Chapter 14

(Next Morning)

Yoshi was at the kitchen but he didn't cooked any food, instead he was deep in his thought. He sat at the table while stared at the kitchen knife in front of him.

'Am I gonna do it? I killed myself with this thing at the past, am I gonna use this thing again? But I can't stand it anymore. Yesterday was my first day here and so much things happened to me.' Yoshi thought while let out a big sigh he ever made.

Yoshi got up and walked towards the calendar that was hanged on the kitchen wall. It was

the end of October. At any time, he will be going to the academy since you can enroll to the academy from age 5. Again, Yoshi let out a sigh.

"Should I wait for a little bit? And then kill myself on top of Hokage's stone while watching the sun sets. Wait! What the heck am I doing right now. I want to commit suicide, not doing some dramatic scene. Ahhh!!!! I've decided!"

Yoshi grabbed the kitchen knife from the table and pointed it towards his body.

'Should I do it at my neck? The fastest the better though. But I don't know if I can cut through my neck in one try. Whatever, I just do it at my stomach. I will die 'cause of blood loss.'

He held the knife tightly and stabbed it into his stomach. The red blood could be seen flowing out of his stomach. He gritted his teeth, trying to withstand the pain as he felt his knees gotten weak and so, he fell to the floor. Yoshi started to losing consciousness but before he passed out he heard someone yelled his name. There's a boy that came rushing towards him. Yoshi couldn't get a good look at the boy's face and the next thing he saw was darkness.

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NARUTO'S POV

It's another day and now I was preparing myself to go to the academy. Just a few weeks ago, it was my birthday and I'm now 8 y/o. Even though no one's there to celebrate it, I'm still happy because Teuchi-san made a deal with me as a gift. He said if I didn't skipped school this month, he would treated me ramen for one month. I was been forcing myself to go to school just to eat a free ramen.

After I've done with everything, I went to the kitchen and ate my breakfast that's doesn't looked like a breakfast at all. But whatever, there's nothing I can do for now since I need to save money.

It was 7:00 a.m. when I'm finished ate my breakfast. Since I'm in a good mood today, I will go to school early and everyone must be surprised at this. Hehehe.

I went out of the house and begin my walked to school. It was all fine even though the people were staring at me with hate in their eyes, I'm used to that. Plus, I've just made a new friend yesterday and we seemed to get along with each other.

After a few minutes of walking, I suddenly saw Iruka sensei at the distance. He was running towards me with sweat all over him. I just stood at where I am until Iruka sensei reached me.

"Iruka sensei, I tell you I'm on my way to the academy right now. I promise I won't stray anywhere else." I said to him with a convincing voice.

Iruka sensei shooked his head while still gasping for air and tried to take a breath. He then started talking.

"No, Naruto. I didn't come here to drag you to school. In fact, I knew you're on your way to school. I actually have a favor to ask of you."

"What is it Iruka sensei?" I asked with curious face.

"Naruto, I want you to bring someone to school. He's the same age as you and his name is Yoshi. I can't go fetch him 'cause I have something I need to do at the moment. Can you?" asked Iruka sensei with hope in his eyes.

"Alright, Iruka sensei! Just leave it to me. I will bring that kid to school in no time." I said while smiled and gave him a thumbs up.

"Thanks Naruto. I will give you his apartment address and you don't need to worry about being late. I will inform your first period teacher about this."

Iruka sensei then gave me a piece of paper which wrote the kid's address and he thanked me again before left to do his important work. Without wasting any time, I went on my way to find the kid's house who's named Yoshi with the only clue being the address.

A few minutes later, I finally found his apartment and was standing in front of his house doorstep. At this time, I have mixed feelings, I felt happy to meet him, maybe we could become friends, but at the same time I also felt nervous and anxious as I afraid he would hate me like other kids does. Putting my feelings aside, I knocked on the door three times just to be greeted with silence. I then knocked for the second time, but nothings change.

I'm not a person with a lot of patient, so I didn't knocked for the third time, instead I twisted the doorknob to check if it's locked. Surprisingly, it's not locked. So without the house owner consent, I went inside just to see that there's no one here. I decided to check the whole house since Iruka sensei have put trust on me to bring this Yoshi kid to school. I don't want to disappoint him, so I went to check the bedroom. Then, I went to the kitchen but stunned at what I saw. I froze as I saw a boy with a knife in his stomach. What made me more terrified was that the boy's face was very familiar to me.

I tried to gather my courage and ran to him while calling out his name. I saw he's breathing heavily and that was enough to proved that he was still alive.

I went out of the house and started yelling for help. As I was trying to find a help, I saw two shinobis who was chatting to each other not far away from where I was standing. I immediately went to the shinobis and told them what happened. They're shocked as they heard what I'm saying and asked me to lead the way. I led them to Yoshi's house and to the kitchen. Once they saw Yoshi on the floor, they hurried to him and one of the shinobi told his partner to report this to Gramps while he carried Yoshi to the hospital.

"Kid, you're a student right? You should go back to the academy. Don't worry about him, he'll be fine." the shinobi said while looking at me.

Before I could answer him, he was already gone with Yoshi. I stared for a while at the place where Yoshi was lying earlier. It's full of his blood, I can't help myself and cried. My legs and hands were still shaking, but it's not for long as I snapped myself back to reality.

"Yes, there's no need to worry. Yoshi will be fine. The shinobi said so too. Now I need to go to the academy." I said to myself, trying to stay positive. I swept my tears away and ran out of the house. Before that, I took a last glance at the place full of blood and shook my head. I closed the door and went straight to the academy with full speed.

I arrived at school on time which I was glad. But that feeling fade away as I remembered what happened back at Yoshi's house. I'm tried not to cry because I don't want anyone to see me like this, so I slapped my face and went to the teacher's office to find Iruka sensei. I wanted to tell him what happened but once I arrived at teacher's office, I didn't see Iruka sensei anywhere. With the face of disappointment I went to my class when the bell rang to signal the start of the class.

'God, please save Yoshi!' I prayed in my head while clasped my hands together as I walked to the classroom. The only thing I could do at the moment was just waiting for the news about Yoshi. Then I went into the classroom and acted cool like nothing has happened. The teacher then entered the class after me and the class begin.