Hey everyone, I have a poll on my profile that talks about rating this story since I've started it... ^-^ oh, and I don't know when I'll update again for I'll be at my brother's place, yes I'll have internet but long story short, I'll possibly be helping out and avoiding his girlfriend's brother, I can't tell you why.
Naruto didn't know how long he had slept, having no real sense of time. All he wanted to do was sleep his life away though he knew that he would have to get up to get something to eat… He wasn't sure why, but he liked that thing the weird blue haired person made. Whatever this person was… Opening his eyes, the young man knew that the person was nice, though he still couldn't trust this person. What if this person was just like the white coats?
He wouldn't allow that to happen.
There was no way in hell he was going back. The first sign of being sent back, and he was going to have to kill that person and make a break for it. Taking a deep breath, the young man pushed himself up from his bed and scratched the back of his head, only to frown when his hand came across something strange. Frowning, he pushed himself up from bed and walked toward the weird object that made him see himself in.
Giving himself a good enough look over, he saw the strange patches of white on his arms and the weird white that covered his chest. Growling, he saw the weird black thread that covered his face, just above the hair that was above his eye. Narrowing his eyes, the young man flexed his nails as they slowly grew and sharpened into claws and cut the black thread from his face and sliced off the white that covered parts of his body.
Frowning a bit, he looked down at his legs before pulling at the bottom of the pants he wore and saw white on his legs. This did not do for him; he got rid of everything that had covered his body, the weird white, and the weird black thread. Once that was all removed, he saw that his wounds had healed perfectly. That was the only upside to whatever happened to him.
Shaking his head, the young man knew that he couldn't stay here too long, though sadly he didn't have anywhere to go.
Narrowing his eyes for a moment, the young man knew that this was going to be difficult… If he left, he'd have those weird pains in his stomach like when he didn't get a lot of food. But this person gave him warm food and it was delicious. What confused him, now that he thought about it was that weird sound that person made… He didn't get it, though it had confused him when that person called him 'Naruto' when he had always been called 'Experiment F 001'.
Shuddering at the reminder, Naruto knew that he had to stop thinking about that. He was a free… whatever he was. Taking a deep breath, the young man just wondered around the room, wanting to think of ways to make sure that if that person tried anything to send him back; he would have to think of ways to both stay here for now until he could find a way to leave, or to kill that person.
Frowning, Naruto looked down… had he really turned into a monster like those white coats had wanted? He hated the idea of killing, even if he felt threatened like he did when he woke up. The thought of being sent back scared him; there was no way of knowing what the white coats would do to him if they found him. Better yet, what they'd do to that human if they found out that that person had helped him in anyway.
Biting his lower lip, Naruto knew that he would have to be careful; if he wasn't there was no telling what the white coats would do.
Reaching up and grasping the collar around his throat, Naruto wondered if it was safe to be around that person, sure he didn't trust easily but he had to make sure that he didn't lose himself… he could never remove this crystal or… no, he couldn't think about it. Just thinking about it, remembering it made him shiver in fear. That was the only emotion that he really understood… Hell, it was one of the very few things that he really understood but now that he thought about it… now that he was free he had nothing to keep him from learning right?
Or did he even have a right to learn? He was nothing but an experiment after all so… did he?
Shaking his head, the young man scratched the back of his head as he tried to think on what he was to do. All of this was confusing and it bothered him greatly though it couldn't be helped with. Oh how he wished that he could just rip something apart, something he liked to do when he was feeling this way… It was as if he was confused but it made him angry… Closing his eyes, he tried to get everything in focus as to what he could or should do while he was here.
Lying back on the soft object that was in this room, he couldn't help but wonder why the person that owns this place would give him something so soft to lie on… Naruto felt like he could sleep on this forever though sadly, he knew what would happen if he slept too long. If he did, he'd get hurt by something long that made a weird cracking sound. There was no way that he would let that happen, from what he had seen of this place, she didn't have anything that could bind him to the walls so maybe he could use that to his advantage so that was something at least.
Taking a deep breath, the young man tried to get himself to stand up on his two feet only to jump when he heard something. It sounded like soft 'bang, bang, bang' he knew that it wasn't those weird sounds he heard from the island but it still startled him all the same.
"Naruto, you up?" said the person's voice, what was she doing on the other side of that weird plank of wood? Shaking his head, the young man walked over to the plank of wood and tried to move it open. Only to see that he couldn't get it to open. Frowning, he tilted his head to the side before he tried to push it open though no luck… Maybe he wasn't pushing on it hard enough?
Shoving and shoving more, the young man kept on trying to break the plank down, he had to make sure that he could get out though it seemed the harder he tried the harder it was to push the thing aside. Narrowing his eyes, he growled softly and he backed up away from the door before he started to rush toward it. Maybe if he could ram it, he could get out of here and he could see what the person wanted.
Before he could even hit the plank though, it moved outward and coming into sight was the person with long hair. Before he could stop, he ran into the long haired person, causing them both to fall over. He could hear a soft gasp and a soft 'thump' when they hit the ground. Though he felt his face hitting something both big, and soft. Opening his eyes, he blinked a few moments before he pulled back and looked down at the blue haired person; their eyes were a little dazed looking though that wasn't what confused him…
What confused him was the weird softness on this person's chest. He knew for a fact that he didn't have that, was it just swollen? Frowning in confusion, the young man reached out and grasped the weird softness on this person's chest, thinking that maybe it was either swollen, or this person hid something in their shirt.
It was rather odd that it was so soft… Naruto started to like touching them for some strange reason. Suddenly, he heard a sound that was a little high pitched and something slapping his hands away. Blinking, he pulled his hands back and looked up at the blue haired person and saw that their arms were wrapped around their chest, eyes wide and face a little… well he didn't know what that colour was but it reminded him of his eyes when he wanted to fight.
Tilting his head, he wondered what was wrong with this person. Though he sensed that he had crossed some kind of line with her. Looking down, he felt a little bad for upsetting this person and tried to find some way to say that he was… hm… now that he thinks about it, he did know one word and could say it since the white coats had to force him to learn it when he did something wrong… "S… S… Sorry…" he whispered softly before looking down at the floor, as if he was scared of what she was going to do.
The long haired person looked up at him with wide eyes. Did he say something that would have been so strange? Or was it that he had said something that confused this person? Tilting his head, he stood up on his feet before carefully reaching out and took hold of this person's hands and pulled, wanting to make sure that this person could get to their feet no problem.
"Naruto… you spoke… I can't believe you said something, I thought that you would speak." It was still weird how this person would call him 'Naruto' and he still wanted to know if it was really was what he had always wanted…
Pointing to himself, he tilted his head to the side as he said "N… Nar… uto?" Their eyes widened again, did this person finally get that he didn't understand or know what anything was? That he had no idea what anything was or what even this person's name was for that matter… This was all just so confusing for him though he hoped that he could at least learn something besides his name for that matter.
"That's right, you're Naruto." The person said while pointing at him, then they moved their hand toward themselves saying "and I'm Hinata… " Soon, Naruto's gaze went to her chest wondering why it was soft. His gaze went to his own chest and rubbed as if a little confused as to why he didn't have that or if it was normal for this and Hinata was the odd one.
"Oh… you don't know…" Hinata mumbled, her face going that weird colour again… He didn't understand why her face changed colour like that but figured that it was something that most people did; he just wasn't sure what that was. "These are breasts; only women like me have them… You're a man, so you don't have them and older women, or some teens that you may call girls have them." Naruto tried to take this all in…
If he got this right, Hinata was a 'woman' and he was a 'man' that was named Naruto… and that only women, or small girls had these soft squishy things called breasts. He thinks that's what she was trying to say though it was going to take a while for him to fully understand this. Looking up at Hinata's face again, he saw that her face didn't return to the colour it was before, in fact it seemed darker. Tilting his head, he reached out and gently traced his fingers along her right cheek as if trying to ask her something… his fingertips though felt just how warm they were.
Hinata looked up at him for a moment, Naruto though didn't pay much attention to that, and he just wanted to know why her skin felt so hot… "It's called blushing… our faces go red when we're sick, nervous, embarrassed…" Red… so that's what this colour was. Naruto pulled his hand back and placed it on his own cheek, wondering if his face hot… Nope, his skin was cool… at least cooler than Hinata's at the moment.
Hinata made that weird sound again, she had her hand in front of her lips and her eyes were closed. Tilting his head, Naruto thought that maybe she was sick or something. "Don't worry Naruto; I just think it's cute how innocent you seem to be." Innocent? What was that? Maybe it was just one of the things that he would learn later on though for now he wanted to learn a little more about Hinata a little… Reaching out, he ran a hand through her hair, wondering if her hair was like his…
Reaching up, with his other hand, Naruto ran his fingers through his hair… Frowning a little, Naruto felt that his hair was… well he didn't know how to describe it really, only that his hair felt really weird compared to Hinata's… Her hair he could easily run his fingers through her hair, with his he had a little trouble with it.
Hinata frowned a little and reached her hand up and ran it through his hair and shook her head. "Oh, you need your hair washed… I'm gonna have to show you how to use the shower and what to do…" Hinata said with a soft smile before grabbing his hand and walked with him to another room. Naruto tilted his head for a moment wondering what they were going to do in this room. Hinata looked up at Naruto for a moment and just smiled at him as she said "okay, since I need to show you and you strike me as someone that learns from visual needs, I'll need to wash you but…" Her face went red once again before she got him to sit down on something next to some big white object that looked like it could fit a person.
"Wait here, I'll be back." With that, she left the room, leaving Naruto alone to his thoughts. Hinata seemed like such a nice person, even if he didn't fully understand what she was saying… though at least he could understand most of her actions. Looking down at the floor for a moment, Naruto wondered what would happen if he stayed in Hinata's life too long… Sure, he didn't trust a lot of people but… after what happened in his life it couldn't be helped.
Shaking his head, the young man took a deep breath as he tried to relax himself. Maybe he was just over thinking things, letting his emotions get the best of him. That was something he couldn't allow to cloud his mind that was what the white coats had always told him. He was never allowed to feel anything but anger…
Running a hand through his hair, the young man wondered if maybe he should just let Hinata help him… teach him… Though, he would still end up being a little nervous when it comes to her food… no matter how tasty it was and no matter how excited he was to taste another meal that she gave him last night.
Taking a deep breath, Naruto ran a hand through his hair once again, he didn't know why but he found it soothing really, which he did find a little strange and that was saying a lot since he doesn't even speak for that matter.
"There we go Naruto! I got you some clean clothes for you to change into after your bath." Said Hinata when she came back in the room. Naruto looked up and blinked his blue eyes at her in confusion though understood when he saw her carrying what seemed to be orange cloth. Was that the 'clothes' that she spoke of or was it something else?
Hinata set the clothes on what looked like a shelf that was also connected to the floor and the wall before she walked over to him. "Okay Naruto, I need you to get in the tub for me. Since we're gonna have to scrub you clean, I'll do your back, chest, and arms and you can do your legs while I wash your hair. Just until you get the idea okay?" Her only answer was the blink of his blue eyes. Hinata of course just made that weird sound again, it was a little high pitched though he didn't know at the moment what it could be.
Hinata grabbed a hold of Naruto's hand; he wanted to pull them back, thinking that Hinata was going to hurt him. Though, he started to notice something different… her hand was soft, and was holding onto him gently instead of forcing him to his feet. Is this just another trick though, some kind of plot to get him to do as she says so he could be a new weapon for her to use? No… he didn't sense any kind of deception from her at all.
Was he really just judging her way too soon?
Once he was up on her feet, Hinata sat on the edge of this object he assumed was the 'tub' and tilted his head to the side before he sat down. He didn't know how this was going to clean him up though he wasn't going to question any of this, not like he could anyway. Watching Hinata's every move, he saw that she turned a few knobs that he remembered seeing on some tanks that the white coats used on him when he was small.
After she had turned the knobs, he saw water gushing out of what he remembered was called a tap or nozzle… Tilting his head, he felt that the water was a little cold though he felt that he was starting to warm up so that was a plus. Looking up, Naruto saw that Hinata was now reaching for a nozzle that was higher up on the wall and frowned a bit. Why would she reach for that? What could that possibly do for him in the first place?
Tilting his head, Naruto didn't notice that Hinata was holding the nozzle above his head as he watched her reach over and pull something up. Almost like it was some kind of release, however that would work he didn't know though he didn't think that it would cause any kind of trouble for him. As soon as the water hit his head, Naruto yelped from shock and tried to get himself out of here.
He felt Hinata's hand on his shoulder, not to keep him down but to give him some kind of support. Naruto looked up, his wide blue eyes scared though for some reason, when he saw Hinata's smile… it made him a little more relaxed though he didn't look at her for very long. He felt a weird heat flood his cheeks though he didn't know what it was…
The water kept running over his body though now that he had calmed down the water felt good. Hinata soon hit that plunger thing and the water stopped flowing over him and that made him look back up at Hinata. "Don't worry Naruto, just relax okay?" Hinata's kind voice came to him, causing him to just nod to her before she grabbed a cloth and started to pour something on it. The scent was sweet; it almost smelled like Hinata, it was a calm and relaxing scent that was for sure.
"Okay, I have to lather you up before I rinse you off then you can do your legs okay?" Naruto's only answer was yet another tilt of his head. Hinata smiled at him before she started to rub the cloth on his arms, chest, back though what was when she made an 'hm' sound. It seemed that she had just noticed something. "What… I guess I was so nervous and freaked I didn't notice the gauze or stitches… Naruto did you remove them?" He just looked up at her before he saw her frown. He could only nod to her.
"How did you heal so fast…? This doesn't make sense; this just defies what I know from being a doctor…" Naruto had no idea what a doctor was though he just blinked at her before turning his head away from her. Naruto just let Hinata go back to washing her and as she did that, he started to get the idea of what he was supposed to do. Just pour some of that weird smelling liquid on the cloth and rub it on your body to get it soapy… That was something…
"Okay Naruto, you do your legs and I'll wash your hair." She said, handing him the soapy cloth after she had scrubbed his back. Naruto figured that he had to wash the only other part of him that hasn't been washed which would be his arms and legs… Blinking innocently, he took the cloth from Hinata before he started to scrub his legs and carefully scrubbed his arms. Naruto blinked when he looked up at Hinata when she started to pour something on her hand. It was different, it smelled sweet, more so than what was used on his body.
Soon, he felt Hinata's hands in his hair, he wanted to scream, wanting to slash at her for doing that but he stopped himself. He knew that she wasn't trying to hurt him that she was just trying to help him. Taking a shaky breath, Naruto kept scrubbing his body, hoping that it would keep himself from screaming. "Your hair sure is dirty Naruto… it's as if it hasn't been washed in years…"
Naruto blinked innocently as he looked up at her, wondering what she meant by that. There was still so much that he didn't understand though he was getting there… slowly. Hinata smiled softly as she said "well, I just gotta scrub a bit more of this in your hair then I can rinse you off okay?"
Naruto just sat in the tub, wondering what he could do while Hinata kept on scrubbing whatever that liquid is into his hair. Frowning in thought, he wondered why his head felt funny… Tilting his head, he reached up and touched his head before bringing it back down and saw what looked like white foam. He remembered seeing it from a few failed test subjects when he was small though he didn't think that this was the bad kind of foam…
There was no way that Hinata would do that to him… at least, he was sure she wouldn't. Ugh! Why couldn't he keep his thoughts in order?! He wanted to trust her, but at the same time he just couldn't bring himself to do that… This was just confusing him, and it was starting to have him freak out a little though not enough to transform.
Inhaling deeply, Naruto looked over and saw that Hinata was reaching for the weird long nozzle… Thinking that he could help he reached over for it and handed it to Hinata. Looking up at her, he saw that she smiled brightly before she turned on the water and started to wash off all the foam from his body. Naruto felt the long haired woman pull his head back when she started to have the water wash through his blonde hair and frowned a bit in confusion.
"Gotta make sure that the shampoo doesn't get in your eyes. That would hurt you." Hinata said with a small smile before she placed a hand over Naruto's eyes to keep the water from hitting his eyes. Everything was dark and it had him panic for a second until Hinata moved her hand from his eyes and ran her fingers through his hair.
Naruto blinked a few times, wondering what Hinata was doing now… It seemed that she was… just running her fingers through his hair, it had him a little confused though he didn't say anything about it, or at least he should say react to it.
Hinata smiled before she started to rinse off the rest of his body, he just watched as the soapy form fell from his body with the water and went down the drain. Naruto blinked his blue eyes, a little fascinated with how the water went down the drain though he just tilted his head to the side before looking up at Hinata and watched as she turned the water off. "Okay, we just need to dry you off then you can take off those wet boxers and change into some dry clothes. Though, next time you'll have to wash up without those on."
Naruto nodded to her before he watched Hinata grab a long piece of cloth and draped it over his head and started to rub it over his hair. What was she doing now? "Okay Naruto, just gotta dry you off and you'll be ready to change." She laughed softly; Naruto had to admit… he liked her laugh. After she took the cloth away from his head, she set it down next to the clothes before she grabbed them. "I'll hand these to you over my shoulder so I don't see you change. Stand up please?"
Naruto stood up and reached for the waist band of his boxers, Hinata yelped and turned around. Why did she turn away from him? Did she hate him or something? Shaking his head, Naruto took off the wet shorts before he saw Hinata handing him something else. Carefully taking them from her, Naruto stepped over the tub and slipped them on. They were almost the same as the ones he wore before though were black.
Next, she handed him what seemed like a longer pair of shorts… they almost looked like the bottoms he wore when he first arrived here but were black with orange stripes going up the sides. He frowned a bit, wondering what the point was of wearing these over the shorts but he didn't complain for the time being and just slipped them on. Tilting his head, Naruto saw two weird strings that went over the waist of his pants and tugged at them for a moment before he let go of them.
Hinata soon turned around when she knew that he had some pants on and smiled at him. "Okay, I hope you like these." She smiled more before she handed him a white short and tilted his head before throwing it on over his head. At least he knew how to change himself thanks to those white coats telling him that he would have to dress himself. What confused him though was the last article of clothing that Hinata held in her hands. "I thought this would look to plain and with it being cold out, I thought this was a good chance to see if this would look good."
What did she mean by that?
Hinata smiled and held out a long orange shirt that was opened down the center before gently grabbing his arm and putting his arm through one of the sleeves and did the same with the other. She stood in front of him before crossing her arms. Was there something wrong with what he was wearing? Looking down at himself, he saw that it was a simple orange shirt, sure he's never worn something like this before and he saw black little circles on the one side of the opening on the front though he didn't think anything of it…
"Let me try something…" she said softly before grabbing the left sleeve of his shirt and started to roll up the sleeve just a little past his elbow. She did the same with the right before looking over Naruto and smiled happily at him. "Now you look like any other guy that you'd see on the street!" she said with a laugh before she looked up at Naruto and frowned a bit. Was there something else wrong?
"Those marks on your face…" She whispered softly before reaching up and traced the lines that marked his cheeks. Naruto didn't know why she was doing that but he couldn't help but lean into her touch. It was as if he was giving into some sort of instinct that made him want to be closer to Hinata in a sense, though as quickly as he went into that trance, he came back out of it just as quickly.
"Oh right, I bet your hungry… I'll make something for lunch okay?" Hinata said before she started to walk out of the room and down the hall. Naruto tilted his head to the side. Looking at himself through the weird reflective wall, he wondered if this was how he was to look. Now that he noticed it, he couldn't help but notice that he didn't look like he did before… It was almost strange to see him wearing anything but those clothes the white coats would make him wear, but he wasn't complaining…
Giving himself a small smile, Naruto started to walk out of the bathroom and down the hall. Maybe he could be a little happy here though for how long? It just didn't seem possible for him to stay in one place for a long time; it just made him worry for Hinata. Was it right of him to stay here just so he could feel even the tiniest bit of safety?
Or was that just being selfish of him to feel that way? Wait why did he care anyway? Hinata was only someone that wanted to look after him, nothing more and nothing more… right?
Or, were those just the words that the white coats said to him once before just playing themselves over and over again to torment him…? He didn't know though as he walked, Naruto could still recall their words no matter how much time passes, he was told these very words when he was small, and even now they caused a deep pain to emit itself in his chest even if he didn't understand it.
"You will never be accepted, you will never be cared for… you are just not a human being like the rest of us and you never will be, who would or could care for an animal? A freak of nature?"