(Writers Block + Tension + Website = A Late Chapter)
Key
"words"= talking
'words'=thinking
(words)=authors notes/my thoughts
*words*=actions (e.g. *cough*, *gasp*, *huff*, *puff*)
*= look at the bottom
The darkness came from out of no where. It just was. There was no explanation for it. All that he could say what that the darkness was there. No origin. By the time he realized it, it consumed all. No, "coming from", just "there".
Naruto tried to do something, but it was as if he was being held back by hordes of enemies while his friends were being tortured and killed. That helpless feeling of doubt. No where to run, no where to hide. No life.
The red aura however, did come from somewhere. It originated from within. Within the soul.... within. It and the black darkness battled for control. They battled and battled to no end. In the end, they neutralized each other. And when it was over there was simply-
"Naruto...." a voice drifted in and out of his dreams
"Naruto." More now.
"Naruto"
"Naruto-kun."
"NARUTO!"
He jolted upright out of bed. Sweating, panting. Eyes frozen forward. The pain from his casted arm brought his eye sight back.
"Gah!" Naruto yelled and leapt back in amazement. "What the in the world are you guys doing here." Naruto said between gasps.
They all smiled. All of them. More people than Naruto knew; or rather chose to know. Team 7 was there. Kakashi-sensei, Sakura and Sasuke. So was Team 8. Kurenai, Kiba and Shino. Team 10, with Asuma-sensei, Ino, Shikamaru and Chouji. Team (I can't find the damn number) came along also. Gai- sensei, Lee, Tenten and Neji.
Other people he knew outside of his shinobi life were there. Joh-san, Mr. and Mrs. Azuma (people from the fire) with their kids too. Konohamaru was there. There was a tall no-nonsense man with white eyes. He must be Hinata's father.
The whole place was filled. Then again, where was this place? Naruto looked around.
"Hospital." Kakashi said. "December 20th, 12:17 p.m. Anything else?"
Naruto paused to count on his fingers (he doesn't take Kumon) and gasped. "I was out for two days?!" he paused again. "Wait, Kakashi-sensei. You're already fully healed?"
"Yep."
"But wait, you healed in less than two days and I'm still hurt. Why isn't-"
Kakashi gave him a glance that said, 'No....' and shook his head ever so slightly.
"What's that got to do with anything?" Neji asked, "You did a good job." He extended a hand.
Naruto, confused, shook it. Now everyone was talking to him at the same time.
"Nice Naruto-kun." Lee gave Naruto a thumbs-up.
"Naruto. Good job" Sakura even tried to smile. Sasuke simply nodded in Naruto's direction.
"Congrats Naruto." Kiba said, obviously wishing he was somewhere else.
"What the? Why are you all here?" Naruto repeated.
"Well, we're teammates, so I decided to come and check on you." Sakura chimed. Sasuke just looked at Sakura like she was the cause of all this.
"I heard how you beat those shinobi! That was awesome!" Lee yelled rather loud.
Naruto ignored Lee, looked at his bed sheets and got a look from Sasuke. "You noticed it too Sasuke?"
"Yeah. I thought that at least Sakura would see it, but evidentially, you beat her to it."
"What? Naruto beat me?! At what?!" Sakura asked.
"They weren't shinobi." Sasuke said.
The room fell dead silent. As silent as Naruto's dream. Since no one said anything, Naruto picked it up from there.
"I didn't necessarily notice it. One of them forgot that it was a secret, and blurted it out. They're like no other enemy I've seen before."
Sasuke added. "What I noticed was their lack of principles. They were more like soldiers. Not like assassins. They didn't use any chakra either. I didn't see any with my Sharingan." "I'm surprised that neither you nor Hinata saw that with your Byakugan. By the way, where is she?" Naruto said to Neji, looking around.
Before anyone could answer, a nurse walked in with a folder under her arms. She walked over to Naruto and handed it to him. He viewed it and cocked an eyebrow. The text on one of the sheets said, 'Left lower ribs broken, broken arm and 23 cuts. Top priority: ribcage' "Are you sure?"
The nurse; taken aback at her "mistake"; repulsively said, "Of course I am! Look at the x-rays."
Naruto checked the transparent black sheets containing his bone structure. Sure enough, two ribs on the left were snapped. Naruto shook his head slowly. "That's not possible. I'm fine." Naruto groaned as he stood up from the bed.
She gasped as Naruto stood. "B-But your condition.... i-it's not possible." The nurse prodded his ribs with one hand and her other was hanging on her lip. She shrugged and gave him a sling for his arm. "Okay, get out after you fill your paperwork."
Naruto felt a smile pull at his face. "Thanks." And he left the room.
When they all filed out into the hall, Naruto turned to them. "Okay guys, I'll need some help."
They all leaned into the center.
"Can you guys handle that?" Naruto asked.
"Yep."
"No problem."
"For Hinata? Of course."
"Roger."
They each dispersed to do their requested duties. Naruto pulled Ino behind the rest. "I'll need your help the most."
Hinata couldn't bring herself to confront Naruto. If it was her shyness, she couldn't tell. It was something else something.... different. An instinct, if you will. Anyways, she had to avoid Naruto. Key places were the Ichiraku and his house. His training grounds would probably be a bad spot too.
She noticed as she was walking down the street, she was actually coming closer to the Ichiraku entirely by accident. Naruto couldn't have been released yet, so, Hinata walked over and sat in a corner table that was slightly covered with a cloth that went down to her eyes. She moved it aside, and sat down.
Soon a waiter neared her and asked her what she would be having. Hinata chose something at random but made sure it was cheap. She didn't care about taste right now, but only about filling herself up and leaving.
Half way through her meal, she heard the familiar bell that sounded the restaurant with new customers. Somehow, Hinata heard this one above the rest of the previous bell-ringings that happened more than a dozen times.
Hinata barely turned her head before she saw the familiar blue t- shirt on its owner. She gagged on her water and coughed up a storm. 'What is Naruto doing here?!' Hinata's mind raced as well as her heartbeat.
She was rooted to her seat as the next person came in. Ino's blonde hair swept behind her, capturing the eyes of many other boys. Some of them whispered to their friends and others whistled.
Naruto held the door for her and helped her onto a stool. Hinata couldn't tell what they were talking about, but it didn't matter. Naruto was with another girl, and after she saved his life.... with the help of Neji.
Her jaw tightened and she felt liquid form at the corners of her eyes. Hinata wiped them away angrily with her sleeve. 'He might be simply talking about the weather or something like that.' Hinata might as well expect a zombie to form out of thin air and run for president. (Al Sharpton better win!)
She ripped the gyoza open and wolfed it down like a lion, trying to get that picture out of her mind. No matter how hard she tried she always came back with an image of Naruto and Ino together on a hill in the moon light.... no! 'God Damn it Hinata! What the hell is wrong with you?! Don't let this get to you!'
Amidst all her thinking, Hinata didn't even notice Naruto leave. There wasn't even a completed bill there, so obviously, he didn't leave recently. Hinata didn't know how the handle this at all. She might consult Neji. "No!" she said to herself. All Neji would do is "teach him a lesson".... but maybe Naruto deserved it. After all she did for him, and what he just did to her.
She finally decided to ride it out and tell him later. Maybe then, he'd tell her it was all just a mistake and nothing really bad happened. Her spirits lifted lightly and she calmly finished her meal.
(I'm sorry about the bad ending. I wanted to pump this chapter out soon.)
Key
"words"= talking
'words'=thinking
(words)=authors notes/my thoughts
*words*=actions (e.g. *cough*, *gasp*, *huff*, *puff*)
*= look at the bottom
The darkness came from out of no where. It just was. There was no explanation for it. All that he could say what that the darkness was there. No origin. By the time he realized it, it consumed all. No, "coming from", just "there".
Naruto tried to do something, but it was as if he was being held back by hordes of enemies while his friends were being tortured and killed. That helpless feeling of doubt. No where to run, no where to hide. No life.
The red aura however, did come from somewhere. It originated from within. Within the soul.... within. It and the black darkness battled for control. They battled and battled to no end. In the end, they neutralized each other. And when it was over there was simply-
"Naruto...." a voice drifted in and out of his dreams
"Naruto." More now.
"Naruto"
"Naruto-kun."
"NARUTO!"
He jolted upright out of bed. Sweating, panting. Eyes frozen forward. The pain from his casted arm brought his eye sight back.
"Gah!" Naruto yelled and leapt back in amazement. "What the in the world are you guys doing here." Naruto said between gasps.
They all smiled. All of them. More people than Naruto knew; or rather chose to know. Team 7 was there. Kakashi-sensei, Sakura and Sasuke. So was Team 8. Kurenai, Kiba and Shino. Team 10, with Asuma-sensei, Ino, Shikamaru and Chouji. Team (I can't find the damn number) came along also. Gai- sensei, Lee, Tenten and Neji.
Other people he knew outside of his shinobi life were there. Joh-san, Mr. and Mrs. Azuma (people from the fire) with their kids too. Konohamaru was there. There was a tall no-nonsense man with white eyes. He must be Hinata's father.
The whole place was filled. Then again, where was this place? Naruto looked around.
"Hospital." Kakashi said. "December 20th, 12:17 p.m. Anything else?"
Naruto paused to count on his fingers (he doesn't take Kumon) and gasped. "I was out for two days?!" he paused again. "Wait, Kakashi-sensei. You're already fully healed?"
"Yep."
"But wait, you healed in less than two days and I'm still hurt. Why isn't-"
Kakashi gave him a glance that said, 'No....' and shook his head ever so slightly.
"What's that got to do with anything?" Neji asked, "You did a good job." He extended a hand.
Naruto, confused, shook it. Now everyone was talking to him at the same time.
"Nice Naruto-kun." Lee gave Naruto a thumbs-up.
"Naruto. Good job" Sakura even tried to smile. Sasuke simply nodded in Naruto's direction.
"Congrats Naruto." Kiba said, obviously wishing he was somewhere else.
"What the? Why are you all here?" Naruto repeated.
"Well, we're teammates, so I decided to come and check on you." Sakura chimed. Sasuke just looked at Sakura like she was the cause of all this.
"I heard how you beat those shinobi! That was awesome!" Lee yelled rather loud.
Naruto ignored Lee, looked at his bed sheets and got a look from Sasuke. "You noticed it too Sasuke?"
"Yeah. I thought that at least Sakura would see it, but evidentially, you beat her to it."
"What? Naruto beat me?! At what?!" Sakura asked.
"They weren't shinobi." Sasuke said.
The room fell dead silent. As silent as Naruto's dream. Since no one said anything, Naruto picked it up from there.
"I didn't necessarily notice it. One of them forgot that it was a secret, and blurted it out. They're like no other enemy I've seen before."
Sasuke added. "What I noticed was their lack of principles. They were more like soldiers. Not like assassins. They didn't use any chakra either. I didn't see any with my Sharingan." "I'm surprised that neither you nor Hinata saw that with your Byakugan. By the way, where is she?" Naruto said to Neji, looking around.
Before anyone could answer, a nurse walked in with a folder under her arms. She walked over to Naruto and handed it to him. He viewed it and cocked an eyebrow. The text on one of the sheets said, 'Left lower ribs broken, broken arm and 23 cuts. Top priority: ribcage' "Are you sure?"
The nurse; taken aback at her "mistake"; repulsively said, "Of course I am! Look at the x-rays."
Naruto checked the transparent black sheets containing his bone structure. Sure enough, two ribs on the left were snapped. Naruto shook his head slowly. "That's not possible. I'm fine." Naruto groaned as he stood up from the bed.
She gasped as Naruto stood. "B-But your condition.... i-it's not possible." The nurse prodded his ribs with one hand and her other was hanging on her lip. She shrugged and gave him a sling for his arm. "Okay, get out after you fill your paperwork."
Naruto felt a smile pull at his face. "Thanks." And he left the room.
When they all filed out into the hall, Naruto turned to them. "Okay guys, I'll need some help."
They all leaned into the center.
"Can you guys handle that?" Naruto asked.
"Yep."
"No problem."
"For Hinata? Of course."
"Roger."
They each dispersed to do their requested duties. Naruto pulled Ino behind the rest. "I'll need your help the most."
Hinata couldn't bring herself to confront Naruto. If it was her shyness, she couldn't tell. It was something else something.... different. An instinct, if you will. Anyways, she had to avoid Naruto. Key places were the Ichiraku and his house. His training grounds would probably be a bad spot too.
She noticed as she was walking down the street, she was actually coming closer to the Ichiraku entirely by accident. Naruto couldn't have been released yet, so, Hinata walked over and sat in a corner table that was slightly covered with a cloth that went down to her eyes. She moved it aside, and sat down.
Soon a waiter neared her and asked her what she would be having. Hinata chose something at random but made sure it was cheap. She didn't care about taste right now, but only about filling herself up and leaving.
Half way through her meal, she heard the familiar bell that sounded the restaurant with new customers. Somehow, Hinata heard this one above the rest of the previous bell-ringings that happened more than a dozen times.
Hinata barely turned her head before she saw the familiar blue t- shirt on its owner. She gagged on her water and coughed up a storm. 'What is Naruto doing here?!' Hinata's mind raced as well as her heartbeat.
She was rooted to her seat as the next person came in. Ino's blonde hair swept behind her, capturing the eyes of many other boys. Some of them whispered to their friends and others whistled.
Naruto held the door for her and helped her onto a stool. Hinata couldn't tell what they were talking about, but it didn't matter. Naruto was with another girl, and after she saved his life.... with the help of Neji.
Her jaw tightened and she felt liquid form at the corners of her eyes. Hinata wiped them away angrily with her sleeve. 'He might be simply talking about the weather or something like that.' Hinata might as well expect a zombie to form out of thin air and run for president. (Al Sharpton better win!)
She ripped the gyoza open and wolfed it down like a lion, trying to get that picture out of her mind. No matter how hard she tried she always came back with an image of Naruto and Ino together on a hill in the moon light.... no! 'God Damn it Hinata! What the hell is wrong with you?! Don't let this get to you!'
Amidst all her thinking, Hinata didn't even notice Naruto leave. There wasn't even a completed bill there, so obviously, he didn't leave recently. Hinata didn't know how the handle this at all. She might consult Neji. "No!" she said to herself. All Neji would do is "teach him a lesson".... but maybe Naruto deserved it. After all she did for him, and what he just did to her.
She finally decided to ride it out and tell him later. Maybe then, he'd tell her it was all just a mistake and nothing really bad happened. Her spirits lifted lightly and she calmly finished her meal.
(I'm sorry about the bad ending. I wanted to pump this chapter out soon.)