A/N Hello fellow FF members and visitors alike, this is 9tailsfox2 with Chapter 2 to Memories of the Past! It might be a bit confusing in the beginning, but it will all make sense later on. Italics is note and thought.
Disclaimer: Chapter 1's disclaimer applies to this entire story
Naruto was bout fall asleep when there was sudden flash of light around him.
Naruto heard someone calling his name, the voice was familiar. "Naruto, where are you?"
Naruto looked around and saw someone he never though he would see again. "Hanabi, is that you? Am I dead?"
Hanabi smiled as she approached Naruto. "No, I just called you because you have a second chance at this, but you only have one try."
Naruto scratched his head. "At saving you?"
Hanabi nodded. "All I was told was this… Hold on, I have it written somewhere."
Naruto was confused as Hanabi searched her pockets for something. "Ok, what the hell is happening?"
Hanabi smiled as she continued searching. "You, or rather your spirit is in a timeless plane, where all of time connects to, but you cannot control where or rather when you travel, you have to be brought to that time, and you are unable to interact with the world unless you have the proper energy. Physical Interaction takes the least amount of energy and it involves with moving objects."
"Mental interaction requires more energy than Physical Interaction involves with giving a person a message, what they do with that information is up to them, whether be it false or truth."
"Spiritual Interaction, which takes the most amount of energy, involves in making someone empathetic to what you are truly feeling in that moment in time, you cannot force any emotion upon yourself it will be what you are feeling at that point."
"Those are the rules that everyone hears upon entry, when people do enter this plane, they will have a single task set to them, even if it is giving a person their task. For me, my task is to give you this message. The task is optional to complete, but if you are successful in completing your tasks, you will be much happier. But be warned, as much as you can make yourself that much happier, you can also make yourself that much sadder, or even wind up killing yourself if done wrong."
Naruto sadly sighed as he held Hanabi. "I want to stay here with you."
Hanabi held Naruto back as they kissed. "I'm sorry, but I'm dead and you are alive, we cannot be together unless one of us becomes the other. Oh yeah! The message!"
Naruto grumbled as closed his eyes and forced his physical body to take a pencil and paper. "Ok, I'm ready."
Hanabi was impressed. "Wow, you must have a lot of spiritual energy to do that. Any ways, here is your message." Hanabi then began reading off a paper. "When you experience the same flash a second time, you need to manipulate one thing to make what happened true or make another thing happen or rather what was supposed to happen not happen. Only one change may be made."
Naruto nodded. "I'm going to save you, I promise."
Hanabi smiled. "I hope you do, even if you don't, I hope we can meet up in heaven."
Naruto smirked. "We will, sooner than you think."
Hanabi frowned. "I know what you are trying to do, but please don't, I know you want to love my sister but you won't as you will try to kill yourself. Please don't live your life and be happy."
Naruto shook his head. "But my life will be meaningless without you."
Hanabi took Naruto's hand. "Then promise me one thing, whether or not you succeed in saving me, whether or not you kill yourself, after you are done with the not just one thing, please."
Naruto looked into Hanabi's eyes. "Anything, what is it?"
Hanabi smiled. "Smile a true, even once, for my sake, and please don't force a smile, please just smile, even if it is just by remembering the old times, or thinking about how you and I will be together forever in heaven, just please smile, truly."
Naruto nodded his head. "I promise. Hanabi, I love you and I hope you won't have to wait too long for me."
Hanabi smiled as she kissed Naruto. "I love you too, and I hope so to, just remember your promise Naruto, bye Naruto, for now at least."
Naruto then smirked. "I won't my love, bye."
All of a sudden everything absorbed into the white as Naruto woke up in his bed.
Naruto sighed as he sat down at his desk and looked at his incomplete note. He checked to see where he was and picked up his pen and continued his note.
Sorry for taking so long, it took a while to get my heart hardened enough to continue this thing, although as you are reading this, it seems to flow continuously. Enough of my ramblings, I have man to find and maybe kill; I hope I can finish this today, but maybe not. We'll see. Where was I again? Oh yeah, I was holding my head and white light appeared everywhere.
Naruto shook his as he clenched his eyes shut and yet, the white light was still there, all of a sudden, a memory came out of nowhere.
Naruto was 12 years old, before he met Hanabi and was walking, not paying attention to where he was going. Same old boring day, same old sad parentless life.
Naruto was born, but his parents died by a person nick named the Kyuubi, being taken down by Konoha City's mayor, Minato Namikaze. The Kyuubi was a serial killer, killed thousands and one of the only few people left from Kyuubi's rage killings was Naruto and it was suspected that he was the son of Kyuubi and thus was hated.
Naruto, who was still thinking to himself, bumped into the school bully, Neji Hyuuga. Neji was a prick who though he was better than everybody else.
Neji glared at Naruto, who only a year younger than he was. "You have stepped on my shoe, what have you to say for yourself."
Naruto was certainly not in the mood to deal with this shit. "Oh Kami, now I have dog shit all over my shoe."
Neji glared at Naruto as he grabbed him by the shirt and lifted him at face level. "Say that one more time to my face."
At this point there was already a crowd surrounding the fight that is going to happen. Whenever someone got into a fight with Neji, they were definitely going to the hospital.
Naruto smirked. Well, I'm already fucked, might as well make the best of this insult, hmm I might even get a surprise attack on him if I get this right. Naruto then kicked Neji in the stomach and got himself free away from Neji's grip and swept Neji's feet, causing him to fall on his back and Naruto then stomped on Neji's face and began rubbing his shoe on Neji's face. "Geez, I really was looking for a shit stick to get what I got on my shoe off, and I think I found the perfect one."
Neji got pissed as he grabbed Naruto's and pulled it off his face, and got up, holding Naruto upside down by one foot as high as possible. "Alright, you definitely ask for it."
Neji then pile drove Naruto's face into the ground then kicked Naruto in the pelvis as he was about fall from the balance on the ground from his face. Neji then mounted Naruto and started ground and pounding him until Neji was sure Naruto was unconscious. "There we go, another brat is gone."
Neji then got up and was about to walk away when Naruto suddenly jumped up and uppercut Neji, breaking his jaw and knocked him out. The whole crowd was quiet and suddenly cheered as Naruto stood victorious over Neji's body. "Take that you fucking prick."
"Naruto Uzumaki! Come to my office right now!" Everyone turned around and it was Iruka Umino, the only teacher that actually likes Naruto, who was walking with Hiashi Hyuuga, Neji's uncle of all people. The crowd was quiet as Naruto went up to Iruka and Hiashi picked up his and carried him on his shoulder. Without a word, the three walked away.
At some point Neji regained his consciousness and Hiashi put him down so he could walk by himself.
After a few days of meetings with the principle and police, Naruto was about to get his punishment.
The school principal was rather big, and was kind of strict, or in Naruto's words on multiple occasions, a 'Fat Violent Dyke.' (Shout out to Rucka Rucka Ali!) The principle sighed as she looked at the two children and then at Hiashi. "Naruto Uzumaki, Neji Hyuuga, your punishment is at the discretion of Hiashi Hyuuga, and Naruto, if it need be, you shall live over at the Hyuuga house. Everyone is dismissed."
Naruto groaned and lowered his head. Kami dammit, I'm dead, I'm fucking dead. I heard that this dude is not lenient in his punishments, including his own children.
Hiashi turned around and simply said. "You two follow me, Naruto; you shall live at my house from now on until further notice. Once we get home, we shall discuss your punishments."
Naruto got even more depressed. "Can we at least stop by my apartment, so I can pack my stuff? I should also tell my landlord that I'm moving out."
Hiashi sighed. "Yeah, sure, just tell me where to go."
After going through all that and a rather smirking landlord thinking that she had won in driving Kyuubi's son out at last, Naruto threw his stuff in the back seat with him. Not a word was said as they finally arrived at the house, which was not a house, but rather a mansion, and for a moment, despite the reason that he was there in the first place, he could only stare at the building in awe. "Dude, you are so fucking rich."
Hiashi turned around in his seat and smiled. "My great father was rather successful in life. We don't have a particular family business, but I do recall my father giving me some advice, and I shall give you the same advice I gave my two children and my nephew. 'You don't have to be good at anything, just do something and make sure you are damn successful at it."
Naruto nodded and was surprised that this man would give him advice in life, but he still took it to heart. "Mr. Hyuuga, where shall I sleep?"
Hiashi Hyuuga shook his head. "I shall discuss your living arrangements later, after I talk with Neji."
Naruto nodded as he was the last one to enter the house and Hinata greeted her father with a hug and Neji with a glare. "Daddy! Neji…" Hinata then noticed that Naruto was present and instantly turned red. "N-Naruto, I-I didn't kn-know you were he-here, we-welcome to m-my h-house, wa-wanna come to m-my room?" Hinata mentally berated herself for asking that way too quickly.
Naruto was confused on how to answer; first of all he did not want to go into a girl's room. It was not that he did not like females, it was that he did not know how to talk with one intimately, additionally, he was not that interested in Hinata in the first place, but as long as he can remember, he noticed that this girl was crushing hard on him, but he did not know how to tell her that he did not like her in that way without breaking her heart. Naruto was about to answer but thankfully, Hiashi, noticing Naruto's dilemma and he knew how he would answer, he stepped in at this point. "Hinata, Naruto and I must discuss his punishment for his fight at school with Neji, after I discuss Neji's punishment first. Why don't you go clean your room?"
Hinata quickly nodded and esca- I mean quickly ran out to do what her father told her to do.
Hiashi then looked at Neji then motioned for the two of them to follow them upstairs. To a door.
"Neji, follow me into my study, Naruto, wait out here please."
Naruto sighed as he slumped down and waited.
A seven year old girl with lilac colored eyes, dark brown hair and parted bangs, and a single hair falling in front of her face, wearing a blue sleeveless V-neck with blue shorts and shoes walked by and stared at Naruto and scowled. "Who are you and what are you doing here?"
Naruto scowled back. "Listen, I don't like it when people are rude and mean, which is the whole reason why I'm here."
The girl shook her head. "I'll ask again fool, who are you and what are you doing here?"
Naruto sighed. "Not until you tell me yours."
The girl balled her hand into a fist. "You do realize I could tell my father you are trespassing."
Naruto growled. He really did not like this girl at all. "You do realize you are the I am here fight beating the crap out of Neji, the principal said that our punishments were up to Hiashi Hyuuga."
The girl smirked. "That punk deserved it, I'm actually going to give you points for that, but, you still did not tell me your name, meaning you a rude bigot, just like the rest of the people at my school."
Naruto shook his head. "You are supposed to introduce yourself first dummy, you were the first to speak."
The girl got real irritated at that. "Fine, my name is Hanabi Hyuuga, daughter of Hiashi Hyuuga and Hitomi Hyuuga."
Naruto stood up and held out his hand. "My name is Naruto Uzumaki, son of none."
Hanabi was confused and slapped his hand away. "How can you possibly be the son of none, how were you born?"
Naruto shook his head. "My parents died the day I was born, it was the day of the massacre, and people think I am the son of Kyuubi, mass murder, but if he was my parent, I would have believed so, but I do not think so yet, everyone hates me because of that 'theory'!"
Hanabi scowled at him. "Well having no parents from the start would explain the rudeness going on… Now if you excuse me, if that is even possible for you, I will be on my way to do my laundry."
Naruto really did not like Hanabi and stuck his tongue out at her, who did the same as she was walking away. Naruto whispered under his breath. "Arrogant prick, she's like a mini Neji."
Neji then walked out the room and passed Naruto without saying a word. Then Hiashi's voice sounded in the air. "Naruto, come in here."
Naruto sighed as he prepared for the worst punishment. "Coming." Naruto then entered the room and shut the door behind him.
Hiashi then stared at Naruto for a moment. "Alright, I was going to make you a servant to my family, but that would have been a waste of your brain."
Naruto was confused. "What are you talking about?"
Hiashi sighed. "You are at the top of your class, so instead of making you do manual labor; I am making you a tutor to my daughter, Hanabi."
Naruto was stunned at that. "Wh-What, I talked with her outside in the hall, and she's rude! How can you expect me to work with her when she is like that!?"
Hiashi rubbed his temples. "I everything in that conversation but after my talk with Neji, you have actually broke through to him and made him realize that being a prick is not exactly a good thing, I was hoping you could do the same for Hanabi, albeit a different way. I do not know why, but she is rude to everyone she meets and her grades are not exactly that high, at least Neji pays attention to his studies."
Naruto nodded his head. "Alright so where shall I sleep?"
Hiashi sighed. "You can sleep in any unoccupied room, but I suggest the room right next Hanabi's, so you don't have to walk far to work with her."
Naruto nodded. "Which is where?"
Hiashi pointed out the door. "Down the hall, first door on your left, here is the key to that room. Hanabi should be coming back about now, tell her to come in here when you meet her."
Naruto nodded as he exit and Hanabi was passing the door. "Hey Mini Neji, you father wants you."
Hanabi scowled at that. "Like I said, just like the rest at school."
Naruto then got concerned about that particular statement; she said that same thing ten minutes ago. Naruto would talk with her about later but continued on to his new room.
Naruto was amazed at the huge room he had. "Wow, this place is huge…"
Naruto took a moment to unpack his stuff and rested on the bed. After a few minutes there was a knock on his door and Naruto sighed. "Come in."
The door opened then closed. "Naruto."
Naruto looked up to see Hanabi. "What is it Mini Neji?"
Hanabi got real angry at that, but suppressed her urge to throw an insult of her own. "My father told me that you would be tutoring me, and as much as I don't like it, we have to at least stop this bickering as soon as possible, so I could get my grades back up."
Naruto sat up and sighed. "Your point being?"
Hanabi grumbled as she put up her hand. "What I'm trying to say is, we got off the wrong foot, and I'm sorry for being rude… can we start over? What do you say? Truce?"
Naruto seriously considered slapping her hand away, like she did his, but he knew that I would be better for both of them to make up. Naruto then smiled as he put up his hand and shook Hanabi's. "Truce."
Hanabi smiled as she introduced herself again. "Great, my name is Hanabi Hyuuga and I am going to be your student from now on."
Naruto followed along. "My name is Naruto Uzumaki, and I am going to be your tutor from now on."
Hanabi smiled again. "Great! My father said that dinner was ready and to bring you downstairs."
Naruto nodded but before Hanabi opened the door, Naruto called out to her. "Hanabi, wait before you go did you decide to apologize of your own choice or did your father tell you to make apologize? I want the truth."
Hanabi turned around and smiled. "He never directly said it, but I think he was hinting at it but, either way, after that meeting with him, I think he wanted me to apologize to you, and truthfully, I did feel kind of like a jerk, after you called me Mini Neji, I took a moment to evaluate myself, and you were right, I was acting like a jerk, so there is the truth."
Naruto nodded as he got up. "Alright, thank you for telling the truth Hanabi, and I'm glad that you did not do it because your father told you, I would hate for you to have done that under orders of you father."
Hanabi nodded in understanding. "Alright let's go."
Dinner was great and he met Hanabi's mother, who was really sweet and nice. Naruto then slept in the most comfortable bed. Over the next few weeks, Naruto and Hanabi slowly became friends and her family definitely noticed and more than on one occasion, it was mentioned that she had not smiled so much in a long time. It was definitely the start of a new friendship.
Everything flashed white again as Naruto returned to his hospital room and woke up after a night's sleep and realization hit him that was just memory. Naruto looked around and saw one of the few people he liked, Hitomi Hyuuga, mother of Hanabi and Hinata Hyuuga, aunt of Neji Hyuuga.
Naruto teared up as Hitomi held him. "I'm sorry mother, if only I stalled a bit longer, if only, if only. It's my fault she died, I could have prevented it! I'm sorry I killed your daughter!"
Hitomi shushed as she held the crying Naruto. "It wasn't your fault that it happened. There was nothing you could have done. I know you that you would never have killed her, you would never have hurt her."
Naruto kept crying harder as he held The Lilac Crystal. "I'm so sorry Hanabi."
Hitomi noticed the necklace and waited for Naruto to calm down before she asked. "Naruto, where did you get that necklace?"
Naruto sadly sighed as he looked down. "I got it for Hanabi's 12th birthday, but after the accident, before I lost my consciousness, she told me to keep it if she died."
Hitomi knew the price of the necklace and was actually planning to get it for her daughter but someone already bought it. "You really love her don't you? More than as a friend, sister or teacher, right?"
Naruto was stunned that the relationship was finally found out but could only nod. "Yeah, we have been dating for quite some time now. We were madly in love with each other."
Hitomi only smiled. "Did you two get intimate with each other?"
Naruto lowered his head. "No, but I am not going to lie, I have thought about it when I was a bit younger when I was going through puberty."
Hitomi shook her head. "Well as long as you truly love her, I don't care what you two did with or to each other, as long as you were ready to accept any consequences."
Naruto was not surprised to hear that coming from what he considers now his mother. "Well I can only imagine what father would have done if he found out."
Hitomi chuckled at the thought. "He probably would have beaten you to death, but in the current circumstance, he probably won't do anything, but for now, I shall keep your secret. Mum's the word."
Naruto smiled at that. "Mum's the word."
Hitomi then put a hand on Naruto's knee. "Naruto, why don't you tell me how you two fell in love?"
Naruto sighed as he began telling his mother what happened to make them fall in love; he felt everything go white as he once again began having another flashback.
Alright, I'm feeling tired at this point, and I seriously need to go to bed. But you shall continue this story because it was already written, and boy do I love to talk on.
Naruto tiredly sighed as put his note away and sat on his bed just as the door to his room opened. It was Hinata. "Naruto, how are you feeling?"
Naruto sadly sighed. "I'm still feeling like crap."
Hinata sat next to Naruto and put her hand on his shoulder. "I know you two loved each other, but you really need to move on. I love you Naruto, you know that, so please let me in your heart."
Naruto shook his head. "I'm sorry, but I can't do that to you?"
Hinata was confused. "Do what to me? What are you talking about?"
Naruto shook his head. "Never mind I said that, with my feelings for your sister, do you really believe it will work out."
Hinata shook her head. "Naruto, I think she would want you to move on and be happy."
Naruto sadly smiled, but I still love her, and that will complicate things if we get into a relationship, just let me sort through me feeling first ok?"
Hinata got up and nodded. "Alright, I'll let you sort things out, good night."
Naruto sighed. "Night." He then curled up into a ball as a tear ran down his face. If I wasn't going to kill myself, then I would have said yes, but that action would have caused her that much more pain.
All of a sudden everything flashed to white. Another flashback?
Naruto at this point found himself walking as a 12 year old again, the same memory as when Naruto bumped into Neji extremely bored with this flash back as he already experienced this one, except something was different. Naruto was floating in the dream and try as he might he could not influence the world around. Another key difference is that this Naruto was looking ahead of him.
As Naruto recalled, he was looking downward out boredom, but he wasn't doing that at all, and at this point if he avoided Neji, then he would not have met Hanabi, maybe he would have, but as Hinata's sister and that's it.
Naruto sighed as bored as he was right now, needed to think of a solution and fast, and his boredom wasn't helping him, the Naruto here was supposed to be bored. Wait a second that's it! If he can just make this Naruto empathetic to his own boredom. Naruto concentrated on using spiritual manipulation and was successful just in time as this Naruto sighed in boredom and looked down.
Naruto sighed in relief as everything turned white again and he was in his room once again. Naruto checked the clock and it was midnight. Naruto sighed as tears went down his face. I really hope I can save you Hanabi, I really do, and I love you so much!
A/N Great chapter, as for the whole spirit thing, my muse really loves to fuck with me. Anyways, what do you all think about this, I did not get a lot people reading the first chapter of this story, ah well, as long as at least one person likes it. Like always R&R and this is 9tailsfox2 singing off!
