: It hurts... : A Gaara Love Story : Deep inside.. : Chapter four:

"There you are." A spiteful voice whispered.
"You again? I thought I was clear before, I don't want to have ANYTHING to do with you anymore, Zabuza!" You screamed to the mist slowly surrounding you. "Get away, you, the Devil of the Mist! Do not mess with me! Or you'll pay!" You angrily shouted.
"Oh we'll see about that."

Kilaru's POV (Your POV)
"We'll see about what? I thought I made myself clear. Get out of my life and NEVER come back! I don't want to see your face ever again!" I growled.
"Oh, how sad. And what will you do about it now?" Zabuza smirked.
"Oh, but of course, I will eliminate the intruder..." I scoffed.
"I'd like to see someone like YOU do so... show me."
"As you WISH! AAAAHH!" I yelled as I ran at him.
He dodged my attacks, one by one, as though they were nothing.
"Do you really think you'll be able to avenge your eum.. what were they again? Comrades? No.. more than that.. I remember now.. your FRIENDS." Zabuza pricked through my shell.
"You... how DARE you make fun of "them"?! YOU WILL PAY FOR YOUR CRIMES!" I shouted as I charged at him, kunais in both hands.
I attacked but he just kept dodging. I tricked him and appeared out of nowhere and pricked him in the back. Blood spurted out, for he did not dodge this time.
"You little brat.." Zabuza murmured.
"Don't you dare insult me! You're the one who started this fight, not me!" I shouted at him and I charged again, hitting him this time. He tried to hit me with his sword, but I evaded it.
"Is that all you've got, Zabuza? Cause, it ain't the case for me!" I chanted. I regained my seriousness and performed a jutsu.
Everlasting Nightmare no Jutsu! I thought as Zabuza got caught in my attack.
Zabuza looked taken aback. W—what is this jutsu?!
"DIE!" I growled at him.
Zabuza's body went slightly limp. Hmph. Have fun, Zabuza.. In a never-ending nightmare, that is.
His body then fell to the ground with a 'thump'.
I reached him, kunai in hand, ready to strike, when—Suddenly, I heard movement in the trees. Kuso!!
I jumped back, hiding in the bushes. Naruto-nii chan!? I thought as I saw his silhouette appearing in the trees. Kuso! I forgot about Zabuza's body!!
Naruto looked quizzically at Zabuza's limp body, especially since drool was falling out of his mouth.
He suddenly stiffened up.
"Who is there? Show yourself." He asked at the bushes next to me.
Kuso...Ano... Ah! 'Summoning Jutsu! Come forth, Mezuki, the fierce bird, Monosuke, the rabid rabbit! ' Please, help me get out of this mess!
Mezuki flew away, which made Naruto look at her. Monosuke went out of the bush where I was and acted like normal bunnies would do.
Naruto sighed with relief.
I then jumped out of the bushes, too. Naruto looked surprised.
I looked at him quizzically.
"Naruto? What are you doing here?"
"I eum.. nothing. What about you? You look so exhausted."
"Well, it's because I was searching for you onii-chan!" I cheered. "I was wondering where you were! I feel all better now!"
Naruto blushed. "O-oh.. I see."
"By the way, Naruto... Who is the man at your feet?" I asked him.
He looked down at the man.
"Oh! That... well... That's Zabuza."
"Zabuza? The Devil of the Mist? Zabuza Momochi?! Wow! You did that to him?" I asked him.
"No, no... I just got here. He was already like that when I arrived."
"Aww.. Don't be shyyyyy…" I chanted with a smirk.
"I swear it wasn't me!" Naruto cried, hand in front of his face.
"Okay, but then, who was it? It looks like he's hurt real bad."
"I don't know!" Naruto shouted.
"Neither do I. But that person must be real strong!! Don't you agree?... Now what do we do with him?" I questioned him.
"Yeah.. And eum... We should leave him here.."
It was silent for a moment. Naruto looked like he had something to say.
He opened his mouth. "Euh.. Kilaru-nee chan?"
"...Yeah? What is it?" I answered.
"Are you... Are you... Are you hurt?"
"Me? Hurt? Can't you see I'm not wounded?" I asked him incredibly.
"NO! That's not what I meant! Are you not hurt inside?!" He shouted at me.
"No I can't--!"
"Stop denying it! You're hurt and you know it!"
My mind went blank as I remembered.

+Flashback+
"Kilaru-nee chan! Why are you smiling?" The boy asked the little girl.
"What do you mean?" She questioned him.
"Are you serious?! You just fell down! You scratched your knees and you're smiling!! Doesn't it hurt?"
"No, onii-chan. It doesn't hurt at all. Should I feel hurt?"
"Yes you should! You're bleeding! You SHOULD be hurt!"
"Onii-chan, you're saying that like it's a bad thing." She stated.
"B-but sister—!" Hiro shouted.
"Onii-chan? What... what is it like to feel hurt?" The red head asked him with wide eyes.
"Oh, one-chan..."
"Answer me!" She retort.
"Well, when you're hurt, you feel a stinging feeling where your wound is, normally, and... You feel like something's wrong because the stinging won't stop until you heal completely... But, depending on the wound, it can heal fast or it can take a long time, sometimes even--"
"You're gradually changing the subject, onii-chan."
"Oh, you're right, sorry. So, it's a stinging feeling that won't stop until you heal, sometimes it leaves scars and sometimes it doesn't. That's it." He finished.
"Onii-chan..?"
"Yes?"
"I think I'm hurt... deep down.. It hurts." She said, clinging her chest. "Here..."
"Oh sister..." Hiro embraced me. "Don't worry, it'll heal, it'll heal."

A little girl woke up to see her brother smiling apologetically next to her.
I realised something.
"Onii-chan... the hurt.. it's gone! It's gone onii-chan!!"
The little girl smiled, and then, clutched her chest area. Her smile broke.
"ONII-CHAN! ONII-CHAN! WHAT HAPPENED TO ME!? IT'S GONE! ...THE.. The... beating... onii-chan... the beating... it's... gone... "
And the light vanished, leaving darkness around her. She had just blacked out.
+End of Flashback+

I looked down, my eyes plain.
"Naruto, I can't be --"
You heard screams.
"Naruto! Kilaru! Where are you!?" Sakura's voice reached us.
"Oh! It's Sakura!" Naruto shouted.
"Yeah! You're right! Let's go!" I cheered.
My eyes closed slightly. Naruto, I can't be hurt... That's the awful truth... Sorry I never told you.
We finally reached Sakura, and amazingly, Sasuke was with her.
I whistled.
"Wow, what have you two been doing lately?" I asked with a smirk.
Sakura blushed and stuttered "N-nothing!"
Sasuke looked away, closed his eyes and simply said, "Nothing."
"If you say so!" I sang.
Naruto was clueless of my little joke. He hadn't understood a simple thing.
"Teehee, let's go back at Tazuna's house now, shall we?" I began running as soon as I finished talking.
"W-waaiiit!" Naruto pleaded as he started to run.
"Catch up! I'm not waiting any more!"
Sasuke and Sakura began running as well.

"Hiiiii Kakashi-sensei! How are you doing?" I asked cheerily.
"Euhh... Quite fine, thank you?"
"Great! Well, I'll be going to sleep now!"
"But we didn't even eat dinner, you know?"
"I know, but I already ate fruits from the forest... And I'm not hungry now. Oyasumi (Good night)." I explained.
"Oyasumi, then." Kakashi smiled.
I left as I heard Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke come in.

I thought of my parents. I knew I shouldn't have, but I couldn't resist.
It was a mistake. I should have never been. But I did think about them.

Mom.. Such a lively, happy-go-lucky person... Unlike my father. And yet, I hated both of them... I never really did like them. I felt like... singing. So I sang.

"You lie silent there before me
Your tears they mean nothing to me
The wind howling at the window
The love you never gave
I give to you

Really don't deserve it
But now there's nothing you can do
So sleep in your only memory of me
My dearest mother

Here's a lullaby to close your eyes good-bye
It was always you that I despised
I don't feel enough for you to cry oh well
Here's a lullaby to close your eyes good-bye
Goodbye
Goodbye

So insignificant
Sleeping dormant deep inside of me
Are you hiding away lost
Under the sewers
Maybe flying high in the clouds
Perhaps you're happy without me
So many seeds have been sown in the field
And who could sprout up so blessedly
If I had died
I would have never felt sad at all
You will not hear me say I'm sorry
Where is the light
Wonder if it's weeping somewhere

Here's a lullaby to close your eyes good-bye
It was always you that I despised
I don't feel enough for you to cry oh well
Here's a lullaby to close your eyes good-bye

Here's a lullaby to close your eyes good-bye
It was always you that I despised
I don't feel enough for you to cry oh well
Here's a lullaby to close your eyes good-bye
Good-bye
Good-bye
Good-bye
Good-bye

Here's a lullaby to close your eyes good-bye
It was always you that I despised
I don't feel enough for you to cry oh well
Here's a lullaby to close your eyes good-bye

Here's a lullaby to close your eyes good-bye
It was always you that I despised
I don't feel enough for you to cry oh well
Here's a lullaby to close your eyes good-bye
Good-bye
Good-bye
Good-bye
Good-bye"

"Wow, you can sing well." I heard.
My eyes shot open wide. He had heard. But for how long? I wanted to leave. I should have left. I didn't. I wanted to yell. I should have yelled. I didn't. I wanted to go back in time. But I just couldn't.
"What do you want, loser?" I asked Sasuke threateningly.
"What? Can't I tell you that you can sing well?"
"Not if you spy on me, you teme. Now go. Before I feel a certain rush to kill you."
"If you wish. But only cause you asked. Cause, after all, we all know you can't kill me, OR at least, you wouldn't." Sasuke said before leaving.
I whispered, so that he wouldn't hear, "You sure about that?"
Suddenly, I felt sleepy. I fell on the ground, making a "thump".