Hello there! Sorry that I haven't been able to update in a while but I kinda accidentally killed my computer. Even though I've been away for awhile my thoughts and ideas with this story has not.
Important Note: For those wondering I DO intend to write a Naruharem, but then again who knows when that will be?
Important Note II: I still do not own Naruto.
T.T
Lights, camera, go!
Recap:
Poor Hokuto it just isn't her day. Well as they say double the clones double the fun.=p
(I know bad reference just go with it.)
Diamond in the Sky: Chapter 3
Sumaru hated hospitals.
As a child, his hatred for them may have stemmed from the idea of being around sick people, as the likelihood of catching something would only hinder any progress towards his training. To say that his dislike towards the institution only grew due to Akahoshi's recent abduction that had left Sumaru incapacitated hours earlier would not be that farfetched however.
The boy continued to glare at the white tiles above him. They were mocking him, how dare they? Them and the false purity, oh no they are all witnesses to the descent of his comrades, and to the deception of the Deputy. They've seen it all. Sumaru tore his eyes away from the sallow ceiling as the door handle jiggled.
Sumaru clenched his sheets but visibly relaxed as the door opened, revealing one of his teammates and him…
"Ah so there you are Sumaru! How are you doing?!"
He winced, geez could this guy be any louder? "How does it look like I'm doing?"
The blond shifted his head to the side, before taking the question in consideration. "Well you've seen better days… obviously."
Son of a bitch.
Their female company watched the exchange; mirth evident on her features. Boys… "Naruto-san has a point Sumaru, you do seem a bit worse for-"
The boy released an exasperated sigh. "I'm not in the mood Hokuto, I just need some-"
Seeing his chance, Naruto cut in. "Oi, oi, oi Sumaru, I brought something to help that mood of yours!"
"I don't want anything from you, outsider!"
"Sure you do!" Naruto declared as he reached into a small paper bag. "It's one of Konoha's finest-"
"No!"
The blond closed his eyes as a frown appeared on his face. "Oh com'on, you don't even know what it is!"
"It doesn't matter what it is, I said 'no!'" He declared adamantly, all the while glaring at the blond.
"But you gotta try it!" Naruto whined, his patience nearing its threshold. "It's awesome!"
"No means no you baka!"
"Oh, come on…" Naruto glanced to the brunette at his side, looking for help. "Hokuto tried it and she liked it! Isn't that right Hokuto?"
"Uh well… I was a bit surprised that it tasted as sweet as it did but yeah I liked it." Hokuto beamed slightly.
"See!" Naruto said more than asked. "Now here, have some."
"No you dolt, for the last and final time I do not want any of your stinki-gaarrgh!" Without any prompting or consent, Naruto slammed the log shaped confection into Sumaru's mouth mid rant.
The girl next to him began to panic over the safety of her friend. "Naruto-san don't you think that's over doing it!?"
Naruto shot her a questioning look, completely obvious to Sumaru's plight. "Not really, no."
"But… But look he's choking on it!"
"Huh? Oh, well he should be fine as long as he remembers to swallow that is..."
The girl face-palmed to in order to cover her heated visage and groaned not just from what transpired but also from the blond's unintentional wording. "You could have at least cut it up into more manageable pieces…"
"I would've but all my kunai aren't really fit to cut with right now." To prove his point he drew a kunai from his holster for her to examine. "I think I need to sharpen them, or something."
On seeing the boy's kunai, the girl took out one of her own for comparison. "I see… well you could have used mine instead. I don't really use them all that often, so they're still quite sharp."
"Oh…"
"…"
The blond began to look sheepish, as he examined the bedridden boy's condition for the first real time. He watched as Sumaru continued to struggle where he lay. A sweat-drop trailed down the back of his head. On second thought, that particular shade of blue didn't really look that great on Sumaru. "Heheheh, sorry about that… Sumaru. Eh?! Don't worry I'll save you!"
Hokuto could only sweat-drop herself at the blond's antics. It appeared that Naruto's latest attempt to get Sumaru to eat the Amaguriya youkan brought as the blond's "peace offering" didn't seem to go over that well. While she herself had enjoyed sharing the treat with Naruto; Hokuto smiled as a small blush rose to her cheeks at the memory, she doubted Naruto's well-intentioned sentiments would be transferred so easily to Sumaru.
Sumaru was not having it. How dare this outsider try to kill him with bean-jelly treat! Grasping at the covers of the bed in which he laid, apparently "choking" on the food item in question, while his so called 'friends' stood about doing nary a thing to help him. After a few more seconds of struggling, he finally got an idea and swallowed the Amaguriya youkan whole.
The bond stood amazed to say the least, from blue to red in so little time, was everyone in the Star part chameleon? Naruto pushed these and other thoughts down as Sumaru began to lay into him.
"What the hell you moron!?" Sumaru gasped angrily, "You could have killed me!"
"Could've but didn't." Stated Naruto plainly, before his eyes bulged at the insult. "Moron?! I just saved your life Ponytail-san!"
"Watch it blondie, you do not want any of this!" Sumaru then proceeded to shake his fist in a totally threatening manner.
"Sumaru you shouldn't move around so much, your stitches!" But the warning came too late as crimson liquid began pouring out of the reopened wounds and started seeping through his bandages. Sumaru began to shake almost involuntarily, before deciding it was appropriate to pass out.
"Shit!" Naruto cursed, as he quickly removed his jacket; his shirt along with it, much to the freckled girl's dismay.
"Hokuto see if you can flag someone down, this looks really bad."
"Right, understood," without any further delay, she bolted out of the room as Naruto began to fashion a makeshift tourniquet from his beloved shirt.
'Hurry back…'
"So Mizura-san how are you feeling, better I hope?"
"I'm fine Lee-san, I should be up and around in a few hours." Mizura replied, not noticing the disturbing smile that forming on a slightly bandaged Lee.
"That is excellent news, Mizura-san!" Gleam-ed the shinobi in green spandex. "You know you can heal faster if you want to! You just gotta believe!" Lee rambled on as his teammates looked on with a mixture of wonderment and embarrassment, but mostly embarrassment.
"Uhh.. Lee…"
"A TRUE SHINOBI NEVER GIVES UP AN-"
"Lee! Shut the hell up this is a hospital not a library!" Tenten demanded, as she shook the youthful shinobi to and froth. Lee's body became an instant noodle as the irritated kunochi continued to shake him. "Peo-ple are try-ing to rest!"
"Ahem… my apologies Mizura-san, our teammate can be a bit…"Neji said observing Tenten's attempt to quail the beast as he sweat-dropped. "Eccentric."
"I guess it's never boring on your team then, huh?" Mizura asked with a sigh.
"Quite. Something's troubling you Mizura-san?"
"Well you said that with your eyes you can see what's happening with my chakra… Is there a chance that it could stabilize?"
"I think the chances of that occurring are quite slim." Tenten who had disentangled herself from Lee at this point, narrowed her eyes slightly at Neji.
"Are you sure there's nothing we can do I mea-"
"I am quite certain, Tenten. There is nothing more we can do at this point. As I have already made clear to Naruto, it really is none of our concern.
"But Neji…" Lee uttered as he sat unmoving and aghast on the hospital floor. "Surely we can-"
"I know Lee but what happens from here out is the village's issues not ours."
"Didn't you say something like that to Naruto-kun?" Lee asked.
Neji blinked. "Well, yes. I just said tha-"
"Did he listen?" Tenten added.
"Well no…" The Hyuuga tried to defend himself but the leveled stare that the girl was giving him made him very wary. "It's just tha-"
"Then why should we?" Lee continued.
Neji sighed at their behavior even though he couldn't help cracking a smile. 'Even when you are not here, you still manage to give me a headache Naruto.'
"I suppose we could work something out."
"Yosh!" Let out Lee, as he pulled Neji into a youthful hug.
"Lee… Let… go… I need… air.."
With a smile Tenten left the room, closing the door ever so gently as she did. 'So, I guess everything happens for a reason.' She reflected as she continued her stroll down the sterile hallway towards the exit. As she pushed the door open Tenten turned her head back surveying the distance she had walked.
'Thank you… Naruto this mission would have been a 'success' without you.' With smile still in place Tenten exited the building.
"Mayo-sempai this way please, Sumaru's ripped through his stitches!" Hokuto shouted as she barged into the hospital's employee lounge.
"Hokuto! You really could've knocked first." A slender greenette answered.
"I'm sorry." Hokuto said, her eyes focusing on the tile. "But this is important!" she said as she grabbed the nurse's hand and dragged her out the room.
"So how badly did Sumaru rip through his stitches?" Mayo asked while they were running.
"Bad."
As they neared their destination they slowed their pace; barely, just enough to kick open the door revealing a slightly shirtless and bloodied Naruto.
"Uhh…wow, good thing your boyfriend was here, otherwise Sumaru would have been a goner. Mayo said as she checked Sumaru's vitals, shooting Hokuto 'the look'.
"Eh?! He's not my boyfriend!" angrily whispered the brunette.
"Right…"
Naruto seemingly not hearing the exchange; since well he's Naruto, gave a worried look to his bedridden friend.
"I wouldn't worry too much," Mayo said placing a gentle hand on the blond's shoulder. "You've managed to stop the bleeding. All he needs is a bit of rest and some fluids, which in case you haven't noticed is already being supplied to him through this I.V."
"Heh, that's a relief." Naruto said as he let out a breath he didn't know he was holding. "Thanks Miss uhh-"
"Oh, I'm sorry! I haven't properly introduced myself. I'm Mayonaka Meikin of the 3rd Medical Division. But please call me Mayo, Naruto-kun."
"Well it's nice to meet you Mayo-neechan! I- uh… wait how did you know my name?" Naruto asked suddenly feeling a little paranoid.
"You're the guy that put Akahoshi out of commission, everyone knows about you!"
"Uuh… Really?"
"Yeah in fact…" Mayo said as she closed the distance, "We're all really grateful, Naruto-kun…" She said leering.
"Well I-"
"Also, feel free to drop the 'nee' from my name at any time Nar...ru..to-kun…" She said as she inched closer and closer. Naruto for all his lack of experience with women, started to get a little uneasy at the way she worded that sentence.
"Um… I-uh you're welcome!" The blond shouted as ran from the room to get some air, and possibly to clean himself; leaving two very perplexed girls in his wake.
"Aw he's so shy that's sooo KAWAII!" Mayo squealed, holding her hands to her face.
"Why did you do that?" Hokuto asked through gritted teeth, annoyance evident in her voice, clearly seething at her senior's actions.
Reaching for the chart at the foot of Sumaru's bed the nurse let out a sigh. "Oh? I don't think I was the only that was looking at him that way, am I right Hokuto?
"Well I'm..." Mayo quirked an eyebrow since her friend completed her sentence with a door slam and retreating footsteps.
"I knew it." Mayo declared smiling as she continued to examine Sumaru's chart.
I snuck a little NaruTen moment in there since I have a bit of a soft spot for Tenten. I'm surprised I made an OC, though in all honesty I shouldn't since I planned to have OCs. Don't worry they'll have a purpose. Hopefully they won't all be as scary as Mayo-chan...
Later...