This is what I get for thinking…Don't own Naruto
Never Trust the Grinning Fox
"He's like the sun"
"Yes, but Sasuke did you ever realize that the sun burns so pleasantly and cheerfully even though it really burns and destroys everything and anything that it pulls into its seemingly harmless grasp?"
I never believed what they said about him
Demon
Monster
Harsh words that you can't help but hear.
So many people at so many times told me time and time again about him, how he was a monstrosity.
They kept telling me how one day, if you got too close, he would spring and attack.
Don't trust the smiling fox
The closer you get to it
Is the closer you get to the teeth
The closer you get to the blood
The closer you get to your death
I wondered about what made them say that about him.
I always saw the huge grin, the bright eyes, and the determined self
I always saw him never give up
And I always wanted to whap myself on the forehead at how much of an idiot he could be. It was like when he embarrassed himself, he embarrassed me at well.
Though I was just better at hiding it.
The grinning fox will come
If you try and step back
It will attack
And take you back.
I do remember those stories of the grinning fox
Though I never did believe them
"Don't you get it? He's a monster a demon!"
"Then why does he smile? Why does he laugh? Why does he want to be loved? WHY IS HE MY FRIEND?!"
And I remember that person's shallow breathing right next to my ear, whispering something that I would fight to forget.
"Because he is the grinning fox waiting for its next meal. And it grins, knowing it will be you."
I never believed that person
I never believed the villagers screaming at him, blaming him for the death of their loved ones.
I never believed my own little voice in my head, shouting franticly to wake up from my delusions.
I never believed any of it.
Till now
I wanted to leave
To take a step back
And he did attack.
And he vowed he would break my arms and legs if he had too.
He almost did it
He almost brought me back
But he didn't
"Naruto I..."
I wanted to say how I never thought he was that grinning fox.
But somehow, even now, I always knew he was.
And now I am afraid
I have only seen a ninth of his power that day
What about the next time we meet?
And the next time
And the next time
What will happen next time when the grinning fox wants me back?
