Chapter 10- No Pain; No Gain
Pain; even in the dark he couldn't escape; coursing, surging, pulsing through his body as he tried to reconnect to the world again. He could here voices but couldn't make out what they were saying. He could feel, what someone thought were light pinches and tugs, in reality they were excruciating as each one sent a new jolt of pain through him. He tried to pull his eyes open but they wouldn't listen to him. 'Ugh, open…..open…' He turned his head before a sharp tug raised a moan from his throat; the tugging continued down his back only pausing for a moment as another moan escaped. His mind was coming back along with the memory of what happened; as he was replaying the scenes in his head he felt his body moving. He was on his side then on his back; fingers began probing the wound blinding him with pain as his eyes shot open.
"Naruto! You're awake; how do you feel? Does is hurt? Do want more morphine?" Kixur was talking too fast and Naruto just stared at him. "…What? Are you ok?"
"Are YOU ok?" Naruto started to struggle but Kixur just put his hand on the blonde's shoulder.
"NO! No no; don't get up the doc is still working on you." Naruto froze and looked to the doc who was hunched over his side. The doc looked up and smiled…or what looked like a smile under the mask.
"Hello Naruto, I'm glad that you had enough common sense to get the biggest piece out; or you probably wouldn't be here." Naruto smiled but winced as more blood slipped away; the doctor turned back and picked up his tweezers. "Just hang on kiddo; there's still quite a bit in there."
'Just open the door and check on him.' Her hand froze next to the handle when she heard a sharp cry from inside. She cringed and slowly backed up to the bench across from the door. 'Ooooh! He's in pain and there's nothing I can do!'
"Narelle? Are you going to go in?" M.A. was standing off to the side with his hands in his pockets; watching her with caution in his eyes.
"Master he's seriously injured and…I just can't make myself go in and look at him." His eyes changed into an expression called amusement.
"Ah, Narelle, you see if you had gone on more missions with Naruto in the past few weeks then you would know that most injuries aren't serious when it comes to him." She just stared,
"Your sure? 'Cuz I don't really think that I can believe that." He smiled and lifted her up towards the door,
"Yes I'm sure. I'm also sure that seeing you would do him good," and he opened the door, "Now come along and brighten his day."
All three men looked to the door when it opened and Narelle and Master stepped in. Naruto smiled when her troubled expression met his; the doctor chuckled and muttered to himself about how he caught something "mighty fine".
"So you finally got forced in here by none other then the big Master himself huh?" Kixur said with a smirk as Narelle cast a glare and Master smiled to himself.
"About time right? She's been sitting out there since we brought him in." The doc said as plucked another piece of wood out of the gash. Naruto looked over to his girlfriend; smile gone,
"How long have I been laying here?"
"Oh, about a day and a half."
"What?" Kixur patted his friend's head,
"There were a LOT of wood bits." He said motioned with his chin to a mini Mt. Everest of wooden splinters on a metal tray and another tray that had an ever growing pile on it. M.A. stepped forward and smiled down at the teen,
"You passed the third hardest simulator in the whole center. Congratulations." Naruto smiled as the news hit home,
"Cool! Thanks M.A.- AAH!" The pain came back for a visit and smacked Naruto in the face when it arrived. Narelle rushed forward and grabbed his hand,
"Naruto?" he opened one eye and moaned.
"Dang it Doc! You should really tell me before you just stab me with a needle."
"I'm not STABBING you with just a needle silly boy. I'm stabbing you with a needle and super strong thread."
"Jerk…", Naruto muttered under his breath as the needle plunged through again and again until he heard a snap and felt tugging.
"There you go kiddo. All patched up; now try to take it easy and don't try to move it too much alright?"
"Yeah, yeah," Naruto started to lift his chest off the table and swung his feet down. The minute they touched the cold floor he knew something was off; the world began to sway and colors began to swirl together until he slipped once more into unconsciousness.
"Hina-chan, where are we going?" Kiba was being dragged through the streets until they stopped in front of Choji's favorite BBQ restaurant.
"Just relax Kiba-kun; we're here." She said with a laugh as she pushed open the door. They stepped into the large room where an incredibly long line of people where standing while waiting for a table.
"Maybe we should try somewhere else Hinata." Kiba said while looking around at the crowded tables and bustling servers.
"KIBA! HINATA! OVER HERE!" the couple looked over to a frantically waving Ino with Sai standing to side with an amused smile on his face. They worked there way over to where the two where standing and then were led into a private back room that on the Akamichi clan could use. Neji and TenTen were already there and Sasuke and Sakura; along with Choji and another girl none of them had seen before.
"Hey guys look who's here!" Ino ran ahead as Kiba kept pace with Sai; his arm around Hinata.
"Well Sai, you two certainly balance each other out." Sai laughed,
"I thought I was doing better at the whole "showing emotions" thing."
"Oh you are…believe you are a WHOLE LOT BETTER! But I don't even think any of us here can compare to Ino." The three laughed as the watched her give small bounces of joy as she waited for Sai to come and wrap his arm around her. Hinata smiled, 'he's good for her; and he really does seem to complete her…' she felt Kiba's arm wrap tighter around her.
"Come on we'll make Sasuke and Sakura scoot over." He chuckled as he said it loud enough for said couple to hear. Every looked over to the two and started to laugh as they saw the position they were in. Sakura's fingers were laced tightly in Sasuke's hair and his arms were wrapped tightly around her waist. Sasuke slowly let his girlfriend go and moved down the booth muttering something about how Sakura started it. She laughed and placed her head on his shoulder,
"And here I thought you were actually enjoying yourself." He smiled at her false hurt expression,
"Oh, I did my cherry blossom." The mystery girl that Choji had his arm around smiled,
"Aaaw, you two even have cute nicknames for each other." The raven haired and pink haired teens looked over at her, "And I ruined the moment." She looked down with a blush. Kiba started to laugh as a waiter came by and took their orders.
"Sooooo…I'm Kiba Inazuka and this is Hinata Hyuuga."
"I'm Sakura Haruno and this is Sasuke Uchiha."
"I'm Ino Yamanaka and this is Sai…uh well…this is Sai." The girl smiled,
"I'm Leanna Marieano (MAH-REE-ANO) and this is Choji." The food arrived and Choji and Leanna both jumped up yelling,
"PORK IS MINE!" Everyone gaped as the two turned to face each other and both turned red.
"That is…uh…the pork is hers." Everyone's jaws hit the floor as their eyes grew ten times in size. Choji was giving up his pork. PORK. BBQ PORK! Leanna was still blushing but looked up to him,
"We can share it, Choji-kun." His head snapped toward her as she put her hand on the side of his face. They both turned and faced the group,
"What?"
Neji and TenTen were walking through the park hand-in-hand with TenTen's head was leaning against his shoulder.
"You alright Neji? You look kind of nervous."
"Y-yeah, I'm alright." She stopped slipped her hands around his neck. "Are you sure you're ok Neji-kun?" he smiled.
"Yah, I'll be fine now."
"Why is tha-mmph…" his lips crashed against hers and their tongues battled and the sun reflected of the blue pond.
"Ok little boy. Spill it; why are you evasive?" Temari put her hands on her hips and cocked them to one side. Shikamaru smirked as he slipped his hand around said hips and pulled her against him.
"Troublesome women. I'm not evading; IM making sure that you will keep coming back." She smiled deviously and pulled him into a kiss as he pushed her onto the wall. She pulled tighter; deepening the kiss.
Naruto was waking up but his mind was foggy. He knew that there were people in the room but he couldn't make out clear shapes. One of them appeared as a big white blur standing next a black blur.
"Naruto, can you hear me?" the black blur leaned closer and the image got clearer. M.A.'s eyes were filled with genuine concern, "How do you feel?"
"Tired, groggy, slow…uuggghhh…" he slipped off at the end as he closed his eyes before slowly blinking them; trying to clear his vision. "What's up?"
"Well you passed out from blood loss; and now we're having trouble getting your heart rate back to normal." Kixur said in a standoffish voice.
"I feel so special. The great Kixur-the Gentlemanly Assassin- has graced me with his presence." He gave a weak laugh as Narelle stepped forward and started to rub his whisker marks.
"So you are the feared jinchuuriki that holds the Kyuubi. That explains these doesn't it?"
"Yeeeaah, I don't think that I'm really feared all that much."
"Outside these walls; as Naruto Uzamaki? No, but as "Phantom of Death" or "Silence of Night" or "Bloody Eyes" you are. Even when you use that jutsu to make yourself a girl known as "Kiss of Death" you are feared." Naruto smiled and Narelle walked over slowly; a smile adorning her lips. "I can get his heart rate back to normal…if not higher." Her eyes were devious and the smile she had was seductive as she walked her fingers up the blonde's chest.
"Narelle, whatcha doin?" Kixur said from the back of the room.
"Kixur…" she used her sing-song voice.
"Yes Sissy?"
"Shut up ok." She sat on the side of Naruto's bed and started to stroke his blonde hair away from his face as she edged closer. Naruto's eyes bore into hers as they smoldered with love and desire; and ever so softly he raised himself to the point where there lips met. The jolt of electricity that followed fueled the passion of their kiss and he wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer. They pulled away for air and everyone including the doc started to quietly chuckle;
"You were right Narelle." Kixur said suppressing a laugh, "That got his heart going." The couple listened to the monitor as the beeps that signaled Naruto's heart-rate raced so quickly that it seemed that the machine couldn't keep up. Naruto smiled his classic smile,
"Well what else can I say except that you're the only one that's ever done this to me?"
"You don't have to say anything else stupid boy." She said as she began to lean down only to have Naruto push him self upward into another kiss, but this time Naruto pulled her closer causing her to groan. He felt something cool brush his lips, which he opened to allow her tongue to dance with his until M.A. stepped in,
"Ok, ok, we don't want to his heart to stop now." They broke off the kiss and Naruto smiled before groaning and collapsing onto the bed.
"Aw, now look what you did Narelle!"
"Kixur?"
"Ye-OOOW!" with one last glance backwards she left the room and headed to her own to relive what just happened.
TWO MONTHS LATER
Narelle was watching Naruto lower the barbell to his chest before raising it to the full extent of his arms and placing it back on the rack. She smiled as he took the towel he kept at hand and wiped the sweat off his arms, chest, and neck before turning his gaze on to her.
"Alright, Muscles go take a shower and I'll see you at lunch."
"Kay, pick me up some miso ramen?"
"Sure thing!" she said as she trotted out of the room. Naruto walked to his own room and stepped into the hot spray; relaxing his muscles. He thought of Narelle, her big deep purple eyes that made him want to confess everything to her, her luscious brown hair that swayed back and forth with her light steps, her long legs that gave her unearthly grace with anything she did. Everything about her was perfect to him, she was the perfect height, and her voice was that of an angel; last but not least she had the perfect hourglass shape. She wasn't as big other girls but that's ok; he honestly didn't want a girl that was like Tsunade. He got out and got dressed in his usual get up before heading through the lunch room doors where he would see her waiting for him.
"Mmmm-mmmm-mmm! Look at you!" or so he thought; standing in front of him was what had to be a Tsunade wanna-be. Only she had dark hark that was cropped short and dark eyes that almost looked lifeless. "Tall, tan, muscular…" he pulled away from her hand that was starting to stroke his shoulders.
"Stop." She seemed taken aback by his blunt answer to her flirting.
"Oh, don't be like that. I only want what's best for you, sweet thing."
"NOT interested." She took some steps towards him only to have killer intent shot her way.
"TIESHA! GET. AWAY. FROM. MY. BOYFRIEND." Narelle looked ready to rip the girl limb from limb.
"YOUR boyfriend? HA haha no way! This stud can't be yours; you have nothing to offer." That got his attention,
"How dare you!"
"Huh?"
"Narelle is the perfect woman for me! I'd rather have her then anyone else here. Especially over a slut like you!" he wrapped his arm around Narelle's waist and pulled her close as they walked together to their table where Kixur was watching with an amused smile. Leanna was watching Naruto closely as he walked away; she licked her lips imagining many ways to try to win him over.
Author's Note-Alright there we go; more couples with sparks flying. Tiesha has shown her sleazy face and already tried to get Naruto; even though he is holding on strong for now what will happen when she puts her plans to action? Also to answer a question and clear up some confusion-Naruto is NOT a cold hearted killer. It's just a mask that he wears for certain missions. Tell me what you think by reviews or PMs please!