Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Subjects ❯ chapter 4 ( Chapter 4 )
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By: CagedRaven 
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Supernatural | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 03.23.2011 | Pages: 3 | Words: 2.6K | Visits: 272 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Supernatural | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 03.23.2011 | Pages: 3 | Words: 2.6K | Visits: 272 | Status: Work In Progress
Subjects
CagedRaven
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Chapter 4
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"He's covered in blood."
"Most of it isn't his."
"The wound… it opened again."
"I told him not to do anything reckless."
"But…"
"No, it was you that started it, wasn't it, Gaara?"
I felt so sick. My head felt like it was being spit in two and these voices weren't helping. My lungs were working overtime to pull in oxygen – like I had run for hours and hours- and I still felt like I couldn't breathe. My heart was beating so fast against my ribs it hurt almost as much as the wound someone was putting pressure on.
I opened my eyes, seeing Hinata first, again. She was the one holding my bleeding side in hopes it would stop. She gave me a small smile, one filled with sadness. I moved my eyes upward, noticing the rain had stopped but the sky stayed a dim gray.
"Hey!"
I looked to Shikamaru who had leaned over my face. He seemed displeased with me, and/or my condition.
"What's the matter?" Hinata asked, referring to the brunette's loud call.
"He looked like he was going to pass out." He cursed under his breath, "It's the blood loss… maybe I should try to remove the bullet."
"But… but you said he could die before. Naruto had been in a better state than he is now… now, he will die if you do it."
I had started to tune them out, letting my eyes rest for a moment and opened them when I heard them switch places. Hinata had said something to me as I laid my head in her lap but I didn't hear it at all. Something about the bullet that was still inside me…
I closed my eyes again, reached for Hinata's hand when I felt Shikamaru touch around the wound. The good part about last time was I had been asleep, now, as I heard him ask if I was ready, I was awake and not ready to take on more pain then I was already feeling.
I shook my head, a wave of nausea hitting me.
"Naruto, we don't have much time on our-"
I felt Hinata flinch in my hand and Shikamaru turn around quickly. They were on guard. I opened my eyes in a flash and saw that Gaara too was looking, waiting.
"Shit," Shikamaru muttered. "Don't do anything!" He shot at us in a low voice.
"What is it?" I asked, trying to sit up but Hinata held me down with surprising strength. Either that or I was completely weak. I couldn't smell anything pass the blood all around me and on my face.
Hinata rubbed the red liquid off with her long sleeves, staining the white fabric. "It's a-"
A light cut through the shadows and soon hit Gaara's feet, running up his body until it reached his face. It circled the ground, hitting the rest of us, as well as the remains of the deer's body, in the same way but stayed steady on me.
"I thought the deer were acting funny…" A tall man with silver hair that stood high above his head came into our clearing. With one visible eye the color of coal and the other covered it was easy to realize why he would need a flashlight. His voice was muffled when he spoke thanks to a mask hiding most of his pale face.
"A human." I growled, paying little attention to my pain and weakness now.
Hinata wrapped an arm around my head protectively in an embarrassing manner, as I felt I should have been blocking the human from her. I pushed my thoughts away and looked at Shikamaru, what was running through his mind? Gaara could kill the man easily, the red head seemed to be waiting as well, but Shikamaru failed to give any kind of signal.
"Who are you? I don't know your faces."
All our eyes fell on Shikamaru, unsure what to do. After a couple of seconds the brunette shrugged, "You don't look familiar to us either." The light moved to him once he'd spoken.
The silence that came after his answer was thick and heavy. The human didn't seem to trust us and I know we didn't trust him. I could feel Hinata's long hair touching my face as she looked at us all.
"Shikamaru…" She started, startled when the light moved to her. I looked up at her, and held in my chuckle. She reminded me of the deer Gaara and I hunted. Whatever she had called Shikamaru for he nodded in understanding. The 02's always seemed to be on the same page.
He sighed, scratching the top of his head. "Look," he said lazily, "We're from out of the area. Our friend is hurt pretty bad and we're clueless as to what we need to do." I scowled when he mentioned my situation.
"Can you…help us?" Hinata had asked barely above a whisper. I wanted to smack her (If only I could lift my arm that high…). There was no way I wanted to have a human help me, I'd rather die! Gaara whipped around to look at her, obviously sharing my thoughts, but stayed silent after receiving a glance from the brunette. He relaxed visibly, waiting to see where Shikamaru's plan would have us headed to now.
The human thought it over in his head, "Fist, tell me your names, and where you came from."
"That's Gaara, Hinata, Naruto, and I'm Shikamaru." He pointed us out quickly; I was surprised he gave our real names. "We left our home village."
"Why's that?"
"Because they tried to have us killed."
The human stared at Shikamaru, clearly not satisfied with the lack of information. I was about to tell him to forget it when a swift pain that felt like a bomb had gone off inside my chest caught me off guard. I bit down on the inside of my cheek to stop my cry; however, as Hinata called out my name in distress I knew she felt me tense up.
"Please…" Hinata begged, tears brimming her eyes as she looked down at me.
I closed my eyes, contemplating what would be better. Excepting the humans help to stop Hinata's waterworks or die now instead of letting his hands near me. I so wanted to choose the latter. I wanted to snarl as he walked closer to me. Attack him with everything in my power; kill him. But Hinata held my head closely to herself, her tears hitting my face as my weak body overworked itself for air. Even if she wasn't here to hold me back I wouldn't have been able to do anything to the human. My body was already giving up on me.
Shikamaru moved over, still staying close, as the human got down on his knees to see my damage.
"You didn't give your name." Shikamaru said, watching the human out of the corner of his eye.
"Hatake Kakashi."
He had two names? I wondered, still fighting back my natural want to behead him. It was almost like he knew where my thoughts were going, this Hatake Kakashi. For his uncovered eye looked into my own as the very thought entered my head.
"I can't do anything for your friend." The silver haired man said, looking at Hinata. "It looks as though he was shot in the kidney."
Her pale eyes squeezed shut and sprinkled more tears down her cheeks.
"However," The human continued, obviously a sucker for a crying female – but then again who am I to talk. "I think one of my friends back in the village may be able to help. We'll have to hurry."
No. No, no, no! I looked at Shikamaru with horror in my eyes. I could barely control myself around one human; I didn't want to go into the village where more of them were.
"How can we get there in time?" The brunette asked as Hatake Kakashi stood. He pulled out something from his pocket and dangled it in front of Shikamaru.
"I'll drive."
I didn't understand what that meant; looking at the others I was sure they didn't either. To my complete shock Shikamaru nodded again, accepting and trusting the human.
Hinata removed her hold on me as she got to her feet, offering help when Shikamaru bent down to pick me up.
"Its fine, I can stand." I said breathlessly. My pride was taking a major beating… I sat up slowly to prove my point. Shikamaru throw my arm over his shoulder, cursing me under his breath.
"Standing is different than walking. We're racing the clock here to keep you alive." He brought me to my fill height quickly, needing to bend over slightly since he was taller then me. I felt my stomach flip-flop and my throat gag as bile played at the back of my throat. My free hand flew to my mouth to try to keep it down.
"Need to vomit?" Shikamaru asked, though he didn't sound disgusted.
My fight with my insides was short and pathetic; I nodded holding the chunks in my mouth until the brunette moved me to a tree. After what felt like forever, my throat burned and my mouth tasted of…deer.
"It has nothing to do with the bullet." Shikamaru told me secretly as we moved toward the human's 'car'. "You ate it raw. Our stomachs can't process it. No matter how much your brain is telling you to eat it right after you kill the animal cook it first."
I nodded tiredly, not fully hearing him. My pain had increase after throwing up and my frame, weakening to zero energy. I wasn't even moving my feet anymore, instead Shikamaru was dragging me.
Once we reached the 'car' I saw it was a large steel contraption on wheels. Inside was roomy, with enough leather seats for us all. I sat next to Hinata, leaning against her body as I closed my eyes to the pain. Gaara was on the other side of me and Shikamaru sat in the seat beside the human in front of us.
I jumped as the car made a noise, knowing Hinata did the same. She soon reassured me it was nothing although her fluttering heart under my ear told me differently.
As minutes passed and her heart steadied, the warmth of her figure soothed me I soon found myself unable to open my eyes.
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The lumpy road I had fallen asleep on had smoothed out. When I had woken up to realize that was a mystery. We must have been either closer to the village or in it. My head was too heavy to lift and look out the window. I'm sure I had bled all over the inside of Hatake Kakashi's car. I didn't care too much, with the leather it should be easy to clean up. Not that that matter either. Any kind of hardship I could give a human, intentional or unintentional, was welcomed in my book.
I felt the car jerk to a stop; a bright light fighting my eyelids to invade my eyes. Someone - Hatake Kakashi I think - left the car, slamming the door behind him. I could hear the human call for another; the words were muffled and dull behind the car door and Shikamaru's voice.
"Do you know if Naruto's awake?"
I could feel Hinata shake her head. I wanted to let them know that I was alright – considering the situation (I mean I wasn't dead yet) - my mouth, however, refused to move. Just like the rest of my body.
"Maybe he's dead."
I wanted to kick Gaara's face in.
"No… he's breathing. It's quick…and shallow but its there."
I felt Hinata squeeze my hand tightly.
"The human's coming back with friends."
"They're going to help Naruto, just remember that." Shikamaru said quickly in a whispered voice. "And try to act…normal."
"Like a human."
If I could see them now I knew I'd find the red head glaring at Shikamaru with his bright green eyes.
The door opened loudly, I felt Gaara move beside me as he exited the car.
"God, Kakashi, the boy is half dead." An older male's voice commented. "And who are you all?"
Shikamaru quoted our names again, leaving the car as well.
"Well, Shikamaru, I don't think our best doctor can do anything for your friend. It's a miracle he lasted this long."
"Jiraiya," Hatake Kakashi said lowly. That name echoed in my head like I should have known it…
"Fine," he sighed, "But if she can't do anything, don't say I didn't warn you." I could feel him getting closer to me… cornering me in the car with Hinata beside me. Her energy was restless and, mixed with my uneasiness, made me jumpy. I may not have been able to move but I forced my eyes open to get a look at him. His long white hair spiked in any direction, and strange red lines came down his cheeks from his eyes, like he was crying blood… That was all I could see pass my blurry vision and the bright lights behind him.
"Awake, are you? Can you move closer?"
Even if I could I didn't want to. Instead I let a low growl escape my throat, a weak attempt at trying to make him leave me alone. Too bad my growl sounded more like whine.
"It's alright," Shikamaru said. I could see his silhouette moving around the car to Hinata's door. "I'll get him out."
Hinata moved out of the car awkwardly, as I had been leaning on her, and helped Shikamaru place me on a firm mattress of sorts. As soon as my back touched it I was out once more, finding it safe with my three companions around me in this strange new world we entered.
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TBC...
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CagedRaven
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Chapter 4
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"He's covered in blood."
"Most of it isn't his."
"The wound… it opened again."
"I told him not to do anything reckless."
"But…"
"No, it was you that started it, wasn't it, Gaara?"
I felt so sick. My head felt like it was being spit in two and these voices weren't helping. My lungs were working overtime to pull in oxygen – like I had run for hours and hours- and I still felt like I couldn't breathe. My heart was beating so fast against my ribs it hurt almost as much as the wound someone was putting pressure on.
I opened my eyes, seeing Hinata first, again. She was the one holding my bleeding side in hopes it would stop. She gave me a small smile, one filled with sadness. I moved my eyes upward, noticing the rain had stopped but the sky stayed a dim gray.
"Hey!"
I looked to Shikamaru who had leaned over my face. He seemed displeased with me, and/or my condition.
"What's the matter?" Hinata asked, referring to the brunette's loud call.
"He looked like he was going to pass out." He cursed under his breath, "It's the blood loss… maybe I should try to remove the bullet."
"But… but you said he could die before. Naruto had been in a better state than he is now… now, he will die if you do it."
I had started to tune them out, letting my eyes rest for a moment and opened them when I heard them switch places. Hinata had said something to me as I laid my head in her lap but I didn't hear it at all. Something about the bullet that was still inside me…
I closed my eyes again, reached for Hinata's hand when I felt Shikamaru touch around the wound. The good part about last time was I had been asleep, now, as I heard him ask if I was ready, I was awake and not ready to take on more pain then I was already feeling.
I shook my head, a wave of nausea hitting me.
"Naruto, we don't have much time on our-"
I felt Hinata flinch in my hand and Shikamaru turn around quickly. They were on guard. I opened my eyes in a flash and saw that Gaara too was looking, waiting.
"Shit," Shikamaru muttered. "Don't do anything!" He shot at us in a low voice.
"What is it?" I asked, trying to sit up but Hinata held me down with surprising strength. Either that or I was completely weak. I couldn't smell anything pass the blood all around me and on my face.
Hinata rubbed the red liquid off with her long sleeves, staining the white fabric. "It's a-"
A light cut through the shadows and soon hit Gaara's feet, running up his body until it reached his face. It circled the ground, hitting the rest of us, as well as the remains of the deer's body, in the same way but stayed steady on me.
"I thought the deer were acting funny…" A tall man with silver hair that stood high above his head came into our clearing. With one visible eye the color of coal and the other covered it was easy to realize why he would need a flashlight. His voice was muffled when he spoke thanks to a mask hiding most of his pale face.
"A human." I growled, paying little attention to my pain and weakness now.
Hinata wrapped an arm around my head protectively in an embarrassing manner, as I felt I should have been blocking the human from her. I pushed my thoughts away and looked at Shikamaru, what was running through his mind? Gaara could kill the man easily, the red head seemed to be waiting as well, but Shikamaru failed to give any kind of signal.
"Who are you? I don't know your faces."
All our eyes fell on Shikamaru, unsure what to do. After a couple of seconds the brunette shrugged, "You don't look familiar to us either." The light moved to him once he'd spoken.
The silence that came after his answer was thick and heavy. The human didn't seem to trust us and I know we didn't trust him. I could feel Hinata's long hair touching my face as she looked at us all.
"Shikamaru…" She started, startled when the light moved to her. I looked up at her, and held in my chuckle. She reminded me of the deer Gaara and I hunted. Whatever she had called Shikamaru for he nodded in understanding. The 02's always seemed to be on the same page.
He sighed, scratching the top of his head. "Look," he said lazily, "We're from out of the area. Our friend is hurt pretty bad and we're clueless as to what we need to do." I scowled when he mentioned my situation.
"Can you…help us?" Hinata had asked barely above a whisper. I wanted to smack her (If only I could lift my arm that high…). There was no way I wanted to have a human help me, I'd rather die! Gaara whipped around to look at her, obviously sharing my thoughts, but stayed silent after receiving a glance from the brunette. He relaxed visibly, waiting to see where Shikamaru's plan would have us headed to now.
The human thought it over in his head, "Fist, tell me your names, and where you came from."
"That's Gaara, Hinata, Naruto, and I'm Shikamaru." He pointed us out quickly; I was surprised he gave our real names. "We left our home village."
"Why's that?"
"Because they tried to have us killed."
The human stared at Shikamaru, clearly not satisfied with the lack of information. I was about to tell him to forget it when a swift pain that felt like a bomb had gone off inside my chest caught me off guard. I bit down on the inside of my cheek to stop my cry; however, as Hinata called out my name in distress I knew she felt me tense up.
"Please…" Hinata begged, tears brimming her eyes as she looked down at me.
I closed my eyes, contemplating what would be better. Excepting the humans help to stop Hinata's waterworks or die now instead of letting his hands near me. I so wanted to choose the latter. I wanted to snarl as he walked closer to me. Attack him with everything in my power; kill him. But Hinata held my head closely to herself, her tears hitting my face as my weak body overworked itself for air. Even if she wasn't here to hold me back I wouldn't have been able to do anything to the human. My body was already giving up on me.
Shikamaru moved over, still staying close, as the human got down on his knees to see my damage.
"You didn't give your name." Shikamaru said, watching the human out of the corner of his eye.
"Hatake Kakashi."
He had two names? I wondered, still fighting back my natural want to behead him. It was almost like he knew where my thoughts were going, this Hatake Kakashi. For his uncovered eye looked into my own as the very thought entered my head.
"I can't do anything for your friend." The silver haired man said, looking at Hinata. "It looks as though he was shot in the kidney."
Her pale eyes squeezed shut and sprinkled more tears down her cheeks.
"However," The human continued, obviously a sucker for a crying female – but then again who am I to talk. "I think one of my friends back in the village may be able to help. We'll have to hurry."
No. No, no, no! I looked at Shikamaru with horror in my eyes. I could barely control myself around one human; I didn't want to go into the village where more of them were.
"How can we get there in time?" The brunette asked as Hatake Kakashi stood. He pulled out something from his pocket and dangled it in front of Shikamaru.
"I'll drive."
I didn't understand what that meant; looking at the others I was sure they didn't either. To my complete shock Shikamaru nodded again, accepting and trusting the human.
Hinata removed her hold on me as she got to her feet, offering help when Shikamaru bent down to pick me up.
"Its fine, I can stand." I said breathlessly. My pride was taking a major beating… I sat up slowly to prove my point. Shikamaru throw my arm over his shoulder, cursing me under his breath.
"Standing is different than walking. We're racing the clock here to keep you alive." He brought me to my fill height quickly, needing to bend over slightly since he was taller then me. I felt my stomach flip-flop and my throat gag as bile played at the back of my throat. My free hand flew to my mouth to try to keep it down.
"Need to vomit?" Shikamaru asked, though he didn't sound disgusted.
My fight with my insides was short and pathetic; I nodded holding the chunks in my mouth until the brunette moved me to a tree. After what felt like forever, my throat burned and my mouth tasted of…deer.
"It has nothing to do with the bullet." Shikamaru told me secretly as we moved toward the human's 'car'. "You ate it raw. Our stomachs can't process it. No matter how much your brain is telling you to eat it right after you kill the animal cook it first."
I nodded tiredly, not fully hearing him. My pain had increase after throwing up and my frame, weakening to zero energy. I wasn't even moving my feet anymore, instead Shikamaru was dragging me.
Once we reached the 'car' I saw it was a large steel contraption on wheels. Inside was roomy, with enough leather seats for us all. I sat next to Hinata, leaning against her body as I closed my eyes to the pain. Gaara was on the other side of me and Shikamaru sat in the seat beside the human in front of us.
I jumped as the car made a noise, knowing Hinata did the same. She soon reassured me it was nothing although her fluttering heart under my ear told me differently.
As minutes passed and her heart steadied, the warmth of her figure soothed me I soon found myself unable to open my eyes.
***
The lumpy road I had fallen asleep on had smoothed out. When I had woken up to realize that was a mystery. We must have been either closer to the village or in it. My head was too heavy to lift and look out the window. I'm sure I had bled all over the inside of Hatake Kakashi's car. I didn't care too much, with the leather it should be easy to clean up. Not that that matter either. Any kind of hardship I could give a human, intentional or unintentional, was welcomed in my book.
I felt the car jerk to a stop; a bright light fighting my eyelids to invade my eyes. Someone - Hatake Kakashi I think - left the car, slamming the door behind him. I could hear the human call for another; the words were muffled and dull behind the car door and Shikamaru's voice.
"Do you know if Naruto's awake?"
I could feel Hinata shake her head. I wanted to let them know that I was alright – considering the situation (I mean I wasn't dead yet) - my mouth, however, refused to move. Just like the rest of my body.
"Maybe he's dead."
I wanted to kick Gaara's face in.
"No… he's breathing. It's quick…and shallow but its there."
I felt Hinata squeeze my hand tightly.
"The human's coming back with friends."
"They're going to help Naruto, just remember that." Shikamaru said quickly in a whispered voice. "And try to act…normal."
"Like a human."
If I could see them now I knew I'd find the red head glaring at Shikamaru with his bright green eyes.
The door opened loudly, I felt Gaara move beside me as he exited the car.
"God, Kakashi, the boy is half dead." An older male's voice commented. "And who are you all?"
Shikamaru quoted our names again, leaving the car as well.
"Well, Shikamaru, I don't think our best doctor can do anything for your friend. It's a miracle he lasted this long."
"Jiraiya," Hatake Kakashi said lowly. That name echoed in my head like I should have known it…
"Fine," he sighed, "But if she can't do anything, don't say I didn't warn you." I could feel him getting closer to me… cornering me in the car with Hinata beside me. Her energy was restless and, mixed with my uneasiness, made me jumpy. I may not have been able to move but I forced my eyes open to get a look at him. His long white hair spiked in any direction, and strange red lines came down his cheeks from his eyes, like he was crying blood… That was all I could see pass my blurry vision and the bright lights behind him.
"Awake, are you? Can you move closer?"
Even if I could I didn't want to. Instead I let a low growl escape my throat, a weak attempt at trying to make him leave me alone. Too bad my growl sounded more like whine.
"It's alright," Shikamaru said. I could see his silhouette moving around the car to Hinata's door. "I'll get him out."
Hinata moved out of the car awkwardly, as I had been leaning on her, and helped Shikamaru place me on a firm mattress of sorts. As soon as my back touched it I was out once more, finding it safe with my three companions around me in this strange new world we entered.
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TBC...
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