Alternative - Episode 3

Alternative - Episode 3

Alternative



Disclaimer: Alternative is a project by Yami Jay. Although she doesn’t own the characters of Naruto, she owns the plot of the story and the Kamiya family.


Alternative – Episode 3: Let it Be

It was morning and Yukito was while wake already; he had been unable to sleep since he woke up three hours ago from that nightmare, or rather a memory. He wasn’t something new to him, but he had rather not remember at all. He sighed and turned on his side; he had the feeling it was going to be a long day.

Suddenly, he heard someone knocking on his door very hard. “Wake up Yukito!” said Yami. “You have school today!!!” she added, before leaving the door.

He sighed and got out of the bed, starting his daily morning routine. When he finally reached the kitchen, the three girls were already eating and chatting. He looked and took his seat and ate little of the breakfast prepared by Jay, which got the girls attentions. Wanting to avoid the questions, Yukito got up and left for school with his lunch and his bag. He put his earphones and started his CD player. We walked for a while, pretty much having his head in the clouds when he accidentally walked on someone. It resulted on having him fall on the ground and the other person also. Yukito just looked and just groaned; it was not his day.

“You should look where you are going” said Sasuke, pissed off until he saw it was Yukito who knock him off.

“Sorry…” said Yukito, with slight annoyance.

Yukito got up and walked past Sasuke, ignoring the other boy until he felt him grabbing his shoulder. He stopped and slapped his hand away. Yukito was not in the mood to be close to anyone today, especially with the previous night he had. He gave the Uchiha a death glare and continued to walk alone. That surprised Sasuke a little bit; he knew that Yukito was hostile toward him, but that much? Not even close.

They both continued walking, but at a save distance from each other. A few minutes later, Naruto joined Sasuke and noticed that his friend was at a save distance from Yukito. Naruto smiled and was about to go join the other boy when Sasuke stopped him. He just looked at his friend, but the latter just shook his head, telling him not too. He quickly explained what happen and the blond fox just stayed with him.

They all reached the school, joined by Neji, who noticed Yukito’s obvious bad mood. Neji looked at Sasuke, but the latter just looked away. They finally went to their respective classes.

Yukito managed to sit in a quiet place in the art class, working on his project. He had loved the idea that the teacher had managed to find; listen to music and draw what you hear*. He had put his earphone and listen over and over again the same song, drawing what he heard and just loving it. It was just fun, not to mention he managed to get markers he needed, thanks to Hana-sensei.

He continued to draw until he felt a glare on him. He quickly looked and saw a teenager he barely knew; he had spiky black hair, small brown eyes and had two red triangles on his cheeks. He looked slightly like Hana-sensei. Yukito just concentrated back on his work when the other teen just came near and bang loudly on his desk, almost making Yukito screw his work. The snow-born boy was not in the mood. He pulled his earphone and glared at him, not noticing that everyone was looking at him.

“What do you want?” he asked, truly pissed off.

“Nothing much, besides wanting to know why you are so stuck up anyway” he said, with a smirk.

“None of your business” he said, about to pull back his earphones.

Kiba grabbed his wrist; Yukito just glared at him. It was not the best time to grab him or even touch him.

“I suggest that you let go of my wrist right now…” he said, with a slight panicking tone in his voice.

“I’ll let go if you tell me” said Kiba.

“LET GO!” Yukito yelled, punching him square on Kiba’s face.

Everyone was surprised that Yukito reacted like this; seems like something was wrong with the young man. Yukito backed up a little, letting the teacher to check on Kiba, who was just trying to nurse his bruised cheek. Yukito just sat near the wall, breathing with difficulty. Naruto saw that and came near him, trying to comfort him, but he was pushed away; Yukito just brought his knees up to his chest, put his arms around them and hid his face. Naruto could see his friend shaking.

Memory Flash

A young boy with purple hair was crying in his room; his father had been rough on him. He was trying to forget what happened when he heard the door opened; his father was there, standing near the door before walking near his son. He grabbed his wrist, causing pain to the young boy.

“Let go daddy!”

“Get up Yukito!”

“Let go!!!”

“YUKITO!”

Back in the class

Yukito shot his head up to see Hana-sensei looking at him; she was obviously not happy about what he done and seemed a little worried. His breath was still heavy and Naruto was near him, so was Sasuke. As for Kiba, he was already out of the class. Yukito could also hear the whispers from his classmates, which made him more nervous.

“Kamiya-kun, I do hope you know you will have to see the principal for this…” said Hana-sensei, not so happy. “I’m sorry to say that you have to see him now, not to mention that you’ll have detention tonight also.”

He just nodded. He got up and went back to his place, taking all his material and school books and left the class to the principal’s office, not even looking back. Naruto was very concerned about Yukito; Sasuke had told him that Yukito was edgy today, but this was way worst than edgy, it was more like if he was about to explode. And the way he reacted made him wondered if something in Yukito’s past just went wrong.

People continued to whisper until Hana-sensei told them to go back to their work. Sasuke did so, but never put his mind back to his work; he was more worried than ever about Yukito. He shook his head; he shouldn’t have this kind of thoughts about Yukito. He barely knew the guy… But still, something told him that Yukito was more than looks.

Later

Yukito didn’t want to go to his next class, so he skipped. He went to the roof and just sat there, looking at the view he had. His visit to the principal had went better than expected; he managed to only get a detention and a warning, but he had to tell the principal what happened, letting the personal part aside. He sighed; this was just not his day he guessed. He had managed to get in trouble within the first week; all because of bad memories. He didn’t hear the door open and the footsteps coming toward him.

“You know, you’ll get even more in trouble if they know you skipped.”

He turned to see Neji standing beside him, looking very serious and yet, very worried. Yukito just ignore him and looked away. He just didn’t want to have company now, not with the fact he was still edgy.

Neji could see that Yukito was not feeling well; this got him worried. He sat near to him, but not that near, enough to let the other boy some space. He let silence take place until they both heard again the door opened and closed. Neji didn’t need to look to know it was Naruto who came in. The blond boy came next to Neji, leaning on one of the pillars. A few minutes pasted again and Yukito sighed.

“Neji-sempai, Naruto, can you guys let me alone?” asked Yukito. “I’m not in the mood…”

“After what I saw, I don’t think I want to do that” said Naruto. “Yukito… You know you can tell us if you need help.”

Again, Yukito sighed and looked away; he didn’t need people to know what he had survived during his previous life at the Snow Country. His past was not something he wanted to tell to anyone; his sisters were enough.

Both of the other boys looked at each other; something was wrong and Yukito was not going to tell them. It was paining Naruto to see the other boy like that. In the few days he got to know Yukito, he liked the young man and really wanted to be considered as a friend.

Later

School was over and Yukito was looking from the window the other students leaving. He sighed and looked back at his books. Might as well work on his homework while he was in detention since it was the only thing he could do anyway. He heard the door opened, but didn’t give a glance to who entered.

“I guess it makes to of us here” said the other student.

Yukito looked up and saw Naruto smiling. He sighed and got back to his books. “Let me guess, they found out you skipped…” said Yukito.

“Yea" he replied, sitting to the desk next to Yukito. “And forgot to hand back homework too.”

Yukito was about to say something when the teacher that was supervising them arrived; it was their literature teacher, Jiraiya-sensei. Naruto couldn’t help to let a frustrated groan out; he liked the teacher, but Jiraiya-sensei had some bad tendencies. Yukito, being totally obvious about it, just went back to his books and start his homework. So did Naruto, but really with an annoyed expression.

It was quiet, except with the snickering that Jiraiya-sensei let out time to time that annoyed Naruto greatly. As for Yukito, he was just ignoring the old teacher, even if it was hard. That laugh was just too similar to someone else's laugh; one he wanted to forget really badly. By the time the detention was over, Yukito was close to lose his sanity. He was really happy to get out of the class that he didn't notice Naruto following him, until he caught up with him.

“Don’t you think detention suck?” said Naruto.

“Yes” he replied, trying to get what little sanity he had. They walked outside the school’s property and walked home. On the way, Yukito was feeling uncomfortable, like someone was watching him. He turned around, but saw no one. He shook his head, he was getting paranoid.

A few minutes later, they went their separate ways, not noticing that someone was watching them, mostly watching Yukito leaving.

“Very soon… I’ll get you.”

Later

Yukito was finally home, tired and really wanted to avoid others, especially his older sister Yami. He quickly entered and went to his room, but not quick enough for her sister.

“You’re late snowy” she said, with a smirk.

Yukito stopped and sighed; this was just not his luck. “I got detention" he said, not even looking at his sister.

Yami was more than surprised; Yukito could get in trouble, but detention was just too much. “What for?”

“I punched someone in the face… Especially when I’m in one of those edgy days” said Yukito. “He grabbed my wrist and I panicked.”

Yami just walked to her little brother and patted him on the shoulder; she knew what he meant by edgy days. Those days were the consequences of nights with nightmares. She looked at her brother and could see he was still very edgy; she let him be and left him alone.

He sighed and left for his room; he wanted to be alone. He entered his room, throwing his bag on the floor and went to lay down on his bed. He was exhausted and he just wanted to forget this day for once.

Outside the room, Yami was really worried; she didn’t want to tell Mia about Yukito’s avoiding them. Mia was still too young to understand the full extent of what Yukito had suffered. She looked at her young sister; she looked naïve when watching her afternoon cartoon. The elder girl sighed and opened up her laptop and connected herself on the net. She opened her instant messager and saw that her partners were online.

She immediately wrote her greeting to them, knowing it was going to be a long conversation.

“About time you connect yourself Dark One” wrote ‘Red Moon’. “We were getting worried.”

“I know… Family problem” she simply replied.

“With which one of your sibling?” asked ‘Mist Shark’.

“My only brother… He got in trouble this time” she said. “But I can understand why. He was in a borderline between sanity and insanity.”

“You mean he relived his past?” said ‘Red Moon’.

“I can only guess…” typed Yami, checking on her little sister. “No matter… Did you hear of Sand Puppeteer and Clay bird?”

“Not of yet… They might still be doing their part of the deal” said ‘Red Moon’.

“They are slow… Which not surprise me” she replied. “No matter, the sooner it’s done, the sooner I have those two out of my hair. They have been bothering my precious ones and me for too long.”

“Want me to send people on them?” asked ‘Mist Shark’.

“No, I don’t think they deserve that” said Yami, with a sigh. “The sooner we get proves and solid alibis, the better I will be. I think Snow Boy suffered enough.”

“I see…” said ‘Red Moon’.

“Listen you two; I will be in your town next week. We’ll meet in person then” said ‘Mist Shark’.

“Fine by me” said Yami.

“I’ll probably meet Dark One earlier, but yes, we have to meet” said ‘Red Moon’. “I hope we’ll have news of the other two.”

“Alright” said Yami. “I’ll have to go… Got to take care of my little monster of sister and do the dinner. My twin will be here later.”

“I’ll see you tomorrow at work than” said ‘Red Moon’.

“Right… Genius” said Yami and disconnected herself. She looked at her little sister; Mia wasn’t looking at the television anymore, but at her older sister. Yami just gave her a small glance before closing her laptop and went in the kitchen to prepare the dinner.

Somewhere else

‘Red Moon’ disconnected himself also and just looked outside; the fact that his young co-worker had a really painful past and that past was going to catch her eventually made him worried; he had also heard of her younger brother from other sources, one being his younger brother. He stretched; he had heard of the latest episode before getting on his computer and it wasn’t pretty. He really wanted to tell his annoying brother that Snow Boy – the code name they used for Yukito – had a terrible past that left scars so deep that he wasn’t sure they could heal.

Suddenly, he heard footsteps and his door room opened; he didn’t really need to see who it was to guess it was his little brother. He just turned around and walked out.

“I know; dinner is ready” he said, messing the younger man’s hair.

He didn’t hear the complains coming from the other man, just walking away.

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Note: Episode 3 was really long to type. Really, I some point, I wasn’t even in the mood. I totally lost inspiration because of personal problems. Anyway, new characters have appeared and some of them I’m sure you are happy to see.

Also, Yami’s screen name is ‘Dark One’. As for the other four – Mist Shark, Red Moon, Sand Puppeteer and Clay Bird – I let you guess who it is. Already with the nicknames, you can guess.

Well, see you next episode and please… READ AND REVIEW!!!