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Chapter 01: Who Are You?
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//Where am I? //
...
//Why does my head hurt?//
...
//So dark...//
...
//Voices... so many voices... so loud...//
I stirred a bit. I could feel a soft bed underneath me, a thick blanket over me, and pillows propping me up.
The whispers subsided and were replaced with small gasps of ¡§... he moved...¡¨
But when I didn¡¦t move, they started up again.
¡§I swear I saw him ...¡¨
¡§Just ... imagination ...¡¨
I groaned slightly, anything to make those voices quiet down. It worked. They hushed. It was so quiet now, I thought they¡¦d all left. Maybe they did. But ... no. I can still hear them breathing.
I made a feeble attempt to open my eyes. It was surprisingly hard, as if someone had super-glued them shut, but after a few tries, I managed to open both eyes. I kept blinking, my eyelids were so heavy, and the feeling of nausea that didn¡¦t go away wasn't helping.
When I could open my eyes freely and focus them at will, I looked straight into the eyes of the voices¡¦ source.
There were at least 10 people in that little hospital room. At least, I THINK it¡¦s a hospital room. They looked relieved and happy.
The nearest person to me was a pink haired girl with green eyes. Next to her was a dark haired boy dressed in blue, and next to them was a silver haired man with one eye. They looked like one of their biggest problems in the world had just been resolved.
When I looked at her, the girl immediately started talking. Babbling, more like. She was talking very fast, and was getting more hysterical by the second. I didn¡¦t really catch her words, but I think she said ¡§baka¡¨.
I think.
I looked past her. There were even more people behind them and surrounding the doorway. Some were standing, some were sitting. They looked happy too. But. . . who were those people? Why are they here? Do I know these people?
Meanwhile, the girl had stopped talking when she noticed that I wasn¡¦t paying attention to her.
¡§Naruto?¡¨ she asked, somewhat carefully, ¡§What¡¦s wrong?¡¨
//Naruto... is that... me?//
I turned, faced her, and said in what I hoped was a polite voice:
¡§I¡¦m sorry, but who are you?¡¨
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When they had been attacked, earlier that week, Kakashi knew that something was wrong.
Of the five ninjas who struck, none of them wore a headband. Secondly, their intent was not to kill, as originally perceived. They had retreated.
In all his years as a ninja, not one of his enemies has run off so quickly. Sure, they¡¦d run if they were beginning to lose, but not a single person, much less a whole group, has ever withdrawn in a time span 5 seconds.
Never.
He immediately glanced around for his students. Sasuke was fine. He was holding a kunai, and didn¡¦t even break a sweat. Typical Sasuke. Sakura . . . she was alright too. Albeit, she was breathing heavily and looked shocked, still she sustained no injuries.
Then, he caught sight of Naruto. The boy was laying face down on the ground, a shocked expression on his face, with unfocused eyes. He was not moving.
Their ¡¥mission¡¦ was aborted, and they immediately rushed him to the Konoha village hospital. There, he had stayed for the past week. They checked up on him every single day, but each day, there was no progress.
He continued to lay like a corpse on that dreaded hospital bed, something that Team 07 had never wanted to see. It contrasted greatly with the usual, hyperactive ninja.
Five days later, however, Kakashi had left Sasuke and Sakura a message at the bridge. It said that Naruto was showing more signs of brain activity and he was twitching his fingers. The last line of the letter said that there was a possibility that Naruto may wake up.
After they read that line, they took off toward to the hospital.
On the way, they encountered Lee¡¦s team. Sakura managed to convince Lee to come along. Lee, on his part, accomplished in persuading his beloved Gai-sensei to come along. Gai, in turn, dragged Neji and TenTen along, insisting that this was a ¡¥team outing¡¦.
Then they met Hinata¡¦s team too and . . .
Long story short, somehow, the original pair, Sasuke and Sakura, succeeded in getting Lee, Gai, Neji, TenTen, Hinata, Kiba, Shino, and the Konohamaru Squad to all come with them to go see Naruto.
What was even more miraculous, was how they all squeezed into his room, despite the disapproving glares of nurses.
They were all discussing, rather noisily, ways to wake him up when they heard a rustling of sheets.
It came from him.
They stopped talking. Konohamaru gasped out ¡§He moved!¡¨
They waited for a moment, but when he did not make another sound, they resumed their discussion, saying that it was just their imagination that he moved, in spite of Konohamaru¡¦s insistence.
Then, they heard a small, distinct groan.
This time, they quieted down to the level in which they made no noise at all. The only sound in the room now, was their small, quick breaths.
Just when they thought that Naruto wasn¡¦t going to wake up after all, he surprised them all, and he cracked his eyes open. It was amazing. All of their faces held relief. Some were like Neji, relieved because now he could leave the hospital. But most were because he woke up.
Sakura had immediately pounced on him, yelling at him and saying what a jerk he was for leaving them hanging on the edge with worry like that for so long.
He listened to her politely, as always.
But what the Genins didn¡¦t notice, was the blank look in his eyes when he looked at them. There was no sparkle of recognition. There was no look of happiness that so many people came to see his revival.
There was nothing
His eyes held nothing. They were blank. They were endless pools of blue. Nothing more.
The Jounins caught that look immediately. And it concerned them greatly. Something was wrong.
Then, when Sakura asked him what was wrong, that¡¦s when he opened his mouth and said with politeness that the Naruto they knew and loved would never have been capable of, those ominous words.
¡§I¡¦m sorry, but who are you?¡¨
========== END CHAPTER 01 ==========
Author¡¦s Note: At this moment, I have up to Chapter 04 written. But I still need a pairing. The only official one right now is SakuraXLee. If you don¡¦t like that pairing, well that¡¦s just too bad.
So just write down whatever pairings you want in a review, preferably. I accept het pairings and yaoi/slash. You can vote for more than one pairing, and the polls are open until whenever I put chapter 05 up.
The only person I ABSOLUTELY need a ¡¥partner¡¦ for is Naruto. But otherwise, I don¡¦t care. You can even vote for Kankurro X Sakura if you want. (Although I doubt anyone will because Sakura's already paired up with Lee).
You can vote for anyone. I am (I¡¦d like to think) very open-minded. So . . . Vote.
If you have any questions about this story, or if you have any comments, or if you just want to talk, feel free to email me at: [email protected]
-Yume
Chapter 01: Who Are You?
==============================
//Where am I? //
...
//Why does my head hurt?//
...
//So dark...//
...
//Voices... so many voices... so loud...//
I stirred a bit. I could feel a soft bed underneath me, a thick blanket over me, and pillows propping me up.
The whispers subsided and were replaced with small gasps of ¡§... he moved...¡¨
But when I didn¡¦t move, they started up again.
¡§I swear I saw him ...¡¨
¡§Just ... imagination ...¡¨
I groaned slightly, anything to make those voices quiet down. It worked. They hushed. It was so quiet now, I thought they¡¦d all left. Maybe they did. But ... no. I can still hear them breathing.
I made a feeble attempt to open my eyes. It was surprisingly hard, as if someone had super-glued them shut, but after a few tries, I managed to open both eyes. I kept blinking, my eyelids were so heavy, and the feeling of nausea that didn¡¦t go away wasn't helping.
When I could open my eyes freely and focus them at will, I looked straight into the eyes of the voices¡¦ source.
There were at least 10 people in that little hospital room. At least, I THINK it¡¦s a hospital room. They looked relieved and happy.
The nearest person to me was a pink haired girl with green eyes. Next to her was a dark haired boy dressed in blue, and next to them was a silver haired man with one eye. They looked like one of their biggest problems in the world had just been resolved.
When I looked at her, the girl immediately started talking. Babbling, more like. She was talking very fast, and was getting more hysterical by the second. I didn¡¦t really catch her words, but I think she said ¡§baka¡¨.
I think.
I looked past her. There were even more people behind them and surrounding the doorway. Some were standing, some were sitting. They looked happy too. But. . . who were those people? Why are they here? Do I know these people?
Meanwhile, the girl had stopped talking when she noticed that I wasn¡¦t paying attention to her.
¡§Naruto?¡¨ she asked, somewhat carefully, ¡§What¡¦s wrong?¡¨
//Naruto... is that... me?//
I turned, faced her, and said in what I hoped was a polite voice:
¡§I¡¦m sorry, but who are you?¡¨
==============================
When they had been attacked, earlier that week, Kakashi knew that something was wrong.
Of the five ninjas who struck, none of them wore a headband. Secondly, their intent was not to kill, as originally perceived. They had retreated.
In all his years as a ninja, not one of his enemies has run off so quickly. Sure, they¡¦d run if they were beginning to lose, but not a single person, much less a whole group, has ever withdrawn in a time span 5 seconds.
Never.
He immediately glanced around for his students. Sasuke was fine. He was holding a kunai, and didn¡¦t even break a sweat. Typical Sasuke. Sakura . . . she was alright too. Albeit, she was breathing heavily and looked shocked, still she sustained no injuries.
Then, he caught sight of Naruto. The boy was laying face down on the ground, a shocked expression on his face, with unfocused eyes. He was not moving.
Their ¡¥mission¡¦ was aborted, and they immediately rushed him to the Konoha village hospital. There, he had stayed for the past week. They checked up on him every single day, but each day, there was no progress.
He continued to lay like a corpse on that dreaded hospital bed, something that Team 07 had never wanted to see. It contrasted greatly with the usual, hyperactive ninja.
Five days later, however, Kakashi had left Sasuke and Sakura a message at the bridge. It said that Naruto was showing more signs of brain activity and he was twitching his fingers. The last line of the letter said that there was a possibility that Naruto may wake up.
After they read that line, they took off toward to the hospital.
On the way, they encountered Lee¡¦s team. Sakura managed to convince Lee to come along. Lee, on his part, accomplished in persuading his beloved Gai-sensei to come along. Gai, in turn, dragged Neji and TenTen along, insisting that this was a ¡¥team outing¡¦.
Then they met Hinata¡¦s team too and . . .
Long story short, somehow, the original pair, Sasuke and Sakura, succeeded in getting Lee, Gai, Neji, TenTen, Hinata, Kiba, Shino, and the Konohamaru Squad to all come with them to go see Naruto.
What was even more miraculous, was how they all squeezed into his room, despite the disapproving glares of nurses.
They were all discussing, rather noisily, ways to wake him up when they heard a rustling of sheets.
It came from him.
They stopped talking. Konohamaru gasped out ¡§He moved!¡¨
They waited for a moment, but when he did not make another sound, they resumed their discussion, saying that it was just their imagination that he moved, in spite of Konohamaru¡¦s insistence.
Then, they heard a small, distinct groan.
This time, they quieted down to the level in which they made no noise at all. The only sound in the room now, was their small, quick breaths.
Just when they thought that Naruto wasn¡¦t going to wake up after all, he surprised them all, and he cracked his eyes open. It was amazing. All of their faces held relief. Some were like Neji, relieved because now he could leave the hospital. But most were because he woke up.
Sakura had immediately pounced on him, yelling at him and saying what a jerk he was for leaving them hanging on the edge with worry like that for so long.
He listened to her politely, as always.
But what the Genins didn¡¦t notice, was the blank look in his eyes when he looked at them. There was no sparkle of recognition. There was no look of happiness that so many people came to see his revival.
There was nothing
His eyes held nothing. They were blank. They were endless pools of blue. Nothing more.
The Jounins caught that look immediately. And it concerned them greatly. Something was wrong.
Then, when Sakura asked him what was wrong, that¡¦s when he opened his mouth and said with politeness that the Naruto they knew and loved would never have been capable of, those ominous words.
¡§I¡¦m sorry, but who are you?¡¨
========== END CHAPTER 01 ==========
Author¡¦s Note: At this moment, I have up to Chapter 04 written. But I still need a pairing. The only official one right now is SakuraXLee. If you don¡¦t like that pairing, well that¡¦s just too bad.
So just write down whatever pairings you want in a review, preferably. I accept het pairings and yaoi/slash. You can vote for more than one pairing, and the polls are open until whenever I put chapter 05 up.
The only person I ABSOLUTELY need a ¡¥partner¡¦ for is Naruto. But otherwise, I don¡¦t care. You can even vote for Kankurro X Sakura if you want. (Although I doubt anyone will because Sakura's already paired up with Lee).
You can vote for anyone. I am (I¡¦d like to think) very open-minded. So . . . Vote.
If you have any questions about this story, or if you have any comments, or if you just want to talk, feel free to email me at: [email protected]
-Yume