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Children of Darkness	By : Luma Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 1351 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 2
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Title: Children of Darkness
Author: Dying Dreams
Fandom:
Naruto
Feedback: Feedback is always welcome!
Dream:
Damn it! -Wanders around the room swearing profusely-
Naruto:
What's wrong?
Itachi:
A reviewer mentioned Lee and she's mad cause she fucked up with
him.
Naruto:
She did?
Dream:
Uh huh. I'm not sure why or how it happened but I put him as one of
the people Yuki-chan hates. .-. I'd go back and fix it but... bah!
I'll find a way to change it.
Sasuke:
Idiot.
Dream:
Fuck you dickweed.
Itachi:
-Sighs- Just ignore him. You'll find a way to change it. Maybe you
can play it off as if he was never informed?
Dream:
Fuck. You think so?
Itachi:
Yeah.
Dream:
That could so totally work. oO Itachi I love you.
Itachi:
I know.
Dream:
I also love my reviewers. Especially the ones that point out my screw
ups to me. xD You guys rock my socks. Omg I found a way while
writing! xD Yay for me.
Itachi:
You're so lame.
Dream:
Thank you Captain Obvious. Would you like a reward for your
achievements?
Itachi:
Yes.
Dream:
To bad so sad.
Itachi:
A simple no would have sufficed.
Dream:
No.
Sasuke:
I tell you they're complete morons. Anyways. Read and review please.
She threatened to kill me if people don't review.
Naruto:
No she didn't teme. Stop lying.
Shamalan:
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I love you for pointing
that out to me. x3
Damp:
Now that you mention it, it does. xD I never even thought about it
when I was writing it. It just kind of happened and I said fuck it
because I didn't really care at the moment. But I totally agree with
you.
Warnings: Angstyness and
depression. Yay! -Coughs into her hand-
Disclaimer: Don't
own it. The only things I own are the characters and places I create
myself.
Bold/Italic

� time
changes/flashback
Chapter 7
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Iruka sighed for the umpteenth time that day, his eyes fixed on the
still unmoving blond. He hadn't so much as twitched in the last three
days since Yukiko's departure Wednesday morning, well he had but
Iruka hadn't really been around when it happened so he wasn't
entirely sure about it. She'd explained to him what his nervous
breakdown would consist of. It wasn't anything especially bad, but he
fell into a depression that was hard to pull him out of once he was
in it. He'd been told in explicit detail what exactly needed to
happen to pull him out.
He vaguely remembered any of it at this point. The main things were
to keep Taro away from him until he was past it. Make sure he ate,
force feed him if necessary. Make him sleep, knock him out if
necessary. Iruka had done that twice and he felt bad about it. The
third night Naruto had slept on his own, leaning against the wall the
window seat was situated between. Last but not least, keep talking to
him. Get a reaction out of him. The sooner it happened the sooner he
would be over it.
He
had also been told to be aware of violent mood swings. It had
happened during his first nervous breakdown. He would suddenly turn
on whoever it was that was taking caring of him at the exact moment
his visage changed. A twitching eye meant he was becoming angry and
he was to stop whatever he was doing at the moment. This had happened
on three separate occasions and Iruka had immediately let him be. The
Chuunin
sighed
in irritation as he left to prepare a meal for a hungry Taro.
As he headed towards it, he recalled the few moments after Yukiko's
departure.
Wednesday
Iruka smiled weakly at the woman and nodded in understanding. She had
just finished explaining to him what he would need to do if Naruto
fell apart when she left. She was saying her goodbyes to them now.
�But I don't want you to go, obasan!� Taro cried, clinging to the
darkly clothed woman.
�I don't want me to go either, baby. But I have to. I wish I could
stay with you, but I can't.�
Taro sniffled and pulled away. �But you'll come back right?�
�Of course, honey. As soon as I am able I will come back. I
promise.�
�Really?�
�Really.�
�Really really?� he asked childishly.
�Really really,� she replied, kissing him on the forehead.
He smiled sadly as she rose to turn to Naruto. She drew the blond
into her arms and simply held him.
�Be strong,� Iruka heard her whisper. �I know you can do this.
Remember what you promised to do. I will hold you to that.�
Iruka saw the blond nod to what she had said. He never knew what they
had talked about, and he doubted he would be told anyways. When she
drew back, Yukiko gently caressed his whiskered cheek and kissed his
forehead.
�Be good,� she said, probably talking to both father and
son. She smiled as she grabbed her backpack from where it lay on the
floor and shoved her arms through it, pulling the straps over her
shoulders. She stopped by the front door and turned. �Oh, and
Iruka?�
�Huh? What is it?�
�Remember the man things I told you. They are important.�
�Right,� the brunet replied with a quick nod. I won't forget.�
Yukiko smiled and pulled the door open. �I'll be seeing you,� she
said quietly, stepping over the threshold and closing the door
quietly behind her, a resounding click echoing through the quiet
hallway.
Almost immediately, Iruka took Taro upstairs and to stay in his room
until Iruka came back for him. The dark haired child obeyed without
question. Iruka closed and locked the door before rushing back down
to the first floor in time to watch Naruto launch himself at the
front door and claw at it as if he were going to dig through the
wooden slab.
The Chuunin rushed forward and wrapped his arms around the shaking
blond, pinning his arms to his sides. He was sure that if Naruto
could have made any noise at that point, it would probably be a loud
keening sound. His mouth was certainly open to make the noise, but
nothing connected with his vocal chords to express it aloud.
Iruka held the trembling blond as he futilely tried to escape the
firm grasp. After a few moments, Naruto had given up, opting to
instead whirl around and cling to the man who held him so comfortably
within his loving embrace. The blond buried his face against
shoulder, his mind desperately trying to think of what to do.
Iruka knew he wanted Yukiko to come back, but she would not. They
both knew she was not going to return. She was long gone by now.
Naruto knew this.
�It'll be alright,� Iruka said soothingly, gently smoothing his
hand over the blonds locks. �You'll see.�
Naruto didn't respond. Yukiko had said this was the next part to him
falling apart. He was shutting down for the time being. Slowly, Iruka
led the unresponsive blond up to his room, pushing him gently down
onto the bed and pulling the blankets out from underneath his body to
cover him with them. Naruto had remained in his sleeping clothes. The
Chuunin sighed sadly as he withdrew from the room. The first day, the
blond would sleep most of it away. He was told to let him be and to
not disturb him. Iruka was thankful the blond had been fed before she
left.
He sighed as he closed the door, turning to go to Taro's room and let
him out. He would tell Taro what he needed to know, and hope that he
would understand. Upon opening the door, Taro stopped what he was
doing and turned to the brunet.
�Is chichi going to be ok?�
Iruka smiled sadly and nodded. �He'll be fine. He just needs some
time to adjust. He's taking it harder than I thought he would.�
�What do you mean?� he asked, confusion crossing his face.
�For the next few days, I need you to stay away from him.�
�Why? What's wrong?�
�Your chichi isn't handling your obasan's leaving very well, and it
may make him a little, unstable for awhile.�
�Oh. I understand.�
�You do?�
�Uh-huh. I saw it happen when someone from Taiyogakure died last
year. The lady it happened to had always been so nice. She used to
play with me chichi and obasan needed to be alone. Her husband died
in combat and she didn't handle it very well. I haven't seen her
since it happened.�
�How is it that you're so smart and understanding?� Iruka said
sheepishly. �Your chichi was the biggest airhead when he was a
child.�
Taro shrugged and laughed. �I don't know. But if you say I need to
do it, I'll stay away from him until he's better. I don't like it,
but chichi's been through a lot. You're going to help him right?�
�Of course I am,� Iruka said with a smile, drawing the dark
haired boy into a warm embrace. �Your chichi is like a son to me.
I'd do anything for him.�
�Really?�
�Yes.�
�Ok. I believe you,� Taro said, wrapping his small arms around
the brunets neck and hugging him tightly. Taro had found it
exceedingly easy ton trust this man. He wasn't sure why, but he did.
He made him feel safe. Just like his chichi did. Especially when he
was being hugged by the older man.
�So, can I call you ojiisan?� Taro asked, a mischievous smile on
his face.
Iruka stared at him for a moment before breaking into a small fit of
laughter. �Only if you really want to.� He had to admit, the
child was to adorable to deny him anything. Well, almost anything
anyways. �Come on,� he said, rising with the child still in his
arms. �Let's go down stairs and do something fun while chichi
sleeps.�
�Ok.�
Saturday � Present �
Naruto's room
Vacant blue eyes continued to stare through the glass to the outside
world. Everything was falling apart again, and he couldn't take it.
It was just like the last time she had left, only now he had Iruka
instead of someone else taking care of him. He loved the Chuunin. He
would trust him with his life. But he was not Yukiko. During the time
he'd spent with her he'd come to rely heavily upon her to keep him
going. A part of him had died the moment she closed the door. He
wanted her to come back. He needed her to help him like she had done
before.
He knew he had barely moved since Wednesday night after having woken
up. He'd moved to the window and remained stationary. If it weren't
for the rise and fall of his chest and the occasional blinking of his
eyes, he knew Iruka would have thought him dead.
Inside his head he could hear the fox talking, trying to grab his
attention, but he ignored him. He wanted to be left alone.
He never heard the knock on the front door, or the footsteps as they
ascended to the second floor. He ignored the sound of the door being
opened from the outside, the muffled voices becoming clearer. He
never turned or acknowledge the presence of others as his gaze
continued to focus on nothing in particular past the barrier of the
glass. He heard his name being called, but he didn't respond.
�See what I mean?� Iruka said quietly, watching the unresponsive
blond. The four present shinobi nodded. He had contacted them the
previous day and informed them that Yukiko wanted them to help the
blond. He had also told him who was not allowed to see him, Yukiko's
orders of course which were reinforced by the Hokage. Hyuuga Neji had
told him Lee had never been informed and had been on a mission as
well at the same time as he and Shikamaru. Separate mission of
course. Iruka asked him to inform him then when he could.
�So, he just sits there all day staring out through the
window?�Hinata asked softly, pale eyes focused on the blond
ignoring them.
�Yeah. Unless I'm helping him do something, he doesn't do
anything.�
�So what are we supposed to do to help him?�
�Well. Yukiko said either than making sure he ate and slept to just
keep talking to him and try and get a reaction from him.�
�And you've tried this?� Neji asked.
�Of course. But nothing I do or say changed anything.�
Neji nodded and sighed in response.
�Listen. She also told me to be aware of sudden mood changes. If
one of his eyes starts twitching, leave immediately. It'll mean he's
become angry and he might attack. I haven't taken my chances as every
time it happened I left. That's what she told me to do.�
�What else?�
�That's the main thing, but if his eyes start looking up at the sky
it means he's getting worse. If it happens, do whatever it takes to
stop it.�
�It happened before?�
�Yesterday morning. Sometime before I spoke to each of you.�
�Is that it?�
�No, but everything else is minor and easy to recognize if it
happens. Damn it. Look I have to go. Taro's in his room and there's
plenty of food in the kitchen. I can trust you guys to take care of
this right?�
�Of course, Umino-san,� Neji said, the four nodding their heads
in unison, including the normally lazy Nara who would have called the
situation troublesome.
�Good.� Iruka turned and quickly left. He would have stayed if he
hadn't promised Kakashi something.
�What now?� Choji asked, his
eyes focusing on his blond friend.
�We'll just talk to him,� Hinata
said, moving forward into the room. She stepped lightly towards the
window seat, pale eyes looking at the blond before she took a seat at
the opposite side of it.
�Good morning, Naruto-kun,� she
said softly, smiling warmly at him. He didn't so much as even look at
her, his gaze still focused on something outside. �We've missed
you.� She glanced at her cousin and her friends, tilting her head
and beckoning them into the room.
Neji came first, moving to the
window and standing beside his cousin, looking down at Naruto.
�That's right,� he said. �We've all missed you. You're leaving
changed a lot of things.�
Shikamaru mumbled the word
troublesome under his breath before entering the room, seating
himself on the floor against the wall on the other side of Naruto.
�Yeah,� he said. �It was rather troublesome.�
Choji shrugged and entered the room
behind them, moving to lean against the wall next to Shikamaru.
�We're glad you're back,� he said.
Naruto hadn't moved once or even
indicated acknowledgment of their presence. Aside from blinking and
breathing, he had remained perfectly still, vacant eyes remaining
focused on whatever it was he seemed to be staring at so intently.
�Naruto-kun, please look at me,�
Hinata said.
He didn't. She had expected it.
Given the little Iruka had told them, she knew it was going to be
difficult. All four of them knew it would. She kept her gaze focused
on his eyes, knowing she need to watched them as she had the best
viewpoint. She would be able to alert the others if something was
changing.
They sat in silence for a few
moments before she spoke again.
�I heard Sasuke-kun's been holed
up in his home for the past several days. Sakura-san said he hasn't
come out once.�
At the mention of Sakura's name, he
visibly flinched, his body tensing. Hinata immediately stopped
talking, taking the opportunity to look at her cousin. He nodded and
no one said anything for several moments until they were sure Naruto
wasn't go to do something. They could tell he'd relaxed somewhat.
But at the mention of Sasuke's name,
or a few moments after anyways, Naruto's gaze started drifting
upwards. Hinata noticed this and swore inside her head. Doing the
only thing she could think to do, she quickly moved forward and
wrapped her arms around the blond, holding him tightly against her.
Naruto's body remained rigid at the sudden contact, his gaze stopping
it's ascent.
Hinata,

he said to himself. I can't do this. They don't understand.
I need Yukiko here. I need her to be here for me. They don't
understand that I can't do this without her.
�It'll be
okay,� Hinata was saying, lifting a hand and gently petting his
hair.
'No,'
he said. 'Not unless she's here. It won't be okay unless
she's here to help me. Why can't they see that? Why can't they
understand that? She's the only one that can't help me.'
�I know you
want her to be here. Iruka-san told me. She can't be here, but we
can. We want to help you, Naruto-kun. We want you to want us to help
you. You mean so much to us,� she said, her hand still stroking his
hair.
'I don't know,'
he told himself. 'I don't know if you can help me. You
don't know what it's been like. She made it more bearable for me, but
I don't know if you can do the same. You don't know what it feels
like to have your heart ripped in two in front of your eyes. How can
you possibly understand?'
Hinata just
continued holding onto him, not saying anything more. She just hoped
he would let them help him. He had to know that they were there for
him. He needed to know that he could trust them.
�She's right,�
Neji said. �You do mean a lot to us. I know you think we can't help
you, and that it's not going to be okay unless she's here. I
understand that. But you need to trust us. We're here for you, and we
want to help you in any way we can. You just need to believe in us.�
Naruto turned
his head, staring at Neji. 'Believe', he said softly in his
head. 'She wanted me to do that, but I don't know if I can.'

He lowered his head and looked away from him. 'I should. I know I
should. I want to, but I don't know if I can do it. It's so hard
though. They just don't know how much I need her. For four years she
and Taro were all I had to keep me going. I don't know if they can do
that for me.'
'Just believe
in them,' another voice said.
'Kyuubi?'
'Yes,'
the fox replied. 'Can't you see how much they want to help
you?'
'I do, but I just don't know if I
can do it.'
'You have to,'
he said calmly. 'She won't be back any time soon to help
you. You know that as well as I do. Just let you're friends help you.
They're all you have now. And Taro. You have to trust them, kit. You
know this. You can't have her back. Not any time soon.'
Naruto sighed
and nodded slowly at the fox. 'I know. I know all of this! It's
just hard, you know? I don't like being somewhere without her. She
helped bring me out of my depression when I left here. She was there
for me. They weren't. They didn't see what I was like. She did!'
Kyuubi laughed.
'No of course not, but that's because you've taken to hiding.
You've got all of these walls surrounding you, no one can possibly
get in. yo shut them all out because you're afraid. You're weak.
Well, your mind is weak anyways. You figure that if you keep shutting
yourself away like this, everything will go away and you can be
alone. Not going to happen and you know it. You have to let the walls
fall. You have to let yourself trust someone other than that woman
and your son!'
'Don't say that!' Naruto
hissed. 'She's done so much for me, and you know all about
it. When I left she was all I had! I felt like everyone had turned
against me. Just like it's always been.'
'Naïve little fool,

the fox growled. You let yourself believe that because of
the Uchiha bastard! At least these four care enough to be here for
you now. I'd bet they would have been there for you before ha they
been given the chance. Don't be so quick to judge when you know
practically nothing about anything!'
Naruto stared at
the fox, eyes wide. 'How can you be so sure? How can you be so
damn sure that they would have done anything before? For all I know
they simply feel sorry for me. The demon boy with the broken heart.'
'You're so god damn lucky I can't
touch you right now, otherwise I'd slap you. You may not notice the
goings on around you, but I do. These four. I've seen how they look
at you, like you're someone dear to them. Perhaps another sibling.
The Hyuuga girl has long since gotten over her crush, but I'll be
damned if she doesn't care. That girl loves you, as do the other
three. You just won't let yourself see it because you keep pushing
those walls back into place and pushing everyone away. It's god damn
near miracle you let that Chuunin back into your life. Who knows what
would happen if you hadn't huh? We both know you can't take care of
yourself, much less your child. You need all the help you can get.'
Naruto sniffed
and nodded. He knew he was right. He just didn't want to admit it.
Accepting their help would change everything. Walls would crumble and
he would teeter on the edge of falling off. There would be no coming
back should he fall. He would perish, and it would be the end of
whatever was left of Uzumaki Naruto for good.
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Dream:
So anyways... I'm tired.
Itachi: Why?
Dream:
Early morning class at school. Six fucking thirty in the morning. I
fucking hate it.
Sasuke: So why are you taking it
then?
Dream: Because it's one of the General Education
classes I need to take for my major.
Itachi: Ah.
Dream:
They're all killing off my brain cells one at a time. Especially my
creative writing class. I keep hitting road blocks when I try to
write things for it. Fucking sucks. Hell that last assignment I
practically pulled out of my ass.
Itachi: Yeah I didn't
need to hear that thanks.
Dream: Ugh. Sorry. It's just
frustrating.
Naruto: It'll get better.
Dream: God
I hope so. -Crawls off to bed-
Itachi: -Watches her
go-
Sasuke: So anyways... Since she obviously isn't going
to torment us this time, so please review. It'll really make her
happy. Her being frustrated and creatively drained isn't good for us.

Naruto: -Nods and repeats what Sasuke said- Review please!
Sasuke:
Dobe. -Drags him off into another room-

Clone of Dream: Hot damn. -Grabs her camera and follows-
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