And here is the second chapter because I'm trying to stay psyched about this story. So, that means faster updates, I guess. Yay for you!
So, um, I don't own Naruto. Yeah...
Kiba and Akamaru
Naruto shuffles along the sidewalk, hands jammed into his jean pockets, green book bag slung over one shoulder, blue eyes focused on the ground. His friend Alina walks next to him talking incessantly about something he's not listening to. She links arms with him and rest her head on his shoulder, drawing his attention. "Naru-baby," she croons, "what's wrong? Did you have another scary nightmare?" She pinches his cheek. "C'mon babe, talk to me."
"Alina," he warns. He hates when she talks to him like a child. He knows she won't heed his warning though; she never does. It's partially why he keeps her around.
"Naruto," she counters, stepping in front of him. She places her hand on his chest, stopping him, and says, "Tell me what's wrong. You've been quiet all day. Did you have another nightmare?"
"Don't worry about it," he tells her, pushing her aside.
"No, Naruto!" She grabs his arm. "Zach told me what happened two days ago. About that boy. And like him I've let your really odd quirks slide. But I'm not going to stand by anymore if things are this bad! I'm not!" She watches him turn away. "Listen to me!" she yells, shaking his arm. "Listen to me, you asshole!" But he doesn't even look at her. Tears well up in her eyes. "Why won't you listen to me?"
"Alina" He turns to her and takes her face in his hands. "You don't understand." He wipes the tears off her cheeks and cracks the tiniest smile. "You're pretty ugly when you cry, you know that?"
She laughs, smacking his hands away from her. "You're such a jerk!"
A commotion on the other side of the street catches their attention and they both turn to stare. Two young boys – twins – no older than twelve have broken into a fight, yelling and screaming and punching, kicking, biting, clawing. The only parental figure around – their father, perhaps – is standing nearby holding a small barking dog that looks eager to jump into the fray.
"Somebody should stop them," Alina comments, watching one of the boys bite down onto the other's arm.
"They're too close to the street," is all Naruto says. He's getting nervous, anxious, watching them but the traffic going by is too loud for anyone to hear him and there's no opportune moment for him to run across the road and pull them apart. Didn't their father care?
Alina winces as one of them gets kicked in the face. "I'd put my money on one of them but I can't tell which is which." One of them is clawed in the face. "But, I couldn't lose then! Cause no one would be able to tell them apart either!"
"Or you could never win," Naruto responds, watching as one of them gets punched in the gut.
It's then that the mother of the twins comes out of the nearest store. She lets out a deafening shriek and lunges for her children, wrenching them apart by their ears. She yells at them and at her husband, who is still holding the little yappy dog. One of the boys manages to escape his mother's grip. Naruto watches him do damage control, inspecting himself for any major wounds. And then he looks up, his brown eyes catching Naruto's blue ones. Those eyes light up in recognition but the blonde just blinks, confused.
"Naruto, it's me!" the boy yells, waving. "It's me!" But Naruto steps back, afraid, and tries to look around to see if anyone else is noticing this. Alina grabs his arm.
"Naruto…?" She looks worried.
The boy steps out into the street. "It's me, Akamaru!" Naruto lurches forward, but Alina's grip is holding him back. He looks back at her, tugs on his arm, but she won't let go. If anything, her grip tightens. "Remember, Naruto? I used to be a dog!" The boy is in the middle of the street, arms outstretched like he wants nothing more than to hug the blonde. Naruto gets free of Alina's grasp and moves, runs, to the street, intent on getting to the boy. "Kiba and I-"
The sound of squealing tires is agony to Naruto's ears and he can only watch, horrified, as the boy is hit. That small body lies still and unmoving. The driver of the car is getting out, sobbing, dialing 911 to tell the police she just hit a child. A wail erupts from the boy's mother as she falls to her knees.
His heart's pounding is all he can hear as he turns to the side and pukes.
I know it's not a long chapter but it does lead up to Naruto meeting more people. And the chapters do get longer because things do get a little more exiciting and there are more Naruto universe characters involved so just bear with me for the moment and accept my short chapters.
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