It was hours before the blonde finally got up the resolve to move again, enjoying the rain and sun that slowly rose. He frowned as the rain left with the darkness and left only chill and dew.
Naruto looked down at his arm that the Kyubi had finally healed. -idiot fox.-
He shakily stood up, blinking the dizziness away as he winced at the squelching sound that came from his wet pants being freed from the mud. Ignoring the shaking of his palm skin and the hotness that was clouding his mind from the fever he had developed during the cold, wet night, he pushed open his door and closed his eyes against the sight before him.
Stupid stupid STUPID.- Falling to his knees his fisted his hands in his hair and drew in ragged breaths through his teeth.
The door that Naruto had left unlocked last night had allowed vengeful villagers to enter his house while the blonde was away. Every single possession the blonde owned had been either broken, smashed, shattered, or was missing. Everything.
Finding the strength to rise to his feet, the now empty figure stumbled into his room and stare at the shattered picture of Team Seven laying on the ground. Naruto's head had been torn from the picture and Sasuke and Sakura were staring out at him with Kakashi.
The blonde's fists clenched and he swallowed loudly, biting through his bottom lip and laughing breathlessly at the blood that flowed down his chin along with the tears streaming down his pale cheeks.
"Its ok. It doesn't matter. It would all have been burned anyways..when I died..so I shouldn't care." But somehow he did, the one sanctuary that he had deemed himself safe in from the prejudice and hate from the villagers, had been destroyed..tainted. This wasn't Naruto's home anymore, no matter what happened.
"kunai..kunai" Naruto repeatedly murmured, propelling his suddenly heavy limbs towards his destroyed dresser where a kunai lay in a pile of his shredded and torn clothes. He smiled fondly at the sharp insturnment, rubbing the mud on his fingertips around the hilt of the blade, allowing his fever and grief hazed mind to drift away for a second. A violent involuntary shiver jerked him from his dark memories to the present. Dull blue focused on the dull point of the kunai.
The Kyubi holder allowed himself to fall bonelessly backwards into the wall and slowly slide downwards, letting his legs stretch out in front of him to smear the floor with mud and soon blood.
"Bye Iruka..I love you so much..and Kakashi..and Sakura..Shikamaru..Chouji..Neji..Hinata..even Gaara and that mutt Kiba."Naruto giggled quietly, vision blurred with tears. "And..even you Sasuke. Im sorry you hate me so much..I really..loved you.."The blonde's face dropped into an emotionless mask as he eyed the kunai.
"See you all in the next life."
The dull edge of the kunai dug into his skin as it was dragged down from his elbow to his wrist. A thin line of blood appeared, but it wasn't enough, there wasn't enough blood. "Fucking kunai."Naruto screamed, clenching his eyes shut as a weak sob escaped him." Can't I even get this right!" He dug the blade over and over again down his arm before giving up and starting on the other arm. After a couple seconds the wounds swelled with crimson and slowly trailed down in rivelets to splat wetly on the floor, mixing with the mud.
Blue eyes dullened further as the blonde began to hyperventilate.-Im dying. Finally, Im going to die.-
"Naruto!"Knock knock."NARUTO!Open the door. Im here to help you clean up! I don't have all day!Naruto!"
"Iru...ka sensei.."Came the broken whisper from bloodstained lips. (He bit his lip remember?)
Sigh,"Fine, Im coming in. I'm going to pour a bucket of water on you!"The door was thrown open and the blonde heard it hit the wall.
"Oh my..."He heard Iruka's foosteps stop abruptly as the chunin took in the destruction of his adopted son's house."Naruto?..are you here?"
Naruto sobbed, trying to will his weak body to move.-I don't want him to see me like this. Not like this..-
Panicked foosteps came down the hallway and paused in the doorframe. Iruka paled and stared a minute at Naruto, who weakly raised his head to meet his adopted father's gaze.
"Naru..to...wh-..what have you done!"Iruka screamed hoarsly before falling to his knees and gathering Naruto into his arms, sobbing in panick and he stood and raced out the still open door.
Naruto tried to keep his eyes from rolling back in his head as his head lolled back and forth in time with Iruka's frenzied leaps from rooftop to rooftop.
"Dont close your eyes..please..please dont close your eyes."Iruka groaned weakly, sobbing in frustration as he tripped on a shingle, stumbling then leaping to the next rooftop before to the ground in front of the Hokage's tower.
"Yo."Kakashi greeted Iruka, then stared as he took in the chunin's panicked form with a limp blonde in his arms."Give him to me." He commanded in a emotionless voice before taking Naruto from the other's outstretched trembling arms.
"Hurry!"Iruka screamed before falling to his hands and knees, trying to catch his breath with the painful sobs causing his form to tremble violently.
"What have you done Naruto?"Kakashi whispered in a strained tone before flitting to Tsunade's door. The large wooden door flew open with the force of the shinobi's chakra.
"Tsunade, he needs you to heal him. Now."
Tsunade lifted her head, blinking tiredly before taking in the sign of her adopted son's appearence. Her expression was grave and grieving as she strode to his side and wrapped her hands around the blonde's wrists.
"Naruto. Naruto! Don't shut your eyes. I know its hard to stay awake, but you can't sleep."
Blue eyes rolled weakly upwards at Kakashi, then to Tsunade. He obviously was too weak to even comprehend what they were saying.
Kakashi immediately began channeling his chakra into the weakened boy's form, helping to Kyubi to replenish his depleted chakra.
Soon the gaping crimson wounds on Naruto's wrists closed and sealed over in ragged pink scars. Tsunade took a deep breath and stepped back, snapping her head up to meet Kakashi's gaze.
"What happened?"
The jounin tightened his hold on the blonde,"I'm not sure. Iruka brought him here."
"Where is Iruka?"
"He should be on his way here-"
"NARUTO!" Iruka ran past the still stunned shinobi guards into the room, colliding with Kakashi and twisting to touch the blonde's cheek."He's burning up. You healed him didn't you!"
Tsunade closed her eyes," I healed his wrists, he has a very bad fever. I also eased that up a bit, but I couldn't completely make it go away, my chakras pretty depleted."Her eyes snapped open again.
"What happened Iruka?"
Naruto's eyes fluttered shut and there was silence a minute as Iruka stare down at him, relaxing when he saw the blonde take a breath. Though he didn't remove his hand from where it cupped his adopted son's cheek.
"He...the villagers completely destroyed his home..thats the only reason I could come up with..that Naruto would do this.."The teacher's voice became choked.
"Yes, just last night he was fine..He came to training." Kakashi eyed the thin form resting in his arms.
Tsunade stared down at the boy also for a moment."Don't take him to the hospital, they won't help him there. And I think its pretty obvious he can't go home. Iruka-"
"Yes, I'll take him." Iruka replied hurriedly.
"Kakashi, could you stay with Iruka just for a couple days, make sure none of the villagers attempt to finish what they drove the blonde to try in the first place?"Tsunade's frown deepened at the thought of the villagers. She would get to the bottom of this.
"Of course." Kakashi replied, obviously relieved that Iruka and Naruto wouldn't be left alone.
6969696696969696969696969
Ok..that's it for now. I figured I couldn't kill Naruto, cause everyone was threatening to kill me if I did.-sweatdrop with shifty eyes-. And one of my reviewers suggested that someone other than Sasuke find him because otherwise it would be just like every other Naruto suicide fic. And so I had Iruka find him because..if Kakashi or Sakura had found him, it just..I can't do something like that. Sakura is a total bitch to him in the first place and if I ever met her..I would kick her ass-.- and Kakashi..well..I dunno. Just seem a bit awkward. I wanted someone who really truly loved Naruto very much. And that would be Iruka chan
So Iruka it is..though I had to put Kakashi in here too because..Kakashi and Iruka..Im not sure if Im going to make them ALREADY together, or get together after Naruto recovers.Suggestions?
Im sorry the chapters haven't gotten any longer-sheepish grin-
Hope you enjoyed, gunna update soon! Reviews pllleaaaaseeee;-;
Jeez, I sure have been making this fic way too fast.. the scenes just change and it seems like everything happens within three minutes every chapterOo;meehh..sorry