Sinnyrs

Title: Sinnyrs

Disclaimer: Actually, I do own Naruto and Sasuke…drawings of them to be more exact. Someday my brilliant mind will find a way to take them away for Kishimoto-san. Muhahahaha! (cough)

Summary: A notorious gang called the Sinnyrs9 decided that Naruto is their new victim after he tried to save Sakura from their wrath. How will Naruto cope? Even “Zero,” the leader of the gang takes interest in Naruto and shows him a world beyond his glass. What fate will he now face with the experience of love‘s first kiss, the searing pain of violent and forces of separation?

Warning: This fanfiction has depictions of boy love (when hot anime boys are coupled…yes, those kinds), slight swearing (maybe more), and mention of sexual intention (nothing really sexual…I can’t find myself writing it).

A/N: There will be OOC-ness. Again reviews are much appreciated and flames will be ignored.

Chapter Two: Numbers For Names

“I’m just a small man.

My heart is moved by what’s in front of me,

Rather what the world as a whole needs.”

- Allen Walker D. Gray-man

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And oddly enough, he couldn’t feel the pain anymore.

A blurry figure hung over him. Calling him. But he couldn’t hear the person. Somehow his mind told him that it was Shikamaru. He wasn’t irritated at his friend anymore.

Naruto’s head gave way, leaving him with the image of the devil’s eye and voice.

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Two watchful pairs of brown and green orbs observed the blond boy lying on the hospital bed through the clear glass that was framed into the wooden door. A mother and her crying child passed by as a nurse came from behind them and ushered them into the room.

What Shikamaru first noticed about the room was that it was bright. Too bright. The blinds from the windows really know how to play with the sunlight that entered the room. The sun rays rested softly against the white quilt that laid half way on Naruto, giving him just enough comfort.

Naruto’s blond hairs splayed out onto the pillow. His face was just a little pale. The sign of bruises could be clearly seen on either side of his cheeks. Beside from the bruises, the only scars that ever graced his skin were the three whiskers mark that never ceased. Even those scars were hard to see due to the fact that Naruto always had his hair clinging to his face.

Quietly, pushing the door open, Shikamaru found himself being followed by Sakura and the nurse. Shikamaru read the nametag on the nurse’s name, it read: RN Shizune.

“Shizune-san? Is Naruto going to be okay?” he asked, before closing the door behind him, being careful not to disrupt the sleeping blond as he slid into a chair closed to the bed. He spotted Sakura grabbing a seat on the other side before making herself comfortable. Shikamaru sighed, somewhat irritated.

He had wondered why Naruto helped Sakura after he had found them in the alley way. He wasn’t one to judge people since it took time out of sleeping schedule. (Yes, Shikamaru has a sleeping schedule which consisted of every time he got a chance to.) But Sakura just rubbed him the wrong way. She was, how would he describe her? Snobby.

He remembered how Sakura had turned down a disappointed Naruto when he had asked her to be his partner in one of their classes during the time that they were in high school together. And later that day, he overheard her and her groupie calling Naruto a ‘four eyes, ugly loser.’ He ended up telling Naruto during lunch, but not to his surprised, Naruto didn’t say anything.

But Shikamaru knew. He knew that it had hurt Naruto, being friends since they were children had helped him in reading Naruto better than anyone else. Pain was the easiest emotion that Shikamaru recognized in the blonde’s eyes, no matter how hard he tried to hide. Naruto could be described in two words, soft-hearted. He’d never learned how to hate or fight back.

Now that had changed a little and Shikamaru was more than surprised.

Shizune held out her clipboard and wrote down the boy’s condition. “Y-yes…he’s fine. Just some bruises and most likely he’ll be aching all over when he wakes up.” She added. Placing the pen back on the clipboard, she proceeded to move back toward the door before stopping to look at Shikamaru. “The doctor in charge of him, Tsunade-san, wants to make sure that you contact his guardian and advise them of his whereabouts.”

Shikamaru took a quick glance a Naruto before turning back to Shizune. “You see…” he started out. He knew that it wasn’t in his place to tell people about Naruto’s personal life but without some explanations, the hospital would probably further question him and that was troublesome. “Can I talk to you outside.” he finally said, fully intended to leave Sakura out of the conversation.

Shizune gave Shikamaru a questioning look before opening the door. “Yes, if you want.”

Shikamaru followed after, noting how Sakura was a little to close to Naruto. She wouldn’t think of doing anything would she? He shut the door behind.

“Now can you tell me what’s wrong?” Shizune uncapped her pen and was ready to write now any given information.

The same mother and child passed by Shikamaru again. This time the child was not crying, instead he was sleeping, silently, on his mother’s shoulder. Shizune tapped her pen when she noticed that Shikamaru was spacing out. The hospital was a distracting place. One is always curious about what’s going on even if it wasn’t any of their business and she assumed that Shikamaru was just another curious individual.

“Sorry…I was just wondering if that baby boy had a father or not.”

“Well, I think that you don’t have to concern yourself about those matters.” Shizune eyes widened.

“T-Tsunade-san.” Shizune stuttered out before walking toward the other lady.

Shikamaru swirled around and found himself facing a taller blond lady whose breast were clearly large even if it was covered by the white jacket.

Shizune smiled and introduced the strangers to each other. “Shikamaru-kun. This is Tsunade-san. She’s the doctor in charged of Naruto-kun. You can inform her on Naruto-kun’s guardian while she’s here.”

“Well…”

Shikamaru was quick to understand that Tsunade was quite irritated due to the fact that the veins on her forehead were popping out and her arms were crossed together, waiting impatiently. And they had just met. He gulped, remembering how scary the female gender was.

“Okay…Naruto’s an orphan. The only relative that I know he has is his adopted sister, Anko. Who at the moment, I can’t seem to reach.” Okay, that wasn’t hard. Now, all he had to do was remind himself to tell Naruto that he had gave out that information to the nurse and doctor.

“No, shit. Sorry, mind my language. Tell me something I don’t know.” Tsunade huffed. The obvious irritation was more like an outburst now. “That little brat. I’ll strangle him myself when he wakes up.”

Both Shikamaru and Shizune looked at each other, a bit confused. “Uh, Tsunade-san? Do you know Naruto?”

Tsunade leaned against the wall, resting her head in her hand while Shizune prepared to write. If Shikamaru wasn’t wrong, he could see the hidden stressed expression on the older lady’s face. Being a doctor must be hard. He’d figured that aside from worrying about her patients and maybe her personal life has taken a toll on her.

“I was practically there when he was born,” she said, a bit more calm. “I guess he didn’t tell you that he had an aunt.”

That was news to Shikamaru. Naruto, surely, never told him that he had an aunt and even the part that she was a doctor. And that made Shikamaru wonder how much more he didn’t know about his friend. “No, he never spoke of it…” Shikamaru felt a little guilty for knowing without being informed by Naruto first.

“I wouldn’t blame him for not mentioning me in his life. I’m the one at fault for never taking care of him and his sister Anko. It was…hard.” Her voice was low, almost inaudible.

Shikamaru could sense the quivering in her voice and he knew that she was fighting back the tears that were threatening to slide down her stressed face. Her attitude was different from before, almost too different. Shizune placed a hand on her colleague’s shoulder.

Tsunade gave quiet cough, before turning away and walking off. The sound of her heels hitting the smooth floor echoed in the long hall. And it frightened Shikamaru to even look ahead.

He spotted a figure lingering about two rooms away from Naruto’s and noted that the boy was acting of suspiciously but he didn’t have time to think about it before the sound of cries met his ears.

Nurses and doctors quickly sped passed him, almost knocking him down as they made way toward some unknown room that Shikamaru could barely see. He followed just a little curious, but tried not to get in the way.

Standing outside of the door, he found himself looking at the woman from earlier, her child still in her hand. This time they were both crying. The woman was practically being held down by a male nurse before her baby was taken from her for his own safety. On the bed, Shikamaru could see a man, lying there as the doctor pumped his heart over and over again. And that alone assured Shikamaru that the child was going to grow up without a father.

Feeling sadness hovering over him, he ran toward Naruto’s room, whilst the sound of a mother and child crying met the endless beeping of her husband’s ventilator. Even after he entered Naruto’s room, he could still hear the sounds and it reminded him of how much he hated the hospital. The design of it was not welcoming, the white room gave off an eerie sense, and the smell of death was always lingering about.

Shikamaru turned and met with a sight he disapproved of. “What the hell are you doing?” he questioned when he saw Sakura leaned over against Naruto’s bed.

One of her hand was on the edge of the bed and the other was practically on Naruto’s chest. Her face was only a few inches away from Naruto’s. Her pink hair hung out freely from the removed bandages, covering half of Naruto’s face. That was all that Shikamaru needed to see to know what she intended to do.

He had always noted that Naruto looked not ‘ugly’ but rather, sorta, kinda, maybe, yeah pretty when he was sleeping. Naruto’s hair would rest to one side while he obliviously showed off his flawless skin to the wind that would silently pass by. And Shikamaru being his best friend and somewhat of a brother’s figure was always there to tease him about it.

Sakura quickly receded upon hearing Shikamaru’s voice. She knocked into the nearby table and winced when the pain had registered in her brain. “Shikamaru-kun…” she muttered out, watching as Shikamaru was immediately at Naruto’s side.

Shikamaru looked up at her before checking to make sure that Naruto wasn’t harm. “I asked, what were you doing?” He knew what she was doing. Naruto had always tried not to stand out and wearing his glasses was one of his disguise. Now this girl who is disgusted by the blond boy, tries to molest him in his sleep. She has seen, seen a Naruto who maybe can be ‘pretty’.

“I-I…” she stuttered out. She gazed at Shikamaru with green eyes that begged for forgiveness. But Shikamaru was no fool. It might have worked on Naruto but not him.

“You were?” Shikamaru took the initiative to pull the messy white quilt over Naruto. The blond was still snoring away even after he was almost molested in his sleep. That was quite new to Shikamaru. The fact that an uninterested girl was all over his friend was not to his surprise, disgusting. Worst of all, she was the same girl that chose not to associate with Naruto.

Sakura looked at the floor, her lip slightly part as she searched for the right words to answer Shikamaru. What was she to say when she was caught, practically leaning in to…it’s just she’d never seen Naruto look so… “I-I was checking to see if Naruto-kun had a fever or not since he was sweating.” She lied, pathetically hoping that somewhere between the words, Shikamaru would actually believe her but to her dismay, Shikamaru took a seat and shook his head.

If she’d told him the truth, he would’ve let it go but she didn’t and that just added to how much he didn’t want her in his sight. “I always thought that to check someone’s temperature, one would naturally use the back of one’s hand or a thermometer, but lip to lip…that’s news to me,” he said, mockingly. “I doubt that he needed air so you decided to do CPR on him because he looks fine to me…Sakura-chan.” Shikamaru made sure to add the ‘chan’ at the end and dragged it, trying to emphasize the meaning.

“I think you got it all wrong, Shikamaru-kun. I wasn’t doing anything to Naruto-kun. I just wanted to make sure that he was okay. After all he did help me from those gangsters.” She explained, once again taking a seat on the unoccupied chair.

He looked up at her, raising a brow, interested. “Gangsters?” Okay, he didn’t know that she was attacked by some gang’s members. At first he had thought that it was just some random thieves, trying to take their money or something. But gangsters? Wasn’t that a little too much? “What are you talking about?”

“I didn’t know that they were gang’s members when they attacked me. I was just going to give them what they wanted, but then they hit me and Naruto-kun. We were going to escape when he came out and punched Naruto?” she said, closing her eyes as she recalled the memory. It all seemed so fresh to her, yet the happening of that event had passed already.

“Who’s he?” This ‘he’ seemed to be the cause of Naruto’s pain.

“He is the leader of the notorious gang called, the ‘Sinnyrs9.’ Haven’t you heard of them before? They’re the gang whose top nine members are codenamed by numbers.” Sakura cocked her head to the side, confused. I thought everyone knew about them. “Words are, they rule the university in the shadows.”

Actually, Shikamaru did hear about them. It was more by accident then intentionally. He just happened to hear the other college’s students talking to one another. Sometimes it made him wonder why he was always overhearing things. Knowing things were too…troublesome.

Shikamaru scratched the back of his head, obviously too much information was being taken in and it was making him think. Too much for his own liking. “How would you know that it was the leader and not just one of his followers?”

The room remained quiet for a while. The sound of Naruto’s breathing in and out conquered the white room while the rising and falling of his chest reassured them that he was just sleeping.

Sakura’s spoke again as Shikamaru’s eyes watched her, intently. “He is said to never let his victims sees his eyes. I recognized him right away when he attacked Naruto. His eyes were covered with some black cloth. But still he was able to pinpoint where Naruto was. It was almost like, he could sense Naruto’s presence and whereabouts.” She rubbed the wound on her forehead, showing Shikamaru that Naruto wasn’t the only victim. “I know Naruto saw it…”

Okay, when did they go into first name base without the suffix? “Naruto saw what?” Shikamaru asked just a little more confused. Why are people always speaking without ending their goddamn sentence?

Sakura looked around, almost reluctant to speak. But she couldn’t keep silent now that she was involved. “The devil’s eyes.” A sudden breeze entered the room, causing Sakura to look behind her.

The window’s curtain above Naruto swayed against the wind current before tackling Naruto’s golden locks. His hair looked as if they were glistening against the sunlight.

Devil’s eyes…

“Aren’t you exaggerated just a bit? No one has eyes like that.” Shikamaru sighed, quickly dismissing her last comment.

“No, I’m not lying.” Sakura yelled out, forgetting that there was a patient in the room. Shikamaru was somewhat taken aback by her actions. “His eyes are supposedly pure black. Ones that reflect the darkness. Even if I hadn’t seen it, I could sense this weird aura that his presence alone left behind…”

“Okay, so he’s a gang leader but that doesn’t mean that he’s the devil. I know for a fact that no human in prone to pain.” He watched as Sakura got up and sauntered toward the door, literally ignoring what he had to say.

Sakura turned and with an icy gaze, she spoke. “…just remember this Shikamaru. I’ve heard that once someone has been targeted by the Sinnyrs9, they’ll continue to be the prey. Watch out closely for your friend if you value his life.” With that she proceeded to exit the room, leaving a somewhat confused Shikamaru even more bewildered.

Stupid. That means she’s a target too.

What she said at the end troubled him. He knew that usually gang’s members tended to keep grudges and this one is no exception. Shikamaru watched the sleeping blond who was still unaware of the situation.

He let out a big sigh, looking at the ceiling and then back at Naruto. He scratched his head, looking around for Naruto’s bag and his book. It was lying safely underneath the bed.

What have you gotten yourself into Naruto?

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The light outside had long receded at the moment that the moon had kissed the sun goodnight before taking its place. After awhile, droplets of water hit the earth’s ground before the rain began to pour down. It killed in its path, the smallest living creature and leaving even the human’s to shiver when it made contact.

Naruto would’ve known that it was raining outside if he had allowed himself to wake up and not sleep through the day so pleasantly. Shikamaru had just gotten back from eating a few hours ago to find that his friend still refused to converse with him.

Laying on a couch not too far from Naruto’s bed, Shikamaru watched as the rain splashed onto the window, looking as though they were trying to break through.

The clock in the Naruto’s room were ticking and ticking and ticking…tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. That was all Shikamaru could hear before Shizune came in. In her hands, the same clipboard from earlier. The bags under her eyes could be seen from a day of hard work and no sleep. Shikamaru doubted that she would be getting any rest tonight. The sound of children screaming and for their parents could still be heard.

“Shikamaru-kun, it’s almost 10pm. I think it’s time for you to go home and rest,” she smiled at him. “Don’t worry about him. He’ll be fine. He’s sleeping, remember.”

“Alright. Umm…is Tsunade-san feeling better?” Shikamaru grabbed his books, stuffing them in his bag. The good thing about staying at the hospital with Naruto that day was that he got some of his homework completed.

“She’s…better. Being a doctor doesn’t give her much time to worry about her own problems. When she does have time, she tries to throw more work at herself. Being her colleague, I worry sometimes but work is a medication for her.” Shizune placed her hand on Naruto’s forehead. “He seems to be doing well. Tsunade-san would be glad.”

Zipping up his bag, Shikamaru rubbed his eyes, obviously watching the blond sleeping had taken an affect on him. “Naruto got thick skin. I’m more than sure he won’t die anytime soon,” he said jokingly. Yet at the back of his mind, what Sakura had told him replayed over and over again.

…once someone has been targeted by the Sinnyrs9, they’ll continue to be the prey…

The door behind Shikamaru and Shizune closed with a click. In the room alone, Naruto couldn’t hear the sound of their footsteps leaving nor did he hear the sound of the same door being opened.

As the rain continued to thrash outside, two figures stood in Naruto’s room. Their shadows loomed over Naruto, covering his face in darkness.

The slightly shorter figure approached Naruto’s bed. His spiky brunette hair and the red triangular markings underneath his eyes could be seen due to the light from the lamp that was on the table. “Is this the kid, Zero?” he asked the other person while he stared down at Naruto’s face. “He looks like a chick.” The brunette slid his hand against Naruto’s face. The blond boy shifted in his sleep. “You know...you should’ve brought Gaara with you. He likes to torture the pretty kind…”

Zero emerged from behind the brunette. A blood red bandanna covered half his face while his flowing blue-black bangs covered his eyes. Even without the sun to shine upon him, his skin radiated a pale glow against that of Naruto’s egg-shelled skin. Zero’s hand reached toward Naruto’s hair but he retreated. He slightly looked down at the blonde’s slumbering face before his eyes faintly opened as the blond stirred on the bed. His hand reached up, rubbing one side of his face as if holding onto some unseen pain.

It felt so wrong for him to be so closed to the blond stranger but yet comforting.

Zero released his hand, allowing his bangs to cover his eyes once again. The rain was starting to irritate him, no matter how much he loved to soak himself in it. It seemed like a mistake for the water to be thrashing against the window while someone was sleeping.

“So, are we taking him with us?” asked the brunette who took note of how Zero was fixative on Naruto. He was ready to pull the white quilt off the blond when Zero’s grabbed his hand, stopping him from doing so. The brunette looked at Zero with a bewildered expression. He was about to retaliate when the sound of footsteps reverberated on the other side of the door. The brunette could sense Zero telling him to hush.

When they could no longer hear any other sound coming from behind the doors again, Zero turned to face the brunette who had entered with him. “Get out. Three,” demanded Zero, in a low but scornful tone.

“But…” started Three, “…you said we had to take him back with us.” Three wasn’t able to finish his sentence when he was met with a twinkle from Zero’s eyes.

“Not now,” said Zero.

“But everyone is waiting…”

“I said. Leave…” He paused. “…Kiba.” Zero released Kiba’s arm, looking at the boy from underneath his bangs.

Kiba flinched once his arm was released. Finger marks adorned his skin as he backed away. “Sorry…” Kiba knew when he was not needed. They all knew. The other eight that is. The fact that Zero had called Kiba by his real name was enough surprise for the day. “I’ll inform everyone about the…boy and that we’ll regroup in three days at the base.”

Kiba took one last glance at Zero and then at Naruto. The door behind him clicked, assuring Zero that Kiba was gone.

Zero looked over Naruto. This time, he sketched into his brain every detail of Naruto’s face and even his sleeping characteristics. He noticed how Naruto’s eyes would tighten just a bit when he shifted around, causing his lashes to shortened. Then how he slept sideway rather than straight and more importantly, how different he looked without his glasses on.

Zero’s eyes peeked out from underneath his hair. He untied the bandanna from behind his head and let his lip tasted the air in Naruto’s room. Holding the bandanna in his right hand, he reached over and touched Naruto’s forehead, almost forcefully as if he was afraid to do so.

A strange feeling erupted in him as his black orbs searched for blue ones but instead, he was met with closed eye lid. He swiftly removed his hand when Naruto shifted once again. Zero retied the bandanna over his lips.

He didn’t know what he was feeling and he’ll be damned if he let his followers know of it. His dark and mysterious exterior is not to be shown to anyone, even this stranger that had left such an impression on him. This stranger had tried to stand up to him and even had a glimpse of what he looked while no other even attempted.

This person...this...Naruto Uzumaki.

There was a loud thunder roar that overlapped with Zero’s last words. It was almost inaudible to Naruto’s ear but in this world silence could hear itself. Zero’s figure stood at the opened door, ready to leave.

A few seconds passed by…eyelashes fluttered opened revealing blue orbs. Naruto slowly sat up and looked around. He blinked a few more blinds, trying to adjust his eyes to the dark. His hand rubbed as his forehead as the pain proceeded to attack him all at once. The side of his face ached when he accidentally touched it. When he tried to push his glasses up, he noticed that it was not there.

A confused Naruto looked around for the object that clarified his vision. He could vaguely make out a figure standing near an open door. He raised his hand, almost reaching out…but the door closed.

“Naruto…?”

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A/N: So that’s the end of that chapter, hope you enjoyed reading it. Ummm…also if anyone is interested, I am almost done drawing a sketch of 'Zero'. and Naruto. So stay tune for that. Don't mind my crappy image of 'Zero.' Though if you don't want to know who Zero is don't look at it. I mean, come on, we all know who he is already, so it doesn't really matter. And Naruto is Naruto, but sorta nerdy. Which I love to bits and pieces. Okay, I'm rambling. Do you wanna guess who the other members are? There will be an award for anyone that guess them right. Check out my profile to see what the prize is. Once again, thanks.