Thank you everyone for reviewing!
Let me get one thing straight:
Yes, there are malls and cars and taxis in my fiction, I just thought it would be different to put it in my story so now its slight AU as people would put it.
Sakura and Ino do get along in this fan fiction, but I've decided to do it this way.
And yes, I am also glad that Sasuke dumped Sakura, I actually hate sasusaku, but I had to put it in for the plot!
Once Fern had left Naruto, it had ironically began to rain. She wondered down the streets, before she made her way home. She knew that she was late, and expected a bad word from Justin. She glided through the door and Justin seemed to be waiting for her. She didn't want to listen to him anymore and walked past him.
"Fern, I don't want to have to tell you this again-IS THAT A HICKEY?!" Damn, she had forgotten about that. When Sasuke had bitten her. Fern legged it up the stairs before Justin could say another thing.
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Naruto went to Ichirku's (sp?) and sat down. He picked at his pork ramen, and the man behind the counter got curious.
"What's wrong Naruto? You haven't touched your ramen! Is there something wrong with it?" Naruto sat up.
"No...nothing..." He slowly began to eat his beloved ramen.
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Everyone sat down to play spin the bottle at Sakura's house. Right now it was Naruto, Fern, Hinata, Ino, Sakura(of course), Sasuke (he insisted on coming) and Justin. Justin sat next to Fern. Naruto sat next to Hinata and Sakura, Sakura sat next to Ino who was sitting next to Sasuke who was sitting next to Justin who sat next to Fern (alright now let's go on with it)
They began to play spin the bottle with truth or dare.
"I'm going first!" Ino shouted, grabbing the bottle and spinning it before anyone else could protest. Funnily enough, it landed on Sasuke. "Sasuke! Truth or Dare?! Dare?! Good! KISS ME KISS ME!"
Sakura pounded Ino's head. "Shut up Ino!" Ah, yes. Sakura was back to normal. (Thank God)
Naruto landed Fern, who picked truth, and he racked his brain for the perfect question.
I am sick and tired of waiting and guessing! I will find out her background
As expected, she picked truth, and he told her to tell him her whole background. And, as expected, Justin started having a go at him. He didn't even look at the dark-haired boy and only kept his stern glare on Fern, who seemed to be lost, in a daze herself. It was like liquid coming out of her mouth, she couldn't stop it.
Heh, Sasuke smirked to himself. Naruto would've hit that spot sometime. Justin can't hide her true self forever, and it's coming out through words.
"Before we came to Konoha, we have always been travelling around. We couldn't afford to be seen after the Uchiha's were massacred-" Justin's hand clamped over her mouth. He put two fingers down the collar of her shirt and again felt the braids broken. His eyes narrowed.
So maybe her past must be revealed...Justin thought to himself, and smirked. He was beginning to like Naruto. He wasn't what met the eye. Just like Fern. She was quiet and serene. But he knew she was the total opposite.
"Maybe it was meant to be." He whispered, looking straight at Sasuke, then at Naruto.
Sasuke fits the description, and Naruto has already brought himself in too far.
"Naruto, you and me, outside." He gave a stern glare, totally angered that he would have to reveal things so early.
Sakura, sensing the tension began declaring.
"Alright everyone! Hinata, you're turn!"
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Naruto waited silently for Justin to speak. He didn't want to say anything, for he knew that Justin was just thinking for a moment. His spine tingled, he was finally going to know the truth. Fern was dragged outside too, both pairs of emerald and blue eyes were on Justin.
"I guess there is something that we need to sort out." He whispered more to himself. Turning his head over his shoulder to make sure that no one was eaves-dropping he began his speech.
"After I'd met Fern, and after the accident...."His eyes grew dark for a moment. "I made sure that I'd grow stronger to protect her. When I was nine years old, the night after the Uchiha massacre, we left to travel around villages.
Two reasons, I, for one, I had to become stronger, and challenged many opponents until I was more powerful. Second, Fern had something to do with the massacre, but I don't even know how. She had a flicker of emotion in her eyes that I hadn't seen before when she came home that night, but later it was gone. At first I thought I had imagined it and but then the massacre got out, and only eight year old Sasuke was left. I knew she was linked somehow, so we left the village.
When I thought it was safe enough, we entered Suna and asked for an escort to take us back to Konoha, where evidently we were forgotten. But I know that there's something, Naruto."He raised a questioning eyebrow. "Do you recognise her? ...No? ...Not at all?" Naruto shook his head. But he lied. Her eyes were suspiciously familiar.
"You mean you don't remember the one person that saved you from death? She saved your goddamn life when you were just a kid!" Why was he getting so angry all of a sudden? "She took you in with us and cared for you. She allowed you a place to stay with us, for about a year before we left." Naruto had no idea what he was talking about. He looked back into the eyes of the quiet girl, who was strangely looking back at him with confusion. He looked back at Justin when he carried on talking.
"You see, Fern is what they call the Ghost Child, who is believed to have mastered death and reincarnation. She does not remember anything of her previous lifetimes, but now that you're giving her her emotions back, she's beginning to remember. I realise that I can no longer keep it from her."
"Because Fern is oblivious to the power that she holds, she is targeted by many criminals and enemy villages. Konoha is the worst place that we could live in, but since what happened was so long ago it is that Konoha has forgotten it. Did you hear of the murder in that tower the other day where loads of documents were stolen?" Naruto gave a faint nod. "They were the last seen documents of the Ghost Child, which the Hokage had hidden them behind the safe, but they were stolen. The only thing left was a katana."
How does he know? Not even the press knows what those documents are...
"But for the truth of Fern's past, I'd rather not go into detail, but the main outline is still, very tragic. Fern was one of the poor folk, an orphan. She had many connections and many friends. Her best friend was called Kyuubi."He paused as Naruto's breath hitched. Something was familiar about this story.
"Anyway, one day it turned out that she had a twin sister, who happened to be the princess of Konoha. Fern was taken in, much to the princess's disgust. She was hated among the princess's friends and the princess herself. She went from rages to riches. She was treated like she was never poor from her parents, and was ignored by the other women in the castle.
Then, one day an old woman came to their castle. The princess demanded the old woman to leave, but insisted on seeing Fern. Fern took her in, and noticed that she was dying at an alarming rate. The old woman spoke of death overcoming the village, and warned Fern that demons would overtake the town within the next week. Fern was warned that she would be possessed, and died before she could finish her sentence.
Indeed, the demons did take over Konoha, in search of Fern. When she refused to give in, her family were brutally killed, and the Raven that she loved. Death overcame the village, and she ripped her heart out to save the people of Konoha, and the power of it scattered her heart over Konoha, killing all demons that were in its presence. In that, she died, hoping to find her Raven once again."
Naruto felt a small tear cascade down his cheek.
She's been through so much... But there are still things left unanswered.
There was a gasp, and both males head turned towards Fern, whose emerald eyes were filled with shock. Her eyes screwed shut and she clenched her head tight with her hands.
"No...."She whispered and began shaking. "It hurts....so much... It hurts, Justin!" She screamed. With that, she collapsed to the floor, unconscious.
Sasuke, Sakura and Ino ran outside to see the commotion and gasped at the unconscious girl in Justin's arms.
I'm so sorry for not updating! I haven't updated in months! *cries* I'm so sorry I just didn't have enough reviews. In order to keep on going, I want another 4 reviews. Pweety plz? I promise dat next chapter will be more interesting!