Stars Chapter 15: Quiet In My Town, a naruto fanfic

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Quiet In My Town

"It's Kiba…Kiba…he…he…he got into a car accident…oh god…they don't know if he'll live,"

Hearing those words I dropped the phone that I was holding in my hand and stared off into the distance not wanting to believe what had just been told to me. I saw Sasuke coming towards me in the distance and couldn't hold myself up anymore as he gripped my shoulder lightly I completely crumpled to the floor breathing erratic.

Sasuke caught me in his arms before I hit the floor completely which sent me into overdrive as I felt the tears trying to break through my eyes. Sasuke held me close to him trying to figure out what happened as I continued to hyperventilate not being able to understand what had just happened a few moments ago.

"Naruto…Naruto, what's wrong?" he questioned me. I looked at him and saw his face and burst into tears on the spot. Sasuke pulled my head into my chest as I continued to cry. I knew at this point everybody was staring and I honestly couldn't care less. They had no idea how I was feeling at this moment.

"Come on," Sasuke mumbled as he helped me up and led me out of the room. Once outside I started punching the wall repeatedly and leaned my forehead against the wall angrily. Kiba couldn't die…not after the argument we had and I had no chance to say I was sorry. Not after all the things that we had been through together…not after everything that occurred that he could die! NO! He was supposed to live until we were 90 so we could laugh about how stupid we were when we were young.

"Naruto…Naruto you have to calm down and tell me what happened," Sasuke told me as he grabbed my shoulders and stared into my red eyes. I gripped his forearms and growled to myself feeling more tears prick my eyes.

"I have to go to L.A. now," I told him slowly.

"L.A.? What? We're in the middle of a music vid-,"

"Kiba's in the hospital," I interrupted him stepping away from him and wiping my eyes. Sasuke didn't say anything as I turned my back to him. I looked over my shoulder at him and put my hands on my hips.

"I'm leaving now, gonna take a suitcase full of clothes and I'm leaving tonight. I think this constitutes as being more important than the stupid music video right now," I told him. I turned and saw Sasuke staring at the ground and then at me as he scoffed.

"You're going all the way to L.A. to see some punk who told you that everything you were doing was wrong and wanted to give you hell because you chose to better yourself?" Sasuke questioned me. I stiffened at his words and glared at the floor not wanting to round my anger on Sasuke who was obviously hurt at my words.

"You have no idea what him and I have been through for you to judge our friendship. IF you want to come then come but if you're just going to be there to criticize and not even be help then don't bother," I told him as I turned my back on him and started to walk out the doors in order to catch a plane ride to L.A. Hopefully Kiba wouldn't give up.

"Come on Kiba…don't give up…you better stay breathing you asshole,"

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I got off of my flight and gripped my one bag in hand trying to find a taxi that would be able to take me to the hospital that Kiba was in. I ended up hailing a taxi as I jumped in and he smirked seeing who was in his taxi cab.

"Hey you that singing kid ya?"

"Yeah I am, take me to L.A. International Hospital," I told him exasperated.

"My kids they love you," he told me.

"Oh thanks so much, can we just get to that hospital please?" I questioned him getting a bit angrier by the second. This man obviously did not know how much of a hurry I was in.

"You're an amazing person you know. Really strong willed. I can tell by when they interview ya," he told me. I nodded knowing that he was looking at me from the rearview mirror. He drove onto the highway as I saw the familiar buildings pass by my view. I urged myself to calm down as I neared the hospital and got eager gripping my bag as he neared the hospital. The man pulled up alongside the hospital as I jumped out of the car paying him.

"I hope everything's alright kid," he told me. I didn't respond running into the hospital and seeing a few doctors and nurses look at me and then back down at what they were doing. I ran over to the information desk frazzled as the woman looked at me and smiled.

"How can I help you?" she questioned me.

"Uhm…I'm here for Kiba…Inuzuka Kiba, he's here I don't know what happened to him. I'm his best friend and I would really like to see him please," I rambled. She smiled politely at me and pointed me in the direction of his room. I ran in that direction almost running into a few people and finally found Sakura standing outside the doorway of his room.

She turned her head to look at me and wrapped her arms around my neck shuddering as I wrapped my own arms around her waist. She moved back and looked into my face as I tried my best to look at Kiba who I knew was in that room.

"What happened?" I questioned afraid of what she was going to say and wondering whether or not I really wanted to know the answer.

"A drunk driver ran off the road and hit into his car into a head on collision. He hit his head really hard and now he's in a coma…he hasn't woken up. The doctors said that even if he does wake up there's the fear of brain damage. In the collision they said that he broke a rib and he punctured a lung," she told me softly. I walked around her to enter the room and look at Kiba.

Around his head was gauze as he had a breathing tube inside of his mouth. I looked at him and saw that he had a bruise along his head and how he had marks on his arms that I assumed were cuts made from the crash. I tore my eyes away from him before I broke into sobs and looked at Sakura.

"Where are the others?" I questioned her sitting down slowly as I continued to look at Kiba.

"They went to go get something to eat, but I stayed just in case you showed up," she answered me. I ran a hand through my hair and gripped my head in my hands annoyed to say in the least.

"If I ever see that guy I'm gonna kill him," I muttered. Sakura sat down next to me and looked at Kiba and then at me.

"Good news is that he's already dead…he died in the crash," Sakura told me. I nodded satisfied that the asshole that did this to my best friend was no longer breathing. I looked at Kiba again and choked feeling the tears well up in my eyes. Feeling Sakura's arms wrap around my shoulders I allowed myself to lean my head on her and cry.

She tried her best to soothe me with kind words as she pet my head and rubbed my back. I continued to cry feeling completely and totally empty knowing that he might not make it out of this. Kiba was a fighter though…and I knew that no matter what he would fight, he never gave up.

I stopped crying and stood up shoving my hands into my pockets after I had wiped my eyes and nose. She stood up next to me and stared out the window as I continued to look at Kiba's form on the bed. I looked at the heart monitor which was beeping slowly keeping time of Kiba's heart who was pumping to keep my friend alive.

"Where's Sasuke?" Sakura questioned me. I didn't say anything immediately feeling my body stiffen as she asked that question.

"He stayed behind to finish the music video we were working on when you called," I answered her. I saw her nod in the corner of my eye and tore my eyes away from Kiba.

"Sakura…can I ask you a question?" I questioned her. She looked at me and nodded. I sat down on the edge of Kiba's be and looked away.

"What do you do if you believe somebody is lying to you about something…but you aren't quite sure?"

"Well you confront them about it,"

"What if the person isn't an easy person to confront about it and they tell you things like how it's not any of your business?" I questioned her. She looked at me and then sat down in the chair facing me.

"Are we talking about Sasuke?" she questioned me. I nodded my head slowly as she sat back in the chair and put a hand to her mouth.

"I think you should just wait then…because if you are meant to know anything then the time will come when you find it or figure it out whatever it is you need to know,"

"But what if I can't wait? Or what if nothing comes up and it's still a mystery?"

"Then maybe you just weren't supposed to know,"

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I looked at my cell phone after having slipped under the covers of my bed and groaned seeing who it was that was calling me.

"Hello?" I answered tiredly already knowing that this might turn into another argument.

"Naruto? Hey, how are you?"

"Okay, getting ready to sleep actually,"

"Oh…I just wanted to see how you were doing…how's Kiba?"

"He hasn't made any changes from when I got here. He has a punctured lung, broken rib and a concussion which the doctors are unsure if there is brain damage from,"

"I hope he gets better…"

"Yeah, so does everybody else…Sasuke what are you really calling for?"

"For you to open the door," he answered me. I looked towards my room door and suddenly heard the doorbell to our apartment complex being knocked on. I got out of my bed swinging my legs over to go answer the door and opened it to see Sasuke standing there with his hands holding a suitcase and the phone to his ear. I hung up my cell phone and stared at the sight in front of me. Leaning against the doorframe I simply looked at his tattered just-got-out-of-bed appearance that he was going for.

"What are you doing here?" I questioned him irritably.

"Came to be supportive and to see how you were holding up," Sasuke answered me. I stuck my head out to look around him and didn't see any of the band members and raised an eyebrow.

"They're staying at a nearby hotel for the time being," Sasuke answered me. I looked at him and crossed my arms over my chest and motioned my head towards him.

"And you?" I questioned looking at him.

"Hoping that I might be able to make up my stupidity to you," Sasuke answered me. I smirked at his response and opened the door wider stepping aside to let him through. He walked into the apartment and looked around.

"Where's everybody else?" he questioned me.

"Asleep, like I was getting ready to do until a little birdie called me," I answered him. He laughed at that and set his stuff down in my room, taking his shirt off along with his pants and strutting over to the bed only in boxers. I laid down in the bed pulling the covers over me once again as Sasuke laid down next to me and wrapped his arms around me kissing me on the back of my neck.

"I missed you," Sasuke whispered into my ear. I smiled into the darkness and pulled his arms tighter around me.

"I missed you too," I answered him back.

"Don't worry about anything…everything will be okay," he told me. I nodded slowly closing my eyes to fall asleep and only hoped that what he said was true.

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I looked down at Kiba and saw his closed eyes and how peaceful he looked even in such a time where there was no peace. I sat down next to the bed and held his hand in my own. I looked at he heart monitor again hearing the slow but steady heartbeat. Hearing a loud commotion and camera flashes as Sakura cursed to herself and slammed the door in probably a reporters face that had gotten into the hospital. The police tried to hold them back as much as they could but for some reason they kept finding a way in.

"How is he?" she huffed out I shrugged, feeling her hand on my shoulder.

"He still hasn't woken up if that's what you mean," I answered her sadly. I heard screaming outside of the room as I looked up to the door.

"YOU PEOPLE HAVE NO SHAME! IN A DAMN HOSPITAL? GO FIND SOMEBODY ELSE TO BOTHER!" Sasuke shouted at them from outside the room. I heard the shuffling of feet as Itachi held the door open calmly and Sasori and Deidara stepped into the room while Sasuke was shooing people away. He turned and walked into the room with his coat billowing behind him. The door shut then as he came over to me and I stood to accept his arms that wrapped around me in a tight hug.

I inhaled his scent feeling the comfort envelop me. He separated from me and kissed me on the top of my head. I looked up at him and leaned my head against his chest then feeling at total peace.

"How are you holding up?" Sasuke questioned me even though he had just left for about 2 or 3 hours to go handle some business.

"I'm fine, just tired and scared," I responded to him.

"You want to go take a break?" Sasuke questioned me. I shook my head then and looked at the rest of people who were waiting by just in case they were needed.

"Do you need anything?" Itachi questioned me then. I shook my head again and then heard the sound that would ring in my ears for eternity.

Everybody looked at the heart monitor and saw it flat-line as I started to shake uncontrollably.

"GET A FUCKING DOCTOR!" I shouted as Deidara and Sasori ran to the door and Sakura pressed the call button repeatedly. A doctor came rushing into the room with a few nurses as they crowded around Kiba.

"Help him please…don't' let him die!" I shouted at them. The doctors got the paddles out and charged them up as I continued to hyperventilate not believing what was happening before my very eyes.

"Clear," the nurse said as the doctor shocked Kiba and I saw him bounce lifelessly on the bed.

"Oh my god! Why isn't he breathing! WHY ISN'T HE COMING BACK?!" I screamed louder.

"Get him out of here!" the doctor shouted back at me. I felt Sasuke's hands on my shoulders as he pushed me out of the room.

"Sasuke…Sasuke…he…he can't…he can't die!" I shouted at him beating on his chest repeatedly. Sasuke rubbed at my back trying to soothe my cries that were now echoing through the halls and drawing attention from receptionists and other people in the hallway.

"Shh…shh…calm down…calm down," he repeated to me. I continued to shake as the commotion didn't lessen inside the room. This would be too much to take. Kiba couldn't die! I mean we disagreed on nearly everything, we fought constantly but he was…he was my best friend…the only family I had left.

Oh god…please," I whined into Sasuke's chest. Sasuke looked up as I turned to look at the doctor.

"Time of death…"

I saw the doctor look at me and then at Sasuke as he looked away from us and pout his head down.

"10:15 P.M."

As the doctor shook his head I fell to the floor crying into my hands. Sasuke came down to my level rocking me back and forth as I continued sobbing quietly to myself. Everyone walked out of the room and crowded around me while trying to calm me down.

"This isn't fair! Why me? Why did it have to be me?!" I screamed angrily banging onto the floor.

"Naruto…Naruto…please," Sasuke whispered into my ear.

"I've lost everyone…why is everyone always taken from me?" I sobbed into the floor. I felt hands on my shoulders trying to lift me as I wrenched my body from their grasp and continued to cry into the floor not being able to control myself. I felt hands again on my shoulders as this time I allowed myself to be lifted up. I felt a strong arm around my waist and realized that I was now walking. I felt myself being led out of the hospital as I continued to cry and then led forward. Sasuke gripped my hand in his as I looked at him then my tears ebbing as pure fear and pain wrenched my heart.

As we walked out of the hospital people were still there trying to get pictures of us as Itachi, Sasori, and Deidara pulled ahead to shove them aside so we could get to our cars easier. One of the men was stupid enough to step in front of us and snap a picture which just made Sasuke growl to himself and punch the guy dead in the face. He fell to the floor while Sasuke grabbed his camera and threw it on the floor, stomping on it angrily.

"I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU ALL TO GO HOME!" Sasuke shouted at them angrily. As we got to the car and Sasuke got in the backseat with me while Deidara and Sasori got in the front. Sakura walked to her car slowly as Lee showed up and gripped onto her waist before she fell over in pure shock. I saw her grip onto him as he tried to steady her and himself.

Sasuke pulled me into his chest and rubbed my head then as we started to drive home. I didn't say anything then only breathing heavily. I didn't trust my voice seeing as how I felt that if I said anything I would automatically burst into tears from even saying anything at all.

"We're gonna be home soon alright?" he whispered into my ear. I nodded against his chest as he told Sasori to drop us off at Sasuke's house. I sniffled, clutching onto Sasuke's shirt as he held me ever tighter. My eyes continued to water as my tears spilled over onto my cheeks. The car ride was incredibly quiet while I looked outside the windo.

I saw the house pull up to view as I got out of the car while Sasuke thanked everybody. I walked into the house and walked up the stairs slowly. I got into our room and slipped off my shoes climbing into bed with my clothes still on as I shuddered to myself. I looked to the door and saw Sasuke walk in as he laid with me in the bed putting his arms around me. I clutched his shirt and started to cry into his chest once again. This felt exactly as if somebody had ripped my heart out of my chest. Was I ever going to get over this?

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I opened my eyes and realized what today was. I shut my eyes tightly wanting to forget everything that had happened 2 weeks ago.

Today, I heard someone left this Earth

Someone disappeared, left no mark here

I swung my legs over the bed and rubbed at my eyes hoping that today was going to be a good day with no arguments…aside from the one arrangement we all had to go to.

Today, I heard that someone just got up and left himself

Lying on the ground

I walked to my closet and put on my shirt for the morning, seeing as how I wasn't going to wear it later on today. I looked at the side looking at the clock seeing that I was 10:15.

Today is

Today is, Quiet in my town

Today is

Today is, Quiet in my town

I trudged down the stairs slowly and looked at Sasuke who was standing by the stove while looking into one of the cabinets obviously trying to find something to eat.

Today, two boys

Disappeared without noise

And I wish that I was them

Flying somewhere overhead

"What are you doing?" I questioned him crossing my arms over my chest.

"Looking for something to eat since you've gone on strike,"

"Gone on strike?"

Tonight in silence

"You refuse to do anything anymore,"

"Like that's MY fault,"

Two lovers, they fight

"We have the same argument everyday," Sasuke huffed.

"What? Do you wanna blame that on me too? Go ahead Sasuke, blame everything on me!" I screamed, storming out the kitchen.

One is bored

Sasuke ran his hand through his hair in aggravation and looked at the tabletop.

One is angry

I ran up the stairs and slammed the door loudly collapsing onto the floor…what had become of my life.

But neither one of them is right

Oh…

I heard the door open, as I didn't take my head away from my arms. Sasuke pulled me into his lap as I cried into his chest, feeling like the baby I was becoming.

Today is

Today is, Quiet in my town

Today is

Oh, today is

Today is quiet in my town

I leaned away from him then, running my sleeve over my nose. I stood, crossing my arms over my chest not looking at him. I peeked over my shoulder and sniffed again.

"We should start getting ready,"

Oh, somebody say something

Somebody say something

Somebody say something to me

Oh…

Somebody say something

Cause I can't take this silence

Anymore

I fixed my tux and ran my hands down my side. Sasuke rubbed my shoulders not saying anything to me as we walked out the house and towards the car, while I clutched a t-shirt to my chest tightly.

Today is

Today is, Quiet in my town

Today is

Oh, today is

Today is to quiet in my town

Sasuke parked the car as I got out slowly still clutching the red t-shirt to my chest.

Oh, today I heard

The sound of birds…

And I wish that I was…

Anywhere but…

Here

I stood in front of the casket not wanting to cry as I saw Sakura, Neji, Lee, Gaara, Shikamaru, Itachi, Sasori, Deidara and of course Kiba's parents stand around. I looked to the casket and saw the priest come up the hill with a bible in his hand as he was dressed in black robes. My breath caught in my throat realizing that the time had officially come. The time I had wished would never come.

It's too quiet

Too quiet

"Dearly beloved…"

I tuned the priest out, not being able to hear anything but the blood pulsing in my ears. I was not supposed to be burying my best friend. WE were supposed to die together…not like this.

It's too quiet

Too quiet

"Let us pray that God find this young man in the afterlife so that he may be guided to his father and not lost to the eternal darkness…"

The priest continued to speak as I shook violently the T-shirt suddenly becoming non-existent.

It's too quiet

It's just too quiet

The priest stopped praying as I walked over to the casket shaking even more. I unraveled the shirt and placed it across the casket with it facing up as it read "Best Friends" with a picture of Kiba and I throwing up a thumbs up. I stepped back and sniffled as Sasuke put an arm around me.

Oh, it's too quiet

It's too quiet

The priest threw dirt onto the casket as it was lowered a bit. I cried as he looked at me and I threw the second handful onto the top.

It's too quiet

In this town

I cried more as the casket was continuing to be lowered into the ground.

In here

It's too

I fell to the floor in pain as my heart wrenched inside my chest from knowing that it was final…knowing that he was finally gone

Quiet in my town

Oh, now here

I say, yeah!

Yeah…

Sasuke kneeled down next to me as I clutched at the Earth still crying and screaming just wanting to hear his voice again. He pulled me back since I was dangerously closer to falling into the 6 foot hole.

Now…Oh

It's so

I say it out

Today is

Today is quiet in my town

I cried more, getting my suit dirty from rolling around in the dirt so much. I was just wishing that I could go back in time. Back to when everything was normal.

Today is

Today is too quiet in my town

Today was the day that I cried more than ever.

Oh…

Today is

Today was the day that I lost my best friend.

Today is quiet

In my town

Today was the day that I died.

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WELL DEN! WOO! Dat was intense hahaha. I had this chapter finished on paper which is why it gone done so quickly. Well then, review my lovies! I will work on the next chapter as soon as I can. =]