Entwined Paths

Chapter 30: His other half.

It was a Saturday night and Naruto had just woken up from a nightmare.

Everything was so wrong....so bad....all he could think about was Hinata and how badly he had hurt her.

As he stared out the window he felt hot tears stream down his face. He quickly tried to wipe them off but they just wouldn't stop .

"Stop.........Stop!.......STOP!"

He lifted his shaking hands up to his head.

Naruto?

Hinata's anguished face popped up in his head.

"I can't do this anymore...." the blonde whispered to himself with a slight tremble.

What was of him now? .....

*knock knock*

Naruto was suddenly interrupted from his thoughts by the knocking of the door. At first he didn't wNt to answer but the knocks continued so the blonde sluggishly got off of his bed and went to answer the door.

Who the hell would knock at this hour?

As Naruto opened the door his eyes widened.

"Shikamaru? what are you doing here??"

The teenage boy looked down and the entered the room. Naruto watched as Shikamaru came in and sat down then he closed the door.

"Why are you here ?" The blonde asked while wiping his eyes.

"I got news ..... and I think it's best I tell you now."

"What?"

The Nara boy hesitated a bit then let out a nervous sigh.

"Naruto when was the last time you talked to him?"

Naruto's whole body went stiff.

"Why are you bringing him up?"

"Answer the question."

"Answer mine first."

"Naruto -"

"What's going on Shikamaru ?!"

The blonde asked Shikamaru angrily, anything that involved him....always angered Naruto .

"First answer my question, then I'll answer yours."

The teenage boy's hands shook then he looked to the floor.

"I haven't spoken to him since that event."

Shikamaru looked to the side then began to fidget.

"Naruto I think he's -"

*Knock knock*

Naruto scratched his head in frustration.

"Ugh, who is it this time?" The blonde whispered to himself as he stood up.

Shikamaru's whole body went completely stiff in fear. He felt a cold sweat.

Naruto unlocked the door and the swung it open.

His hands began to shake.

His eyes went wide.

And the color in his eyes went away.

It couldn't be.......

Not him....

"It's been a while."

Even his voice sent anger all throughout Naruto's body.

"Wh-wh-why are you here....?" The blonde asked with anger filling his voice.

"I've come to visit."

Tension filled the cold room . It was hard to breath in the deadly aura.

"Visit?....and why would you visit me?"

" hmmmm, good question."

Naruto couldn't feel any other emotion anymore. Hatred had become him.

Shikamaru felt Naruto anger and it sent shivers down his spine.

He had really wanted to tell his friend that the person he hated most was coming for a visit but how was he supposed to say that?

The person that Naruto was once close to was now the one he was farthest from.

"It really has been a while hasn't it?....."

His own flesh and blood.

"........Yea...."

His other half.

"Menma....."