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?