Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Easier to Run ❯ Chapter 12 ( Chapter 12 )

Easier to Run - Chapter 12

 

Disclaimer: I own nothing but Nariko.

 

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Summary: Sometimes it's easier to run away from the pain and suffering in your heart. But if you had a reason to stay, would you? Sorry, summary sucks. Anyway, please review.

 

A/N: Wow. I'm writing another chapter. IMesh has finally screwed up on me for the last time, so now I have Limewire. I'm not sure if that's better or not, though.

Anyways, I've made some major changes to the layout structure of my chapters, and hopefully it's more organized now.

Reviewers ~~!

Dustin Imthurn dog demon - Thanks for reviewing! I believe, yes, Hinata will get over Naruto, in later chapters her and Nariko will bond and become best buds. Hinata will help Nariko do … something … I'm not going to tell you.

As for the number of chapters, I'm sorry. I don't know how many chapters I plan on this story being. I just type when I'm up to it.

Yes, there will be other pairings.

 

: D

 

Based on songs by Linkin Park, but that may change, I dunno…. Tell me what you think, and if I should change the band.

 

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~ So I suppose it gets to a point

where feelings gotta get hurt
And get dirty with

the people spreading the dirt ~

 

~ From `Nobody's Listening' by Linkin Park

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“For shit's sake, you two! Don't fight while we're having dinner!” Nariko yelled. “I hate it! I hate it hate it HATE IT! We're a TEAM that's supposed to be working TOGETHER! Now sit the hell down and eat your dinner while I go change into something else other than these damn training clothes.” And with that, she stormed out of the dining room, leaving the two rivals at the table. Alone.

 

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Tears rolling down her smooth face, Nariko stared out at the village from the roof of a house. Why do they fight? Why are they such morons? Why are my brothers both idiots? If Itachi hadn't been such an arrogant bastard … I would've never been the person I am today. I wouldn't be this strong, no one would like me … I would probably just be seen as another Uchiha.

“Nariko-chan! There you are!” Nariko turned her head slightly to see A younger Itachi coming towards her. As she looked down at herself, she noticed she was less developed, and her beautiful long jet-black hair was now choppier, and more ebony than black.

“Itachi! Get away from me! No!” She cried out. “Why did you do this to me?”

The look on Itachi's face was one of confusion, then one of happiness. “What, you mean your birthday present? Do you like it? I can't believe you're eight now!” He reached out, and a hand ruffled her hair.

She couldn't believe it for a second, then she realized, and replied, hopefully saying something she had said as an eight-year-old. “Itachi, will you help me train? I really want to impress Iruka-sensei. He's been on my tail for a while about my shuriken throwing techniques.”

Itachi smiled at her, then sighed, although the smile stayed on his face. A teasing smile, this time, though. “I suppose I have nothing better to do with my time …” He laughed at his younger sister's facial expression. “Come on. I'll show you how your present works before I have to go.”

Nariko stood up, and instantly Itachi disappeared. She was tall again, and her hair once again long and black.

“Oh my gosh …” Nariko sighed and leaned back against the wall. That was the second time in less than 24 hours that she had seen Itachi, dream or … well she didn't know what that classified as, she decided to classify it as `other'.

“Nariko-chan! There you are!” Nariko screamed, and jumped off the roof, landing on the ground against the wall. Shit, shit, shit, shit! He's back?

“Nariko …? Where'd you go?” Naruto's voice echoed over the rooftops, and Nariko sighed in relief. It was just Naruto, and he wasn't about to kill her or anything.

“Naruto, I'm down here.” She yelled up. “Come on down!” Naruto jumped over the edge, landed beside her, and gave her a hug.

“Oh man, you've been gone for almost two hours! I had already started missing you by then!” Nariko chuckled. It was good to have someone around who was almost like her in some ways, and then different in so many others.

“Naruto, I'm sorry for hiding on you.” Nariko looked down at the ground. It was so hard to control her emotions after a flashback with Itachi. The sadness, the pain, but most of all, the fear. Fear had always been a big problem for her.

 

*Flashback*

 

“All right class, today we're going do an exercise on how well you can mask your fear.” Iruka smiled as the children lined up at the front of the class, not knowing what would happen.

A young Nariko spoke out. “Iruka-sensei, can I skip this?”

Iruka smiled at Nariko. “Nope. This is an important test.” Turning his back on her, he walked back to his desk, retrieving some scrolls. Turning around again, he started explaining what the test would be like. “All right, class. What I'm going to do is use some Genjutsu on you. All of you. It will show you your greatest fear, and your smallest one as well. For some of you, this may be easy, for others … well, we'll see, won't we?”

He smiled, and unrolled the scroll, performing some hand seals, and after looking into Iruka's eyes for a minute, the class fell unconscious, their minds being controlled by the Genjutsu.

Nariko was backed up in a corner. Her father came towards her with a plastic jar, so she couldn't see the contents. “Here, Nariko, take one.” Nariko picked an item out of the jar, and it swiveled around to look at her. Nariko screamed at the eyeball in her hand, and the illusion disappeared, being instantly replaced with another one.

“Good morning, Nariko-chan.” Nariko sat up in her bed, and turned to face her servant. Instead of a servant though, she found a giant spider beside her. She screamed and the illusion collapsed, leaving he lying on the ground, drained of all energy.

 

*End Flashback*

 

She had gotten over both those fears, and had a new one, one that everyone knew about. She was afraid of sleep, afraid of the dreams she would have if she drifted off.

 

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Hope you enjoyed this rather short chapter, and hope you review. I need some good constructive criticism. Really. I want you to totally put down my story. In a good way, though. O_O

 

Yeah. : D

 

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