Everyone's Angel
Hello everyone! This is the second to last chapter!
Warning- Characters death . . . again.
I don't own Naruto and my spelling stinks (don't say I didn't warn you)
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Chapter Seven~ Naruto's Love
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She died a month ago. I still can't forget her.
Everything in Konoha High School seems to be getting back to normal. People are already forgetting her. There putting a memorial in the year book, but nothing else is there to remember her by. How could those people just forget about the sweetest girl they will ever meet? How could they continue the day being happy and joyful when Hinata isn't here anymore? It's all a mystery to me, one that I wish I could figure out.
My day-to-day life has become short of nothing now. I get up, think of Hinata, go to school, think of Hinata instead of do my homework, eat lunch, wish Hinata was here, go home, wonder why she did it, sleep, and dream of Hinata. That's the way it's been since I found out she died. Since that day, there's been an empty hole inside of me and nothing can fill it.
"Naruto, get up or you'll be late for school again!" I heard my adoptive mother call from her living room. If you're wondering why I have to live with an adopted parent instead of my actual ones, it's because my parents died ten years ago. My godfather, a man named Jiraiya, didn't want me around so I was sent to a rundown orphanage where Ran Niwa found me. Ran was a very pretty woman who had reddish brown hair that she kept short and brown eyes that had gold specs in them. She wanted children, but she and her husband had gotten into a nasty divorce and she was getting older, so she ended up adopting me. She's an OK mom, but no one can replace my real mother.
I slowly picked myself up out of bed and dragged myself into the shower. After I had washed up, I threw on an orange T-shirt and black jeans. I didn't bother with my hair; I already knew it was spiky like every other day. I grabbed my bag and walked out of my room.
I walked down the hall and found Ran standing in the kitchen. She had a plat full of breakfast ready for me. "Morning Hun, are you hungry?" she asked me. I gave a small smile at her. She has been really worried about me for the past month. She noticed how I wasn't eating any ramen for the first week after Hinata's death (I actually wasn't eating anything) so she took the responsibility of making some of the best breakfasts for me in the morning.
"Sure, thanks Ran-chan," I told her. I ate the French toast and the creosotes along with the bacon she had made. That's one good thing about Ran, she's an amazing cook.
After breakfast, I gave Ran a quick peck on the cheek and was out the door. I walked to school that day thinking about Hinata as I always did.
The school day went on as usually, I stayed in the background and thought of all the times with Hinata, but today something was different. I felt eyes following my every move. When ever I looked around the class, no one was glancing in my direction, but I still felt the eyes on me.
The last bell rang and the class emptied out of the room fast then you could say 'No running'. I got up from my seat, but I didn't get far.
"Naruto, could you come here?" I heard my teacher, a man named Kakashi Hatake who always covered one eye and half his face, call me over. I walked to his desk.
"Naruto, I hope that you know just how bad your grades are getting," he told me. I shrugged. Grades are not that high up on my list of priorities. "I know you don't care about your grades Naruto. I also can understand that your going threw a tough time over Hinata's death last month. Please Naruto, I know your parents and Hinata wouldn't be happy if they knew you where doing this to yourself." My head shot up. He knew my parents?
"Yes Naruto, your father and I were very close in collage. He was my best friend and your mother and I were close friends. I know that you have lost so much already in your young life Naruto, but at least try to get your life straightened out. You can leave now, have a good night," Kakashi told me. I nodded my head and left the room.
I walked down the long hallway until I reached my locker.
"Naruto?" I turned and found Sakura standing next to me. I haven't really seen her in the past month. She looked alright considering Hinata was her best friend and her parents had gotten divorced with her dad (who I had just had a conversation with) taking custody of her.
"Hi Sakura," I told her.
"Naruto . . . how are you doing?" she asked me. Oh, I'm just peachy.
". . . I've been better." Sakura nodded at my answer. It's so weird, why do I not feel anything when she's around me
"Naruto . . . have you read Hinata's letter to you yet?" Sakura asked me. I shook my head. It would be too painful to read something she wrote to me.
"Please Naruto; later tonight I want you to read it. Please," Sakura grabbed my hand as she pleaded to me. What? No butterflies? Why am I acting like this, I thought I loved her?
". . . I will Sakura-chan," I promised her. I couldn't say no to her.
Sakura gave a sigh of relief and it looked like a huge weight was lifted off her. "Thank you Naruto," she whispered to me.
Then she hugged me. I hugged her back. A month ago I would have been I heaven right now, but now . . . I felt nothing. I wasn't walking on air when she was talking to me and I didn't blush when she smiled at me.
"I have to go now, I'll call you later at home. Okay Naru?" she asked me. I shook my head.
"It's alright Sakura, you and Sasuke must have plans or something. I'll see you around school." With that, I left.
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Later that night I sat down in my bed. I held the white envelop in my hands. Do I really want to do this?
Yes, I do. I need to do this. I just do.
I lifted the letter out of the envelop and unfolded it.
Dear Naruto-kun,
I just got done crying over you. The words that you said to me hours ago were so hurtful. You think the world would be a better place without me. I know you didn't mean it, you were angry because I had told you the truth about Sakura and Sasuke, but it still hurt.
After I came home (and got done crying for the first round) I had called Kiba. When I tried to talk to him he had snapped at me and insulted me. Naruto, I can't take any of this any more. My family see's me as a disappointment, my best friend is angry at me because I mentioned your name, people are so cruel to me at school, and the boy I love loves another.
Naruto, I am sorry, I just can't take it anymore. I am sorry that I'm leaving you and everyone behind, but this is my own choice. I feel like this is the only way to escape from all the pain in my life. I am a bit scared of what will happen to me after I die, but I think I will be better then the life I have now.
I'm not strong enough to continue going on like this Naruto-kun. I wish I was, but I'm not. I wish I was brave enough to tell you the truth, but I never will be, at least in person.
Naruto, I want you to know that I love you. I love you more than anyone I have ever met Naruto. You've always been more then a friend to me, Naruto. I have been in love with you since I was twelve. You have never noticed it, but I found you to be the most amazing boy I have ever met.
You were strong and brave and you never let anything stop you. You didn't care what other people said about you and you could always see the brighter side of life. I always thought you were handsome, how could you not be with those eyes? I have tried to confess to you many times before, but you would always be pulled away from me before I got all the words out.
I know that you love Sakura. When you first told me, it shattered my heart. (I'm good at hiding that kind of stuff you know. Heartbreak, disappointment, sadness, I can hide all of those feelings so easily. I've had plenty of practice.) I can understand why you love her. She's pretty, smart, and strong and funny. She's a great girl. You and she would have been a great couple, but Sasuke and Sakura are a better one. Their perfect for each other. I'm sorry, but it's true Naruto. She will never love you like that, and you will never love me like the way you love her.
Naruto, I love you more then anything. I wish I could have kissed you before I did this, I wish I could have told me in person, I wish you could feel the same way, but you cant, I couldn't, and I never will. My time will end soon Naruto, but I want you to have a long life. Find a girl who loves you like I do, who will be strong and beautiful, life a happy life with her. Have children who will have your blue eyes or your golden hair. Be happy Naruto-kun.
I will love you forever and always,
Hinata.
My shoulders shook with the near silent sobs that rocked my body. I clenched my teeth together to keep myself from crying out.
She loved me. I was too big of an idiot to realize this. I love her too. So much more then I ever had Sakura.
Why am I just now realizing this?
I couldn't take it. I grabbed the pillow off my bed and screamed into it. Why? Why am I such an idiot? Why did she have to leave me here? Hinata . . . I wish you hadn't left me.
The tears streamed down my face for so long as I sobbed into my pillow.
After an hour, I calmed down. I lied in bed for a while, unable to sleep with all my thoughts. I finally decided to get up and take a walk. My clock read 11:37, so I knew that Ran must have fallen asleep an hour ago. She always works late.
I slipped on my shoes and walked out the door, quietly closing it behind me. The cool night air helped me clear my head a bit, but my mind was still full of thoughts and memories of Hinata. Now that I look back on it all, I could see that she had actually tried to tell me her feelings before but I was a moron and didn't even think she could like me like that. Some moron, hu?
I have always thought Hinata was cute. I mean when we were younger she had a round face with wide eyes and blush stained cheeks. She would twirl her fingers together in a really cute way and the quiet way she talked was adorable.
When we got older, her face lost is roundness and her eyes seemed to fit into her face more. Her lips became fuller as will as her body. She became curvy and she grew her hair longer. I'm glad that her voice was still soft and that her blush was still there, they made her even cuter then she normally was. At fifteen I started realizing that Hinata wasn't the cute little girl I had met a long time ago, but was turning into a beautiful woman.
I started to look away from her, not wanting her to see me checking her out. I started to distract myself by looking at other girls like Ino and Sakura. I thought that it would ruin our friendship if she knew that I found her attractive. I told myself that she was my best friend, nothing else. I fooled myself into thinking that I loved Sakura. I am the biggest moron in the world.
Without knowing it, I had walked around my street twice and was now approaching my home. I felt the built before I heard it. A hard and painful stab in my upper chest. It made my breath stop short. I looked up and found Kiba, a boy who Hinata had been friends with and who had loved Hinata, running down the street with his dog by his side. There was a gun in his hand.
I looked down and found red blood starting to bloom around the area my heart was in. My knees started to go weak and I fell to them. I saw the lights of my house and the houses around me being turned on. People were coming out of their houses. I heard a scream.
I fell to the ground. My arms were at my sides and my body was starting to go numb. I felt warmth around my chest and I knew it was blood. My blood. I tasted the metallic taste of it in my mouth and felt it start to pool up and stream out of the corner of my open lips.
I felt hands shaking me. I dimly felt myself being lifted and held in thin arms. I cracked my eyes open and saw Ran's crying face looking at me. My vision was dimming at the edges, but I was glad to see her there. I could kind of here her voice; it was getting difficult to make out the words.
"Naruto . . . who did . . . why . . . not my boy . . . please God . . . don't take him away!" I wanted to saw something, but I couldn't find the strength to do it. I lifted my hand and touched her face. She gripped my hand tightly. I could feel it, but I saw it.
I saw something bright behind Ran's head. I looked closer and I saw two figures walking out of a warm golden light. My eyes widened and I choked out the words to Ran.
"Ran . . . I s-see t-t-them . . . M-Mom, D-Dad . . . Thank you Ran . . ." I couldn't say any more. Mom and Dad were standing over us now. I saw Ran screaming the words 'No, Naruto, don't leave'.
Mom and Dad looked just like I had remembered them. They both had a sort of glow around them. The same golden light I saw behind them. Everything else was starting to disappear except for my parents and the golden light. Mom was smiling at me, but she looked sad at the same time. Dad was the same way. I understood why. I was too young to have this happen to me, but I couldn't care less. I wanted to be with Mom and Dad again, I want to see Hinata too. I needed to see Hinata.
Dad offered his hand to me. I took it and the three of us seemed to float upward. I looked back and I saw Ran crying over my dead body. People were around us, some were crying and others were in shock. I really do hope that Ran will be okay.
I looked toward Mom and Dad again and saw that the golden light was turning white.
I was dead. I had been killed by Kiba. I looked down at myself and saw that the red was gone from my shirt. I felt fine. My feet touched solid ground and I found myself in a large field, the long grass was a perfect green and it was sunny and warm here. I looked at Dad.
"Welcome to Heaven, son." He told me with a smile. Mom kissed my forehead. I hugged her and Dad. I have missed them so much.
"Naruto," Mom said to me. I looked at her. "Do you want to find Hinata?" My eyes widened.
Hinata, I need to find her now.
I teared up a bit while writing this. I hope you like it!
For those of you who have hated Naruto for being a moron, I hope this made you feel better.
The next chapter will be the last. I'm sad about that.
Byz!