Beautiful Nightmare (a Naruto fanfiction)--ON HOLD

Chapter 2

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto and any of its characters. I only own the plot, Shin, Reiko and other characters that doesn’t actually appear on Naruto.

Chapter 2

KAKASHI’S POV

It’s been a week now since Reiko had been admitted to the hospital and she still hadn’t spoken a single word to anyone. The doctor said that it was because of what happened to her family and that she only needs time and someone to trust on to be finally be able to move forward but I’m starting to doubt myself if I can be that one to help her. I sighed. Maybe the hokage had been wrong for choosing me as her guardian.

“Reiko?” I asked aloud as I enter her hospital room. I scanned the area and saw her looking out the window quietly and she just looked at me to indicate that I got her attention.

“The doctor said that we can go now.” I said and she started to make her way to me, not saying anything again. I sighed. I hope she’ll be okay with me.

*TIME SKIP= 1 month*

 I’m now on my back home from a mission and I’m really anxious about Reiko. It has been a month now since Reiko started living in my apartment and I’ve gotten quite used to living with her but it gets difficult sometimes; I go out on a mission and when she’s out of supervision, she tries to kill herself. She’s been admitted to the hospital 5 times already and I’m worried that when I get back, I’ll have to bring her for the 6th time.

When I got to my apartment, It was dark and as I was about to go to Reiko’s room; I saw a figure in the kitchen. I narrowed my eyes and saw that it was Reiko.

And she was holding a knife.

To her chest.

As soon as I saw what she was about to do, I quickly made my way to her and grabbed the knife. I felt enraged at what she’s going to do and I snapped.

“Do you have any idea what you’re doing?” I shouted at her.

“Why do you want to die so badly Reiko? I’ve been trying to put up with you and your suicide attempts but it has gone too far! How do you think your parents would feel if they were to know that you’ve been trying to kill yourself because of them?” I continued as I now bent to her level and held her shoulders to make her listen to me but she just kept her head down making me unable to see her face.

I sighed.

“I’m so sorry I snapped at you Reiko but I’m just really worried about you. Every time I’m gone, I always end up finding you in a pool of blood.”

I sighed again.

“I guess I just really suck at being a guardian huh?” I said and she shook her head. That’s when I notice some liquid drop at her action.

“Are you crying? I’m so sorry Reiko…” I said as I started to panic.

“You’re not a bad guardian.” I heard a voice say and I froze, looking at Reiko.

Did she just speak to me? Or was it just my imagination?

“You’re not a bad guardian.” She repeated then looked up at me with tears in her eyes.

“I’m sorry Kakashi-san.” She said and before I even realized what I was doing, I wrapped my arms around her and hugged her tightly. I felt her body stiffen and i finally realized what I had just done. I was about to let go and apologize when she wrapped her arms around my back and leaned her head to my shoulder.

“Thank you.” She said.

“For what?” I asked.

“For putting up with me and understanding me. I know that what I’ve been doing is wrong but I just can’t live knowing that my family was killed because of me.” She said weakly.

“Because of you?” I asked and I felt her nod. I unwrapped my arms around her and looked at her straight in the eyes.

“Can you please tell me what happened?” she looked away for a second then looked back at me.

“Okay.”

*AFTER THE STORY TELLING

“It’s all my fault.” She said with tears.

“They died because of me.” I wrapped my arms around her again to comfort her.

“No it’s not. I’m sure that your family wouldn’t want you to blame yourself for what happened. Do you seriously think they’d be happy to know that you’ve been trying to kill yourself because of them?” I said softly.

“N-no.” she said after a while.

“What do you think they’d want you to do?” I asked her, looking at her straight in the eyes.

“They’d…want me to…l-l-live on.” She said after thinking of something.

“See?” I said smiling a little but I’m sure she didn’t see it because of my mask. I was about to stand up to my full height when I felt something warm hit my cheek.

“Thank you Kakashi-san.” Reiko said then went to her room.

I just stood there for a while with my left hand on my cheek that she had just kissed. Finally, I stood up and went to my room smiling. If this is what I get for doing a good job, then I should make sure that I do well.

A/N: I'm too busy to write long chappys and i'm trying to catch up on some sleep so for those reading this, hope this is ok. i'll make another one later.