316Hello everyone. This Is The Un~Wanted Angel. With a new field of story ^^ I'm thinking of a story and with the help of Cancer awareness web sites, I've gotten enough information to make a fanfic out of it! Thank you all who voted in the poll for me to write this story and like I said before, I will finish all of my stories, I will not give up on any of them, I promise. Anyway on with the story!
Title: A Parent's Worst Nightmare Come True
Summary: Uzumaki Naruto had the perfect life, two loving parents who would never give up on him. A playful older-brother to show him the ways of the world, and a best friend-Sasuke Uchiha. It's amazing what Cancer can do to sabatoge a perfect life.
Rating: M (for swearing)
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
Chapter 1
And quietly, it started to Kill
It was another beautiful day in Kohona City. The sun was starting to rise, but it still held a few stars from the night and the sound of an alarm clock was going off. Yawning the sixteen year old streched, and slammed the alarm clock off. Kyuubi Namikaze smiled, it was Monday, sure he hated mondays as much as the next teenager, but Mondays also ment he'd get to be with Itachi, his best friend and their gang The Akatsuki. Their gang wasn't an official gang, it was just him and a bunch of friends that hung out at the local pool hall, flurting with girls and playing poker. Of course, school was in the way. Kyuubi started dressing in his formal school uniform. A white dress shirt with the Kohona leaf symbol on the sleeve, black pants, and a button up jacket.
Kyuubi walked down the hall when he heard a harsh cough comeing from his little brother's room.
Kyuubi sighed. His thirteen-year-old brother, Naruto, was sick and had been sick since Friday. He poked his head into the room, looking at the blonde boy sleeping in his bed on the floor.
"Naruto. Are you okay?" He asked.
Naruto moaned somthing he couldn't make out.
"Need me to get Kaa-san?" Kyuubi offered.
"She was just in here" Naruto responded. "And she slept in here...Tou-san too..." Kyuubi couldn't help but grin as he noticed his father, Minato. His head was resting on one of Naruto's stuffed animals and the blanket that would cover Naruto's whole body, only covered half of his back. Although Minato was a funny sight to see, Kyuubi didn't see Kushina anywhere.
"Where's Kaa-san then?" He asked.
"She left around five to make breakfast..." Naruto started coughing harshley after that, awaking Minato.
"Naruto, are you alright?" He asked, placing a cold hand on his son's forhead. Tisking and clacking his tounge when he felt Naruto's feaver hadn't left. He reached over the small blonde for the wash cloth and began to dab and pat his son's forehead and neck.
"Kyuubi, are you ready for school?" Minato asked, not even looking up.
"Yeah Tou-san. I'm gonna' walk to school today with Itachi." Kyuubi spoke. Minato's brows furred. He didn't mind Kyuubi walking to school with Itachi, but he did, however, mind his son walking to school with Itachi...in the cold.
"Nonsence, it's not even twenty-degrees outside, and we're expected snow tonight!" Minato objected.
"Tou-san, I'll be fine." Kyuubi smiled. "I'll wear a scarf and double up on mittins. I promise" A Kyuubi flashed his father the happy grin he inheritated from his father, Naruto had the same smile as well. Minato smiled back and nodded.
"But if you get sick and your Kaa-san kills you, I won't say a prayer over your grave" Minato snickered.
"Wow-I'm loved" Kyuubi rolled his eyes, before he left. He smiled, noticing Naruto had fallen back into a sleepy slumber.
"So, he's staying home again? Need me to pick up his homework from Friday?" Kyuubi asked. Kyuubi attended Kohona High, where as Naruto entered Kohona middle school. The two schools were only a few blocks away from each other so sometimes Kyuubi and Itachi would walk with Sasuke or Naruto home or guide them to school. But both younger teens didn't like the idea of their "big brothers" taking them to school, although Kyuubi and ITachi knew that deep down the raven and blonde loved spending time with their elder sibling.
"No, that's alright Kyuubi. I'll pick it up on my way to the hospital. I need to talk to Naruto's teacher anyway-"
"Hospital?" Kyuubi asked worried. "Why are you going to the hospital?"
"I'm not, Naruto is. He needs a check-up" Minato reassured. "Don't worry Kyuubi, it's probably nothing. It's just the flu I'm guessing. It could be a bug of some sort. No need to worry."
Kyuubi nodded, still worried but knew he had to be strong.
"Well, I'll see you later Tou-san...tell Naruto I said goodbye" Kyuubi stood up from kneeling by the bed and Minato nodded, tucking in the younger blonde into the cozy covers. Kyuubi had made his way to the kitchen, it was still pretty dark outside and there his mother stood by the wood stove. She turned and smiled, Kyuubi could see the dark circles under her eyes from the lack of sleep. It was always Kushina's worrying that caused her to never sleep. Her biggest worry was when her children were sick, but Naruto had a streak going, causing Kushina to marely nap.
"Kyuubi, good morning" She yawned.
"Morning Kaa-san" Kyuubi smiled.
"I was about to take up this to Naruto. There's food on the table for you" She smiled, carrying the trey of tea and light medicine herbs. Kyuubi munched on the breakfast food before heading out the door. His brown pea-coat flapped in the wind and the scarf kept him warm.
"Crap." he mumbled the chilly air almost nipping his body, freazing him.
"I forgot my gloves." He muttered.
Something soft hit him in the face he growled, he thought people in this city knew better than to mess with a Namikaze-oh...it's Itachi. He threw some gloves at him.
"Forget somthing?" He smiled. Kyuubi blushed and frowned. But never the less, a smile did crease his face.
"So...Naruto has to go to the hospital? That's too bad" Itachi said.
"Yeah, by the way, where is Sasuke. I thought for sure he'd walk with us to see if Naruto was going to school today." Kyuubi pointed out. Itachi sighed and rolled his eyes.
"He stepped one foot out the door and started to freak out because the gel in his hair was freezing his hair" Itachi spoke with a straight face. Kyuubi giggled, trying to imagne Sasuke freaking out over frozen hair.
"But...he was worried about Naruto." Itachi said.
"Well, don't tell him this, he'll freak out then, Naruto has to go to the hospital, my Tou-san says it's for a check-up and I know he wouldn't ever lie to me, but he does leave out details." Kyuubi muttered. Itachi nodded, lightly punching KYuubi in the arm.
"Hey, don't think of this as a bad thing, who knows, it might not be somthing serious" Itachi smiled, trying to lighten up the mood.
"Yeah...I hope so." Kyuubi sighed.
"Kaa-san, I don't want to be here." Naruto muttered, coughing harshly into his elbow. Kushina stroked her think fingers threw the blonde hair and sadly smiled.
"I know you don't honey, I don't want you to be here either, but it's only a check up." She smiled, cupping both hands at her son's face. Naruto still scowled. He hated hospitals. No one really understood why, not even Naruto himself. He hated the smell, it was always depressing, and for some unknown reason he always felt like someone was following him. Not to mention the wait took forever.
"Where's Tou-san?" Naruto mumbled.
"Your father said he'd come as quick as he could, when he was done with his meeting that was." Naruto huffed. Minato was Mayor of Kohona City, but to narrow it down, he was a very busy man. Always a meeting or somthing disruppted his family and their plans, Kyuubi had gorwn used to this, but Naruto was still a soft spot. He dearly missed his dad, not that he didn't love his mother, but his mother he could always count on to be there. Although he loved her with all his heart, he still missed his father.
"Naruto?" Someone called. Naruto looked up and sighed. He hated hospitals.
* . * . * . * . * . * . * . * .*
"So Naruto, haven't been feeling well?" Tsunade, Naruto's family doctor, asked. Naruto nodded. Kushina described how Naruto's feavers were constantly back-to-back, how he'd break out in cold sweats, his coughing and wheezing, all down to his slight headaches and mild isnomia he would occasionally get. Tsunade nodded.
"Well, have any medications work?"
"None. Naruto either gets worse or they have no effect"
Tsunade bit her lip, and her hands were placed on both hips as she stood thinking. Then she started to rummage threw a closet, pulling out a box.
"Now, remember it could be nothing" She reminded them. "But just to check..." Naruto gasped as Tsunade turned around with One. Big. Needle. He was getting a shot!
"No, no, no! I'm perfectly healthy. see, no shot needed here-" He tried to wheezle out of it but he had a cough fit and Kushina using her "mother love" pulled Naruto into her lap, cuddling him.
"It's nothing to worry about, Naru-chan" She smiled. "I'm right here."
Naruto sighed and ignored the needle going into his arm, there was slight pain and the sting after everything. But he shook it off, though making sure his mother kept her promise of ramen after their hospital visit.
"I'm going to send Naruto's blood sample to my lab. If somthing comes back, I'll call you and we'll schedule another check-up. But if nothing bad come back, I'll still call you to tell you" Tsunade smiled.
"Should I send him back to school? I don't know if he's contagious..." Kushina asked.
Tsunade shook her head. "Until my test results come back I don't want him at school."
"Thank you." Kushina smiled. "Come along, Naruto"
When the last bell rang, Kyuubi darted out of the classroom and to his locker. Grabbing textbooks, and homework wanting to leave school in a hurry to get home.
"Woah, woah. Where's the fire?" Kyuubi turned to see his blonde friend Dedaria and the red-head Sasori, both grinning their usual grins.
"I have to go home.." Kyuubi spoke, still filling his bag.
"But I thought we were going to the skate park!" Sasori chimed in. The blonde nodded in agreement. Kyuubi sighed.
"You can go. I can't."
"Grounded?"
"No. I just want to go home my little brother went to the hospital and I want to find out what is happening to him, he's been sick for a while" Kyuubi answered.
"Who's been sick?" A voice asked, Kyuubi looked up to see Kisame, Tobi, Pain and Itachi walking his way.
"My little brother." Kyuubi answered. "He's been sick for a few days and had to go to the hospital. I can't hang out today, I want to go home and see my little brother."
Pain snickered. "Why are you asking for our permittion? it's not like we're holding this against you"
"Yes. Yes!" Tobi nodded. "Your brother's health is more important than skate parks anyway."
"Thank you guys" Kyuubi smiled, as soon as all of his things were in his bag, he darted out the school doors. He could see his breath in the air as he ran home, his lungs felt cold and his feet were frozen from sprinting in the snow, he fell a few times on the ice but still he continued to run until he reached his large home. Hopping the front gate and still running until he reached the inside of his house.
"I'm home!" He shouted.
"SSSSH!" He heard someone 'sush' him. Kyuubi smiled. There was his mother in the den with Naruto's sleeping head in her lap and the rest of him covered in a tan blanket.
"We were watching a moive and he fell asleep" She smiled.
"He's not going to like admitting that he fell asleep in his mother's lap" Kyuubi smiled. Kushina sadly nodded, knowing how much her son hated to be baby'ed. Naruto was at the stage where he hated his mother's kisses and his father's hugs. He also hated how Kyuubi stood up for him, claiming his family was over-protective of him.
"So, what happened at the hospital?" Kyuubi asked.
"Oh, Tsunade just took a blood sample, a tiny shot no big deal. We'll get a call from her later tonight if anything is wrong" Kushina softly spoke. She stroked a few hairs from Naruto's face out of his eyes.
"I just hope it's nothing serious" she prayed. Kyuubi nodded, smiling and leaving to do his homework.
Minato arrived home earlier than he normally would, around four in the afternoon was now his official reccord. Usually he'd be home about the time Naruto was sent to bed, Kyuubi would either be out with friends or doing homework and his wife would be either sleeping or finishing up dishes.
He smiled, taking off his jacket to his suit and loosening his tie. He walked to the kitchen where he noticed his son with a blanket wrapped around his whole body and he seemed to be shivering, even though the kitchen was hot, he was cold. That's odd, Minato thought. He srugged it off and went over to hug and kiss his baby boy.
"How are your today, Naruto?" Minato smiled "Feeling better?"
Naruto shook his head, his throut feeling very dry all of a sudden to answer. He let out a harsh and loud cough, startling the fater as he rung out a wash cloth that was neerby and placed it on his son's forehead, soothingly rubbing his back.
"Want some chicken broth?" Minato asked.
Naruto shook his head, wishing his father wouldn't mention food it was enough to make him sick.
"Okay...well where's your mother?" Minato asked.
Naruto shrugged. Minato heard Naruto sniffle and he reached for a tissue, holding it to the younger blonde's nose for him to blow. Naruto felt awful, he was just fine, well better than he was before, this morning. He hated being sick, it drove him crazy.
"How about when you feel better, I'll help you with your missing homework, would you like that?" Minato smiled.
Don't make promises you can't keep. Naruto thought. "Sure..." He whispered, already knowing that his father would start to help him, get called into a meeting or a confrance of have somthing imporatant to do and have to leave so Kyuubi or his mother would have to help him finish the rest.
"Oh, Minato you're home" Kushina smiled walking into the room.
"Hello Kushina." He kissed her, welcoming her. "What happened at the hospital?" He asked.
"Well, Naruto had some blood drawn from him and Tsunade said that the results would come back later tonight and if it was serious she'd call back." Kushina replied, setting the table for dinner.
"Naruto, do you think you're well enough to try eating?" She asked.
Naruto shrugged. He didn't want to eat, but didn't want to be anti-social. During dinner, Naruto was quiet, slowly sipping his chicken broth, not feeling awake. He really wanted to crawl into bed and fall asleep. He was awake because half-way threw dinner, Tsunade called, his mother was talking on the phone with her right now.
Kyuubi felt how tense Naruto was and he lightly slugged him on the shoulder.
"Don't worry, Naru-chan." Kyuubi smiled. "remember what mom said? She could be calling to say that nothing wrong. Don't worry."
Naruto gave a small smile, wanting to believe Kyuubi's words. His legs started to hurt and they felt numb. When Kushina was off the phone the room was quiet. anxious, and slight fear roamed the gloomy room. Kushina sat down in her chair, took a deep breath and started eating. Knowing not to bother her, Kyuubi started eating nervously too. Naruto and Minato stared at the redhead watching her like two hawks.
"What did the doctor say?" Minato broke the ice.
Kushina swallowed.
"Naruto needs to return tomorrow."
Naruto dropped his spoon. "What?!"
"You need a bone aspiration" Kushina replied, trying not to cry knowing fully well what that was. She was a part-time medical nurse after all, but Tsunade swore it was only to check, she wasn't sure if Naruto had what she thought he did.
"I don't want to go." Naruto whined.
Minato sighed. "Naruto, I know you don't want to go, but you have to." His voice more stern than he wanted it to be. Kyuubi huffed and sadly smiled.
"Don't worry Naruto, it's probably nothing-"
"That's what you told me when I had to get a shot! It's obviously something if I have to get a bone as-asp-aspara-a bone apirate!" Minato chuckled when Naruto had difficulty on the word, just another cute reminder of how he wished his son would stay a child forever.
"Naruto..." Kushina calmy spoke. "Please don't yell. Eat your dinner then go to bed."
Naruto sat, fidigeting in his father's lap in Tsunade's office. Hating the look of the very large and very thick needle waiting for him on the table. He gulped, clinging to whatever he could. Minato chuckled.
"Naruto, please calm down." Minato smiled.
"Hell no...Tou-san, I don't want a needle in me!" Naruto protested.
"I know you don't, but it'll all be over." Minato soothed. He had (finally) gotten a chance to take Naruto to the doctor while his wife stayed at home to rest. Kushina was exausted and Minato could see it in her eyes.
"Hello!" A cherry honey-blonde walked into the room. Holding two more needles.
"ALRIGHT, I'M OUT!" Naruto scarcastically spoke, trying to leave his father's lap but Minato held a death grip on the poor boy.
"Naruto...I know this is not what you wanted to be dragged into, and to tell the truth, I don't wanna' be here either...but we have to do this, so we can find out what's wrong with you and how to cure it" Minato spoke.
Naruto sighed and folded his arms. "Fine..." Still shakey on the Needles.
Tsunade smiled. " Don't worry too much though Naruto; you won't feel the needles for the aspiration and biopsy going in after I numb the spot up. It might sting a bit once it hits the bone. You might feel some pressure as I twist it and grinde"
Naruto gupled, Minato even felt uneasy, but he reluctantly laid Naruto on the small bed. Naruto started to shake, fearing what was going to happen. Tsunade started her procedure as a spot over Naruto's hip bone was cleaned and injected with numbing solution. Minato held on to Naruto's hand, comforting and reassuring.
"Oow! It's hurts" Naruto cried, trying not to produce tears, but finding it so hard to do.
The twisting of the metal going into Naruto's bone was one of the worst things he had ever experienced and when it came time for the biopsy, he lost it.
"Ow, ow ow!" Naruto cried.
"ssh-ssh, Naruto it's going to be okay-"
"DADDY! IT HURTS. DADDY!" Naruto bawled. Minato's eyes widened and he tightened his grip on Naruto's hand, he hadn't been called 'Daddy' in years. Minato couldn't help but see his small boy crying, he hated it. Naruto could hear crunching sounds as the larger needle for the biopsy took its sample. He began making gagging noises and spit up the little he had in his stomach. Fifteen minutes of torture and he was finally over. He was instructed to lie on his back for ten minutes to add pressure to the site and stop the bleeding, ordered by Tsunade. A few minutes passed and a bandage was placed over Naruto's wound and he slowly sat up, still crying.
"oh.. Naruto" Minato held out his arms and Naruto pratically leapped for them. He stopped crying when he was in his father's strong arms, but it still hurt.
"How about we get some ramen, and would you like a new toy?" Minato smiled, trying to cheer Naruto up.
Naruto shook his head. "I just want to go home..."
"Okay." Minato replied, very depressed and hopeless at the moment. Now, they just had to wait for the results...That would be in 72 hours.
He was in a tremendous amount of pain, but Naruto managed to make it home without crying. (Well, a few times he cried, but the tears were quickly wipped away by his father's sleeve) Kushina was sitting on the couch and as soon as she saw her child with red puffy eyes, she knew she shouldn't have let Minato talk her into staying home. Naruto was given some cough syrup for his raw throat and helped into some warm pj's, then sent to bed to rest.
"She stuck a needle in him." Minato's sighed.
"But...he had a needle in him when I went there." Kushina spoke, confused.
"No, Kushina, you don't understand. This needle was thick, and the crunching noise nearly made me want to gag, Naruto started to spit up. I can't imagine the pain he went threw..." Minato leaned back and looked to the floor.
"He...he called me 'Daddy'..." Minato bit his bottom lip. Kushina blushed. "He was in that much pain, that he resorted to that level-not that I didn't mind being called that" He smiled at that last part. "But...not out of pain, I don't want him to call me that out of pain..."
"Don't worry." Kushina rested her head against Minato's shoulders and Minato rested his head on Kushina's in a loving matter.
"When this thing is over...Naruto won't be in any pain" She smiled.
Minato looked over and thought curiously: Is she really thinking that this is all nothing? I sure hope it's nothing.
"Helllooo~ Kyuubi~" A cherry voice called.
"Oh, God..." Kyuubi groaned. He was talking to Itachi and Pain in the hallway, when he heard a chery girl's voice flood the hall. It would be her, obviously.
"Kyuubi, why are you ignorning me?" Kyuubi turned to see a identical girl whom looked like his mother. Karin Uzumaki, his fourth (or was it fifth, or sixth?) cousin. She was annoying.
"So, I heard from family that little Naruto's not feeling well?" she asked.
"Yeah, he went to the hospital for another check up today. We don't know what's wrong." Kyuubi answered. Itachi and Pain started walking away, not wanting to intrude on Kyuubi's family business, giving the cousins time alone.
"He's getting a bone aspiration today, I don't know what it is but-"
"That's terrible! Poor Naruto" She blushed, waving her red hair out of her eyes. Kyuubi stared at her, did she know somthing he didn't?
"Karin, what is a bone aspiration?" He asked.
She looked at him curiously. "Oh, it's when they check for cancer"
Cancer... Kyuubi's mind went blank. He couldn't move, he couldn't think. One word broke his heart, scarred his memory and stung at his heart. His little brother, his Otouto, his...everything. Might have cancer!
"Tell Oba-Kushina and Oji-Minato I said 'Hello'" She waved him goodbye, not seeing the saddness or distance in Kyuubi's eyes.
The poor older boy ran to the bathroom and threw up. Sickened of how crule the world was.
"Fuck..." The nearly cried. "FUCK THE WORLD!"
Naruto was well enough to go back to school, but he compalined he was cold or tired, and that his legs hurt. But other than that, he was back to his usual self, Kyuubi never left his side; he even refused to let Naruto sleep alone, he would gather a sleeping bag and pillow and lay next to his brother. Kushina herself was doating, even calling the school to talk to Naruto to ask if he was okay. Minato would arrive home earlier each day, wanted to see if Naruto wasn't in any pain anymore, after the trip to the hospital, he didn't want his boy crying again.
On the third day another gloomy and anxious dinner was slowly ending as the phone rang. Minato went to get it.
"Naruto, how are you doing in school?" Kushina asked.
"Fine. Got all my homework done, and we're starting a project on sharks." Naruto smiled.
Kushina smiled back. "Kyuubi, how was that math test, today?"
Kyuubi looked up "Hm? Oh, it was okay. Wasn't too hard. Oh, today at lunch Tobi laughed so hard, milk came out of his nose, right on his crush" Naruto giggled, he loved hearing stories about Kyuubi's friends.
"Oh, okay...well...yes..." The trio heard. Kushina looked up at Minato who was in the kitchen talking on the phone, his back was to her, but she could tell something was wrong.
"I-I...I understand...T-thank you, good-bye" The phone was hung up and Minato just stood there. His heart racing and beating. A lump in his throat had begun to form and he found it hard to move.
"Minato?" Kushina called. "Who was on the phone?"
Minato slowly made his way to the table. His gaze not leaving Naruto. Images in his mind of a little blonde baby babbling in his arms, or a small boy running to greet him with a hug were all coming back and he felt his head throb.
God, don't take that away from me, he thought.
"Minato?" Kushina asked, more worried now. "Who was on the phone?"
Minato coughed up the courage and strength to talk. "Naruto's...doctor, Tsunade" He meeped.
"Well? What did she say?" Kushina anxious and frustrated wondering why her husband was acting like he was, it was scaring her. Kyuubi looked over at his father. His eyes widening.
"The results came back...Naruto has Acute Lymphocytic Leukimia...which is cancer." and there Minato and Kushina broke down. Minato threw his chair to the ground, while Kushina bawled on the floor. Naruto's breathing became short. Cancer?
He didn't want to die...
Phew! That was a loooong chapter...I can't believe I managed to pull it off. But does everyone like it so far? Please tell me in a review, reviews might make Naruto feel better...Anyway, I wanna' say that I will finish my other stories, I promise! Also, I like that Kyuubi is Naruto's older brother and not a demon fox and that Kushina is involved with the story, now I don't lack in Mama' complexes, yay!
-The Un-wanted Angel
Translation: *
Tou-san = Dad, Father *
Kaa-san= Mom, Mother *
Otouto = little brother *
Nii-san = Older brother *
Oba = Aunt *
Oji = Uncle *