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Runaway Train	By : fieldofsnow Category: Naruto AU/AR > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 1142 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to Naruto and I get no profit from this fanfiction

Chapter List
- 1-Runaway Train 1
- 2-Runaway Train 2
- 3-Runaway Train 3
- 4-Runaway Train 4
- 5-5
- 6-6
- 7-7
- 8-8
- 9-9
- 10-10
- 11-11
- 12-12
- 13-13
- 14-14
- 15-15
- 16-16
- 17-17
- 18-18
- 19-19
- 20-20
- 21-21
- 16
- 17
- 18
Before you point out how "wrong" I am let me just tell you. Basically every wiki or biography out there will tell you that Kakashi's eye color is black. The only place I've ever seen him having blue or gray eyes is in fan art and fan fiction and therefore I'm disregarding that idea.
I generally don't make long chapters in this story, I tend to cut them off at some point and post them separately as 2 chapters and I do this for 2 reasons.
Nr1: I find longer chapters harder to work with and usually they can stand well enough on their own in two 's easier for me to proof read and fix shorter chapters.
Nr2: it gives you something to read much faster than it would have and I can then spend more time on the second part without feeling guilty about not posting anything for what feels like forever even to me.
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Naruto woke up scared, he'd had a nightmare. His room was too dark and the shadows on the walls were creepy and ghost like. He buried deeper under his blanket, he wanted to get out of the room but his door was too far away and he was too scared to get out of bed, the monsters might grab his feet. Safety was too far away.
After a while he'd mustered up enough courage. He clutched the blanket a little tighter with his small hands as he leaned over the side of his bed to check the floor. After making sure nothing was there and gauging the distance between his bed and the door he took a deep breath and ran for it, his blanket wrapped around his body like a magical cloak that would protect him from the horrors that awaited him.
Once in the narrow hallway Naruto crept slowly down to the other end where the second bedroom was, it was dark and scary in the hallway too. The open door to the bathroom looked like an opening of a black hole, go to close and it would swallow you. He took another deep breath and jumped quickly passed it and with that initial burst of speed he half ran the rest of the way until he reached the closed door. He hesitated momentarily, he was scared but he was supposed to be a big boy now, he'd even stopped using his nightlight last month.
Glancing down the hallway towards his room helped him make up his mind, he couldn't go back now. One small hand found its way out from under the blanket and knocked hesitantly on the door.
"Nii-san" Naruto called quietly through the door. He listened intently for any sound coming from the room but heard nothing, only the creaking that could sometimes be heard in the apartment and the loud ticking of the grandfather clock on the living room. It made him feel more scared and he huddled closer to the door.
"Nii-san" he knocked a little harder. He wanted his brother but he didn't want to make a lot of noise, it was so quiet that the sound of his own voice scared him.
"Nii-san!" He called a little louder. Naruto's eyes teared up and he shook as he moved his weight rapidly from one foot to the other.
Finally he heard a slight noise coming from inside the room before a drowsy voice called back. "Naruto� Naruto is that you?"
Naruto opened a crack in the door. "I� I had a bad dream." He said tentatively.
"Mmm." His brother mumbled. "Come here." And as Naruto ran up and crawled in next to him he scooted over to make room.
Strong hands wrapped him tighter in his blanket before they enveloped him in safety, chasing the shivers and fright away.
"Don't be scared. I got you little fishcake. They can't hurt you now."
Naruto woke up slowly, for the first time in a while he hadn't had a nightmare. He couldn't remember his dream but he remembered feeling safe and it was such a wonderful feeling compared to the past few weeks, waking up this calm.
That is until he woke up properly and remembered what happened the night before, his underwear sticking to his skin was a big help and the hand gently shaking his shoulder was something that was a little too hard to ignore.
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Kakashi had woken up about an hour earlier. He'd been a bit conflicted at first, feeling guilty for not having told Naruto the truth and for what they had done the night before� but also, for the first time in a long time, he felt happy. Not just content or good, but actually happy. And in the end that feeling won out, he'd make it work no matter what he had to do to accomplish it, if it blew up in his face he'd just piece it back together. So for the first time in a while he was feeling pretty optimistic about the whole thing.
The best way to keep things good between them would, of course, be to treat him well and so Kakashi had gotten carefully out of bed so he wouldn't wake the boy up. According to their conversation last night the kid got regular nightmares and seeing how he hadn't had one this time Kakashi had decided to let him sleep a bit longer and get more rest. Meanwhile Kakashi had taken a shower before he snuck into the dojo where everyone else was sleeping to get Naruto's bag.
After going over the days schedule it was finally time to wake up the sleeping blond so Kakashi stood up from his desk, walked over to the sleeping couch and gently shook the younger man's shoulder.
The muffled "Just five more minutes dad." That the boy sleepily mumbled into the pillow was positively the cutest thing Kakashi had ever seen, although he'd never in his life admit that to anyone. Which was probably good because he had a feeling Naruto wouldn't appreciate being compared to a cute little kid however much he resembled one at that moment. Kakashi shook his shoulder again.
When Naruto sat up and blinked the blurriness out of his eyes the reality of the situation finally hit him full force and he blushed beat red. Pulling his knees up and placing one hand in his lap he nervously fidgeted with his hair with the other just to have something to do with his shaking hands, or maybe it was to hide his face, or maybe it was both. He didn't really know, he just had to do something and it made him feel slightly better.
"Uhm� What time is it? I mean� how much time do I have to get ready?" He couldn't look Kakashi in the eye; the guy probably regretted the whole thing. What if he'd made a serious mistake and Kakashi was really just messing around with him and would now laugh in his face and throw him out. Because who in their right mind would want to be with someone related to that man� shit, he'd even told him about everything, there was no way Kakashi would want to be with him now.
"Naruto." Suddenly a hand gripped the arm that had been lying on his lap� except it hadn't been in his lap. Sometime during his thinking Naruto had started clawing at his heart like he always did without realizing when he got worked up. Frightful blue eyes met a solitary black one.
"You're nothing like the man, so don't beat yourself up about it."
"You don't know�" Naruto mumbled.
"Would you ever murder your sister, her husband and their kid?" Kakashi asked him point blank, his eye boring into him like he could see right into the deepest corner of his mind.
"NO!" Naruto cried horrified.
"That's your answer right there then. You're not him and you'll never be him. A heart is just an organ that pumps blood, and no matter what anyone says sons are not responsible for the sins of their fathers, let alone their uncles. If they were whole families would be put in jail and not just individuals." Kakashi said as he stood up straight and started walking to his desk again. "And as for your other concerns all I'll say is that I might be a perverted bastard but there's no way I'd jump a student the day he turned 18 just for a laugh." He looked back at said student who was still looking delightfully rumpled from sleep.
If Naruto was judging his expression correctly he'd say the guy was grinning. Not wanting to talk further about his uncle he latched onto the later part of what Kakashi had said. "Oh what a heartfelt declaration of love that was." He said sarcastically. "I think I'm going to swoon."
"Yes well, I didn't exactly have time to write you poetry and buy you flowers so this will just have to do." Kakashi said as he threw Naruto's bag at him. "Now go take a shower so we can leave already."
"Why bother, I'm gonna get all sweaty again when we get there." Naruto said and then yawned; the trouble with sleeping well was that he didn't feel like getting out of bed at all.
"Because brat! I'd rather not show up in front of both your fathers with you looking like you just had sex." Kakashi said with a smirk.
"Ok, ok, point taken. I'm going." And with that said Naruto finally got out of bed and headed into the bathroom adjoining the office.
As the door shut Kakashi let out a chuckle. The boy seemed to be in a better mood than usual today, maybe his friends had been right and he'd just been tense because of his birthday. Of course some of the tension had probably been his fault as well.
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"Daaaad."
"Yes Naruto?" The blond haired man answered patiently.
"Where is he?"
"He's taking a little nap, he was working very hard today so he wanted to rest a bit before coming over."
"But he said he'd be here!"
"He will. Just not just yet."
"Why not."
"Because he's very tired sweetheart." The red haired lady said as she walked passed and into the kitchen. Making a small detour to ruffle his hair and kiss the blond man on the cheek.
"But I wanted to show him!"
"You can show him later when he comes over."
"Daaaad."
"Yes Naruto?" The blond haired man said with a smile, the same patient tone still clear in his voice.
"Naruto."
Naruto snapped out of his thoughts by a knock on the bathroom door.
"Did you drown in the shower or something?" Kakashi asked through the door.
"What! No sorry, I'm almost done." He called back. He looked back down at his goggles that he'd been just about to put on. When he looked in the mirror to adjust his hair he noticed a single tear running down his cheek. 'Shit, I really am losing it.' He thought as he wiped it away.
He took a few deep breaths before opening the door and walking back into the office. He was starting to remember things about that day it seemed, this was the second time he'd zoned out like this. He didn't really want to but maybe getting Kakashi to make a short stop at his house on their way back wouldn't be such a bad idea. 'Just in case�'
"There you are. Everything ok?" Kakashi asked him while he gathered the things he needed to take with them to the youth center.
"Yeah, everything's fine." Naruto said as he grabbed his jacket. "I'm ready."
"Ok, let's go then."
"How are we getting there?" Naruto asked a bit uneasily.
"On my bike." Seeing the unsure look on Naruto's face Kakashi added. "Why? Is that a problem?"
"Ah� no, no. Just� make sure Iruka doesn't see us on it."
Kakashi could make a wild guess just what the blush on the boy's face meant but he wasn't entirely sure why Iruka shouldn't see them on the bike.
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Well Kakashi soon found out the reason why Iruka should never ever see him give his son a ride on a motorbike when they reached the youth center. He'd had to dodge a madly waved crutch while the shorter man threw a fit. Kakashi had learned the hard way that the guy had a nasty sense of humor but he never knew such a short and innocent looking man could be this scary. He could give Tsunade's legendary temper a run for its money. Thankfully for him Genma decided to step in and share his view on the matter, which greatly differed from Iruka's, and so the brown haired man's attention quickly moved from him and over to his boyfriend.
"Is he always this over protective?" Kakashi half whispered over his shoulder.
"I did warn you." Naruto mumbled behind him before he led the way down to the sports room.
"He's not gonna castrate me or anything is he when he finds out we're dating?" Kakashi said offhandedly as he walked into the big hall and got ready to set things up for their class. Naruto paused momentarily.
'Dating' Naruto thought, the word made him feel oddly tingly inside and he couldn't help but grin as he turned away from the man and started flipping on the lights. 'I wonder if that makes him my boyfriend then.' He'd never had a boyfriend before, it was a bit scary but he liked the idea very much.
"Nah, oddly enough Iruka doesn't seem to worry about my love life overly much. I mean sure he hassles me about it but it's mainly just teasing or to snoop what guy I like at the moment, he says I'm a great judge in character and that at least so far he trusts me to make the right decision. Plus he's one to talk, he started going out with Genma when he was younger than me I think. It's Genma you need to worry about really." Naruto flipped the last switch and walked over to Kakashi to help him set up the rest of the cones they would be using for the warm up exercises.
"Genma? He doesn't really strike you as the over bearing parent figure if you ask me."
"Yes well considering what happened last� time�" Naruto trailed off before he went any further with that story. "Well, let's just say you wouldn't want to find out." Naruto didn't even know how Genma had managed it but after the whole incident with him, Haku had very shortly afterwards moved out of town and his boyfriend had followed soon after.
Kakashi sensed that there was some underlying story behind Naruto's words but didn't want to pry, instead he jokingly said. "Ah, well I'm not taking any chances then. You'll have a ring on that finger no later than tomorrow and no more fooling around until you're 43!"
Naruto just raised his eyebrows and gave him a look that clearly said 'Uhu� like you'd ever manage to do that.' Before he walked over to the storage area of the room to put away the left over cones.
"You're right." Kakashi's voice said close behind him before arms encircled him and pulled him tight against the man's firm body. "Now that I know what I'd be missing there's no way I could leave you alone."
"Perv!" Naruto said with feigned indignity as he elbowed Kakashi loosely in the side.
Kakashi let him go and watched him walk back over to the center of the room. "You keep saying that like it's a bad thing." He called after the boy before he walked over to join him. Naruto's respond was halted by the sound of voices from the hall that signaled the arrival of their first students.
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Naruto was sitting in the hallway, head bowed so far down his chin was touching his chest, fiddling with his thumbs and dangling his feet in the air. He'd always been quite small for his age so even on the low bench his feet didn't touch the ground. In a way it was the reason he was sitting here in the first place.
Why did it have to happen today�
He'd often get teased for his height, or lack thereof, so he tried to make up for it in other ways, he didn't have many friends but his pranks and clownish behavior had made him at least somewhat popular in his class.
His nii-san was picking him up today�
Usually he tried not to let it bother him but that big bully Ukon just wouldn't let it go this time and Naruto had gotten so angry he'd hit him. It had ended up in a big fight, which Naruto had amazingly won by imitating some stunts he'd seen his brother doing. But of course Sakon, Ukon's twin brother, had gone screaming to the teachers, which was the reason Naruto was now sitting outside the teachers' lounge while his homeroom teacher talked to his older brother.
"Naruto."
Naruto didn't dare to look up and instead stared at his brother's shoes. He was wearing some pretty old and badly worn sneakers and Naruto briefly wondered why he didn't get new ones before his brother's voice snapped him back to the present.
"You know you shouldn't do that Naruto." His brother said calmly.
"He started it." Naruto said stubbornly into his chest.
"He might have started picking on you but from what I hear you started the fight�"
"He deserved it!" Naruto cried stubbornly at his brother's sneakers.
"What could he possibly have said that made him deserve that?" His brother asked confused.
Naruto buried chin further into his chest and mumbled his answer. He didn't really want to tell his brother what Ukon had said.
"Naruto." His brother reprimanded him.
"He said you weren't really my brother!"
"Naruto� We're here."
'Huh' Naruto snapped his head up. Instead of looking at his older brother's face he now stared at the side of Kakashi's helmet covered head before he looked around to take in their surroundings. They'd stopped in an alley somewhere it seemed.
Naruto shook his head while he tried to make sense of what was going on. He had no clue why they were now in an alley somewhere and not at school and this last flashback made no sense to him what so ever. He could faintly remember the bullies who'd teased him when he was younger but Naruto had never had an older brother while he grew up so that part was just plain weird. Perhaps he wasn't really remembering things after all.
'Great.' He thought. 'I actually am going insane.' Naruto thought back to the box he'd buried at the back of his bedroom closet. It was a bit too late to ask Kakashi to go back for it now, Naruto had been too distracted when they left the youth center to ask him to make the stop, and he wasn't even sure the meds he had there would help him. He hadn't told his fathers about it but a few months before he'd officially stopped taking his medication at 13 he'd started stashing the pills in his closet. He'd been taking the medication since shortly after he'd started therapy when he was around 10 or 11 years old to help with his panic attacks but at the time he'd felt that they weren't doing anything for him even though his psychiatrist insisted that he stay on them a little longer. Needles to say he'd finally managed to convince Iruka and Genma that he really didn't need the medication and soon after he was off the meds he stopped going to the checkups that were required because of them.
He never wanted to touch those meds again; it would mean that there really was something wrong with him. But he'd kept them there all the same because deep down inside he still had that nagging voice saying "what if."
Kakashi watched the boy look around with a bewildered look on his face as he got off the bike and took his helmet off; carefully making sure the left side of his face was turned away from the boy before he pulled the bandanna back down.
"Were you even listening to a word I said on the way?" Kakashi asked amused.
"Uhm� apparently not." Naruto said as he took his own helmet off. "Where are we exactly?"
"Oh just the alley where I'm going to have my wicked way with you before I drug you, steal your liver and then sell you off to slavery." Kakashi stated matter of factly.
"Uhu, sure." Naruto rolled his eyes.
"Well you'd never know. You weren't listening to me in the first place."
"Well I'm all ears now."
"Too late!" Kakashi huffed unconvincingly. "I don't really feel like talking to someone who just ignores me."
Naruto fought the urge to roll his eyes again. "You know, sometimes I wonder who's supposed to be the grown up in this relationship."
"Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional" Kakashi said as he pinched Naruto's nose. Before he could see Naruto's indignant response he turned around and headed for some stairs near the bike. "As I told you earlier I'm just here to pick up some things and feed my dogs, I'll be back in a second. Just go in there and if anyone bothers you tell them you're with me." Kakashi pointed to a door under the stairs before he disappeared inside.
"Wait!..." Naruto called after him before he looked cautiously at the door. He didn't exactly feel like standing around in an alley somewhere only god knew where but he didn't exactly feel like going into some unknown building either. After standing there nervously for a few seconds though he decided that out of two evils the door seemed like a better option since Kakashi had told him to go in. He'd trusted the man so far and so far Kakashi hadn't done anything horrible to him so how bad could it be?
Once inside Naruto decided he was never going to trust Kakashi ever again and that clearly he should have just stayed in the alley no matter how many muggers or even cold blooded killers frequented the place.
Surely any one of them would have been better company than the majorly creepy 'Do you have a death wish' glaring Uchiha, because there was no mistaking what family that devil had been spawned in. And did the guy really need to wear those blood red contact lenses? Because in Naruto's opinion he'd look menacing enough without them.
After standing there frozen for what seemed like hours with his heart beating in his throat the man finally moved, causing Naruto to flinch like he'd been struck. That was it; Naruto had had way too many bad dreams about red eyed monsters to deal with this shit. He was getting out of there and taking his chances in the alley, but before he could turn around and bolt out of there the man spoke.
"Sit down." It wasn't really a request and Naruto found himself sitting at the opposite end of the table before he could wrap his mind around what the guy had even said.
If Itachi had been shocked to see that particular blond boy walking in through the back door of his tattoo parlor he didn't show it. He never showed much emotion on his face other than annoyance apart from his legendary glares. It didn't mean he wasn't prone to feel anything other than negative emotions, he'd just learned very early on not to show any weakness as his father had called it, usually if something had pleased him it had been taken away. Uchiha heirs apparently should not care about anything else but the business and how to look impeccably dignified while looking down on the commoners. If it hadn't literally been beaten out of him Itachi would have rolled his eyes at the mere thought of it.
When the boy almost started to hyperventilate Itachi cursed Kakashi's foolishness silently, because who else could have brought the boy here and sent him in through this entrance, clearly he had not warned the boy just what he'd be walking into. Clearly the boy wasn't very comfortable around stranger, with good reason, and Itachi knew he wasn't exactly the friendliest looking bloke around. He might be anti-social to a fault and had no difficulty with keeping people away from him with his hard exterior but he took no pleasure in scaring the life out of people who'd already had enough emotional traumas to last them a lifetime.
Therefore Itachi thought a little damage control couldn't hurt; no matter how annoying it might be, so he got up from the table after Naruto had sat down and walked over to the sink.
"Drink this." He said as he placed a glass of water in front of the boy.
Naruto looked at him apprehensively before he tentatively reached for the glass. He didn't take his eyes of the man until he sat down opposite him and looked back; as Naruto's eyes searched the small break room for anything else to look at he could feel the cold eyes boring into his skull.
After what felt like hours of uncomfortable silence Naruto finally stammered. "Uhm� Ka..Kakashi said I should wait he� here."
Itachi just glared at the boy a bit more before he bent down over his papers again. He wasn't cut out for small talk and something told him he'd only manage to scare the boy even more if he tried, so he opted for ignoring him instead.
Naruto was just starting to relax when a loud commotion could be heard from inside the house before a shouting match started up.
Itachi thought the boy was going to jump through the ceiling like a frightened kitten when it started. He put his pen down and rubbed the bridge of his nose with the index fingers of both hands before he got up and walked to the door leading into the main part of the tattoo parlor. He so didn't need this right now. When he ripped the door open the voices could be heard more clearly in the room.
"� The fuck do you mean by that you fucking ugly bastard! You don't know shit! Just go back to whatever hole it is you crawled out of you fucking stitched up freak!"
Naruto vaguely thought he recognized that voice but before he could place it the Uchiha dude spoke up.
"What." Naruto thought it was amazing how just that one word, spoken in a quiet yet dreadfully commanding voice, could successfully shut the screaming men up. "Is the meaning of this?"
When no one answered Itachi continued. "If you don't have a reason, then make sure you don't disturb me again Hidan." He said before he slammed the door and stalked back to his seat. He gave the weary boy a glance as he sat down before he turned his red eyes back to the papers. He didn't know whose fault it had been exactly but Hidan and Kakuzu were the reason he was sitting here on a Saturday redoing the accounting for that week. If that wasn't enough he now had a guy in there with him who looked like he was about to work himself into a nervous breakdown courtesy of Kakashi.
'And speaking of the devil.' Itachi thought as the back door opened again.
"Ah I see you've met Itachi." Kakashi said as he finally made his way into the break room. His statement was met by two almost identical glares; although Itachi's would always be scarier Naruto's surprisingly came quite close. He wondered briefly if Itachi had been teaching the boy while he was away.
"Right, guess we should be going then." Kakashi said as he rubbed the back of his head, he really should have warned Naruto now that he thought about it. "Lots of things to do and all."
As he made his way outside after the quickly retreating back of Naruto he distinctly heard Itachi mutter "Idiot." Under his breath.
"You know you really could have warned me!" Naruto snapped once they were both outside and getting ready for the ride back to school. Although he'd soon figured the guy wasn't going to hurt him or anything it hadn't exactly been a picnic in the park staying cooped up with him in that small room.
"He's not so bad once you get to know him really." Kakashi said as he handed Naruto his helmet. "He's Sasuke's older brother you know."
"I knew he was an Uchiha!" Naruto exclaimed as he put the helmet on. "Guess I should be glad he's not the one stalking me." He shuddered just thinking about it. "As if I don't have enough nightmares already."
Kakashi paused in the middle off fastening his own helmet. "Sasuke's stalking you?" He asked incredulously. "Somehow I find that very hard to believe."
"Well believe what you want, he still is. I can't seem to go anywhere at school without him breathing down my neck while he graciously tries to help me."
"Huh." Was all Kakashi thought to say before he got on the bike in front of Naruto and kicked off. He'd seen the boy sitting with Naruto during lunch recently and although he'd thought it was strange he hadn't really thought that much about it. This was a bit different though and worth looking into, especially after what he'd heard Sasuke's fan club of two talking about outside the cafeteria the other day.
"I didn't know you lived over Akatsuki." Naruto commented.
"Yeah well me and Itachi go way back and he offered me the place when I needed it." Kakashi called back.
"Figures." Naruto mumbled to himself. He just hoped Kakashi didn't have any other majorly weird friends he'd have to associate with in the future.
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If Naruto and Kakashi had known how the day would end they probably wouldn't have been so carefree. But even with all the flashbacks he'd been having even Naruto wouldn't have been able to predict how utterly wrong things were about to turn out. No one did.
Things had been good after they got back to the dojo. Naruto had blushed beat red when Kiba had greeted him with one eyebrow raised and a knowing look on his face but thankfully they had been hoarded into a small class room where they had been shown video's from previous competitions while Gai and Kakashi pointed out mistakes and good techniques and Kiba had known to keep his big mouth shut during that time.
It all came crashing down later when they were paired off to fight one on one. Kiba and Naruto had paired off like they usually did for the first fight. They were pretty equally matched so they tended to use the first fight to warm up properly and get the blood flowing before they moved on to something more challenging.
They found a good spot on the floor and since one on one fighting could often move around they were required to have a lot of space between themselves and the next pair, making it easy for them to talk without being heard, which Kiba took complete advantage off once they started.
"So. Care to tell your good old friend just exactly where you slept last night hmm?" Kiba said as he plunged at Naruto. "Or was there not much sleeping going on?"
Naruto evaded him easily and grabbed a hold of one of Kiba's arms in an attempt to twist him down. "If you must know I slept very well in Kakashi's office."
Kiba used the hold Naruto had on him to pull him closer, managing to land a hit in Naruto's side before the shorter boy let go and jumped out of range again. "And?" He said as he blocked a kick with his arms.
"And." Naruto huffed while he dodged another blow. "That's all I'm going to say on that subject." He grinned before he leapt to the side evading Kiba's charge yet again and managing to trip the boy at the same time.
It all happened so fast that they never saw it coming. They'd been fighting and taunting each other for a while, like they usually did when they fought, when Kiba looked over Naruto's shoulder, spotting Kakashi walking towards them to observe the fight.
"Don't look now Naruto, You're boyfriends coming." Kiba said jokingly while spinning a high kick.
Naruto, who normally didn't get fazed by anything Kiba threw at him, momentarily did. It only took a second but it was long enough for Kiba's kick to land squarely on the side of his head before he could block it. Naruto had just about enough time to feel it coming before his head exploded with pain. He staggered to the side clutching his head.
The room seemed to be spinning and when he looked up he could see Kiba's blurry face but he couldn't hear what he was saying. All he could hear was the pounding in his head as it beat like a heart. Ba-bump. He tried to shake his head to clear it but it only made it worse. Ba-bump. Naruto started breathing faster; he felt like he was going to be sick and the heart beat was driving him crazy. Ba-bump, ba-bump it went on and on in his head like he was stuck in one of his nightmares and couldn't wake up. He staggered once again and found strong hands gripping him tightly. 'He caught me.' Was the last thing that rang through his head before he blacked out.
Kakashi had been walking slowly over to them observing their fight when he saw it happen. It was like he was watching it in slow motion when Kiba said something to distract him and Naruto had quickly turned his head and looked at him before turning back around, way too late to block the kick coming his way and Kiba, not expecting the other boy to lose his focus like that, could do nothing to stop the kick. Kakashi watched as Naruto staggered once and then again while he ran over there, he just managed to grab the boy before he fell down and lost consciousness.
He turned to Kiba and yelled at him to run to the emergency box and get an icepack, sufficiently managing to snap Kiba out of the shock he'd been in up until then and as the boy ran to do as he asked he turned back to Naruto. He carefully changed his grip on the boy as he lowered him slowly to the ground, making sure not to jostle his head. Once he'd positioned the boy securely he felt his skull and then his neck for any fractures or other injuries he might have sustained. Finding none he sighed in relief before he felt the boy's neck for his pulse, it was a bit fast but slowing down at a decent rate.
At that point Gai came running over to them as well and soon after Kiba returned with the icepack and a towel. "Gai, get the students out of here, we don't need an audience!" Kakashi snapped at his co-worker.
"Right�" Was all Gai said before he gestured to Kiba.
"Leave him!" Kakashi snapped again before he ripped the icepack out of the boy's hands wrapping the towel around it before he placed it carefully against the area where the blow had landed.
Gai snapped his hand back like he had been burned before he ushered the rest of the students, who'd at that point come to see what was going on, out of the room.
"Come on Naruto, wake up." Kakashi urged the boy he was now cradling in his arms. After making sure nothing was damaged Kakashi had thrown caution to the wind and settled the boy in his arms.
"Shouldn't he be�"
"What!" Kakashi cut Kiba off.
"N�Nothing." The brown haired boy said as he backed off a bit.
Kakashi knew deep down that the boy was right and that Naruto should indeed be lying down properly but he couldn't bring himself to let him go again.
"Come on. Come on, open your eyes." He urged the boy again.
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Naruto could hear a voice calling him, pleading with him. Begging him to do something he wasn't quite sure about. He felt hands touching his arms, gripping them, but not painfully, even though the firm hold should have hurt his little arms the feeling was a bit numb.
When the blackness started to fade a little Naruto could hear the voice more loudly. The adolescence voice of Take-nii-san.
"Naruto! Wake up Naruto!"
Why did Take- nii-san sound so worried. He was just tired that's all. Was just resting his eyes a bit. Maybe he just wanted him to wake up to play with him. Take- nii-san was supposed to look after him tonight and they were going to play the new game he got for his birthday.
"Naruto... Stay with me! Wake up... Please you have to stay with me!"
What was nii-san talking about now? He was right here, he wasn't going anywhere. He was just tired. Really tired. He tried telling his nii-san that but when he tried to speak he only coughed. He could feel a numb pain start in his chest and he shivered, it was becoming really cold in the room.
"Naruto... open your eyes� please Naruto."
Why was Take- nii-san crying? Naruto fought the tiredness and managed to open his eyes. He was met with the terrified mismatched eyes of his nii-san. Now Naruto was scared. Why was Take- nii-san's face covered in blood? Was he hurt? Naruto tried asking him what was happening but he couldn't speak. He only coughed again. Spraying more blood on his nii-san's face. Suddenly the grip on his hands became painful; the sting in his chest became unbearable. He wanted to scream but he couldn't, he couldn't breathe. He could only cough up more blood, his throat making gurgling sounds when he tried to gasp in air.
And then there were more people in the room. Pulling nii-san away from him. He tried to reach out for Take- nii-san. Tried to protest, but he couldn't move and nothing came out but the sickening red blood. The strangers surrounded him then, shouting at each other before they wrapped him in something and picked him up. He tried to keep it from them but the knife he had been clutching fell from his hands and clattered on the floor. In the panic he could still hear a voice calling him but it sounded different now and there were hands back to gripping his arms, but they were bigger now.
"Naruto wake up! ...please open your eyes!"
Present day Naruto snapped his eyes open. They were met with the single black one of Kakashi's and for a moment Naruto could see his face covered in blood. This time he did what he couldn't do all those years ago when the monster had taken his family away.
He screamed.
A painful, terrified, guttural scream. And once he started he couldn't stop. He just continued screaming and when someone pulled Kakashi away he screamed even more.
Someone else was grabbing him now and he could see people moving about around him just like that night. Somewhere in the back of his mind he knew he should recognize the person in front of him but his mind wouldn't supply him with the information. All he could think about was his nii-san. His whole mind was focused on him. He had to find his Take- nii-san. Where had they taken him? Why had they taken him away?
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