15 Mental emptiness

H-hmmh ...?

I opened my eyes heavily, I could only see a dark ceiling ... A wooden ceiling. I could hear heavy drops falling from outside, it seems to be a storm.

Where I am? What the hell happened? Those questions immediately popped into my head, questions I'd asked myself a lot of times when I was locked up in that ... indescribable place.

I raised my torso with difficulty from the comfort of what appears to be a bed, I clutched my head trying to remember something of what led me to be here ...

"Aghhh!" My free hand clenched tightly, a strange pain hitting my head. I tried to ease the pain by massaging my forehead, but it didn't stop.

W-why can't I remember anything?

What happened?

What happened?

What the fuck happened?

"Aghh!" H-it hurts, my head hurts so much ...

"Daiki-kun!" E-huh? A female voice stopped my thoughts.

"Y-you finally woke up!" U-a hug?

"Nori?" She lunged at me ... I saw her face ... a face that seemed to want to cry. I-am I at the orphanage?

"Daiki-kun, you were unconscious all afternoon and most of the night!" T-so long? ...

What happened to me? I ... I was ... At the academy, today would be our first fitness training class ... And I would face off against ... Hikaru.

And then ... A mental void, no matter how much I try to remember, there was nothing ... It just causes me pain.

"Daiki-kun ... You need to rest, please, lie down" it seems that he noticed my bad state, yes, I am very bad.

I nodded. She freed me from her embrace.

"Nori! Did he wake up?" An old voice came from outside the room.

"Yes ... Aiko-san" Aiko, the superior, came in with a glass and a jug of water. I could see the gaze of both of them, her faces has contracted eyebrows. They are worried.

"I'm going to leave it here, on the bedside table" she approached, put down the glass and the jug "don't worry, Daiki-kun, everything will be fine" she ... She stroked my hair and the pain went away.

This action ... It managed to calm me down, despite having the mentality of a 20 year old boy, I am still a child.

I smiled at him, a true smile.

"Make him sleep, Nori-chan. I have to make sure the other children are okay."

Before she left and stopped stroking my hair, she smiled at me too.

"Thank you Aiko-san" I told her as she left the room.

"Nori, what happened to me?" and I asked the question that I wanted to ask so much.

Sitting to one side on the bed, she looked off into nothingness. She began to speak with a sad tone.

"When ... they told me that something bad had happened to you ... I ran to the academy ..." her face fell, "I was very worried, you had fainted, but Iruka-san helped me and calmed me down" on her face dejected there was a slight glow when remembering my sensei.

I fainted? Did I lose to ... Hikaru?

"Are you okay, Nori-chan?" I could see that she had a bad time, she loves me very much.

"yes I'm fine ... but Daiki-kun ..." Her tone, which was cheerful for a few moments, turned serious, "please don't go near that Namikaze boy ..." wh-what?

Realizing my doubt, she replied: "The Namikaze clan, in addition to having great shinobis and kunoichis ... has a certain disdain for civilians ..." Her eyebrows furrowed at the mention of that clan.

"They have a lot of political power ... and I have no doubt that if you do something bad to his heir ... they could harm you ..." her body trembled as she said this, her fists clenched abruptly and she he closed his eyes.

"Please, Daiki" she begged me.

I ... Really "Don't worry, Nori-chan, I'll obey you" I really don't want to die. I do not want ... I do not want to have problems with any clan and less with what seems to be one of the strongest.

Her body was still trembling, her fists clenched and her eyes closed, but I held her very tightly.

"Don't be a crybaby, sister. Even being a strong ninja I can't die!" My response was playful, not normal for me, that I am always serious, but I feel that sometimes I also have to be a child.

She opened her eyes in surprise and looked at me "well ... I hope you keep your promise!" She hugged me even tighter than before.

In my past life I was an only child, and I felt lonely, since my parents could not spend a lot of time with me, one more reason why I locked myself in anime.

You know? I feel like my past life would have been different if I had had an older brother or sister.

That doesn't matter anymore, because now this is my life ... And maybe I couldn't against Hikaru, but I'm alive, that's what matters. I will continue training and training, I have to be strong for Nori, Aiko ...

"Yessss, don't worry Nori-chan, I'm going to do it!"

I am older than her, but I feel like she is truly my older sister. Heh, I'm just talking a lot since I've been in this world.

"Sorry ... You have to keep sleeping!" She gave me one last squeeze in her embrace, she released me, adjusted her suit and stood up.

"In case you're wondering, this is my room. I'll lend it to you for today, so take care of it, don't make a mess!" She put a lot of emphasis on the latter.

"Where are you going to sleep, Nori-chan?" That doubt entered me.

"Ah, don't worry, I'm going to take a couple of blankets from the closet" she approached the wooden furniture, on the right side of the room and I take out the blankets, "and I'm going to sleep on the sofa, you owe me one ! "

"Hahaha yes, I owe you one" the atmosphere drastically improved.

"Good night, little one!" She opened the door and said goodbye.

"Good night, crybaby!" She was already gone, but I screamed loud enough for her to hear me. I hope old Aiko doesn't scold me tomorrow for yelling ...

I grabbed the thin blanket and covered myself. I don't want to stand out, I don't want problems that can kill me. I will have to be an average student and it doesn't bother me at all!

To sleep.