The Memory Keeper (Naruto Fanfic)

Chapter Nineteen- The Explanation for Everything

Hey, Hi, Hello.

Welcome to chapter nineteen. This is mostly talking, and I mean a lot of talking. Please enjoy it! The song is 'Grim Goodbye' by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. Most parts of it describe Kimi:D

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Naruto, because Masashi Kishimoto does.
WARNINGS: Angst, cussing, a memory. Kimi is majorly OOC, but just temporarily.

Anything in bold is important or with emphasis.
This is what memories look like.
This is what Kimi's thoughts look like.
'This is what song lyrics look like.' 

So it begins~
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'Fate seems to recreate,
I just cannot escape.
Something holds me down
and makes me act a way
I can't explain.
Even now I can feel it
coming over me, choking me,
as I'm falling behind
you can say you know me
but you have no clue what
my dreams could show you.
And darkness is fading in,
and darkness is real...'

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   "Kimi-chan, wake up," a voice whispers, rousing me from sleep. I draw my blankets around me tighter, ignoring them. I was still tired and I wanted to sleep. "Imouto-chan. Up."

   They begin poking me gently in the side. I sigh and roll over to face them, untangling myself from the comforter. It's Masao-nii-san. "Aniki," I mumble, "I'm trying to sleep."

   Masao-nii-san laughs. "Imouto, I know. I just wanted to say goodbye- I'm leaving on a very important mission and I won't be back for a while." He has a small, sad smile on his face. I look at him- he's wearing his special jonin gear, the long-term kind. This was serious. I fling my arms around his shoulders and hug him as tight as I could.

   "I love you aniki," I tell him, arms still around him. "Please come home soon. I'll miss you!"

   He laughs and hugs me back. "Love you too, imouto. I'll miss you too. And I'll try to be home as soon as possible."

   I pull back, biting my lip. I was only eight. I didn't want to lose my brother. I nod at him, smiling softly, and he leans over and kisses the top of my head. Then he's gone, disappearing out of my bedroom door and down the hall. Silent as ever. 

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   I was in a hospital room.

   That much was clear- the ceiling above me was a bit blurry, but it was completely white. On the bottom edge of my vision I could see three different hair colors- silver, blonde and inky black. My team. They were here. I can hear a steady beeping noise, but it sounds far away. Muffled, like I had a pillow covering my ears. My body tenses as the tuft of silvery hair moves until Kakashi-sensei is leaning directly over me. His obsidian eye watches me carefully.

   "Ah. Kimi-chan, you're awake," he says, and then the blonde and black hair move until Naruto and Sasuke are leaning down over me, staring at me like Kakashi-sensei was.

  "Hai." My voice seems muffled, like all the other noises, and my throat is dry. My whole body aches with pain. I try to sit up, and Kakashi-sensei helps me by looping his arm underneath me and propping me up. Now I'm sitting the right way, so I can see the hospital room better. It's pretty simple- some machinery, my cot, a couch and a particularly ugly painting hanging on the wall opposite my bed. A glance to the side reveals there's a side table next to my bed, and there are three plastic folding chairs. Probably what my team was sitting in.