Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Subjects ❯ Chapter 8 ( Chapter 8 )
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By: CagedRaven 
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Supernatural | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 03.23.2011 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.7K | Visits: 252 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Supernatural | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 03.23.2011 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.7K | Visits: 252 | Status: Work In Progress
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CagedRaven
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Chapter 8
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I let the warm water of the bath pool around my naked body in a steady rhythm. It was comforting and, if I tried really hard to ignore it, kind of blurred out the voices coming from downstairs. Turning off the water once the tub was filled I let my head fall back until it was completely submerged, until my ears could only make out a mummer from the conversation below, until my nasty mood drowned.
I didn’t want to snap at Hinata again, I had felt my eyes burn to red and she seemed scared by that as it was pointed at her. That gave me no enjoyment. My anger had quickly turned into an apology and even though she accepted it she never looked me in the eye. I had left her and have been in the bathroom ever since. Maybe I was scared Shikamaru would find out. Maybe I was more nervous that Hinata would be scared of me for the rest of our lives. Perhaps it was neither but she had asked why I had never come to bed last night... and I didn’t know how to tell her that I had stayed in the living room all night thinking about what Uchiha Sasuke had done to my lips. That was just stupid - I was stupid! I just threw anger at her simple question in hopes she would drop it but what I failed to remember was I didn’t need to do that with Hinata. She would have just accepted it if I had said I didn’t want to talk about it. Or better yet I should have just said I was downstairs...
I pulled my head out of the water for breath, running my hands over my face in a silly attempt tp remove the water from my blue eyes. It was then I heard a knock on the door and before I could say anything Shikamaru walked in. He didn’t seem angry, just his annoyed usual self I noted as he closed the door and leaned against the sink across from me.
“What’s going on with you this morning?” He asked in a bored tone, “Heard you weren’t feeling well.”
I pushed some hair that had fallen into my face out of the way; silently thanking whatever was on my side that Hinata didn’t mention my snappy mood earlier. I didn’t want Shikamaru to be pissed off with me again; lately he seems to have been more often.
“No, I’m alright - Just...” I trail off, not really having anything else to say.
“Well, don’t forget you have to see that doctor today for a check up.” I sighed heavily, letting my body sink back into the water as I mumbled my resentment. “And get out of the bathroom already, everyone’s waiting to get in.”
“Fine, fine!” I groaned, pulling myself out of the tub and catching the towel the 02 threw at me. He was walking to the door as he said over his shoulder,
“I’ll ask Hinata to go with you to the hospital.”
“No-” I almost bit my tongue off, “It’s fine! I’ll go by myself later.” He turned to look at me in a funny way. “I mean, Hinata must be tired of babysitting me by now. I can handle it.”
Brown eyes looked at me hard, “You sure you wont do anything stupid?”
“Promise.” I almost snapped out - what, did he think I was five? I got it already. Act human, no matter how much I hated.
“Fine, but if you do anything just remember the next time I see your face I’ll let Gaara peel off every last one of your claws, one by one - all ten of them. Hinata wont be there to save you either.”
As the bathroom door closed behind him a shiver ran down my back. I bet he would do that too... I shook my head and just reminded myself to be the good little fake human the brunette wanted me to be and I would be alright as I reached for my clothes only to grab air. Confusion attacked me for a brief moment until I realized I hadn’t taken any with me when I escaped the bedroom before. I huff as I opened the door and walked to my shared room in nothing but a small towel wrapped around my waist.
“Finally out.” I turned to see the male human who had been on my mind all morning standing by the stairs behind me. I had smelled him, knew he was there but didn’t think much of it. If he was going to pretend like nothing happened then I would out do him and pretend like i didn’t even know he existed... or so was the plan. Once he spoke my body moved without my consent and whirled around to see his face. My heart did that annoying flip and I started to remember the kiss... I couldn’t understand it.
I felt his dark eyes on me and once more felt like his prey. I wondered if he could hear my breathing like I could hear his. Was mine a little shallow like his? No, I realized, it wasn’t shallow but I had a feeling it was only because I didn’t know what else to expect but a kiss. Behind the pale humans eyes was a secret that I could tell he was going to take forever to tell me... if I didn’t beat it out of him first that is. I grinned at the thought and continued into the bedroom, leaving him standing there.
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Humans had to be the most unnecessary species in the animal kingdom. What was the point of them barging about their brains and such if they remained retarded? The only thing they seemed to master was looking younger for a longer amount of time; this female human in front of me was proof of that. My face showed all the shock I couldn’t hide when I found out she was in her fifties.
“Everything seems to be running smoothly...” She concluded, tapping her pen on the desk she had just sat behind. I sighed in happiness as I pulled my black shirt back over my head and zipped my sweater up. It was finally over, the inside of my cheek would be happy. I had bit down on it hard enough over the last half hour to prevent myself from growling whenever she touched me.
“I can go then?”
“Do you have any questions?”
“Not really.” I mumbled, walking closer to the door.
“Then I guess you can go,” She said in this tone that made me feel like I was being scolded. I wanted to punch her in the gut so hard that it went straight through her and blood would run out her nose and mouth...
“See me in a couple of weeks.”
I was ripped from my thoughts, “Why? You side yourself I was fine-”
“Do you know how close you were to death? Not only that but you left the hospital earlier than I would have liked; it’s just a precaution. See me in a couple weeks.” she repeated.
“Whatever.” I slammed the door behind me, wincing when the knob fell to the floor heavily. I had even tried to be gentle...
I just ignored it, as well as the looks of the humans faces as I walked to the stairs. I needed to get out of this place, away from these humans as fast as possible. I thought of the forest but didn’t want to run into the wolves either, I just needed time to myself.
No matter how I looked at it the tall trees of the forest was my only opinion as humans rarely seemed to go there - excluding Uchiha Sasuke and his buddies.
Pushing any and all thoughts of the pale human out of my head I made my way toward the towns edge, where the forest began. The familiar scent of fear entered my nose as many of the animals within knew I was getting close. The thought of hunting them down and devouring them one by one made a chill of excitement run up my side. I needed this, the rush of acting like the man-made monster that I am instead of eating at a table with utensils and meat fully cooked.
I remembered what Shikamaru had said when I ate the deer meat, why I had thrown it all back up. But the feeling of it going down my throat raw and with all that blood... nothing could compare to it. I needed it badly now, I needed to feel alive. Since Hinata wasn’t around today I could have my fill.
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My tongue felt thick, bile played at the back of my throat and smells from the town made it that much harder for me to keep down the random animals that had been my lunch. I licked the blood off my thumb as I walked in-between the trees, a limp bird in my other hand swinging with each of my steps. I couldn’t decide if I should eat it or not seeing how my stomach was already acting up.
“What the hell?” I grinned, ripping off its wings and popping them into my mouth. The nasty feathers had gotten in the way but after I spat them out everything was fine and I continued to enjoy the flavor of fresh meat. I opened my mouth, ready to take in the rest of it but stopped when a scent hit my nose. He was miles away; that was good... I didn’t know how Hatake Kakashi would take me chewing on a bird.
Without a second thought I swallowed it whole and licked off the blood decorating my face. I could feel my eyes had turned into that shade of red they weren’t suppose to be but there wasn’t really much I could do but try to force myself to calm down from my high. It didn’t help that I didn’t really want to.
I sighed, “I’ll just avoid him.” Walking in the opposite direction.
After a mile or so I was sure the human wouldn’t catch up to me so quickly in his car. I felt my stomach flip in a menacing way but pushed the feeling to the back of my mind, concentrating more on calming down for the sake of my eyes. I wasn’t in the mood to listen to Shikamaru and the same old conversation.
The burning was slowly beginning to ebb, and thank goodness. It seemed another human had decided to prove me wrong and enter the forest. A loud groan slipped through my lips as I recognized this scent as well. I could have out run her but I was just being lazy. So when the pink haired female ran into me it only came as a surprise to her.
“I’m sorry! I didn’t see you there.” She breathed out, holding her hands out to me in a silent question about my well being.
“It’s fine, you couldn’t hurt me even if you wanted to.” I replied lifelessly.
She glared at me with her striking green eyes, “I was just trying to be nice-” Something seemed to click in her head as she looked at me fully from head to toe. “You’re one of the new people in town...”
I through a wide grin at her, noticing how her complexion turned a lighter shade when she saw my teeth were blood stained. “Sure am, Sakura.”
I couldn’t help laughing my ass off as she ran away from me with tears brimming her eyes as her name fall off my tongue.
“Life is sweet.”
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“Naruto-”
“O h, come on - really?” I started to complain as I had just walked through the front door. “Do you know how many rumors are going around about ur?” I through at Shikamaru as I continued to play dumb about earlier.
“What are you talking about?” The 02 walked into the hall were I stood, removing my shoes. I looked into his face, sure he would have heard about it before I got back since humans liked to get the word out fast.
“What are you talking about?” I replied.
Shikamaru shook his head, “I was only going to tell you Hinata is out with Hatake Kakashi and Gaara went off somewhere, I’m going for a walk.”
I paused, “She’s alone with him? What are they doing?”
He shrugged, “Something about collecting antlers, didn’t really listen.”
I glared at him, letting Hinata go off by herself with that human was just silly. I shouldn’t have gone the other way when I smelt him in the forest.
“And where are you going?” I asked, making my way into the kitchen for a glass of water. My stomach was still trying to free its contents.
“Just a walk... What were you saying before? Something about-”
“Rumors,” I cut in, almost choking on my water.
“Yeah, what about that?”
“I...” I had to think fast, “On my way out of the human’s office I heard a lot of things about us that just kind of pissed me off.” I finished lamely, taking another large gulp.
“Ah, well were unsettling to them.” He turned away from me and missed me looking up at the ceiling and thank whoever or whatever was listening. “I’ll see you later, Naruto. And don’t do anything stupid.”
I flipped him off, “I know the drill already, just go.”
The door closed lightly behind him and a slow smile curled my lips. I was alone again. But the first thing that needed to go was the raw meat in my gut. I stuck my finger down my throat, letting the nasty mixture come up as it pleased into the kitchen sink. A few more times of that and my system was relived. I almost puked again, no finger needed, when I saw a small eye ball rolling around in my mess.
“Ugh, the bad thing about eating raw things...”
I drank another glass of water down as I pondered how to clean this up. Perhaps emptying my stomach into the sink wasn’t the best of my ideas. I grabbed the garbage can and prepared myself for this. I was just about to stick my hands down into it when the door open again. It wasn’t Shiakmaru or Gaara. After a moment or two dark eyes met mine and his face changed into pity, how I hated it.
He made his way over to me, paying attention to my face, which I was sure was twisted into something.
Uchiha Sasuke was too close, I could feel his body heat as I suddenly grabbed the eye right behind me, putting it in my pocket as a shiver of disgust run through me.
“Sick?”
I didn’t know how I was going to get out of this one.
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TBC...
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CagedRaven
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Chapter 8
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I let the warm water of the bath pool around my naked body in a steady rhythm. It was comforting and, if I tried really hard to ignore it, kind of blurred out the voices coming from downstairs. Turning off the water once the tub was filled I let my head fall back until it was completely submerged, until my ears could only make out a mummer from the conversation below, until my nasty mood drowned.
I didn’t want to snap at Hinata again, I had felt my eyes burn to red and she seemed scared by that as it was pointed at her. That gave me no enjoyment. My anger had quickly turned into an apology and even though she accepted it she never looked me in the eye. I had left her and have been in the bathroom ever since. Maybe I was scared Shikamaru would find out. Maybe I was more nervous that Hinata would be scared of me for the rest of our lives. Perhaps it was neither but she had asked why I had never come to bed last night... and I didn’t know how to tell her that I had stayed in the living room all night thinking about what Uchiha Sasuke had done to my lips. That was just stupid - I was stupid! I just threw anger at her simple question in hopes she would drop it but what I failed to remember was I didn’t need to do that with Hinata. She would have just accepted it if I had said I didn’t want to talk about it. Or better yet I should have just said I was downstairs...
I pulled my head out of the water for breath, running my hands over my face in a silly attempt tp remove the water from my blue eyes. It was then I heard a knock on the door and before I could say anything Shikamaru walked in. He didn’t seem angry, just his annoyed usual self I noted as he closed the door and leaned against the sink across from me.
“What’s going on with you this morning?” He asked in a bored tone, “Heard you weren’t feeling well.”
I pushed some hair that had fallen into my face out of the way; silently thanking whatever was on my side that Hinata didn’t mention my snappy mood earlier. I didn’t want Shikamaru to be pissed off with me again; lately he seems to have been more often.
“No, I’m alright - Just...” I trail off, not really having anything else to say.
“Well, don’t forget you have to see that doctor today for a check up.” I sighed heavily, letting my body sink back into the water as I mumbled my resentment. “And get out of the bathroom already, everyone’s waiting to get in.”
“Fine, fine!” I groaned, pulling myself out of the tub and catching the towel the 02 threw at me. He was walking to the door as he said over his shoulder,
“I’ll ask Hinata to go with you to the hospital.”
“No-” I almost bit my tongue off, “It’s fine! I’ll go by myself later.” He turned to look at me in a funny way. “I mean, Hinata must be tired of babysitting me by now. I can handle it.”
Brown eyes looked at me hard, “You sure you wont do anything stupid?”
“Promise.” I almost snapped out - what, did he think I was five? I got it already. Act human, no matter how much I hated.
“Fine, but if you do anything just remember the next time I see your face I’ll let Gaara peel off every last one of your claws, one by one - all ten of them. Hinata wont be there to save you either.”
As the bathroom door closed behind him a shiver ran down my back. I bet he would do that too... I shook my head and just reminded myself to be the good little fake human the brunette wanted me to be and I would be alright as I reached for my clothes only to grab air. Confusion attacked me for a brief moment until I realized I hadn’t taken any with me when I escaped the bedroom before. I huff as I opened the door and walked to my shared room in nothing but a small towel wrapped around my waist.
“Finally out.” I turned to see the male human who had been on my mind all morning standing by the stairs behind me. I had smelled him, knew he was there but didn’t think much of it. If he was going to pretend like nothing happened then I would out do him and pretend like i didn’t even know he existed... or so was the plan. Once he spoke my body moved without my consent and whirled around to see his face. My heart did that annoying flip and I started to remember the kiss... I couldn’t understand it.
I felt his dark eyes on me and once more felt like his prey. I wondered if he could hear my breathing like I could hear his. Was mine a little shallow like his? No, I realized, it wasn’t shallow but I had a feeling it was only because I didn’t know what else to expect but a kiss. Behind the pale humans eyes was a secret that I could tell he was going to take forever to tell me... if I didn’t beat it out of him first that is. I grinned at the thought and continued into the bedroom, leaving him standing there.
***
Humans had to be the most unnecessary species in the animal kingdom. What was the point of them barging about their brains and such if they remained retarded? The only thing they seemed to master was looking younger for a longer amount of time; this female human in front of me was proof of that. My face showed all the shock I couldn’t hide when I found out she was in her fifties.
“Everything seems to be running smoothly...” She concluded, tapping her pen on the desk she had just sat behind. I sighed in happiness as I pulled my black shirt back over my head and zipped my sweater up. It was finally over, the inside of my cheek would be happy. I had bit down on it hard enough over the last half hour to prevent myself from growling whenever she touched me.
“I can go then?”
“Do you have any questions?”
“Not really.” I mumbled, walking closer to the door.
“Then I guess you can go,” She said in this tone that made me feel like I was being scolded. I wanted to punch her in the gut so hard that it went straight through her and blood would run out her nose and mouth...
“See me in a couple of weeks.”
I was ripped from my thoughts, “Why? You side yourself I was fine-”
“Do you know how close you were to death? Not only that but you left the hospital earlier than I would have liked; it’s just a precaution. See me in a couple weeks.” she repeated.
“Whatever.” I slammed the door behind me, wincing when the knob fell to the floor heavily. I had even tried to be gentle...
I just ignored it, as well as the looks of the humans faces as I walked to the stairs. I needed to get out of this place, away from these humans as fast as possible. I thought of the forest but didn’t want to run into the wolves either, I just needed time to myself.
No matter how I looked at it the tall trees of the forest was my only opinion as humans rarely seemed to go there - excluding Uchiha Sasuke and his buddies.
Pushing any and all thoughts of the pale human out of my head I made my way toward the towns edge, where the forest began. The familiar scent of fear entered my nose as many of the animals within knew I was getting close. The thought of hunting them down and devouring them one by one made a chill of excitement run up my side. I needed this, the rush of acting like the man-made monster that I am instead of eating at a table with utensils and meat fully cooked.
I remembered what Shikamaru had said when I ate the deer meat, why I had thrown it all back up. But the feeling of it going down my throat raw and with all that blood... nothing could compare to it. I needed it badly now, I needed to feel alive. Since Hinata wasn’t around today I could have my fill.
***
My tongue felt thick, bile played at the back of my throat and smells from the town made it that much harder for me to keep down the random animals that had been my lunch. I licked the blood off my thumb as I walked in-between the trees, a limp bird in my other hand swinging with each of my steps. I couldn’t decide if I should eat it or not seeing how my stomach was already acting up.
“What the hell?” I grinned, ripping off its wings and popping them into my mouth. The nasty feathers had gotten in the way but after I spat them out everything was fine and I continued to enjoy the flavor of fresh meat. I opened my mouth, ready to take in the rest of it but stopped when a scent hit my nose. He was miles away; that was good... I didn’t know how Hatake Kakashi would take me chewing on a bird.
Without a second thought I swallowed it whole and licked off the blood decorating my face. I could feel my eyes had turned into that shade of red they weren’t suppose to be but there wasn’t really much I could do but try to force myself to calm down from my high. It didn’t help that I didn’t really want to.
I sighed, “I’ll just avoid him.” Walking in the opposite direction.
After a mile or so I was sure the human wouldn’t catch up to me so quickly in his car. I felt my stomach flip in a menacing way but pushed the feeling to the back of my mind, concentrating more on calming down for the sake of my eyes. I wasn’t in the mood to listen to Shikamaru and the same old conversation.
The burning was slowly beginning to ebb, and thank goodness. It seemed another human had decided to prove me wrong and enter the forest. A loud groan slipped through my lips as I recognized this scent as well. I could have out run her but I was just being lazy. So when the pink haired female ran into me it only came as a surprise to her.
“I’m sorry! I didn’t see you there.” She breathed out, holding her hands out to me in a silent question about my well being.
“It’s fine, you couldn’t hurt me even if you wanted to.” I replied lifelessly.
She glared at me with her striking green eyes, “I was just trying to be nice-” Something seemed to click in her head as she looked at me fully from head to toe. “You’re one of the new people in town...”
I through a wide grin at her, noticing how her complexion turned a lighter shade when she saw my teeth were blood stained. “Sure am, Sakura.”
I couldn’t help laughing my ass off as she ran away from me with tears brimming her eyes as her name fall off my tongue.
“Life is sweet.”
***
“Naruto-”
“O h, come on - really?” I started to complain as I had just walked through the front door. “Do you know how many rumors are going around about ur?” I through at Shikamaru as I continued to play dumb about earlier.
“What are you talking about?” The 02 walked into the hall were I stood, removing my shoes. I looked into his face, sure he would have heard about it before I got back since humans liked to get the word out fast.
“What are you talking about?” I replied.
Shikamaru shook his head, “I was only going to tell you Hinata is out with Hatake Kakashi and Gaara went off somewhere, I’m going for a walk.”
I paused, “She’s alone with him? What are they doing?”
He shrugged, “Something about collecting antlers, didn’t really listen.”
I glared at him, letting Hinata go off by herself with that human was just silly. I shouldn’t have gone the other way when I smelt him in the forest.
“And where are you going?” I asked, making my way into the kitchen for a glass of water. My stomach was still trying to free its contents.
“Just a walk... What were you saying before? Something about-”
“Rumors,” I cut in, almost choking on my water.
“Yeah, what about that?”
“I...” I had to think fast, “On my way out of the human’s office I heard a lot of things about us that just kind of pissed me off.” I finished lamely, taking another large gulp.
“Ah, well were unsettling to them.” He turned away from me and missed me looking up at the ceiling and thank whoever or whatever was listening. “I’ll see you later, Naruto. And don’t do anything stupid.”
I flipped him off, “I know the drill already, just go.”
The door closed lightly behind him and a slow smile curled my lips. I was alone again. But the first thing that needed to go was the raw meat in my gut. I stuck my finger down my throat, letting the nasty mixture come up as it pleased into the kitchen sink. A few more times of that and my system was relived. I almost puked again, no finger needed, when I saw a small eye ball rolling around in my mess.
“Ugh, the bad thing about eating raw things...”
I drank another glass of water down as I pondered how to clean this up. Perhaps emptying my stomach into the sink wasn’t the best of my ideas. I grabbed the garbage can and prepared myself for this. I was just about to stick my hands down into it when the door open again. It wasn’t Shiakmaru or Gaara. After a moment or two dark eyes met mine and his face changed into pity, how I hated it.
He made his way over to me, paying attention to my face, which I was sure was twisted into something.
Uchiha Sasuke was too close, I could feel his body heat as I suddenly grabbed the eye right behind me, putting it in my pocket as a shiver of disgust run through me.
“Sick?”
I didn’t know how I was going to get out of this one.
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TBC...
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