(THE POEM ON THE BOTTOM WAS WRITTEN BY ME, CHELSEA FORCE, PEOPLE MIGHT SAY IT IS ALSO ON AND IT IS BUT IT IS UNDER MY NAME! I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT)
I am so sorry for the yearlong wait but I am alive and well and here to continue the story. So without further ado here it is.
The next two periods, History and Algebra 2, went nearly the same. His name was called from the roll and students would turn in shock, confusion, and mostly disgust. Teachers would degrade him subtly and then act as if he were a shadow. He made it through those classes and was relieved that lunch was next. He walked down the hall and entered the cafeteria, making his way to the lunch line. Once there he got his lunch, although some portions were smaller then they were supposed to be, he searched for a table. He noticed Sasuke sitting at one with another kid that had long brown hair. He decided against sitting there and noticed another familiar face. The kid he ran into in the hall earlier that day. He was at a table by himself and Naruto thought it was the safest bet. He sat down across from the boy and stuck out his hand.
"Hi, I'm Naruto."
"I know, we have literature together."
Naruto rubbed the back of his neck and chuckled. "Sorry, I'm not very observant!"
The red head stared at Naruto blankly before returning to his packed lunch. Naruto started to eat his but couldn't ignore the fact that he didn't know the guy's name.
"Ummm….so I know I should know this but, whats your name?" Naruto looked up and so did the other. Naruto thought he was just going to ignore him and return eating so he spoke first, "Forget it, I shouldn't have even aske……"
"Gaara."
"What?" Naruto didn't hear the boy past his own ramblings.
"My name is Gaara." Gaara returned to his sandwich and Naruto smiled widely.
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"Explain." That was all Sasuke said and he knew it was all he needed to say to get Neji to talk.
"Yesterday, kinda late, Hinata said Hinabi needed a refill for her prescription and that she didn't want to bother any of the staff. She said it was only a 20 minute drive away and that she wanted me to accompany her. I had already went to sleep and after being woken so abruptly I refused. I shouldn't have, I know it was stupid, but I was tired and I had been yanked around all day, I just wan-."
"Neji! Focus, what happened to Hinata?" Neji took a wavering breath and continued his tale.
"She got everything she needed and got in the car. I heard she arrived there safe and sound. When she got in there she went up to the desk when a fucking homeless man walked in with a gun. There were about 7 people in the pharmacy and he started babbling about wanting drugs and no problems, no heroes. Some kid started to cry and the damn mom couldn't shut him up. The guy was stoned and he couldn't stand the noise. He turned to shoot the pair but Hinata and her sensitive heartstrings couldn't let him. She stood right in front of them and took it. The man was aiming for the kid's head; he was standing on his own and was about seven or eight, so the bullet hit her right in abdomen. She is in the hospital, in critical condition. If I was there I could have done something, could have stopped her…"
Sasuke shook his head. "Neji, even if you were there and if you did stop her she would never have forgiven you, for letting that kid die. She may be injured but she is happy and she wouldn't want it any other way."
Neji now had his head on the table, his bangs pooling against his face. "If you want I'll come with you after school to see her." He lifted his head and nodded his head, trying to wipe away the tears on his face subtly. He was looking up when he noticed the mob of blonde hair across the way.
"Whose the new kid?" Sasuke growled and turned to confirm his thoughts.
"Some poor kid, he is the kid of that murderer Uzumaki. And he looks like he is in the right company too." Unknown to Sasuke Negi glared at that last statement.
The lunch bell rang and Naruto was actually looking forward to his next class; Creative Writing. He was even more excited to learn that Gaara was in his class. He walked in and noticed, sadly, that Iruka was the teacher, only in a different classroom. Iruka once again called roll and Naruto was ready for the malice, ready for the anger, the pain, but he wasn't ready for the normality.
"Uzumaki Naruto?" Iruka looked up expectantly.
Naruto was shocked. He shook himself from his stupor and raised his hand and said here, although very weak.
Iruka smiled, checked him off and returned to his chair. Naruto stared ahead for a while and tilted his head to the side until Gaara cleared his throat. Naruto turned and Gaara passed him a piece of paper.
Prompt: Write about mistakes. That is all I am giving you so just go with anything that is in your head.
This is the prompt for the next week Naruto, any form of writing is allowed.
Naruto read the paper and then crumpled it up. The word 'Mistakes' was easy.
Repeating Our Mistakes
Here in the 21st century
We live in complete ease
Never fully aware
Of all the mistakes we leave
An auto correct or a backspace
A little white out here and there
The errors that we always make
Are never ours to bear
But the World has no such luck
They can't seem to get it right
We always end up in the dark
No matter how hard we fight
Mistakes go back to Prehistoric age
Years before our time
We may not notice all the pain
Or record all of the crimes
The first mistake of the world
Was made by Adam and Eve
Ripping the fruit from the branch
And hiding themselves with leaves
God was angered by their ignorance
And punished them severely
The pain that the World must suffer
Is now stated clearly
The next mistake in history
Was made by dictator of Rome
Befriending conniving Brutus
And inviting him into his home
Forty-four B.C. was the day
Of his tragic death
The day the ruler Caesar took
His final, gasping breath
Stabbed ruthlessly 23 times
Drowning in his blood
The Empire taking over
Like an overwhelming flood
The year was 1934
When Hitler came to reign
Hinting to his dreadful plan
Before his plans were made
Yet America stood unaware
Of the tragedy at hand
Sitting back and going slack
As Nazis took a stand
Society has also made
Mistakes that cant be erased
It has ignored the desperate pleas
Of the dying human race
It has murdered little children
Starving in the streets
Has turned the other cheek
When another kid is beat
It has placed the blame of a nation
On the shoulders of one man
It has persecuted people
For the blood on another's hand
Stereotypes and prejudice
Racism and hate
Not aware or ignoring
The pain that it creates
With all of these slow beatings
That fill people's hearts with dread
I hate to quote Hitler
But were ALL better off dead
By the time the bell rang he had finished and sadly passed it up to the front. Before Naruto could exit the classroom Iruka asked him to stay behind, and with hesitance, he did.
