Name – Creep

Genre – Angst

Style – Darkfic/Ficlet (Short)

Warnings – Violence, language

Main Pairing(s) – Dark!NaruNaru/KyuuNaru, (Slight) NaruSasu

Summary – The hero of Konoha has fallen.

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Naruto knew how easy it was to succumb to hatred. He knew very well. He had seen it countless of times and was on the brink of sinking into its welcoming depths himself on several occassions, encouraged by Kyuubi's impending growls.

But he never thought that he would ever sink so fast and so deep. He never thought he'd become one of those pitiful fools.

He realized all too well that he was beyond help at this point. And he was all too aware of the fact that there was no escape. There was a bitter comfort in the dark shadows haunting the corners of his mind. A familiar sense of home that he had become addicted too. An artificial paradise within the borders of insanity.

And it just wasn't fair. He was supposed to the hero. He was supposed to be saving the world.

But the world didn't love him.

"Of course, they don't." Dark Naruto said with a heinous sneer, "Who would love a monster like you?"

"I'm not a monster." Was Naruto's immediate response. A reflex, almost robotic – programmed into his mind since his childhood.

"Really? Then, why are you hated?"

"I'm not hated." This answer was more hesitant, unsure. Fragile and doubtful. Easily twisted and so, so vulnerable.

Dark Naruto laughed. "Not when their lives are in your hands, no. So what, you're going to keep sacrificing until you end up in your grave, praying that they'll love you in the afterlife?"

"Shut up." It stung. It hurt. He didn't like this.

"But it's true, isn't it?" Dark Naruto said, his voice turning almost loving. "Nothing is ever good enough. Except pain. Pain will make them love you. They like to see you suffer and sacrifice."

"Shut up!"

"But when you fail – oooh, when you fail they'll go right back to hating you. All your efforts will have been in vain."

"This isn't how it's supposed to be." Naruto whispered as his dark counterpart wrapped his arms around him. "He loved me once."

"He is gone." Dark Naruto hissed quietly. "And he is never coming back."

"He'll come back."

"No, no. He's gone forever. He doesn't need you anymore."

"Impossible." Naruto replied, despite the tears that escaped.

"No one needs you. Because you're a monster."

"I'm not."

"Don't worry, don't cry." Dark Naruto cooed, gently rubbing his cheeks dry. "I love you. I'll always love you and I always have. I'll never leave you."

Naruto choked on a sob. "That's what I'm afraid of."

I'm the savior, I'm the hero

Who nobody remembers

I'm villian, I'm the demon

Who nobody can forget

I'm the child, I'm the angel

Who nobody cares for

I'm the creep, I'm the monster

Who everyone wants dead..