Chapter 2: The One Fatal Error
Naruto arrived to the briefing a little early along with Sakura, and the rest of team Naruto. The sun had barely risen in the east, throwing brilliant pinks and purples and blues into the air, causing everyone in the group to smile. Rock was the last of them to get to the Hokage tower, it was almost past seven in the morning. Suddenly, the lights went out and screaming was heard about the town. The sun had disappeared in the sky. Worried, everyone stood still waiting for the signal of the Hokage, the only thing they heard was the despair, terror, and sheer madness of the townsfolk.
After a few minutes of listening to the screaming Naruto disappeared, reappearing on the roof of the tower looking out over the village to see what the problem was. In the distance he notices a shadow covering the southern ramparts of Konoha. A swirl of leaves and he appeared back in the Hokage's office getting everyone's attention.
"In the distance there is a shadow overwhelming the southern part of the town, we must see what it is and where the Hokage is at this moment." He said slowly but commandingly.
"Yes, sir" everyone replied quickly.
Several more loud pops with swirling leaves emanated from the office of the most high. Each of the team members appeared on different sections of the city to see what was the commotion, with the exception of Naruto, Sakura, and Sauske, they all appeared right in front of the shadow as it approached the ramen shop, where Naruto always ate. Luckily, it was already abandoned, but what the shadow was no one knew, it was as if the shadow was sucking the life force out of the very ground.
"EVERYONE GROUP UP!" Naruto screamed, as the shadow passed over him. Suddenly Naruto felt the Kyuubi's power raise within his body as if the seal just broke on its own accord.
"Sakura-chan, run as far and as fast as you can. I love you I don't want to hurt you."
"I cant just leave you Naruto-kun." she yelled back.
"Sakura you must." Sauske said lightly, with a small smile on his lips.
The ground began to tremble as the shadow began attacking the Kyuubi's power source. Naruto had already gained four tails, and the fifth was forming to fast for Sauske to even slow it's attempt. Sauske saw the fifth tail swipe the shadow cutting a huge hole within it, then fell immediately to the ground as a scream split the air. The scream wasn't from anyone in the area it was from the shadow itself. Naruto's form began to waver as the Kyuubi took control. Only a true force of Naruto's considerable will reversed the change, it was as if the Kyuubi just vanished, no power emanated from Naruto.
"So Naruto can control the Kyuubi that simply, intriguing." Sauske thought to himself bringing a small smile of knowing across his normally placid face.
"Sauske, what the hell is that fuckin thing?" Naruto yelled above the wind that recently started blowing.
"I have no clue idiot, you think that I would prefer to know this power?" Sauske retorted harshly.
"Baka." was all Naruto said.
The shadow disappeared as quickly as it had appeared leaving the team totally dumbfounded, as well as a good portion of the villages population dead and or dieing. Naruto called the rest of the team to his and Sauske's location.
"If anyone knows what the hell that thing was speak now." Naruto commanded.
At that moment no one in the group knew what it was, they all stared at Naruto pretty much clueless.
"Was that the Kyuubi?" Rock Lee asked quietly from somewhere near the back of the gathering.
"That was indeed the Kyuubi, know you know why Naruto was feared, and still is by most of the villagers." Sakura answered before Naruto had a chance all the while staring at the man she had come to love over the past couple of years. "They angered him that was their one fatal error."