"Hey, Naruto!" When the blonde heard his name, he turned back and frowned as he saw Sakura waving her hand towards him, the other hand in Sasuke's. She grinned at Naruto and ran up to catch up with him, leaving her boyfriend with sensei.
Confused, Naruto turned back in the right direction and put his hands in his pockets. "What are you doing here, Sakura?" he asked, his voice low. His hair waved shortly back and forth and he yawned, his eyes squinting at the sun.
Sakura smiled falsely and giggled. "What do you mean, silly?" she looked at Naruto and smiled. "We are a team, aren't we?" before Naruto could open his mouth, she continued."-and a team has members. Members talk to one another."
Naruto rolled his eyes and looked up in the sky, kicking yet another rock, getting on Sakura's nerves. "Yea, well I'm surprised you're actually acting like one," he shot, glaring at her. His shoulders tensed and his steps began harsher and he became angrier.
Surprised, Sukura stopped walking and held up a finger, her mouth slightly opened, her face falling. Sasuke stopped shortly behind her with Kakashi. "What is it?" he asked, putting his hand on her back softly, urging her a bit to make her continue walking.
"N-Naruto just-" Opening her eyes more, she furrowed her eyebrows and marched up to Naruto, curling her fists. When she got back to his side, she turned towards him."What do you mean by that, anyhow Naruto?"
Naruto turned towards the pinkette and raised an eyebrow. "Just forget it," he muttered, losing eye contact. When he looked forwards, he leaned in and saw a huge building that was red. When he realized what it was, his face lit up and his pace quickened. "H-Hey it's the Fire village!" he exclaimed, gasping happily.
Kakashi turned towards Sasuke with his drop down and he sighed."We go on a mission with him and the only excitement we get to see is about someone he hasn't seen in a lifetime?"
Sasuke chuckled, amused."Well, it makes sense,"
Kakashi chuckled and turned back towards a now running Naruto. "Well, I suppose you're right," he said, walking towards the ninja of The Fire Village. "Let's get this show on the road, shall we?" he asked, putting his arms crossed against his chest.
Naruto grinned falsely as he sat down on the sleeping bag Kakashi had allowed him to borrow for the time being. In front of him was a table and on the other side of Naruto was a young man his age. He had blue hair that had grown out and as usual, he was wearing the old clothes he had on last time.
"It's great seeing you again, Naruto," Sora greeted friendly as he too, sat down with him.
Naruto nodded and looked at Sora, his smile gone. "What is it like?" he asked, putting his chin in his hand palm-up. His elbow rested on the table as he squinted at Sora.
Taken back, Sora raised his eyebrows surprised. "Pardon?"
"What is it like here now, that you and the town have cleared things up?"
When Sora's face lit up, Naruto bit his lip. Damn. "Oh it's great here!" he claimed. "People here are welcoming, kind-" as Sora went on and on about the village, Naruto nodded and said 'Yes,' to everything he said, using a fake laugh with Sora when he told a lame joke he's heard before.
Looking over and finding his team over by the doors, waiting for him, he got up and said goodbye to Sora, only to fall under silence on the way back again. When Team Seven camped out again, Sakura grabbed Naruto's arm and plopped him down next to Kakashi, and held out a bowl of noodles and fish with meat and shrimp on the side. It was ramen, his favorite! There was no way he'd turn this down, right? "Come on, Naruto," Sakura said softly, sitting down with Sasuke. She grabbed a bowl herself and started eating."Have some fun, join in and eat-"
Naruto cut her off by chuckling dryly. "No thanks," he answered, getting up and setting the bowl down."I ate with Sora." He lied. He walked over to his tent with a wave of dismissing and went to bed. Sakura's face fell as she went silent. Sasuke frowned and shook his head. They all locked eyes with each other and nodded. Something was wrong with Naruto.
When the next morning came, the team found themselves watching Naruto more closely. Ever since last night, Sakura has been noticing that Naruto had changed. The light she saw in him when he was younger, wasn't there. His smile she loved, wasn't there. All she saw was the fake smile she used to cover up the pain. When the team came back from The Fire Village and into The Leaf Village, the team departed their ways. Kakashi went to Tsunade, Sasuke went home and Naruto went to his house. Sakura stood there, biting her lip, unsure which she should follow.
"Find out what he's hiding,"
Sakura nodded and turned towards Naruto and stepped forwards, sand dusting from the bottom of her shoes as she followed the nine tails. People around her walked up to her and happily greeted her, and she greeted them back, but as she noticed that people greeted Naruto, he wouldn't greet them back, alas acknowledge them. After what seemed like hours for her, she finally followed him home, stopping outside of his window which held his bedroom. Her eyes scanned the dusty room and she frowned when she saw a hint of blood on one of his outfit's sleeves.
Did he get injured? No, just by looking around, no one had dared to enter but Naruto himself. Sitting down on the slanted roof outside of Naruto's bedroom window, Sakura perched herself neatly and waited, her eyes closing.
When Naruto cleaned himself, he stopped in front of the fridge. His hands were sweaty and his neck was clammy, making his hair stick to him. His back and forehead were covered in sweat as he breathed hard. He closed his eyes and when he did, they burned intensely. He gasped and his eyes flew open tiredly. Damn it. Not yet. Slipping his fingers off of the fridge's handle, he ignored the hungry growl he got and went inside his bedroom, closing the door rather softly and he turned on the light, making him hiss.
He immediately turned off the light was stood there, rocking slowly back and forth. He turned slowly and his eyes traveled to his shirt that was on the ground. He flinched at the blood of his own, splattered on the floor. He couldn't help but cringe at the amount he managed to lose. Grimacing at the pain he received when he pushed his sleeve up, he went over to the nightstand and opened it, revealing a kunin. He grabbed a lighter and inflamed it. After it was steaming red, he put the source of heat down and inhaled sharply as he lowered the hot Kunin on his thigh. It was getting hard to breathe, he thought through mini gasps. His vision blurred
The pain made him grimace hard, but he pressed harder into his thigh and the hot metal went through, his skin peeling and slicing open, blood-forming around the Kunin and spilling down his thigh. He gasped loudly and choked on a cry as he felt the burning hot pain slice through his veins. He quickly pulled the knife out after twisting it sideways and gasped, tears spilling. He dropped the kunin and it fell to the floor with a metal clank and Naruto slumped to the floor with a shaky breath. He felt himself going lightheaded and he passed out, his hands numb and shaking.
When Sakura heard a loud metallic clatter as if it hit the ground and a soft thud, she jolted and quickly looked in the fox's window to see that there was blood everywhere. The yellow-haired companion was on his side. His back showed half of his side to her as she lay on the left side of the bed on the ground. Her first instant was to yell out his name in terror, her own voice not reaching her ear, but she guessed it reached others, but she didn't care, as she tackled into his window and flipped onto the bed. She rushed to her boyfriend's best friend and screamed high pitched, covering her mouth, sobbing now as she saw the scene.
His arms were cut deeply along with deep wounds all over his arms and thighs. It tortured her just to look at her."Kakashi!" Sakura's sore and cracked voice screamed in terror, hiccupping as she sobbed loudly.
There was a kunin covered in blood that lay beside Naruto's foot. half of his lower body was covered in blood as she measured the deep cut. It looked liked someone had thrashed the weapon in his thigh and twisted it many times for torture and pulled it out. Her hands shook heavily as she pulled Naruto's body on his back, away from the bed, a pool of blood dragging underneath him.
She held out her hands in front of his thigh and closed her eyes, her chest heaving up and down shakily as she sobbed, her tears going on his chest. A green/blue circle light appeared on his thigh.
When she opened her eyes again, flashes of Naruto cutting his arms came into her view. His dull eyes looked at her as she sobbed more, the tears not stopping. Her shoulders shook and she shook her head, her short hair waving in her face. Her headband fell off her head and fell to the ground with a clatter. She sobbed loudly as she reverted her healing to another part of his body that was badly injured.
There was a stomp behind her, and she was pulled from Naruto. She gasped loudly and blinked through her tears and saw team seven and other people in the room. People swarmed her and asked her multiple questions, but someone shouted something and everyone stopped.
"Naruto is badly injured!" she heard her sensei yell over the crowd. He picked him up."Get Sakura cleaned up, Sasuke," He ordered."The rest of you clean this mess and find any personal information and hand it to me at the infirmary-" There was a hesitation, but he turned towards Sakura and frowned, his face softening. "Thank you for your work," he said before flashing away.
How did I not know that it would lead to this? I'm his teacher damnit! I knew he was cutting, I knew he was depressed, I knew something was wrong with him, how could I allow this to happen?!
I felt the blood from my student leak on my hands and drip off as I run through the village, parents, and kids gasping and stilling at the sight of him. I tried to keep my composure as I burst through the hospital and saw Tsunade standing there with a chart in her hands.
She turned towards us and froze at the sight of us. Her face went pale and the chart fell out of her hands and went to the floor."H-h-ho-" Her voice shook as she cleared her throat and put on an expression I couldn't read.
I step forwards, my eyes pleading as I desperately try to hold myself together."He doesn't have much time left-" I shove him forwards in my hands towards her."Please!"
She nods and yells something I can't by the ringing in my ears. She takes him from my hands and suddenly he's on a white table and people are instructing orders all around that my vision is spinning. They're running into the O.R with him, wheels clouding my thoughts. My vision slurs and somebody grabs my arm and back and leads me to a sitting chair.
"You look like a ghost just fooled you," A male's voice tells me. I shakily look over and see Iruka smiling sadly at me."-and at this point in your vision, I think one might've," He chuckled. I shook as I chuckled with him, but it died down as I looked away and stood, walking to the O.R. "Kakashi, take it easy, I don't think that's a good idea-" Iruka stated, but I ignore him as I look through the door's window. Naruto was under a white sheet and a lot of people were surrounding him. I saw Tsunade standing over him, her hands placed in the sheet. Her hair was up in a messy bun, but I could tell that seeing Naruto like this brought up unwelcomed memories in her past.
Staggering backward, I shook my head as Iruka clutched me firmly from falling. I inhaled heavily and nodded, meeting his eyes."Y-yea I think that's true." I whispered, chuckling a bit as I flinched and stood up more. I turned towards the exit and walked out of the building with him.
There was silence, but Iruka stopped in front of the bar and looked hopeful, but sad at the same time. "Come on, with what you just saw, I think a few drinks wouldn't hurt." I stood there, looking at him, but I nod, finally agreeing with no note of my voice speaking, and walked in and took a seat at the bar. It was loud, but I didn't mind it.
"Kakashi!" Sakura's voice wailed loudly for me as I froze in my spot."Naruto!" She screamed terrified. My heart skipped a bit as I dropped the ice cream I was eating and I ran towards Naruto's apartment, gritting my teeth. Please let no bad happen to him. He's only a child.
I finally reached his house and when I barge in, people follow behind me, Sasuke was the first one behind me. I stop and I look at the scene. There was blood everywhere and it made me shudder. My heart broke when I stared at Naruto's dull eyes. His outfit was drenched in his own blood and I looked at Sakura. She was crying hysterically. I couldn't blame her. Her hands were bloody from the yellow idiot's blood. Her hands shook heavily and I quickly took action. Sasuke took Sakura in his arms, ut her eyes were on Naruto's body. She wasn't really here.
I took Naruto, but my comrade's students kept yelling at Sakura that I yelled over everybody. The girl just saw her teammate try and commit suicide, now they're yelling at her?
"Naruto is badly injured!" I yelled, my eyes rolling over, Ino and Sei. Sasuke met my eyes and nodded."The rest of you clean this mess and find any personal information and hand it to me at the infirmary-" I looked at Sakura who was still crying, but had quieted down with Sasuke at her side and smiled sadly at her. I thanked her and I turned and ran out of the window.
"Kakashi," Iruka's voice shook me out of my thoughts and I turned to him, embarrassed. He held a shot out in front of me and frowned. "-take this,' I reached up and slowly took the shot of alcohol out of his hands and pressed it to my lips."It'll help with the pain."
If that were true, he'd be a drunk.
Nodding, I take off my mask, and I down the shot, the burning substance going over my tongue and went down my throat. I gasped and coughed. Iruka laughed and clapped my back and leaned in my vision. "Strong huh?"
I laugh with him and nod. "Horrible-" I pause as a sweet texture releases in my tastebuds. "Sweet?" I frown."What is this?" I asked as he handed me another one.
"Apparently it's silver vine saka," He answered.
One shot after another, I felt myself relax and I grinned more. I felt happier. Looser.
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