Here's chapter 8, this is a filler buut its going to have alot of stuff in it. Considering its going to be covering a months time in the story. More bad stuff is going to happen so be prepared! D: Anywho hope you enjoy reading! xx
My legs felt like they were about to rip off but I didnt care, the message couldnt be right there was no way it could have happened. Kito was behind trying to keep up with my pace but I didnt wait for him to catch up, I would get home to see that this was all just a sick joke. Tree by tree I grew closer to the village so far everything seemed normal, I jumped down into the south gate not bothering to give in my paper work. There was no time I'd come back and do it later, the guards just stood there saying nothing as I passed them and headed toward the estate.
"Come on! Come on!" I shouted at myself trying to pick up the speed, I had lost Kito behind me when I reached the gate. I guessed he stopped to do my paper work for me. Only a couple more blocks until home, then I can see it wasnt true. It couldnt be true! I could hear faint talking in the distance but I didnt recognise the voices.
"This is a massacre, poor kid never had a chance." I heard a deep voice speak. My voice caught in my throat as I sped around the corner of the entrance of the estate and I froze.
"No..No No No NO!" A violent scream burst from my throat as I fell to my knee's. There were the bodies of my clan members.. My family spread across the floor. Their blood decorating the walls red. My stomach churned and I vomited on the floor infront of me. There were other ninja here with the Hokage looking at the disaster, they had turned and faced me when I screamed, all with sad, sympathetic faces. I shook uncontrollably as I burst into tears.
"Riku-chan I'm so sorry" A random ANBU member finally spoke walking toward me but I jumped to my feet and stepped backwards. I looked at the bodies and my brothers were no where to be seen.
"WHERE ARE MY BROTHERS?" I Screeched at the ANBU member, he took a step back and looked at the Hokage for an answer. But he said nothing. I didnt have time to wait, I ran off down the estate toward my house, I would find them alive! Itachi would never let Sasuke or Okaasan get hurt. Didnt really care to much about my father.. I burst through the front door and I could hear nothing. I ran through out the house checking the rooms until the meeting room... I ripped the door off its hinges and automaticly threw up. There in the middle of the room were my parents. Dead and bloody. I was once again on my hands and knee's crying. My whole world was crashing down at once, all of my family were dead.
"Im sorry Riku-nee-san." I heard a soft deep voice say. I looked up to see Itachi standing behind their bodies in his ANBU uniform. He? He killed them?
"Itachi, please. Please I beg you! Tell me you did not do this!" I said tears pouring down my cheeks. He didnt answer his face just fell into a soft frown.
"WHY?"I screamed at him, I ran toward him jumped over our parents corpses and grabbed his shirt. He didnt fight back he just stood there looking into my eyes with a regretful face.
"They loved you! They were our family you killed them Itachi!" I whispered, my voice cracking with every word. He placed his hand on my cheek and finally answered.
"I did what I had to do for you and Sasuke. One day you will know the truth." He said softly, I stood there confused until he stepped back. My hand gently released his shirt.
"Go to Sasuke, the medics have him. Be a family. Dont let them die in vain." And with that he was gone. I stood there until the guards found me and my parents, I sat there on my knee's next to them crying and screaming. No one could calm me down, everyone had been taken away from me and Sasuke. We had nothing left. They moved the bodies outside with the others leaving me alone in the bloody stained room. First Obito was taken from me and now everyone else, how was I meant to raise Sasuke by myself I was only 19.. This wasnt fair.
"Riku.." I deep voice said as it entered the room, I didnt look up I knew who it was. He came and kneeled at my side pulling me into a hug. It was then I truly broke down, I screamed and cried into his chest while he just held me there. He and Sasuke were the only two important people in my life now. I'd never let them go. I gripped my hand on his shirt and continued to cry. He rubbed my back and lent his head against mine.
"Promise me something..." I said inbetween cries.
"Anything."
"Never leave me Kakashi please.. Never leave me."
"I wouldnt even if you wanted me to." He said pulling me closer..
I woke up with a jolt once again falling sideways out of my bed and landing on the hard wood floor. I growled at myself before sitting up and sighing. The dreams were coming back and there was nothing I could do to stop it. First when I lost Obito and Now everyone else.. I hadnt had dreams like these in a few years, I thought they were gone. But I guess they were just laying dormant for something else to go wrong in my life. Brilliant.
I climbed to my feet and headed out to the kitchen to make myself breakfast. Kakashi had taken Sasuke training for the month long gap between the preliminaries and the final matches so I was once again home alone.
The rest of the matches weren't as nerve wreaking for me after Sasukes but I did get really pissed off at that Hyuuga Neji, he nearly killed poor Hinata. And dont even get me started on Rock Lee's match against Gaara, it even scared me what happened. I feel so bad for Lee getting his arm and leg crushed. They dont even know if he'll be able to continue being a ninja when he recovers. I grabbed out the necessities I needed to make cereal and began to munch on it while sitting on one of the counters. I kinda missed Sasuke, I liked to annoy him in the mornings but im without him for a whole month.
"Damm you Kakashi." I scowled at the wall before continuing my breakfast. I finished up and put my bowl and spoon into the sink before heading off to my bathroom to get ready. I wasnt allowed to go on missions until the Chuunin exam had finished so I begged Hokage-sama to let me atleast guard one of the gates and after about an hour of pleading and whining he gave me permission. Hell yeah!
I jumped in the shower and did the routine before getting back out and wrapping a towel around myself. I wiped the steam off the mirror and looked at my appearance. I really needed to get a hair cut at some point, it was starting to get too long for my liking but I didnt trust myself to cut it at home.
'Ill go to a salon later. I reaaaally hope Kito isnt working on the gate aswell.' I grabbed another towel off the rack and wrapped my hair in it before walking out into my bedroom. Sunlight filled the room through my window, I looked out to see a pure blue sky. Now thats the right weather for guard duty. I quickly dried my body and hair before throwing on my underwear and my casual outfit (Outfit is described in chapter 2).
I pulled up my hair into a pony tale before strapping my pouch to my hip and heading back out and toward the front door. I slowly walked out of the estate and into the busy part of town, I was going to pick up a bento and a magazine before guard duty. Its always so boring! You never get more than 3 people coming or going a day. I entered the supermarket and grabbed a small basket and headed off down a random aisle.
'Bento...bento...bento... where are they again?' I was so lost in my thoughts I bumped into someone without realising. We both fell to the floor and dropped what was in our hands. I rubbed my head and looked up.
"Riku?" Shit. It was Kito. He sat there rubbing his chest where I must have walked into.
"Hey Kit." I said abit dazed after the fall. He stood up and pulled me up with him.
"Sorry about walking into you, I was off-"
"In your own little world?" He smirked, I scowled before nodding. He picked up my basket and gave it to me before picking up his and a couple packs of instant Ramen.
"Um..." I began rubbing my neck nervously.
"So..." He said trying to make eye contact with me. I kept my eyes else where while we stood there awkwardly.
"I better hurry off, Ive got guard duty in 20 minutes." I said as I began to move around him. He frowned before nodding.
"Ill see you round Kit" I said smiling at him before disappearing down the aisle, that had to be one of the most awkward experiances I had in awhile. I soon found the bento's and placed one in my basket before heading off to the magazines. I grabbed a random fashion one before walking to the check out. I quickly paid and left practically running to the west gate, I didnt want to run into Kito again so I made sure I moved fast. By the time I got there I could see the guards changing over, so I was just on time.
"Hey Riku-chan!" Izumo called waving to me, I smiled and waved back walking over to him.
"We're guard buddies today!" He said happily ask we walked towards the small hut sort of building near the gate.
"Very professional description Iz." I laughed pushing his shoulder lightly. He laughed along with me giving me a gentle shove back. I was glad that he still wasnt trying to make things happen between us.
"So what're you gonna do for this month then?" He asked as we sat down in the small building. I shrugged and opened my magazine.
"I dont know what to do with myself really. I havent got anything to do." He just stared at me causing me to feel a little bit confused.
"What?" I asked raising an eye brow.
"I meant what would you do because Kakashi isnt here?" He laughed. I tensed and felt the heat rise to my cheeks.
"I dont know what you mean Iz, have you hit your head today?" I said nervously burying my head further into the magazine.
"You know exactly what im on about. Yes I may have hit my head today but im not stupid. I can see whats between you two. You're gonna go mad without him here." He said in an oddly serious voice. How the hell did he know I was starting to feel something different...But was Kakashi's feelings changing too? I shook my head and laughed at him.
"You're insane." I joked trying to breeze past the subject.
Day 14 without Sasuke and Kakashi
Okay can you get cabin fever if you stay in a village for to long? I had been on guard duty a few times, but I was actually going mad staying here doing nothing. Besides I really missed Kakashi...and Sasuke too of course. I pleaded with Hokage-sama to let me go on any mission even a D rank but he still refused saying while I was still involved in the Chuunin exam officially I couldnt leave the village. Yay. Only about 16 more days until the final matches, then everyone else would return from training and I wouldnt be alone. YAY!
Kito had tried to come see me a few times but I always played dead and never answered the door. Ever since that incident in my kitchen there had been a massive strain on our friendship, so he never came in without permission anymore. To be honest I did kinda miss it, but I couldnt get to close to him again incase it set me off. The curse seal started to hurt more often and the pain increased ten fold. I even ended up in the ER the weekend before. But there was nothing anyone could do, seals never took on my mark like it did for Sasuke so I just had to grin and bare it until it passed.
It was night time and I was sat in my kitchen in the dark. I couldnt be bothered to get up and head to my bedroom, sleeping was getting more difficult with each day that passed so there wasnt much point in trying. I sighed and stood up and headed out the door. What harm could a late night walk do? I strolled out of the estate and through the empty streets of the Village.
'I really wished they'd come back sooner, the village is starting to feel more and more strange.. Or maybe its just me? I think this curse mark is just starting to get to me.. urgh life.'
I carried on walking until I reached the woods, I always found them to be a very peaceful place where I could just let all my thoughts go. I continued to slowly walk in the dark but came to a halt when I felt a very dark presence behind me. I quickly spun round to see Orochimaru standing there with a smirk on his face.
"A lovely evening isnt it Riku-chan?" He asked placing his hands in his pockets.
"What do you want Orochimaru?" I spat, he continued to stare at me as he took small steps in my direction.
"I only wish to talk without your...guard dog here." Did he mean Kakashi?
"Well talk then, im not in the mood for your games." I said stepping backwards as he came to a stop.
"As you know ive given your brother the same gift I gave you those many years ago. But I only require one of you to accept the deal." I tensed and and glared in anger at him.
"Dont you dare go near Sasuke! He's just a child you sick freak." I said raising my voice and clentching my fists. He looked at them and laughed before looking at me right in the eye. My mark immediately began to sting again. I yelped and fell to my knee's grasping my neck. He appeared infront of me and crouched to meet my eye level.
"If only you would accept.. Then I could take away your pain." He said softly, I snorted and looked to the sky.
"I wouldnt accept even if my life depended on it. That so called 'deal' is just a sick experiment of yours. Ill never be apart of it and neither will Sasuke!" I growled making him stand up and take a step backwards. The pain increased again making my breathing deepen.
"Tut tut tut my dear. One of you will come to me, I do believe it will be him. I can see it in his eyes, but then again I can see that you would do anything to protect your sibling. That includes accepting my deal." My brows furrowed even more as I stood up shaking.
"You will never have the sharingan!" I yelled, hoping someone would hear me and come to see what was going on but no one came. He sighed and suddenly pinned me against a tree.
"I will you can count on that. You dont seem to appreciate what I have given to you so let me make some adjustments." And before I could react he bit into my neck again, my whole body began to go into shock. It felt like I was burning alive. It was excruciatingly painful and I could do nothing to stop it. He eventually let go and I just fell to the floor unmoving but conscious.
"Good Night Riku-chan. Ill be seeing you soon." He said before disappearing into the night, leaving me there on the floor burning. I let out a blood curdling scream before passing out.
'Sasuke...'
Day 23 without Sasuke and Kakashi
I continued to lie in a coma for another 10 days after being attacked by Orochimaru. I could hear and sense everything that happened around me. A jounin on his way home after a mission had found me and taken me to the hospital but it was too late by then I was still not awake. The next morning I heard a group of ANBU enter the room with the Hokage and Anko. I guess that something had changed to my appearance to show that it was no ordinary attack, I was almost scared to wake up incase I wasnt myself anymore.
But then again I couldnt wake up no matter how hard I tried. My neck stopped burning after I was pumped with morphine and other drugs, I couldnt understand what the nurse said she mumbled too much. At least I wasnt in any pain, that was the only positive thing in this situation.
I did feel slightly happy though, I had quite a few visitors who talked to me even though I couldnt reply. But still no Kakashi or Sasuke, maybe they hadnt been told incase it interfered with Sasuke's training for the final matches. Naruto had been my most frequent visitor, he spoke to me about how some pervy sage was training him and how he would kick Neji's ass.
I mentally smiled at this I knew he would Naruto is stronger then people give him credit for. He also updated me about things that were happening in the village, just minor things. Sakura had come by but only said a few things, we werent exactly close but I appreciated the company.
The funniest visit I had by far was Gai though, he literally burst into the room like crying about how I was like 'his sleeping beauty' I was thoroughly creeped out. He like proclaimed he would find whoever did this to me and make them pay for hurting 'his love'. I wish I could actually laugh out loud. Mentally laughing isnt as fun as you would think. But the funniest part was when he started singing swing low swing chariet to me and Kito walked in. I wish I could've seen their faces but Gai promptly stopped and exited leaving Kito and me. He sat there in silence for the most part before eventually leaving.
'*Sigh* Well this is fun. Stupid Snake put me in a damm coma! Im so hungry, I want some fried chicken!'
'Well you shouldnt have taunted him, he's unpredictable. Did you just expect him to give you a hug or something? Of course he's gonna screw you over. Baka'
'Hey thats just uncalled for. it would be way creepy if he gave me a hug. But Id prefer that then to be in a coma. Its no fun just lying here. Especially having Gai sing to me and not being able to stop him. Id give anything not to hear that again. -_-'
I stopped arguing with myself to hear my nurse come in, I didnt really like the feel of her chakra. It was abit odd..
"Well Uchiha-sama time to take your...special medication." She said overly sweet. Wait what 'special medicine'...?
'ME NO LIKEY BACK OFF BITCH!' I tried to make my body move but not even a single twitch. I felt her fiddling with the drip on my hand and inject something into it.
'Woah...I feel kinda funny...'My whole body began to feel weightless, which wasnt exactly unpleasant but weird. I heard her laugh before leaving the room. That certainly wasnt cough medicine, what the hell had she injected me with.
'I feel waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay tooo relaxed. Mhmmmmmmm...' I began to fall asleep despite trying to fight against it. I awoke the next day, still unable to move my body but with a banging headache.
'What the hell did she put into my drip? I swear when my body wakes up im gonna kick her ass.'
I had Kito visit me again saying he was going away on a mission and would see me when he came back. I really wanted to give him a good bye hug but it was impossible. The weirdest thing was how he said goodbye.
"See you round Riku." He whispered softly before kissing me on the forehead and leaving. He never says goodbye like that, it felt like he was leaving...like forever. I swear a single tear ran down the side of my cheek. Sure I felt sad, but happy that my body had made abit if progress by letting a tear slip. Result!
Day 28...the day before the final matches...
Well this was brilliant.. By my calculations it had been 28 days since the Preliminaries and the Final exam was taking place tomorrow. I was meant to be helping organize it and here I was still unconscious. That nurse kept injecting me with that really weird medicine, nobody had noticed that she was giving me an extra prescription. I hoped I would wake up today otherwise I'd most likely miss the matches and I really wanted to be there for Sasuke. Which reminds me, neither he or Kakashi had come to visit me yet. They were cutting it abit close to the exam coming back to the village. Well I assumed the lack of visits were because they were still else where.
I heard the door slide open and prepared myself for sweeney nurse to come and drug me up but it was a different chakra and there was more than one person that entered the room. The first I recognise as the Hokage and the other 3 were most likely ANBU guards. He came over and sat in the chair beside me.
"Riku, we hoped you would wake up by now." He began with a sad tone of voice. "But I hope you can hear me. As you are incapacitated you will not be able to finish your involvement in the Chuunin exam. "
'No shit sherlock..'
"We are trying to figure out a way to pull you out of this coma, but we cant promise anything. You condition has seemed to worsen over the past week...It is looking unlikely that you will fully wake up." He said taking my hand. I could never wake up? What kind of bullshit is that! I started to murmur out loud causing those in the room to gasp. Although they didnt know I was actually trying to scream abuse at them. A mix of 'you come here to give me a death sentence you fucktards?' and 'You bastards try harder or I swear ill haunt you in the after life.'
They just seemed to think I was trying to tell them im awake...Idiots.
They left soon after and surprisingly the nurse from hell never showed up. Thank you sweet Jesus. I had roughly 24 hours to wake up before the exam, and damm it I would make it even if it meant...well lets just say I tried really hard...
Hope you enjoyed this small filler chapter. Once again Poor Riku getting in a coma. Lets just hope she makes it to the exam on time.
thank you for reading and please review!
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