Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ the ceremony of sealing ❯ death ( Chapter 3 )

Five years passed and the Uzumakis lived happily in the large house granted to the Hokage. Naruto was five and had just been told that okasan was going to have a baby. Naruto had been shocked at the thought of having another person in the family. He was worried, would the new kid reject him like all of the other children? They were nice enough when around his parents, but when they were alone, they were just plain rotten.

 

“otosan,” he asked Arashi one night after the usual nighttime story, “what if the new baby doesn't like me? What if you like him better than me?” tears welled in his eyes as he looked down at the blanket with foxes romping happily on green grass.

 

“naruto, I could never love anyone more than you. You are special, and I know how bad the other kids treat you when Okasan and I aren't around, but suffering is what makes you stronger. And I know how much you want to be hokage when you get older don't you?”

 

naruto looked up when a thumb caught a tear that had escaped from a bright blue eye. Arashi pulled the small boy into his lap and hugged him close. Rocking him back and forth, arashi sang a song about a little fox softly into naruto's ear. When the song was finished, he asked naruto if he liked the song, but the child was fast asleep.

 

The day came when keoko was due and naruto was so excited, he had been helping decorate the nursery for the new baby before it was time for him to leave for preschool.

 

Keoko walked him to the door of the school, kissed him lightly on the cheek and left for the hospital.

 

Naruto played “happily” all day, not knowing that he would soon be visiting the hospital. He didn't really like hospitals, when he was little had been really sick quite a bit and now the stark white walls scared him. The doctors weren't very nice and they always gave him dirty looks.

 

Arashi was sitting behind a desk gulping down a cup of sake to calm his nerves when a note came from the hospital, where Keoko was. Rushing out of the office, arashi decided that if Keoko wanted more children, they would have to adopt because the suspense was killing him. He didn't feel that way when naruto was born because he had been so busy, fighting Orochimaru, becoming hokage, and fighting the Kyuubi. Arashi stopped as he passed the preschool, not knowing whether he should bring Naruto.

 

A long time ago arashi developed a jutsu that allowed a person with a bloodline limit to teach their special technique to someone else. Arashi had learned the Byakugan from his friend Hyuga Hiashi. Equipping it arashi looked into the building. Naruto was laying on his stomach infront of a window a few feet away from where arashi was. Two boys a Nara and an Akimichi walked over to naruto. A tense conversation followed with a lot of knuckle popping from the fat boy. Reluctantly naruto gave up his seat at the window and curled up on a bean bag.

 

Arashi decided it was for the best that naruto stayed at the preschool and continued on his way to the hospital. Naruto being the observant boy he was, saw arashi and snuck out of the sitter's care and followed his father.

 

When arashi arrived at the hospital medics crowded around him. One of the more experienced medics pulled arashi aside.

 

“where is your son you may want him to be here. We are doing everything we can but we don't think she will make it. Naruto may want to say good bye.”

 

“otosan who do I want to say goodbye to? Is okasan alright? Is she going to die?”

 

kneeling down arashi hugged naruto closely. “ okasan is alright. You wont have to say good bye to anyone. I promise.”

 

Standing up arashi followed the medic, naruto on his shoulder. The medic stopped to open a door for the hokage and his son. Arashi walked in and put naruto down before he dropped the five year old.

 

Keoko was laying in a hospital bed, medics scurrying around her trying to heal her. Her face blended in perfectly with the white hospital sheets.

 

“okasan, are you al right where is the new baby? You promised that you would come home today with the baby.”

 

Naruto ran to keoko's bedside and his mother lifted a hand to his cheek. Arashi walked up behind his son.

 

“my baby.” She said. “my beautiful baby. My naruto.”

 

“honey don't talk, youre going to be okay. The medics are doing everything they can. Just relax.”

 

“the baby's dead, arashi. It died after two minutes and I am going to die as well.”

 

“no okasan, you cant die. Otosan promised me I would never have to say goodbye. He promised and that means you cant die. I will miss you.”

 

“naruto sometimes people cant keep their promises and it is none of their fault. Your daddy just didn't want to worry you. I would have made the same promise. I don't want to die yet. I wanted to be so proud when you graduated from the academy and became a genin. I guess that if I cant be proud of you on earth, I will have to do it in heaven. Promise me, naruto that you wont cry. I don't like to see you sad.” Keoko's hand fell from naruto's face and all the machines in the room went haywire.

 

Arashi had to carry a kicking, screaming naruto out of the hospital.

 

“she's not dead. I tell you she's not dead. She cant die you promised.” Naruto screamed that all night long into the early hours of the next day. He only stopped when he had not voice to talk with.