Title- Story of My Life
Chapter 13- You Thought You Knew
AN- Okay my peeps. You've probably noticed, but this plot is getting more and more angsty. I apologize for that, but it's just the way the story's headed. I don't even really plan what happens next. It unfolds before me. (Which means that I get frequent writer's block and I just come up with things in the middle of the night. Then forget them. Then beat myself with a 2x4. And then my mommy gives me my pills.) Then, when I went to download this chapter on the comp about a week or more ago, my computer wouldn't let me! And then had to have that stupid thing the last coupla nights (where you can't submit, review, or favoritize- those who live on know what I'm talking about) So finally, I give you the Next Chapter.
Disclaimer- Please don't sue me. I'm broke as it is.
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Behind this smiling face is the perfect hiding place; every treasure leaves a trace. Do you really want to know me?
- Debra Davis
The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved.
- Mother Teresa
At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one's lost soul.
- Brendan Francis
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"Naruto, wake up." Sasuke glared irritably at the blonde.
"Nng.."
"I said get up! It's time for breakfast."
The blonde rolled over. "Lemme sleep in," he whined. "I don' feel so good."
"Come on, Naruto!"
"Iruka, I don' feel good..." he repeated. "I don' wanna go to school..."
Sasuke raised an eyebrow. " 'Iruka'?"
Naruto tossed around until he was facing Sasuke. His face was flushed and red, and his eyes were half-lidded and glazed. "I-Iruka, I'm cold. Real cold. Can you turn on the heater?"
"..." With that, Sasuke turned and walked out of the cell, down the hall, and to Kakashi. "The Kid's sick."
Kakashi sighed. "I guess that means I'll have to take him to the doctor. Unless..." A hopeful smile flitted over his two-thirds covered face.
"I am not taking him for you, Kakashi. One, you are the guard; two, I hungry; and three, I don't even know where the doctor is!" He said, exasperated. "I am not taking him for you, and you can't trick me into it!"
"How the hell did he trick me into taking you?" Sasuke muttered to himself as he dragged Naruto down the hall. "Honestly..."
"You know, it's a lot nicer here than on the streets," Naruto told him, his blue eyes bright and glassy with fever. "You get food. Warm place to sleep. Clothes. It's nice. Harpy always complains about the cold. She hates the cold. I'll just tell her to commit a felony." He giggled, his face flushed and sweaty. "Ha, Harpy couldn't rob a car if it was unlocked and there were signs all over it saying, 'I'm Free!' and there was a gazillion dollars in it." His face grew sober. "But on the streets they leave you. Everyone eventually leaves. You'll leave. Siren'll leave. Kiba 'n Shika 'n Chouji 'n Neji will all leave. Vamp's already gone. They're all gone. Soon everyone'll be gone. And I'll be allllll aloooone..." His voice had a sing-songy tone, before it hardened. "I'm always alone. It'll never change."
"Well I'm here right now, aren't I?" Sasuke asked him irritably. "Doesn't that count?"
Naruto looked as if he was about to answer when a female guard yelled, "Hey, you! What do you think you're doing?"
The Uchiha rolled his eyes. "He's sick. I'm taking him to the doctor's office."
The guard swaggered towards them. "I'll take the boy," she said curtly. "I have a feeling you have no clue where it is." She looked at Naruto, who just stared up at her with feverish, blank eyes. Whistling, she muttered, "Holy Cripes. Kitagawa! Matoshi!" She called out, raising her voice. "Take Uchiha to the food hall!"
The two guards down the hall straightened and saluted. "Yes ma'am, Shizune-san!"
Shizune noticed that Sasuke's mouth was firm and frowing. "Don't worry, he'll be fine," she told him, grabbing Naruto under the armpits and hoisting his arm over her shoulders.
Sasuke immediately let go. "I don't careabout him, I was just wondering how you knew my name," he snapped
The corners of Shizune's mouth twitched, as if she was about to smile. "Boy, everyone knows who you are."
"Let's go, boy!" The guard called Kitagawa barked, tightening his grip on his gun. "We don't have all day! I don't care if you're worried or whatever, but I have other things to do."
"Hn." Sasuke turned around and walked away. He wasn't worried about that brat. Why would he be worried? Why should he be worried? After all, it was just a bad cold, nothing more. Right?
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"HE'S SICK!"
"Haku-kun, keep your voice down," Sakura scolded him. "They might hear you!"
Shikamaru raised an eyebrow at Haku (whose expression was unreadable but his eyebrow was twitching) and put down his fork. "It's just a fever."
Inari glared at the lazy young man. "Just a fever? Honestly, don't you know anything about Kyuubi?"
"No." Shikamaru, Lee, Kiba, and Neji chorused. Sasuke remained quiet.
Haku sighed and rubbed his forehead. "Kyuubi hallucinates when he's sick. Especially when he has fevers."
"Hallucigates isn't the proper word!" Inari added. "One time, when he had this wicked harsh fever, he thought he was a kid again! Started going off about stuff that had happened before."
"Hallucinates," Sakura corrected Inari. "And he re-lives everything horrible that has happened to him. Without knowing it..."
"Without knowing it?" Shikamaru snorted. "This sounds like a load of bullshit if you ask me. The Kid's crazy and enigmatic to begin with, and this whole thing is starting to sound like a bad Marvel comic."
"Where everyone has a secret? If that's what you mean, Shika-kun," -here Shikamaru shuddered at the insane-like cheerful voice of the killer Siren
"-then this is-" Sakura cut in.
"-the worst one you will ever read." Inari glared at the Konoha inmates, who just stared back at the three.
'They know. They must know. Oh, how displeased my Gai-sensei will be! I must do five hundred push-ups when I return to my cell as a punishment. If I cannot do that, I shall do five hundred sit-ups! If I cannot do that, I shall...'
'Aw, shit! Do they know? I mean, maybe bringing Akamaru in here was a bit of a give-away, but still!' 'Bark!' 'I know, impossible!'
'This is all so boring. And stupid. Although, if they do know, maybe something exciting will happen. Yeah right.'
'They must be the ones that Uncle told me about. Maybe doing those petty crimes was worth it after all.'
'Hn. Explains the whole Iruka thing.'
Kiba coughed to break the uncomfortable silence and looked over at the surrounding tables. "Hey, that Gaara guy's gone, too."
"Holy shit! I just knew that damn mother-fucker would go!" Sakura cursed, suddenly looking evil, with the shadowed face and clenched fists and grinding teeth. Thunder boomed and lightning crashed.
"WOW! You have such spirit! I like that!"
Sakura blinked, and the evil villianess-look was gone, replaced by a sickly-sweet, apologetic smile. "I'm sorry. It's an old habit."
"Someone's bipolar," Kiba muttered to Shikamaru. Akamaru barked in agreement.
"Let's just try to get to the doctor's office before Gaara does," Haku told her. His smile did not reach his cold, worried eyes. "I fear for Kyuubi and his sanity if we don't."
Sasuke suddenly felt a chill go up his spine, and his mind suddenly flashed back to a news report he had seen only a few days before.
Last Tuesday, scientist discovered a new lead to the Konoha Orphanage Massacre of 1998. Dr. Jiraiya Chidori, the head of the investigation committee, had this to say: "We have recently stumbled upon an overlooked piece of DNA that does not belong to any of the victims. We are not ruling out the possibility that it is the DNA of the missing boy, but at least now we can re-open the case. Thanks to this evidence, we can now receive the support we desire from the crime laboratories and various prisons so that we can finally track down the cruel person that committed this evil act." Scientists and police officers continue to work continuously to find the mass-murderer. If found, he or she will probably face the death penalty. Back to you, Keiko!
