N.V.S.
I know dreams are for sleeping...I know fantasies are for fiction...But I can still hope for the best...
Can't I?
----Dream----
Alone.
Isolated in the darkness of her mind, white figures hovered around her.
Aiko's breath was sharp, ragged, and raspy.
A waterfall of tears cascaded down her cheeks, as she found herself paralyzed.
Her normal blue-green eyes were hollow and blank, and her mouth was open wide in a silent scream.
The purple hair that framed her face appeared black, swaying in the ghostly breeze.
They sang a song. Since lacking melody and a difference of verses, it was more of a nursery rhyme:
"Aiko, Aiko, little one,
Red now shows, glinting in the sun.
Blood soaks through your clothes and hair,
His body couldn't be found anywhere.
Aiko, Aiko, little girl,
The blood comes in, in little swirls.
Around your feet, around the knife,
You ended it all, you ended his life.
Aiko, Aiko, little queen,
Why'd you have to be so mean?
Stuck a knife right in his back,
Truly, its a heart you lack.
Aiko, Aiko, little one,
Red now shows, glinting in the sun.
Aiko, Aiko, your time is near,
You won't go on, you'll die HERE!"
Aiko's body trembled, as the figures approached her, each carrying a blood-stained knife. A look of true terror was painted on her face.
----End of Dream----
Aiko awoke from her slumber, rather abruptly, her body jolting from the sudden realization that it was just a dream. She couldn't tell what time it was, because the tree blocked the sun rays. She looked up. Green. But there was a tinge of yellow and red in some leaves, suggesting that autumn was coming.
A shadow darted out through the thick woods, Aiko's breath stopped.
A rustling of leaves.
A breaking of a branch.
All that was enough to give Aiko a panic attack.
"Hey! Kakashi-sensei! I think I found something!" a head of blond approached her. Aiko began hyperventilating,
"I think you mean, someone." a man dressed in blue in gray responded, his hair a pale silver, although most people would say it was gray, dully following him,
"Whoa! What happened to her?!" he said, ignoring the correction. If it weren't for the pain, screeching in every bone of her body, Aiko probably would have fainted by now,
"Now, now Naruto. You don't wanna scare her." (too little, too late -_-)
"Aw, why would she be scared of me?" the blond---Naruto chuckled, in his raspy, child like voice, ringing through the woods. By this point, her pupils were barely noticeable anymore, and her vocal chords seemed to be cut off, but words jumbled up inside her chest, awaiting the moment where she could say them. The best she could do was whimper, in utter fear.
In past memories, girls would get raped if they were found outside in the woods. But luckily for her, she didn't happen to remember experiencing anything like it.
Harassment maybe, but not quite rape.
Dew formed at the corners of her eyes, as she watched the two males, cautiously, scared half to death of what they would do to her.
"Oh, how rude of us." the silver haired man began, "Don't worry, we won't hurt you. My names Kakashi Hatake. And he's--"
"NARUTO UZUMAKI! BELIEVE IT!"---This didn't help Aiko feel anymore comfort.
"We're from The Hidden Leaf village, Konoha." Aiko's lips trembled, and her eyebrows knitted together. Naruto looked at her and his expression immediately softened, he then noticed her eyes... Blue-ish green, wide and innocent. He felt as if he could get lost in the deepness of them.
He openly gawked at her, while she stared back at him, unknowing whether she could trust them or not. Naruto saw that she was trembling. It wasn't much a surprise, since she was outside in nothing but a thin tank-top and boxers (if you didn't figure it out, that IS her pajama outfit.),
Damn! She is RACKED! He thought, suddenly, his eyes straying farther down than hers, the next thing he knew, Kakashi-sensei had hit him upside the head, "AHEM." he coughed, elbowing Naruto, a signal that he shouldn't do anything to startle or freak her out,
"Wh-What's your name?" he asked, his cheeks staining a rosy pink, but before Aiko could take a better look, he turned his face away,
"...I-I.." Aiko couldn't find the words, she was frightened of course, but they couldn't do anything by just knowing her name, "Ai-Ai...K-ko...Us...sagi..."
"Do you know where your from, Aiko?"
"..." she thought for a moment, "...N-no..." she lied, the bitter word rolled off her tongue, but she absolutely did not regret it.
"Do you remember what village your from?"
"No." she replied again,
"Kakashi-sensei, what do we do with her?"
"Don't act like she's some sort of object. But I think we should take her back to Tsunade-sama."
"Wh-what?"
"Don't worry, we won't hurt you."
"..."
"I don't think she's in the right condition to walk..." Naruto said, looking at her sympathetically,
"I-I can...Walk...Myself..." This was her chance. And she'll take it. Aiko bent her knee up to her chest, and pushed herself upward, wincing at the sharp pain that went straight down her legs.
She fell forward, bumping into Kakashi, and being caught by Naruto, her face landing in his chest; he smelled like ramen. Her arms flew to her face, prepared to be struck, her eyes closed, and her face looking away; she waited, but nothing came.
Aiko lowered her arms, eying them strangely; they did the same in in return.
"G-Gomenesai..."
"D-don't worry." Naruto stuttered, once again looking away, helping her steady herself, "Kakashi, what do we do?"
"Well I don't think we can just leave her out here. I guess we'll take her back to the village and see if we can figure out where she came from,"
"N-No!" the way Aiko meant it, was to not take her back to her home, she had gotten this far, "P-Please dont take me back there!" she pleaded,
"Kakashi-sensei, if she doesn't know where she's from, how can she not want to go back?"
"Well, sometimes, people don't know where they're from, but they know that where they were, is not that place they wanted to be."
"Wha?"
"She might not know where she was originally from, but she obviously doesn't want to go back." he put it simpler, hoping the knuckle-head would understand,
"...Ah..." Naruto scratched the back of this head, doing the best he could to follow that sentence, repeating it over and over in his head until it made sense, "OH!"---The light clicked on.
"Wh-what are you gonna...do with me?" Aiko's voice interrupted the silence,
"WE'RE TAKING YOU BACK TO KONOHA WITH US--"
"Naruto! Don't worry, Aiko," Kakashi said softly, "We want to take you back to Konoha, because your wounds seem rather..." he looked for the right word to use, "Plentiful."
"..."
"You don't have to come if you don't want to, but I think you would want yourself checked out." Aiko thought for a moment,
"...Ok..." she sounded a bit unsure,
"We won't hurt you." Kakashi reassured,
"Ok." she said more confidently, she put her hands on her knees, and tried to stand up straight, her breath was ragged, but she managed.
"Common...I'll carry you," Naruto offered, out-stretching his hand,
"N-No! I-I'm fine. Th-Thanks." she defended, looking down
"O-Ok." he took his hand back, feeling a pang of something similar to hurt, though he didn't know why; he had just met her.
"Well, common. Tsunade-sama's expecting us."
"Hai." Naruto answered, looking at Aiko warily, "Common."
"..." Aiko kept her face down, limping the fastest she could due to poor conditions.
The pace was slow, mostly because of Aiko's stubbornness. Kakashi tried not to say anything, but Naruto was getting restless.
Aiko couldn't take it anymore; her legs were too weak to go on, so to much of her resent, she fell. Naruto looked back at her, seeing Aiko clutch her arm, which he realized by now, was broken. He went up to her, and lifted her onto his back, Wow, she's light. Does she ever eat?
"N-No...D-Don't..." she began, resisting his act of kindness, her body stiffening at the feeling of his touch, but soon slumped onto him, her arms resting on his shoulders, and her face resting on his back, she breathed in the smell of ramen.
They made a lot of progress, considering Aiko had stopped walking.
When they got to the gate of Konoha, the purple haired girl had been fast asleep, her heartbeat was steadier, but her breath was still heavy and uneven, Naruto could even hear slight sobs from her.
When they got to Tsunade's office, she was surprised to see them,
"What took you so long---Oh." her eyes went to the pale girl, strapped to Naruto's back, she gave Kakashi a questioning look,
"We found her in the woods, on the way back from the mission. She doesn't seem to know where she came from, but it's proven she doesn't want to know." he stated, eying her casually,
"Tsunade baa-chan---" Naruto started, in a rather calm tone,
"I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU NOT TO CALL ME THAT!" she scolded,
"I think I should take her to the hospital, her arm's broken, and I don't know what else, but..." he ignored her comment. Tsunade's eyes softened, as she looked at him, he seemed a bit unfocused, and somewhat dumbfounded,
"Hai, you may go."
"Thanks, baa-chan!" Naruto quickly left before she could say anything else, but was quiet enough not to wake Aiko.
"Well, it was rather nice of you to take her here, Naruto-kun." Shizune said, at the moment, she was running some errands for Tsunade, happening to see Naruto at the hopital, she decided to help him check Aiko in.
"It was no problem," he chuckled, "What's wrong with her?"
"Ah...Nothing serious. Although, we did find some head wounds, mostly near her temples, which can, of course be fatal, but it was nothing to worry about this particular time. You were correct about the broken arm, and she also seems to have fractured her right ankle, and her left wrist. Other than that, just a few minor cuts and bruises. But, Ms Usagi has lost a lot of blood. She must have taken quite a beating, huh?"
"...Yeah."
"You seem worried...Did you know her?"
"N-No! I just don't like it want people are hurt."
"Uh...Yeah...Ok. Um, you can go see her if you want."
"Thanks, see you later Shizune-chan." he stepped past her, and into the room Aiko was currently in.
She was the picture of pity...Well to him she was.
Aiko had an oxygen mask on, so her breathing sounded a lot more natural. When he got closer, he could see the purplish bruises and cuts on her arms, face, and legs; and blood seeping out of the band aids. Her arm was patched up, and her wrist and ankle was wrapped in some sort of medical tape. Aiko's eyes were closed but once he slid the door shut, she was aware of his presence.
"Hey Aiko!" he greeted cheerfully,
No reply.
"Are you okay?"
Still no reply.
"Do you know what happened? How you ended up there?"
Nothing.
"Aiko, we're not here to hurt you. We—I just wanna help."
Silence. Clearly the message wasn't getting through to her.
"Okay...Well, I'll see you later." he turned to leave, slightly upset she wouldn't talk to him.
"W-Wait...!" she spoke up, feeling a bit guilty for not saying anything, but by then, he had already left,
"Th...Thank you..." she mumbled, watching his shadow disappear from behind the door.
Aiko sighed, closing her eyes again. She wondered if he was gonna come back any time soon.
Cause no one ever did. Especially for her.
Yay! Chappy numero dos is up! (my spanish sucks)
I actually spend mothers day writing this, since my mommy is at work and ditched me TOT Lolz, jk, she would never ditch me...
While I was writing that little nursery rhyme, I was researching a whole buncha children nursery rhymes, and its quite surprising that most of them are really violent, depressing and morbid. Examples:
1) Ring Around the Rosies- Refers to the Black plague (Google it if you wanna know more)
2) Mary, Mary Quite Contrary- Refers to Bloody Mary, when she would behead her people
3) Jack and Jill- Refers to a King whom 'broke his crown' meaning he got beheaded, and a queen who came 'tumbling after'. EW.
4) Oranges and Lemons (is that right?): (last verse) Here comes the candle to light you to bed, Here comes the chopper to chop off your head, Chip chop, chip chop, chip chop, chip ch...-Dunno o.o
5) Peter, Peter, Pumkin Eater- About a guy who loved to eat pumpkins, and had a wife whom he 'couldn't keep', so he stuffed her inside a pumpkin. Ouch.
Theres a lot more, but I'm to tired =0= to put them on here.
And I got a tip for anime lovers. DO NOT WATCH EACH ALTERNATE ENDING FOR SCHOOL DAYS RIGHT AFTER EATING. I COULD BARELY KEEP DOWN MY LUNCH, DUDE, ITS A FRIGGIN BLOOD FOUNTAIN!!! _
Thankies for reading~! Pliox review, but onleh if you wanna!
~Shyoko-chan