The Demons We Share. (Naruto Fanfiction)

#31

"Did you not hear me before?!" I yell out, "I'm not fighting you guys!" He then grips my shirt with one hand and gets close to my face, "why's that?! Is it because you're a shinobi you think you have a better chance of winning?!" I grip his wrist and shove him away from me, "no!" I say, "because if I do that, this whole place will come down, and you'd all die!"

"Bullshit!" He yells out, "now I know you're just bluffing! There's no way someone as small as you could do that!" I point at him while I feel veins pop on my neck, "small?!" I scream, "I'm the second tallest here! So who the hell you calling small?!" He slaps my hand away and points to a cellar behind him, "fine then! Open that cellar's door!"

I shove him aside as I stomp over, "this is a waste of time!" I yell out as I place my hands on the iron door, "you got this, Toru!" A girl yelled out. 'Toru?' I think to myself, is that his name? I turn around to see why she was cheering for Toru, turn out he was about to shove a whole katana through my back! "What the fuck?!" I yelled out, "that's it! I warned you, Toru!" I jumped back, kicked the katana upwards, so it flew out of his hands, and I punched Toru across his right cheek.

Toru crashed through the brick wall that separated this large room from the kitchen; the dust-filled the place, and I heard some kids cough a lot. I sighed and rubbed my forehead, "see? This is why I didn't want to fight!" I say out loud so he could hear me, but there wasn't a response back. "Hey! Toru! Wake up!" A little boy said as he poked Toru with a stick, "don't die!"

"He's not dead," I say, "only unconscious. Look, place him on the bed, and ill fix it." The same brat who slapped my hand earlier storms up and glared at me, "why should we listen to an intruder like you?!" I slam my fist into my palm, "because if you don't, then Toru won't be able to feed you all! Now shut your mouth and do as I say!!" I say as I point to one of the nearby beds as I stare down at her with an intense glare.

~Five Minutes Later~

"Have a good beauty rest?" I say as I have my arms crossed on my chest, "you napped like a baby." Toru slowly wakes up and places a hand on his now swollen cheek, "ow," he groans a bit. "The hell?!" He says as he looks at me; I only shrug. "Hey, you tried to stab me. You're lucky that I held back; if I didn't, well, let's just say your head would be as flexible as an owl's."

Toru sits up and spits something out into his other palm; he spat out a tooth! "Ugh," he says, "and I wanted to rip this one off myself." I snicker a bit, "you're welcome," I say, "if you got any other loose teeth, I could help." I start to crack my knuckles, but Toru glares at me briefly before setting his tooth aside. "How the hell did you heal me? You don't look like a healer at all," Toru says.

"You're right; I'm not." I say as I lean back on the chair, "I used a little potion someone gave me. Although, I did consider if your situation was actually that critical even to waste a drop." Toru's eyebrow twitches slightly before he gently places his hand on mine, "thank you."

I stare at him blankly for a second before freaking out as I blushed, and falling backward as I sat, "w-what was that?! Why are you so nice all of a sudden?!" Toru gets out of bed and stares down at me, "Oh shut up!" He says, "I'm saying thanks just because you thought I was important to waste a drop of medicine!" I get off and rub the back of my head, "well yeah, because if you didn't wake up, then these kids would probably starve without you." I feel someone stare at me, I look up and see it's Toru, but this stare isn't an angry one.

"Um, what is it?" I say, "did I say something bad?" Toru suddenly grabs one of my hands and begins to lead me down a flight of stairs, "hey! Where the hell are you taking me?!" Toru slightly looks back at me, and I get surprised by this new look in his eyes; even if he didn't say it, it felt like he was asking for help.