Chapter 3 of A Fight for Life

Hey guys! Sorry that this update is late, but I was grieving over the death of my Grandfather. I had to attend his funeral last weekend. Like, it was literally the day after the last update that he died. Like, fuck, man.

Anyways..

Yeah, I have no idea what to put here today.

Naruto: Want me to just do the disclaimer?

Me: Yeah.

Naruto: Yami-no-HikariBre does not own Naruto or any of the song lyrics she puts here. They all belong to their rightful owners.

Me: What he said ^. :\

Ow. That was the only thing passing through my head at the moment. Just ow. Ow to the pain I feel from my chest, ow to the pain from my hunger, and especially ow to the pain of my life here in the orphanage. Since Yuuki left, the care-takers have been even crueler. All they have been feeding me is moldy bread and dirty, peed in water, which I usually throw up within an hour. They have been beating me mercilessly, and burning me as well.

It hurt, but I've managed to tune out most of everything now. I rarely speak to anyone, I've grown used to the cold of autumn. Thirst barely bothers me anymore, and I'm starting to get used to my hunger pains. The burning the care-takers do to me only hurts slightly now. The only thing I do now is sleep, seeing as they boarded up the window in my room. I haven't seen sunlight since Yuuki left. I've grown terribly pale, and I am mostly skin and bones. My cheek bones are much more pronounced now, and you can count every single one of my ribs.

The door opened to my room, and to my surprise, an ANBU entered my room.

"Naru?" I only barely recognized the voice, but I could not place a name to the voice. The voice was deep, so the person was obviously male, but he looked young; maybe a few years older than myself. He had pale skin, not as pale as mine though, and his hair was long, drawn back in a low pony-tail. His hair had a deep blue, almost black color. He was tall as well. "Naru?" He asks again.

I nod.

"My name is Itachi. I am here to take you away from here." He says in a calm voice. Away? Away from here? Why? So I can be beat by other people? He seemed to have read my mind as he tells me, "Hokage-sama is going to give you a home. You will be safe, Naru. I promise." He takes off his mask, almost as a peace offering. As I look at him for the first time, I gasp a little. His face is beautiful. He has two parallel lines going down his face, and his eyes are the darkest shade of black I have ever seen. Almost like an abyss. He holds his arms open for me, and I crawl towards him to the best of my ability. He picks me up in his arms, and hands me his mask. "Put it around your face, Naru. It will protect you from the wind when we go to the Hokage's office." I had no idea what he meant, but I put his mask on anyways. We leave my closet-room, and as we are leaving the orphanage, I see the people who had taken care of me for so many years being detained by other ANBUs. All of them were glaring at me. I then saw Mokina, being detained by three ANBUs, struggling to get out of their grasp, screaming curses at everyone and everything.

Itachi stopped in front of a few ANBUs after we reached outside, but I didn't pay attention. I was looking around at everything else.

I saw the kids I had grown up with my whole 9 years on this world. I saw them all; looking around, wondering what was going on. One of the boys looked at me. His name was Marcus. He ran over to me and Itachi.

"Naru! Naru! What is going on! What's happening? Where are they taking Mokina-san? Why is he holding you? Are you going with Mokina-san?" He panted as he reached us.

I simply replied, "I'm leaving here." It was a broken whisper, but he heard me. I took off the mask on my face, allowing Marcus to see my small smile, the one no one has seen since Yuuki left. His eyes widened, knowing full well what I meant by 'leaving'.

"Naru.." I look up to Itachi.

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"It's time to go. Put the mask back on." And that was the last time I would see the inside of the Konohagakure Orphanage._

Short Chapter, I know. But, I couldn't write much else. I'm going to have a time skip in two chapters. Just warning ya now.

Naruto: Sooo, what's gonna happen next?

Itachi: You'll just have to wait and see, Naruto-kun. Or should I say Naru-chan? *smirking*

Naruto: HOLY FUCK WHEN DID YOU GET HERE!

Itachi: Yami was sad, I'm here to comfort. I just got here a few moments ago, so I only caught the last half of the chapter. *reads* *snickers* You think I have a beautiful face?

Naruto: N-NO! *runs away with a blush*

Yami: Stop scaring him 'Tach. We need him alive for this story.

Itachi:...Fine.

Yami: Review Please! Ja Ne