Disclaimer: Me no own Naruto. If I did…I would be with the hotness that is Itachi! grabs Itachi plushie and hugs it to death
Warning: has some suicidal tendencies and dark thoughts.
Now…onto the story!
A boy of about 14 was leaving Wave country for the second time in his life with his team after a long while. But now that his team's mission is over, they are going back to Konoha. This boy's name is Uzumaki Naruto. He has blond hair and blue eyes of such a depth that you could get lost in them. As they leave you could see Naruto smiling stupidly and waving goodbye.
Although, no one knows that he hides behind his mask of smiles. He acts stupid and he does pranks to "get attention", but that's not really true. His being behind that mask is worse than that of Gaara. His being is of self loathing, angst and much more. For, you see, his mask keeps him alive. But soon, someone will find out…and that's where this story takes place.
"Hey, Sakura-chan! When we get back would you go out with me?!" shouted Naruto.
"NOOO! All I want is Sasuke!" CRACK "Why don't you just leave me and Sasuke-kun alone?!" CRACK (another crack added to the slowly deteriorating mask).
Kakashi was walking too far ahead of them, reading his perverted book, to even reprimand Sakura for what she said. As she continued even more cracks were added until they stopped for the night. They were close to Konoha, but they decided to stop for the night.
Naruto volunteered for the first shift. As the others slept he thought to himself.
'Why can't they just be nice to me? I have done nothing wrong. Maybe…I should…no…I shouldn't. Not now. I need more time to think. I won't wake them up. I need the peace of mind.'
That morning…
"You baka!!!" roared Sakura "You shouldn't have been so stupid as to take watch the entire night! Now you're all tired and you're gonna just slow us down." CRACK Sasuke just "hn'ed" in agreement. As for Kakashi…he just doesn't pay attention to his students.
"Sorry, Sakura-chan. I just needed the time to think." Said Naruto in an uncharacteristically somber face, surprising them all…even Kakashi.
"Naruto. Is something wrong? You never act like this."
"No. I-I'm fine. Really! Because I'm gonna be Hokage! Believe it!" insert cheesy fox grin
Just as they got to the village, Naruto told the others that he had something to do an ran off. Although, Kakashi noticed something was up, so he told Sakura and Sasuke to hand in the report and he'd come in later to verify it. With that, he was off and following Naruto.
As Naruto went farther into the forest, Kakashi noticed a difference in his student. He didn't seem as hyper and bouncy. 'I wonder what he's doing and where he's going. It's not like him to act…dark. I've never seen him like this. I think I'll keep following him.'
When Naruto finally stopped, they were both a good while away from the village. It was then that Naruto took a meditative pose and searched his soul. As he opened his eyes he saw the Kyuubi in all his glory. He walked up fearlessly and leaned up on the cage. In his mind, it was a swirling black and red with huge ocean sized puddles on the ground. The puddles represented his unshed tears and as for the rest…well…you can figure out for yourself. But there was a giant light in this black abyss that is his mind. The Kyuubi.
"What do you want, brat?" said the Kyuubi thoroughly annoyed.
"I've finally decided. I'm tired of this life. I want to be rid of this burden that is life. I've done more than enough. I'm through with it. I came to say goodbye for good." He said in a I-don't-care-anymore voice. With that, he left before Kyuubi could stop him.
Kakashi watched Naruto just sit there and then finally, after a good half hour, get up. But when he got up, Kakashi noticed that he took something out of a pouch and hold it up to his neck hesitantly. A kunai! Naruto was going to take his life! 'I must do something!' thought Kakashi as he poofed away.
As Naruto sat there holding the kunai, he thought to himself. 'This is the end…I'm finally going to be free! I'm sorry Iruka-sensei, Baa-chan and Shizune-nee, Ero-sennin. I'm sorry, but I have to do this if I wanna be free. Goodbye.'
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Sorry for the cliffie, but it's only morning and I'm seriously in need of more coffee. And I also ran out of good ideas for the moment. BTW…sorry for the spelling and please review. If you don't, I won't know what I'm doing wrong. Hope to update soon! byes.