Chapter two
As Naruto headed towards his home, he could still sense the two ninja following him. Apparently they didn't know when to quit, he told them he was fine they didn't appear to have believed him and followed him anyway.
He wondered as he walked what his life would be like if the third Hokage had never sealed the nine tails in him. Would he still have a family and more friends, or would he still be the lonely child he was now. As he approached his apartment building, he sighed at the sight of the stairs. Any other time they didn't bother him but tonight, considering he felt like he had been trampled upon, he really didn't want even face them.
Hearing a noise behind him, Naruto turned around only to get pelted in the face with a banana peel.
"Take that demon boy" someone called out from the shadows. "get out of here and never come back"
"I never asked for this fate" Naruto called as he turned and slowly dragged himself up the rickety stairs. "it's not my fault I am who I am." Even as he got further and further up the stairs he could still hear the cruel insults tossed his way. They only served to make him feel lower than the dirt that this ran down apartment complex sat on.
Once he was safe inside his home he locked the door and headed straight for the kitchen to make himself some ramen. He would have gone to Ichiraku's but Naruto didn't feel like being out in the open at the moment. He wasn't really sure why cause normally he loved being the center of attention.
While he was waiting for the water to boil Naruto went into his bedroom to dig some scrolls on Ninjutsu out, he would find a way to improve one way or the other. Finding what he had been looking for, Naruto went back into the kitchen and sat down at the table with the scroll before him. He was concentrating so hard on trying to understand what the scroll was talk about that he didn't hear the pounding on his door.
When the sound of splintering wood, resounded through the small, spotless apartment, Naruto looked up, and saw yet another angry villager standing in what used to be his doorway.
"Now what, come to tell me to leave or kill myself?" Naruto asked, all the while thinking that this would be the perfect ending to a perfect day.
"You know "Naruto said standing to his feet "Most people don't break in while I'm here" he walked over to the drawer closest to the sink. He had several Kunai hidden there. He was determined nothing would be stolen or wrecked this time, well aside from his door that is.
The man remained silent as he approached Naruto while his back was turned. Thinking that Naruto was completely unaware of him, the man drew a knife and went to slice Naruto's throat, but Naruto having known he was there, quickly grabbed a kunai out of the drawer and turned around facing the man.
"While I may appear to be stupid" Naruto said through clenched teeth as the man pulled the knife away and went for Naruto's stomach instead, but he was once again foiled when Naruto's Kunai met the blade of the knife. "I am not" a few minutes later neither had relaxed their positions and Naruto was starting to feel the strain, he couldn't keep this up much longer. His chest was already starting to hurt again. Naruto managed to push the man away from him, and with sweat dripping down his face, he managed to send a swift roundhouse kick to the guys face, knocking him down, taking his fist Naruto slammed it into the guys gut until the man was unconscious. Naruto stared at the bloody face of the man that had tried to kill him, it wasn't the first time this had happened and he knew it wouldn't be the last.
"I have to tell Granny about this" Naruto thought as he collapsed onto the floor, from the pain that had sprouted in his chest. It felt like his heart was trying to shred its way out of his chest and as he lay there barely conscious Naruto wondered if this would be how it ended for him. He didn't see a pink haired kunoiche with a certain black haired ninja rushing towards him.
"What a crummy way to die" he mumbled as he closed his eyes, and unconsciousness took a hold of him. He hadn't even come anywhere near to accomplishing his dream, there was so many things he hadn't done but yet at that moment in time, he didn't care. He was ready for death, ready to be put out of his miserable existence. No one should have to live through the pain and torment he'd had to.
Sakura and Sasuke had arrived just in time to see Naruto collapse upon the floor. Sakura sent a worried glanced towards Sasuke but otherwise went straight to Naruto's side. Laying him flat on his back, Sakura leaned over and pressed her ear to his chest, searching for a heartbeat. It was very weak but it was there.
"Sasuke, we need help go find Kakashi-Sensei or Iruka-Sensei or somebody else who can get him to the hospital." Sakura demanded, as she gently ran her hand through the blonde's hair.
"Naruto why is it you always find yourself in a bad situation," Sakura muttered hearing Sasuke leave. She hoped it wouldn't take too long to find someone, she wasn't exactly sure what was wrong with her friend, but she knew it wasn't anything good, not from the way Sasuke had told her about the attack earlier while Naruto had been training. Something told her this had been going on for a while. Which meant Naruto was choosing to ignore it and that frightened her. What if it was life threatening? Sakura didn't know what she would do if Naruto died.
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