Black Light (Naruto)

Chapter 3

Hello! I hope you enjoy this chapter! Sorry if it doesn't make sense, I'm in the middle of editing literally all of my chapters.

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Hikaru opened the door, staring at the ANBU in front of it. A folded-up green vest was in it's hands. A hitai-ate lay on top with a dark blue band on it.

"You're Hikaru, correct?" The ANBU asked in a monotone voice.

"Hai." Hikaru reached for the things in the ANBU's hands, picking them up. "Thank you, ANBU-san." He said in a soft voice.

He turned around, closing the door as the ANBU disappeared. It was the same night he'd seen Kakashi and Naruto, thus the Hokage made good on his promises.

Hikaru ran his thumb over the Konoha symbol, a small smile playing over his lips. He hadn't seen this in a long, long time. Not since when Konoha had become a place of refuge, of so many village symbols blurred together. It hadn't been just the Will of Fire anymore. Konoha was never just the Will of Fire.

Hikaru set his vest on the kitchen table, his hitai-ate clutched in his hand. His violet eyes gleamed red in the dark, and Hikaru wondered off to his bedroom.

He didn't really feel that hungry.

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Hikaru woke up to his vision blurry and feeling like he slept on a pile of clouds. Which, to him, he had. There was a bed when Hikaru was used to sleeping wherever he got the chance too.

He sat up, getting changed into his normal wear. With a few seconds of thought, Hikaru slid on his jonin vest. He tied his forehead protector around his left arm, before glancing into the mirror in the bathroom.

Okay, he still had red hair and violet eyes. And his skin.

That was good.

Although the henge had faded and showed bags underneath his eyes and the gaunt cheekbones.

Hikaru sighed, slipping into a henge almost as easily as walking when you've done it for most of your life. And providing you have legs, of course.

He looked healthy enough now. There was no shadows underneath his eyes and not looking like a skeleton anymore.

Hikaru turned around, walking out of his apartment. It was a little after dawn, the sun still rising over rooftops. Cloud were drifting in the sky, and Hikaru sighed.

Another day of running from almost everyone I know. He thought to himself, taking a step out of the shadows of the apartment building.

Until an orange blob crashed from behind him, running straight into his back.

Hikaru blinked, as he stumbled forward slightly, turning around to see a sheepish Naruto. "Sorry, Hikaru-san." Naruto muttered.

"Hikaru will be fine, Naruto." Hikaru regained his senses enough to stop his natural glare. Although he was panicking on the inside, Hikaru could control himself. It wasn't much different from consoling crying families because you have to tell them yourself that their relative is dead.

"Uhm- okay!" Naruto sent a grin at Hikaru, and Hikaru tilted his head.

"What are you doing out so early?" He asked. Hikaru knew that the Academy did not start this early, so his younger counterpart was either pulling a prank or pulling a prank.

"I was gonna pull a prank on the villag'rs, but I bumping into you." Naruto mumbled, his foot scuffing against the dirt path.

"Sorry for being so cross with you yesterday." Hikaru said quietly. "I was merely tired from my mission."