Everyone had ignored him, so he'd become loud and pulled pranks. Mainly involving graffiti.
Something had gone wrong though. When he'd tagged a shop that had thrown him out, the owner had come out and started throwing KUNAI at him! Naruto had ducked and dodged, but he'd still gotten hit in his right thigh. He hadn't been able to get away after that.
Someone in the crowd had pointed out that nobody'd punished the grocer for putting a kunai in him. That it was some kind of big chance. That they could KILL him.
He'd found he couldn't move, the fear and pain and blood loss all coming together. Several people had wanted him dead and were making an active effort at doing it by kicking and stomping on him.
Eventually someone had come along and they'd scattered.
He'd woken up in a clinic, and the woman there had bandaged him up. Saying it wasn't his fault and that he shouldn't be punished for it, but not saying WHAT wasn't his fault.
He'd gotten maybe a block away from the clinic before someone had spotted him and decided to finish the job. Or something, Naruto wasn't inclined to get more details just yet.
Naruto hid, hearing a few yells from various people looking for him. He had to be quiet. He had to hide. If they caught him, he'd die.
Naruto Uzumaki had discovered a desire to live.
Eventually the noise moved on, and Naruto could raise his head to regard his hiding place.
An old warehouse with spiderwebs everywhere, holes in walls and ceiling and even the floor.
Moving carefully, Naruto snuck around the place. Maybe there was something he could use. It looked as if he needed to stay away from the majority of shops for awhile.
A dull gleam caught his eye, and he went to investigate the floor where wood had warped and revealed a hidden compartment in the floor. Metal gleaming might mean something he could use.
He couldn't decide what it was when he pulled it out. Was it a watering can? One of those whatsits that he saw through the windows of restaurants on feast days - the things that had the gravy in them?
A brief creak outside one wall, and Naruto froze for a moment. The sound didn't repeat though.
Naruto hid with his treasure, just in case.
Deciding to clean it off while he waited, Naruto was startled when smoke began pouring out of it. When the smoke formed a column he was even more surprised. When the smoke solidified into a black cat that grinned up at him, 'surprise' didn't even begin to sum it up.
"Congratulations, Naruto Uzumaki, for you have summoned me, Toltiir, god of mischief," said the cat. "As a reward, you get three wishes!"
"Can you be quiet?" asked Naruto, pleading. "They're gonna kill me if they find me!"
"No they won't," said Toltiir, shaking his head. "First, the only one close by is Hinata Hyuga. Second, I stopped time."
"Who?" asked Naruto.
"Hinata Hyuga," said Toltiir. "Short girl, white eyes."
"Oh, that weird girl that won't look at me?" asked Naruto.
"Yeah, and when she DOES look at you, she looks at you like one of Sasuke's fangirls looks at Sasuke," agreed Toltiir.
"Pshaw, yeah right," said Naruto. "I wish."
"I can't grant that wish, because it's already the case," said the cat. "Come on, give me a wish that shows me you're more than the villagers think you are."
Naruto considered the black cat briefly, shrugged, and then said the first one that came to mind.
(Posted Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:09)
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