Chapter 42 - Help him

                                    

                                          

Naruto’s POV
                          
Umm… it’s so long here… 
                          
"You can’t sleep, can you?" asked Rami.
                          
"No… I have to think of her…"
                          
"What did you say?"
                          
"Huh? Nothing… Just that I can’t sleep."
                          
"Okay, we should play a game."
                          
"Game?"
                          
"Yeah, what about Have you ever?"
                          
"How is it played?" I'm hearing about this for the first time in my life.
                          
"Maria taught me to play it. You just ask questions if you did anything. If so, you put your finger down. It is usually played with alcohol."
                          
"Idiot, I’m not 20. I can’t drink."
                          
"Does it matter? We are in prison anyway."
                          
"Yeah, so… have you ever killed someone?"
                          
"Hmm, maybe I lied a bit at first. I just killed one person…"
                          
"One?"
                          
"Yeah, one. Because of him, Maria died. It was her brother."
                          
"Huh?"
                          
"They wanted him, and he exchanged his own sister for himself. She had the same kekei genkai, so they didn't mind."
                          
"I see, I understand you."
                          
"Thanks, others wouldn’t understand the feeling of betrayal. I believed him. He was like a brother to me. And he promised that he will always protect his sister. Liar."
                          
"I killed so many people that I can’t count it on my fingers. Heh, Pervy Sage, Third Hokage and some random people. Oh, and that bastard Kisame I told you about."
                          
"You're psychopath."
                          
"You don’t have to remind me. But this one girl didn’t give up on me, even though I wanted to kill her and her friends. She didn’t give up on me."
                          
"So you have a girlfriend!"
                          
"Nope, I don’t even think of her as my friend."
                          
"I see, so have you ever kissed a girl?"
                          
"Huh?"
                          
"Just asking."
                          
"Well, no."
                          
"It’s never too late!"
                          
"Yeah, if I won’t die here of boredom."
                          
"Good point."
                          
"Hmm, have you ever want to kill your best friend?" I asked.
                          
"Always, he was so annoying."
                          
"I meant it seriously."
                          
"Oh, like this. No, we are fighting with each other, but we are best friends forever I think. What about you?"
                          
"I wanted to beat the sh*t out of him. But I think it’ll be him who’ll save me, even though it won’t be his intention."
                          
"What do you mean?"
                          
"He’s obsessed with power. He keeps annoying me with fighting. But this time he’s serious."
                          
"Wouldn’t want to be you. Waiting for your friend to kill you." I nodded. 
                          
"What about family?"
                          
"Everyone died."
                          
"Sorry… but I can relate. My parents died too. During the Third great ninja war."
                          
"I see."
                          
"But I think it’s normal in this world to grow up without parents… To never know the feeling of mother’s love…" I was quiet. I never thought about it. About my mom and dad. How are they?
                          
"Go to sleep!" yelled Benga.
                          
"Kiss my ass," I said.
                          
"You bastard!" Too bad the cells are closed by the system at night. He won’t get here. 
                          
"Tss, just sleep!"
                          
"Yes, sir…" I said sarcastically. Then he finally left. 
                          
"Rami?" He fell asleep. Well, I’m sleepy too so… I didn't even realize it and I fell asleep.
                          
Sakura’s POV
                          
"Ino, concentrate…"
                          
"I know! You don’t have to tell me!" I smirked. Ino has improved a lot. She even dares to operate on minor injuries. Right now, she is healing the ninja dog's cells. They've been torn and Ino is trying to put them together.
                          
"I’m close…" Yes, they are almost healed. The wound even stopped bleeding due to the speed of the platelets.
                          
"Now just sew it with surgical suture." She nodded. The dog opened it’s eyes. It was still tired after the surgery. 
                          
"You are awesome, Ino!"
                          
"You don’t have to tell me that!" She smirked. Ino needed to rest, so I talked to her. 
                          
"So, I heard you got closer to Sai." She blushed. 
                          
"W-well, we just had mission together."
                          
"Hmm, does that mean that you are no longer interested in Sasuke-kun?"
                          
"Huh? I didn’t say that!"
                          
"Then tell me reasons why do you like them."
                          
"Well, Sai is attentive, he is nice to me and he understands me. It's nice with him. He’s even handsome and strong! And his jutsu is beautiful!" I smiled.
                          
"And Sasuke-kun… Well, he’s handsome and mean. I like bad boys, but he never showed any interest in me."
                          
"It’s obvious, you like Sai."
                          
"Huh? Aren’t you just saying it so I can stop chasing Sasuke-kun?" 
                          
"No… they way you talk about Sai. It’s different. You only mention his nice sides, even though he has his downsides."
                          
"Because… because no one understands him! He was always alone, so it’s hard for him to make friends! It’s hard for him to talk to people! He often visits the library to learn to talk to people! He sometimes offended me too, but he didn't mean it badly…"
                          
"And now you are defending him, you won’t get out of it, Ino! You are deeply in love with him!" She blushed like a tomato. 
                          
"S-stop saying embarassing things!" I giggled. She’s so cute.
                          
"And Sakura, what about Naruto? I heard he changed, but…"
                          
"But his crimes won’t be forgotten… He has to pay… I’m sorry about it, but I think it’s better this way. At least he'll get rid of the bad feeling."
                          
"If he has some…"
                          
"What are you saying? Of course he's sorry about his crimes! I’m sure he didn’t want to kill anyone! He just…"
                          
"Just?"
                          
"I don’t know… Maybe something controlled him…"
                          
"Are you sure you don’t love Naruto? You are defending him too."
                          
"But this is different, Ino! He’s my friend and I’m worried about him! He’s in Hozuki Castle after all!"
                          
"Yeah, but there’s nothing we can do."
                          
"But maybe we could persuade Tsunade-sama…" I said.
                          
"Don’t say nonsense! She would be a bad Hokage if she listened to us and our conditions!"
                          
"You are right, I guess there’s nothing we can do…"