Fukkeka

Fukkeka

Chapter One

"If you ever lay a hand on my sensei- I'll kill you," I half shout at the white haired ninja before me. Slowly he stands up, regaining his balance. Iruka Sensei lays leaning on a tree trunk, only about twenty feet away, bleeding out- I don't have much time.

"Such big words," the ninja says angrily, as if all I am is a bug in his way. "I can completely destroy you with a single move." He balls his fists up and his bored face changes to one of anger and disgust. I glare at the ninja, Mizuki. A mix of chakra and enraged adrenalin pump through my veins and I find my self having trouble containing it.

I bring my hands up to my face, forming the correct hand sign, "Take your best shot fool, I'll give it back to you a thousand fold!" I try to steady my chakra, but that has always been on of my worst abilities. I look over to Iruka-Sensei, he's still on the ground bleeding, but now, he's smiling. My strength doubles with the pride; he thinks that I can save him. I won't let him die.

"Let's see you try!" Mizuki shouts, his face turning red in fury and impatience, "Show me what you can do- nine tailed fox!" My anger begins to boil over; it's finally time to release it.

"Shadow-clone Jutsu!" I cry out, releasing all of my chakra into this one move. A cloud of dust that had been churned up from my chakra covers my view. How many did I summon? I try to see past the dust, but cannot. Feeling as if I was the only one, I turn quickly to where Mizuki was but- he is not there anymore! I spin around- where is he?

"Nice try fox demon!" I hear above me, I look up just in time to see Mizukis' foot come in contact with my face, I try to grip to my strength, but I had already given up too much. Struggling as much as I could, I watch as the world around me slowly slips into darkness.

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Pain. Unbearable pain creeps and crawls up and down my neck and spine. I shift my position under the thin sheet and blink my eyes open into the bright light that was pouring in through a small window on a nearby wall. Where am I? Tenderly I reach up to the top of my head and touch the sore area- what happened? Iruka-sensei…

Remembering what was happening before I was knocked out; I bolt upright wanting to leave, and then scream in agony from the unbelievable pain. It feels like one by one kunai are being jabbed into my spine. Where am I? Where is Iruka-sensei? Without turning my neck too much, I look around the small white room. A medical cabinet sits in the corner- so is this the hospital then?

There is another cot in the room, but it's empty. If anybody had been lying there, they would have been awakened by my loud shouts of pain. I have to get out of here; I have to find Iruka-sensei. Slowly and gingerly, I slide my legs off the side of the stiff bed. I have to find him, to make sure he is all right. The pain bites at me and I cringe and try to bear it. My feet touch the cold floor and I try to stand, the pain getting progressively worse. I try to push myself onto my legs, but my shoulder blades ache from the strain. Finally, after so much time, I begin to stand, and at about that time, the door swings open.

"Thank you Hirugashi," a young nurse says to the man holding the door for her as she steps in with a tray of food. She smiles to him and he grins back to her, leaving with the door closing behind him. She looks over to me and gasps, setting the tray down on a nearby counter. "What are you doing," she exclaims, rushing over to try to coax me back onto the mattress. "You shouldn't be standing for a couple more days," she says, leaning me back onto my pillow. I collapse from the small amount of pressure that she applied.

"Where's Iruka-sensei?" I ask, my voice cracked from the pain, but I did not sit back. She stops for a moment, looking at me, and then goes over to the tray she had set down. As she lifts up the lid, the smell of soup hits my nose, and my stomach growls in anticipation.

"You really shouldn't be moving around," she says as she sets the tray on a small table near me. Her eyes did not even come close to looking at me. What is wrong here? Angrily, I ask again.

"Where's Iruka-sensei?" she doesn't stop this time I say it. Instead, she sets a glass and a pitcher of water by the tray and quietly leaves the room, closing the door behind her. My doubts fill up and I suddenly find my strong appetite gone. I turn off of my back and lay on my stomach, smothering my face with the pillow. He made it, he had to of made it. I grit my teeth angrily and somehow drift off again to sleep.

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"I felt so horrible," I hear in the darkness, right outside of the door. It's the nurse. "What was I supposed to say to him? I couldn't just lie you know," her voice was worried and weighted down with what felt like regret.