She Bleeds Like Me
By Tanki Kitsune Taichou
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Naruto or Trapt.
Pairing: Naruto/Yugito
Warning: Mentions of Self-Mutilation.
How can nails scratch the deepest?
Have you broken skin this time?
As far back as he could remember he had always resorted to hurting himself whenever the villagers just became too much to take. The pain made him feel so alive, with the pain came the filling of a void in his heart.
Made your mark and took me deeper
As you drown me with your eyes
He glanced at his wrists that were already healing and sighed hoping that maybe the marks would be left as scars on his nearly perfect skin. Although he didn't sense another being anywhere near the Hokage Monument there was a certain Kumo kunoichi watching him the whole time and couldn't help but be saddened since she had done the same thing years ago.
Held my hand over your mouth
As you scream at me to feel
But my scars with understanding
I can't promise anything
Yugito decided now was the time to reveal herself as she walked out of the forest almost soundlessly. She got behind Naruto and wrapped her arms around him in a protective embrace, he flinched and struggled but Yugito held strong while trying to calm him down. She told him who she was and told him to stop and he responded with "I don't think I can."
Can you tell, that I pick my poison well
That I have no more to sell to you?
He looked back and locked eyes with the girl that was currently trying to tell him that she understood what he was going through, he didn't believe her. She saw the disbelief in his eyes and to convince him that she was like him she flared her demonic chakra which caused his demeanor to change to that of shock.
Is it really that important that I settle down?
Does it really even matter that I have my doubts?
I search for the one who bleeds
I reach for the one who bleeds
Just as quickly as it had changed, Naruto's mood switched back to hate and anger. "Just because you have a demon inside of you, doesn't mean you were even remotely treated the way I was." He looked away from her, "I don't need anybody to try and sympathize with me, I'm fine with being alone." Both his and Yugito's hearts bled after the words left his mouth.
I forget to dream in color
I am better off alone
An assault or undercover
We are shadows on our own
Her grip loosened and he took advantage to free himself and disappear into the night, a shadow against the village. As Naruto snuck around the village he kept thinking about that girl, what was it about her that was different besides the demon of course. He shook his head to clear those thoughts away and screamed out loud, "I'm better off alone, because no one will ever see me they'll just see my demon!!!"
Lose ourselves in open waters
Always swimming back to shore
Naruto got back to his apartment and slammed the door shut. After he locked the door, he ran to his bathroom glanced at the mirror before grabbing his trusty kunai. Upon looking up, he saw his reflection turn into that of the Kyuubi and he fell back shaking immensely.
My addictions have no boundaries
Now I'm crying out for more
He quickly grabbed the kunai and jammed it in his wrist. Over and over he pierced his wrist before weakness started to spread throughout his body from blood loss. The last thing he heard before darkness took him was a scream that came from someone familiar but who…
Can you tell, that I pick my poison well
That I have no more to sell to you?
Naruto was floating in the darkness that was his shattered psyche trying to figure out the significance of that scream, when the Kyuubi decided to put thoughts of that girl from Kumo to give him a hint. Once it dawned on him that the girl had been the one to find him, the only thing he asked himself was 'Why does she care so much?'
Is it really that important that I settle down?
Does it really even matter that I have my doubts?
I search for the one who bleeds
I reach for the one that bleeds like me
His eyes snapped open as he woke up and immediately he checked his wrists, which were bandaged and clean of the red life liquid. He sighed "I know you're there, come out so I can talk to you…" Yugito walked out from the shadows. "Well, I'm here so talk." But all that came was a veil of silence over the two jinchuuriki.
I have my doubts
I have my doubts and so does everybody else
She decided to break the silence "I know you don't trust me." Naruto was shocked by the statement and tried to think of something to say to her when she interrupted his train of thought "And don't insult my intelligence by lying to me." She smiled warmly at him.
So help me take this all away
You gotta help me take this all away
Please help me take this all away
And bleed like me
He bowed his head to hide the fact that he was crying hot tears. Seeing that he was hurting, she cupped his chin and lifted it so that his eyes were looking at hers. "Watch this and you'll see why you don't have to hurt alone." She took a kunai from her pouch and made a small cut on her hand. Naruto watched as the little wound bleed before meeting Yugito's gaze once again. "Don't you see that you bleed like me?"
Is it really that important that I settle down?
Does it really even matter that I have my doubts?
I search for the one who bleeds
I reach for the one who bleeds
Naruto took the knife from her and mimicked her act by making his own miniscule wound on his hand. Once it started bleeding, he suddenly had an epiphany even as his wound healed. "I had no idea, I had no idea that someone else bled like me. I've just been alone and searching for so long…"
I reach for, I reach for, I reach for, I reach for
I reach for the one who bleeds like me
Yugito nodded her head before giving Naruto a light kiss to his lips. "And now that you've found me, you no longer have to hurt yourself and cause a worse wound that you cannot see…" Naruto blinked in confusion. "What kind of wound?" Yugito smiled sadly "It's a wound of the heart. And the only thing that can heal that is the love of another…" Naruto suddenly kissed her and smiled "I'm glad that I've found someone who bleeds like me."
A/N: Well that's another idea out of the way.
Phew, I know I haven't posted in a long ass time but consider this weekend a rally point of sorts.
By that I mean that I have a friend that will hit me if I get distracted while I'm supposed to be writing… bastard.
Anywho, expect an update on most of my stories before the end of this weekend.
-TKT