The Girl With The Scars Book 2 {A Naruto FanFiction}

Stalking (again)

I wake up to a knocking on my door. I roll out of my duvet cocoon and pace to the door. I open the door wide. "Follow me" Kakashi is at the door with Naruto. I thrown on my normal tank and put on some leggings, not wanting to get into full gear if I don't need to. I walk beside Naruto and two frogs. "Gamakichi and boss toad, Why are you guys here so early, did something happen?" Naruto acknowledges the toads. "Yeah-"

"The hokage'll tell 'em so keep your big yap shut!" the bigger frog scolds the smaller one on top of his head. Naruto and I look at each other confused. "Just hurry up," Kakashi called over his shoulder.

We opened the door and see a four frogs in the room. Frog party? We walk further into the room and stand next to Sakura and Sai. "So this is Jiraiya boy's pupil?" an old frog on a little chair on a frog asks. "A grampa frog now, what the hell?" Naruto says and I elbow him. "He is one of the great heads of hermit from the mountains!" Tsunade exclaims. "Anyway, so you ARE Jiraiya boy's pupil?" the old frog pushes on. " Boy? Jiraiya boy?! Pervy Sensei summons you so whaqt the hell is this wrinkly frog's problem!?" Tsunade tells him to shut up and tells him how he taught Jiraiya. Naruto's eyes widen.

The old frog laughs at the name his student got. "So why are you here?" Naruto asks. "Well, How do I begin... Jiraiya boy was killed in action," I felt the air get heavy after he said killed. "What?" Naruto stares foward, unable to comprehend what he was just told. "W-What are you talking about?" Naruto asks. I feel my heart drop as I look at him. "During his final moments, he left a final message," the old frog shows his back to him. 9, 31, 8, 106, 7, 207, 15, are the number that seem to be etched in his back. The room is quiet for a moment as we all take in what is happening. "Granny, did you send him there?" Naruto asks in a low voice. And equally low voice responds,"Yes," With that Naruto lashes out at her,"WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING?! WHY DID YOU LET HIM TAKE SUCH A RISKY-"

"Enough," Kakashi cuts him off,"You should know exactly how the fifth feels," he continues. "Fuck this, If Pervy sensei was the hokage he wouldn't have let you go," he opens the door and leaves. "Naruto!" Sakura calls out out to him. But Tsunade stops her, say to leave him alone for a while. I bite my lip and teleport outside, I know they would let me because no one in their right mind would try to stop me. I follow close behind him. Iruka offers to take him to ramen, but he refuses. I feel a pang in my heart as he says that. He heats up instant ramen but doesn't eat it. I sit outside of his window and try my best not to interfere. He leaves and gets a two sided Popsicle. Tears roll of his cheeks as the it melts. I come out of the shadows. "So what are we gonna do know?" I ask him. He looks up at me. "We? You mean me? Because you barely even knew him," he slumps down. "No, we. Because I'm gonna help you all the way through," I smile softly.  "You were is favorite, star pupil. He wouldn't want you to be so down about it," I try comforting him. "I doubt he even thought that far," he says. "Naruto, you will be ok this is just temporar-"

"WHAT IF IT ISN'T TEMPORARY HONO? WHAT IF I WON'T BE OK? WHAT WILL I DO THEN?" he yells out of despair. "Naruto, trust me," I whisper. "BUT WHY SHOULD I? YOU HAVE NEVER LOST SOMEONE YOU HAVE HAD ACTUALLY KNOWN FOR MORE THAN A YEAR, DAMMIT!" he stands up as he yells. Those words hurt. I know he is just angry but it hurt because it is true. Everyone I get close to ends up dying. But they haven't. I still have to keep them safe.

"Naruto, you can not live like this! People die all the time. This is the ninja world! You can't let death stop you," I try to reason with him. "Oh yeah sure, like death didn't stop you. You are the one who almost killed herself because of other people! This is nothing compared to your reaction!" he yells at me. I bite my lip. "This isn't about that,it's about you in the here and now. How will everyone react when they see you like this! You have people out there who need you!" I raise my voice desperately trying to get through to him. "SURE WHO ACTUALLY NEEDS ME?!" he screams louder than before.

I whisper to myself almost inaudibly. "WHAT NOW?" he continues to scream. "ME DAMMIT! I NEED YOU!" I snap. His angry face drops. "I say I don't need others but I do. Hell, you are usually the one who keeps me safe from myself. You are always there for me and now I finally get to be here for you," my voice cracks."I-I'm sorry I said such rude things," he says. "You're right, I can't continue like this," he sits back down. "It's fine, you were mad anyway," I dismiss. There is a long pause as I gaze at him.

 I sit beside him and sigh. I take the Popsicle in his hands and break it in two. I give him the bigger half and I smile softly at him.He takes it and gave me back a small smile. "Thank You," he mutters. "No problem," we sit in comfortable silence, eating our Popsicles.

"By the way, I was following you the whole day," I slip in quietly. He looks at me,"What?" 

"What?" I say back. "What did you just say?"

"Nothing," I say inconspicuously. "Sure, stalker," he comments knowing what I said. "It was more like watching from far away out of compassion,"