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Part 2: My existence
Naruto was on top of one of the highest trees there is in Konoha…
He was still looking at Konoha –the village where he grew up.
"Did I? Did I really grow up here? Does anyone know me here? I mean the real me…"
The clouds then covered the bright moon, laying darkness on the earth before him.
He then closed his eyes and vanished as the second wind passed him by.
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Hinata woke up cheerfully that morning…
She sat up from her futon and stretched.
Upon opening her eyes…
A cheerful face was beaming at her.
Hinata almost jumped from her seat… she was very surprised…
"Na-Naruto-kun…" Hinata gasped.
"Did I wake you up?" Naruto asked.
"Why? Why are you here?"
Naruto then stood up, still smiling at the girl.
"I just want to see you… that's all."
"See me?" Hinata asked.
"I can't wait till later so I decided to come here."
Hinata blushed, the very first time she blushed in front of him.
"Does… anyone knows you're here already?" Hinata asked.
Naruto's eyes saddened, like what happened yesterday…
"No. The only one who knows I'm here… is you…" His face brightened up again, "That's why I want to spend the day with you… while I'm still here…"
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While you're still here? What does that have to mean?
Hinata kept on thinking as they walk in between the trees of the forest.
"You look so serious." Naruto noticed.
"Gomen... I was just thinking about something." Hinata said as she tried to smile, "see? Now I'm okay. Where are we going by the way?"
"I just want to walk around with you… That's alright isn't it?"
Hinata smiled as she stared towards the sky.
"That's fine."
Then they continued to walk.
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The river glistened in the sunlight. It was humming a silent song that can only be heard by some…
Hinata sat by the rocks as she dips her bare feet on the cold water.
"What a nice weather." Hinata exclaimed.
Naruto on the other hand was lying on the tree nearby, watching the girl by the river.
"Sure is… hope it could always be like this."
"But it won't… will it?" Hinata said looking down at the water and seeing her reflection.
Naruto looked at her, eyes shaken.
"You know?"
Hinata looked behind her, straight into his eyes.
"Hai… I know."
"Then why are you still here?" He asked.
Hinata then lifted her feet from the water and stood up. Her bare feet touching the ground.
"Because I want to know… the reason… why you're here." Hinata said softly.
The wind carried her voice and the water still whispered it's soft song…
Both could hear it…
The whisper of their hearts…
"Why I'm here? My existence?"
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Naruto was training with Jiraiya-sama, like what he was accustomed to do… That's when a missing-nin attacked them both. He was very powerful… that even Jiraiya-sama got a hard time fighting him…
However… knowing Naruto…
You already know what he would do…
He fought even though he knows he was no match for the enemy.
That's when he used the technique…
Kage bunshin…
One of the shadows… was me…
However… it seemed that even if I was like him… in every aspect… I was different…
Everyone decided to fight…
Everyone except me…
I hid in the trees… hoping that no one would notice me…
That no one would fight me…
And that I would continue to live… to exist…
And pretend that I do have a name…
Surprisingly yet at the same time I already expected it…
He won…
They won…
But as the same instance all of them…
The ones he called out disappeared…
They all disappeared except me…
For I didn't fight, I didn't get hurt…
I was a coward…
But at least I was alive…and I don't want to go back to that world…
The world of the shadows…
Where all bunshins came from…
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"But why me?" Hinata asked.
"Because I know you…"
"But what about Sakura or Kakashi-sensei or…"
"Because I want it to be you!" Naruto shouted, "Gomen."
"No it is I who should be sorry… I was getting irritating."
"No… I should explain…I knew that you would know what I really am… those marvelous eyes of yours can see almost anything… including my soul."
"Do you want me to know what… I mean who you really are?"
"I think so… because amidst all of Naruto's friends it is you who knows him. That's why I figured that maybe it's also you who can tell me what I am."
Hinata held the bunshin's hand tightly.
"Not what… but rather who you are."
"Right… who I am…"
"You're really different… from him… though you look alike."
"Really? How different?"
"I can't tell…"
A loud roar then was heard… coming from Naruto's stomach.
The bunshin then laughed as Hinata giggled a bit.
"I think I'm hungry."
"Me too… so how about something to eat?" Hinata said as she stood up.
Naruto also stood up and took Hinata's sandals.
"Here."
"Arigatou…" Hinata was about to take it but Naruto bent down.
"I'll put it on for you."
Hinata blushed, "No. You don't have to."
"Please…."
Hinata was left with no choice, she sat down on the rock again as the bunshin put on her sandals one feet and the other.
Hinata just laid a soft gaze upon him.
"You're really different, Naruto."
"Thank you…"
"For what?" Hinata inquired.
"For calling me Naruto."
The water glistened even more as it whispered a peaceful song…
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