Chapter 4: Allow Us To Introduce Ourselves
2 Weeks Later:
Naruto was trying his best to walk around in his room as he was reading one of the books Oliva gave him. The title of the book was worn a bit, but Naruto could see the author of the book, Tor Nørretranders. He didn't know how to pronounce it, but once he went in a few pages, he couldn't put it down "people are triggered half a second earlier than the brain orders to move. For example, a knife is flying towards some person," Naruto whispered to himself, "that person is triggered, but still unconscious. 0.5 seconds later the brain orders to move and the action comes." he read. He continued on while reading out loud "So that means between when the person is triggered and when becoming conscious, the person is unconscious for 0.5 seconds... that means people can beat that person as much as they like for 0.5 seconds, right?" Naruto whispered to himself as he heard a knock
"Naruto, it's me, Joseph, I brought dinner," Joseph said as Naruto looked over and saw him with a tray. Naruto put a bookmark that Oliva left in the box in his book and tossed it onto his bed. Naruto hobbled over to the tray and sat down "Thank-you," Naruto said
"It's nothing," Joseph said as he sighed, "Naruto... do you know?"
"Know what?" Naruto asked as he looked down at his food
"Do you know... about Kokoro?" Joseph continued as Naruto froze
"What about her?" Naruto asked as Joseph pulled out the pregnancy test from his pocket and sent it through the food door, "I would say congrats, but since there was no love... I'm sorry," he spoke as Naruto grabbed it and just stared at it. Naruto was in a trance as Joseph could see the devastation in Naruto's eyes 'Damn... that kid has the same eyes as some of the veterans I see in here, I just hope he doesn't do anything stupid,' Joseph thought as he watched Naruto push his tray and the test out
"I-I'm not hungry," Naruto said as he leaned against the door and stood up
"Are you sure?" Joseph asked as Naruto nodded
"Yeah, I-I'm fine... I just... need some time," Naruto replied as he walked to his bed, "Imma just, take a nap,"
"Okay... talk to ya, later?"
"Sure... sure," Naruto replied as Joseph walked away. Naruto slowly got into bed as he laid down and looked outside at the lights. He continued to stare at them for the new few minutes until he started to cry "Hehehe, l-looks li-like I-I'm go-gonna be-be a-a d-dad... g-god-d-damn-it," Naruto cried to himself as he, once again, wept in anguish... and himself to sleep.
Later:
Naruto awoke to the sound of heavy breathing as he turned over and saw something. He saw someone with white hair in a short-sleeved shirt and black shorts. He was very muscular as he seemed to be squatting and painting something.
He then stood up and turned around, walking toward the wall and setting it aside
"Uhh, e-excuse me? Who are you?" Naruto asked as the man turned around
"Ohh, who are you?" he asked
"Uhhh, I'm the one asking the questions," Naruto replied as the man walked over to a bowl, picked it up, and brought it over to Naruto
"Want some candy? I love candy," the man said as he took one and put it in his mouth. Naruto looked at the old man as he gulped "S-sure," Naruto said as he took one, 'what's the worst that can happen? I've already been raped and expecting a kid,' Naruto thought as he heard some clapping
"My, my, Dorain-kun, you've learned to share. I'm proud of you," said a deeper version of the old man's voice. Naruto turned his head to see the exact same man... but he looked more fit and was wearing a black sweatshirt and grey sweatpants with a bandana over his head and shorter hair.
"No, I'm sorry, but since you're starting to share, I'm gonna get you the biggest bag of candy I can find the next time I go by a candy shop!" he replied as the man grew a huge smile
"Really?! Yay!" the man said as he jumped around like a child. The more mature man walked over to Naruto and extended a hand "Please excuse Dorain-kun, he's just a child," he said as Naruto took his hand
"I-It's alright, w-who are you two anyway?" Naruto asked as he stood up. But when he did, he noticed that he didn't feel any pain in his leg. Looking down, Naruto saw that his leg was better and without a cast "W-wait a minute, my leg! It's fixed!" Naruto said
"Sorry to rain on your parade, but your leg's not fixed, you're just in the mindscape," the man said as Naruto looked up at him
"W-what? Wait! The mindscape?"
"Yes, the space inside your mind, oh! Forgive my poor manners, my name is Kaioh Dorain and that is Dorain-kun," said Kaioh Dorain as Naruto raised an eyebrow
"You two share the same name? Are you twins?" Naruto asked as Kaioh Dorain chuckled
"No, no... well, in a manner of the sense. You see, we were once the same person," he explained
"Wait, the same person?"
"Yes, you see, long ago, I met my defeat at the hands of a great Martial Artist. We both studied underneath the same master in Chinese Kenpo, in fact, I the first Western man in history to attain the title of Kaioh,"
"Kaioh? What's that?" Naruto questioned as Kaioh Dorain sat down on the bed
"I guess I'm going to have to go through the whole history of China for this one,"
"I have several questions! What's America? What's China? What's Kenpo?!"
"This is gonna be a long night," Kaioh Dorain said as he began his lecture while Dorain-kun was eating candy while listening to them.
Unknown Amount of Time Later:
"Okay, now that I've explained everything, do you have any questions?" Kaioh Dorain asked as Dorain-kun raised his hand, "yes, Dorain-kun?"
"Can I have more candy?" Dorain-kun asked as Kaioh Dorain sighed
"Dorain-kun, I think you've had enough candy for today, it's about your bedtime,"
"But I don't wanna! I want candy," Dorain-kun said
"Dorain-kun... you want to be a big boy, right?"
"Yes?"
"Then big boys listen to their elders, now hand me the bowl and go to bed," Kaioh Dorain said as he extended his hand. Dorain-kun looked down at his bowl and gave it to his counter-part and stood up. Kaioh Dorain stood up as he motioned for Naruto to do the same. The child-like man then crawled into the bed and fell asleep a few minutes later "It's not easy taking care of him, but it's honest work," Kaioh Dorain said
"Man... I can't believe I've got to do this in the future," Naruto said as the old man raised an eye-brow
"Expecting a younger sibling?"
"Not quite, you see... I was, sorta... raped, and well... I'm gonna be a dad, yay?" Naruto said with some fear and sarcasm as Kaioh Dorain exhaled in what seemed to be disappointment
"*Sigh* Guess prison rules have changed since I was alive,"
"You've got that right!" said a more cheerful voice as Naruto turned his head and saw a giant of a man, almost standing at 7 feet 3 inches. He was bald and wearing the same suit as him "Oh me oh my! Look at you, boyo! Wearing the same cloths as me, you trying to steal my look?" he said as Naruto gulped, "BAWHAHAHAHA! Look at your face! O-oh my god! It's been a while since something like that happened, put her there!" he continued as he bends down with a creepy smile and extended his hand for a handshake
Naruto slowly took the mans hand as they shook "See, nothing to worry about, boy! Now, first lesson!" he said
"What?"
"DON'T GET DISTRACTED!" the man shouted as he kicked Naruto in the chest.
Naruto was sent flying into the wall as the giant laughed "HAHAHAHA! You're never gonna survive this if you can't get that into your head! Hahahaha!" he said as Naruto pulled himself out of the wall and took several deep breaths before running at him and punching him in the chest. The man didn't even flinch as he grabbed Naruto by the head and pushed him back. Naruto waved his arms around as the smile on the man grew wider "Man, oh man, oh man! This is gonna be great!" he said as he removed his hand from Naruto's hand and grabbed him by the sides. He held him up in the air to eye-level like a parent could a toddler and said: "Name's Spec! Let's enjoy ourselves, shall we?"
"W-wait? What?"
"Still asking questions! It gets annoying! 'Wait? What? Who are you?'. It's really starting to get on my nerves!" said a familiar voice as Spec and Naruto turned their head to see Sikorsky
"About time you made it, Russian," Spec said as he set down Naruto
"Yeah, yeah, American," Sikorsky said as he looked at Naruto, "so you survived Spec's kick... maybe I was wrong about you,"
"S-Sikorsky, was your name, right?" Naruto asked as the Russian smirked
"So you did remember!" Sikorsky said with surprise, "I was half expecting you to ask 'who are you?', looks like expecting things is gonna be the downfall of me... wait a minute, it was,"
"Where are the others?" Kaioh Dorain asked as Sikorsky shrugged
"Don't know, said they'd be here in a few,"
"And we hold up to that," said a voice as Naruto looked passed Sikorsky and saw two men. One had dark-pink, almost red hair and was wearing a black, long-sleeved shirt with matching pants and standing at 6 foot 1 inch.
The other was an old-looking man about a foot taller than Naruto, standing at 5 foot 2 inches. He had black hair that's slightly turning grey with a somewhat melancholic look on his face. He wore a black, short-sleeved shirt with beige colored pants and a belt.
"So we're all here?" asked the short old man
"It seems so," the pinkish haired man said
"The Englishmen is Doyle, and the old-timer is Yanagi, say hi," Sikorsky said as the taller man of the duo extended his hand "As he said, I'm Doyle," he said as the old man bowed
"Ryuukou Yanagi," said Yanagi as Naruto shook Doyle's hand and bowed to Yanagi
"Nice to meet you all, I'm Naruto," Naruto replied as Doyle made a small smile
"Well, I guess the feelings mutual... but I suppose you'll be wanting answers," Doyle said
"Please! At this point I'm gonna say 'screw it!' and start crawling around my cell saying 'I don't need sleep, I need answers!'" Naruto shouted as Sikorsky patted Naruto's head
"We were sent here by the Shinig-shina-- *sigh* Yanagi?" Sikorsky asked
"We were sent here by the Shinigami to assist you," Yanagi deadpanned
"The Shinigami?!" Naruto asked as they all nodded
"Yes, sir-ree!" Spec said
"B-but why? Why are you here? Why are you assisting me?" Naruto questioned
"Something about 'honor among thieves', if I remember those were his exact words," Doyle said
"We're fellow convicts, and we're going to get you out of here," Sikorsky said as Naruto was about to ask a question, "and before you ask! We're gonna train you in our ways... starting when your leg is all healed up,"
"Yeah, I guess that makes sense," Naruto said
"Or, you can start tonight, doing my 'Dream Training'," Spec suggested
"'Dream Training'? What's that?" Naruto asked as Spec grabbed him by the collar of his suit and started to drag him away
"This is gonna be fun! See ya'll later!" Spec said as he waved the rest of them goodbye, while Naruto was firing off questions.
Later:
"Okay! So we're already inside the mindscape, right?" Spec said
"Yes?" Naruto replied
"Good! Now, I want you ta imagine a large lake! Or a river! Hell, an ocean if ya can!" Spec instructed
"What's that got to do with anything?" Naruto asked as Spec hit Naruto over the head
"Don't question me, boy, and do it!"
"Y-yes, sir!" Naruto said as he tried to imagine a large body of water. When Naruto was about to feel like he was about to pass out, he blinked and there was a lake. Spec's smiled as he patted Naruto on the back "Perfect job, boyo! Now, let's go for a swim!" Spec said as he picked up Naruto with one hand and chucked him into the center. Naruto landed with a large splash as he came back up to the surface "YOU CRAZY BASTARD! WHAT THE HELL?!" Naruto shouted as he doggy-paddled
"Come on, kid! Swim to shore! You can do it!" Spec replied as he waited for NAruto to swim back.
10 Minutes Later:
"Well... I can see that you're gonna need swimming lessons," Spec said as he watched Naruto vomit
"Y-you crazy son of a bitch, what's the point of swimming when I'm in my mindscape? It's not going to do anything for me!" Naruto said as Spec grinned from ear to ear
"That's where you're wrong!" Spec said cheerfully
"E-Explain?"
"To put it simply, when you dream, sometimes your muscles move as well. I've learned to use this to my advantage and managed to train my muscles when I sleep! But so far I've only found that it works for swimming... anywho, LAP 2!" Spec said as he chucked Naruto back into the lake
"SPEC, YOU ASSHOLE!"
[Hope you enjoyed the chapter, and sorry if it was confusing. To clear-up Spec's method of training, watch this... if the link still works
Edit: it doesn't work anymore, try this one if you call can use it
https://vimeo.com/386644113
See you all next chapter!]
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