First Kiss—Chapter Nineteen
Book Three—In Search Of
"You need a reason to keep living, because if you have no reason you'll surely die."
AN: I forgot the last chapter was ending of book two and I didn't really make it that dramatic which was an accident. Whoops. Book three is ahead now and I'm happy I've gotten this far. Thanks for the positive reviews. I have almost three or four books left, which is the aimed length of this fic.
Sakura sat, thinking, her surroundings were very bleak and dark. Rain dripped inside the room, she sat in a chair, her feet curled up to the chair, holding a coffee cup, watching the steam rise to become invisible. She sighed, thinking about Sasuke. Her feet hit the floor, causing a small blast of waves around her.
She opened the door to the raining street. A sigh as she closed the door, she then threw her back to it, sliding slowly into the cold waters. She started to cry.
The door slowly opened, waves following the action. Naruto stood at the doorway, his hair down from the water, an angered look on his face. He looked at Sakura, she didn't even notice him, he spoke slowly, "Sakura. . ." Nothing. He waited patiently for a response but never got one. "Sakura!" he yelled.
"Naruto. . .what. . ." She didn't look over to him.
"I'll. . ." he looked up and sighed. Rain hit his forehead, as he was not inside completely. "I'll help you get Sasuke." His overcoat was drenched, the many laces falling down as far as they could hang. His hands lay snug inside their appropriate pouches, as Sakura slowly moved her view, trying to see him. He looked back down, giving Sakura a glance.
She slowly stood, water falling from her body. Footstep by footstep, she slowly walked to Naruto, keeping her eyes locked on him. It started to freak Naruto out, as he had never seen her like that. She got into arms length of him and collapsed onto him, Naruto couldn't decipher it from a hug or if she had really collapsed. He held her up best he could, and slowly walked out of the house, still holding her.
"Sakura, are you there. . ."
". . .yes. . ."
"How long has it been since you ate? You're light." Naruto looked into her eyes, they were white. "I'm going to get you to a hospital." He lifted her up, carrying her down the raining streets.
Naruto sat on a bench in the empty hospital. The halls were a indescribable green, all he knew about them is that it made him want to puke. He held himself up with his elbows on his thighs, thinking hard. "How am I going to do this. . ." he said.
Kakashi sat down beside Naruto, a small wooden door beside the two. Naruto had no idea where he had come from and what he was doing here, but he could do nothing but say hi. "I heard from the doctors. No need to explain."
"She's been like that for a while. I don't know what to do."
"What did you say you were going to do?" Kakashi leaned back, looking at Naruto.
". . .Get Sasuke for her." Kakashi smiled when he heard it. "What. . ."
"You were lucky to get him the last time for her, now, this time it is almost impossible. Plus, you can't do it anyways. It's the hunter-nin's job, not yours. And anyways, soon you'll have your own team to be in command of. You have no room for rescues."
"But-"Kakashi interrupted.
"And anyways, last time you knew where Sasuke was and where he was going, do you this time? No. We have no idea why he left and where he went. He is just a missing-nin. There are plenty of them around the world. Plus, we have people looking for him now."
"Yeah, but they've never found any sign of him."
"Naruto, this is an order from your former sensei. Do NOT look for Sasuke. If you do you'll be considered a missing-nin yourself and will probably be killed from a hunter-nin." Naruto stopped talking, and then looked at the small door. "I know, Naruto, but there is nothing you can do. You should have thought before you promised. You have to teach the academy as well, so I'd do that first. Then your team."
"Wait. . .they never told me I was going to be an academy instructor, when did this happen?"
"Well you cant become a jounin straight up, sure you are now, but they want you to teach a couple classes first. All you have to do is teach them the basic skills and tell them about chakra, that stuff. You remember right?"
Naruto gave him a blank look.
Kakashi smiled and then said, "Don't worry, you'll do fine. You start tomorrow!"
The next day
Naruto sat in his seat in front of a whole auditorium of empty seats. He looked at his watch, sweat started to pour from his already sweat-soaked head, it was seven thirty. The first couple of students started to file in, and after ten minutes every seat was filled. "Hey! It's Naruto!" said Konohamaru. Naruto gave him a strange look, Konohamaru was in the seat highest from the top.
"Konohamaru? You've been here for like six minutes shouldn't you have noticed who the teacher was by now?" Moegi raised her hand. "Yes?"
"Uh, teacher, sorry but his brain doesn't start in till seven forty."
"How did he get here?"
"We dragged him."
"Okay. . .I'll remember that. Now class, I'm your new teacher, I'll be teaching you the basics of. . ." he backed up to his desk and looked at his plan as quick as he could, "chakra today!"
Sakura sat in her hospital bed, her hands stringing through her hair as she stared at her bed sheets. The room was dark and damp, and only a single window allowed light. It was more a prison than a hospital room.
AN: Sorry for the HUGE delay on the new chapter. I'm sorry but writers block has me running up the walls, this particular chapter took a whole week to do. Mostly because I would write one or two chapters and I couldn't think of anything to write. Then the next day I'd do it again and BAM the same thing would go ahead and happen. It pisses you off more than it helps you. But writers block seems to be over as I just wrote the last half the chapter in succession. :) Expect next chapter by Tuesday hopefully earlier. Tell me what you think of Naruto bein a teacher.
"You need a reason to keep living, because if you have no reason you'll surely die."
AN: I forgot the last chapter was ending of book two and I didn't really make it that dramatic which was an accident. Whoops. Book three is ahead now and I'm happy I've gotten this far. Thanks for the positive reviews. I have almost three or four books left, which is the aimed length of this fic.
Sakura sat, thinking, her surroundings were very bleak and dark. Rain dripped inside the room, she sat in a chair, her feet curled up to the chair, holding a coffee cup, watching the steam rise to become invisible. She sighed, thinking about Sasuke. Her feet hit the floor, causing a small blast of waves around her.
She opened the door to the raining street. A sigh as she closed the door, she then threw her back to it, sliding slowly into the cold waters. She started to cry.
The door slowly opened, waves following the action. Naruto stood at the doorway, his hair down from the water, an angered look on his face. He looked at Sakura, she didn't even notice him, he spoke slowly, "Sakura. . ." Nothing. He waited patiently for a response but never got one. "Sakura!" he yelled.
"Naruto. . .what. . ." She didn't look over to him.
"I'll. . ." he looked up and sighed. Rain hit his forehead, as he was not inside completely. "I'll help you get Sasuke." His overcoat was drenched, the many laces falling down as far as they could hang. His hands lay snug inside their appropriate pouches, as Sakura slowly moved her view, trying to see him. He looked back down, giving Sakura a glance.
She slowly stood, water falling from her body. Footstep by footstep, she slowly walked to Naruto, keeping her eyes locked on him. It started to freak Naruto out, as he had never seen her like that. She got into arms length of him and collapsed onto him, Naruto couldn't decipher it from a hug or if she had really collapsed. He held her up best he could, and slowly walked out of the house, still holding her.
"Sakura, are you there. . ."
". . .yes. . ."
"How long has it been since you ate? You're light." Naruto looked into her eyes, they were white. "I'm going to get you to a hospital." He lifted her up, carrying her down the raining streets.
Naruto sat on a bench in the empty hospital. The halls were a indescribable green, all he knew about them is that it made him want to puke. He held himself up with his elbows on his thighs, thinking hard. "How am I going to do this. . ." he said.
Kakashi sat down beside Naruto, a small wooden door beside the two. Naruto had no idea where he had come from and what he was doing here, but he could do nothing but say hi. "I heard from the doctors. No need to explain."
"She's been like that for a while. I don't know what to do."
"What did you say you were going to do?" Kakashi leaned back, looking at Naruto.
". . .Get Sasuke for her." Kakashi smiled when he heard it. "What. . ."
"You were lucky to get him the last time for her, now, this time it is almost impossible. Plus, you can't do it anyways. It's the hunter-nin's job, not yours. And anyways, soon you'll have your own team to be in command of. You have no room for rescues."
"But-"Kakashi interrupted.
"And anyways, last time you knew where Sasuke was and where he was going, do you this time? No. We have no idea why he left and where he went. He is just a missing-nin. There are plenty of them around the world. Plus, we have people looking for him now."
"Yeah, but they've never found any sign of him."
"Naruto, this is an order from your former sensei. Do NOT look for Sasuke. If you do you'll be considered a missing-nin yourself and will probably be killed from a hunter-nin." Naruto stopped talking, and then looked at the small door. "I know, Naruto, but there is nothing you can do. You should have thought before you promised. You have to teach the academy as well, so I'd do that first. Then your team."
"Wait. . .they never told me I was going to be an academy instructor, when did this happen?"
"Well you cant become a jounin straight up, sure you are now, but they want you to teach a couple classes first. All you have to do is teach them the basic skills and tell them about chakra, that stuff. You remember right?"
Naruto gave him a blank look.
Kakashi smiled and then said, "Don't worry, you'll do fine. You start tomorrow!"
The next day
Naruto sat in his seat in front of a whole auditorium of empty seats. He looked at his watch, sweat started to pour from his already sweat-soaked head, it was seven thirty. The first couple of students started to file in, and after ten minutes every seat was filled. "Hey! It's Naruto!" said Konohamaru. Naruto gave him a strange look, Konohamaru was in the seat highest from the top.
"Konohamaru? You've been here for like six minutes shouldn't you have noticed who the teacher was by now?" Moegi raised her hand. "Yes?"
"Uh, teacher, sorry but his brain doesn't start in till seven forty."
"How did he get here?"
"We dragged him."
"Okay. . .I'll remember that. Now class, I'm your new teacher, I'll be teaching you the basics of. . ." he backed up to his desk and looked at his plan as quick as he could, "chakra today!"
Sakura sat in her hospital bed, her hands stringing through her hair as she stared at her bed sheets. The room was dark and damp, and only a single window allowed light. It was more a prison than a hospital room.
AN: Sorry for the HUGE delay on the new chapter. I'm sorry but writers block has me running up the walls, this particular chapter took a whole week to do. Mostly because I would write one or two chapters and I couldn't think of anything to write. Then the next day I'd do it again and BAM the same thing would go ahead and happen. It pisses you off more than it helps you. But writers block seems to be over as I just wrote the last half the chapter in succession. :) Expect next chapter by Tuesday hopefully earlier. Tell me what you think of Naruto bein a teacher.