Story's Title: Of Truth and Reality
Author: SchwarzViolet
Rating: PG-13 (coz of later chapters)
Pairings: you'll see later on
Okay, now... I admit, I do not own Naruto.
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Hello there!
Yey! This is my first story and I have this big sign around my neck with the writing 'NEWBIE' on it, so please go easy on me as you read and judge what I wrote. Hope you'll like it!
SchwarzViolet
P.S. This story's AU, in case you wouldn't notice...
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Chapter 1: Nori
I opened my blue eyes and squinted at the bright light, closing them again. Trying to soothe my eyes as they were closed, I heard sounds, voices, and… a faintly familiar beeping. Wherever I was, I was surely not in my room.
The sounds became clearer as I focused, and I recognized some of the voices, too. Thinking it was enough rest for my eyes, I opened them once more, to sight a blurry looking world. Confused, I closed and reopened them, letting them get used to seeing again. After a while, their stubbornness left and I could see clearly, albeit it caused a wave of dizziness to come.
Looking steadily upward, I remembered seeing the ceiling before already… yes. And the beeping… it came from a heart monitor. I was at the hospital. Thoughts shot right through my mind.
'What the hell happened? Why am I here? And why do I have these wires to me?'
I tried to move my body, for it seemed to me as if I was lying for a while now…first my hands, then my feet. Not bad. I could move them. Then my arms…shit! It felt like a thousand needles just pricked me hard on those arms. No, make those a thousand knives.
"Now, now. Take it easy. You don't want to fall unconscious again, do you? Keep on moving like that and the pain will get to you."
I steadied my gaze to the figure who just spoke to me, and looked at him confused.
"Kakashi-sensei! What am I doing here at the hospital? What happened? And why… are you wearing that doctor's uniform? I never knew you were part of the medical team. Since when did you become a medic-nin, anyway?"
I stopped to inhale and waited for his answers.
'Kakashi-sensei…a medic-nin? Wow! He's really an all-around-guy. Wait till I tell the others how funny he looks in that uniform. But still… one could think that he would show his face now without that mask of his, but that clever guy took a surgeon's mask. Typically bright.'
I shook my head, my blond hair going side-to-side with my head, and smirked.
'Yep, that's my sensei!'
There, I looked at him and waited once more for his answers, which never seemed to come. That was when I noticed the serious look on his face and his raised eyebrow. He was looking at me as if he was…calculating what he was now supposed to say next. Personally, this did worry me. I just had a bad feeling about it… perhaps because of his confused expression. Kakashi was only seldom confused; and if he ever was, or showed it, then there was surely a very good reason to it.
"Well, first of all, I'm not-"
Kakashi was cut short when a certain pink haired girl entered the room, her face flushed and panting. She stopped a few meters away from Kakashi and me. I forced myself to sit up despite of the pain and saw Kakashi's 'you-can-even-sit-up-now, -are-you-human?' look. There, I gazed at Sakura and once again, I marveled at her beauty. Sakura-chan was really beautiful; like an angel fallen down to earth. Though I never really told her that…
'Maybe I should tell her… how pretty she is in that red summer dress… and that I am one of the luckiest people to have gotten to know her… Ya, maybe at the next team meeting at the bridge.'
At this thought I flashed her my brightest smile and to my surprise, she started crying. I looked over at her worriedly, but before I could do anything, she was already beside me, hugging me as if her life depended on it. I felt a blush creeping to my face; after all, she never really hugged me this way before. Well, sure, I felt that the knives on my arms started to do their work again; in fact I'm sure they multiplied from a thousand to ten thousand; but that didn't bother me too much at the moment. Sakura-chan was hugging me… me of all people, and that was all that mattered at the moment.
"Umm… maybe you should go easy on the poor boy. After all, he just had an operation."
At this, Sakura blushed and let go. Instantly, I missed the feel of her arms around me and glared at Kakashi. He just gave me an innocent look and I frowned at him.
"Oh, well, I'm 'sniff' s-sorry, my love. It's 'sniff' j-just that I missed you s-so much… I-I thought… 'sniff' I really th-thought-"
With that, Sakura-chan just broke into tears and hugged me again, almost cutting my air supply short.
'My Love…? Did she really call me that?'
Surprised, I just sat there confused and looked at Kakashi. He was just grinning there and mouthed a 'she was scared for you! Can't you get that?'. I just glared at him again and cautiously put my arms around Sakura. When she didn't mind, I really was even more than surprised. Usually, she would beat me to a pulp if I even just touched her. This was scary. Scary? Hell ya! But a nice kind of scary… I then noticed that she was still crying. I asked her to look at me and I gazed at her face.
'Beautiful…'
"Shh… It's okay. Are you crying because of me? Please don't…"
She smiled at this and put a hand to my face.
"I thought I lost you…"
Before I knew what was happening, she kissed me softly on the lips and I felt my temperature rise rapidly. Kakashi noticed this and just grinned teasingly. I wanted to glare at him one more time, but I didn't and just enjoyed the kiss instead. After a while Sakura pulled away and smiled at me.
"I'm glad you're awake again, my love. I really thought you wouldn't make it."
Kakashi coughed to this and added: "Hey, I was his doctor after all and I never loose a patient."
I looked to Kakashi and gave him a thankful smile.
"Thanks, Kakashi-sensei!"
There it was again. That strange look… as if he were really thinking hard and choosing his words carefully. That was when I saw Sakura's confused face.
"What are you talking about? This is Kyo-san. And Kyo-san's not a teacher; he's a doctor. Don't you… remember?"
I shook my head and an idea came to my mind.
"Kyo-san? Does Kakashi-sensei have a twin brother? Could this be him?"
Sakura-chan looked at me worriedly and I gazed at her questioningly. At that, she turned to Kakashi.
"Are you sure he's alright already? Do you think he hit his head too hard or something…? He seems like he really doesn't know you anymore. Is this part of the damage the accident gave him? And I wonder who this Kakashi-sensei is, that he's talking about."
I looked at Sakura surprised.
"Sakura-chan, don't you remember Kakashi-sensei? Maybe you're sick…"
I lift my hand to feel her temperature on her forehead, but she just stopped my hand in the midway. She shook her head and tears were threateningly near… I could feel her trying to control them. I looked at her sadly, not wanting to ever be the cause of her sadness.
"Did I say something wrong, Sakura-chan?"
And that did it. She started crying again and I embraced her, not knowing what else to do about her shaking form at my side.
"Sakura-chan?"
Suddenly, she looked at me again and my heart broke at the sight.
"Don't call me that. I'm not… Sakura… Don't you know me anymore? I'm your girlfriend. I'm Setsuna. My love, please remember. Nori, please…"
'Nori…'
With that, I felt something deep inside my head…
'Nori…'
Pain snaked inside my temple.
'Nori…'
Confused, I held my head, and tried to focus. I knew that name…
'But I'm not Nori, I'm Naruto. Uzumaki Naruto. A ninja of the leaf village…'
There another idea hit me and I turned to the two.
"This is just some kind of sick joke, ne, Sakura-chan? Ne, Kakashi-sensei? You almost got me there, you know…"
But I fell dead silent when I saw Sakura's hurt face.
"Nori, I would never… joke with you… I… I was dead worried when the accident happened… Do you think I would have had the time to think of any prank at all…"
Kakashi-sensei suddenly stepped forward.
"Setsuna-chan, it's alright. Please leave us both. You may return later. I will fetch you to be able to speak with him once more, but now… there are things to be… clarified."
Obediently, my 'girlfriend' left the room and I concentrated on the only person besides me in it.
"Now tell me Kakashi-sensei; what's happening here?"
He just nodded his head and pulled out a pad of paper and a pen.
"That's just the thing I wanted to ask you, too."
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So... how was that?
Well, it started with this crazy idea for a story plot and since Naruto is my favorite Anime... you know what I mean.
Like it? Hate it? Don't give a damn? Please review. Pretty please? (looks at you with huge puppy dog eyes... or if you don't like dogs, then huge kitten eyes... don't like cats? get any animal you like...)
Ja ne!
SchwarzViolet
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