. I only met one of them, though he didn't give his name. What excactly happened...?"
"It's a long story, but, to keep things short, he attempted to take his own life..." Kakashi explained. "However, We don't want to overwelm him by keeping him under constant surveillance. But we can't be too safe either. All we're asking, is for someone to momentarily keep an eye on him..."
"That's fine," the nurse said. "Do you have the time to fill out some forms regading Naruto?"
Iruka scratched the back of his head. "Actually, we were just on our way the see the Hokage."
"Oh! I'm sorry." she apologized.
"We'll be coming back later though. Can we fill them out then?"
"That'll be fine." She answered.
"Thank you." Iruka said, giving a small smile. The nurse nodded before walking off.
"Now then..." Iruka muttered. "Lets go..."
Kakashi nodded, as they were on their way again. But, little did they know, quite a few people had been listening to their conversation. Mainly villagers. But there were a few others. Most of these people despised Naruto. They couldn't even stand to look at him. They had left him for dead in the past, but an Anbu Black op had found him in time, and they were severely beaten by order of the Hokage. Now they had the perfect opportunity. Soon, they would have their revenge. One smiled diabolically at the though of it.
A/N: I'm planning on redoing this Chapter eventually because Kakashi and Iruka were SO OOC! IT SUX! And it's too short. But, please review for both this chapter and give me ideas for the next. I REALLY NEED THEM. Oh, I'd like to give credit to the following people for giving me some good ideas and opinions.
1. blue-hart
2. Reishin Amara
3. The Keeper of Worlds
4. mysticmoon1331
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5. XxXLexxibabeXxX
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