Reborn (Naruto World/OC)

Poison is Not Fun

Here we go! I splurged on updating this week and after this I'm going to start regularly updating every month. I planned everything out for the next 20 chapters  so I won't hesitate in what to write.

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The funeral was suffice to say...depressing. I've been to a few funerals, two of them being my former parent's and none of them felt like this.

Not many people attended, since the Uchihas kept to themselves, as they had few friends outside of the clan. I'm not sure who was friends with the family and who was there just out of respect. The clan heads were required to attend, even Hyūga-sama which was slightly amusing to see his pinched face, being forced to attend the funeral of someone he despised. I'm sure I saw a hint of respect flash cross his features before he's back to his no-nonsense personality.

There were so many gravestones, the large graveyard was filled to the brim. They almost had to dispose of some bodies with the little space but they somehow made it fit, which I'm glad.

It was a closed casket funeral, apparently the bodies were too mangled to show. The caskets were decorated with flowers, with the Uchiha banner framing the Uchiha head and his wife, Fugaku-san and Mikoto-san. My heat ached a the thought of Fugaku's silent appreciation of me and Mikoto's motherly feeling.

I wish Sasuke were here to attend but I'm a little bit relieved he didn't. I don't know how he would take it. Ever since he woke up, he hasn't said a word. Naruto, done with his silence, ended up punching him but still no reaction. 

Naruto refuses to visit him until he says something. I still go in everyday. I don't speak to him though, I just sit there in silence, staring out the window. He hasn't once looked at me and doesn't seem to respond to anything.

I've brought him gifts, mainly food, hoping he would eat what I bring him since he refuses to eat the hospital food.

He hasn't even glanced at the food, and it just sits there until it goes bad. The IV is still connected to him, providing him nutrients so he wouldn't starve but sooner or later the nurses are going to end up force feeding him.

It was at this moment that I felt something for Itachi in a while. Resentment. He's reduced Sasuke to this husk. I didn't visit Sasuke for a week, trying to get over my anger. Once I cooled down, I went back into the routine of sitting by Sasuke.

I feel like if I was there when he woke up, he would have had something to latch onto. It was a selfish thought but I just wanted him to do something, anything. I don't care if it was yelling or even crying. I needed him to respond.

But no one was there when he woke up, he woke in the dead of the night. He woke up alone and confused.

When I walked in after school, I wasn't expecting him to be awake. He was sitting up, staring at the bed sheets. He looked dead, if it wasn't for the steady beep of the heart monitor I would've thought he was too.

I ended up ruining the Lilies when I dropped them on the floor but I was too busy hugging Sasuke to care for them.

I tried to get him to talk but he wouldn't even look at me.

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"Naruto, don't be stupid." My scathing remark didn't work as well as I thought since I could barely hide the worry in my voice.

"Just prank them and be done with it." Naruto's eyes sparked at the thought of a prank but scrunched up his face up in determination, "I'm going to do this, 'ttebayo!"

I sighed, "I'm going with you." I sat up, a little too quickly, and paused as my stomach curled.

"Mayu-chan!" Naruto sped forward and rested his hands on my shoulders, pushing me back down, "You're sick, you have to rest!"

He reached down and picked up the bucket, shoving it into my arms. 

This was a stupid idea, these stupid civilian boys in our class decided to have a stupid "test of courage", I don't what that entails but now Naruto is going outside the village to join them.

I frankly don't trust them, they've always picked on Naruto and now they were inviting him to participate in this stupid little game. And it was outside the village.

I need to go with him but I can't move without having the urge to hurl everywhere.

Mother caught a virus and she's been stuck in bed for a week. She's the one who always cooks dinner but now that she's out of commission, me and Father always have to go out to eat, always bringing some for mom. 

Father decided to try cooking for once, it looked pretty good, tasted fine. He copied one of mom's dishes by soaking the fish in milk. Turns out that the milk was expired since no one had bothered to go shopping for a week.

Now I have food poisoning. 

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"Iruka-sensei!" As soon as we entered the classroom, he bounded off towards Iruka, grinning in excitement. 

There he goes again, trying to gain approval from the people who hate him.

I followed after Naruto but halted.

I was shocked to see Iruka smile at him. That's new. He usually looks irritated.

I tensed as his hand raised up. My fingers twitched, ready to vault forward and beat in his face if he harmed Naruto.

Iruka's hand reached up and ruffled Naruto's hair who's face was turning red with happiness. 

Iruka's smile fades slightly when he sees me and says lightly, "Good morning, Mayu-chan."

I raise an eyebrow at the honorific and grunt in greeting. I don't know what he's playing at but he wasn't fooling me.

I drag Naruto to the back, ignoring Naruto's squawks about our usual seats in the front. I force him down into the seat and stare at him.

"Spill." I commanded. He blushed and scratched his head sheepishly.

"Iruka-sensei saved me." My frown increase and he hurriedly adds, "It was when I went to the hills. I was attacked by some ninjas and Iruka rushed in!"

As he carried on he started getting more excited, "He took out this weirdo with a gross face and then he went, swoosh, and threw kunai at this other guy, don't remember what he looked like but he was ugly...And then he picked me up and threw me into a bush, I almost got hit by this guy's kunai! He was so cool, he took them on, and Iruka almost got hit by this weird bullet of water so he grabbed me and ran off towards the gates!"

"And then-!" I slammed my hand down onto his mouth and sighed, "Okay, I get it. You were stupid and Iruka saved you."

A muffled shout escaped him and I smiled with amusement. I dropped my hand and sighed. Iruka saved him and now he's treating Naruto as if he's liked him all along. Either he's stringing him on or he genuinely cared for him.

I eyed Naruto critically who stared at me, "Did he treat you to ramen?"

Naruto brightened and nodded furiously, "Yeah! I hounded him and eventually he gave in and I was so happy!"

At least he's doing something right.

"I think Iruka-sensei is broke now..." He added as an afterthought and looked to the side, contemplating, "He ended up lecturing me which was so boring but kinda cool.."

I glanced down at Iruka to see him shuffling through some papers, getting ready for class that was to start in a couple of minutes. He looked up, feeling my gaze. I frowned but hesitantly smiled and gave him a little wave.

He looked surprised and then smiled, going through his work with a new fervor.

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I guess Iruka is cool....