Chapter Fifteen: Wake Up My Love

Hinata was on the shore watching the ocean as the waves pounded onto the shore line. It was morning and she had been crying all night while thinking about Naruto. Her thoughts went back to his words and how deep they cut into her, like a hot sword threw butter. He didn't mean it, she thought. He just spoke out in rage because of the pain he was feeling. She heard the soft footsteps on the sand that belonged to Keiji.

"What is it Keiji-san," asked Hinata.

"It's Naruto, I'm afraid that he's in a coma," said Keiji.

"What," gasped Hinata. "When will he wake up? How did he fall into a coma?"

"The coma is do too a flood of emotions," said Keiji. "To make things clear, there is something in a demons blood that suppresses anger and rage from taking control of the body. It can fail sometimes as in the case of the Kyuubi's attack, but it suppresses rage and aggression by processing the emotions in a different way. Naruto's blood is still coming accustomed to the process because the merge isn't complete. Now, do the emotional blitzkrieg of last night's events have appeared to be too much for his processor. When this happens he will go into a state of being that is in between every emotion. This is close to Nirvana except it doesn't grant consciousness. I don't know how to stop it, but something tells me that you can reach him if his friends can't. If not then I think we will have towait for his processor to catch up in exactly three years."

Sasuke stumbled his way down into the forest that was next to the beach. Tree branches and briar tore at his skin and clothes, but none of this bothered him. His mind was a million miles away, which is where he wanted to be right now. He couldn't look at his friends, especially Sakura, the girl he loved and nearly killed if it wasn't for Keiji stopping his chidori. What was he now as he tore through everything in his way? Tears flowed down his cheek, falling on the plants below that would only grow from his inner turmoil, feeding off his misery. He felt lower than shit, lower than a mass murderer getting caught by an eight year old with a shuriken. He saw another Sasuke standing in front of him, but he was dressed like he dressed when he was with Orochimaru. He was the avenger in Sasuke, the one who couldn't come terms with the fight being over. The reason Itachi still plagued his dreams.

"Get up," said the Avenger. "You'll never be strong enough to kill him being with them. They'll make you grow soft and you will never be able to avenge them. Or have you forgotten mother and father?"

"You dumbass," shouted Sasuke. "Itachi's dead now, you need to come to terms with that."

"He's not dead," said the Avenger. "He just wants you to think that, but he really used a genjutsu to make you think that he's dead. He won't fool me because I'm too strong for it. Nothing holds me back"

"He's dead and you can't come to terms with that because your whole life was for killing him," said Sasuke. "No, not just your life, but your existence is based on the fact that he's alive. Now that he's dead you have no purpose so you blindly make me believe he's still there. You won't die if your purpose is fulfilled, you'll just change. I can make you into something else."

"The only name I know is avenger," said the Avenger. "What would you make me into? Please, give me a purpose?"

"No longer the Avenger, I don't need you to be that, but the only thing I can think would be useful is Lover."

"Thank you," said the other Sasuke as he slowly faded away into sight. Now standing there was Sakura.

"Sasuke are you okay now," asked Sakura.

"You're the face I wanted to see now," said Sasuke smiling. "And yes, it's finally over."

Naruto walked to his apartment after drinking with his friends. Shino left with Kiba's sister as usual and as usual, Kiba denied the fact that they were seeing each other. Sakura and Sasuke owned the bar and went upstairs to screw each other's brains out. Neiji and Tenten left the bar quietly so as not to gain the attention of Naruto and Kiba, whom would always point out the fact that they were going to their home to have sex. The two were still shy about the fact, but Shikamar and Temari, who lived in the same apartment complex, knew all of their dirty little sex games that they played. Naruto shared his apartment with two other friends of his, Jin and Kankuro. Kankuro was a guy who had the same luck with women as a fisherman has with fish. Some days he'd catch one, but some days he wouldn't. His brother, Naruto's counterpart, Gaara, had a girlfriend who was intimate, but the sex was secondary in their relationship. It was either that Gaara didn't have that big of a sexual appetite or there was more going on than they were telling.

Jin was still up and writing his notes for another book in his series. It reminded Naruto of one of his teacher in college, Jiraiya, a man who could be found peeking into the girl's locker room if not in class. He always claimed it was for research. Jin was a person with a quick temper, but Naruto never saw much of him. Naruto still met up with his old teachers, Iruka and Kakashi, both who had wives. His godfather, Keiji, had married another one of his instructors, a P.E. teacher named Mitarashi Anko. She was beautiful and had gained Keiji the envy of a lot of men in the town. Naruto made most of his money working on computer programming and often tuned up his motorcycle. He had this feeling that there was something out there that he longed for.

"There's something deep inside of these bones," said Naruto. "It calls out for something unknown. What does it call for? I feel empty and no woman can satisfy me. I have a reputation for fucking and leaving women, but it still doesn't satisfy me. And at night it feels like someone else should be here. A name comes into my head, Hinata."

"You don't know how good it feels to see you bottled up inside your mind like this," said a voice. It was Jin standing in the doorway with a sinister smile on his lips. "Look at you Naruto, trapped in your mind, but you still don't realize it."

"What the hell are you going on about," asked Naruto. "In my mind, what the hell are you talking about?"

"Her name haunts you," said Jin. "The very reason you're stuck in this place that I am stuck in and once you find a way out then I'll find my way out. It will benefit us both, but first try to remember. Here's a word that might get your memory jogged up, Kyuubi."

It did work, for Naruto suddenly remembered everything about the real him, he then remembered something crucial and he knew that this would be his only chance. Jin turned to return to his notes and felt the metal part his skin as the knife was thrust under his rib cage. In panic he flailed at his attacker with his arms, but found that Naruto was too strong. In a last effort, Jin pushed Naruto away with all his strength. They were both on the floor panting while Jin's blood spread on the carpet.

"I just bought this carpet today," said Jin laughing. "Why did you do that?"

"I can't let you out," said Naruto. "If I do, then you'll just take over and use my powers tog ive yourself a reason to exist by killing."

"It wasn't my fault that I'm hate generated towards those who looked down on you. You felt me, thought me up in your head along with dreams of burning down the village while you painted it red with the blood of all those who looked at you with hate."

"You just needed to wait until I could turn you into another emotion. You didn't have to play me like some puppet on a string, look where it's gotten you."

"I am not a normal emotion. I will not be remade, but I will die and be reborn as something else. Your demon blood has been doing that to me and now that I look at it, I wanted you to kill me a long time ago. I put the knife there without thinking, I brought you here knowing full well that you could kill me, but yet I still did everything that led us to here. Let's face it I wanted to die, but now you must finish it by leaving this place."

"Which way is the way out," asked Naruto.

"Listen and you'll hear the siren," said Jin. "Follow your siren to the outside, please. Then your processing will get the jump start that will be the end of my short, pathetic, miserable existence. Now just fucking go, now."

Naruto walked out of the apartment and noticed that there was no one else around. He was all alone, but he realized that he had been alone, until he heard that voice.

"Naruto, please wake up," said the voice. "Don't leave me here all alone. I need you as much as you need me. Let's spend our lives together."

"I'm coming Hinata," said Naruto as he sped his motorcycle up to reach the voice. Everything went black as reality set back in.

Hinata was afraid that Naruto wouldn't wake up again, afraid that she would never hear that voice of his. She felt tears flowing down her cheek as she called out to him again only to get no results again. Thinking of one last technique, she touched his lips with hers, pouring the warmth in him to find him, somewhere down there. Then she felt warm hands running their way through her hand. She broke away to see Naruto smiling at her.

"Your lips are better than coffee," said Naruto with a laugh. "I'm sorry for everything I said. It was that part of me that wanted to get out, so he did that to cause my coma. He's gone now and it's all because of you. When I was lost in that world, your voice reached me and found me. I followed here because I never want to leave your side."

Hinata couldn't say anything; she was seeing her dream come true. She embraced him with her arms and lips and they kissed deeply and passionately, but before anything could come of it, the door opened. Keiji, Anko, Kakashi, Sasuke, Sakura, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and the rest of the gang walked into the room leaving Gaara and Rukia standing in the doorway. They were happy to see him awake.

"We knew Hinata could wake you up," said Sasuke. "After all, you are pussy whipped."

"I don't need to take that from you, sadomasochist," said Naruto. A thought crossed his mind as he remembered something important. "Holy shit the mission."

"Don't worry," said Keiji. "Thanks to the fact that you set up replacements and picked the right people we were able to still carry it out. It was done based on mission plans that you wrote prior to the carnival incident and they worked out well. You see, you have a bright future. Now we'll just leave you."

"To do what," asked Neiji.

"To do what you and Tenten did last night," retorted Sasuke in defense of his friend. "Thanks for helping me realize my problem."

Naruto smiled as the gang left closing the door behind them. Hinata slipped into bed withNaruto and the two slipped out of their clothes. Naruto played with Hinata's breast, a thing he always did to get her wet, but he always used a different method. Then he entered her and felt that familiar warmth in melding together with her.

Authors note: This is not the last chapter, in fact I've decided to prolong the story, but chapters won't come out as fast because I will be writing other Naruto fan fics with the same original characters as side stories. I hope all those who liked this fan fic will read them and review. I made them for all of you because you are all my inspiration for writing.