Chapter 23: Cold Reunion and Lonliness
I was in a bed, bandages were covering my arms and my chest area.
I looked around and saw so many familar faces staring at mine and I knew exactly where I was and I attempted to jump out of bed but was pushed back down "You need to rest, you used up all of your chakra" Shikamaru said and I nodded. "Wow you really did put up one hell of fight" Chouji added and I looked at him "I-I was fighting?" I asked and he nodded "Yea, you weren't responding to us calling your name and then you attacked Lee and Neji, TenTen threw an arsenal of weapons at you but you deflected them all somehow" Chouji added on and I looked down "How troublesome and that wasn't even the the worst part." which aroused my curiousty even more "What else did I do" I inquired in a low tone "You and Temari were going at it for a bit and you nearly killed Hinata but- "Kimiko are you alright?" TenTen asked and I stared at the ground with a blank expression "Where's Hinata" I ask in a emotionless tone and they all looked "She's in the room next door, Naruto is with her " Gaara said in his neutral sounding tone and I jumped up and ran to the next room over.
As I entered the room I saw Naruto holding Hinata's hand in his. I sunk to my knees "Oh my god...what did I do?" I whisper to myself which caused Naruto to turn around. "Naruto I'm so sorry" I exclaimed as I sobbed and as he tried to walk over to me I scooted back into the wall "Stay away from me, I'm a monster...a cruel monster who almost killed her own friend" I spat at myself as the harsh words rolled off my tongue like poison but Naruto embraced me in a hug and I was motionless,tears once again threatening to spill.
"Kitsune you're not a monster I promise and I know you didn't really mean to hurt everyone, you were just consumed by the anger and fear that you clung onto, I understand how it feels to be hurt and betrayed,but you gotta keep on going no matter what life throws at you" Naruto replied.
After that small speach I felt as if a wall had been torn down around my heart and I could actually feel a flow of new emotions flow into my heart. "Thank you Naruto" I responded and he had his signature smile plastered on his face. "However Kiba got hit way worse, he was trying to get through to you but Hinata had jumped in the way at the last second and took the blow but it pratically ripped through her and hurt Kiba as well " Naruto told me.
"Do you think he'll actually be happy to see me?" I asked shyly as my face became a scarlet red color. "Of course he will! he's been talking about you a lot, he really did miss you, I mean he may seem cold to you now,but he really does love you" Naruto reassured me and I nodded as I exited the door "When she wakes up, tell her I'm sorry for me please?" I spoke and Naruto nodded.
I walked outside and I saw Kiba sitting on the bench alone, looking down at the ground with a angered expression on his face. Oh how I wanted to tell him how sorry I was and how much I loved him. I walked over and sat down next to him, the air was filled with tension. I gathered the courage and took a breath "Kiba I-" "Whatever, I don't want to hear it, you damn feline screw up" He stated coldy and refused to look at me "Kiba I'm so sorry, I never knew how much pain I put you through, I was stupid and angry but I realize I made a mistake, a huge mistake and I feel so dumb but-" "Save it you stuck up flea-bag he doesn't want anything to do with you" A shrill voice interrupted and I immediatley knew who it belonged to. I didn't respond, "Besides he's with me now, and I actually know how to treat him right don't I baby?" Ino cooed to him in a sickly sweet voice and I turned my back and started to walk away but something struck my head and I felt a liquid substance run down it
'Blood' I thought and just kept on walking away.
I went back into my old apartment and I sat down on my bed "He'll come around" I told myself while I held the picture frame that had the picture of me and him at the sakura festival.
I went to the pond that I tried to commit suicide in a couple years back, I remember everything so clearly as if I attempted it yesterday. "He'll come around" I kept reassuring myself as I dipped my hand in the pond's deep blue water. "So tranquil and serene" I commented "Such a nice pond too, too bad you're gonna die in for sure" Ino taunted and I faced her and Sakura who looked down and not at me once with her usual emrald green eyes filled with anger and envy towards me. "What do you want Yamanka?" I spat ans she smirked "So you try to take away Kiba from me and you thought it would work?" Ino taunted while watching my every move. "I wasn't trying to steal him Ino, I was trying to apologize -" "Save it you damn flea-bag, besides since you're a cat..." She looked at the pond and I realized what she was gonna do and I tried to run away but she grabbed my hair and I struggled to get away from her iron grip. "Cats dont swim do or like water at all right?" Ino stated as she dragged me towards the otherisde of the pond which was deeper and I screamed but no one was here except Sakura and Ino "You'll be swimming with the fishes now" Ino spoke as she pushed me and I felt the water tighten it's grasp on my body, I struggled but it was pointless so I closed my eyes and I felt something tug at my clothes. Just the pond leaves and debri grabbed at my arms, eventually bubbles that I made came to a complete stop.
Ino watched the bubbles stop and Sakura looked at her in disbelief "Ino what the hell did you just do!?" She screamed "I taught her a lesson" Ino replied casually "You just Killed her!" Sakura bellowed and Ino shrugged, no one really cares about her anyway, she was juust a troublesome brat like Naruto, but alteast Naruto grew up, unlike her." Ino exlcaimed before walking off. Sakura stayed for a bit before she spotted some flowers and picked them and placed them on the surface of the water and watched them float to the middle of the pond before they sank "I'm so sorry Kimiko" She apologized before trailing behind Ino.
I watched Sakura apologize for what Ino had done. I decided that I could forgive Sakura but I'd get my revenge on Ino...
A couple days passed by and Everyone had been fooled into thinking that Kimiko had committed suicide in the pond and everyone was devastated , not as much as Sakura because she knew what the truth was...
The elders were arguing on getting my body out of the pond but many thought it would be disrespectful and made a tombstone there as a sign that it was my 'final' resting ground.
I decided that I've watched enough of this chaos go on and I'd make a reappearance to the leaf village.