Naruto: Love of a Fox


Naruto and its characters are not owned by me. All yaoi,interpretations are based on my own creation, as well as slight plot details that differ from the course of the actual anime. Certain chapters may contain vulgar/sexual graphic material not meant to be read by those 16 or younger. You have be warned so read further on your own free will. Thank you.

Chapter 5

Naruto turned his head slowly, the dizziness fading away, as he watched Jiraiya walk into his room, followed by Ino with Kiba holding her hand. Behind Kiba, Choji and Lee filed in, Lee a big smile on his face. Jiraiya stood at the edge of the bed, as Lee and Choji stood on Naruto's right, as Kiba and Ino stood on the left; Ino sitting on the bed beside Naruto, placing her hand in his.

"How are you feeling", Ino asked, the kindness and sympathy clearly in her voice. Naruto nodded once and forced a slight smile on his face as he looked around the group. A look of desperation too him again, as he he scanned the group several times, and still not finding the one he hoped would be there. Resting his head against the pillow again, the tears began to form slightly as Naruto starred up at the slow rotating fan on the celing. Lee, whow as closest to Naruto seeing the slight tears quickly chimed in:

"Ah...ah...Sakura-chan had to help her mother with a few things Naruto, but she said to give you ummm...", Lee looking to the others to see if any of them had the plastic container with the Ramen in it. As each one shook their head side to side, Lee again unsure of what to say:

"Ahh Naruto...haha...umm...So anyway Sakura-chan will be here soon, so don;t worry!", Lee ended with a big smile on his face, as he smacked Naruto on the shoulder to cheer him up, unintentionaly hitting the boy harder than expected. Naruto winnced slightly at the pain and jumped a little in his bed.

"LEE!", Ino screamed as she held Naruto's hand tighter and tried to ease the boys pain, as the group now screamed at Lee for his carlessness.

"AHHH Naruto, gomen nasai, gomen nasai!", Lee repeated bowing several times, and almost falling of his crutches. Naruto painfuly, and slowly raised his right hand to stop Lee from bowing, as a hush fell over the room.

The entire length of Naruto's arm, from his wrist to elbow was bandaged up, slight stains of blood that seeped through the stiches showing on the surface. Naruto slowly brought his hand back to his side and back underneath the blanket, as Ino let go of his hand and brought it to her mouth, trying to stop the gasping sounds she was making. Kiba stood behand her and wrapped his arms around her, comforting his love. Naruto watched Kiba as he wrapped his arms around Ino, a tremendous heartache swelling in his chest. Naruto, again, scanned the group, slowly this time from Ino to Lee, and smiled again.

"Thanks...for coming to see me".

The group seem to breathe a sigh of relief as Lee laid his hand on Naruto's shoulder gently, but assuringly this time, as the room filled with laughter as the once former group of classmates discussed Lee's crazy ideas of a picnic "inside" a waterfall.

Sasuke stopped pacing the hall for a moment as he heard the laughter from inside the room. Sounds like he's back to his old self...if I went in now, maybe he'll be angry...or maybe he'd want to see me. It'd be good to see how he was doing. I mean I only want to see him as a friend not...I'm not...FUCK. Sasuke began to pace the floor again, arguing with himself weather or not he should go in. As he walked, sitting directly to his side watching him was Hinata, who like him, was not ready to go into the room. Her thoughts were as confusing as Sasukes, as they dwell deep within her:

Naruto-kun...maybe it's because I didn;t tell him sooner. Maybe...maybe I should have told him after the ninja exams...I thought he was in love with Sakura...O Sakura-chan, i wonder how she's taking this. She must feel the same way I do about Naruto, as she does about Sasuke. Even if Naruto is.."gay"...he's still Naruto. He's a good person. Maybe he's just confused. Maybe that's why he was so sad, because he wasn't sure...maybe it's because I'm not beautful...

"Naruto-kun...", Hinata spoke out louadly, unaware that she had done so. Sasuke stopped and looked at the big eyed girl. Hinata hung her head low, intimidated by the towering boy infront of her. Hinata slowly raised her head and starred at Sasuke. Her mind became blank for a moment except for one question. Why Him. Sasuke was attractive, but he was always mean to Naruto. He never showed any care for him. Why did he choose him.

"What?", Sasuke asked the girl, frowning slightly as he starred at her, wondering maybe if he had something on his face. Hinata, gulped down the lump in her throat and gathered all the courage she could muster.

"Sasuke-kun...", Hinata asked softly.

"eh?", Sasuke grunted, staring the girl down.

"I...I mean...do you care about Naruto-kun...I mean do you like him, I mean as a friend...or maybe do you like him mo...", Hinata began to blush and sweat as she looked everywhere around the corridor except into Sasuke's eyes.

"Listen I...", Sasuke began to answer angrily, his conversation with Sakura fresh in his mind.

"I!", Hinata spoke loudly, so loud that she jumped slightly scaring herself. Lowering her voice again. "I just...I mean if you care about him...and Naruto-kun really..I mean, if he li...", she found it hard to finish her sentence. Hinata stood up quickly and bowed while stnading up. "Please be there and care for Naruto as a friend". Hinata finished her sentence quickly as she hurried to the door and entered it, as Sasuke could here Naruto's loud voice, back to its energetic volume welcome her into the room.

Sasuke sat down in the empty corridor as he contemplated Hinata's words and lost himself within his thoughts.

Shikamaru zipped his pants as he hit the "flush" button over the head of the urinal as he proceeded to wash his hands. He looked over to his side as he saw a now clean Iruka standing beside him.

"AHH...NIE A FESH", Iruka said, a giving a big yawn at the same time. Iruka looked to his former pupil beside him.

"Feeling better?", iruka ask the boy, placing a hand strongly on his shoulder. Shikamaru nodded and walked over to the door and held it open, looking back at Iruka. The two left the wasroom and made there way back to the group. Shikamaru stopped suddenly and looked at the man.

"Do You think he's an idiot for doing it?", Shikamaru has plainly, a slight hint of anger in his voice.

Iruka taken back by the boy's choice of words, answered carefully:

"Stupid...no. In Naruto's 13 years, look at how the town has treated him, how we have treated him. I'm surprised this didn't happen sooner, but regardless Naruto is not at fault here, or here say, not the ONLY one at fault.", Iruka explained as straight foward as he could.

"WHY doe he ALWAYS have to do this...", Shikamaru spoke, his anger uncontrolled this time. "Does he always have to be the center of attention. If it's not in school, than it's something in town. In the ninja exams, in his fight with Neji, he's always doing things that aren't necesary, and he's always getting everyone else involved, do we always have to be tehre to save HIM, why HIM!", Shikamaru breathing heavily, shoutting at Iruka, as dropplets of spit, spat at his former teacher.

Iruka smiled slightly and walked towards Shikamaru and embraced the boy in a tight hug.

"It's ok to care about your friend Shikamaru. It's ok to worry about him. We all do."

Shikamaru held on to Iruka only for a moment and then gently pushed him away.

"I'm not saying...that I care, it's just...", Shikamaru spoke his voice and self returning to his old personality, "It's just he should try and be more careful...that's all, not that i care or anything".

Iruka smiled again and nodded his head in understanding. As Iruka turned to continue walking his instincts suddenly came into focus as he jumped onto Shikamaru and covered the boy with his body on the ground as several large rocks were flung through the hospitals windows, shattering the glass everywhere as shards fell ontop of them, like shimmering rain.

"Are you all right?", Iruka asked the boy laying underneath him, worried.

"I'll live, Shikamaru answered, pushing himself upwards, forcing iruka to get of as both headed towards the broken window to look for who or what had thrown it.

Shikamaru clenched his fists as he saw a group of villagers, no, a mob, down at the hospital entrace. Iruka scanned the group horror struck at what the people of Konoha had succumb to with the lost of the Third. Iruka mouth fell agasp as he uttered the words, "O God..", as he looked carefully into the middle of the group and saw, what looked like a strawberry haird girl, wearing a long red dress carrying a sign with giant red letters reading:

"KILL THE FOX FAG"

TO BE CONTINUED