Strory's Title: Of Truth and Reality
Author: SchwarzViolet
Rating: PG-13 (coz of later chapters)
Pairings: you'll see, you'll see…
Let's all be honest now, shouldn't we?
I… 'sniff'…
do not… I do n-not…
'sniff' o-own… 'wail'
I do not own Naruto! 'sniff…'
If only I were the brilliant guy who owns it… 'sniff' =,c
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Omigosh!
I can't believe it! I have now reviews coming in! Reviews! Can you believe that?!
'does a happy dancing-all-around'
'suddenly remembers the readers and regains composure with a beet red face'
'cough, cough'
As I was saying… I got reviews (though only a few, but at least a few and not none…) and I'm so glad. After all, this is only my first story and I get so excited about every new review. I'm really happy that all the reviewers wanted me to carry on and no one scolded me for anything… … yet… ;;
My God, now I have this terrible smile plastered onto my face and not my usual look. Though the others would notice on Monday, that's fine with me. They can wonder, for all I care… Hahaha.
Well then, since I'm in a good mood, I'll continue. Here goes! Enjoy!
P.S. Thank you so much to the ones who reviewed. I really appreciated it! Arigato!
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Chapter 2: Kyo-san
I sighed as I looked out the window. Confusion seemed to reign in my mind. I didn't know what to believe. And my hurting head didn't help me anyhow, either…
'Who am I?'
Slowly, I rested my forehead upon the glass of the window.
'Who am I?'
The cool glass soothed me a little. The sound of the rain calmed me down and I perceived it as a hypnotizing, sad melody. It almost reflected what I felt inside.
'Who am I? Nori…'
"Damn! How did I ever get into this mess?"
I raised my fist to bang it on the window, but never got to complete the action, as someone knocked on the door. Slowly I turned around to see a nurse coming in with a tray. A glass of water was on it and a closed container; though it was closed, I knew exactly what was inside. Kakashi- sensei… no…Kyo-san told me. I shook my head.
'Even if they're trying to get all that bullshit in my head, they're still who they are. They only have different names… As long as I'm not talking to them, I'll use their real names. The names I got used to…'
I felt a pang in my heart as I had those thoughts.
'I need to fake getting better. I need to change everything I knew… starting from their names, to their relations to each other and even… to how my relation is to them. That would mean throwing away what I think is true.'
I let out a sigh and that was when the nurse noticed that I was at the window. Alarmed, she put the tray down on the table and rushed to my side.
"Why are you here? You just had an operation and your body is still too weak. Come… lie back down on the bed. You know very well that you aren't allowed to walk around, let alone, stand up, yet."
She ushered me to the bed and made sure I'd lie down.
"That's better. You shouldn't disobey the orders of your doctor. You are very lucky to have Kyo-san, you know. If I were his patient, I'd follow his every order."
She had this dreamy look and it was obvious she was one of Kakashi-sensei's fangirls.
"Tell me… did you become a nurse only because you wanted to chase after Kyo-san?"
With that she blushed and glared at me. I just grinned back. After a while, she just sighed and handed me the glass of water, together with the two green pills from the container.
I plopped the pills into my mouth. I scowled at the bitter taste and drank from the glass.
"There. Now be a good patient and stay on the bed. Kyo-san will be checking on you later."
She said it with a rather cold tone and I felt myself grin. When she closed the door behind her, I waited for a few seconds and got off the bed, making my way to the CR. There, I pulled off three leaves of toilet paper and spat out the two green pills I kept under my tongue. Grimacing once more at the bitter taste, I threw it in the trashcan and made a beeline for the window.
'Who am I?'
I couldn't help but sigh once more to the melody of my heart, playing as the rain poured down from the dark and cloudy heavens. At that moment, I was able to forget even the fact that I didn't know who I was.
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Hehehe… for those who went on with the second chapter before reading the first… who's this one here? Who was it? Don't know? Then read the first and come back later to this chapter. Or just read on and read the first chapter later. Whatever you wish.
Oh yeah… this is not the end of the chapter… yet. On with the story!
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I collapsed into my chair. It was another one of those days when a lot of people seemed to have formed a pact and got themselves hurt. Too many were delivered into the ER. It was just really a handful.
'Everytime I thought I was done, I would hear my name being called a few seconds after leaving the room. It was as if fate didn't want me to get to check on Nori.'
I sighed at the mere thought of him.
'His case is really hard. It was as if the accident caused him to believe he was another person. Maybe he did hit his head too hard when his motorcycle crashed.'
At this I shook my head. I was trying to fool myself again. It wasn't only the accident that caused this and I knew that. At least this was clear to me. Accidents don't simply let you believe in different things, and unreal ones at that. That too was clear to me.
I got up and looked out of the window. I should have been on my way now to check on him, but I was hesitant.
'A while ago, when I had the conversation with him, he told me what he believed in.
He said he was a ninja from the town of Konoha and that he wanted to become the Hokage there. It didn't make any sense. His life at the current situation isn't even near to what he was telling me.
Also, he called me… what name was that again… Kakashi-sensei.
According to him, I am his teacher, training him, Sakura and Sasuke… which would be him, Setsuna, and Soujirou.'
I already knew at the moment he started telling me of all these things, that there should have been a problem involved, too… anything that could have made him this unstable to influence him to believe in such unreal thoughts. I would have to talk to Ikki about this.
'I just hope he'd take it well. I swear… that man worries easily and often too much.'
Smiling at the image of Ikki in my mind, my sprits lifted up and I went to check on Nori.
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I wasn't the least bit surprised when I saw Nori sitting on the windowsill and staring out. He had always loved the rain. Ever since he was a child, he loved it. Until now it was still a little strange. Nori was like the sun… cheerful and bright. But he loved the rain and preferred it to a sunny day.
"How are you feeling?"
He didn't even turn to face me as he gave out a weak: "Fine."
I looked at him more carefully and noticed the lifeless eyes and confused spirit. He was in a worse condition than I thought, so much different from the Nori I knew. I went over to him and sat across him on the windowsill. He didn't mind and we sat together in comfortable silence.
"Did you drink your pills?"
He nodded his head and I looked out the window.
He was lying. I knew that. But it wasn't too bad. I knew from the start that he wouldn't drink the pills. I gave it to him knowing he wouldn't need it. They were meant to stabilize his mind condition and balance it once more, making him less prone to… his delusions. His unreal beliefs. But I doubted, that they would have helped bring Nori back to reality.
'He's trapped too deep down…'
Then, silence echoed once more, as we both were caught in our web of thoughts.
"Keep up drinking the medicine. And don't push yourself too hard."
He just nodded and I left the room.
'Nori… how could I bring you back?'
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Now you know what the accident was. Though you don't know how it really happened. You'll know later on. Hehehe…
So… bad? Good? (looks at you with eyes full of hope) Great? Please review!
Who can guess who Ikki is? Tee-hee…
I hope you enjoyed! Sayonara!
SchwarzViolet
P.S. What's Nori? Food? Oo Never knew…