The Beginning of the End
Chapter 1- Succumb
Warnings: AU, violence, swearing
Disclaimer: Naruto © Kishimoto
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At first it had been denial.
This wasn't his Konoha, not the one he knew.
Or maybe, it had been that way all along?
Cloaked in shadows, cloaked in darkness, there was only so much a little boy could take.
Snap.
A hand, five fingers. Short and soft. Chubby, with the smooth skin of a young child.
Covered in blood.
Where, where were they? The people who he'd trusted, to heal and to protect….
No…Kakashi was out on a mission. Rin was…she was on a mission too. Obito was dead.
Dead. He laughed hysterically. He was dead, his entire family was dead now, too.
His teacher, his bastard of a sensei hadn't even been there! At least, at the very least his students had done something.
Crack.
His world was falling, slipping through his fingers, like so many pieces of a puzzle disappearing down a drain.
Black gloom, twisted darkness, how could anyone save him now?
A child's hand. Red. Dull blue eyes, wide, large. A toddler's eyes.
So many strands of yellow, like a dandelion, only that they had long since turned to gray.
He reached out to grab them, but they dissolved in his hand.
Rip.
Sarutobi was an old monkey, tired with age. Imbecile.
How could he have not known?
They didn't find the child's body until a week later.
All that could be seen was a seal.
A seal, formed in a spiral. Spiral, spiral, never ending. Show us all your grace withstanding.
He laughed, the mirthless, bitter chuckle of a broken man. Watching the living world was a curse, indeed.
Twist.
She died, she of the brown, hair, she of the gentle eyes. Rin.
Hm. So broken, the gray haired boy. So broken, like him.
Darkness closed.
Shatter.
The Kyuubi, the demon of his daydreams laughed and lashed until he couldn't fight anymore.
Wasn't he supposed to heal? Why, he croaked. Why?
He wanted to fight, to break, to forget. Or was he already broken?
A hollow giggle echoed in his throat.
An eldritch voice, arcane and unreal, was his savior.
Do you want revenge?
For the first time in years, dry, chapped, tortured lips stretched into a twisted smile.
Yes.
And so Namikaze Minato descended into shadows.
--GAME OVER--
[continue?]
Author's Notes:
....
*looks up at story*
*looks at other stories*
I have no excuse. Suffice it to say, I was looking at some pretty depressing stuff, and this popped out.
Basically, Naruto dies, and Minato goes off the deep end.
What might have happened in Time's Spinning Gears.
If chills run down your spine, then I have succeeded.
Do you want this continued? Or not?
-Port in the Storm
May 19, 2010