Naruto blinked, wincing at the sudden onslaught of light invading his senses. He groaned and turned over, reaching up to pull the fluffy pillow over his head, only to pause as he felt something hinder the movement of his wrist.
The blonde stare at the arm that was lightly bandaged from wrist to elbow. Blue eyes slowly widened till the pupils were only tiny pinpoints in a sea of blue and white. A salty trail of sweat made a trail down the blondes forehead and cheek, disappearing in his shirt line.
"Why..why am I still alive?" Naruto clutched his wrist to his chest, swiftly glancing around the room to look for anyone who might be watching him. The room was empty, and unfamiliar.
Where the fuck am I? How did I get here?-. It clearly wasn't Iruka's room, Naruto had been in there before.(No pun intended lol) And it wasn't his room. Could it be Sasuke's?...no..considering the giant mansion he lived in, a room fo this size would be too small.
He didn't even ATTEMPT to conjure up the image of this being Sakura's room. It must be Kakashi's..
The nin groaned and buried his head in the knees he had drawn to his chest, shaking with sadness, fear, and anger.
They didn't care before...why did they save me? Why are they so selfish...I just wanted it to end.-
Naruto slumped even further, allowing his body to sink into the bed while curling into the fetal position, willing himself to die.
It startled him when he heard a tapping on the window. Scrambling backwards on the bed he stare fearfully at the window, nearly sobbing in relief when he recognized the streaks of water trailing down the glass. It was raining.
Raining like when he had finally lost the will the live.. Raining like it had just after Sasuke had ripped his heart out and handed it to him.
Naruto glanced over his shoulder at the door before crawling over to the window. The blonde blinked and looked down at himself. He was wearing jounin clothes. They must be Kakashi's as well. Naruto smiled sadly and pushed open the window, slipping through and biting back a scream as he plummeted past the many apartments below his senseis. Like a cat, he finally righted himself just before he hit the ground and winced at the bone crushing impact, rolling to ease some of the pain.
"Kuso..." Naruto cursed, struggling to his feet and swaying slightly. "I must still be weak from bloodloss..." He briefly considered trying to finish what he had started, but paused when he saw a familiar dark haired figure strolling, head down, along the fence that bordered the many apartment buildings.
"Sasuke.." He whispered, lost as the dark haired beauty slowly raised his head. Naruto regained his senses and clenched his teeth as his eyes began to swim with rain and tears, backing away before turning his back on his teammate, hurrying down the street.
"Naruto! Wait up!" Naruto ignored the deep voice that was swiftly closing in from behind, instead lowering his head so his expression was shadowed by his bangs.
"Naruto..I went to your apartment. Dobe, where have you been?"
"What does it matter?..."Naruto whispered brokenly, not raising his head.
Sasuke sighed, looking away and frowning,"stop feeling sorry for yourself.."
A small whimper escaped the blonde, but he covered it up with a sniff.
"You're going to catch a cold." Sasuke stated bluntly, still not looking at him.
Naruto's frown deepened, recognizing this as Sasuke's way of apologizing."Go away."
"Nani?"
"Go.Away."He hissed savagely, eyes flashing as he snapped his head to the side to glare at Sasuke.
Sasuke's frown deepened and he stopped, scowling when Naruto didn't stop to face him." Oi, Dobe. What the fuck is wrong with you?"
The Kyubi holder did not reply, only increased his pace, leaving behind the hurt and angry Sasuke. Naruto walked the streets, ignoring the hateful gazes of the villagers beneath their stands lining the streets. Instead he headed towards his own apartment, staring down at the pants that had come unrolled and now covered his feet, soaking up muddy water and dirt as he walked along. Angrily, he pulled the sleeves down as well, letting them dangle limply at his sides and also serving to cover his bandaged arm.
"Bastards. I hate them all. Why can't they just leave me alone. Fuck."
He climbed the stairs and stepped past the broken battered door without raising his head. Naruto ignored the chaos and destruction that was his home and instead wandered to his room, pausing momentarily in front of the large circle of black. -Dried blood.- He smirked to himself and hopped over it, pulling his tattered ripped blanket into the corner, he curled up and pulled it over his head to block out the cold that was drifting into the house through the open doorway and broken windows.
Naruto didn't know how long he lay there, struggling with himself and the Kyubi to decide whether or not he shoulder make another attempt to end his pathetic existance. He was constantly shivering from the cold and the wetness that had seeped up the pantlegs to make the cold bite more sharply at his skin. He finally came to the conclusion that another attempt would be pointless. Before he ever attempted suicide again, he would have to have a error proof plan.
The blonde's mind was too numb to come up with any answers to his dilema, and the constant tapping and splat of rainwater on his sill caused his lids to drift closed.
Footsteps in the hallway caused Naruto to jerk upright and throw the blanket off his messy blonde head. Fear caused his heart to accelerate, his limbs tiredly lifting him to allow him to slide towards the window to escape. -The fucking villagers come to finish what they started. Wonderful.-
There were hurried whispers in the hallway, he only caught half of them as he backed towards his freedom.
"-stay here. Let me go in first."
"But-"
"stay."
A hand gripped the doorframe to the blonde's room, creaking and finally breaking under the tense grip of the pale gloved hand. A familiar silver head came into view as the shinobi stepped into the room.
"Naruto?"Kakashi whispered, eye scanning the room and finally resting on the hesitant blonde.
"Ka-Kakashi sensei?.." Naruto murmured, sagging slightly in relief.
In a flash the blonde found himself lifted off the ground and pressed into a warm chest, wrapped in strong arms as Kakashi pulled him from the window.
"What were you doing?" His sensei questioned sharply.
"I t-thought you were one of the villagers.."Naruto whispered hoarsely, corners of eyes pricking with tears.
"Naruto!"Iruka yelled, charging into the room and hugging both him and Kakashi, sandwiching the blonde between them.
Kakashi sighed with relief and ruffled his student's hair, winking comfortingly at Iruka. Iruka smiled back, completely forgetting to flush in his joy.
"What were you doing here? Me and Kakashi went into the room and you were gone and the window was open..We were so worried...we thought..we thought.." The brown haired chuunin choked, covering his mouth as he sat back, staring at Naruto. Wide expressive eyes filled with tears as he stared at Naruto, as if betrayed."Why?...Why Naruto..Why would you.."
"Iruka.." Kakashi murmured, squeezing his friend's shoulder.
Iruka shook his head and clenched his eyes shut, crushing the blonde in another hug."You aren't living alone anymore. You're moving in with me. Im never going to let you feel lonely again. God, I thought I had lost you.."
Naruto inhaled and choked on a sob, melting in his adopted father's arms and sobbing brokenly. Kakashi sat back and smiled at the picture his two favorite person's made.
Yes, Naruto would never be alone again. Now he had to figure out a way to convince Iruka to let him move in too.
Naruto bite his lower lip as it trembled, clutching his bandaged wrist to his chest."Im sorry Iruka..Im sorry..Im so sorry.."
"Sh..its ok. Its going to be ok.."
The blonde hiccuped, shaking his head,"It won't. It'll never be the same. I ruined it-"
"Naruto." Iruka said in a halting tone. "None of this..was your fault. I didn't realize how alone you were..its alright..don't ever apologise for this..we're here now...me and Kakashi."
Kakashi's visible eye curved in affirmation and he tilted his head fondly at Iruka.
Iruka offered a watery smile in reply and twined his fingers with the other ninjas.
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There ya go..you're update. Yesyes, its pathetic..Im making Iruka the mother and Kakashi the supporting father and Naruto their beloved child. -scratches back of head sheepishly, grinning- I admit it, Im a sucker for conventional familiness in fanfiction...if only our world were so perfect.
Reviews please Oh, and for my Help Me Breathe story, I drew a completely original picture of what Naruto, Gaara, Sasuke, And Kakashi all look like in the story.
I say Kakashi because Im debating on a Gaara/Naruto/Kakashi pairing to somehow form in that story...tell me what you think. Sorry, there's no way in hell Im putting Sasuke back with Naruto in help me breathe -sweatdrop-