𝐈𝐭 𝐈𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐈𝐧 𝐌𝐲 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 | 𝑺. 𝑮𝒂𝒂𝒓𝒂 ✔️

Funeral

Naruko sat on the bed and stared at her brother who had his gaze focused on the ground. Right...He was sad too. she thought. She got up and quickly changed as her brother did the same. They weren't wearing their normal outfits. No.. They were wearing all black. 'The funeral...' 

She thought as she began brushing her teeth. She looked at her brother who had bandages on his face. He had told her what happened to distract her. It worked as she fell asleep while he was talking out of sadness.

Her and Naruto met up with Sakura and Sasuke. Nobody dared to talk. They all left to the funeral as others began lining up. There were the village elders in front of them. There was a few moments of silence before people began placing flowers. Sakura went first out of the three. Sasuke was next, Naruto was third. And Naruko was last. She walked up to the other flowers and carefully placed hers down, Oblivious to the stares of all of the ANBU And Jounin who had seen her cradling The old man. It was raining at this point and Naruko couldn't hold it in anymore. She cried silently as she was greatly thankful for the rain that covered her tears. She closed her eyes and Calmed herself.

"Goodbye..Gramps. I'm afraid we won't see each other again." She mumbled as she walked away. she went back to her brothers side before she heard crying. 'Alright' she thought 'I need to put all of my feelings away' she Tried to put a hand on his shoulder but it froze mid air and slowly returned to her. 

Seeing the boy cry only reminded her of what was happening. Tears began falling against her will as she lowered her head to hide her tears. 

Thankfully Iruka Hugged the sad boy and comforted him. This scene only made her cry louder as she remembered The hokage doing the same to her as she was beat up one day. The other genin looked at her with sad eyes and didn't know what to do. Naruko Uzumaki was crying. They had never seen her cry before, She always had a smile or bored face on. But she never cried. At Least not in front of others. They all wanted to help her,to comfort her. But they didn't know how.

Suddenly Naruko was engulfed into a hug. She knew who it was by their chakra. She finally cried freely as the person knew she would- Hoped she would. She gripped onto their shirt and sobbed into their chest trying to hide her tears. The other jounin looked at the girl sadly as the silver haired man comforted her.

"Naruko. You dont have to hide your emotions. Let them all out, we are here for you." Kakashi whispered into her ear as the two hugged each other. Naruko Cried Harder than she ever had in her entire life. She didn't like this feeling in her heart and she just wanted it to stop.

"It won't stop...The pain in my chest won't stop, I dont know why ,I want it to stop." She sobbed. This broke the heart of even the most cold hearted adults in the funeral. The girl didn't even understand why she was feeling pain.

"we all feel this pain in our chest. Yours Is much greater than ours. You loved the hokage more than many can say as he did you. The pain will always be there. It will just ease a little with the help of others." Kakashi said as they hugged tighter.

Naruko Closed her eyes as she tried to control her tears but to her dismay they kept on falling without her permission. Eventually she stopped crying but continued hugging her sensei. Maybe she could accept the help of someone. Just this once though. Next time it would be her who would have someone crying on her shoulder. She released from the hug as she looked at her sensei who smiled at her sadly. She Finally built enough self control to smile back at him shocking the others. She turned back saying-