Someone To Run To

Chapter seven: I remember

Naruto POV

"Do you need a reminder?"

A reminder. I don't need one, I will always remember it. Kiba. It was all my goddamn fault. It was all before the downfall, before I even met Kabuto, yet somehow he was behind it all.

-dramatic flashback time-

I sat on the swing alone, rocking back and forth. It creaked and shook as I swung, but it didn't matter to me, this was just something fun I could do on my own. When I say that, you may just think I'm an introvert, or that I'm shy, but its actually quite the opposite. I just.. Didn't have any friends. Don't get me wrong, I defiantly tried my best to get some, but none of the kids here seem to like me at all.

As I was swinging, I heard something behind me, footsteps and someone giggling. I turned around just in time to be pushed extremely high. It was Kiba. The class clown and prankster, not popular, but close to it.

"Glad to know I'm not the only one with a bed head uzamaki!" He yelled happily. Its true his brown hair is normally always a mess, no matter how much his mum tries, and believe me, she tries. I was surprised he talked to me, but I was so so happy about it, that I didn't care.

"At least I don't have it 24/7!" I yelled back while laughing.

--a couple of months later (long flashback here guys XD)--

From then on we actually become pretty close friends throughout primary school, and we even chose the same high school. We were like brothers at that point, and we always made each other laugh.

We both made some new friends, and things were going okay. Until the accident.

Remember before, when I told you about that nuisance kyuubi? Yeah, he plays a big role in this. Basically me, Kiba and a few other friends had went to hang out outside of school one day. And... I have these pills, to surpress kyuubi. I didn't take them that day, or the day before, as I was determined to cope without them. I didn't want to be reliant on them forever.

We all decided to have a sleepover at kiba's and someone said something that clearly pissed kyuubi off. Kiba still has the scar today.

People obviously avoided me after that, some started bullying me, obviously thinking I was some sort of
Psycho freak. But.. Kiba stood by me. He shouldn't have.

One day, some random classmates decided I was a punching bag, and kiba intervened. There was too many of them, and they weren't holding back. He ended up in a coma.

It was horrible, watching him be beaten so bad he fell unconscious, all for me. I was unharmed, while he was like that. His family decided I was causing him too much harm, so once he was out of the coma, he moved away.

-flashback over-

Kabuto claims to know where he lives, and it scares me, knowing he can just go there any time he likes.

It turned out he hired those guys to do that. It turns out he knows more about me than I ever could.

As I stare at the blade he's holding, I realise how much I truly am to blame.